Mansuriyyah

Mansuriyyah is a nation located in the continent of Siduri in Tyran. It borders Ruvelka on the North, Allamunika on the East, and Mubata on the South

Geography

Located in Western Siduri, Mansuriyyah host a wide range of different climates and topography. The West has a humid Mediterranean climate, becoming increasingly arid towards the interior. The North is mostly mountainous with temperate climate, transitioning into a continental climate towards the Northeast.

Water

With large swathes of Mansuri territory being semi-arid steppes or desert, water sources are of vital importance. The main rivers are the Shabb, running on the South and marking most of the border with Mubata, while the Azraq river, born from the Jibal al-Barad, and crisscrossing Mansuriyyah from the Southeast until the Northwest, where it flows into the Juwayqi Gulf. A number of smaller watercourses flow down from the Matras mountains into the Azraq basin. A number of lakes exist in the Qafqaz highlands in the Northeast. The arid deserts of central Mansuriyyah contain a number of oases but lack permanent water courses, as the few rivers that flow eastward from the Qartaba mountains empty into small swamps and lakes in the semi-arid plateaus of Badiyat al-Hawram. Eastern Mansuriyyah lack any major river, but a number of minor rivers and streams flow eastward from the Barad mountains.

Demographics

Peoples

Mansuriyyah has an ethnically diverse population. It is a majority-minority country, in which no ethnic group forms a majority by itself. Most of the population is concentrated in a broad arch encompassing the coastal areas, fertile northern plains along the Azraq River basin, and industrialized areas on the eastern slopes of the Barad mountains. The country's easternmost regions as well as the central area are largely depopulated deserts, save for some nomadic populations and small settlements on oases.

The main ethnic group are Arabs, which predominate in the Western and central regions of Mansuriyyah, and comprise some 40% of the total population. They're followed by Persians, which occupy the Eastern provinces and total almost 25% of the population. The third major ethnic group are the Kurds, which predominate in the northeast but are also found throughout the north and along the Barad mountains. Chechens are just some 5% of the total population but are the majority in the Qafqaz province in the northeast, but also can be found in scattered villages in the West. Another 5% of the Mansuri population are Turkic, which aren't the majority in any province, but can be found in large numbers in the Northwest and Northeast. Another native group to Mansuriyyah are the Kan'ani, which in the classical time used to populate the Western and Northern regions, but were assimilated to the dominant Arab culture following the spread of Islam. They comprise almost 5% of the population, almost all of them adhering to Christianity. Mubatan peoples can be found along the border, most of them intermixed with local Arabs.

Languages

Arabic is the official national language, as well as the lingua franca among different ethnic groups. It's spoken by over 90% of the population, and is the native language of some 40%. Persian, Kurdish and Chechen are recognized as official regional languages. A number of minority languages share a special, recognized status in districts with large number of native speakers.