Visargia

Republic of Visargia
Capital and largest city	Kiem
Official languages	Visargian
Ethnic groups (2015)	Visargian (87.7%) Other (12.3%)
Demonym(s)	Visargian
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
• President	Axhnar Matzenk
• Prime Minister	Hanuske Klebenk
Legislature	National Council
Unification of Visargia
Population
• 2019 estimate	72,818,038
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$3,625,221,910,000
• Per capita	$49,613
Currency	Visargine Hlinder (HLN)

Visargia, officially the Republic of Visargia, is a sovereign state in the north of Thuadia. It is bordered to the north by the Rimidic Ocean, to the northwest by Nerany, to the east by Apple Landia, to the south by Empty Land and Kistolia, and to the west by Anderum. The country has an area of 00,000 square kilometers with a population of 72.82 million according to the most recent estimates. The capital is Kiem, which also serves as one of the key economic and cultural hubs of the nation. Other major cities include Barinze, Dretnem, Ersin, and Heimkar.

The modern state of Visargia was formed gradually through the union of three main entities, the Duchy of the Hofesar, the Kingdom of Wahelin, and the Kingdom of Patajania. Wahelin and Patajania would unite under one ruler by the early 17th century whilst the Hofesar would join the union by the end of the 17th century. Visargia had a long tradition of monarchism prior to the Visargine Revolution of 1918-19, which would see the Emperor flee the country and renounce the throne, with the first Republican government coming to fruition in the aftermath.

Visargia is a unitary state operating under a parliamentary republic. The President serves as a ceremonial head of state for the most part with some powers reserved for them as a check on the parliament and the executive. The Government is led by the Prime Minister who is appointed by the President on the advice of the National Council, usually by a majority vote approving them to form the government. The Ministers are then appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. The country's highest court and final court of appeals is the 15-member Chief Court.

Government and Politics

Political Parties

Political party				Main ideology	Position	Leader	Seats
							National Council	Regional Councils	Local Government
	MPV	File:.png	Mutualist Party	Reformed Mutualism	Centre-left	Visje Tredromt	180 / 485	508 / 1,550	2,048 / 7,575
	VPP	File:.png	Visargian People's Party	Liberal conservatism	Centre-right	Hanuske Klebenk	141 / 485	528 / 1,550	2,360 / 7,575
	SOA	File:.png	Sobelian Alliance	Sobelian democracy	Centre-right	Visje Tredromt	41 / 485	98 / 1,550	737 / 7,575
	PAU	File:.png	Patajanian Agrarion Union	Regionalism	Right-wing	Visje Tredromt	39 / 485	153 / 1,550	686 / 7,575
	PBV	File:.png	Party of the Left	Democratic Mutualism	Left-wing	Visje Tredromt	32 / 485	89 / 1,550	548 / 7,575
	LPT	File:.png	Liberty Party	Liberalism	Centre	Visje Tredromt	28 / 485	47 / 1,550	148 / 7,575
	HLD	File:.png	Homeland Party	Visargian Nationalism	Far right	Visje Tredromt	18 / 485	57 / 1,550	348 / 7,575
	CPV	File:.png	Collectivist Party of Visargia	Collectivism	Far left	Visje Tredromt	6 / 485	43 / 1,550	233 / 7,575

Administrative Divisions

11 Regions 91 Counties

Economy

Main article: Economy of Visargia

Skyline of the Commerce District in Kiem, the capital city. It is the leading business hub in Visargia.

Since the 1950s, Visargia has developed a high-income economy which has been characterised by varied levels of government involvement, focus on an educated highly skilled workforce, high innovation and a diverse economy with multiple strong industries. The service sector represents roughly 65% of the country's economic output and 60.5% of the country's employed workforce, manufacturing and industry accounts for roughly 33.5% of economic output and 37% of the employed workforce and agriculture accounts for roughly 1.5% of economic output and 2.5% of the employed workforce. Despite agriculture making up a small amount of national economic output Visargia is still largely self-sufficient in food production and the agricultural sector has received strong government support in the name of the national interest.

The government of Visargia has traditionally aimed for low employment as a key matter of national policy, however, this was ignored under some governments in the interest of controlling inflation. According to 2021 estimates from the government, unemployment currently stands at around 5.2%, although youth unemployment is considerably higher at around 11.7%. Since 1950, unemployment peaked at 13.8% in 1983 and was at its lowest point of 2.7% in 1971. Unemployment had dropped considerably in recent years due to a loosening of some of the tight government regulations put in place for employers. However, this decline has stagnated somewhat recently.

Demography

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1800	13,671,890	—
1830	18,489,952	+35.2%
1860	26,537,989	+43.5%
1890	37,121,462	+39.9%
1900	40,291,635	+8.5%
1920	45,656,034	+13.3%
1930	48,110,046	+5.4%
1940	50,835,480	+5.7%
1950	52,169,911	+2.6%
1959	55,969,996	+7.3%
1969	60,243,395	+7.6%
1979	63,078,240	+4.7%
1989	64,391,997	+2.1%
1999	67,053,651	+4.1%
2009	69,847,834	+4.2%
2019	72,818,038	+4.3%
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Visargia is home to an 72.82 million people according to the most recent census, in 2019, with that number now estimated to have surpassed 73 million. The country's population saw a particular boom from the start of the 19th century until the mid 20th century with the population tripling between 1800 and 1950. The country's primary ethnic group are the Visargines who make up for an estimated 87% of the population according to the most recent census. The country has seen a rise in the number of immigrants since the 1950s with a notable part of the country's population growth since then being due to these immigrants.

Visargia's birth rate currently stands at around 11.2 births per 1000 women per year, this number has been in continual decline since the mid 19th century with a particular decline since the 1960s with the birth rate declining from 18.8 births per 1000 women in 1964 to 11.2 births per 1000 women in 2020. In 2021, 813,075 babies were born in Visargia, the lowest number since 2002. Some of the decline has been accredited to a rise in working women as well as the expense of raising children in the country today.

Religion

Religion in Visargia in 2019.

  Sobelianity (76%)

  Agnosticism & Atheism (10%)

  Kanosticism (5%)

  Others (9%)

Sobelianity has been the dominant faith in the current Visargian lands since the 6th century and first began to rise to prominence in the 3rd century. Prior to that Kanosticism was the dominant religion. With the rise of Sobelianity, Kanosticism was mainly pushed into the countryside & remained the main religion in the southern lands of the Hofesar & the Alemsar until the 14th century when the 1371 Kiem Decree by the Grand Duke of the Hofesar led to the something Campaign to spread Sobelianity to the countryside of the Grand Duchy as the staunch religiousness of the Sobelian population in Kiem and Loyset became even stronger and led to demands to wipe out what was seen as a threat. In the lands of the Wahelin and the Patajania Sobelianity had began to dominate much earlier with a large majority of the population having converted by the 10th century. In the 8th century the first buildings of the Chief Rodary of Plutsin were constructed in Wahelin, over time various monarchs would add new buildings to the Rodary (Sobelianity) and it would come to be viewed as one of the spiritual centres of Sobelianity. Other major religious buildings include the Kiem Rodary, the Rovanem Rodary and the Orsak Rodary.

Culture

Sport

The most popular sport in Visargia is Football with the Vitsligi being the nations premier football league. The most successful teams include SK Dretnem, ASK Barinze, Sebonia Kiem, Veseuria Kiem and SK Rovanem each with hundreds of thousands of fans across the country.