Wassilia

Federal Republic of Wassilia Republika Federalna Wassilia
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Capital	Tyonek
Largest city	Olszten
Official languages	Wassilian
Ethnic groups	74% Wassilian 12% Masovinan 8% Other 6% Other International
Demonym(s)	Wassilian
Government	Federal Republic
Legislature	Federal Assembly of Wassilia
Area
• Total	589,306 km2 (227,532 sq mi)
Population
• 2020 estimate	47,798,810
• Density	81.0/km2 (209.8/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$83.172 billion
• Per capita	$15,646
HDI (2019)	0.805 very high
Currency	Wassilian Oar
Date format	yyyy.mm.dd
Driving side	right
Calling code	+213
Internet TLD	.wa

National Overview

The Federal Republic of Wassilia, or just Wassilia, is located in the southeastern portion of Thrismari along the Sunadic Ocean. Wassilia has land borders to the north with Morrawia. To the south Wassilia has a long border with Sacrofnia. To the east the entire nation has a water boundary with the Sunadic Ocean and the Wallach Sea. The southern border is dominated by the Lubovow mountain range and is where the coldest temperatures are. The government of Wassilia is a democratically elected body with a legislative government known as the Federal Assembly. Wassilia is divided into 14 provinces with each having its own capital for administrative purposes.

History

The first Wassilians to settle the modern day borders of the state were located along the Eblag River at Sren. This was due to the Sren area being highly fertile for farming as it still is today. As the size of the city grew more settlers expanded into the Eblaburg area up river and Tyonek down river. Tyonek quickly became the most important city as the port city became a central hub of trade in southeastern Thrismari. The population soon expanded rapidly around the Wallach Sea with the cities of Breklyn, Etlan and Burzinai as well as the Grincel peninsula seeing the quickest growth. By the 1600s Wassilia was a loose federation of many city-states. These city-states all had loose alliances for protection of local areas. Large city states like Sren, Burzinai, Tyonek and Eblaburg often influenced the smaller ones and used them as pawns.

Small wars would develop between these larger city states and it was the Sren-Eblaburg war that lead to leaders in Tyonek to broker a peace deal and convince the local nobility to set a peace deal. During this Tyonek went on a mission of Wassilian unification headed by Filip Wojcik. Wojcik was determined to unify these small city states in a stronger nation bringing together all of the Wassilian speaking peoples.

This was successful in part as the city-states of Tyonek, Sren, Altapadys, Torunzai and Burzinai along with the smaller cities around them formed the first iteration of Wassilia.

Demographics

Wassilia has an estimated 47.3 million inhabitants with the large majority being native Wassilians. There is also a significant subset population of Wassilians who consider themselves to be Masovinans in the northwest portion of the country. Although Tyonek is the capital City and the cultural and historical hub of Wassilia, since the 2010 national census Olszten had surpassed in population. Olszten in the 20th century has become Wassilias most important trade and tourist hub sitting on the Sunadic coast.

Religion

By definition of the constitution, Wassilia is a secular nation specifying that there is no national religion. However, Catholicism is the dominant Religion practiced by Wassilians accounting for approximately 63% of the population. All regions with the exception of the Masovina province have a Catholic manjority. Masovina, in the northwest corner of the country is primarily Lutheran in conjunction with other Germanic peoples of the region. By and large though religion in Wassilia is declining as the fastest growing demographic in religion is agnosticism. The most religious provinces are the more rural Olawa and Kardowa.

Physical Geography

Geography

The total land area of Wassilia is 589,306 km2. This area lies between the latitudes -43 deg and -52 deg, N and longitudes of 1 deg and 16 degrees E. Wassilia does not have any overseas territories, so the entirety of land area is contiguous. The largest city Olszten lies on the east coast of Wassilia with the capital city, Tyonek on the west shore of the Wallach Sea. The Wallach Sea dominates the eastern lowlands of Wassilia which is mostly low hills and large river plains very fertile for farming purposes. The Grincel peninsula, which juts out to the north forming the eastern edge of the Wallach Sea.

Eserei National Seashore

On the southeastern shore lies the picturesque port city of Ister, and the Eserei National seashore made of large bedrock shores and heavy pine forests. The Lubovow mountains are the primary mountain range in the country running southeast to northwest along the southern border with Sacrofnia. The tallest peak is Mt. Roulei at 4,240 ft and can be found near Centspil in the Wynsoia province.

Lubovow Mountains in fall

The mountains can often be seen snow covered in the winter, but all snow will melt by mid spring.

Waterways within Wassilia generally run to the north or the east depending on their source. Nearly all rivers from the Lubovow mountain range flow north and empty into the Wallach Sea or to the northeast and flow into the Sunardic Ocean. The Zlockow River flowing from the western edge of the Lubovow Mountains to the Wallach Sea is the traditional east/west divide of the nation. Rivers in the west flow generally to the east eventually to the Wallach Sea. The Eblag River is the most famous in Wassilia connecting the major cities of Eblaburg and Sren with the capital of Tyonek.

The coastal eastern half of Wassilia is known for its beautiful waterfront cities, small towns, and rocky shoreline. Much of the eastern coastline is made of rocky shore dotted with many lighthouses and fishing towns. The coast becomes more mountainous as you head south toward the city of Ister. Around the Wallach Sea is the coastal lowlands which is the most densely populated area of Wassilia. In the southern most province of Wynsoia we have the Lubovow mountains which dominate the landscape here.

National Map of Wassilia

Climate

Wassilia has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb), with warm (although mostly not hot), humid summers. Winters are cold and snowy all over the country and are more severe in the southern Lubovow mountain region. The coastal lowland areas and seaside are more temperate in the winter due to the warmer currents of the Sunardic Ocean and Wallach Sea. Wassilia is mostly safe from tropical cyclones as the higher latitude weakens these systems to extratropical by the time they reach the Wassilian shoreline.

Government

Federal Assembly

The unicameral legislative body of Wassilia is the Federal Assembly. The Assembly is composed of 155 members which are elected via representative voting throughout the 14 provinces of Wassilia. Larger provinces will have larger representation as compared to smaller ones. Each province is divided into voting districts to allocate that provinces delegation to the Federal Assembbly. Each assembly member is elected to a 4 year term with a limit of 3 terms. Terms can be consecutive or not either way only 3 terms are possible.

Culture

Sport

Sports in Wassilia are very popular in both the spectating aspect as well as participation. It is very common for youths to compete in multiple sports up into the teenage years before settling on one. Association football, ice hockey, tennis, cycling, as well as the Olympic sports are the most popular youth participation sports.

Spectating for sports is also very popular among Wassilians. Again association football and ice hockey draw the largest crowds across the nation but also popular are cycling, and auto racing.

The Wassilian Super League is the top division of football in the nation. 20 clubs compete each year for the Super League Trophy during which the league is contested from September through May. The most successful clubs are Olimpiada Burzinai, Sportclub Tyonek, RFC Sren, PK Altapadys and Olszten Center FC. The current champions are RFC Sren.