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|established_event3 = Foundation of Europatorion | |established_event3 = Foundation of Europatorion | ||
|established_date3 = 12 March 333 | |established_date3 = 12 March 333 | ||
|established_event4 = The Purification | |established_event4 = The Purification | ||
|established_date4 = 3 February 793 | |established_date4 = 3 February 793 | ||
|established_event5 = The Eclipse | |established_event5 = The Eclipse | ||
|established_date5 = 1509 | |established_date5 = 1509 | ||
|established_event6 = The Reunification | |established_event6 = The Reunification | ||
|established_date6 = 4 February 1788 | |established_date6 = 4 February 1788 | ||
|established_event7 = The Long War | |established_event7 = The Long War | ||
|established_date7 = 19 June 1932 | |established_date7 = 19 June 1932 | ||
|established_event8 = The Admirals' Coup | |established_event8 = The Admirals' Coup | ||
|established_date8 = 3 August 1969 | |established_date8 = 3 August 1969 | ||
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The Greater Holy Empire of Arome, referred to internationally and occasionally internally as Tagmatium, is a sovereign country located in the Occident region of north-western Europa. Tagmatium is bordered to the north-west by | The Greater Holy Empire of Arome, referred to internationally and occasionally internally as '''Tagmatium''', is a sovereign country located in the [[Occident]]al region of north-western [[Europa (region)|Europa]] on [[Eurth]]. Tagmatium is bordered to the north-west by [[Haruspex]], to the west by [[Adaptus]], to the south by [[Suverina]] and to the south-east by [[Sporsia]]. It shares maritime borders with [[Akwisia]], which is a protectorate of the Greater Holy Empire, and the [[Hexanesa]], a breakaway state that Tagmatium does not recognise. The Greater Holy Empire has a population of 253 million, which is moderately urbanised, despite the country's long history of urbanisation. The population is mainly concentrated in cities around the Central Sea and the eastern seaboard. The total area of the Greater Holy Empire is 942,836 km2. | ||
Tagmatium is a unitary elective absolute theocratic monarchy, although it defines itself as a constitutional elective monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The current monarch and head of government is Holy Emperor and Autocrat Kommodos III, who has ruled Tagmatium since 2005. The capital city of Tagmatium is Tagmatika, a cultural, commercial and religious centre, located on the northern side of the mouth of the central sea and with an urban area population of 5.3 million. The most populous city in Tagmatium is Europatorion, which is the cultural, financial and religious centre of the country and also a global city, with a population of 12.5 million. Other major urban areas include Aroma, Prousa, Dymafos, Trapezon, Resafa and Kalamanon. | Tagmatium is a unitary elective absolute theocratic monarchy, although it defines itself as a constitutional elective monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The current monarch and head of government is Holy Emperor and Autocrat Kommodos III, who has ruled Tagmatium since 2005. The capital city of Tagmatium is Tagmatika, a cultural, commercial and religious centre, located on the northern side of the mouth of the central sea and with an urban area population of 5.3 million. The most populous city in Tagmatium is Europatorion, which is the cultural, financial and religious centre of the country and also a global city, with a population of 12.5 million. Other major urban areas include Aroma, Prousa, Dymafos, Trapezon, Resafa and Kalamanon. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Βασιλική των Κατηχουμένων Σερβίων 1.jpg|thumb|right|Remains of the Basilica of $City ([[Aroma]]n era)]] | [[File:Βασιλική των Κατηχουμένων Σερβίων 1.jpg|thumb|right|Remains of the Basilica of $City ([[Aroma]]n era).]] | ||
(Connect with [[Adaptus]] and [[Aroman Empire]]. Post-Aroman world. Relationship with Amutia. Opposition to Burania. Transition into Christianity. What happens during Medieval times? How about colonialism? What changed when entering the modern era? Any recent events we should know about?) | {{See also|Aroman Empire}} | ||
(Connect with [[Adaptus]] and [[Aroman Empire]]. Post-Aroman world. Relationship with [[Amutia]]. Opposition to [[Burania]]. Transition into Christianity. What happens during Medieval times? How about colonialism? What changed when entering the modern era? Any recent events we should know about?) | |||
==Politics== | ==Politics== | ||
(How kind of government? Who is the head of state/government? When was the last election or change of government? Which political parties are there? How are the foreign relations? What is the military like?) | (How kind of government? Who is the head of state/government? When was the last election or change of government? Which political parties are there? How are the foreign relations? What is the military like?) | ||
===Government=== | |||
==Foreign Relations== | ===Foreign Relations=== | ||
===Military=== | |||
==Military== | |||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
The economy of Tagmatium is a developed mixed economy, with a reliance on heavy heavy industry and agriculture, a growing biofuels and alternative energy sector, a well-established armaments sector, with tourism playing a large role. Whilst Tagmatium does have a leading regional manufacturing sector, with an element of automation, it lags behind this when compared to the wurld's other leading economies. Tagmatium holds the wurld's largest share in the biofuel market, being both one of the largest grower of the raw material and the largest producer of the biofuel itself. The manufacture of textiles is the leading Tagmatine light industry, using wool or plant fibres often grown within the Greater Holy Empire's borders. This sector, as well as agriculture and construction, tend to provide low-skill, low-paying jobs for much of the Tagmatine workforce. | The economy of Tagmatium is a developed mixed economy, with a reliance on heavy heavy industry and agriculture, a growing biofuels and alternative energy sector, a well-established armaments sector, with tourism playing a large role. Whilst Tagmatium does have a leading regional manufacturing sector, with an element of automation, it lags behind this when compared to the wurld's other leading economies. Tagmatium holds the wurld's largest share in the biofuel market, being both one of the largest grower of the raw material and the largest producer of the biofuel itself. The manufacture of textiles is the leading Tagmatine light industry, using wool or plant fibres often grown within the Greater Holy Empire's borders. This sector, as well as agriculture and construction, tend to provide low-skill, low-paying jobs for much of the Tagmatine workforce. | ||
===Natural Sector=== | ===Natural Sector=== | ||
[[File:Sao Paulo ethanol pump 04 2008 74 zoom.jpg|thumb|Biofuel station in a suburb of Europatorion.]] | |||
Within the farming sector, staple crops such as wheat and maize are predominant, with Tagmatium being the largest exporters of grain on Eurth. Much of this is exported to other Europan countries. This goes hand-in-hand with Tagmatium's booming biofuels industry. The problem this has begun to pose is that there is competition for arable land between crops such as wheat or maize and crops used for seed oil. Farming sees a high degree of automation, although this is often seen in the large farming combines that dominate the growing of these staples for exports – smaller, family owned farms often cannot afford the newer generation of machinery. | Within the farming sector, staple crops such as wheat and maize are predominant, with Tagmatium being the largest exporters of grain on Eurth. Much of this is exported to other Europan countries. This goes hand-in-hand with Tagmatium's booming biofuels industry. The problem this has begun to pose is that there is competition for arable land between crops such as wheat or maize and crops used for seed oil. Farming sees a high degree of automation, although this is often seen in the large farming combines that dominate the growing of these staples for exports – smaller, family owned farms often cannot afford the newer generation of machinery. | ||
Besides arable farming, sheep and cattle are raised, both for meat, dairy produce and wool. Seed oil is the biggest growing sector within the Tagmatine agricultural sector, aided by subsidies and the fact that the government is actively seeking foreign markets for it. This sector also provides much of the luxuries that Tagmatium exports – Tagmatine wine, brandy and whisky are amongst the most famous, as well as more niche products such as garos. | Besides arable farming, sheep and cattle are raised, both for meat, dairy produce and wool. Seed oil is the biggest growing sector within the Tagmatine agricultural sector, aided by subsidies and the fact that the government is actively seeking foreign markets for it. This sector also provides much of the luxuries that Tagmatium exports – Tagmatine wine, brandy and whisky are amongst the most famous, as well as more niche products such as {{wp|Garum|garos}}. | ||
Forestry is often tightly controlled by the Ministry of the Environment, the body that also covers agriculture in general. Much of this comes from the historic need to supply wood for weaponry and charcoal for metalworking, long since redundant, but also part of the drive of Kommodos III's government towards a sustainable future. Logging and the utilisation of forests and woodlands for commercial uses is strictly licensed and monitored. | Forestry is often tightly controlled by the Ministry of the Environment, the body that also covers agriculture in general. Much of this comes from the historic need to supply wood for weaponry and charcoal for metalworking, long since redundant, but also part of the drive of Kommodos III's government towards a sustainable future. Logging and the utilisation of forests and woodlands for commercial uses is strictly licensed and monitored. | ||
===Industrial Sector=== | ===Industrial Sector=== | ||
The industrial sector is helped by a good supply and variety of natural resources, including abundant deposits of iron, copper, coal, zinc and even some rarer ores, such as bauxite, tungsten and uranium. A well-developed infrastructure – famously, metaphorically so – aids extraction and use of these resources, but international competition means that much of this is limited to central and northern [[Europa (region)|Europa]]. Shipbuilding, farming machinery and locomotive construction are the largest parts of the industrial sector, whilst the automotive industry tends to lag behind foreign examples. | |||
The industrial sector is helped by a good supply and variety of natural resources, including abundant deposits of iron, copper, coal, zinc and even some rarer ores, such as bauxite, tungsten and uranium. A well-developed infrastructure – famously, metaphorically so – aids extraction and use of these resources, but international competition means that much of this is limited to central and northern Europa. Shipbuilding, farming machinery and locomotive construction are the largest parts of the industrial sector, whilst the automotive industry tends to lag behind foreign examples. | |||
The arms industry supplies the needs of the Exkerkitos Arhomanos, with everything from small arms to armoured vehicles and most ship types domestically produced, with some export to allied or at least friendly nations. Whilst this means that it is a relatively large domestic employer, there is little international demand for Tagmatine arms and armaments. | The arms industry supplies the needs of the Exkerkitos Arhomanos, with everything from small arms to armoured vehicles and most ship types domestically produced, with some export to allied or at least friendly nations. Whilst this means that it is a relatively large domestic employer, there is little international demand for Tagmatine arms and armaments. | ||
Its commercial electronics and software development is good for northern Europa but cannot be described as wurld-beating – at times, the indigenous companies do little more than play keep-up with foreign competitors. This has become somewhat reinforced by recent trade deals struck by the Agios Basilikon Kounsistorion with Salvia and Iverica, which reduced the tariffs for foreign imports in this sector. It was hoped that this would spur the domestic manufacturers and developers, although this has yet come to pass. | Its commercial electronics and software development is good for northern Europa but cannot be described as wurld-beating – at times, the indigenous companies do little more than play keep-up with foreign competitors. This has become somewhat reinforced by recent trade deals struck by the Agios Basilikon Kounsistorion with [[Salvia]] and [[Iverica]], which reduced the tariffs for foreign imports in this sector. It was hoped that this would spur the domestic manufacturers and developers, although this has yet come to pass. | ||
Due to Tagmatium's booming agricultural sector, the production of industrial chemicals for fertiliser and pesticide has seen a similar upswing, at least within the internal market. It is hoped that it will become a key part of international trade as well. | Due to Tagmatium's booming agricultural sector, the production of industrial chemicals for fertiliser and pesticide has seen a similar upswing, at least within the internal market. It is hoped that it will become a key part of international trade as well. | ||
===Service Sector=== | ===Service Sector=== | ||
The service sector remains a bit more rudimentary than other comparable national economies, more focussed on the internal market than the international one. This is partially due to the nascent state of the Tagmatine electronics sector but it is also hindered by other factors. These include a language and culture that doesn't spread much beyond the Occident and north-eastern Amutia, despite increasing interest in the projection of soft power by the Tagmatine government. | The service sector remains a bit more rudimentary than other comparable national economies, more focussed on the internal market than the international one. This is partially due to the nascent state of the Tagmatine electronics sector but it is also hindered by other factors. These include a language and culture that doesn't spread much beyond the Occident and north-eastern Amutia, despite increasing interest in the projection of soft power by the Tagmatine government. | ||
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===Tourism=== | ===Tourism=== | ||
[[File:Constantinoplewalls1.jpg|thumb|A section of the Walls of Konstantios.]] | |||
Tourism remains a steady sector – the ancient sites and sights of the Aroman Empire draw tourists from across Eurth, whether to see such storied sites as the Walls of Konstantios which dominate Europatorion and various ancient Christian sites that dot the country. The continental economic downturn has seen a reduction in tourists from Europa but increasing contact with the New Wurld means that much of this has been replaced by tourists from Marenesia and Argis. | Tourism remains a steady sector – the ancient sites and sights of the Aroman Empire draw tourists from across Eurth, whether to see such storied sites as the Walls of Konstantios which dominate Europatorion and various ancient Christian sites that dot the country. The continental economic downturn has seen a reduction in tourists from Europa but increasing contact with the New Wurld means that much of this has been replaced by tourists from Marenesia and Argis. | ||
===Infrastructure=== | ===Infrastructure=== | ||
Infrastructure remains nationalised – the railways are all state-controlled, apart from rail lines that operate within large mines, quarries or industrial sites. The road network is maintained by the state, as are ferries and air carriers. Whilst this has benefit for times of emergency, it does mean that it can lean towards the inefficient at other times. It is administered by the Ministry for Transport. | Infrastructure remains nationalised – the railways are all state-controlled, apart from rail lines that operate within large mines, quarries or industrial sites. The road network is maintained by the state, as are ferries and air carriers. Whilst this has benefit for times of emergency, it does mean that it can lean towards the inefficient at other times. It is administered by the Ministry for Transport. | ||
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==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
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(Literature. Visual arts. Music. Cuisine. Sport.) | (Literature. Visual arts. Music. Cuisine. Sport.) | ||
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Revision as of 15:31, 31 March 2021
Greater Holy Empire of Tagmatium Megas Agios Basileia ton Arhomaion | |||||||
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| Motto: Beacon of the Light of Christ | |||||||
| Map of Tagmatium Map of Tagmatium | |||||||
| Capital | Tagmatika | ||||||
| Largest | Europatorion | ||||||
| Official languages | Laimiaic, Occidental Aroman | ||||||
| Demonym(s) | Tagmatine (Arhomaios) | ||||||
| Government | Theocracy | ||||||
• Agios Basileos kai Autokrator (Holy Emperor and Autocrat) | Kommodos III | ||||||
• Mesazon (Intermediary) | Gregorios Traiektonos | ||||||
| Legislature | Synkletos | ||||||
| Establishment | |||||||
• First Division of the Aroman Empire (Octarchy) | 23 April 274 | ||||||
• Burning of Arome | 17 July 297 | ||||||
• Foundation of Europatorion | 12 March 333 | ||||||
• The Purification | 3 February 793 | ||||||
• The Eclipse | 1509 | ||||||
• The Reunification | 4 February 1788 | ||||||
• The Long War | 19 June 1932 | ||||||
• The Admirals' Coup | 3 August 1969 | ||||||
• The Civil War of 2005 | 28 January 2005 | ||||||
| Area | |||||||
• | 942,836 km2 (364,031 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 2019 census | 253,491,524 | ||||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate | ||||||
• Total | $4.995 Trillion | ||||||
• Per capita | $19,548 | ||||||
| Currency | Hyperpyron Nomisma (HYN) | ||||||
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy | ||||||
| Driving side | left | ||||||
| Internet TLD | .tg | ||||||
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The Greater Holy Empire of Arome, referred to internationally and occasionally internally as Tagmatium, is a sovereign country located in the Occidental region of north-western Europa on Eurth. Tagmatium is bordered to the north-west by Haruspex, to the west by Adaptus, to the south by Suverina and to the south-east by Sporsia. It shares maritime borders with Akwisia, which is a protectorate of the Greater Holy Empire, and the Hexanesa, a breakaway state that Tagmatium does not recognise. The Greater Holy Empire has a population of 253 million, which is moderately urbanised, despite the country's long history of urbanisation. The population is mainly concentrated in cities around the Central Sea and the eastern seaboard. The total area of the Greater Holy Empire is 942,836 km2.
Tagmatium is a unitary elective absolute theocratic monarchy, although it defines itself as a constitutional elective monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The current monarch and head of government is Holy Emperor and Autocrat Kommodos III, who has ruled Tagmatium since 2005. The capital city of Tagmatium is Tagmatika, a cultural, commercial and religious centre, located on the northern side of the mouth of the central sea and with an urban area population of 5.3 million. The most populous city in Tagmatium is Europatorion, which is the cultural, financial and religious centre of the country and also a global city, with a population of 12.5 million. Other major urban areas include Aroma, Prousa, Dymafos, Trapezon, Resafa and Kalamanon.
Etymology
(Where does the name come from? How is it pronounced? What is the name in local language?)
Geography
(Location on Eurth: in NW Occident. Neighbouring nations. Where do most people live? Where is the heartland? Some islands? What are the different climates? Any former colonies?)
History
(Connect with Adaptus and Aroman Empire. Post-Aroman world. Relationship with Amutia. Opposition to Burania. Transition into Christianity. What happens during Medieval times? How about colonialism? What changed when entering the modern era? Any recent events we should know about?)
Politics
(How kind of government? Who is the head of state/government? When was the last election or change of government? Which political parties are there? How are the foreign relations? What is the military like?)
Government
Foreign Relations
Military
Economy
The economy of Tagmatium is a developed mixed economy, with a reliance on heavy heavy industry and agriculture, a growing biofuels and alternative energy sector, a well-established armaments sector, with tourism playing a large role. Whilst Tagmatium does have a leading regional manufacturing sector, with an element of automation, it lags behind this when compared to the wurld's other leading economies. Tagmatium holds the wurld's largest share in the biofuel market, being both one of the largest grower of the raw material and the largest producer of the biofuel itself. The manufacture of textiles is the leading Tagmatine light industry, using wool or plant fibres often grown within the Greater Holy Empire's borders. This sector, as well as agriculture and construction, tend to provide low-skill, low-paying jobs for much of the Tagmatine workforce.
Natural Sector
Within the farming sector, staple crops such as wheat and maize are predominant, with Tagmatium being the largest exporters of grain on Eurth. Much of this is exported to other Europan countries. This goes hand-in-hand with Tagmatium's booming biofuels industry. The problem this has begun to pose is that there is competition for arable land between crops such as wheat or maize and crops used for seed oil. Farming sees a high degree of automation, although this is often seen in the large farming combines that dominate the growing of these staples for exports – smaller, family owned farms often cannot afford the newer generation of machinery.
Besides arable farming, sheep and cattle are raised, both for meat, dairy produce and wool. Seed oil is the biggest growing sector within the Tagmatine agricultural sector, aided by subsidies and the fact that the government is actively seeking foreign markets for it. This sector also provides much of the luxuries that Tagmatium exports – Tagmatine wine, brandy and whisky are amongst the most famous, as well as more niche products such as garos.
Forestry is often tightly controlled by the Ministry of the Environment, the body that also covers agriculture in general. Much of this comes from the historic need to supply wood for weaponry and charcoal for metalworking, long since redundant, but also part of the drive of Kommodos III's government towards a sustainable future. Logging and the utilisation of forests and woodlands for commercial uses is strictly licensed and monitored.
Industrial Sector
The industrial sector is helped by a good supply and variety of natural resources, including abundant deposits of iron, copper, coal, zinc and even some rarer ores, such as bauxite, tungsten and uranium. A well-developed infrastructure – famously, metaphorically so – aids extraction and use of these resources, but international competition means that much of this is limited to central and northern Europa. Shipbuilding, farming machinery and locomotive construction are the largest parts of the industrial sector, whilst the automotive industry tends to lag behind foreign examples.
The arms industry supplies the needs of the Exkerkitos Arhomanos, with everything from small arms to armoured vehicles and most ship types domestically produced, with some export to allied or at least friendly nations. Whilst this means that it is a relatively large domestic employer, there is little international demand for Tagmatine arms and armaments.
Its commercial electronics and software development is good for northern Europa but cannot be described as wurld-beating – at times, the indigenous companies do little more than play keep-up with foreign competitors. This has become somewhat reinforced by recent trade deals struck by the Agios Basilikon Kounsistorion with Salvia and Iverica, which reduced the tariffs for foreign imports in this sector. It was hoped that this would spur the domestic manufacturers and developers, although this has yet come to pass.
Due to Tagmatium's booming agricultural sector, the production of industrial chemicals for fertiliser and pesticide has seen a similar upswing, at least within the internal market. It is hoped that it will become a key part of international trade as well.
Service Sector
The service sector remains a bit more rudimentary than other comparable national economies, more focussed on the internal market than the international one. This is partially due to the nascent state of the Tagmatine electronics sector but it is also hindered by other factors. These include a language and culture that doesn't spread much beyond the Occident and north-eastern Amutia, despite increasing interest in the projection of soft power by the Tagmatine government.
Healthcare is provided by a mixture of the state and the Church, with most hospitals, hospices and residential care being run administratively and funded by a diocese but staffed by employees of the Ministry of Health. Private healthcare exists but is rare and is usually only accessed by the wealthy.
Hospitality is a major part of the service sector, providing a wide range of low-paying jobs. Food service is split between restaurants, which includes everything from the high end to fast food, to bars, taverns and pubs. Hotels can be much more varied, from luxurious ones that cater to foreign and domestic tourists to those that cater almost exclusively towards pilgrims travelling between the various shrines and religious sites in Tagmatium, often as part of a pilgrimage route, which are usually Spartan. In between lie ones that cater business travellers.
The Tagmatine merchant fleet has been able to take advantage of the continental economic downturn and step into the void formed by other countries no longer being able to maintain extensive merchant fleets of their own. This has been aided by the favourable rates the Agios Basilikon Kounsistorion offers on transit through the Isthmus Canal to shipping firms registered within Tagmatium. It has meant that the Tagmatine merchant fleet has come to become the leading freight service within the Raga and the Central Europan seas.
Tourism
Tourism remains a steady sector – the ancient sites and sights of the Aroman Empire draw tourists from across Eurth, whether to see such storied sites as the Walls of Konstantios which dominate Europatorion and various ancient Christian sites that dot the country. The continental economic downturn has seen a reduction in tourists from Europa but increasing contact with the New Wurld means that much of this has been replaced by tourists from Marenesia and Argis.
Infrastructure
Infrastructure remains nationalised – the railways are all state-controlled, apart from rail lines that operate within large mines, quarries or industrial sites. The road network is maintained by the state, as are ferries and air carriers. Whilst this has benefit for times of emergency, it does mean that it can lean towards the inefficient at other times. It is administered by the Ministry for Transport.
Similarly, utilities are owned and maintained by the state, although administered by separate ministries, namely the Ministries of Aqueducts and Power, with the Ministry of Information covering telecommunications.
Previously, energy was mainly generated by coal-burning power stations, as well as several nuclear power stations, recent drives during the reign of Kommodos III has seen the power grid transition to renewable sources. In November 2018, the country was able to fulfil all of its energy needs for a week through renewable and nuclear sources, and this became more the norm throughout 2020.
Demographics
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(Ethnic groups. Language. Religion. Health. Education)
Culture
(Literature. Visual arts. Music. Cuisine. Sport.)
