Itielia

The People's Republic of Itielia Народна Республика Итъелия
Flag Emblem
Anthem: "Red Sun Over Azure Sea"
Capital and largest city	Vetromest
Official languages	Itielian
Ethnic groups (2020)	74.20% Itielians 11.50% Oratai 7.20% Rechnyak 6.10% Argyno-Kipchak 1.00% Other
Religion (2020)	55.90% Christianity —52.80% Evangelical Christianity —3.10% Other Christian 43.40% Irreligious 0.70% Other
Demonym(s)	Itielian
Government	Unitary Marxist-Leninist single-party socialist republic
• General Secretary Chairman of the Council of Defence	Roman Tkatshyuk
• Chairman of the State Council	Foma Simonis
• Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Alexander Stasiuk
Legislature	Supreme Congress/State Council
Formation
• Baptism of Itielia	1042
• Itielian Revolution	1944-1945
• Proclamation of the People's Republic	1st June 1945
Area
• Total	3,217,632 km2 (1,242,335 sq mi)
• Water (%)	N/A
Population
• 2022 estimate	88,567,000
• 2020 census	87,105,672
• Density	0/km2 (0.0/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	$2.629 Trillion
• Per capita	$30,182
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$801 Billion
• Per capita	$9,204
Gini (2020)	29.5 low
HDI (2020)	0.826 very high
Currency	Itielian cervonec (ICR)
Time zone	UTCx (+N)
• Summer (DST)	UTCx (+x)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+54
ISO 3166 code	IT
Internet TLD	.itl

The People's Republic of Itielia (Itielian: Народна Республика Итъелия), commonly known as Itielia (Itielian: Итъелия), is a country in Abos. Located on the western edge of the continent, it covers NNNNN. Itielia borders Niagara to the north.

The earliest human activity on the territory are known since Late Palaeolithic period.

Itielia is member of N, N, and N.

History

Main article: History of Itielia

Politics and Government

Itielia is Unitary Marxist-Leninist single-party socialist republic with the leading role of the Communist Party of Itielia enshrined in the constitution. The Government is officially committed to socialism, nevertheless foreign observers have described the government as authoritarian and corporatist.

In the constitution, the Communist Party of Itielia is described as "leading and guiding institution of the people, vanguard of the working masses, highest form of political organisation". The Party holds ultimate authority over state and government, which is itself governed by the Central Committee. Only candidates endorsed by the Party are allowed to contest elections to the Supreme Congress (which are in most cases effectively unopposed). The Party exercises significant political control over all branches of the government, military, and public industry.

Government

Roman Tkatshyuk
General Secretary and Chairman of the Council of Defence.

Foma Simonis
Chairman of the State Council

Aleksander Stasiuk
Premier

Alexei Odernski
Communist Party Secretary for Ideology

The Socialist Constitution of Itielia establishes the Supreme Congress as the highest body of state power. The Congress conveys once a year to decide upon the important matters of policy. It elects the State Council as permanent legislature, which then elects the Council of Ministers. Chairman of the State Council acts as titular head of state. The Chairman of the Council of Ministers (informally referred as Premier) is head of government, who presides over the Council of Ministers made of five deputy premiers and heads of ministries and government departments. The General Secretary ofthe Communist Party of Itielia is de-facto leader of Itielia and leader of the Party. As a rule, General Secretary concurrently holds position of the Chairman of the Council of Defence, making the holder both leader of the party and commander-in-chief.

Military

Itielian soldiers during military manoeuvres.

Foreign Relations

Itielia develops foreign relations with all countries regardless of their political or economic system, based on the principle of peaceful co-existance. The important points of foreign policy are security in Western Abos, international trade, global stability, respect of national sovereignty, peace, and mutual development.

Law

Itielian law is based on the civil law system with significant influence of Gagian and Niagaran influences. Before the 80s-90s economic reform, Itielia operated socialist legal system, but with the economic reforms a number of laws passed to reform the Itielia law. The judiciary is operated by professional judges and lawyers and is supervised by the Ministry of Justice and the Party. Trials are inquisitorial and conducted my a mixed panel of professional justices and lay judges elected by local councils.

The basis for law is the Socialist Constitution of the People's Republic of Itielia, passed in 1997. The country operates a complex system of legal norms, passed by various authorities.

Human Rights

International organisations often rate Itielian human rights record as poor. According to International Freedom Report 2020, Itielian Government routinely suppresses freedoms of speech, assembly, the press, religion, and privacy.

According to N, there are currently 34 prisoners of prisoners of conscience in Itielia.

Demographics

Education

A Pioneer girl with a trumpet

The education system consists of pre-school element (crèches and kindergartens), primary and secondary school (Middle School, divided into Junior and Senior Grade, Real School, Gymnasium), secondary (High School), and tertiary (universities and college).

Literacy rate is 99.6%, and enrolment for primary school is 100%. The law makes education in primary and secondary institutions compulsory. About 64% of school graduates decide to attend higher education institutions. All Itielian university students are supported by the state, with university-level education having minimal tuition fees. About 23% of Itielian students do not pay tuition fees.

The State has monopoly on education, with private and non-state institutions usually providing tutoring and advanced foreign language instruction.

Health

The state guarantees access to free healthcare in the Constitution. The state healthcare system is managed by the Ministry of Health. In 2020, Itielia spent 5,2% of GDP on healthcare.

Life expectancy is 74 for women and 72 for men. The leading cause of death in 2020 were diseases the circulatory system. Itielia maintains high standard of hygiene and sanitary quality.

Religion

In 2020 census nearly 56% of surveyed identified themselves as Christians by religion. The majority of Christians belong to the Evangelical Church, a Lutheran church.

The Constitution of Itielia guarantees freedom of consciousness and religious rites. Initially state policy towards religion was purely adversary, with the long term goal of eliminating religion and establishing "scientific atheism" as the only worldview system. This changed with adoption of the Central Committee Decree "On the Matters of Civil Affairs" in autumn plenum of the Central Committee in 1996, which liberalised religious policy.

Languages

The majority and official language is Itielian, a Northern Venedian language. Itielian is often spoken in different local varieties, and since the enactment of Linguistical Culture Law of 2001, the official policy has been changed to preservation of local dialects. Oratai and Recnyak ethnic communities speak local dialects of Itielian. Argyno-Kipchak ethnic community speaks in Argyno-Kipchak language, a N language.

There are approximately 89 million native Itielian speakers internationally, and 400,000 second language speakers.