Tarper

Federal Parliamentary Union of Tarper Union Parlementaire Fédérale de Tarper (French)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Populous meus, ad Astra, ad Astra" "My people, to the stars, to the stars"
Anthem: "Risen from ruins"
Capital and	Terraum
Official languages	English
Recognised national languages	French
Ethnic groups (2010)	Tarps Plamyadiens Comicans Apostolians Hellians Sangheili
Demonym(s)	Tarperti
Government	Federal constitutional parliamentary republic
• President	Frederick Tapia
• Chancellor	Maximilian Herzog
• Speaker of the Federal Assembly	Edelmiro Villa
• Speaker of the Federal Council	Laraine Castilla
• Chief Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court	George Doss
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Federal Council
• Lower house	Federal Assembly
Establishment  :
• Tarperti-Sangheili État	December 25, 1342
• 1848 Revolution	January 1, 1848
• Many Kingdoms Decade	September 9, 1890
• United Kingdoms of Tarper	March 1, 1901
• Confederation of Tarperti Communist Republics	November 7, 1912
• Republic of Tarper	December 26, 1991
• South Tarper	November 17, 2000
• North Tarper	September 12, 2001
• Federal Parliamentary Union of Tarper	September 10, 2002
Area
•	357,168 km2 (137,903 sq mi)
Population
• 2017 estimate	82,800,000
• Density	232/km2 (600.9/sq mi)
HDI	1 very high
Currency	Krup (₭) (TAK)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CCT)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+56
Internet TLD	.tr

Tarper, officially the Federal Parliamentary Union of Tarper, is a federal parliamentary constitutional republic. It is made up of 12 constituent states, covers an area of 643,801 square kilometers, and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. Tarper contains about 82 million inhabitants. Tarper's capital and largest city is Terraum, while its largest conurbation is the Great River Valley Area in Whylsental The country's other major cities are Citrone and Bergfeld

The Ancient Tarperti tribes have inhabited the eastern parts of modern Tarper since classical antiquity. A region named Tarepere was documented before 100 BCE. Though the migration period for the Ancient Tarperti is known to be much earlier. In the middle of the 12th century, Tarperti territories formed a central part of the Tarperti-Sangheili État. During the 14th and half of the 15th centuries, Tarper and the rest of the État became the center of the War of Froistonian Aggression/Expulsion or 130 years war and the Astran War of Succession. In 1848 the 1848 Revolutions took place and the Imperator of the État was executed and the État was made into a parliamentary confederation. In 1885 the Grand Nationalist Revolutions went on until the Dissolution Treaty in 1890, thus beginning the Decade of Many Kingdoms.

In 1901, Tarper became a nation state when most of the Tarperti states unified into the Astran-dominated, United Kingdoms of Tarper. After World War I and the First Civil War of 1912-1914, the Kingdom was replaced by the Confederation of Tarperti Communist Republics. The nation fought valiantly in World War II and brought prosperity. In 1960 leader of the Communist Party was elected, got rid of term limits and became the dictator of the CTCR. After a period of increasing transparency and economic disparity the CTCR suffered another coup and in 1991 was dissolved. The establishment of the fascist / ultra-capitalist Republic of Tarper brought the start of a Second Civil War between the South and the North. After a brief period of reconstruction, the modern Tarperti state was founded.

In the 21st century, Tarper is a great power both economically and politically. Tarper is a developed country with a very high standard of living sustained by a skilled and productive society. It upholds a social security and universal health care system, environmental protection, and a tuition-free university education.

Tarper was a founding member of the Regional Confederation of Covenant in 2016. Tarper is also a member of the Tarper-Plamyadia Union and the Tarperdrome.

Etymology

The word Tarper derives from the Latin Tarepere, which came into use after an emperor adopted it for the area that encompasses modern Tarper. The word Tarepere does not mean anything and was only a name the Emperor had come up with. I the late 1800's some poets created a romantic name for Tarper, Justinata, after the first Imperator of the TSE. Justinata did not stick but has had a resurgence due to Government sponsorship of the arts.

History

Main article: History of Tarper

Transport

Rail Transport

Tarper operates a nationalized passenger and cargo railroad system. All railroads are operated by the Ministry of Transport's Tarperti Railroad Corporation (Traco). The Traco is further divided into the Federal Passenger Train Union (FedRail), which is in charge of passenger travel, the Federal Freight Train Union (FedGo), which is in charge of cargo transport, and Network Maintenance (NM), which owns and maintains the actual rails.