Mahdah Lorist Republic

The Mahdah Lorist Republic Mahdah Lorist Respublika
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Motto: Müstəqillik, Millətçilik, Azadlıq (Independence, Nationalism, Freedom)
Anthem: Tələbə Himni (Student's Anthem)
Location of MLR, Mahda
Capital	Qulluqçu Evi
Largest city	Gözəl Küləkli Şəhər
Official languages	Madahan Language
Recognised regional languages	Lothian Language, Aureumterran Language
Ethnic groups (2032)	35% Mahdahn, 15% Proto-Aureumterran/Nordurlander, 11.2% High Lothian, 3.7% Central Lothian, 1.1% Lower Lothian 10% Āturpātakān, 5% Aureumterran, 5% (Lothian-Azuran? Some form of cross-grouping), 5% Nordurlander-Aureumterran, 10% Other
Religion	Aged 18-60 34% No Religion 20% Yanğın Yolu 11% Cortarism 3% Progressive Cortarism 6% Lothic Sacerdotium 16% Veldikirkjan (Vacantist) 10% Veldikirkjan (Conventional)
Demonym(s)	Mahdahn
Government	Lorist Democracy
• Təşkilatçı	Zaur Farajov
• Chief Legislator of the Lorist Grand Council	Mahir Azadlı
Legislature	Lorist Böyük Şurası
Formation
• Mahdahn Revolution	1962
• Establishment of the UMSR	1964
• Lorist Reforms	1992
Population
• 3032 estimate	26 million
• 2032 census	26,102,216
GDP (nominal)	2032 estimate
• Total	500 Billion
• Per capita	19,230
Gini (2032)	20.19 low
HDI (2032)	0.612 medium
Currency	Mahdan Iari (MII)
Time zone	Western Inner Sea Timezone
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+21
Internet TLD	.mlr

The Mahdah Lorist Republic (Mahdah Lorist Respublika), commonly shortened to MLR, is a country located on the coasts of both the Inner and Anagonian Seas, comprised of both severely dry and warm desert towards the interior and more temperate coastal regions where the majority of inhabitants live. The MLR neighbors Lothia (directly), Marquesan (maritime borders near the island of Pandora), Amaldorei (maritime borders near the island of Pandora), and Aureumterra (maritime border), and is the fourth least-populated state of those neighbors, only having a larger population than Amaldorei. It possesses the smallest amount of directly owned territory amongst its neighbors (with the exception of Amaldorei) as well.

Mahdah has been inhabited continuously for one of the longest periods in human history, with remnants of developed coastal civilizations being discovered which date back to the 3,000BCE-2,600BCE Period, and remnants of interaction between early peoples and Lothians dating back to the 5,000BCE period, when the settled civilizations which would form the Āturpātakān first came into existence. The Āturpātakān would begin to culturally fuse with Lothian and Nordurlander immigrants, eventually creating the modern Mahdan culture as it is currently recognized, although hold-out populations of all three groups continue to exist in the region, owing to historical separations in regards to property, economic prosperity, and cultural primacy which have not been fully resolved. Mahdah would, for much of history, be under the role of an entrenched scholar-bureaucracy organized upon the principles of the Yanğın Yolu (Fire Road) religion, these bureaucrats exhibiting a stronger political and economic role than the rulers of the many states which would come to occupy the region (excluding a period from 1260CE-1340CE, when the self-proclaimed İmperatorların Kralı (King of Emperors) Űlvi Almsteldt would establish a short lived state functioning off Veldikirkjan religious elements, which claimed to have a more direct connection to Cnut I then the currently ruling Hæstirétt), although their power would begin to fade in the modern era with the entrenchment of merchants and other economic figures in the halls of power.

Mahdah would become a revolutionary state shortly after the Great War, which it participated in on the part of Marquesan. The industrial measures taken to attempt to create a modernized state armaments industry which had not existed before that point, and mass military purges owing to poor command in those few battles upon Pandora it was allowed to participate in, created an entrenched anti-state worker and military element, who would united to abolish the monarchy of the time, then lead by Nərmin Sərvərlı. This would succed, but the new revolutionary, collectivizing state would find few friends and no allies, being placed under a blockade by Aureumterra and its allies. In an attempt to break this encirclement, a clique of young reformers in both the military and student bodies would agitate for the adoption of Lorist principles, with reforms taking place throughout the late 1970's and early 1980's, until the state's first post-revolution elections in 1992, which coincided with the state changing its name from the UMSR to the MLR.

Mahdah in the modern era is a Lorist Democracy, with elections being held between parties and factions emphasizing certain aspects of Lorist policy. It has been suffering an economic downturn since the withdrawl of economic aid from Azura and Janpia in the early 2020's, owing to changing geopolitical priorities.

Names

The name "Mahdah" is historically associated with the translation of the name of the Āturpātakān merchant city of Mingəçevir by Lothic immigrants, with this first translation being "Mātkāre", also used as the term of the civilization the city was considered to be a part of. This name, Mātkāre, would be interpreted in a number of ways by the diverse populations of the region, with it eventually being converted into the Arcadie/Seurian - language name of Mahdah by Marquesan immigrants.

A mild ongoing debate within society has been the acceptance of the continued utilization of the "Mahdah" translation, with certain segments wishing to instead use the Mātkāre translation / original name as a means of showing independence from foreign structures on a state level. This has been opposed by individuals who see it as needless posturing which would cause an unnecessary amount of effort to need to be invested in renaming / reorganizing state bodies and political parties to match the new name.

History

Prehistory

The first notable aspects of Mahdahn history begin with the finding of cave art and rock carvings dating back to approximately 12,000BCE, depicting fishing, hunting, and other aspects of basic survival - including what is commonly believed to be an early dance with religious significance of some variety. The first signs of sea travel of any variety would be found dating back to 6,000BCE, with early boats and signs of early farming being found. These boats were seemingly longships, primarily intended for coastal interaction - likely with the northmost portions of Marquesan or the island of Pandora, which they held a historically minor role in populating.

The development of Mahdah would follow general patterns throughout the bronze and iron age, comprising the development of greater naval capacity, trade routes with other states located upon what would later be called the Inner Sea, internal conflict between ancient faiths and the then-developing Yanğın Yolu, and the development of the first unified state in 190BCE.

Pre-Revolutionary Period

Great War

Mahda would join the Great War under the leadership of Fuad Abbaslı, an industrialist and opportunist with a connection to the then-marginalized Yanğın Scholar-Elite, who saw contribution to the defense of Pandora as the best means of squeezing concessions from both Aureumterra and Marquesan in the post-war period. Fuad had been appointed as Kansler by the Ərtoğrullı Dynasty, which had ruled the state since the early 1880s after the destruction of the previously notable Abbasquluoğlu Dynasty. The state-entity was greatly unprepared to enter the war, owing to lacking industrialization and material capability to develop large industry, and it would be forced to take damaging loans to purchase Marquesan equipment.

While it was easy to blame these failures on incompetence, it to some extent was more the fault of a bureaucratic system grasped by a religious divide which refused renewal or moderation for the purposes of national defense, leaving the government to foot the bill when these forces prevented it from taking action before this conflict began to reform such. The state had, before the conflict began, been unable to economically provide for the populace - and the conflict did, for a time, alleviate such woes, owing to the greater purchasing of oil by Marquesan and its allies. This period of success however, would be followed by collapse as the loans began to take their due on the state's capability to function.

The attempts at fixing this issue through the expansion of forced extractive labor in oil producing areas and attempts at encouraging of the military population to "live off the land" in the form of the seizure of resources from populations opposed to the war would cause the then-fledgling leftist opposition to the Fuad government to catalyze, causing the revolutionary grouping known as the MİL (Milli İnqilab Liqası) to form from a number of other early revolutionary groups, eventually coming to be lead by Nərmin Sərvərlı. Nərmin had been a long-term anti-monarchic political figure, and while imprisoned he had become the rallying point for those forces who shared his beliefs. He would collaborate with military elements who found themselves purged owing to poor performance in military matters, and shortly after the end of the Great War (known in Mahdah as the Zərərli Qələbə, or Harmful Victory) he would strike, leading a series of uprisings across the country which resulted in the collapse of the Fuad government.

Government

Law

Mahdahn law is based on the Xalq Kodu, or "People's Code", brought into being by the UMRR shortly after its establishment. The Xalq, on a historical level, guaranteed freedom of speech, the right for all members of the population to elect leaders from within the historic Mahdah Revolutionary Front, the right to organize nonviolent assemblies to promote or demand societal change, and the right to legal representation. It additionally entails inherent protections, including protection from unjust imprisonment, undue harm, and undue discrimination from any entity within the state. The latter code was amended to include overt protections for LGBTQ members of society in 1986, following several decades of unofficial lack of protections for said members of society.

The Xalq would be modified in the course of the Lorist Reforms of the 1990s, creating new rights, such as the allowance for voting within multi-Lorist party elections, the right to market interaction between newly compulsory unions formed for individual corporate entities and the rest of the outside world, and a number of liberalizations in regards to press freedom and the ability to form new press organizations.

Economy

Healthcare

The UMRR would establish a free public healthcare system shortly after its own revolution, with a universal healthcare system being fully established during the reforms of the early 1980's. In the modern period, the MLR has a life expectancy of around 68-70 years at birth for both males and females, and has a large amount of medical personnel for the size of the nation and its budget, although consistent shortages of key medical equipment owing to the Aureumterran blockade have rendered certain issues impossible to cure within-country. While the MLR does not rival more developed nations in the field of healthcare, owing to a lack of budget and equipment as previously mentioned, it has been generally successful in eradicating large-scale disease outbreaks, being one of the first nations to eradicate mother-to-child transmission of Syphilis.

The population of the MLR generally does not receive the sustenance required for proper growth, owing to a lack of agricultural space and growth of animal life or other sources of protien. With this stated, obesity is not a major concern for much of the population, owing to both said issues and to smaller portion sizes and common traditions of fasting or otherwise reducing food intake on a daily basis. The minimum wage given to all workers in the state is able to purchase food, preventing larger-scale issues of per-house income being spent upon such.