UPRAN (Pacifica)

United Provinces of Rhayna, Alla-gy and Néa-gy Ηνωμένες Επαρχίες του Ράινα, Αλλα-Γη και Νέα-Γη
Flag Coat of Arms
Motto: Long Life Us All Mάκρος ζωή Μας Ολοι
Anthem: Path for All Μονοπάτι για Óλους
Location of Rhayna in the South Pacific
Closeup of Rhayna
Capital	Pzárya
Largest city	Rouketá
Official languages	Aegean, Austral
Recognised national languages	Aegean, Austral
Sign languages	Aegean Sign Language Νοηματική Γλώσσα Αιγαίο (ΝΓA/NGA) Austral Sign Language (ASL)
Ethnic groups (2020 census)	18.67% Rhaynans 7.82% Alla-gyans 73.43% Néa-gyans 0.08% Romordians
Religion (2020 census)	51.0% Religious 47.1% No religion 1.9% Unanswered
Demonym(s)	Rhaynan
Government	Federal democratic parliamentary constitutional republic
• Prytanis	Boutros Georgiou
• Viceprytanis	Gisella de Luca
• Prytanis of Rhayna's Chamber of Deputies	Aria Iliadis
• Prytanis of the UPRAN Congress	Fabiano Marchesi
• Prytanis of the Higher Council	Astra Panou
Legislature	Genikés Kámeres
• Upper house	UPRAN Congress
• Lower house	Rhayna's Chamber of Deputies
Federal independent republic
• Ancient Rhayna	3145-520 BC
• Ancient Spyssína	520-327 BC
• Ancient Itiskír	327-25 BC
• Italikís War	25 BC-646 AD
• Deodian dictatorship	646-709 AD
• Rhayna's 1st Great Republic	709-843
• Rhaynan Kingdom	843-1085
• Rhayna's Great Division	1078
• The Union Revolution	1085
• Rhayna's 2nd Great Republic	1085-1512
• Rhaynan Empire	1512-1922
• Rhayna's 3rd Great Republic	30 September, 1923-1953
• Eliánic tyránnia	7 July, 1953-1965
• UPRAN Republic	6 May, 1965-2021
Area
• Total	931,948 km2 (359,827 sq mi)
Population
• 2021 estimate	57,825,790
• 2020 census	51,178,065
• Density	54.95/km2 (142.3/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	2.37 trillion
• Per capita	$46,313.25
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	1.77 trillion
• Per capita	$34,564.30
Currency	Sigma (SIG)
Time zone	UTC-3, -2 (CCT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2, -1 (CCT)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy CE
Driving side	right
Calling code	+65
World Forum Code	RHA
Internet TLD	.rha, .ραι

Rhayna (Aegean: Ράινα, Aegean pronunciation: [ráina]), United Provinces of Rhayna (Aegean: Ηνωμένες Επαρχίες του Ράινα, Aegean pronunciation: [inoménes eparchíes tou ráina]) or United Provinces of Rhayna, Alla-gy and Néa-gy (Aegean: Ηνωμένες Επαρχίες του Ράινα, Αλλα-Γη και Νέα-Γη, Aegean pronunciation: [inoménes eparchíes tou ráina alla gi kai néa gi]) is a big sized country located in the South Pacific and located in the middle of Cordilia, bordered by Qaweritoyu to the north; Past at the east; the Valkyrian Republic, Hystaiga and the Federal Union of Kosbareland to the south; and the Cordilian Sea to the west.

Composed of three main parts, Rhayna's territory splits into three states; Rhayna, Alla-gy and Néa-gy, which, in order, enter the interior of the continent from the west to the east. It covers an area of 931,948 square kilometers (359,827 sq mi), and it has mainly an arid climate, except to the east in Neá-gy. Here there is a humid subtropical climate, and on the banks of large rivers such as the Trómeros or Apóala, where it is usually cultivated after its annual floods. The capital is Pzárya, located in Rhayna at the mouth of the Imísy, and the largest city is Rouketá, with Pzárya just behind.

Rhayna was the cradle for the ancient civilization that was born on the shores of Trómeros and its lake Kryó, which between 520 BC and 25 AD expanded to the territory behind the mountain ranges of Prostasía and Défteros. During the conquest, natives from the north of Alla-gy attacked back, which led to the Deodian dictatorship in 646 BC in order to unify the three territories and maintain control in Alla-gy.

At the beginning of the 8th century the Deodian dictatorship ended and Rhayna's 1st Great Republic was created. This did not last long, and after a century it was replaced by a monarchy started in Rhayna. This triggered the creation of independent kingdoms in Alla-gy and Néa-gy, which caused Rhayna's Great Dissolve and dissolution of the territory. In 1085, the Union Revolution broke out, leading to the execution of the kings of Rhayna, Alla-gy and Néa-gy, the union of the three territories and the creation of Rhayna's 2nd Great Republic, which lasted until the early 16th century, more than 400 years.

In 1512 the expansion of the Union was necessary, so the Great Rhaynan Kingdom was established, whose function was to direct population campaigns in the deserts of Rhayna and Alla-gy, through the establishment of irrigation and villages in the vicinity of Prostasía and Défteros. This ended in warlike tensions with Hystaiga in the Apóala War, which resulted in Rhayna's 3rd Great Republic and the almost total population of the Rhaynan and Alla-gyan deserts in the early 20th century.

Thanks to the creation of the railroad, full communication was achieved between the previously almost totally isolated regions of Rhayna, which allowed a greater stability of the Union and avoid an event like that of Rhayna's Great Dissolve. In the middle of the 20th century, a coup against the government of the 3rd Republic was committed by the military, lead by Elián Vasileiou, and a personalist dictatorship was established. This dictatorship only lasted 12 years, thanks to the troops of Rhayna and Néa-gy, Elián was captured and executed for crimes of mass genocide and war crimes against minorities populations of Alla-gy. In 1965 the UPRAN Republic was established, the Union's Constitution was written and stability has been maintained to this day.

On the world stage, Rhayna didn't participate for much of the Great War, thought at the end of the war and the Eliánic dictatorship it joined the winning allied side as the UPRAN.

Today Rhayna is an independent democratic constitutional republic led by the prytanis and viceprytanis. It is a developed nation that offers various welfare services. Among its raw materials are hydroelectric and solar energy, oil, metals and beef, in addition to offering tourism services such as long cruise trips on the Trómeros or the Imísy or visits to museums with various relics of Ancient Rhayna. The different regions of Rhayna have partial autonomy in their decisions except in the army, welfare services, vital services and others, which are controlled by the central government.

Etymology

Rhayna's name has been distorted over the years, although in Aegean it can still be translated as "rain", which is strange considering the main climate. Theories hold that civilization grew on the shores of lake Kryó, which would release large amounts of moisture into the air that would fall as rain, which would explain in a certain part the ironic name.

Meanwhile, the name of Spyssína has been severely distorted by Italikí influence. Even so, the name has been deciphered thanks to writings found in some ruins of Rouketá, which spoke about the etymology of the name. The word Spyssína /Spy-ssí-na/ is translated to Ancient Aegean as Σπισσίνα /Σπι-σσί-να/, Spy-s comes from Spy-tis (which means "house"), where the syllable "tis" was shortened to a single "s", and Sína /S-ína/ comes from the name of the goddess of Apóala of Italikís, thus meaning "House of Sína".

On the contrary, the name of Itiskír has been so distorted that it could not be deciphered exactly, although it is believed that it may mean something similar to "the house" or "the temple" of "Kír", goddess of the river Mesaia, but this knowledge could change in future research.

History

Main article: History of Rhayna

Fossils found in the Trómeros delta date from between 30,000 and 10,000 BCE, while in other rivers it is somewhat more recent, and the first constructions date from 5,000 BCE ago, which shows that there were human settlements for a long time, since before writing.

The great fertility of the sediments left in the annual floods of Trómeros, together with the isolation of towns thanks to the Rhaynan Desert, allowed the development of the rhaynan civilization.

The first towns, by means of irrigation systems, made the area habitable, and grouped the riverbed areas and cultivable areas in Tmímats. Over time and after agreements and disputes, the sixteen communities settled around Lake Kryó and within the Trómeros delta were united under the name of Rhayna around 3140 BCE.

The history of Ancient Rhayna is divided into three periods, Ancient Rhayna, Ancient Spyssína and Ancient Itiskír, each characterized by the expansion of the Rhaynans to the east, and the influence this had on their culture, art and politics.

Prehistory and ancient Rhayna

There is evidence of rock carvings along the Trómeros terraces and in desert oases. In the 10th millennium BCE, a culture of hunter-gatherers and fishers was replaced by a grain-grinding culture. Climate changes or overgrazing around 8000 BCE began to desiccate the pastoral lands of Rhayna, forming the Rhaynan desert. Early tribal peoples migrated to the Trómeros delta and shores of Lake Kryó, at that time a cluster of marshes and a focus of diseases, where they developed a settled agricultural economy and more centralised society.

By about 6000 BCE, a Neolithic culture took root in the Lake Kryó's shores. During the Neolithic era, several cultures developed independently in the surroundings of Lake Kryó. The contemporaneous Lake Kryó's communities coexisted together for more than two thousand years, remaining culturally distinct, but maintaining frequent contact through trade. The earliest known evidence of Rhaynan written inscriptions appeared during the period were these cultures were expanding through the cultivable areas of Trómeros, around 3000 BCE.

A unified kingdom was founded c. 3145 BCE by King Sophocles, leading to a series of dynasties that ruled the territories of the marshlands of the Trómeros, the Lake Kryó, and other rivers, oases and cultivable terrains comprised in the Rhaynan Desert for the next three millennia. Rhaynan culture flourished during this long period and remained distinctively Rhaynan in its religion, arts and customs. The first 87 ruling dynasties of a unified Egypt set the stage for the Ancient Rhaynan Kingdom period, c. 3145–520 BCE, which constructed many structures still standing today, most of them dedicated as tomb locations for deceased past kings.

Geography

Main article: Geography of Rhayna

Rhayna lies primarily between latitudes -30º and -19ºN, and longitudes -39.5º and -25ºE. At 931,948 square kilometres (359,827 sq mi), it's one of the biggest countries in the South Pacific. Due to the extreme aridity of Rhayna's and Alla-gy's climate, population centres are concentrated along the narrow rivers valleys, deltas and Néa-gy.

Rhayna borders to the north by Qaweritoyu and Nori Natto, to the east by Past, to the south by the Valkyrian Republic, Hystaiga and the Federal Union of Kosbareland, and to the west by the Cordilian Sea.

Apart from the valleys of the major rivers and Néa-gy, the majority of Rhayna's landscape is desert, with a few oases scattered about. Winds create prolific sand dunes that peak at more than 25 metres (82 ft) high in Rhayna, while in Alla-gy dunes barely reach the 5 meters due to the surrounding mountains.