Skarmia

Federation of Skarmia Fidiratziënet Ieskarmiket Federatsiya Skarmii
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Chétlé, takoket tlimkat nadud (Skarmic) Vpered, svetloye budushcheye zhdet (Beleroskovi) "Forward, a brighter future awaits"
Anthem: Eskar fáñe Ën Devyat' Vmeste "Nine are One"
Capital and largest city	Zalsoker
Official languages	Skarmic Beleroskovi
Ethnic groups (2011)	45.7% Skarmic 34.6% Beleroskovis 11.3% Zhincans 6.5% Ossotians 1.9% others
Demonym(s)	Skarmian
Government	Decentralised unitary semi-presidential republic alongside a hierarchical tribal federation
• Federal President	Borislav Voronin
• Prime Minister	Lakoch Repinin
• Hierarch	Kenah-Nonsa Kekatlimiket
• Speaker	Ludmilla Fedorov
• Chief Justice	Niis Renipacin
• Right Hand to the Hierarch	Tilatl-Nonsa Samátlimiket
Legislature	Federal Assembly
Population
• 2021 estimate	5,140,000
• 2011 census	4,852,866
Currency	Skarmian ruble
Date format	mm-dd-yyyy

Skarmia (/ˈskɑːrˌmiə/; Skarmic: Eskarmik, IPA: [esˈkäɾˌmik]; Beleroskovi: Skarmiya, IPA: [skɐrˈmijə]), officially the Federation of Skarmia (Skarmic: Fidiratziënet Ieskarmiket, IPA: [fiθiˈɾät͡siənˌet iesˈkäɾmikˌet]; Beleroskovi: Federatsiya Skarmii, IPA: [fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə skɐrˈmiɪ]), is a country located in southwestern Ausiana on the planet Iearth, bordered to the west by Zhinca and to the east by Ossotia and an exclave of Beleroskov, as well as possessing a coastline on the Beleroskov Sea. The country has a population of roughly 5.1 million. Skarmia is a decentralised unitary semi-presidential republic, though a hierarchical tribal federation exists alongside the republican government in a form of limited plurinationalism, and the majority of these tribes are operated as some form of monarchy. Zalsoker is the capital and largest city of the country, with the wider city region containing roughly a quarter of the country's population.

The Skarmic people have inhabited the region since before records began, and had maintained a fairly strict tribal hierarchy for centuries, with the number and exact position of tribes changing slightly throughout their history. As the Beleroskovi Empire expanded into modern-day Skarmia, most of the Skarmic tribes swore fealty to the Empire. The territory was under the jurisdiction of the Southwestern Krai for much of its history imperial history. After revolution came to the Empire, Skarmia gained limited autonomy, before eventually having its own bloodless revolution, finally joining the United Communist and Socialist States. It existed as the Skarmic Socialist Republic until 1999, when it voted to secede from the UCSS.

Skarmia is a developing country, with most of its GDP being generated by its natural resource industries, including oil and iron ore, and an established manufacturing industry, most prominently farming tools and automobiles. Observers categorise Skarmia as a hybrid regime, with a fairly authritarian government, some political corruption and infrequent though generally fair elections. Skarmia has also been described as a dominant-party state, with the ruling Social Party of Skarmia, which emerged from the socialist movement in the Socialist Republic, having won a majority or plurality in all of Skarmia's elections since its independence.

History

Main article: History of Skarmia

Beleroskovi Skarmia

Main article: Southwestern Krai

Socialist Skarmia

Following the commencement of communist revolution in Beleroskov and the redirection of imperial resources towards fighting the rebels, the Southwestern Krai experienced a brief period of autonomy known as the Zalsoker Autonomy. The local Skarmic nobility took over the reigns of power in the region. However, similarly discontented workers planned their own revolution within Skarmia. The ruling nobility was conflicted - on the one hand, adopting a socialist system was a move they did not want to take, but on the other hand, should the imperial government in Beleroskov fall, socialist policies would allow for close relations with Beleroskov yet again, and a possible retention of most of their land and wealth. However, the planning of revolution and the shrinking counterrevolution were both undercut when a peaceful movement led by the Ronekçemik tribal leader Renalás-Ghá, aiming to bring about socialist policies in the region by peaceful means, staged a rally in Zalsoker, attracting almost 300,000 people. This showing of public support led to a peaceful transition of power from the autonomous government to a socialist system. The so-called Red Constitution also laid the groundwork for the sharing of power between the central government and the tribal hierarchy, and while various small-scale land and property siezures occurred, for the most part tribal land was left to the old tribal nobility. Renalás-Ghá was selected as the first leader of Socialist Skarmia, and in 1905, with the foundation of the United Communist and Socialist States, Skarmia's government voted unilaterally to join with the new union.