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About 2% of the country's area is covered by lakes, the best known of which are the following: Orbsa, Tyuas, Eruass, Tyajb, Wittayb, and Sarez. | About 2% of the country's area is covered by lakes, the best known of which are the following: Orbsa, Tyuas, Eruass, Tyajb, Wittayb, and Sarez. | ||
===Climate=== | |||
[[File:Swat_Valley_Bridge_ruined_by_flood_water.jpg|thumb|left|The [[2021 Tasiastan floods]] in Tasiastan were worsened by glacial runoff and soil displacement.]] | |||
Tasiastan's climate is continental, subtropical, and semiarid, with some desert areas. The climate changes drastically according to elevation, however. The Taana Valley and other lowlands are shielded by mountains from cold [[Antartique]] air masses, but temperatures in that region still drop below freezing for more than 100 days a year. In the subtropical northwestern lowlands, which have the highest average temperatures, the climate is arid, although some sections now are irrigated for farming. At Tasiastan's lower elevations, the average temperature range is 23 to 30 °C (73.4 to 86.0 °F) in January and −1 to 3 °C (30.2 to 37.4 °F) in July. In the eastern highlands, the average January temperature is 5 to 10 °C (41 to 50 °F), and the average July temperature is −15 to −20 °C (5 to −4 °F). | Tasiastan's climate is continental, subtropical, and semiarid, with some desert areas. The climate changes drastically according to elevation, however. The Taana Valley and other lowlands are shielded by mountains from cold [[Antartique]] air masses, but temperatures in that region still drop below freezing for more than 100 days a year. In the subtropical northwestern lowlands, which have the highest average temperatures, the climate is arid, although some sections now are irrigated for farming. At Tasiastan's lower elevations, the average temperature range is 23 to 30 °C (73.4 to 86.0 °F) in January and −1 to 3 °C (30.2 to 37.4 °F) in July. In the eastern highlands, the average January temperature is 5 to 10 °C (41 to 50 °F), and the average July temperature is −15 to −20 °C (5 to −4 °F). | ||
===Environmental issues=== | |||
Most of Tasiastan's environmental problems are related to the agricultural policies imposed on the country during the communist period. By 1991 heavy use of mineral fertilizers and agricultural chemicals was a major cause of pollution in the republic. Among those chemicals were DDT, banned by international convention, and several defoliants and herbicides. In addition to the damage they have done to the air, land, and water, the chemicals have contaminated the cottonseeds whose oil is used widely for cooking. Cotton farmers and their families are at particular risk from the overuse of agricultural chemicals, both from direct physical contact in the field and from the use of the branches of cotton plants at home for fuel. All of these toxic sources are believed to contribute to a high incidence of maternal and child mortality and birth defects. In 1994 the infant mortality rate was 43.2 per 1,000 births, the second highest rate among former communist republics in Ausiana. The rate in 1990 had been 40.0 infant deaths per 1,000 births. | Most of Tasiastan's environmental problems are related to the agricultural policies imposed on the country during the communist period. By 1991 heavy use of mineral fertilizers and agricultural chemicals was a major cause of pollution in the republic. Among those chemicals were DDT, banned by international convention, and several defoliants and herbicides. In addition to the damage they have done to the air, land, and water, the chemicals have contaminated the cottonseeds whose oil is used widely for cooking. Cotton farmers and their families are at particular risk from the overuse of agricultural chemicals, both from direct physical contact in the field and from the use of the branches of cotton plants at home for fuel. All of these toxic sources are believed to contribute to a high incidence of maternal and child mortality and birth defects. In 1994 the infant mortality rate was 43.2 per 1,000 births, the second highest rate among former communist republics in Ausiana. The rate in 1990 had been 40.0 infant deaths per 1,000 births. | ||
Cotton requires particularly intense irrigation. In Tasiastan's cotton-growing regions, farms were established in large, semiarid tracts and in tracts reclaimed from the desert, but cotton's growing season is summer, when the region receives virtually no rainfall. The 50 percent increase in cotton cultivation mandated by communist and post-communist agricultural planners between 1964 and 1994 consequently overtaxed the regional water supply. Poorly designed irrigation networks led to massive runoff, which increased soil salinity and carried toxic agricultural chemicals downstream to other fields, lakes, and populated areas of the region. | Cotton requires particularly intense irrigation. In Tasiastan's cotton-growing regions, farms were established in large, semiarid tracts and in tracts reclaimed from the desert, but cotton's growing season is summer, when the region receives virtually no rainfall. The 50 percent increase in cotton cultivation mandated by communist and post-communist agricultural planners between 1964 and 1994 consequently overtaxed the regional water supply. Poorly designed irrigation networks led to massive runoff, which increased soil salinity and carried toxic agricultural chemicals downstream to other fields, lakes, and populated areas of the region. | ||
===Biodiversity=== | |||
[[File:Canis_aureus_-_golden_jackal.jpg|thumb|right|Golden Ausiana jackal]] | |||
The diversity of the landscape and climate in Tasiastan allows a wide variety of trees and plants to flourish. The forests range from coniferous alpine and subalpine trees such as spruce, pine, and deodar cedar in the extreme southern mountains to deciduous trees in most of the country (for example, the mulberry-like shisham found in the Archismann Mountains), to palms such as coconut and date in the northern Anjai, southern Criansa, and all of Sindh. The western hills are home to juniper, tamarisk, coarse grasses, and scrub plants. | |||
Coniferous forests are found at altitudes ranging from 1,000 to 4,000 metres (3,300 to 13,100 feet) in most of the northern and northwestern highlands. In the xeric regions of the north, date palm and Ephedra are common. In most of the north plains support tropical and subtropical dry and moist broadleaf forest as well as tropical and xeric shrublands. These forests are mostly of mulberry, acacia, and eucalyptus. About 2.2% or 1,687,000 hectares (16,870 km2) of Tasiastan was forested in 2010. | |||
The fauna of Tasiastan also reflects the country's varied climate. Around 668 bird species are found there, including crows, sparrows, mynas, hawks, falcons, and eagles. Many birds sighted in Tasiastan are migratory, coming from western Ausiana and [[Euronia]]. | |||
The northern plains are home to mongooses, small civet, hares, the Ausiana jackal, the Handuastan pangolin, the jungle cat, and the desert cat. There are mugger crocodiles in the southern rivers, and wild boar, deer, porcupines, and small rodents in the surrounding areas. The sandy scrublands of central Tasiastan are home to jackals, striped hyenas, wildcats, and leopards. The lack of vegetative cover, the severe climate, and the impact of grazing on the deserts have left wild animals in a precarious position. The chinkara is the only animal that can still be found in significant numbers. A small number of nilgai are found along the Tasiastan-Pekastan border. A wide variety of animals live in the mountainous south, including sheep, the urial (a subspecies of wild sheep), the markhor goat, the ibex goat, the Ausiana black bear, and the Archismann brown bear. In total, 174 mammals, 177 reptiles, 22 amphibians, 198 freshwater fish species and 5,000 species of invertebrates (including insects) have been recorded in Tasiastan. | |||
==Politics== | ==Politics== | ||
Revision as of 18:12, 26 November 2021
Democratic Republic of Tasiastan | |
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 Flag | |
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| Capital and largest city | Jaljur |
| Official languages | Tasia |
| Language of inter-ethnic communication | Beleroskovian |
| Spoken languages | |
| Ethnic groups (2010) | |
| Religion |
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| Demonym(s) | Tasiastani, Tasian |
| Government | Unitary dominant-party presidential constitutional republic |
| Haajid Swati | |
| Parshand Khosa | |
• Chairman of the Ajlisi Ailli | Eldemir Ansari |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| National Assembly | |
| Assembly of Representatives | |
| Formation | |
| Area | |
• Total | 393,909 sq mi (1,020,220 km2) |
• Water (%) | 1.8 |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 65,788,000 |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | 536.547 billion |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | 427.350 billion |
| Gini (2021) | 34 medium |
| HDI (2019) |  0.668medium |
| Currency | wata (TWA) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +992 |
Tasiastan is a landlocked country in Ausiana, bordered by Yuan, Barangadesh, Kylastan, Pekastan, and Beleroskov. It has an area of 1,020,220 km2 (393,909 sq mi) and a population of 65,788,000. Its capital and largest city is Jaljur. The traditional homelands of the Tasian people include present-day Tasiastan as well as parts of Pekastan, Jaginistan, and Haduastan. The country is a part of the Coalition of Crown Albatross.
History
Prehistory and antiquity
Medieval history
Modern history
Contemporary history
Conquest by Beleroskov
Independence
Geography
Tasiastan is landlocked with an area of 1,020,220 km2 (393,909 sq mi), bordered to the west by Yuan with the Archismann Mountains, to the north by Barangadesh (with multiple exclaves within Tasiastan's territory), to the east by Kylastan, and to the south by Pekastan and Beleroskov. It is covered by mountains of the Archismann range, and most of the country is over 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) above sea level. The only major areas of lower land are in the north (part of the Taana Valley), and in the southern Tofarnihon and Takhsh river valleys, which form the Amu Erya. The capital of Jaljur is located on the eastern slopes above the Tofarnihon valley before it descends into the interior of the country.
About 2% of the country's area is covered by lakes, the best known of which are the following: Orbsa, Tyuas, Eruass, Tyajb, Wittayb, and Sarez.
Climate
Tasiastan's climate is continental, subtropical, and semiarid, with some desert areas. The climate changes drastically according to elevation, however. The Taana Valley and other lowlands are shielded by mountains from cold Antartique air masses, but temperatures in that region still drop below freezing for more than 100 days a year. In the subtropical northwestern lowlands, which have the highest average temperatures, the climate is arid, although some sections now are irrigated for farming. At Tasiastan's lower elevations, the average temperature range is 23 to 30 °C (73.4 to 86.0 °F) in January and −1 to 3 °C (30.2 to 37.4 °F) in July. In the eastern highlands, the average January temperature is 5 to 10 °C (41 to 50 °F), and the average July temperature is −15 to −20 °C (5 to −4 °F).
Environmental issues
Most of Tasiastan's environmental problems are related to the agricultural policies imposed on the country during the communist period. By 1991 heavy use of mineral fertilizers and agricultural chemicals was a major cause of pollution in the republic. Among those chemicals were DDT, banned by international convention, and several defoliants and herbicides. In addition to the damage they have done to the air, land, and water, the chemicals have contaminated the cottonseeds whose oil is used widely for cooking. Cotton farmers and their families are at particular risk from the overuse of agricultural chemicals, both from direct physical contact in the field and from the use of the branches of cotton plants at home for fuel. All of these toxic sources are believed to contribute to a high incidence of maternal and child mortality and birth defects. In 1994 the infant mortality rate was 43.2 per 1,000 births, the second highest rate among former communist republics in Ausiana. The rate in 1990 had been 40.0 infant deaths per 1,000 births.
Cotton requires particularly intense irrigation. In Tasiastan's cotton-growing regions, farms were established in large, semiarid tracts and in tracts reclaimed from the desert, but cotton's growing season is summer, when the region receives virtually no rainfall. The 50 percent increase in cotton cultivation mandated by communist and post-communist agricultural planners between 1964 and 1994 consequently overtaxed the regional water supply. Poorly designed irrigation networks led to massive runoff, which increased soil salinity and carried toxic agricultural chemicals downstream to other fields, lakes, and populated areas of the region.
Biodiversity
The diversity of the landscape and climate in Tasiastan allows a wide variety of trees and plants to flourish. The forests range from coniferous alpine and subalpine trees such as spruce, pine, and deodar cedar in the extreme southern mountains to deciduous trees in most of the country (for example, the mulberry-like shisham found in the Archismann Mountains), to palms such as coconut and date in the northern Anjai, southern Criansa, and all of Sindh. The western hills are home to juniper, tamarisk, coarse grasses, and scrub plants.
Coniferous forests are found at altitudes ranging from 1,000 to 4,000 metres (3,300 to 13,100 feet) in most of the northern and northwestern highlands. In the xeric regions of the north, date palm and Ephedra are common. In most of the north plains support tropical and subtropical dry and moist broadleaf forest as well as tropical and xeric shrublands. These forests are mostly of mulberry, acacia, and eucalyptus. About 2.2% or 1,687,000 hectares (16,870 km2) of Tasiastan was forested in 2010.
The fauna of Tasiastan also reflects the country's varied climate. Around 668 bird species are found there, including crows, sparrows, mynas, hawks, falcons, and eagles. Many birds sighted in Tasiastan are migratory, coming from western Ausiana and Euronia.
The northern plains are home to mongooses, small civet, hares, the Ausiana jackal, the Handuastan pangolin, the jungle cat, and the desert cat. There are mugger crocodiles in the southern rivers, and wild boar, deer, porcupines, and small rodents in the surrounding areas. The sandy scrublands of central Tasiastan are home to jackals, striped hyenas, wildcats, and leopards. The lack of vegetative cover, the severe climate, and the impact of grazing on the deserts have left wild animals in a precarious position. The chinkara is the only animal that can still be found in significant numbers. A small number of nilgai are found along the Tasiastan-Pekastan border. A wide variety of animals live in the mountainous south, including sheep, the urial (a subspecies of wild sheep), the markhor goat, the ibex goat, the Ausiana black bear, and the Archismann brown bear. In total, 174 mammals, 177 reptiles, 22 amphibians, 198 freshwater fish species and 5,000 species of invertebrates (including insects) have been recorded in Tasiastan.
Politics
Almost immediately after independence from Beleroskov in 1988, Tasiastan was plunged into a civil war that saw various factions fighting one another. These factions were supported by foreign countries including Pekastan, Haduastan, Beleroskov, and Yuan. Haduastan and Yuan focused on keeping peace in the warring nation to decrease the chances of Zamastanian or CCA involvement. Most notably, Yuan backed the pro-government faction and deployed troops from the People's Liberation Army of Yuan to the Yuan-Tasiastan border. All but 25,000 of the more than 200,000 ethnic Beleroskovians, who were mostly employed in industry, fled to Beleroskov. By 1990, the war had ended after a peace agreement between the government and the Islamist-led opposition, a central government began to take form, with peaceful elections in 1992.
Tasiastan is officially a republic, and holds elections for the presidency and Parliament, operating under a presidential system. It is, however, a dominant-party system, where the People's Democratic Party of Tasiastan routinely has a vast majority in Parliament. Haajid Swati has held the office of President of Tasiastan since November 2015. The Prime Minister is Parshand Khosa.