Ghamistan

Federal Republic of Ghamistan د ګمستان فدرالي جمهوریت
Flag
Motto: "Motherland is heaven"
Anthem: "Dar in Watan" In This Homeland (Estmerish)
Location of Ghamistan (in navy), within Coius (light blue)
Capital	Maziar City
Largest Metro	Velawar
Official languages	Ghamic
Ethnic groups	64% Ghamic 14% Togoti 11% Tabur Pardarian 7% Sathani 4% Other
Religion	58% Prathanism 21% Irfan 8% Ashankism 5% Other Satrian 4% Sotirianity 1% Other (Including Badi, Zohism, and Tribal Religion) 3% Irreligious
Demonym(s)	Ghamistani
Government	Federal Parliamentary Republic
• Federal President	Chavi Rastegar
• Prime Minister	Vahin Kuram
Legislature	National Congress
Significant events & Formation
• Rise of the Muzhgan Dynasty	1651 CE
• Creation of Gamia Etruriana	1887 CE
• Independence from Etruria	1946 CE
Area
• Total	967,519 km2 (373,561 sq mi)
• Water (%)	2.2
Population
• 2023 estimate	136,507,255 (6)
• Density	141.09/km2 (365.4/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2023 estimate
• Total	2.026 trillion (17)
• Per capita	$14,840 (46)
GDP (nominal)	2023 estimate
• Total	1.291 trillion (17)
• Per capita	$9,460 (50)
Gini (2023)	45.9 medium
HDI (2023)	0.668 medium
Currency	Ghamistani Mandin (GMN)
Time zone	UTC-1 (UTC)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+53
Internet TLD	.gh

Ghamistan (Ghamic: غمستان), officially the Federal Republic of Ghamistan (Ghamic: د ګمستان فدرالي جمهوریت), is a country at the eastern edge of the Satrian region of the continent of Coius. Ghamistan borders Rajyaghar to the west, Zorasan to the east, and the Acheloian Sea to the north. Almost exactly one million square kilometers in area, the country is made up of a diverse range of geographic features, most prominently divided by the Pavitra Mountain Range running east-west across the country. As of 2023, Ghamistan's population is 136.5 million, the 6th highest in the world. Maziar City is the nation's capital, while Velawar is its largest city and financial center.

Inhabited by humans for more than 60,000 years, early Purvan cultures developed the first major settlements in modern Ghamistan between 4000 BCE and 2000 BCE, before being gradually displaced by the Boreocoian Migration from the Great Steppe, leading to the establishment of some of the first Bhagic Kingdoms as waystations for further settlement into Satria. Intermittently conquered by outside forces including the Second Heavenly Kingdom, Jhanda Empire, and Great Chanwa, Ghamic culture developed as a blend of these waves of external influence, before the rise of the Ghamic Kingdoms throughout the 1100s and 1200s CE, concurrently with the widespread adoption of Prathanism.

The Muzhgan Empire, formed in 1651, would prosper following the collaspe of its contemporary rival, the Togoti Empire, expanding to encompass territory beyond the borders of modern Ghamistan at its height before beginning a gradual decline throughout the later half of the 18th century, the start of a period called the Century of Degradation. Becoming a protectorate of Etruria in 1834 and later annexed as a colonial territory in 1887, the Padshah was retained as a disempowered figurehead ruler over Gamia Etruriana.

Ghamistan gained independence from Etruria at the same time as much of its colonial empire during the conclusion of the Solarian War, with a republic established by the All Ghamistan League successful in attaining recognition by the Community of Nations and subsequently repressing regional attempts at separate independence during the ensuing Satrian Wars. From 1954 to 1973, the National Republic of Ghamistan undermined democratic institutions, pursued proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and undertook campaigns of political repression and ethnic cleansing, before a military coup established the interim State of Ghamistan and prevented a total civil war during a major breakdown in civil order.

In 1983, the Third Ghamistani Constitutional Convention established the modern Federal Republic with a model of weak federalism that leaves significant authority to the states. Ghamistan has since experienced the growth of a flourishing political ecosystem, but is still considered a southern democracy by modern political analysts, with concerns raised about the authority of the bureaucracy and military over elected leaders.

Today, Ghamistan has a developing economy with growing industrial and tertiary sectors, and is seen as a potential regional power. Ghamistan is a member of the Community of Nations, ITO, and AEC, and an observer of the Irfanic Cooperative Conference, Council for Mutual Development, and International Forum for Developing States. Ghamistan is a former partner of the Global Institute for Fiscal Affairs and member of the League of Oil Producing States.

Etymology

Rarely used today, the exonym for Ghamistan through the early and late modern period had been the form Khamistan. Scholars have suggested that the root name, Khaman is derived from the ancient Matrabashi word Kamin, the name used for ancient inhabitants of the Satrian Pranta. Kamin literally means "lover" or "sparrow". Historically, the ethnonym Khaman was used to refer to Bhagic-descendent people broadly, before becoming specifically associated with Velic Ghamic speaking people along the coast of modern Ghamistan.

Ghamic or alternatively Ghami as an ethnonym is a modern construction, which describes the speakers of mutually intelligible Ghamic dialects who have previously generally associated with several distinct ethnic identities, who collectively formed the core of the Muzhghan Empire and later Gamia Etruriana. The suffix "-stan" is of Pardarian origin, meaning "place of". Therefore, "Ghamistan" translates to "land of the Ghamis".

"Ghamistani" is the accepted national demonym, though "Ghamic" is also commonly used.