Velaheria

Democratic People's Republic of Velaheria
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Motto: Velaheria united at last (Velaherian)
Anthem: Workers of the world unite (Velaherian)
Capital	Bastaria
Largest city	Vertia
Official languages	Velaherian
Recognised national languages	Velaherian
Ethnic groups	Velhars 95.40% Others 5.60%
Demonym(s)	Velher(s)
Government	Socialist Republic
• Supreme Leader	Ander Starinburg (since 2000)
• General Secretary	Fredrick Staffenburg
Legislature	People's Assembly
• Upper house	Assembly of the People's party
• Lower house	Supreme People's Assembly of Velaheria
Establishment
• Establishment of the Empire of Velhars	1294
• Establishment of the Democratic people's republic of Velaheria	1941
Currency	Wran (W)
Time zone	UTC-2
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (not observed)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+91
ISO 3166 code	VFH
Internet TLD	.sta

Overview

The  Democratic People's Republic of Velaheria , or just  Velaheria is a - Country in -. It is geographically located in -, and borders ---. Velaheria has a population of -.

Bastaria is the capital and the largest city of the Country.

Velaheria comprises of 6 provinces, 3 cities of importance and the Special city of Vertia, which was made into a EEZ in 2017 to encourage foreign investments.

Politics

Velaheria's political system is built upon the principle of centralization. While the  Velaherian constitution  formally guarantees protection of human rights, in practice there are severe limits on  freedom of expression, and  the government  closely  supervises the lives of the Velaherian citizens.

The constitution defines Velaheria as "a  dictatorship of people's democracy"  under the leadership of the Velaherian People's party (VPP), which is given legal supremacy over other political parties.  VPP General Secretary is typically the  Chairman, who controls the  VPP Meeting hall, the  VPP Politburo, the  VPP Secretariat  and the  VPP Central Military Commission, making the officeholder a powerful person in Velaheria .

The VPP is the ruling party of Velaheria. It has been in power since its creation in 1940. Three minor political parties also exist, but are legally bound to accept the ruling role of the VPP. They, with the VPP, comprise a  popular front, known as the  People's Front (PF). Elections occur only in single-candidate races where the candidate is effectively selected beforehand by the VPP.

Economy of Velaheria

Velaheria has maintained one of the most closed and centralized economies in the wurld since the 1940s. For several decades, it followed the Central pattern of five-year plans with the ultimate goal of achieving self-sufficiency.

Extensive communist support allowed Velaheria to rapidly register very high growth rates.

Systematic inefficiency began to arise around 1960, when the economy shifted to the  extensive development stage which it couldnt acheive due to the shortage of skilled labor, energy and transportation significantly impeded long-term growth ans resulted in consistent failure to meet those planning objectives.

Velaheria declared the last four-year plan unsuccessful in December 2001 and thereafter stopped announcing plans, A series of natural disasters throughout the 2000s caused severe hardships, including widespread famine.

By 2012, the situation improved owing to a return to agricultural outputs and modern farming tactics, but the economy continues to suffer from food shortages ans dilapidated infrastructure.

In an attempt to recover from the collapse, the government began structural reforms in 2002 that formally legalized  private ownership of assets and decentralized control over production.

 A second round of reforms in 2014 led to an expansion of market activities, partial monetization, flexible prices and salaries, and the introduction of incentives and accountability techniques, Despite these changes, Velaheria remains a  command economy where the state owns almost all means of production and development priorities are defined by the government.

Culture

The officially encouraged form of art is known as 'Socialist Utopia'. This was intended to depict everyday life under Socialism in a way that showed the benefits and Luxuries of living and working in Velaheria.

Velaherian language

Velaherian language is arguably the closest language to the Common language, having virtually the same grammar and really close phonology. Vocabulary wise and world-formation wise, Velaherian is almost exclusively Germanic, with little to no Romance influence, unlike Common. Velaherian alphabet has managed to preserve multiple letters, which has been dropped from the Common language in the past:

A a /ɑ ~ ə/	Æ æ /æ/	B b /b/	C c /k ~ s/	D d /d/	Ð ð /ð/	E e /e ~ ɛ ~ ə/	F f /f/	G g /g ~ ʤ/
Ȝ ȝ /g ~ x/	H h /h ~ ɒ/	I i /i ~ ɪ ~ aɪ/	J j /ʤ/	K k /k/	L l /l/	M m /m/	N n /n/	Ŋ ŋ /ŋ ~ ŋ̊/
O o /ɔ ~ u ~ ɒ/	P p /p/	Q q /q/	R r /ɹ ~ r/	S s ſ /s ~ ʒ/	T t /t/	Þ þ /θ/	U u /ʌ/	V v /v/
Ƿ ƿ /w/	X x /ks/	Y y /j/	Z z /z/

The Velaherian language also has a set of diphthongs

Ch ch /ʧ/

Ck ck /k/

Ea ea /iː/

Ee ee /iː/

Sh sh ſh /ʃ/

Ur ur /ɜ:ʳ/

Oo oo /ʊː/

Oul oul /ʊ/

Our our /ʊəʳ/

As the consequence of this nearness, Velaherian language has almost identical phonology to Common.