Ghamistan

Federal Republic of Ghamistan د ګمستان فدرالي جمهوریت
Flag
Motto: "Motherland is heaven"
Anthem: "Dar in Watan" In This Homeland (Estmerish)
Location of Ghamistan (in navy), within Coius (light blue)
Capital	Maziar City
Largest Metro	Velawar
Official languages	Ghamic
Ethnic groups	64% Ghamic 14% Togoti 11% Tabur Pardarian 7% Sathani 4% Other
Religion	58% Prathanism 21% Irfan 8% Ashankism 5% Other Satrian 4% Sotirianity 1% Other (Including Badi, Zohism, and Tribal Religion) 3% Irreligious
Demonym(s)	Ghamistani
Government	Federal Parliamentary Republic
• Federal President	Chavi Rastegar
• Prime Minister	Vahin Kuram
Legislature	National Congress
Significant events & Formation
• Rise of the Muzhgan Dynasty	1651 CE
• Creation of Gamia Etruriana	1887 CE
• Independence from Etruria	1946 CE
Area
• Total	967,519 km2 (373,561 sq mi)
• Water (%)	2.2
Population
• 2023 estimate	136,507,255 (6)
• Density	141.09/km2 (365.4/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2023 estimate
• Total	2.026 trillion (17)
• Per capita	$14,840 (46)
GDP (nominal)	2023 estimate
• Total	1.291 trillion (17)
• Per capita	$9,460 (50)
Gini (2023)	45.9 medium
HDI (2023)	0.668 medium
Currency	Ghamistani Mandin (GMN)
Time zone	UTC-1 (UTC)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+53
Internet TLD	.gh

Ghamistan (Ghamic: غمستان), officially the Federal Republic of Ghamistan (Ghamic: د ګمستان فدرالي جمهوریت), is a country at the eastern edge of the Satrian region of the continent of Coius. Ghamistan borders Rajyaghar to the west, Zorasan to the east, and the Acheloian Sea to the north. Almost exactly one million square kilometers in area, the country is made up of a diverse range of geographic features, most prominently divided by the Pavitra Mountain Range running east-west across the country. As of 2023, Ghamistan's population is 136.5 million, the 6th highest in the world. Maziar City is the nation's capital, while Velawar is its largest city and financial center.

Inhabited by humans for more than 60,000 years, early Purvan cultures developed the first major settlements in modern Ghamistan between 4000 BCE and 2000 BCE, before being gradually displaced by the Boreocoian Migration from the Great Steppe, leading to the establishment of some of the first Bhagic Kingdoms as waystations for further settlement into Satria. Intermittently conquered by outside forces including the Second Heavenly Kingdom, Jhanda Empire, and Great Chanwa, Ghamic culture developed as a blend of these waves of external influence, before the rise of the Ghamic Kingdoms throughout the 1100s and 1200s CE, concurrently with the widespread adoption of Prathanism.

The Muzhgan Empire, formed in 1651, would prosper following the collaspe of its contemporary rival, the Togoti Empire, expanding to encompass territory beyond the borders of modern Ghamistan at its height before beginning a gradual decline throughout the later half of the 18th century, the start of a period called the Century of Degradation. Becoming a protectorate of Etruria in 1834 and later annexed as a colonial territory in 1887, the Padshah was retained as a disempowered figurehead ruler over Gamia Etruriana.

Ghamistan gained independence from Etruria at the same time as much of its colonial empire during the conclusion of the Solarian War, with a republic established by the All Ghamistan League successful in attaining recognition by the Community of Nations and subsequently repressing regional attempts at separate independence during the ensuing Satrian Wars. From 1954 to 1973, the National Republic of Ghamistan undermined democratic institutions, pursued proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and undertook campaigns of political repression and ethnic cleansing, before a military coup established the interim State of Ghamistan and prevented a total civil war during a major breakdown in civil order.

In 1983, the Third Ghamistani Constitutional Convention established the modern Federal Republic with a model of weak federalism that leaves significant authority to the states. Ghamistan has since experienced the growth of a flourishing political ecosystem, but is still considered a southern democracy by modern political analysts, with concerns raised about the authority of the bureaucracy and military over elected leaders.

Today, Ghamistan has a developing economy with growing industrial and tertiary sectors, and is seen as a potential regional power. Ghamistan is a member of the Community of Nations, ITO, and AEC, and an observer of the Irfanic Cooperative Conference, Council for Mutual Development, and International Forum for Developing States. Ghamistan is a former partner of the Global Institute for Fiscal Affairs and member of the League of Oil Producing States.

Etymology

Rarely used today, the exonym for Ghamistan through the early and late modern period had been the form Khamistan. Scholars have suggested that the root name, Khaman is derived from the ancient Matrabashi word Kamin, the name used for ancient inhabitants of the Satrian Pranta. Kamin literally means "lover" or "sparrow". Historically, the ethnonym Khaman was used to refer to Bhagic-descendent people broadly, before becoming specifically associated with Velic Ghamic speaking people along the coast of modern Ghamistan.

Ghamic or alternatively Ghami as an ethnonym is a modern construction, which describes the speakers of mutually intelligible Ghamic dialects who have previously generally associated with several distinct ethnic identities, who collectively formed the demographic core of the Muzhghan Empire and later Gamia Etruriana. The suffix "-stan" is of Pardarian origin, meaning "place of". Therefore, "Ghamistan" translates to "land of the Ghamis".

"Ghamistani" is the accepted national demonym, which carries less ethnographic emphasis, though "Ghamic" is also commonly used.

Economy

Main article: Economy of Ghamistan

As of 2023, Ghamistan had the largest economy in Satria and the 17th largest economy in the world by measure of Nominal GDP ($1.291 trillion) and PPP GDP ($2.026 trillion), and is classified as a lower-middle income developing economy. With a labor force of roughly 80 million, the world's sixth largest, growing industrial and tertiary sectors, as well as access to considerable natural resource wealth, Ghamistan is seen as holding significant economic potential over the next decade. Challenges to Ghamistan's economic development include its extreme income inequality and high rate of poverty, exorbitant national debts (238.8% of GDP), a historic lack of foreign investment, and institutional blockages to ease of doing business.

Ghamistan is a major regional exporter of iron and bauxite ore, precious metals, ethanol, sugar, tea, jute, footwear, vehicle parts, construction materials, and electronics, as well as a notable producer of copper ore, natural gas and coal, rice, fish, fertiliser, beverages, textiles, and small arms. Conversely, its largest import commodities are petroleum products, plastic material, road vehicles, and industrial machinery. Tertiary and Services sectors make up the largest part of the economy, at 52.4% of total GDP, followed by industry including mining at 39.1%, and agriculture at 8.5%.

After several decades under an effective command economy in the post-colonial period, Ghamistan experienced rapid growth following the introduction of liberalisation policies in the late 1980s and into the 1990s, leading to the overly optimistic and ambitious claim by Ghamistani academics such as Zigar Ghilzai that the Federal Republic would become a developed nation and a great power by the year 2020. In reality, rates of growth had already slowed significantly in the leadup to the 2005 Global Recession, which sent Ghamistan into spiraling national debt necessitating bailouts and unpopular restructuring policies imposed by international financial institutions to avoid a default. Development had recovered from this slump by the mid-2010s with returning consumer and investor confidence, and the Ghamistani economy has grown at an average rate of 7.1% per year over the last decade.