Dezevau

Republic of Dezevau Dezevauboga
Population
• 2019 estimate	128,000,000
• 2015 census	127,899,331

Dezevau (Zhiba: [dəzəb̪au]), officially the Republic of Dezevau (Zhiba: dezevauboga [dəzəb̪aubɒga]), is a country on the west coast of the continent of Coius, with a population of 128 million and an area of around 1,000,000 square kilometres. It has the Bay of xxx to its southeast and the Sea of xxx to its east, with substantial land borders with xxx, Cavunia, the Union of Zorasani Irfanic Repulics and Mabifia going clockwise from the south. Its capital is Bazadav.

Dezevau was one of the world's cradles of civilisation, with agriculture being independently developed in its river valleys, and city-states and petty kingdoms forming around the beginning of the Common Era. The religion Badi, its followers still the largest religious group in Dezevau today, formed around this time and spread throughout the region. For much of antiquity and the medieval era, Dezevau was influential as the most urban, populous and mercantile area in its region. The city-state was the dominant mode of organisation despite invasions out of modern Mabifia and Cavunia until the early modern era, when Euclean colonies and the Aguda Empire managed to consolidate many of them. Gaullica managed to unite the region under its colonial rule by xxxx, but despite winning in the Coian theatre in the Great War, lost the war overall and was forced to grant Dezevau independence. The newly independent country, after some internal turmoil, adopted council communism from Swetania, and continues to be organised along those lines until today.

The country is a federal parliamentary democratic republic operating with council communism. The country is considered to be middle income, with a nominal GDP per capita of about €11 thousand and a total nominal GDP of about €1.4 trillion. While only sometimes considered part of Bahia, being to the region's core's south, it has links with both that region and the countries of south Coius. Dezevau is generally considered a middle power. The dominant ethnic group are Dezevauni, who comprise around 85% of the country's population, and the national language, Zhiba, is the associated language of this ethnic group. However, significant minorities exist, including around 8% of the population who are !Malay, and languages used as official by states but not the nation as a whole including Gaullican, !Malay and xxx; relations with Brumah, which is significantly ethnically !Malay, have been fraught at times over Dezevau's treatment of its !Malay minority.

Dezevau is one of the more developed countries in its region, as well as among the more populous, though it has one of the lowest fertility rates in its region also. Its historical cultural, religious and commercial influence are notable, which have aided its commercial, cultural and political links in the region of West Coius, despite disputes originating from human rights issues. It is among the world leaders in some areas of science, including geochemistry, soil science and scientific philosophy.

Etymology

Dezevau is a Zhiba word made up of the root vau, meaning land or country, and deze, a prefix meaning twenty. However, in Zhiba, twenty is used not only as a precise numeral, but also to stand in for when the number of something is many but not necessarily specifically enumerable. Dezevau might be therefore translated a something along the lines of "land of many", referring to the many related city-states of the geographical region in the medieval era when the term originated. In the modern day, the Congress of Twenties is the usual Estmerish translation for the federal legislature of the country, with members being elected from states whose boundaries and identities are largely descended from those medieval city-states.