Velaheria

Democratic People's Republic of Velaheria
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Velaheria united at last (Velaherian)
Anthem: Workers of the Velaheria unite (Velaherian)
Capital	Bastaria
Largest city	Vertia
Official languages	Velaherian
Recognised national languages	Velaherian
Ethnic groups	Velhars 95.40% Others 5.60%
Demonym(s)	Velher(s)
Government	Unitary one-party socialist republic
• Supreme Leader	Ander Starinburg
• General Secretary	Fredrick Staffenburg
Legislature	People's Assembly
• Upper house	Assembly of the People's party
• Lower house	Supreme People's Assembly of Velaheria
Establishment
• Establishment of the Empire of Velhars	1294
• Establishment of the Democratic people's republic of Velaheria	1941
Area
• Total	320,600 km2 (123,800 sq mi)
Population
• 2022 estimate	31,000,000
• 2020 census	28,956,762
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$80,000,000,000
• Per capita	$2,760
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	$60,900,000,000
• Per capita	$2,100
Gini (2018)	0.30 low
HDI (2015)	0.676 medium
Currency	Wran (W)
Time zone	UTC-2
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (not observed)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+91
ISO 3166 code	VFH
Internet TLD	.sta

Overview

The  Democratic People's Republic of Velaheria , or just  Velaheria is a - Country in -. It is geographically located in -, and borders ---. Velaheria has a population of -.

Bastaria is the capital and the largest city of the Country.

Velaheria comprises of 6 provinces, 3 cities of importance and the Special city of Vertia, which was made into a EEZ in 2017 to encourage foreign investments.

Politics

Velaheria's political system is built upon the principle of centralization. While the  Velaherian constitution  formally guarantees protection of human rights, in practice there are severe limits on  freedom of expression, and  the government  closely  supervises the lives of the Velaherian citizens.

The constitution defines Velaheria as "a  dictatorship of people's democracy"  under the leadership of the Velaherian People's party (VPP), which is given legal supremacy over other political parties.  VPP General Secretary is typically the  Chairman, who controls the  VPP Meeting hall, the  VPP Politburo, the  VPP Secretariat  and the  VPP Central Military Commission, making the officeholder a powerful person in Velaheria .

The VPP is the ruling party of Velaheria. It has been in power since its creation in 1940. Three minor political parties also exist, but are legally bound to accept the ruling role of the VPP. They, with the VPP, comprise a  popular front, known as the  People's Front (PF). Elections occur only in single-candidate races where the candidate is effectively selected beforehand by the VPP.

Economy of Velaheria

Velaheria has maintained one of the most closed and centralized economies in the wurld since the 1940s. For several decades, it followed the Central pattern of five-year plans with the ultimate goal of achieving self-sufficiency.

Extensive communist support allowed Velaheria to rapidly register very high growth rates.

Systematic inefficiency began to arise around 1960, when the economy shifted from the  extensive  to the  intensive development stage, The shortage of skilled labor, energy and transportation significantly impeded long-term growth and resulted in consistent failure to meet planning objectives in the 1970's the situation got even worse, when the food production absolutely plummeted, this resulted in several small riots across velaheria, but ultimately the government decided to rectify the beuracratic, centralized mess by giving more power and autonomy to the communes which resulted in the increase of food production again in the 1980's and 1990's, but plummeted again in the 2000's due to the climatic disturbances experienced by velaheria which werent seen in the last couple of decades.

Velaheria declared the last four-year plan unsuccessful in December 2001 and thereafter stopped announcing plans, A series of natural disasters throughout the 2000s caused severe hardships, including widespread  famine due to climatic disturbances.

By 2011, the situation improved owing to a return to agricultural outputs and modern farming tactics, but the economy continues to suffer from mild food shortages and damaged infrastructure.

In an attempt to recover from the collapse, the government began structural reforms in 2003 that formally legalized  private ownership of assets and decentralized control over small goods production.

 A second round of reforms in 2014 led to an expansion of market activities, partial monetization, flexible prices and salaries, and the introduction of incentives and accountability techniques, Despite these changes, Velaheria remains a  command economy where the state owns almost all means of production and development priorities are defined by the government.

Culture

The officially encouraged form of art is known as 'Socialist Utopia'. This was intended to depict everyday life under Socialism in a way that showed the benefits and Luxuries of living and working in Velaheria.

Any text published in the DPRV is governmentally controlled

The main newspaper is the Velaherian Central News agency which is the official newspaper of the  Velaherian People's party.

The official newspaper of the People's Red youth (which is the children group of the VPP)  was Velaherian Youth .

Education

Education in Velaheria is free at all levels except for higher education.

The government ministry that oversees the running of the school systems is the Ministry of Education of Velaheria.

Each of the Fiefdom inside Velaheria has oversight of the education system, and students may attend either a public (state) or a private school. The current structure of the educational system was established by decree in 1976.

The education system is also based on The Education Code of the Velaheria and other educational standards.

Pre-school education is not compulsory in Velaheria, but around 70% of children attend nursery (at the ages 1 to 2) and kindergarten (at the ages of 3 to 5) before they start school.

Some kindergartens are specialized to work with psycho-physically challenged children to help them socialize.

Education in primary and secondary schools is required for children from the ages of six until fifteen and lasts for 9 years.

After finishing basic education, each student must pass the basic educational curriculum and is given a certificate by the state. Then students are able to enter a professional technical institutions where they can focus on completing their high school education and study to get a professional certificate.

Completion of 11 years of school or a professional certificate allows students to enter higher educational establishments or enter professional technical institutions as well; the length of the schooling depends on what the student has chosen.

As of 2020, 7,000 per 10,000 citizens are undergraduates. Velaheria has also adopted the ECTS system, allowing more student mobility.

Velaheria counts 95 higher education institutions (75 state-owned, 20 private).

To enter a higher educational establishment a student must pass three centralized tests (and get up to 100 points per test).

A ten-point grading scale has been used since 1990. It is used in primary, secondary and higher education.

Marks "1" and "2" are considered as "Fail" at school. In higher education, "3" is also considered as "Fail".

Infrastructure

Road Networks of Velaheria

The road network was estimated to be around 43,200 kilometres in 2009, up from between 42,300 kilometres and 41,700 kilometres in 1990, of which 6,717 kilometres , 15.5%, are paved. However, The Wurld Factbook lists 42,554 kilometres of roads with only 6,726 kilometres paved as of 2016.

The Roads connect the Cities of Bastaria, Vertia, Gotäin and Köinsburg and Muslburg together and extend upto 42,250 kilometres of Roadways.

And 6,726 kilometres of that roads are paved as of 2016.

The Railway Networks of Velaheria

1,772 km (2002),

1,138 km (1995); narrow gauge:

4,321 km 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge (858 km electrified)(2002)

1,987 km 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge (858 km electrified)(1996)

1,250 km 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge; (2002) ev. transformed to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge in 1980

1,026 km 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) gauge (2002)

The 9,910 kms long railroads connects the main cities of Bastaria, Vertia and Götain and and its surrounding 400 villages and thirty smaller cities and has 150 train stations and 12,000 signal posts to run the trains.

Velaherian language

Velaherian language is arguably the closest language to the Common language, having virtually the same grammar and really close phonology. Vocabulary wise and world-formation wise, Velaherian is almost exclusively Germanic, with little to no Romance influence, unlike Common. Velaherian alphabet has managed to preserve multiple letters, which has been dropped from the Common language in the past:

A a /ɑ ~ ə/	Æ æ /æ/	B b /b/	C c /k ~ s/	D d /d/	Ð ð /ð/	E e /e ~ ɛ ~ ə/	F f /f/	G g /g ~ ʤ/
Ȝ ȝ /g ~ x/	H h /h ~ ɒ/	I i /i ~ ɪ ~ aɪ/	J j /ʤ/	K k /k/	L l /l/	M m /m/	N n /n/	Ŋ ŋ /ŋ ~ ŋ̊/
O o /ɔ ~ u ~ ɒ/	P p /p/	Q q /q/	R r /ɹ ~ r/	S s ſ /s ~ ʒ/	T t /t/	Þ þ /θ/	U u /ʌ/	V v /v/
Ƿ ƿ /w/	X x /ks/	Y y /j/	Z z /z/

The Velaherian language also has a set of diphthongs

Ch ch /ʧ/

Ck ck /k/

Ea ea /iː/

Ee ee /iː/

Sh sh ſh /ʃ/

Ur ur /ɜ:ʳ/

Oo oo /ʊː/

Oul oul /ʊ/

Our our /ʊəʳ/

As the consequence of this nearness, Velaherian language has almost identical phonology to Common.