Tanaya

Tanaya Soviet People's Republic Танаjска Советска Народна Република
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Anthem: "Oath of Renunciation"
Capital	Plamen
Largest city	Vishnegrad
Official languages	Central Tanayan
Ethnic groups (2020)	Tanayans (80%), various immigrant communities (20%)
Religion (2019)	96% irreligious 4% various religions and cults
Demonym(s)	Tanayan
Government	Council Republic
• Chairman of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of Assembly of Soviets	Alexandra A. Stamboliyskaya
Legislature	Assembly of Soviets
Establishment
• First Tanaya Revolution	1934-1939
• Establishment of TSPR	1939
• Second Tanaya Revolution	1951
Population
• 2020 census	165,808,265
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	฿726,797,822,496 (1)
• Per capita	$4,384
HDI (2020)	0.910 very high
Currency	Tanayan Lev (LST)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+762
Internet TLD	.tan

Tanaya Soviet People's Republic is a state in the east Mu-Kal, situated on the east coast of Talia Sound around Tanaya river valley. It has 165,808,265 inhabitants as per 2020 census, which is the largest population in the world; however, it is spread mostly evenly across the country.

There are evidences of cultures in Tanayan Valley going as far as 13,000 years BCE and the first recognizable political entity, called Tanayan Early Tsardom emerged in 40th Century BCE. Further state developments included Tanayan Old Tsardom, Middle Tsardom and New Tsardom, combined in Tanaya Tsarist Era; during the entirety of that era Tsardoms contested control of Talia Sound with neighboring societies.

Economic crisis of 1880 weakened the New Tsardom already in decline and gave the rise for the worker movement, culminating in creating Tanaya Revolutionary Party (TRP) in 1901. Although industrialization and militarization programs facilitated the recovery, they did little to alleviate class conflicts. June Uprising of 1934 turned into the full-blown Tanayan Revolution which lead the country to a civil war between monarch-capitalist ruling block and foreign anti-communist supporters and TRP, now organized into a fighting force called Tanaya Revolutionary Army.

After a five-year Tanaya Civil War, TRP emerged victorious and Tanaya Soviet People's Republic was established in 1939. Initial economic and cultural politics helped the country to recover from the civil war; however, the expansion of bureaucratic machine eventually lead to the conflicts in the TRP. With bureaucracy initiating repressions against TRP intelligentsia core, its wings combined their efforts and started the Second Tanayan Revolution in 1951 culminating in a wave of purges against pro-bureaucratic elements of TRP. Its later consequence was the loss of monopoly by TRP and establishment of several other political intelligentsia organizations.

Today, TSPR is one of the leading members of the International Revolutionary Pact and the main socialist power in the Eastern Hemisphere, but it also maintains friendly relations with Mu-Kal countries, being a member of the Mu-Kal Union. TSPR planned economy is in the top-20 economies of Olympia by GDP and is the first economy in the world featuring centralized computer coordination with the least market influence within the socialist block.

Etymology

The name "Tanaya" was first found in the document of Middle Tsardom from ~800 BCE known as Irrigation Engineering Paper #70-19-205, done by an irrigation engineer named Volk. He referred to "Tana" river and "Tana-Ya" area which was covered by his irrigation project. Further use of this constructed definition in that sense continued until 200 years later, when "Tanaya" was used in its modern sense, denoting the whole river.

Politics

Tanayan governing organs chart

Most of the political system of TSPR was established in the TSPR Constitution of 1939 and retained in the current TSPR Constitution of 1951, under which the country opeartes. TSPR is a council republic operating as an organic semi-direct democracy.

Two primitive cells of the Tanayan council system are a workplace collecitve, forming a Workplace council, and a local community, forming a Community council. Workplace and Community councils elect City councils, City councils elect Oblast' (county) councils, Oblast' councils elect Regional councils. Oblast' and Regional councils send delegates to the Assembly of Soviets of Tanayan S.P.R. (AoS) which acts as the supreme power of the Soviet People's Republic. AoS passes laws, appoints, controls and dismisses other governmental bodies, acts as the supreme court of the Republic and acts as one of the means of the inter-council cooperation. It convenes four times a year on a month-long sessions in the Grand Hall of the Palace of Councils. AoS has no theoretical upper limit, but there are practical limitations stemming from the size of the Grand Hall (2400 seats).

Between the sessions, the operations of the AoS are handled by the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the AoS, appointed by it. The CEC is formed directly from the AoS members, People's Commissars, Directors of the Central Institutes, Central Council of Rabkrinkon and other appointed or coopted individuals. The day-to-day operations of the CEC are handled by the Presidium of the CEC of the AoS, presided by a Chairman, appointed by the CEC and approved with 80% of votes of the Assembly. Presidium must contain at least three members; throughout its history the size varied from the minimal three (Cherdenko Presidium of 1971) to 23 (Karadzich Presidium of 1947) members; the incumbent Stamboliyskaya Presidium (2019) is formed of nine members.

Any member of the Presidium may be appointed a Plenipotentiary for any specific operation with all the necessary powers within the scope of the operation and absolute responsibility for its outcome and consequences. After the operation, the AoS judges the Plenipotentiary and may apply any punishment it sees fit in case of an undesirable outcome. Common punishments include expulsion from the Presidium, ban from participating in elections, temporary or permanently, and ban on being elected on governmental roles, likewise, temporary or permanently.

Any member of the Presidium may represent TSPR abroad; more often than not it is Chairman's duty, but other members representing the country is not uncommon.

The council system operates with imperative mandate and under the principle of democratic centralism: the decisions of the upper councils are mandatory for the lower councils and the AoS decisions, coming from the supreme power in the Republic, are mandatory for all councils down and affected by the decision.

All councils above Workplace/Community level have their Central Executive Committees to manage day-to-day operations. They are elected by councils and are subordinated to them and the Council of People's Commissars and other executive organs (see below).

The executive power is maintained by Councils of all levels; however, there is a system of civil government centered around the Council of People's Commissars (CONPECOM), subordinated to the CEC of the AoS. Until 1971 CONPECOM Reorganization it used to be a vast structure consisting of over 60 Commissariats but since then the structure was significantly cut down and as of 2020 there are only nine Commissariats in existence: Trade (COMTRADE), Foreign Affairs (COMFOR), Internal Security (COMSEC), Communications and IT (COMIT), Architecture and Construction (COMARCON), Infrastructure and Housing (COMHOUSE), Healthcare and Social Development (COMHEALTH), Education, Culture and Science (COMSCIEDU) and Judicial and Administrative Affairs (COMJUST).

The second non-Council organ of executive power is the Workers', Peasants' and Intellectuals' Control Inspection (Rabkrinkon), serving to check bureaucracy and Councils of all levels. It has Regional, Oblast' and City levels and is elected by respective Councils. The only prerequisite requirement until 1967 was the membership in TRP or TMRP; since then it was lifted.

The final organ of executive power is the Republican Economic Council (REC), organized in 1971 from several People's Commissariats, several Institutes and nearly all dirctorates from heavy, light, medium and general industry. From the very beginning it has been the principal economic authority, formulating and implementing economic policies, employing extensive analytical staff and sophisticated planning and coordination systems for that purpose. REC is considered so important it is represented both in the CEC of AoS by a faction of relevant directors and senior staff, and in the Presidium of the AoS by the Chairman of the REC.

Judicial system is composed from the City, Oblast', Regional courts, members of which are elected. Councils may conduct judicial procedures on minor matters themselves. The Assembly of Soviets serves as the Supreme Court; in practice, Presidium conducts judicial matters most of the time.

The term of the AoS, its Presidium and CEC, Region and Oblast' Councils, Regional and Oblast Rabkrinkon Commissionaries and all judges is four years; City and Workplace councils and City Rabkrinkon Commissionaries have a two-year term. CONPECOM technically has a four-year term but individual Commissars de facto serve much longer.

Revolutionary parties

A revolutionary party can be defined as a group of social-oriented intelligentsia working together as a united political entity, not necessarily as an actual political party, to achieve a revolution, not necessarily global, and coordinate the post-revolutionary state to achieve its minimal and maximal program using political power. Going by this definition, there are two revolutionary parties in TSPR ─ Tanayan Revolutionary Party (Танаjска Революционарна Партия, TRP) and its radical offshoot, Tanayan Maximalist Revolutionary Party (Танаjска Максималистична Революционарна Партия, TMRP).

TRP, formed from five parties in 1901, was the heart of both Tanayan Revolutions, but in the aftermath of discussions in 1950s its left communist wing split from it, forming TMRP. Parties coexist in coalition, maintaining significant ideological influence as well as a political oversight over whatever is left of bureaucratic machine since Rabkrinkon is technically non-partisan people's oversight structure. One of the TMRP leadership always resides in the Presidium.

Both parties maintain a fairly enclosed and democratic centralist internal structure and have strict requirements for membership, both parties employ TSPR resources in advancing the wordwide socialist agenda and both parties raised cadre for structures of TSPR. Thus, the relationship between TSPR and TRP/TMRP can be considered symbiotic with parties guiding the state ideologically while the state is providing parties with materiel for socialist revolution which, in the end, is a joint goal of both. Internal critics, however, point out that TRP and TMRP operate independently enough from TSPR popular leadership to occasionally get "out of hand", casting an unnecessary shadow on Tanaya.

Foreign relations

TSPR foreign policy is driven and regulated by TSPR Constitution of 1951 and Stamboliyskiy Doctrine of 1954. According to the Preamble of the Constitution of 1951: "a 'socialist' state not being a material base and a working engine of the socialist revolution has neither any reason nor any right to exist"; as such, TSPR primary political goal is the worldwide socialist revolution and all actions and means are subordinated to that goal. According to Stamboliyskiy Doctrine, the task of "homeland security" ─ workable relations within Mu-Kal and western Nori ─ is the main prerequisite for the freedom of actions around the world, interpreted in a semi-realpolitik manner.

TSPR is a founding member of the International Revolutionary Pact alongside with the People's Republic of Velkanika and is considered primary socialist power in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is also one of the key members of the Mu-Kal Union representing the leftmost wing of all countries in it. Finally, as per 2020, TSPR is an observer in the International Meronophone Organization; the official position is that membership there serves as the check on potential neocolonialist moves in the South-East Nori area.

Military

Tanayan People's Revolutionary Army (TPRA) serves as the military force of TSPR. It is collectively headed by the Central Military Council with at least two liaisons in the CEC of AoS and a liaison in the Presidium of the AoS.

Three principal branches of the TPRA are Tanayan People's Army (TPA), Tanayan Revolutionary Navy (TRN) and Tanayan Revolutionary Air Force (TRAF), each of which is headed by its own Central Military Council. Additional auxiliary branches include Security Troops (COMSECTROOPS), Airborne Troops (VDV) and Strategic Missile Forces (TSRF). Together they are comprised of 2.1 million service personnel, making TPRA one of the largest militaries of the world. Service in TPRA is voluntary with provisions for conscription if necessary. Apart from that, all schools and universities have mandatory military training courses for everyone above 16 and there is a network of sections for additional military education on several military specialties.

TSPR possess the most powerful air arm in the world, including the most powerful medium and heavy bomber force, a modest stockpile of tactical nuclear weapons, a fully mechanized land army and one of the largest nuclear-powered navies in the world outside of the world leading naval powers. All of that is provided by fully indigenious arms industry: Tanayan arms import is mostly seen as a gesture of goodwill towards its allies in IRP and MU. Arms export of TSPR is mostly limited to aligned nations and movements.

Tanayan military expenditures have been steadily increasing from 7.2% of the 1986 Budget, amounting to 211.46 billion leva (~27.6%) in the 2020 Budget. Tanayan military expenditure is higher than that of many contemporary nations.

Economy

The economy of TSPR is the largest in Olympia by GDP, although way below average by GDP per capita. It is characterized by collective ownership of the means of production, semi-centralized planning, unstable and shifting balance between secondary and tertiary sectors, comparatively small consumer sector, high job security, minimal unemployment and high macroeconomic stability. Tanayan currency, the lev (plural: leva), is regarded as one of the most stable, with low inflation rate and low value fluctuations even without active metal standard.

Tanayan economy was shaped by several ideologues and practitioners, most notably, Tsvetan Borovitskiy, Nikolai Shumilov, Stepan Stepanovich, Bogdan Muraviev, Ivan Plamenev and Alexandra Stamboliyskaya. Although initially relatively balanced with some industrial inclination, Tanayan economy took sharp turn towards extensive industrialization in early Plamenev Era (1971-1991) and towards intensification of production and realignment towards tertiary sector during 2000s and 2010s. This resulted in a heavily unbalanced economy surpassing almost any contemporary economy in output and diversification but heavily reliant on resource import and availability of the markets.