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Geography

Ecoregions of Mainland Cukobai

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  Putera Inlet, located in the Northwest Ecological Preserve Region in Barupertama District

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  A coffee plantation in the Tikatika region

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  A tributary of the Sungailama River courses through its eponymous rainforest basin

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  A beach on the north coast near Kuala Hangat

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  Saffron being harvested in the Pasebasu lowlands during the dry season

The highest peak in Cukobai, Gunungputih (Mount Bianca) is one of the primary symbols of the country's vibrant ecology, and often features in national symbols, including the National Emblem.

A Koppen-Geiger climate classification map of both the Cukobaian Mainland and Vanugalu.

The landmass of Cukobai is divided between its mainland territory on the continental portion of Lautania and the Vanugalu Islands in the Deris Sea. At 581,875.8 km² (224,663.5 sq mi), Cukobai is the largest country in Lautania by land area. The mainland is defined by five distinct ecoregions, from west to east - the Derisian (or West Cukobaian) Rainforest, Tikatika High Plateau, Sungailama River Basin, the Tanatinggi, and Pasebasu. While the Derisian and Sungailama Rainforests are actually part of a single contiguous rainforest ecosystem which covers 85.9% of the country's continental landmass, the difference in hydrology makes for significant differences in flora, fauna, and ease of access or settlement by humans. The coastal plains on average extend from 15 to 150 kilometers (9 to 93 mi) from water's edge, though significant variability exists.

The Derisian Rainforest region reaches an average elevation of 90 meters (295 ft) above sea level. It is marked by rolling and hilly terrain, and is exceedingly hot and humid, marked by a short dry season, and is home to some of the wettest places in the world. The coastlines contain a number of major settlements, including the nation's capitol, Bandar Cukobai, and plays host to key fisheries and economic zones. Additionally, the Inner Derisian, sometimes considered part of the Tikatika ecoregion, plays host to the bulk of the nation's coffee-growing operations, one of the country's historic exports. While the presence of agriculture has expanded along the western coastlines in recent years, the overall soil topology of this area is poor for continued cropping, as the topsoil, while carbon-rich and productive, is exceedingly thin and vulnerable to excessive tillage or disturbance, and subsoil zones are largely composed of rock and loose, unstructured sediment.

The Tikatika High Plateau rises from the coastal plains at about 650 meters (2,133 ft) above sea level. The alternation between wet and dry seasons are much more even, allowing for a generally comfortable, less humid climate. Soils here are markedly fertile, and hosts nearly all of the country's livestock and grain farming thanks to this and the region's generally level terrain. Historically, most non-coastal settlements have been established here, thanks to its ease of farming and travel.

The Sungailama River Basin is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, composed of a rich riparian landscape with dipterocarp, swamp, and mangrove rainforests. Peat swamp forests occupy much of the basin's northern coastline. Erosion of the region's limestone bedrock by the Sungailama River and its tributaries have carved a number of dramatic features and karst topography, including some of the world's largest cave systems. However, this is considered an older geographic feature of the continent at large, and thanks to this elevation generally reaches 760 meters (2,493 ft) above sea level at its highest, with greater elevations encircling it to the southwest and east giving way to the Tikatika and Tanatinggi highlands, respectively. This rainforest is considered the wettest area in Lautania, and because of that has historically made mass settlement difficult, with key locales being settled along the Sungailama, as its terminus at Belau makes it critical for regional and global trade. While homesteading further inland has been encouraged by the national government, the practice is often faced with fierce criticism from local indigenous communities and conservationists alike, making any serious attempts at settling new areas in the Sungailama for economic development virtually nonexistent in recent decades.

The Tanatinggi highlands are host to the coolest, most temperate regions of the country, and includes the only true mountains, the Tangatatapu Range which mark a portion of the nation's border with Iuliania, as well as only portions of mainland Cukobai that experience snowfall annually. At 4,095.2 meters (13,436 ft), Gunungputih, sometimes referred to as Mount Bianca abroad (especially by Aesculians), is the highest point in Cukobai. Aside from

The Pasebasu is a low-lying, relatively dry region in comparison to the rest of the nation, which extends from the eastern foot of the Tangatatapus into Iuliania. It is the only portion of the country which experiences monsoon rains, and thanks to its placement in a modest rain shadow, does not experience the same degree of humidity that covers the bulk of the national mainland. This region has the smallest coastal area of all Cukobai's ecoregions at only 28 kilometers (17.39 mi) of shoreline, as the coastal swamps of the Derisian-Sungailama Rainforest system reaches its northernmost extent there. Thanks to its extended dry season, a wider variety of crops can be grown here, including the nation's famous saffron fields, as well as Cukobai's only internationally-recognized wine-producing regions.

Government and Politics

Districts

Main Articles: Districts of Cukobai, Federal Cities of Cukobai

Bandar Cukobai

Sempedan
Utara

Sempedan
Sase

Berbatu

Gahogau

Nakeba

Vanugalu

Belau

Pedangpatah

Rumakayu

Barupertama

Ititivai

Jamamaosase

Kutabesa

Waikino

Warangatira

Televa

Tanatinggi

Foreign Relations

Main Article: Foreign relations of Cukobai

President and External Affairs Director Rai Puteh during the 2019 Lautania Congress, pictured here with Tribunus plebis in-exile Andrea Ancelotti of Aesculinese Iuliania.

Since its establishment as the sole legitimate government of Cukobai in 1914, the foreign policy of the federation has changed dramatically with their geopolitical situation in order to keep a degree of fluidity on the world stage, though there have generally been a tendency towards three overarching priorities. The first is economic and political solidarity with the nations and peoples of Lautania, especially aimed at encouraging the adoption of republican modes of government and development of diverse, stable societies - which Cukobai attempts to foster through consistently acting as a mediator in contentious political or military issues. A special emphasis is placed on maintaining ties with their main ally in efforts in regional decolonization, Whaeamoe, and outreach to independence movements within the neighboring Aesculinese territory of Iuliania. The second is ensuring the safety of trade in the Deris Sea and the Southern Lautan Ocean, and cooperating with other nations and organizations to curb piracy therein. The third is military non-interventionism, especially outside of Lautania, though the nation does not accept irrevocable neutrality as a viable prospect in world politics. Military resources are primarily devoted to acting towards peacekeeping efforts, disaster relief, and securing of the nation's vital waterways, frontiers, and border regions.

Disputed Territorial Claims

Due to its contentious period of suzerainty in the sphere of the Aesculinese Colonial Empire from 1792 to 1914, the modern Cukobaian Federation continues to seek a return of areas settled by ethnic Dusunpans in Iuliania during the peak of the Sultanate period, which were gradually taken as part of concessions for the War of 1866 and as part of the Belau Agreement at the close of the Second Cukobaian Revolution and reestablished Cukobaian independence. Additionally, the Agreement established the nation of Whaeamoe as an independent republic, though its status as a formerly integrated region of the Sultanate has led some Cukobaian irridentists, as well as anarchist groups within Whaeamoe to seek a reunion of these nations.

Separatist and Irridentist Movements

Internally, ethno-nationalists have sought to carve their own independent states from the Federation, or to rejoin other nation-states, both throughout the history of the nation and presently. Nearly every ethnic community in Cukobai has a fringe movement that has participated towards the completion of one of these aims, though among the most prominent since the establishment of the Federation have been Dusunpan supremacists and Indigenous nationalists.

The Black Days in particular, which rocked the nation in the 1940s and was a major precipitating incident in the reorganization of Cukobai into its modern constitutional form, was instigated by a far-right Dusunpan extremist organization known as the Princely Army which triggered a brief border war with Aesculinese security forces in Iuliania, This exchange was intended to create a new Sultanate in Lautania modeled after the short-lived [X] military junta which existed contemporaneously with the chain of aborted revolts. It is for this reason that irridentist movements for the annexation of Dusunpan-majority regions of Iuliania are often dismissed as fringe (and often dangerous) beliefs for its linkage to the Black Days.

Veigalun peoples, which were often the most targeted by the Princely Army during the Black Days, as well as by centuries of abuse under the Sultanate, felt that the anarchist government as established under the 1910 Universal Declaration of Human Liberty had failed to prevent historic mistreatment by colonial Dusunpans and Aesculinese, and sought to establish their own ethno-states which would remove the offending colonial populations and influences, an effort largely focused on the island of Vanugalu. In 1951, a united Veigalun Liberation Army seized a Black Army weapons cache and dockyard located in Nakeba, prompting the beginnings of the Vanugalu War, a fierce guerrilla campaign which caused significant damage to the economy and reputation of the still-developing Federation. The conflict was brought to a ceasefire and peace agreement following the ratification of the 1953 Constitution, when greater protections for non-Dusunpan minorities and anti-discriminatory educational programs were given high priority under the new government arrangement. However, protests among Veigalun people have endured over the years due to historic underemployment and other economic hardships, as well as land developments which conflicted with the authority of local governments, most notably in and around the Gunungangin region of Vanugalu, where a number of research facilities and tourist areas have been developed over the latter half of the 20th Century. Because of the disdain of the locals for non-Veigaluns, this has become an area rife with anti-federalists, with some theorizing that such attitudes were responsible for the dissapearances and supposed deaths of 60 scientists from Huajiang and the Cukobaian mainland at the Barupertama Observatory in July of 2019.

Military

Main Article: Cukobai Revolutionary Defense Forces

Further Information: List of wars involving Cukobai

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Members of a CRDF Black Army Mobile Team participating in training exercises in 2015.

The Cukobai Revolutionary Defense Forces (CRDF) is the sole military apparatus of the Federation, and is headed by the General Staff, which is composed of elected officials from within the chief officers of each service branch, which acts in many ways similar to the National Directorate, which the General Staff is ultimately subject to the authority of. The branches present under the banner of the CRDF is the Black Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Support Services. Additionally, the CRDF draws upon the resources and assistance of the Niruvanam, Cukobai's national intelligence service, as well as the Kaval, the national law enforcement agency when necessary. The current charter of the CRDF states that its organization is solely for defense of Cukobaian territorial integrity, the security of domestic economic, social, and political interests, and international peacekeeping or disaster relief missions. The CRDF is not permitted to join ongoing military conflicts unless a direct threat to Cukobaian interests is observed, and even then requires the express approval of both houses of the Combined Assemblies.

Under its current form, the CRDF is a fully volunteer military. While general peacetime conscription is illegal under the constitution, the Directorate can call for its instatement in times of national emergencies. Due to its historic rivalries with nearby states and hostile imperial powers, all citizens receive emergency preparedness and basic marksmanship skills training. Citizens over the age of 18 are required to keep and maintain two working government-issue firearms: the PTP-89 and PTS-02 (a 9×19mm Parabellum semi-automatic pistol and submachine gun respectively), as well as undergo regular retraining seminars every five years. Beyond this, many citizens of Cukobai own additional firearms, mainly long rifles and shotguns, usually for the purposes of pest control or hunting. This is especially true in less-developed areas, where hazards caused by local wildlife are more prevalent in day-to-day life.

Compared to many countries of similar development and economic size, Cukobai has a comparatively small portion of its total gross domestic product going to national defense.

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Sandbox:Mannatiua

Tanda Gaji Persekutuan
ISO 4217
Unit
Plural	Gaji
Symbol	ഗ‎
Denominations
Subunit
1/100	Sen
Banknotes	ഗ1, ഗ5, ഗ10, ഗ20, GC50, ഗ100 ഗ500, ഗ1000 (Rarely Used)
Coins	5, 10, 20, 50 sen
Demographics
User(s)	Cukobai Whaeamoe Unofficial
Issuance
Central bank	Federal Bank of Cukobai (Vanki Persekutuan Cukobai)
Valuation
Inflation	2.1%
Source	November 2018

The Cukobaian Gaji (plural: gaji, symbol: ഗ, currency code: GCB) is the currency of Cukobai. It is divided into 100 Sen (cents). The Gaji is issued by the Federal Bank of Cukobai.

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Cukobaian Constitution of 1953
The Revolutionary Committee for National Reform during the signing of the Cukobaian Constitution, July 1953
Original title	Perlembagaan Persekutuan Revolusi Cukobai 1953
Jurisdiction	Cukobai
Created	1 May - 8 July 1953
Presented	July 8, 1953 (1953-07-08)
Ratified	July 8, 1953 (1953-07-08)
Date effective	December 22, 1953 (1953-12-22)
System	Federal semi-direct council democracy under a de facto one-party directorial republic with features of Communalist Anarchism
Branches	Three
Chambers	Bicameral (Combined National Revolutionary Assembly); divided into two houses: the Federal Majlis (Upper House), and National Majlis (Lower House)
Executive	National Directorate led by a President
Judiciary	Federal Arbitration National Arbitration Judicial Commission
Federalism	Federal
Entrenchments	Three
Amendments	Seven
Last amended	August 9, 2002 (2002-08-09) (7th)
Location	Revolution Hall, Bandar Cukobai Federal City, Cukobai
Author(s)	Revolutionary Committee for National Reform (JRPN) Revolutionary Committee for Reconciliation and Progress (JRPK)
Signatories	All members of the JRPN, JRPK, and the 54 members of the Federal Majlis
Supersedes	First Universal Declaration of Human Liberty Cukobaian Revolutionary Common Law

The 1953 Cukobaian Constitution is the basis for all laws in the United Revolutionary Federation of Cukobai. Developed in the aftermath of the Black Days and Vanugalu War in 1953, the Constitution was developed in recognition of the failings of the original Universal Declaration of Human Liberty and Revolutionary Common Law, as cited by the Revolutionary Committee for Reconciliation and Progress from their investigations into the causes of the conflicts.

The Committee stated the codes' shortcomings included failures to protect vulnerable and historically-disadvantaged populations, increasing isolation of communities, and a near-inability to adequately coordinate resources and funding on a national or even regional level. Upon their report to the Combined Revolutionary Assemblies in February of 1953, the National Directorate authorized the establishment of the Revolutionary Committee for National Reform, a panel of respected Cukobaian statesmen and political theorists from around the world which was placed in charge of developing a new constitution which "married the spirit and ideals of 1911 with the practical needs of a modern developing society". The resulting document codified and formalized a number of pre-existing legal practices in the Federation, as well as implementing a number of measures to develop its modern form of semi-direct democracy. This kept Cukobai's original mode of council democracy with an emphasis on local government, while also creating the current framework of national government that granted regional and federal-level authorities the necessary powers and procedures needed to effectively govern. Accompanying these political reforms were broad protections for minorities in the country, and guarantees for human rights not originally included in the UDHL of 1914.

Contents

Article VII: Religion

This article asserts that while the Constitution of the United Revolutionary Federation is founded on the principles of Secular Humanism, no official state religion will be enforced, and freedom of worship will be guaranteed to all citizens and residents.

Additionally, historic places of worship of Imantamah will be given special privileges in order to recognize their historic role in the development of Cukobaian culture and its place in the 1887-88 and 1911-14 revolutions. These privileges include:

• Recognition of Imantamah Shrines and Temples as monumental structures and places of cultural significance, receiving the provisioning and support which that entails;
• Days of religious significance across all branches of the faith will be treated as federal holidays;
• Institutions of learning operated under the faith as part of temple complexes may be treated as public schools, receiving the provisioning and support which that entails.

Article XII: Mandate for permanent national, regional, and local public services and agencies

This article defines the compartments of the national, regional, and local governments and the services they are required to provide, as well as the process for organizing and overseeing these compartments.

Article XIII: Symbols of the Revolutionary Federation

Further Information: National symbols of Cukobai

This article defines:

• The National flag;
• The Emblem of the United Revolutionary Federation;
• The National anthem;
• The registry of national monuments which preserve the memory of the Revolutions of 1887-88 and 1911-14, the cultural legacy of the Cukobaian peoples, and the achievements of the United Revolutionary Federation, and provisions for their maintenance;
• Sites of ecological importance to Cukobaian culture and the unique biology of the federation's territories, and provisions for their maintenance

Article XIV: Amendments to the Constitution

Amendments to the Constitution of the United Revolutionary Federation may be proposed by:

• A motion to amend by the Regional Majlis of at least 1/4 of all Districts and Federal Cities in the nation, accompanied by at least 250,000 valid signatures from among the electorate within 18 months of of its presentation to the National Majlis.;
• A motion to amend by members of the National Majlis which achieves a simple majority and subsequent majority vote by the Federal Majlis within 18 months of its presentation;
• A motion to amend via popular initiative, if it obtains valid signatures from at least 15% of the national electorate within 18 months of its presentation.

If one of these conditions are reached, a Constitutional Session of the Combined Assemblies is called, in which both the Federal and National Majlis is required to achieve a supermajority during the session to immediately pass. If this does not occur, the proposed amendment may be put to a national popular vote during the next cycle of general elections, to which it only requires a simple majority to pass. If the proposed amendment is achieved by process of popular initiative, no vote is required during the Constitutional Session, but instead may immediately go to ballot following deliberations in the Combined Assemblies to refine and revise the proposal.