Siphria

Empire of Siphria Շարշարրէնատո Աբորրէյո Šaršarrānatu Aburrāyu
Flag Emblem of Siphria Emblem
Motto: tbd translit translate
Anthem: tbd translit translate
Map of Siphria Map of Siphria
Capital and largest city	Aqrū
Religion	Īnu Ebēbim
Demonym(s)	Siphrian
Government	Unitary absolute monarchy
• Emperor	Anaslu-nātsir-apli
• Minister of the Lords	Narkab-dammiq tbd
• Minister of the Commoners	Kudurrānu tbd
Legislature	None
History of Siphria
• First Empire	1457 BCE
• Fourth Empire	1568
• Current dynasty	1717
Area
• Total	195,632 km2 (75,534 sq mi)
Population
• 2015 census	11,718,120
GDP (PPP)	2015 estimate
• Total	$137.992 billion
• Per capita	$11,776
GDP (nominal)	2015 estimate
• Total	$94.448 billion
• Per capita	$8,060
Gini (2015)	36.7 medium
HDI (2015)	.725 high
Currency	Siphrian shiqil (Շ) (SFS)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (CE)
Driving side	right
ISO 3166 code	SP
Internet TLD	.sp

Siphria (Siphrian: Աբորրէյո, Aburrāyu), officially the Empire of Siphria (Siphrian: Շարշարրէնատո Աբորրէյո, Šaršarrānatu Aburrāyu) is a unitary absolute monarchy located in the Esquarian continent of Nautasia. It is bordered by [LOREM] to the west, the Union of Nautasian Irfanic Republics to the north and east, and the Gulf of Siphria to the south. The country is home to roughly 11.7 million people. Its capital and largest city is Aqrū.

Siphria is widely considered to be a cradle of civilization within Esquarium, with evidence of agriculture and pottery dating as far back as the 5600s BCE, and of complex irrigation, writing, and bronze metallurgy by the 2400s BCE. Siphria's political system has typically been based around either a network of competing city-states known as ālū, or around a unified imperial polity. The first of these empires, which lasted for over a thousand years, was proclaimed in 1457 BCE by Narkab-šarra-utsur, overseeing a flourishing of science, trade, and culture before its collapse. The second empire was marked by internal instability and conflict with Awiyyi tribes, exemplified by the conquest of Siphria by an Awiyyi tribal confederation in 14 BCE. The Third Siphrian Empire was marked by periodic conflict with expanding Irfanic polities in neighboring Pasdan and a resumed flourishing of science and culture within Siphria. The current empire, the fourth, was proclaimed in 1568, and underwent a period of substantial modernization and reform in the 1800s. Since the establishment of the Union of Nautasian Irfanic Republics, there have been periodic clashes between Siphria and its larger neighbor, most infamously the Khitiyu War in 1974.

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Siphria has a heavily diversified economy, which has helped protect it from the issues facing rentier economies elsewhere in Nautasia. The production of cereal crops, citrus fruits, cotton, tobacco, and rapeseed, as well as the raising of livestock for meat and dairy, continue to be the backbone of the economy in Siphria's rural regions; the illicit production of opium is also a source of income in some rural communities, though the country's government has attempted to suppress this. Mining is also an important source of income in many regions of Siphria; minerals produced in Siphria include iron, copper, lead, zinc, phosphates, limestone, and marble. While Siphria has limited petroleum reserves, oil production does not compose a notable section of the economy. Within urban regions, industry- particularly textile manufacturing, though heavy industry has grown steadily in recent years- serves as the backbone of the economy. Tourism has become an important sector of the Siphrian economy in recent years as well, though it has seen negative repercussions due to instability in Siphria and Nautasia.

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Etymology

(rephrase but the general idea is still sound)

History

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Prehistory and origins

(prehistory, first alu)

Early empires

A relief of ancient Siphrian soldiers returning following a campaign.

(first empire, second alu, second empire, third alu)

A depiction of the deity Arūtu from the ruins of Purattu.

Medieval period

The Battle of something saw [impacts].

(third empire, fourth alu, fourth empire up until 18th dynasty)

Modern era

Siphrian artillery during the Khitiyu War.

(fourth empire from 1717 into the present)

Politics

Governance

(the monarchy has absolute power; military and courts answer to him)

(a house of commons and of lords exist but are not legislatures; they are purely consultative)

Administrative divisions

(iunno some mix of vassal monarchs and appointed viceroys probably)

Foreign relations

(ambivalent or hostile to ankoren; entreaties towards ec were ignored)

Military and police

(primary duties: shooting bedouins, shooting ankorenis)

Geography

(big mountain range separates coastal plain from inland flatland)

Climate

(rain shadow effect means a nice coast with mediterranean - koppen csb - weather...)

(coupled with a desert where only fools and bedouin dare live)

Economy

Siphrian farmers near tbd.

Agriculture

(grains, olives, figs, dates, grapes, and citrus for food; cotton, tobacco, linseed, and rapeseed as cash crops; illicit opium)

Industry

(largest sector of economy; light industry and textiles)

Awiyyi women at a textile factory in tbd.

(some heavy industry but it's rare) (talk about heskif?)

Resources

A marble quarry in tbd.

(copper, iron, phosphates, and limestone/marble)

(some petroleum, but not enough to make it a large sector of the economy)

Tourism

Artifacts on display at the National Museum of Siphria.

Media

(actually surprisingly diversified for a country like siphria, though this is under threat)

Infrastructure

Energy

(imported oil)

Communications

(radio, tv, internet, postal, whatever)

Transport

(roadways)