Zusea

The Vordic Imperium of Zusians ᛞᚨᛊ ᛰᚬᛡᛑᛁᛮᛂᛊ ᚶᚨᛡᛂᚾᛏᚢᛘ ᛑᛂᛡ ᛤᛩᚨᛚᛉᛂᚾ Das Vordisches Zarentum der Schvalzen ᛞᚨᛊ ᛤᛩᚨᛚᛉᛂᛊ ᚶᚨᛡᛂᚾᛏᚢᛘ Das Schvalzes Zarentum
Flag Greater coat of arms of Zusea Greater coat of arms
Motto: "ᚦᚬᚾᚧᚢᛡᛡᛂᚾᛉᛚᚬᛊ ᛩᚬᛡ ᚸᚬᛏᛏ" (Zusian) "Konkurrenzlos vor Gott" (L.s.) "Unrivaled before God"
Anthem: "ᚸᚬᛏᛏ ᛂᛡᚺᚨᛚᛏᛂ ᚢᚾᛊᛂᛡ'ᚾ ᚶᚨᛡᛍ" (Zusian) Gott erhalte uns're Zar! (L.s.) "God Save our Emperor!"
Capital	Vordin
Largest	Falkenhaven
Official languages	Standard Zusian
Recognised national languages	Standard Zusian Taugish Geeric Dottish Zossic
Ethnic groups (2015)	72.7% Zusian 10.5% Neptic 9.4% Galasi 3.3% Fennish 1.6% Kotaian 1% Spyrian 1.5% other
Demonym(s)	Zusian
Government	Federal technocratic semi-constitutional monarchy
• Kaiser	Wolfgang XIX
• Chancellor	Petra Vogel
• Grand Prince	Hans-Jürgen X von Schulenbach
• Chief Guardian	Franz von Kortig
Formation
• Vordic Republic declared	102 BC
• Empire established	16 January 144
• Zusian Constitution	3 December 1799
• Punctation of Mützel	18 January 1818
Area
•	7,008,971 km2 (2,706,179 sq mi)
Population
• 2017 estimate	298,754,099 (3rd)
• Density	42.62/km2 (110.4/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
• Total	$6.42 trillion (1st)
• Per capita	$35,154
Gini	42.5 medium
HDI (2017)	.91 very high
Currency	Taaler (ZUT)
Driving side	right
ISO 3166 code	ZS
Internet TLD	.zus

The Zusian Imperium, more commonly known as Zusea, is a semi-constitutional monarchy in north-eastern Orda. It is the second most populous nation in the world with over 141 million inhabitants. The Imperium is a federal union composed of 59 free states, most of them monarchies, including 6 kingdoms, 8 archduchies, 14 principalities, 7 free cities, 24 duchies, and 4 imperial districts.

Zusea is considered among the oldest cradles of civilization in the world, with documented settlement going back millenia and one of the earliest organized societies in the world, the Maudyrians, who first emerged around 3500 BC. After a succession of sociopolitical collapses and the obscurity of the Zusian Fog, a prosperous network of interconnected city-states emerged in the 8th and 7th centuries BC, which produced many ancient classics, the most notable being the Gausungaz and Sigmundradda. Following the rise of the Zossic Empire and its conquest of the Zusian coasts, the city of Vordin declared independence in 102 BC and rapidly expanded its power and conquered neighboring territory. Eventually, the Vordic Empire came to span the entirety of modern Zusea and incorporated various neighboring territories. After several centuries of peace and prosperity, the Empire was Christianized and later entered a period of religious divisions and decline, culminating in the Vordic Brothers' War and the fragmentation of imperial authority, which led to the Grand Reform and transformed the Empire into a confederation of mostly-sovereign states, with the Emperor as a figurehead.

The medieval period saw a flourishing of classical music, art, literature, and science across Zusea, as well as the earliest standardization of the Zusian language when the Siptzang voted to formalize the Drang Brothers' Schvalzes Wörterbuch, the largest Zusian dictionary ever created. The Enlightenment swept through the aging Vordic Empire in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, fueling calls for a national rejuvenation and a restoration of the old Empire. The Torgish Revolt in 1782 sparked the National Springtime, a wave of pan-nationalist and liberal uprisings, which paved the way for Alexander the Magnificent to seize power in Torgaria and unify the nation under a new constitution: the old Imperial dynasty was ousted in favor of Alexander and his family, and many of the old imperial institutions were revitalized to create a modern nation-state. Following a second revolutionary wave in 1858, the young nation industrialized rapidly, becoming one of the foremost economies of the world by the advent of the 20th century. Zusea later saw many of the most significant scientific achievements of the 20th century, including the launch of the first man-made satellite into space and the first man in space.

Today, Zusea is considered to be among the foremost Great Powers, possessing the world's second-largest economy by nominal GDP and the largest defense budget, as well as the largest navy. It is a recognized nuclear state and possesses the world's second-largest nuclear arsenal.