Kiyortza

United States of Kiyortza
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Capital	Kittalor
Largest city	Sivordjika
Official languages	Kiyortzani
Recognised national languages	Riyaki, Astari
Ethnic groups	Kittauhri-Kanitzur, Riyaki, Astari
Demonym(s)	Kiyortzani
Area
• Total	1,797,000 km2 (694,000 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate	193,736,000
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	K$ 6.477 t ($8.55 t)
• Per capita	K$ 33,388 ($44,072)
Currency	Kiyashi (K$)
Time zone	UTC-8

Kiyortza, formally the United States of Kiyortza, is a nation comprised of 19 province-states in northwestern Anteria, with a population of about 194 million. Kiyortza borders 5 nations, being Astariax to the northeast, Rvandonia and Vescarium to the east, Laurents to the southeast, and the city of Valino to its south. To its northeast over the Astari Sea is Aleni, while to the south over an inlet is Kilowatt.

Language

The Kiyortzani language is quite unique, especially the use of its characters. It primarily uses 25 characters and 25 sounds, though they are actually not one-to-one as you would expect. Its characters were originally made to be written in one stroke, and pronunciation is straightforward with little irregularity. Sounds like /b/, /g/, /e/ and /æ/ were phased out of its close relative Riyaki and later Kiyortzani between the years 1400 and 1600.

Kiyortzani Characters

Below is a chart of Kiyortzani characters currently used.

There are a few things to keep in mind with this chart, one being that some of these characters, namely /k/, /t/, /aɪ/, and /t͡s/, are often written in a different way, and the above version is to allow for better readability in print.

The second /i/ is used when an I trails another vowel, and/or starts a new syllable. Its romanization is 'i as to differentiate between the two.

The case with /t͡s/ is that the same character occasionally denotes the /θ/ sound, which happens if and only if an /ɹ/ follows it. It is only really used in northern Kiyortza in place names.

Romanization

Kiyortzani has a pretty straightfoward Romanization, using only 2 special characters, as below

/a/	/n/	/m/	/k/	t	/aɪ/	/ɹ/	/l/	/i/	/f/	/j/	/p/	/ə/	/v/	/ʒ/	/s/	/d/	/θ/	/t͡s/	/o/	/h/	/z/	/u/	/t͡ʃ/	/ʃ/
a	n	m	m	t	ai, ȳ	r	l	i, 'i	f	y	p	ū	v	dj, j1	s	s	th	tz	o	h	z	u	c	sh

¹ Used only in letter initials, eg. Sivordjika > SVJ.

History

Kiyortza as a region is fairly diverse, and with it comes many conflicts. Despite the peace in current times, the region was quite turbulent in the past, and only with everyone coming to the table to talk did all the infighting end.

City-States

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Piskatri Expansion

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Itikov-Kapriszi Rivalry

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The Kanistriy Revolution and the Skyorpav Offensive

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Three Empires

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Treaty of Fukivapi

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Unification

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Century of Peace

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Geography

Kiyortza is located in the northwest corner of the main landmass in the Western Hemisphere of Anteria. It is comprised of 2 general regions, Riyashi-Kanitzur on the mainland and Kittauhri, the peninsula. The nation as a whole is fairly hilly and mountainous, with hills and mountains lining many of the nation's borders and coasts

Kittauhri

Mountains line the north and west of the Kittauhri Peninsula, with hills lining the isthmus connecting the peninsula to the mainland. Lake Lorzik, the largest lake in the nation, sits in the rough center, and empties into the the Astari Sea to its east. The Kittauhri Peninsula is of an oceanic climate (think Cascadia irl), and it houses the main portion of the nation's population, with many of the largest cities in the nation.

Kanitzur

The Kanitzur region is lined with mountains on the north and east, with hills that connect to the Kittauhri Peninsula to the northwest, and a small mountain range to its center-south. It is mainly comprised of the Si'itiya-Alfahr River Basin, with its northern coast being of the Zifrosi Foothills and Astari Basin. It is seperate from Riyashi more so by climate and culture rather than geography, as it is with the Kittauhri Peninsula. Its climate is mostly humid continental, with forests nearer the coasts and grassland farther inland.

Riyashi

The Riyashi region is lined with mountains to the east, with a small mountain range in its northeast and its center-west. It is comprised mostly of the Kapriszi River Floodplains, with a large amount of arable land. Its climate is mostly Mediterranean, with a more humid continental climate in its northeast around the city of Skyorpavi.

Djinat

The Island of Djinat is by definition part of Kittauhri, but it is more so its own entity, being an island larger than several province-states alone. It is a fairly chilly, mountainous island, with fjords lining its north and east coasts and mountains covering most of the island. Even though Djinatrȳ is the capital of the island of Djinat, it is primarily served by the port of Kiathra in its southwest, being much easier to access.

Economy

Production Industry

Mining

The nation has two main ore-abundant regions, that being the Piskatri Mountains and the Eastern Fukūlya Mountains near Skyorpavi. Various smaller deposits are scattered around the north of the Kittauhri peninsula and along a good part of the East Kiyortza Mountains.

Piskatri Mountain Deposit

The Piskatri Mountains on the west coast of the Kittauhri Peninsula holds plenty of monazite, zircon, quartz, and various iron ores, the most exploited sites being near Malkir, Niklaryi, and Pashkya. The region provides vital thorium for the nation's many reactors, iron and various critical metals used in steel manufacturing, quartz-based gemstones, rare earth metals, and various lesser products like zircon and uranium.

Fukūlya Mountain Deposit

The Fukūlya Mountains on the center-east of Kiyortza holds many ores, good for all sorts of metals and products such as lead, zinc, barium, fluorine, and various rare metals. Other exploited resources in the area include calcite (marble), cadmium, germanium, and gallium.

Amitȳtza Deposit

The area around Amitȳtza, Ra'ikishna primarily holds copper and silver ores, along with small amounts of pitchblende and bauxite.

Farming

Farming in Kiyortza is primarily based in the Riyashi Region and Si'itiya River Basin, with a supplement in Eastern Kittauhri and the Timins-Zifrosi Foothills

Energy & Infrastructure

Roadways

The road system in Kiyortza is primarily divided into 3 categories: National Highways, Provincial Highways, and Local Roadways.

National Highways

National Highways uphold a national standard in road quality, generally 4-lane highways or wider, and spans the country, acting as its main arteries for driving across the nation. They are numbered rather haphazardly from 1 through 14, with the north-south spanning highways being odd numbered and vice versa. They are usually referred to as "KN-[number]", KN standing for Kiyortza Nashakir, meaning "Kiyortza Highway".

Provincial Highways

Provincial Highways don't uphold any specific standards, being maintained by their respective province-states, though they are usually always the most important roads in a province-state, and can be anything from a two-lane road up to an arterial highway. Their numbering and signage is dependent on their province-state, and is usually refered to by their province's two-letter code and its number. (For example, Kittauhri Highway 56 is usually referred to as KT-56)

Local Roads

Local roads are ones not under any of the two previous distinctions. Depending on region there may or may not also be county roads upkept by their respective county with their own signage.

Energy

A substantial portion of the power output in Kiyortza is delivered by the many molten salt thorium reactors, with the rest delivered by various renewable energy sources and a few light- and heavy-water uranium reactors. The reason for this is mainly due to the fact that despite Kiyortza's abundance of many natural resources, there is little coal, oil, and other fossil fuels present in the general area, making finding alternatives much more lucrative.

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Administrative Regions

Map of Kiyortzani administrative regions and their area codes

Kiyortza is comprised of 19 province-states and a capital region, with its 3 main regions acting as subdivisions between the administrative regions. The list down below is organized by area code

Kittauhri

01 - Kittalor - The capital city. It is located near the mouth of the Kitak River, which flows into the southeast of Sivordjik Bay.

02 - Kittauhri - Named after the regional power of the same name prior to the unification of Kiyortza, who was also the namesake of the peninsula. It is located on the base of the Kittauhri Peninsula, with its capital being Kyatūr on the banks of the Kyatūr River, which flows into Sivordjik Bay. It is one of the more densely populated provinces in the nation, with many fairly large cities including Kitaki, Rikishyaf, Livakia, Viyarki, and Kanitzurya.

03 - Kittania - Located on the other side of the Sivordjik Bay from the Kittauhri Province-State, on one of the two sub-peninsulas (?) on the Kittauhri Peninsula. Its capital is Kirȳi, one of the largest ports in the nation, which serves much of Northern Kiyortza with cargo from the west.

04 - Sivordjik - The smallest and most densely populated province-state, located to the northeast of Kittania. Its capital is the city of Sivordjika, the largest and most densely populated city in Kiyortza. Its harbor is one of the busier ports in the nation.

05 - Piskatri - Located to the north of Kittania, it is fairly mountainous, being cut in half by the Piskatri Range, thus being split between the seafarer west and industrious east. Its capital is Daiza in the west, while its most prominent cities are Niklaryi in the northwest and Pakhshi in the southeast.

06 - Arkaizya - Located to the north of Lake Lorzik, It is a relatively small province-state bordered on 3 sides by mountains and hills, the capital being Arkai'iz, one of the industry hubs in the nation.

07 - Lorzik-Patiklya - Located on the northeastern corner of the Kittauhri Peninsula, it is also mostly mountainous, with the southern panhandle hosting much of its population. Its capital is Lorzik, one of the largest and most important cities in Kiyortza, while Visiarp, one of, if not the most important port in the nation, sits in a surprisingly remote river mouth in the north, serving as a hub for ships coming in from the east.

08 - Djinat-Pashinkva - The province-state is comprised of the northern island of Djinat, and the mountainous northwest of the Kittauhri Peninsula. It technically has two capitals, one being the city of Pashkya on the mainland, and the other being Djinatrȳ on Djinat. It is one of the largest but also the most sparsely populated province-states in Kiyortza.

Kanitzur

11 - Zefrosi - Located to the east of the Kittauhri Peninsula and to the south of the Astari Sea, the province-state sits in the Zifrosi Foothills, and is fairly isolated from the rest of the country along with Timinsi-Astariya. Its capital is Kȳispa in the northwest on the mouth of the Kȳis River.

12 - Ka'i Si'itivapi -

13 - Fukūlyi -

14 - Alfahrya -

15 - Ra'ikishna -

16 - Timinsi-Astariya - Once the Astariax City-States, Timinsi-Astariya is likely the most interesting province-state in terms of its history. It is fairly sparsely populated and is minimally urbanized, with the largest cities holding only a few hundred-thousand people on the high end. It contains a unique mix of Kiyortzani and Astari culture alongside Rvandon in the fringes, while the languages of all three nations are spoken widely, and to this day its Astari roots can be seen quite clearly despite it having been part of Kiyortza for centuries. It is located on the northeast of the Kiyortzani mainland with its capital of Timinsi (Timinse), the namesake for the province, in its northwest.

Riyashi

21 - Rȳkira

22 - Tripȳdya

23 - Andrauya

24 - Tarik-Virtakyo

25 - Kaprikosha

26 - Skyorpa