Bolshtine Republic

Bolshtine Republic of Dekherev Վելիկոժե Գոսուդարստվո Դեկերեւա (Вели́кое Госуда́рство Декерев)
Flag Emblem
Motto: ``իսկաթ նովյյե ոբյազաննոստի`` ``seek out new duties``
Anthem: ``Baturyn's March``
Capital and largest city	Odingrad
Official languages	Dlin
Demonym(s)	Bolshtiner
Government	Presidential republic
• President	Yarodlin Vyr
• Premier	Matvei Kleven
Legislature	Supreme National Assembly
• Upper house	Security Council
• Lower house	All-Bolshtine Constituent Assembly
Area
• Total	1,420,269 km2 (548,369 sq mi)
Population
• 2021 estimate	30,004,132
• Density	21.12/km2 (54.7/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	estimate
• Total	905.5 billion
• Per capita	$30,178
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	290.6 billion
• Per capita	$9,686
Currency	Grivna (☊)

The Bolshtine Republic is a nation in Central Auressia spanning the region between the Gulf of Ossem and Pelemia.

History

Archaic Period

Proto-Auressians

Main article: Proto-Auressian people

• Cattle and sheep herding, hunting are dominant activities
• Possible origin of wool-bearing sheep?
• Wetland periphery attractive for animal grazing

Classical Period

• Farming estates are established around rivers
• Tension between farmers, herders, and hunters
• Different states form based on local alliances between the above

Medieval Period

Barjan expansion

Main article: Barjans

• Vedic expansion north after the Indo-Aryans reached the sea
• Strong technological advantage and ubiquitous religious conversions
• Creation of a dominant Barjan nobility and clergy with Dlin serfs

Early Modern Period

• Rejected traditional Barjan religion
• Period of civil unrest, uprisings against Barjan nobility
• Network of anti-Barjan merchants and mercenaries

Perendine Reformation

• Dominated by lay clergy
• Perendines seen as a professional class vs Barjan clerical social class
• Appealing to serfs

Unification

• Many groups of Dlin claimed sovereignty over all Dekherev
• Initial unification took placer under a confederal merchant state
• Merchants were systematically suppressed and killed by the new warrior class
• Central council was established to root out Barjan culture, eventually becoming supreme council

Modern Period

Authoritarianism

• Combination of the earlier Barjan warrior culture and explicitly anti-Barjan religious movement
• Emphasis on the intellectual purity of Dlin people, adoption of aphoristic political philosophies

Military Government

• Noble families established during the unification seen as betraying Dlin thought during the merchant purges
• Some nobles renounce titles, but keep their old honorary military ranks
• Military seen as uncorrupted by Barjan heresy because of strict suppression in southern territories

Cold War

• Uranium, originally a strategic resource, expands into a commercial product
• Exports generate funds for the state, especially the military
• Military funding glut leads to arms exports to aligned nations and rebel groups
• Economic sanctions lead to an IMF moment and government is restructured

Geography

Administrative divisions

The republic is divided into thirteen military districts, each of which has a civil and military governor, as well as four rural regions, which have a military administrator and no formal civil executive. These districts and regions were created during the mid-twentieth century as the scope of the central government was enlarged by military mining interests. During that time, the republic was centralized, but was less and less able to administrate the rapidly expanding bureaucracy to support popular public policies such as free public education, healthcare, and public events. As a result, different proposals were floated to the security council concerning the creation of a special administrative branch of the military or new offices available to civilians. Odingrad, in particular, was quickly growing and without a comprehensive urban plan, slums and suburbs appeared faster than the military could organize. At first the security council attempted to slow the growth to a manageable level by ordering construction work halted, but shanty towns emerged to replace home construction and often evaded efforts from the interior troops to destroy them. The Security Council issued special dispensation to a citizen-organized city council in 1956 and, over the next decade, granted several other cities similar special dispensation. In 1968, after spending hundreds of hours debating individual city requests, the Security Council ordered Cherstam and Malkenod to form city councils and then prevented future requests by organizing the remaining territory into districts under the nearest city-council.

From 1968 to 1987 there were no alterations to the established districts. In 1983, however, during a joint session of the Security Council and Constituent Assembly, a group of protestors from Aristovia were allowed into the chamber by an Assemblyman; the protestors were attempting to raise awareness for abuses from the city-centric administration system. While the initial protestors were arrested and the Assemblyman ejected, public outcry continued to escalate, especially in 1985 after the execution of protest leaders. The Security Council established a commission to investigate abuses, although by this time they were already well documented. Abuses ranged from shutting off power to rural areas during peak demand to tearing out electrical infrastructure to sell the raw materials. In order to ameliorate this problem, the Security Council first dismissed seven civil governors for corruption (although they were never charged with a crime) and then removed some of the largest, least densely populated territories from urban control by organizing new rural districts with only a military governor. This move was met with approval in the military districts, but small towns and cities still under the district system protested with another wave of special dispensation requests. In another compromise, the Security Council changed the seat of power the Dyatlov district to Yarkavod, which had surpassed the former in population. After this compromise was handed down, Security Council aides began issuing citations and fines for further special dispensation requests.