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Socialist Republic of Temezight N Tnyin eJemĥye N wMidden tEmeziġt N Tnyin (Latin script) ⴰⴵⵎⵄⵢⴰ ⵏ ⵡⵎⵉⴷⴷⴰⵏ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵏ ⵜⵏⵢⵉⵏ (Neo-Tifinagh)
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Motto: iXddemn Smun! / ⵉⵅⴷⴷⴰⵎⵏ ⵙⵎⵓⵏ ! ("Workers, Unite!")
Capital	Salasca (eLmndnt N wTsnt)
Largest	Salasca
Official languages	eWel N Tnyin
Recognised national languages	!Tuareg, !Arabic
Ethnic groups (2015)	78% N Tnyin eDde 12% Charnean 9% Ġrb eDde 1% Other
Religion	Sahb Azdarin
Demonym(s)	Eun Tunyian
Government	One party socialist republic
• State Chancellor	Ederfi Emesten Idir
Legislature	teRkkubt N wDde / Popular Assembly
Formation
• Fall of the Quarfian Empire	436 CE
• Invasion of the Almurid Caliphate	989
• Independence as the Sharifate of eYirt'ĥ	1041
• Sharif Overthrown	1647
• Reformation as the Emirate of Anyin	1649
• Emir overthrown and transition to democracy	1925
• Revolution of Flowers / eSsbedle N yiJddign	1954
Population
• 2015 estimate	~15 million maybe
HDI (2015)	0.659 medium
Currency	eŠrrf (TTŠ)
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+37
ISO 3166 code	NT
Internet TLD	.nt

Eun Tunyin (/ʌn tʌnˈjɪn/; eWel N Tnyin: ⵏ ⵜⵏⵢⵉⵏ, romanized: N Tnyin, pronounced: /n̪̍ t̪n̪̍ˈjin̪/), officially the Socialist Republic of Temezight N Tnyin (eWel N Tnyin: ⴰⴵⵎⵄⵢⴰ ⵏ ⵡⵎⵉⴷⴷⴰⵏ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵏ ⵜⵏⵢⵉⵏ, romanized: eJemĥye N wMidden tEmeziġt N Tnyin, pronounced: /æˈd͡ʒæmʕjæ n̪ wmid̪ːˈæn̪ t̪æmæˈz̪iʁt̪ n̪ t̪n̪̍ˈjin̪/), is a country in the west of Scipia, in Ajax. It borders Almadis in the east, Lusittia in the west _{(**not sure if I want to go that far west yet**)}, Charnea in the south and the Periclean Sea in the north. The capital and most populous city is Salasca (eLmndnt N wTsnt), in the extreme north of the country. With an area of BLANK square kilometres (BLANK sq. mi.), Eun Tunyin is smaller than most of its neighbouring countries, but larger than many nations in Scipia.

Eun Tunyin is a one-party socialist state under State Chancellor Ederfi Emesten Idir, who heads the teRkkubt N wDde, (Popular Assembly). Idir is the second chancellor to lead Eun Tunyin since the Revolution of Flowers (eSsbedle N yiJddign) in 1954, which installed the socialist regime. Eun Tunyin has existed with roughly its present borders since 1649, as the Emirate of Enyin, during whose existence Salasca also became established as the capital. The Emirate in turn arose out of two years of instability following the collapse of the Sharifate of eYirt'ĥ, which had existed for just over six hundred years since the swift invasion of the Almurid Caliphate in 989. In 1925, the Emir was overthrown and a transition to democracy was attempted, lasting only thirty years before another revolution installed the current government.

Eun Tunyin is a moderately-developed country, more or less comparable to the development level of its neighbours. Once occupying a strategic position along trade routes between continents, and along the Periclean Ocean, Eun Tunyin still relies on international trade to form the backbone of its economy. Since the 1960s, Eun Tunyin imports military equipment from allies internationally, providing for a sizeable military in comparison to population size in Scipia. Eun Tunyin continues to export natural gas from its quickly dwindling reserves, in addition to high-end agricultural produce such as dates, saffron and nutmeg. Large salt deposits can be found inland all the way to the coast at Salasca, salt therefore being the city's namesake. _{I'll have to ask about natural gas because I don't know if there is already too much of that in the worldbuilding scheme of things, though I'm not claiming very much}

History

The history of the area Eun Tunyin today occupies is rich and complicated. It is one of the oldest inhabited areas in the world, and was at one time the hub of the trading routes between Scipia, Belisaria and Ochran. Throughout history, Eun Tunyin, or the entities preceding it, were known for their exports of spices such as nutmeg, saffron, pepper and mace; salt, figs and dates; precious goods such as dyes, glass, silk and carpets; and in modern times, natural gas.

Prehistory (~15 000 BCE - ~2000 BCE)

The area of Eun Tunyin has been permanently inhabited by the ancestors of the N Tnyin eDde and Ġrb eDde since at least 17 000 years ago, as demonstrated by archaeological evidence. The coast and the river valleys provided suitable climates for agriculture, where the first advances into animal husbandry and cultivation of primitive grains around 7000 years ago. Inland, where there was less access to water and irrigation techniques, animal herding, especially that of camels, dominated in these more arid regions. The advent of agriculture paved the way for small communities of farmers along the rivers and the coastline, which would eventually develop into the first civilizations around 4000 years ago.

Ancient Civilizations

Once small city-states started to develop, so did trade routes between them, and eventually warfare over control of these new burgeoning routes. It was this long ago that copper and bronze had been discovered in the region, along with the techniques required to forge them, throwing these new communities into the bronze age, with much technological innovation. By this time, salt had been discovered in underground deposits inland, and was the main commodity traded along the trade routes routes; salt was vital for its preservation abilities, and helped to secure a better food supply for the populations along the routes. Consequently, the first city-state to have conquered many other city-states and held them for a substantially long time was the city-turned-kingdom known to others eWrġ ("gold"), so called for their rich and affluent warrior king, Emĥĥti I.

The first kingdom of which there are direct written records is the kingdom of Btqqwu, (modern eBtxowu), of unclear etymology, possibly related to the old eWel words "bsbaas", fennel, and "igr", field. It was under this kingdom that the city of Awmndm nw Tsmt, modern eLmndnt N wTsnt, lit. "city of salt", better known as Salasca, was founded as a trading harbour on the Periclean Ocean in the year 1734 BCE. Under a succession of two kings, Tršwšš I and Fažmk II nw Btqqwu that Btqqwu reached the height of its power, controlling much coastline and a substantial amount of territory inland, crucially the salt deposits in the interior. These two kings were renowned in Btqqwu and feared by other leaders for their complete control over their realm as ambitious warrior kings, and their leadership and unifying abilities over their people. Evidently, very shortly after the death of Fažmk II in 1632 BCE, Btqqwu collapsed completely, quickly losing power over the territory it once held and fading quickly into history.

The most long-lasted civilization was that of Wn Brrwa, which bears a certain resemblance to the modern eWel N Tnyin words "wen brra", foreigner, though it is unclear why as this civilization was headed by, and ruled over, early N Tnyin people. Lasting almost a millenium and a half, over 23 successive dynasties, Wn Brrwa was one of the first civilizations to place an emphasis more on effective administration rather than warfare, which many historians credit for its longevity as an entity, though it did not grow to be as extensive or as internationally powerful than the precedent Btqqwu and eWrġ. Wn Brrwa outlasted repeated invasion attempts by the First Aradian Empire, who managed to control large portions of the coastline between 401 and 212 BCE. Though the influential city of Awmndm nw Tsnt was lost (during which time it acquired a name that would evolve into Salasca), the effective administration of several strong bureaucratic kings held the kingdom together. In fact, it was only under the rule of the famously incompetent king Ġġwzeĥ VI that the populace revolted and attempted to establish a more democratic power system akin to that of the Hellenic (?) states to the west, though the administration by then was so weakened by Ġġwzeĥ's ineptitude that Wn Brrwa finally broke apart in 35 BCE, after nearly 1500 years of history.

From the breakup of Wn Brrwa until around 200 CE, the area of Eun Tunyin was dominated by two separate kingdoms, separated by the NAME river that functioned as the main trade route to the ocean. The two kingdoms were locked in a near-constant struggle for just over two hundred years, vying for control over the river, the salt deposits and the wealth that they both brought. On the western bank of the river, N wNfren, [Kingdom] of the Fountains, was traditionally the richer kingdom of the two, with its capital in the timelessly important Awmndm nw Tsmt, while on the eastern bank lay the lands of N wḊln [Kingdom] of the Grapes, less rich but still competitive with N wNfren due to N wḊln's large reserves of iron and tin, the former being useful for everyday tools and the latter being a very important soft metal as a component of copper and in jewellery making. After over two hundred years of intermittent warfare between the two, during which time N wNfren seemed to be winning out over the other, king Kefqw of N wḊln, a known genius tactician, took advantage of a moment of instability in the kingdom across the river after the murder of its heir by the king's brother. Kefqw led his forces across the river and quickly seized the capital of Awmndm nw Tsmt, leading to the surrender of the rest of the Fountain Kingdom to his rule.

Quarfian Empire

King Kefqw N wḊln, having proven himself a brilliant general, established an empire based around the city of eLmndnt N wTsnt, whose name he had modernized from the thousand-year old moniker. This empire came to rival the earlier kingdom of Btqqwu in terms of international infamy and military power, while at the same time continuing Wn Brrwa's trade dominance in the region, though not lasting nearly as long. The trade routes that had once run solely along the river and small sections of the coast now traversed continents, with wares from Belisaria, Ochran, Malaio and every corner of Scipia being sold in the bustling capital. One of the most important goods during this time was cinnamon, taking salt's earlier crown as the most valuable commodity. Cinnamon was mostly grown in western Ochran, though it was enjoyed the world over. To reach far-flung destinations in Scipia, the cinnamon needed to pass through eLmndnt N wTsnt, giving the empire the association with the spice, eventually becoming its namesake. The empire was known as "ⴰⵍⴰⴽⵍⴷⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵡⵇⵔⴼ" eLekldit N wQrf, "the Cinnamon Empire"