Salubar

Confederacy of Salubar Sal-Ubar Bahander
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Capital	Dhariwa
Largest	Barisad
Official languages	Duayya
Religion	Islam (69%) Buddhism (20%) Hinduism (13%) Christianity (9%)
Government
• President	Cyavana Kumar
Population
• Estimate	34,422,000

The Confederacy of Salubar, commonly known as Salubar and formerly known as Sal-Ubar or Bahander, is a nation in central Ausiana bordered by Haduastan, Joraistan, Vulkaria, and Rumaztria, with a small coast on the Arasban Inlet which gives it access to the Brau Sea. It has a population of 34,422,000. Dhariwa is the capital and third largest cities, and the port of Mavli along the inlet is the nation's most populous city with more than 5 million inhabitants. The second-most populous city is the northern port city of Barisad, which has 2 million inhabitants. Garaht, the fourth-largest city, is located near the Vulkarian border.

The Salu peoples migrated from central Ausiana to the area now known as Salubar from the 11th century. It was ruled by Hadua kingdoms for hundreds of years. Euronian contact began in 1311 with a Drambenburgian diplomatic mission to Bahander, which became a regional power by the end of the 14th century. Bahander was eventually colonized by Drambenburg, which expanded its colonial control throughout the region in 1602. Drambenburgian companies took advantage of textile and agricultural industries in Salubar, turning it into an important commercial hub rivaling ports in Haduastan. When the World War rolled through the region in 1950, Drambenburgian forces in Salubar were able to maintain control of their colony, even as they lost territory throughout the rest of their empire. When Drambenburg surrendered at the end of the war, Salubar was one of the few overseas holdings that was maintained as part of the empire. In 1957, an independence movement within Salubar swept the nation, and Drambenburgian forces fought an 8-year long war to try and maintain the colony. In 1965, Drambenburgian forces withdrew from Salubar, and the revolutionary leader Prayut Hao Bastin became the first president. However, Hao Bastin was overthrown in 1971 in a military coup. Apart from a brief period of parliamentary democracy in the mid-1980s, Salubar has periodically alternated between democracy and military rule. Since the 2000s the country has been caught in continual bitter political conflict between supporters and opponents of Bahina Syina, which resulted in two coups (in 2004 and 2011), along with the establishment of its current constitution, a nominally democratic government after the 2018 elections, and large pro-democracy protests in 2020–2021 which included unprecedented demands to reform the constitution.

Salubar is classified as a newly industrialised economy, with manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism as leading sectors. Salubar is close allies with Yuan, with whom it has a military alliance.

Politics

Salubar is a de jure representative democracy under its constitution, with a Westminster-style unitary parliamentary republic that has universal suffrage. The head of government is the Prime Minister, who is invited to form a government every five years. The President of Salubar invites the leader of the largest party in parliament to become Prime Minister.

• Legislative: The National Parliament is the unicameral parliament. It has 350 Members of Parliament (MPs), including 300 MPs elected on the first past the post system and 50 MPs appointed to reserved seats for women's empowerment. Article 70 of the Constitution of Salubar forbids MPs from voting against their party. However, several laws proposed independently by MPs have been transformed into legislation, including the anti-torture law. The parliament is presided over by the Speaker of the Assembly, who is second in line to the president as per the constitution. There is also a Deputy Speaker. When a president is incapable of performing duties (i.e. due to illness), the Speaker steps in as Acting President and the Deputy Speaker becomes Acting Speaker. A recurring proposal suggests that the Deputy Speaker should be an opposition member.
• Executive: The Government of Salubar is overseen by a cabinet headed by the Prime Minister of Salubar. The tenure of a parliamentary government is five years. The Salubar Civil Service assists the cabinet in running the government. Recruitment for the civil service is based on a public examination. The President of Salubar is the ceremonial head of state whose powers include signing bills passed by parliament into law. The President is elected by the parliament and has a five-year term. Under the constitution, the president acts on the prime minister's advice. The President is the Supreme Commander of the Salubar Armed Forces and the chancellor of all universities.
• Judiciary: The Supreme Court of Salubar is the highest court of the land, followed by the High Court and Appellate Divisions. The head of the judiciary is the Chief Justice of Salubar, who sits on the Supreme Court. The courts have wide latitude in judicial review, and judicial precedent is supported by Article 111 of the constitution. The judiciary includes district and metropolitan courts divided into civil and criminal courts. Due to a shortage of judges, the judiciary has a large backlog. The Salubar Judicial Service Commission is responsible for judicial appointments, salaries, and discipline.

Foreign relations

Salubar is considered a lower power in global politics, as it is in close geographical proximety to major powers like Haduastan, Elastan, and Vulkaria. Salubar officially joined the Coalition of Crown Albatross in 1999. It relies on multilateral diplomacy on issues like climate change, nuclear nonproliferation, trade policy and non-traditional security issues. Relations with neighboring Haduastan have been severely strained since 2016–2017, after over 100,000 Astaira refugees illegally entered Haduastan fleeing persecution, ethnic cleansing, genocide, and other atrocities in Salubar's southern Astaira province. The parliament, government, and civil society of Haduastan have been at the forefront of international criticism against Salubar for military operations against the Astaira, while Salubar has continued to deny the crisis is their fault.

Salubar has a close relationship with Yuan. Salubar is an observer state of the Alliance of Central and West Ausianan Cooperation. Yuan is its largest trading partner, and the largest arms supplier. On April 29th, 2023, the Salubar and Yuaneze governments agreed to construct a Yuaneze naval base in Barisad.