Kiyortza
United States of Kiyortza | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
| Capital | Kittalor |
| Largest city | Sivordjika |
| Official languages | Kiyortzani |
| Recognised national languages | Riyaki, Astari |
| Ethnic groups | Kittauhri-Kanitzur, Riyaki, Astari |
| Demonym(s) | Kiyortzani |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,797,000 km2 (694,000 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 193,736,000 |
| GDP (nominal) | estimate |
• Total | K$ 6.477 t ($8.55 t) |
• Per capita | K$ 33,388 ($44,072) |
| Currency | Kiyashi (K$) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 |
Kiyortza, formally the United States of Kiyortza, is a nation comprised of 19 province-states in Anteria, with a population of about 194 million. Kiyortza borders 3 nations, being Astariax to the northeast, Rvandonia to the east, and Laurentia to the southeast. To its northeast over the Astari Sea is Aleni, while to the south over an inlet is Kilowatt.
Language
The Kiyortzani language is quite unique, especially its characters. It primarily uses 25 characters and 25 sounds, though they are actually not one-to-one as you would expect. WIP
Kiyortzani Characters
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Romanization
Kiyortzani has a pretty straightfoward Romanization, using only 2 special characters, as below
| /a/ | /n/ | /m/ | /k/ | t | /aɪ/ | /ɹ/ | /l/ | /i/ | /f/ | /j/ | /p/ | /ə/ | /v/ | /ʒ/ | /s/ | /d/ | /θ/ | /t͡s/ | /o/ | /h/ | /z/ | /u/ | /t͡ʃ/ | /ʃ/ |
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| a | n | m | m | t | ai, ȳ | r | l | i, 'i1 | f | y | p | ū | v | dj, j2 | s | s | th | tz | o | h | z | u | c | sh |
1 Used only to start a second syllable with the given /i/, primarily used after other vowels. 2 Used only in letter initials, eg. Sivordjika > SVJ.
History
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Geography
Kiyortza is located in the northwest corner of the main landmass in the Western Hemisphere of Anteria. It is comprised of 2 general regions, Riyashi-Kanitzur on the mainland and Kittauhri, the peninsula. The nation as a whole is fairly hilly and mountainous, with hills and mountains lining many of the nation's borders and coasts
Kittauhri
Mountains line the north and west of the Kittauhri Peninsula, with hills lining the isthmus connecting the peninsula to the mainland. Lake Lorzik, the largest lake in the nation, sits in the rough center, and empties into the the Astari Sea to its east. The Kittauhri Peninsula is of an oceanic climate (think Cascadia irl), and it houses the main portion of the nation's population, with 7 of the 10 largest cities in the nation.
Kanitzur
The Kanitzur region is lined with mountains on the north and east, with hills that connect to the Kittauhri Peninsula to the northwest, and a small mountain range to its center-south. It is mainly comprised of the Si'itiya-Alfahr River Basin, with its northern coast being of the Timins-Zifrosi Foothills. It is seperate from Riyashi more so by climate and culture rather than geography, as it is with the Kittauhri Peninsula. Its climate is mostly humid continental, with forests nearer the coasts and grassland farther inland.
Riyashi
The Riyashi region is lined with mountains to the east, with a small mountain range in its northeast and its center-west. It is comprised mostly of the Kaprisoz River Floodplains, with a large amount of arable land. Its climate is mostly Mediterranean, with a more humid continental climate in its northeast around the city of Skyorpavi.
Djinat
The Island of Djinat is by definition part of Kittauhri, but it is more so its own entity, being an island larger than several province-states alone. It is a fairly chilly, mountainous island, with fjords lining its north and east coasts and mountains covering most of the island. Even though Djinatrȳ is the capital of the island of Djinat, it is primarily served by the port of Kiathra in its southwest, being much easier to access.
Economy
Production Industry
Mining
The nation has two main ore-abundant regions, that being the Piskatri Mountains and the Eastern Fukūlya Mountains near Skyorpavi. Various smaller deposits are scattered around the north of the Kittauhri peninsula and along a good part of the East Kiyortza Mountains.
Piskatri Mountain Deposit
The Piskatri Mountains on the west coast of the Kittauhri Peninsula holds plenty of monazite, zircon, quartz, and various iron ores, the most exploited sites being near Malkir, Niklaryi, and Pashkya. The region provides vital thorium for the nation's many reactors, iron and various critical metals used in steel manufacturing, quartz-based gemstones, rare earth metals, and various lesser products like zircon and uranium.
Fukūlya Mountain Deposit
The Fukūlya Mountains on the center-east of Kiyortza holds many ores, good for all sorts of metals and products such as lead, zinc, barium, fluorine, and various rare metals. Other exploited resources in the area include calcite (marble), cadmium, germanium, and gallium.
Amitȳtza Deposit
The area around Amitȳtza, Ra'ikishna primarily holds copper and silver ores, along with small amounts of pitchblende and bauxite.
Farming
Farming in Kiyortza is primarily based in the Riyashi Region and Si'itiya River Basin, with a supplement in Eastern Kittauhri and the Timins-Zifrosi Foothills
Manufacturing
Electronics
Energy & Infrastructure
Roadways
The road system in Kiyortza is primarily divided into 3 categories: National Highways, Provincial Highways, and Local Roadways.
National Highways
National Highways uphold a national standard in road quality, generally 4-lane highways or wider, and spans the country, acting as its main arteries for driving across the nation. They are numbered rather haphazardly from 1 through 14, with the north-south spanning highways being odd numbered and vice versa. They are usually referred to as "KN-[number]", KN standing for "Kiyortza Nashakir", or Kiyortza Highway.
Provincial Highways
Provincial Highways don't uphold any specific standards, being maintained by their respective province-states, though they are usually always the most important roads in a province-state, and can be anything from a two-lane road up to an arterial highway. Their numbering and signage is dependent on their province-state, and is usually refered to by their province's two-letter code and its number. (For example, Kittauhri Highway 56 is usually referred to as KT-56)
Local Roads
Local roads are ones not under any of the two previous distinctions. Depending on region there may or may not also be county roads upkept by their respective county with their own signage.
Energy
A substantial portion of the power output in Kiyortza is delivered by the many molten salt thorium reactors, with the rest delivered by various renewable energy sources and a few light- and heavy-water uranium reactors. The reason for this is mainly due to the fact that despite Kiyortza's abundance of many natural resources, there is little coal, oil, and other fossil fuels present in the general area, making finding alternatives much more lucrative.
Government
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Administrative Regions
Kiyortza is comprised of 19 province-states and a capital region, with its 3 main regions acting as subdivisions between the administrative regions. The list down below is organized by area code
Kittauhri
01 - Kittalor - The capital city. It is located near the mouth of the Kittalor River, which flows into the southeast of Sivordjik Bay. Kittalor is the third largest city in Kiyortza.
02 - Kittauhri - Named after the regional power of the same name roughly 550 years ago, who was also the namesake of the peninsula. It is located on the base of the Kittauhri Peninsula, with its capital being Kyatūr, the twelveth largest city in Kiyortza, on the banks of the Kyatūr River, which flows into Sivordjik Bay. Viyarki, the eighth largest city, is also part of the region, sitting on the Virika River, in the east of the province-state.
03 - Kittania - Located on the other side of the Sivordjik Bay from the Kittauhri Province-State, on one of the two sub-peninsulas (?) on the Kittauhri Peninsula. Its capital is Kirȳi, the largest port in the nation, serving much of North Kiyortza; it is the fifth largest city in Kiyortza, located on the southeasternmost tip of the Kittania Peninsula, on the west coast of Sivordjik Bay. Takyitzpa, the nation's eleventh largest city, is also located on the west of Kittania.
04 - Sivordjik - The smallest and most densely populated province-state, located to the northeast of Kittania, it is the namesake for the Bay it sits on. Its capital is the city of Sivordjika, the largest city in Kiyortza. Its harbor is one of the busiest in the nation, though unlike Rȳkiri and Kirȳi, it is primarily a passenger harbor.
05 - Piskatni - Located to the north of Kittania, it is fairly mountainous, being cut in half by the Piskatri Range, thus being split between the more resource extraction heavy west and more manufacturing heavy east. Its capital is Daiza in the west, with its second largest city of Niklaryi hosting a good portion of the region's power infrastructure.
06 - Arkaizya - Located to the north of Lake Lorzik, It is a relatively small province-state bordered on 3 sides by mountains and hills, the capital being Arkai'iz, the tenth largest city in the nation.
07 - Lorzik-Patiklya - Located on the northeastern corner of the Kittauhri Peninsula, it is also mostly mountainous, with the southern panhandle hosting much of its population. Its capital is Lorzik, the sixth largest city in Kiyortza, while Visiarp, the ninth largest city in Kiyortza, sits in a surprisingly remote river mouth in the north, serving as a hub for ships coming in from the east; it hosts the sixth largest port in the nation, and the second largest deep-water cargo port in the nation.
08 - Djinat-Pashinkva - The province-state is comprised of the northern island of Djinat, and the mountainous northwest of the Kittauhri Peninsula. It technically has two capitals, one being the city of Pashkya on the peninsula, and the other being Djinatrȳ on Djinat. It is one of the largest but also the most sparsely populated province-states in Kiyortza.
Kanitzur
11 - Zefrosi
12 - Ka'i Si'itivapi
13 - Fukūlyi
14 - Alfahrya
15 - Ra'ikishna
16 - Timinsya (Timinsye)
Riyashi
21 - Rȳkir
22 - Tripȳdya
23 - Andrauya
24 - Tarik-Virtakyo
25 - Kaprikosha
26 - Skyorpa