Wassilia

Federal Republic of Wassilia Federacinė Respublika Wassilia
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Wassilia Location in Southeastern Thrismari
Capital	Tyonek
Largest city	Bursinai
Official languages	Wassilian
Ethnic groups	86% Wassilian Sub-groups of Wassilian Austaran 33% Isteraian 30% Vyssan 23% Olivaian 14% 8% Other Thrismari 6% Other International
Demonym(s)	Wassilian
Government	Federal Republic
• President of Wassilia	Ausra Kelavarne
• Vice President	Octanius Milliokas
Legislature	The Treimas
Area
• Total	589,306 km2 (227,532 sq mi)
Population
• 2020 estimate	39,798,810
• Density	81.0/km2 (209.8/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$83.172 billion
• Per capita	$15,646
HDI (2019)	0.805 very high
Currency	Wassilian Ohre
Time zone	UTC-0, UTC+1
Date format	yyyy.mm.dd
Driving side	right
Calling code	+213
Internet TLD	.wa

National Overview

The Federal Republic of Wassilia, FR Wassilia or just Wassilia, is located in the southeastern portion of Thrismari along the Sunadic Ocean. Wassilia has a significant land border to the north with Morrawia. To the south Wassilia has a longer border with Sacrofnia. To the east are the water bodies of the Sunadic Ocean and the Wallach Sea. The southern border with Sacrofnia is dominated by the Selianakis National Forest. A dense canopy coniferous forest of rolling hills with very few settlements. This is also where the coldest temperatures in Wassilia can be found. The capital city of Wassilia is Tyonek, on the inner western shore of the Wallach Sea. The largest city however is Bursinai, a bustling metropolitan city on the Sunadic coast. The other major cities in Wassilia include Garibaldas and Altapadus in eastern Wassilia, Sren and Utapadys in the central portion and Olesenai, the major western Wassilia city. The government of Wassilia is a democratically elected body with a legislative government known as the Treimas. Wassilia is divided into 18 provinces with each having its own capital for administrative purposes.

History

The first Wassilians to settle the modern day borders of the state were located along the Austaras River at Sren. This was due to the Sren area being highly fertile for farming as it still is today. As the size of the city grew more settlers expanded into the Olesenai area up river and Tyonek down river. Tyonek quickly became the most important city as the port city became a central hub of trade in southeastern Thrismari. The population soon expanded rapidly around the Wallach Sea with the cities of Garibaldas, Altapadus and Bursinai as well as the Errala peninsula, seeing the quickest growth in Wassilia.

By the 1600s Wassilia was a loose federation of many city-states. These city-states all had loose alliances for protection of local areas. Large city states like Sren, Altapads, Tyonek and Bursinai often influenced the smaller ones and used them as needed for advantages.

Small wars would develop between these larger city states and it was the Sren-Utapadus war in 1723 that lead to leaders in Tyonek to broker a peace deal and convince the local nobility to set a peace treaty. During this Tyonek went on a mission of Wassilian unification headed by Hectaris Woln. Woln was determined to unify these small city states in a stronger nation bringing together all of the Wassilian speaking peoples.

This was successful in part as the city-states of Tyonek, Sren, Garibaldas, Olesenai and Garibaldas along with the smaller cities around them formed the first iteration of Wassilia.

Demographics

Official Political Map of Wassilia

Wassilia has an estimated 39.7 million inhabitants with the large majority being native Wassilians. Although Tyonek is the capital city and the cultural and historical hub of Wassilia, since the 2010 national census Bursinai has surpassed in population. Bursinai in the 20th century has become Wassilia's most important trade and tourist hub sitting on the Sunadic coast.

Ethnicities of Wassilia

In Wassilia, all native people are considered Wassilian to the international community. Domestically however, there are 4 different subgroups of Wassilian people which are largely identifiable through dialect differences of the Wassilian language and historical rivalries. The largest of those groups are the Austarans, whose culture is centered around the capital city of Tyonek, as well as Sren, Utapadys and Laurdru. Austarans are historically the more populous as well as being more likely to be in a leadership role as they originally set the unification of Wassilia in motion in the 1700 and 1800s. Along the eastern coastline and Errala peninsula is the Isteraian subgroup. Major cities of the Isteraian group would include Bursinai and Altapadus. This group is has traditionally been known for being more relaxed in nature and less focused on unification in general, as the groups was the more disconnected from the rest of Wassilia when it came to Wassilia as a whole. As a result, the Isteraian dialect is the most pronounced of all four groups, however all Wassilian dialects can be understood across the country including Isteraian Wassilian. Geographically located between Austarans and Isteraians is the Vyssan subgroup centered around the cities of Garibaldas and Constinatius. This is the group that is known historically for using sled dog teams in the winter months though the southern rough terrain of the Selianakis mountains and forests. On the farthest north and west of Wassilia is the Olivaian subgroup. The people located around the city of Olesenai most notably known for their strong agricultural background and unique dialect.

Religion

By definition of the constitution, Wassilia is a secular nation specifying that there is no national religion. However, Hithos is the dominant Religion practiced by Wassilians accounting for approximately 63% of the population. By and large though religion in Wassilia is declining as the fastest growing demographic in religion is agnosticism. Hithos is a polytheistic religion practiced largely in Wassilia where worshippers pray to the many gods and goddesses which represent the earth and it's elements.

Physical Geography

Geography

The total land area of Wassilia is 589,306 km2 and this area lies between the latitudes -43 deg and -52 deg, N and longitudes of 1 deg and 16 degrees E. Wassilia does not have any overseas territories, so the entirety of land area is contiguous. The largest city Bursinai lies on the east coast of Wassilia with the capital city, Tyonek on the west shore of the Wallach Sea. The Wallach Sea dominates the eastern lowlands of Wassilia which is mostly low hills and large river plains very fertile for farming purposes. The Errala peninsula, which juts out to the north forming the eastern edge of the Wallach Sea. On the southeastern shore lies the picturesque port city of Riva, and the Ginellus National seashore made of large bedrock shores and heavy pine forests. The Selianakis Mountains are the primary mountain range in the country running southeast to northwest along the southern border with Sacrofnia. The tallest peak is Mt. Roulei at 3,240 ft and can be found near Centspil in the Wynsoia province. The mountains can often be seen snow covered in the winter, but all snow will melt by mid spring.

Selianakis National Forest

Waterways within Wassilia generally run to the north or the east depending on their source. Nearly all rivers from the Selianakis mountain range flow north and empty into the Wallach Sea or to the northeast and flow into the Sunardic Ocean. The Belken River flowing from the western edge of the Selianakis Mountains to the Wallach Sea is the traditional east/west divide of the nation. Rivers in the west flow generally to the east eventually to the Wallach Sea. The Ellersai River is the most famous in Wassilia connecting the major cities of Olesenai and Sren with the capital of Tyonek.

The coastal eastern half of Wassilia is known for its beautiful waterfront cities, small towns, and rocky shoreline. Much of the eastern coastline is made of rocky shore dotted with many lighthouses and fishing towns. The coast becomes more mountainous as you head south toward the city of Ister. Around the Wallach Sea is the coastal lowlands which is the most densely populated area of Wassilia. In the southern most province of Wynsoia we have the Selianakis mountains which dominate the landscape here.

Climate

Wassilia has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb), with warm (although mostly not hot), humid summers. Winters are cold and snowy all over the country and are more severe in the southern Selianakis mountain region. The coastal lowland areas and seaside are more temperate in the winter due to the warmer currents of the Sunardic Ocean and Wallach Sea. Wassilia is mostly safe from tropical cyclones as the higher latitude weakens these systems to extratropical by the time they reach the Wassilian shoreline.

Government

Federal Assembly (Treimas)

The Treimas

The legislative body of Wassilia is the Treimas which is located in the downtown area of the nations capital city of Tyonek. It is composed of 215 members which are elected via representative voting throughout the 18 provinces of Wassilia. Larger provinces will have larger representation as compared to smaller ones. Each province is divided into voting districts to allocate that provinces' delegation to the Treimas. Each assembly member is elected to a 4 year term with a limit of 3 terms. Terms can be consecutive or not either way only 3 terms are possible.

President

The House of the First Estate, is the official head of state of the Federal Republic of Wassilia as well as chief executive of the government and military. The position is also known as The President of Wassilia when referring only to the chief executive. The First Estate refers to all of the Governor's official Counselors and staff working as part of the Executive Cabinet.

Presidential History Brief

The position of House of the first Estate was created by a combination of both legislative houses when in 1816 the former king, King Adomas VII was deposed after Royalist forces were defeated in the final battle of the Wassilian Republican-Royalist War at Coloris. It was decided then that monarchist rule was to come to an end and a democratic leader would run the nation from then on. The 2 houses would choose among The Treimas who was to run for the first office of President and then the citizens would vote the winner. That first election saw 4 parties nominate candidates 2 of which were from the Republican parties and 2 from the Royalist conservative parties. In a landslide vote both Republicans advanced to a run with neither receiving the 50% total in order to win outright. The two candidates competed in a second round and Hectaris Zikoras would win of the Ulatinis Party defeating Elmantas Graute of the Delmas Party 53%-47%.

Modern day First Estate

Today the process of electing the President is similar to that first election. Each party that wishes to nominate a candidate chooses from the population at large which is a party member. Then the House of the Second Estate must vote for whether or not to allow the candidate to continue. This vote is primarily a yes or no check on whether the candidate is qualified and the vast majority of candidates pass the vote. Then the candidates campaign and the first round of voting takes place on the first Saturday of September. If no candidate receives 50.1% majority the highest two vote earners will have a run off election on the first Saturday in November for the final deciding vote. When elected, the Governor forms his/her Executive Cabinet and resides at the President's mansion in Tyonek for a 5 year term.

The current President of Wassilia is Ausra Kelavarne of the Center-Left Chorrus Party in 2021. She defeated Clarius Jokanauskas by a commanding 54%-46% vote becoming the third female President of Wassilia. Kelavarne is a criminal justice lawyer in her home city of Utapadus and ran on a unique platform of criminal justice and social inequality gathering a broad coalition to vote. Her opponent, Jokanauskas, was of the traditionally conservative Mineras Party surprisingly beating out the moderate right Konsellus party candidate in the first round.

Political Parties

Chorrus Party - Center-Left Moderate Progressive

Trente Party - Center-Right Libertarian Conservative

Alkranas Party - Right-wing Conservative

Progranas Party - Left-Wing Progressive

Culture

Sport

Sports in Wassilia are very popular in both the spectating aspect as well as participation. It is very common for youths to compete in multiple sports up into the teenage years before settling on one. Association football, ice hockey, tennis, cycling, as well as the Olympic sports are the most popular youth participation sports.

Spectating for sports is also very popular among Wassilians. Again association football draws the largest crowds across the nation but also popular are cycling, and auto racing and ice hockey. The Primas Lyga is the top level of association football in Wassilia and is immensely popular among the population. Some of the biggest clubs are Olimpinis Bursinai, Linnaeus Bursinai, Klubas Tyonek and SK Sren.

Economy

The Central Bank of Wassil in Tyonek serves as the central bank for the country. The Wassilian currency is the Wassilian ohre (Wor). The Wassilian economy has grown substantially in the 20th and 21st centuries due to a stable government and policies that encourage private investment as well as now seeing more foreign investment in Wassilia's mining and agricultural sectors from the strongest economies of Thrismari.

Agriculture

The largest sectors of the Wassilian economy are in fishing/seafood, agriculture, service, mining, manufacturing and tourism. It is primarily known as an exporter of a multitude of grains including wheat, barley, oats, alfalfa, corn and soy. All farms in Wassilia are privately owned and the majority of the farming industry can be found in the northwest of the country.

Fishing and Vineyards

In the east, you will find two of Wassilia's other prime exports, those being wine and fish. The Wallach Sea and Sunadic Ocean provide many species of fish including Sunadic char, cod, halibut, tuna and sea bass. In addition to soft fish many shellfish are caught including Ister crab, lobster, mussels and clams. Ister crab is what the Sunadic coast is most known for and is a delicacy in the major city of Bursinai.

Automotive and Transportation

The auto industry in Wassilia is not quite as robust as some of the other Thrismari neighbors however the country is served by three major automobile manufacturer's which assemble all cars in Wassilia. There is Vektras Automobilai headquartered in the suburbs of Tyonek, Hirvanis Motos based in Sren, and Belkentrek which is based in Garibaldas. All three have multiple assembly plants within Wassilia and abroad. The federal government is in charge of maintaining the national highway system which was designed in the 1960s was largely built from the 1970s through the 1980s. Multiple projects are ongoing still in the more rural west and of course with population growth the constant need for improvements and widening.

Wassilia has a robust railway network comprising both light commercial and passenger rail as well as freight rail.

The nation of Wasillia is served by two main nationwide airlines which have many domestic and international flights. Those two airlines being Wass Air headquartered in Tyonek and Argosai Air headquartered in Bursinai. Wassilia's location on the eastern Sunadic coast means it is often a layover stop for travelers crossing the continents of Thrismari and Oliviacia especially. The Tyonek and Bursinai airports are among the busiest in eastern Thrismari for this reason alone.