Morrawia
Republic of Morrawia Morawská republika (Morrawian)
Mährische Republik (German) | |
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Motto: PRAWDA WŻDY WÍTĖZÍ Truth always prevails | |
Anthem: Morawo, Morawo
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![]() The Territory of Morrawia | |
Capital and largest city | Králowec |
Official languages | Morrawian, German |
Recognised national languages | Morrawian |
Ethnic groups (2018) | Morrawians (81%) Natives (5%) Kakish (3%) Barcerian (3%) Wassilians (2%) Hylian (1%) Others (5%) |
Demonym(s) | Morrawian |
Government | Federal Presidential Republic |
• President of Morrawia | Tomáṡ Slawinský |
• Vice President | Marcel Pelikán |
Legislature | The Federal Congress |
The Senate of the Republic | |
The House of Representatives | |
Establishment | |
• Empire of Poth | 500 BCE |
• Empire of Ahia | 338 BC |
• Empire of Tilicy | 27th January 705 |
• Duchy of Morrawia | 3rd October 907 |
• Kingdom of Morrawia | 15th April 1131 |
• Empire of Morrawia | 30th May 1645 |
• Republic of Morrawia | 21th August 1852 |
• current Constitution | 1st March 1860 |
Area | |
• Total | 480,516.63 km2 (185,528.51 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 87 467 105 |
• September 2015 census | 84 234 149 |
• Density | 182.09/km2 (471.6/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | 3,774 TRILLION |
• Per capita | 43 131 ACU |
GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | ACU 2,941 TRILLION |
• Per capita | ACU 33 611 |
Gini (2017) | medium |
HDI (2018) | very high |
Currency | Morrawian Tollar (₮) 1:4.17 conversion with real dollar |
Time zone | UTC 0, UTC +3 and UTC +6 |
Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +415 |
ISO 3166 code | MO |
Internet TLD | .mo |
Republic of Morrawia, commonly called Morrawia (Morrawian: Morawská republika or Morawa) is a Federal Constitutional Presidential Republic in southern Anteria located entirely on the continent of Thrismari. It is bordered in the south by Wassilia and in the north by Barceria. Morrawia has an estimated population of 87 million people. Morrawia comprises of 24 provinces, 3 city-provinces, 1 federal district and 1 unincorporated territory. It is the country with advanced, high-income social market economy with a focus on services, manufacturing, research, and fishing. The largest city is Králowec, which is also its capital. Other notable cities include Berno, Tatrany, Kalmary or Veligrad.
The area of todays Morrawia was inhabited for several thousand years by the native tribes such as Aiva, Mrew and even tribes from overseas like Paitanue. Between 10,000 and 3,000 BCE, Germanic tribes were pushed from their former territory in Kakland by Verno-Kak people, establishing German presence on the territory of Morrawia to this day. These Germanic tribes pushed many of the existing tribes away from their land or assimilated them to their tribes and societies. Though this was started with Germanic tribes, this process continued thoughout the history of the country. In about 750 AD, The Empire of Bohemia was formed as a sophisticated coalition of local noblemen with the emperor on the top for the first time. After that, another state: The Kingdom of Morrawia founded by the Pṙemysl I. in the year 907. 93 year later, the state dissolved due to both internal and external pressures, beggining the Age of Chaos period and the Morrawian Civil War.
After almost 200 years, Morrawia was again established as Grand Duchy of Morrawia and later was given a status of kingdom. In 1574, nobility took power, due to House of Pṙemysl dying out. This was the 27-year long period called Age of Nobility, which is historically called Second Kingdom of Morrawia. This monarchy was without a king and was replaced in 1601 with the Third Kingdom of Morrawia and then with Empire of Morrawia, which was the political entity existing until 1856 connected with colonialism, genocide and other atrocities. The Republic of Morrawia was proclaimed on the 21st July 1852 and fully established in 1856 after the end of the Great Morrawian Revolution. It took part in the Great War as a major supplier. From 1937 to 1964, country was home to the Zhiguryian monarchical government in-exile. The latter year, it was almost a victim to a military coup d´etat in 1964. It since then became a sizeable power in Thrismari with close ties with Hylia, its former territory and many other countries around the world.
It is the member of World Assembly, International Court, Kamoba Group and Vedoti Pact.
Etymology
The country's native name origin (Morawa) has several possible explanations, though only one is considered credible and is generally most accepted by the historic community and that is river Morawa, which itself is named after proto-slavic name for this region: Mo´raw (and its iterations), meaning Mother. The Common name Morrawia was formed in the 1600s from the already mentioned name Morrawa and the suffix -ia, denoting a people or nation. The German name for the country became wide-used after the creation of the Common variant, with previous German communities calling it simply Morawa. Country is comprised of 24 provinces, 3 cities and one unincorporated territory, all with their own names based on rivers, landscape or people, who have been living in the area. Each province or city have their own etymologic historic meaning behind their name.
History
Prehistory (before the 6th century BC)
The oldest traces of archaic humans in what is now France date from approximately 1.3 million years ago. Neanderthals occupied the region into the Upper Paleolithic era, but were slowly replaced by Homo sapiens around 35,000 BCE. This period also witnessed the emergence of the cave art of the Lażeny and the Rotice, including at the famous Nebelwaldhöhle site, dated to c. 19,000 BC. At the end of the Last Glacial Period (10,000 BC), the climate became milder. It was also around this time, Germanic tribes of Verno-Kak people from Kakland started to migrate to the northern area of Morrawian territory, establishing presence there to this day. From approximately 6,500 BC, this part of southern Thrismari entered the Neolithic era and its inhabitants became sedentary.
After strong demographic and agricultural development between the 4th and 3rd millennia, metallurgy appeared at the end of the 3rd millennium, initially working gold, copper and bronze, as well as later iron. Morrawia has numerous megalithic sites from the Neolithic period, including the exceptionally dense Karnaċ stones site (approximately 4,000 BC).
Antiquity (6th century BC–4th century AD)
The period from the 6th century onwards saw great development in the mostly tribal Morrawia. Due to relative stability and the lack of outside threats, Morrawia developed with countless of tribes scattered around the middle of the country where most fertile lands were located and where today agricultural provinces of Wallashia, Lechowia, Nutrawia and Jaworia are located. Around the 5th century BC, in southern Morrawia, a small association of tribes began to form with a single figurehead on the top called Poth, This confederation of tribes was held together by two things: leader Poth and the shared desire to protect themselves against enemy raids from the north and west. There is only one mention of this state and that is the Chronicle of Waaz, who was the famous writer in this time, documenting events from the early 5th century to around 440 BC. Historians nowadays call this state Poth Empire, or Pothian State. It was the first state formation in todays Morrawia. Poth Empire saw further stability and protection of tribes in it. Slowly it began absorbing numerous other tribes. Around the year 450, a massive settlement near today Králowec was established as a major port of the state.
In the same year, Poth died and was succeeded by his son Poth II, thus transforming the tribal confederation into a proper empire. He continued what his father had started, like securing routes etc. During his reign, which lasted from 450-431, new trade routes where created, the empire expanded and treaties with outside tribes and foreign states were made to ensure further stable development and prosperity. The end of the 5th century saw the collapse of the empire, caused by increasing hostility of surrounding tribes and nations.
Early Middle Ages (4th–11th century)
In 383 AD Empire of Ahia conquered weakened Morrawian tribes and for another 250 years, it ruled over all of Morrawia. This period saw relative prosperity and even new technology and methods of agriculture and manufacturing. When the Empire collapsed in 645 AD, Morrawia was back in the tribal era, until the early 8th century, when the Empire of Tilicy formed and established concrete rule over the most of the land of today Morrawia. Most important for the period, apart from the various advancements in life and technology, was the decision of the King Jaromír II to move the capital to a new location, subsequently founding Králowec in 857 on the site of the old tribal settlement, which was by then abandoned.
In 907 Duchy of Morrawia was formed, splitting from the old Tilician kingdom as it became weaker. Its first ruler was Pṙemysl I. Morrawia's population primarily consisted of farmers residing in small villages. The landscape of the region at that time predominantly comprised of forests, some marshlands, and mountains in the north and west.
The early period of Morrawia was marked by a phase of rapid expansion, although it also faced significant instability due to its status as a young nation. The growth and relative prosperity persisted for a number of years. However, during the reign of Rostislaw II, the nation started to face internal challenges and began to decline, largely attributed to Rostislaw's inability to govern effectively. This trend continued up until throughout the years with each new duke having less and less power on the expanse of the nobility and sometimes even mercenaries. For example Duke Mojmír VI was forced to sell most of the ducal property to nobility to avoid political crisis in the country. In this time, major parts of the country were either given to neighbouring countries or seceded on their own. Amongst these were for example cities of Kalmary and Veligrad in 999 and 1007 respectively. This also explains their current status as city-provinces, not counting other factors.
By 1020, Morrawia was so weak it almost ceased to exist.
High and Late Middle Ages (11th–16th century)
Around 1050, this trend was beginning to reverse as a sequence of strong rulers, who through intimidation, murder and bribes consolidated power starting with the Boṙiwoj II from the House of Pṙemysl. At this time, four separate houses were ruling different parts of Morrawia and surrounding areas: House of Pṙemysl, House of Adlerthal, House of Litinský and House of Slawíkowec. The next 100 years is generally summarized as the "Healing Period" as these and hundreds of other houses and dynasties gradually united the country through conflict, marriage and treaties into a single nation, and the Kingdom of Morrawia was fully declared in 1131 by King Wladislaw I from the House of Pṙemysl.
In 1203, House of Litinský was slaughtered in Waláṡský Hradec under suspicion of them wanting the throne for themselves. The early 13th century saw the biggest expansion and bloom of the country due to mariages orchestrated between Pṙemysls and Adlertahls, effectively uniting massive parts of the country. The whole eastern coast was conquered by 1220 and apart from its western coast, Morrawia was shaped similarly to today´s borders. King Otakar III, also known as the "King Educator" was determined to expand Morrawia influence by establishing Králowec University in 1245, the oldest university in Morrawia. He also created numerous silver and gold mines across Morrawia and created first truly Morrawian currency: Ran. Due to its value, it has been used in various countries across Thrismari. Trade with the countries of the world expanded under Otakar IV as well as establishment of one of the world´s oldest navies in 1277.
Early to mid-14th century saw development of cities around the nation as well as further expansion of the country. Cities like Pilzáṅ, Kalmary and Owary were mostly founded in the early 14th century by Pṙemysl II and his son Pṙemysl III. Historians generally tie at least 150 cities and settlements to these two rulers. Western coast was attached to Morrawia in 1312. This coincided with the founding of two knightly orders: Order of Tatras and the King´s Order of the Golden Lion to help secure these new lands. Though originally, these two orders were in conflict, they forged an alliance in 1347 and even befriended Knights of the Isle of Soe and the City of Banter from Kakland.
The "Crisis of the 15th century" is the the name given to the series of events taking place from the 1432 to around the end of the century, where no direct heir to the throne was born to a royal couple of Jaromír V and Aneżka Rawilská, creating direct infighting in the Pṙemysl dynasty, where several indirect members of the family ruled Morrawia and numerous branches dying in the process. The situation was partialy resolved in the year 1480 by uniting Houses of Pṙemysl with the House of Slawíkowec and fully resolved in 1495 with the publishing of the Dáwa Edict by King Boṙiwoj VII, allowing female to become heirs to the thrown if no direct male descendant is not available. However this would only delay the problem for around a century and the Pṙemysls would have to compromise and merge with other royal houses to survive.
Amongst other things, this situation create political, economic and societal instability, where various waring noble and royal camps were fighting for powers, economic power of Morrawia several diminished and peasantry experienced famines decimating the population and the country as a whole. When the Queen Aneż I/Aneżka I ascended the throne in 1510, the country was lacking behind its neighbours, it was inefficient and had a hungry population on the verge of revolt.
She then fixed the problems in the country, whilst also experiencing extreme pressure from the foreign powers. She executed, bribed and threatened everyone, who was against her. Morrawia was modernized with reforms to economy, tax collection, military, especially navy, which she wanted it to be the most powerful in the Alabaster Gulf.
Aneż I was the first renaissance monarch, with great interest in art, which she collected from all over the world and transported back home. This era saw Morrawian language being standardized and used more widely by the aristocracy, who to that point used mainly German as many royal and noble houses where tied to German speaking provinces. In 1520, when Protestantism was expanding around the world, Aneż I adopted it instead of Catholicism as she saw it holding the country back, subsequently angering aforementioned German parts of Morrawia, mainly the region of today Elbennia. It is speculated, that it was this decision killed her a year later by the group of assassins. To this day, historians are not sure who ordered the murder and the circumstances remain unsolved to this day.
Mid-16th century saw yet another merger with the House of Adlerthal, despite previous efforts to avoid this, thus creating House of Pṙemysl-Adlerthal. Adlerthals were centuries old noble house, who centuries earlier promised to serve the Pṙemysls in exchange of administration of all German-speaking territories of Morrawia. Immediately seizing the opportunity, Adlerthals began efforts to become dominant of the two dynasties. Throughout the centuries, this became the big point of tension in the country with clashing values and traditions, especially after the formation of the Morrawian Empire.
Early modern period (16th century–1645)
From the 16th to the year 1645, Morrawia was starting to get involved in the increased sea exploration and subsequent importation of slaves from Thrismari, Thuadia or Olivacia. In 1551, the Oomoshi Island where discovered by Jan Mladý of Powaṡowice, a western nobleman serving Queen Ludmila I in the Morrawian Royal Navy. Despite the discovery, the archipelago was not claimed at the time by Morrawia. While the state began condoning the practice with letters patent in the 1550s, Ludmila I only formalized this authorization more generally in 1567 in the last year of her reign with the Veligrad Proclamation. By the early 17th century, Veligrad and Kalmary had become the primary ports involved in the practice.
Pṙemysl V faced fierce resistance with his efforts in the 1630s to centralize the power as a absolutist monarch in the form of "Silk Rebellion". This rebellion was driven by the great feudal lords and sovereign courts as a reaction to the rise of royal absolute power in Morrawia. In the early morning the the 7th of February 1644 many of these feudal lords where arrested or brutally murdered. This is today called "Feudal Purge". By 1645, Pṙemysl V restructured the kingdom and gave himself and his successors the title of Emperor of Morrawia as a final step in his consolidation of power and to facilitate the position of Morrawia on the world stage.
Imperial Morrawia (1645-1856)
After the death of the first Emperor Pṙemysl I in 1650, Adlerthals started their efforts of "German Restitution" starting with the Emperor Francis I. It was a process to prioritize German culture, customs, language and more outside of German-speaking provinces.
With the first conquest of Wassilia in 1646, this practice was expanded to newly acquired territories as well. Wassilia at that time was poorly equipped and too divided to adequately defend themselves. Despite this, the country was not conquered completely. Despite it, nation lost about half of its territory in addition to 3 vassals Morrawia took.
Bay of Morrawia was after that under full control of Morrawia.
In 1655 Francis I then initiated campaign to become a dominant power in the Alabaster Gulf. Kakland's Gotos Islands in the middle of the gulf. This had a strategic advantage for Morrawia and the country became dominant one in the region. The rapid expansion was strictly opposed by the Protestants in the country. Pṙemysl wing of the ruling family felt endangared by the German-centric policies of the Emperor. This culminated on the 19th February 1657 with the "Putsch of 17 Lords", which ended in the defeat and subsequent execution of the leadership of the protestant movement as well as some members of the royal family. From that point until the fall of the Morrawian Empire in 1856, we talk about the "Silent Revolution", which as its strong effect had a preservation of the Protestant faith in Morrawia.
In 1660, Morrawia declared war on Barceria. This conflict saw Imperial Army's first real defeat, as Morrawia failed overall to capture Barceria's territory and only gained small southern portion after two years of conflict.
In the early hours of the 7th July 1666, Barcerian revolt was suppressed by Morrawian forces.
Second Morrawo-Barcerian War in 1670 saw almost all of Barceria's territory annexed just 5 years later and the vassalisation of the western part of the country under the rule of Rudolf I. Other 4 years on in 1679, Barceria revolted again, also unsuccessfully. The rest of the century witnessed start of two other conflicts and an unsuccessful revolt in Wassilia. The year 1700 was one of the most significant years in imperial history as this was the year that Barcerians broke off from Morrawia entirely, marking the slow decline of Morrawia in the future ahead.
In 1701, Third Morrawo-Kakish War ended in the Kakish victory and Kakland got all their territory back, excluding the Gotos Islands. Bittered by this, Emperor Ferdinand III ordered today Oomoshi Islands to be claimed in the name of the Empire of Morrawia. Though after arrival and initial inspection, the expeditionary force found out, that Kaldaic Empire lays claims on the island. This however did not stop Emperor Joseph I in his efforts and he declared a war on Kaldaic Empire. Morrawia walked out victorious two year later and fully annexed the islands as part of their territory. The islands hosted several species of animal, small forests, meadows and hundreds of thousands of natives, who were initially traded with. Despite this, archipelago quickly became a penal colony with local natives being used as slave labour and surrounding water used for fishing industries. The policy of assimilation forced local populace and especially children to learn Morrawian language, culture and religion, which at that time was Catholicism.
After 1710, we officially talk about Slow Decline Period as Morrawia simply ran out of money and in combination with weak or uninterested rulers, Morrawian Empire began to crumble. A great shift in politics of the nation occured at this time as well with bigger emphasis on domestic affairs. This led to yet another wave of modernization of all aspects of the country as even though there was desire to expand the territory, the philosophy of rapid expansion in order to strenghten the economy wasn´t as prevalent and slowly faded away. Systems for everything from taxation, military, royal upkeep, roads, security and more were updated to match more with the neighbouring nations. New schools were built, new road connections were established and later even manufacturing plants.
By 1780s, Morrawia lost all of its territory in the north and starting in 1783, Wassilia was the last nation to slowly but surely liberate itself from imperial overlords. In 1815, amidst growing tensions and instability in the country, Emperor Joseph I published Proclamation to All the Morrawian People, creating first ever constitution, called Summer Constitution. With the publishing of the Proclamation, Imperial Council of Deputies was established in Králowec with a portion of the monarhc´s power being transfered to the assembly. The country was subsequently federalized on the lines of ethnic groups into 5 different States and 1 territory (Nowé Zámoṙí). The constitution further expanded civil, religious and political rights. Josephinian Code is the set of laws and statutes created by Emperor Joseph I as the part of the constitutional order in the country. Contemporary Morrawian Legal System is based on the Josephinian Code from this era. Ongoing Silent Revolution took advantage of the federalization of the country and by the Great Morrawian Revolution, Catholicism was present only in German-speaking provinces and on Oomoshi Islands.
The year 1821 was marked with arrival of Inudstrial Revolution and with it a wave o stability and advacement for the shrinking nation. New inudstries flourished, but with i polluted cities and poor worker conditions came with it. At this time, first unions popped up in major cities too. The Industrial Revolution was one of the defining factors in the initial strenght of the Republic.
Almost all bits of territory and vassals were lost to Wassilia by 1830, which by this time was much more united and organized and thus more capable of fighting. The aforementioned Great Morrawian Revolution saw Wassilia gaining last pieces of territory lost centuries ago to Morrawia officially centuries of endless wars and battles in southern Thrismari.
1840s were turbulent decade, due to the increasingly obivous weakness of Morrawia and its monarchs. People became dissatisfied with the system and demanded change, which came about very slowly and was mostly meaningless at this point. During this time, a prominent young lawyer from the city of Polipa, Tristan Palacký, who advocated for the Republican model for Morrawia, which made him both popular amongst the majority of people, especially surfs and also made him be arrested multiple times for inciting violence and organizing anti-government protests. This made him even more popular. In 1849 Palacký gave a speech in the German town of Elbenau in front of a crowd of nearly 130,000 from all German-speaking regions of the country. Here he interceded for republican ideals and tried to persuade the majority of Germans to subscribe to what he called "the common idea of freedom, individual rights and self-determination". Here he also stressed that the German-speaking regions could retain German as their primary language.
This speech worked, and the following year there were huge demonstrations against the Emperor's rule throughout the country, including in the German regions. The gendarmerie tried to suppress these protests, but it was too late. On the 3rd Augusst 1852 the waves of protests continued and in the town of Torín in Bohemia, people protested in Přemysl Square against the mayor Frederik Starý, who was a staunch supporter of the imperial system. Tristan Palacký, recently released from prison, later came to the town and expressed his support for the crowd. Mayor later ordered the soldiers to shoot into the crowd to desperse it. Several hundreds of people were killed and the crowd became agitated. Instead of running away, they started charging soldiers instead. They burst through the gates of the joint complex of the town hall and the local imperial governorate later that day. Here they threw the mayor out of a window and beat up or tied up several soldiers of the imperial army serving there.
This marks the official start of the Great Morrawian Revolution.
Revolutionary Morrawia (1852-1862)
Post-revolutionary period (1862-1899)
Early 20th century (1900-1907)
Great War Period (1907-1911)
Morrawian Golden Age (1911-1964)
Contemporary Period (1964-present)
Development in 19th century
There was a complete shift after the war. The new democratic system was put in place. The policy of isolationism was preffered over involvement in conflicts and Tristan Palacký was offered the presidential seat, which he accepted. He was given a blank canvas on what powers should president hold. He then set an example for all future presidents by serving two fixed terms of 4 years. So called Republican Assembly was formed in 1856, which was renamed Federal Congress a month later, which was the legislative body of the nation. Electoral college was established in the beginning and than abolished in 1901 and was exchanged with proportional voting system. Federal Congress from the start had two chambers: Senate of the Republic and House of Representatives. Senate was there to ensure that democracy stayed in the nation even if the House fell or was dominated by one party. Throughout the 19th century, social and economic development occured throughout the century on all fronts. As more people immigrated to Morrawia, especially from the former colonies and other conquered territories, the power of the country grew exponentially following the revolution. This trend continued well over to the next century.
Great War
Decades before the deadliest conflict in human history, Morrawia grew. Grew in terms of economy and population. Following this, country has aligned itself with the rising number of democratic nations not only in Thrismari, but in the whole world. For the first 35 years, this was only political alignment, due to the country´s isolationist policies with few minor exceptions. As the new century passed, Morrawia was already an internationally recognized country with many ties. When the war started, there was a divide in the Congress, whether or not to support The Alliance. In August 1907, Congress passed the first package of mainly food and equipment to be send to the most war-torn nations. Not long after that, war escalated so much, that the President Morawċík ordered full support for the The Alliance, with food, equipment, medicine and more. By the Decree of the President of The Republic, he even authorized Morrawian citizens, who wanted to go fight on the side of the Alliance. In 1911, ther war ended Morrawia was economically much better off than other nations. Thus it had a massive jumpstart unlike many nations and it was even giving loans to many countries thus becoming a sizable power in the region.
20th century (1912-2000)
After the Great War, Morrawia became more and more involved in international politics, mainly as a opponent of authoritarian regimes. In 1903, voting for women was passed. In the whole 20th century, Morrawia experienced its second golden age after The Great War, where Morrawia was supplying democratic states with weapons, military equipment and food against the imperial powers. Thanks to fight never being on its territory and stability after the war, Morrawian economy exploded. During the Era of Civil Wars, Morrawia has seen itself elevated to the status of big power. The year 1915 marked the last time Morrawia expanded its territory as it took advantage of the ongoing civil war in Anáhuac, while also continuing the policy of rapid global expansion after the end of the Great War by seizing the Atolón Adelaida or Adelajdský/Adélský atol as its known in Morrawia. Initially thought to be a useless piece of land, Adelaide Atoll has quickly transformed a hub of scientist, fishermen and guano mining. In the latter half of the century, Atoll became a witness to Morrawia nuclear tests. Today, Atoll holds a Navy base as well as small remnants of guano mines. In 1937, Zhiguryian Civil War ended in the leftist victory and the Federal Government allowed old imperial government to make Morrawia base of its operation until it can reclaim its territory back. Though there was help given by the government in the ways of housing, basic supplies and testing bases, Morrawia has never once provided Zhyguryians with military back up for their invasion and in 1964, there were banished from the country and the military personnell aswell as civilians were allowed to stay or leave the country. Furthermore in 1937, with the waves of Zhiguryian nationals, large communities called Zhigutowns or Žewuly (in Morrawian) were created in mostly coastal or very eastern cities across the eastern coast. With it Yakuza-like organizations gained prevelance in the day-to-day life of people on the eastern coast and became quite a formidable threat in the latter half of the 20th century. Following the capturing of new territories, in 1946, Foreign Intelligence Agency was formed to gather intelligence from all over the world in order to protect Morrawian interests. In 1948, it was one of the original signatories of Argdan Treaty, which guaranteed basic human rights. The country got involved in many conflict over the years, and it was very active on the international stage. Social changes began mainly in the 1950s with many progressive presidents starting to get into office. This for example meant that Tawuii became a full province in 1958. Many policies of segregation and racism were starting to go away, but only very slowly. In the 1950s, construction of highways began across the country, which changed the country forever. Morrawia has seen one unsuccessfull coup attempt in 1964, which was quickly put down right in the beginning, but saw the death of President Walmark in the hands of one of the people responsible for a coup. In the 1980s, changes in immigration policy meant, that great amount of people entered the country. In 1985, Morrawia closely watched the conflict between Salamat and Khirmania as it was rooting for Khirmania and fall of Salamat regime. That same year, almost 5.1 million people immigrated to Morrawia, a historic peak.
Attempted Coup of 1964
From the late 30s to the early 80s, whole world experienced, what is called Era of Civil Wars. From the start, Morrawia largely avoided the instability, by having a really good economy and high living standards. Inspired by many ideological streams from abroad, many groups in the society were starting to turn to more extreme ideologies. This culminated in the attempted Coup d'etat of 1964, when armed man, mostly from the ranks of military and armed militias tried to take over Congress and kill President Walmark and subsequently take over the country. This effort largely failed as there was a heavy resistance in the form of Congress Guard Department, which, although with heavy casulties, managed to hold the attackers until the National Guard came in to help and eliminate them. Sadly, President Walmark was killed, when his motorcade was driving to safety and it was attacked. This marked the first and only time, the head of state was assasinated, while in office. Furthermore, action was not limited to only a capital. In 17 other provinces, some kind if attack happened, all towards important governmental buildings or military bases. These were also repeled by a combination of National Guard, military and local law enforcement. After everything had cooled down, all people, who helped to organize the attempted coup and were not killed in action were sentenced to life in prison. Coincidentaly, death of President Walmark prompted a debate whether expand death sentences for the bigger variety of crimes. Congress passed many legislations afterwards, which modified existing laws on conspiracy, murder of government officials and more. There was a spike in the following years in the number of police officers and soldiers and the country was, until late 1970s in the state of paranoia. 1980s saw a great relaxing of tensions within the nation. This attitude continued and was a set up for the next decade.
Geography
The vast majority of Morrawia´s territory and population is situated in Southern Thrismari and is called Metropolitan Morrawia, to distinguish it from the country's overseas territories. It is bordered by the Verisch Sea in the northwest, the Bay of Morawa in the south, and Alabaster Gulf together with the southern Sunadic Ocean in the east. Its land borders consist of Barceria in the north, and Wassilia in the south. Except for the northwest and southeast, most of Morrawia's land borders are roughly delineated by natural boundaries and geographic features: to the west and north, the Great Tatras Mountains and the Duryṅ Mountains with the highest peak in the country Mount Owċín, respectively, to the south and northeast, Wáwer Hills and Náwarské Hills, respectively. Due to its shape, Morrawia is often referred to as the "Southern H". Metropolitan Morrawia includes various coastal islands mainly in the east and in the south. Metropolitan Morrawia is situated mostly between latitudes 48° and 51° N, and longitudes 12° W and 19° E, on the southern edge of Thrismari, and thus lies within the southern temperate zone.
Morrawia´s total area, with its overseas territories (Tawuii and Adelaide Atoll), covers 480,516.63 square kilometres (185,528.51 sq mi), the average to bellow average amongst Southern Thrismari countries. Morrawia possesses a wide variety of landscapes, from coastal plains in the south, southeast, east and northwest, and west and north to mountain ranges and the Farská Massif in the south and south-central. The highest point in the country, Mount Owċín is 2501 metres above sea level.
Morrawia's longest rivers are the Morawa, the Nutra, the Lew, and the Wor. Apart these The other major rivers include the Tatra, the Hron and the Wágh. The country possesses a high density of lakes, numbering around 800 and mostly concentrated in the northern region of Slowannia, within the Slowannian Lake Territory.
Environment
Morrawia was one of the first countries to create an environment ministry, in 1970. Although it is one of the most industrialised countries in the world, Morrawia is ranked lower by carbon dioxide emissions, behind less populous nations such in Anteria. This is due to the country's heavy investment in nuclear power following the 1972 oil crisis, which now accounts for 61 percent of its electricity production and results in less pollution. Morrawia is considered one of the most environmentally catious nations in the world according to numerous ratings and studies.
Forests account for 35 percent of Morrawia's land area representing an increase of 8 percent since 1990. Morrawian forests are some of the most diverse in Southern Thrismari, comprising more than 130 species of trees.
The national parks of Morrawia are a system of 27 national parks, national preserves, natural protected territories, national maritime areas or national wildlife reservations throughout metropolitan Morrawia and its overseas departments, coordinated by National Park Service (Morrawian: Spráwa národních parkú) within the Morrawian Ministry of the Environment. The first national park was established in 1908; the most recent park was established in 2017. National parks and other protected areas are created by Presidential Decree with the signature. Amongst the most famous national parks and other protected areas are Duryṅ Mountains National Park, Modrá Woda Canyon National Park, Great Tatras National Park and Slowannian Lake Territory.
Climate
The climate of Morrawia is generally favourable to cultivation. Most of Morrawia lies in the southern part of the temperate zone, although the subtropical zone encompasses its southern and northeastern fringe. Almost all of Morrawia is considered to be under the effect of oceanic influences, moderated by the currents of Sunadic Ocean on the east, Bay of Morrawa to the south, and the Verisch Sea on the northwest. Average annual temperatures decline to the north, with Králowec on the Pine Coast at 15 °C (59 °F) and Hejná on the northern border at 10 °C (50 °F).
Rainfall is brought mainly by easterly winds from the Sunadic and is characterized by cyclonic depressions. Annual precipitation is more than 1,270 mm (50 inches) at higher elevations in western and northern Morrawia. In winter central and northern Morrawia especially may come under the influence of the continental high-pressure system, which brings extremely cold conditions and temperature inversions over the cities, during which cold air is trapped below warmer air, with consequent fogs and urban pollution. The climate of Morrawia, then, can be discussed according to three major climatic zones — oceanic, continental, and sea, with some variation in the Farská Massif and in the mountains.
Throughout the year, the coldest temperatures are recorded in Tawuii, while the warmest temperatures typically are in the eastern and southern part of the country and on the Adelaide Atoll.
Administrative divisions
The Morrawian Republic is divided into 24 provinces (located in Thrismari and overseas), 3 city-provinces, 1 federal district, and one unincorporated territory, an uninhabited island with a Navy base directly under the authority of the Minister of Defense.
Subdivisions
Since 1958, Morrawia is divided into 28 federal subjects: 24 provinces, 3 city-provinces, 1 federal district and one unincorporated territory. The provinces are further subdivided into 1573 counties, which are usually named after a figure, place or historical event and are also numbered alphabetically. The county name is used for administrative purposes, postal services or tourism advertisments, while numbers are used voting and elections, for emergency services and statistical analysis.
The 1573 counties are subdivided into 5000+ municipalities, which are, in turn, partially subdivided into 510 special designated areas, government districts or military facilities. These special areas, created in 1917, are usually government property used for various purposes like management, defense, agriculture and more and are subject to special laws.
Demographics
With an estimated January 2023 population of 88,052,791 people, Morrawia is considered one of the more populous countries in the world and Thrismari.
Morrawia is an outlier among developed countries, particularly in Thrismari (more specifically the southern part of the continent), for its relatively high rate of natural population growth. Between 2007 and 2017, Morrawia saw one of the highest overall increase in population in the region of southern Thrismari and was one countries where natural births accounted for the most population growth. This was the highest rate since the end of the baby boom in 1975 and helped the country greatly after almost a decade of stagnation and even decline in the early 2000s.
As of January 2021, the fertility rate declined slightly to 1.74 children per woman, below the replacement rate of 2.1, and considerably below the high of 4.41 in 1800. Morrawia's fertility rate and crude birth rate nonetheless remain among the higher ones amongst developed nations. However, like many developed nations, the Morrawian population is aging; the average age is 42.7 years, while about a sixth of Morrawian people are 65 or over. The average life expectancy at birth is 81.6 years.
From 2006 to 2011, population growth averaged 1.2 percent per year; since 2011, annual growth has been between 0.9 to 1.01 percent annually. Immigrants are major contributors to this trend; in 2010, 21 percent of newborns in Morrawia had at least one foreign-born parent.
Ethnic composition of Morrawia (2018)
Ethnic groups
Historically, Morrawian people were mainly of Slavic-Germanic origin, with a significant admixture of Kakish and Native groups reflecting centuries of respective migration and settlement. Through the course of the Middle Ages, Morrawia incorporated various neighbouring ethnic and linguistic groups, as evidenced by Barcerian elements in the north and Wassilian in the south.
Large-scale immigration over the last century and a half have led to a more multicultural society; beginning with the Great Morrawian Revolution, and further codified in 1972 with the 40th Amendment, the government is prohibited from collecting data on ethnicity and ancestry; most demographic information is drawn from private sector organizations or academic institutions. In 2020, the Montany Institute estimated that within Metropolitan Morrawia, 67 million people were White (77% of the population), 8 million were Black (9% of the population), 5 million were Native (6% of the population), and 7 million were of other ethnicities, mainly those from Olivacia and Thuadia (8% of the population).
A 2015 poll conducted jointly by the National Veligrad Intitute of Science and Demographics and the Morrawian National Statistics Bureau estimated that the largest ancestry groups were Zhiguryian (5 million), followed by Kakish (4-5 million), Wassilians (2-3 million), and Hylians (800,000). There are also sizeable minorities of other Thrismari ethnic groups, namely Barcerians, Foxomexran, and Ahians.
Immigration
It is currently estimated that 40% of the Morrawian population is descended at least partially from the different waves of immigration since the mid-19th century; between 1860 and 1871 alone, about 2.7 million net immigrants came to Morrawia with another large wave coming in the 1930s, where about 1.9 million net immigrants came to the country. The largest wave came in the 1960s and in the 1980s when around 3.1 and 3.5 million immigrants came to the country following the a search for better life or escape from war-torn regions during the Age of Civil Wars. They were joined by numerous former colonial subjects from Western Olivacia and Thuadia, as well as numerous Thrismarian immigrants from Kakland and Meredonne immigrants from Hylia.
Especially in the 1930s, migrant camps and shanty towns sprung out throughout the eastern and southern coast of Morrawia due to mass migration from Zhiguryia after local civil war concluded and over a million Zhiguryian nationals arrived at the shores of Morrawia. These migrant camps stayed well over to 1970s, when they finally disappeared around 1978, after several federal programs to help the immigrants integrate into the society.
Major cities
Morrawia is a highly urbanised country, with its largest cities being Králowec (3,539,961 inh.), Berno (2,729,794), Torín (2,436,865), Kalmary (2,097,162), Veligrad (1,793,766), Elbenau (1,525,973), Latinow (1,192,490), Wratislaw (1,004,917), Tatrany (895,738), and Zeliná (601,648). Rural flight was a perennial political issue throughout most of the 20th century.
Largest Cities in Morrawia
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Rank | Province/City-province | Pop. | |||||||
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1 | Králowec | Federal District of Králowec | 3,539,961 | ![]() Torín ![]() Kalmary | ||||
2 | Berno | Great City of Berno | 2,729,794 | ||||||
3 | Torín | Province of Bohemia | 2,436,865 | ||||||
4 | Kalmary | City of Kalmary | 2,097,162 | ||||||
5 | Veligrad | City of Veligrad | 1,793,766 | ||||||
6 | Elbenau | Province of Elbennia | 1,525,973 | ||||||
7 | Latinow | Province of Wallashia | 1,192,490 | ||||||
8 | Wratislaw | Province of Jugopolinia | 1,004,917 | ||||||
9 | Tatrany | Province of Slowannia | 895,738 | ||||||
10 | Zeliná | Province of Pallawy | 601,648 |
Language
The official language of Morrawia is Morrawian, a Slavic language derived from Proto-Slavic, and German, a Germanic language derived from ancient Germanic. Since 1515, the Academy of Morrawia has been Morrawia's official authority on the Morrawian language, although its recommendations carry no legal weight. There are also regional languages spoken in Morrawian, such as Bohemian, Silesian, Pomarian, Slowannian, Nutrawian (German dialect), and Tawuiiese (Native dialect).
Morrawian alphabet has 39 letters: Aa Áá Bb Cc Ċċ Dd Ee Éé Ėė Ff Gg Hh Ii Íí Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Ṅṅ Oo Óó Pp Qq Rr Ṙṙ Ss Ṡṡ Tt Ṫṫ Uu Úú Vv Ww Xx Yy Ýý Zz Żż. The stress is always on the first syllable. Words can be relatively flexibly move around the sentence. Foreign words are written exactly like they are in that particular language with possible exceptions in pronouns, though this is not a concrete rule. Sounds, the standard alphabet doesn´t have a letter for also exist. The whole language dates back to the 7th century.
The Government of Morrawia does not regulate the choice of language in publications by individuals, but the use of Morrawian language is required by law in commercial and workplace communications. Since 1966, German is also required, but only in majority German speaking provinces like Rhiwennia and Elbennia. In addition to mandating the use of Morrawia in the territory of the Republic, the Morrawian government tries to promote Morrawian in Southern Thrismari and globally through institutions such as the International Organization of Morrawian Speakers. The perceived threat, especially in the past, from germanification has prompted efforts to safeguard the position of the Morrawian language in Morrawia ever since the end of the Great Morrawian Revolution. Besides Morrawian, there exist 37 vernacular minority languages of Morrawia, 12 spoken in Morrawian metropolitan territory and 25 in the Morrawian overseas territories. It is estimated that between 100 million and 200 million people worldwide can speak Morrawian, either as a mother tongue or as a second language.
According to the 2010 survey carried out in Morrawia by the Institute of Linguistics and based on a sample of 15,350 persons, Morrawian was the native language of 76.4% of the total population, or roughly 65 million people, followed by German (12.9%, 11 million), Zhiguryian (3.5%, 960,000), Native dialects (1.0%, 770,000) and Hylian (0.3%, 640,000). Native speakers of other languages made up the remaining 5.9% of the population.
Religion
Religion has been historically a religious nation, though Morrawia is constitutionaly secular country. The dominant religion is Christianity, both Protestantism and Christianity and given, that there are many native tribes still living in Morrawia, they have their own religions too, completely supported by the government with exception of bloody rituals and similar gruesome events. There is also growing irreligious community since the 20th century.
While absolute majority of the country is either Protestant, almost all of german provinces are of Catholic faith. This is due to various factors, with one of the most important being, that these provinces are not Slavic, they have Germanic culture, quite different from the rest. Catholicism appeared in the area of today's german provinces like Elbennia or Fallaine in the 1st Century AD. Protestantism evolved in the rest of the country in the 1500s as Slavic population didn't really got along with catholics through the centuries. So they accepted Protestantism as they´re main religion, as it was more liberal and gave slavic population a chance to differentiate.
Health
Public Healthcare in Morrawia is one of the best in Anteria. Rating TOP 100 in the region, standard of healthcare is generally high. The affordability and standard of medical treatment has even seen the country emerge as a popular destination for medical tourism on Anteria.
It is compulsory to have health insurance in Morrawia, whether trhough a public or private health insurance provider. Citizens, residents and anyone working for a Morrawian employer are automatically insured under the country´s public healthcare system and pay monthly contributions. Many doctors are in public hospitals though many are in private ones and the healthcare there is just as excellent. Morrawia provides free medical care to all citizens, permanent residents and foreigners working for a local company through compulsory contributions to an approved Morrawian health insurance company. Employers, it is mandatory to pay a portion of the monthly fee with the employee contributing the remainder of the fee. Pharmacies are widely available all across Morrawia, with some opened 24/7. Some of them are even attached to hospitals. Emergency services in Morrawia are generally good, as are ambulance response times. In the case of an emergency, dial 717.
Education
Education in Morrawia includes 4 levels of education: Pre-School, Elementary, Secondary and Higher. For students ages two to five, there are preschools called Community Schools that are generally not state-funded until the years before elementary school. There is also a number of private schools is present across the country. Elementary school is mandatory for children from ages six to sixteen. After that, some students leave formal education altogether, while other students attend other types of school. Enrollment in public schools is fairly high, though these figures do not document active student engagement.
Morrawia's education system is governed by the Ministry of Education with 12.7% of the Morrawian Government Expenditure going into it. Elementary school consists of nine grades and is grouped into two stages:
After preschools, kids usually enroll into the nearest county elementary school. There, they learn in a same class 9 years. The last year, children either go to elementary school for another year or they can go study in another school, specifically Special Vocational Schools (SVS), which consists of 5 years of studying their subject of choosing. There are also two other options. If they finish the last year of elementary school, they can attend 4-year Academy, with a specific specialization to one subject. Option B is to go to 8-year Academy in the after 5th grade (instead of going to 6th grade), with four years of mandatory learning and then option to continue another four (optional) years or go to SVS. In the last year of either SVS or Academy, they must pass National Finals Test to pass the school. Every province have their own NFTs, but National Curriculum exists, which give provincial school districts a framework for not only NFTs, but the whole education in general.
The next big step is either going straight to work, or going to University. Every province has at least 3 Universities and there are 2 in Tawuii. The length of Universities varies from 6 to 10 years in total. The most famous universities are Palacký University in Králowec, Morrawian Royal College, University of Tatrany and Overseas University of Shomooshi.
Government
The Republic of Morrawia is a federation whose government is representative, democratic and republican based on a presidential system according to the 1861 Constitution. The constitution establishes three levels of government: the federal government, the provincial governments and the municipal governments. According to the constitution, all constituent provinces of the federation must have a republican form of government composed of three branches: the executive, represented by a governor and an appointed cabinet, the legislative branch constituted by a legislature of either bicameral or unicameral character and the judiciary, which will include a provincial Supreme Court. They also have their own civil and judicial codes.
Furthermore, constitution establishes departments and counties as middle entities between province and municipality and through itself or amendments creates a framework of powers and responsibilities, each county and district have. These changed quite a lot throughout history and are generally under control and administration of provincial governments.
The federal legislature is the bicameral Federal Congress, composed of the Senate of the Republic and the House of Representatives. The Congress makes federal law, declares war, imposes taxes, approves the national budget and international treaties, and ratifies diplomatic appointments.
The Federal Congress, as well as the provincial legislatures, are elected by a system that includes plurality and proportional representation for Senate and the House respectively. The House of Representatives has 741 representatives. These are voted every 4 years with multiple parties having a seat in the House. The requirement for the seat is at least 5 percent of the vote. The Senate is made up of 140 senators. Senators are voted for 6 years with elections every two year that replace 1/3 of the total senators. Every province is eligable for exactly 5 senators each.
The executive is the President of the Republic of Morrawia, who is the head of state and government, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Morrawian armed forces. The President also appoints the Cabinet and appoints other officers like Supreme Court justices. The President is responsible for executing and enforcing the law, and has the power to veto bills.
The highest organ of the judicial branch of government is the Supreme Court of the Republic of Morrawia, the national supreme court, which has twelve justices appointed by the President and approved by the Judicial Selection Commission and the Senate. The Supreme Court is the highest court of appeals in the country for civil and other non-governmental matters. Other institutions of the highest judiciary are the Council of State, which serves as the highest court appeals in the matter of public complaints against governmental decisions and power and Constitutional Tribunal ensuring the constitutionality of laws and statutes passed in the country. Judiciary is independent of the government and the appointees by the President for Supreme Court judges need to be approved by the Supreme Review Commission, which is also independent. Other federal judges need only the approval of the Senate. These judges are for example in Federal Prescint Courts and Federal District Courts.
Following the fraudulent 1932 Presidential election in hand of the government´s Electoral Administration, an independent institute to oversee the electoral agency was created, National Electoral Office, now the Federal Election Commission. The Electoral Administration, which was seen as highly political was abolished in 1952 and the independent FEC became a primary administrator of federal elections in the country.
President - Tomáṡ Slawinský (Liberal Party)
Vice President - Marcel Pelikán (Liberal Party)
Minister of Foreign Affairs - Simona Jiráskowá (Liberal Party)
Minister of Energy - Dawid Rozstál (Liberal Party)
Minister of Treasury - Karolína Thamowá (Liberal Party)
Minister of Defense - Radim Fiala (Liberal Party)
Minister of Justice/Attorney General - Matyas Auerswald (Liberal Party)
Minister of Immigration & Border Affairs - Krystyna Witowska (Liberal Party)
Minister of Veterans Affairs - Eduard Wlach (Liberal Party)
Minister of Commerce - Ondṙej Pavelec (Liberal Party)
Minister of The Interior - Iwan Bartoṡ (Liberal Party)
Minister of Health - Emil Nowák (Liberal Party)
Ministry of Labour & Industry - Vojtėch Kratochwíl (Liberal Party)
Minister of Education - Józef Iwiṅski (Liberal Party)
Minister of Transportation - Sebastian Rëtzmayer (Liberal Party)
Minister of the Environment - Jan Maternowski (Liberal Party)
Ministry of National Heritage - Grzegorz Sapkowski (Liberal Party)
Minister of Agriculture - Monika Sedláċkowá (Liberal Party)
Director of National Intelligence - Walter Schölz (non-affiliated)
Trade Representative - Tomáṡ Mażík (non-affiliated)
Chief Economic Advisor - Stela Rhátowá (non-affiliated)
Province | Population | Capital | Governor |
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BOHEMIA | 7 012 341 - 57 seats in House of Representatives | Torín | Jana Stránská (Republican Party) |
ELBENNIA | 6 192 942 - 51 seats in House of Representatives | Elbenau | Johaness Engel (Republican Party) |
WALLASHIA | 5 382 192 - 44 seats in House of Representatives | Latinow | Radek Potmėšil (Liberal Party) |
PALLAWY | 5 100 107 - 42 seats in House of Representatives | Bulhary | Wáclaw Kraus (Federalist Party) |
SLOWANNIA | 4 641 942 - 39 seats in House of Representatives | Tatrany | Alexandr Zawadzký (Liberal Party) |
CARRIPATIA | 4 528 109 - 38 seats in House of Representatives | Slawiċná | Marta Richterowá (Federalist Party) |
JUGOPOLINIA | 4 382 012 - 37 seats in House of Representatives | Wratislaw | Melania Kasowska (New Democratic Party) |
POMARIA | 4 127 823 - 34 seats in House of Representatives | Nowý Targ | Petr Ṙehák (Liberal Party) |
RHIWENNIA | 4 053 821 - 34 seats in House of Representatives | Strauheim | Gustaw Kowáṙ (National Party) |
LECHOWIA | 3 923 017 - 33 seats in House of Representatives | Osterawa | Waldemar Hanuṡ (New Democratic Party) |
JAWORIA | 3 723 185 - 30 seats in House of Representatives | Oslowno | Grzegorz Biernacki (Liberal Party) |
SEWOPOLINIA | 3 521 216 - 30 seats in House of Representatives | Hejná | Mateusz Potėpa (Liberal Party) |
LIPANA | 3 182 945 - 28 seats in House of Representatives | Ritáṅ | Tomáṡ Burian (New Democratic Party) |
NUTRAWIA | 3 116 973 - 28 seats in House of Representatives | Nutra | Leonard Sobecki (New Democratic Party) |
ZAPADOSLAWIA | 2 723 091 - 23 seats in House of Representatives | Pilzáṅ | Alois Horáċek (New Democratic Party) |
JESENIA | 2 510 822 - 22 seats in House of Representatives | Jeseníky | Dobromila Morawcowá (Liberal Party) |
NORTH BANAWIA | 1 482 291 - 15 seats in House of Representatives | Laden | Konstantin Blumberg (Republican Party) |
SOLLANDY | 1 182 022 - 12 seats in House of Representatives | Treznitz | Pṙemysl Král (National Party) |
LOWER SILESIA | 927 281 - 10 seats in House of Representatives | Krakowá | Adrian Snarski (Federalist Party) |
SILESIA | 902 291 - 10 seats in House of Representatives | Żárowec | Miriam Souċkowá (National Party) |
SOUTH BANAWIA | 728 381 - 9 seats in House of Representatives | Marwany | Oliwer Urbánek (New Democratic Party) |
TAWUII | 652 352 - 8 seats in House of Representatives | Shimooto | Lulani Makani (Tawuiiese Progressive Party) |
PALACIA | 628 912 - 8 seats in House of Representatives | Velký Hradec | Vincent Schlamme (Liberal Party) |
FALLAINE | 517 821- 7 seats in House of Representatives | Klödswald | Daniel Strassmann (National Party) |
CITY OF VELIGRAD | 1 753 766 - 14 seats in House of Representatives | Veligrad | Theodor Adamċek (Liberal Party) |
CITY OF KALMARY | 2 097 162 - 17 seats in House of Representatives | Kalmary | Radim Morawec (Unionist Party) |
GREAT CITY OF BERNO | 2 729 854 - 23 seats in House of Representatives | Berno | Miroslava Zavadilová (Liberal Party) |
FEDERAL DISTRICT OF KRÁLOWEC | 4 324 741 - 38 seats in House of Representatives | Králowec | Zdenėk Vídeṅský (Liberal Party) |
Military and Foreign Relations
Morrawian Armed Forces consist of the Morrawian Army, Morrawian Air Force, Morrawian Navy, Morrawian Marines. The armed forces are managed by the Ministry of Defense. President of the Republic is a Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. In 1658 the army transformed itself into a fully professional organization and in 1954, conscription was abolished. It currently has 447,210 active personnel, 75,375 reserve personnel. Because of that, a military alliance with neigboring nations was considered. In 2022, Morrawia joined Vedoti Pact, military alliance of states around Sunadic Ocean. The armed forces are charged with protecting Morrawia and its allies and promoting global and provincial security interests. Nation also posesses 251 nuclear weapons. Though they were never used, Morrawia´s nuclear policy is build on national defence as well as defence of its allies with no no-first-use policy in place.
Morrawia has ranked as one of the safest or most peaceful countries for the past few decades. It is a member of the World Assembly. The embassies of most countries with diplomatic relations with Morrawia are located in Králowec.
The President and Minister of Foreign Affairs have primary roles in setting foreign policy and they also represent the country abroad. Federal Investigation Bureau (FIB) is an intelligence agency responsible for espionage and combating major crimes, which threaten the security of Morrawia within. It operates mainly on the territory of Morrawia. Foreign Intelligence Agency (FIA) doesn't solve crimes, but rather gathers information and engages in espionage outside Morrawia and thus helps form Morrawian Foreign Policy and protects Morrawia from external threats. It also protects embassies abroad. There many other federal agencies in Morrawia with various purposes from espionage and security to regulation and taxation.
Morrawia has bigger ties with its neighboring nations, as well as many others across the world with Morrawian officials have frequently supported dissenters in many totalitarian regimes in the past and this stand won´t probably change in the future either.
Economy
Morrawia has a developed, high-income export-oriented social market economy based in services, manufacturing and innovation, that maintains a welfare state. Monetary policy is conducted by the Morrawian Federal Bank, whose independence is guaranteed by the Constitution. Taxes are collected by Federal Revenue Service led by Federal Treasurer Michael Rosztenjsky, but taxes are often part of bought products and other amenities.
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Economic Capitals: Králowec, Alwara
Currency: Morrawian Tollar (₮) Fiscal Year: 1st March of this year - 27th/28th February of the next year GDP (PPP): 3,774 TRILLION ACU GDP (PPP) per capita: 43 131 ACU GDP (nominal): 2,941 TRILLION ACU GDP (nominal) per capita: 33 611 ACU |
Science and Technology
Morrawia have a long and well-documented history of scientific innovations. Today, Morrawia has a highly sophisticated, developed, high-performing, innovation-oriented scientific community supported by the government, industry, and leading Morrawian universities. Morrawian scientists are embedded members of the global scientific community. They contribute annually to multiple international academic journals and collaborate with their colleagues across boundaries and fields.
Communication
Morrawia ranks pretty high in internet speed with downloading speed from 50MBits/s to 1GigBits/s. There are over 10 000 WISPs as of 2020. Major phone companies M-Phone, Connect-C and Bohemia United provider all services available to customers. Prices went significantly down after the privatization of government operated MCOM.
Culture
Art is a huge part of Morrawia´s history. Even before Morrawia, on the same territory, where Morrawia today lays, ancient tribes made little statues, cave paintings, ceramic dishes and so on. This was mainly the work of two tribes: Bann and Preah people. Preah people inhabited the territory as far as 1st century BC and Bann, who basically replaced them were predecessors of Bohemians, ruling the area from the 2nd to the 4th century when they merged into Bohemians. Another era of art can was during a reign of Boṙiwoj II., who ushered Morrawia into the First Golden Age, thanks to peace, sucessful trade and a relative wealth of the nation, artist started to pop-up, making paitings of king and his family and even regular people. House of Přemysl knew this was to everybody so they encouraged it during their rule. During the rule of the Empire there were numerous artists,, sculptors and composers making art in the name of a Emperor. After the Great Morrawian Revolution, artfroms exploded with painter like Nistor Lidek, Wojtėch Weselý, sculptor Wáclaw Koleċ and many others. 20th century was another boom for art with Morrawia Art Festival founded in 1941 and National Art Gallery established in Králowec in 1945. Both the festival and the art gallery continues to operate to this day.
Architecture is another thing, which has its roots deeply ingrained in Morrawia. As mentioned before, with acception of some cave tribes with little significance, Preah, were the first to inhabit this land building first fortified villages made of stone and wheat. During the reign of the first Pṙemysls, people were living long houses with typically 5 families living together in fortified villages. These buldings were made out of stone, wood and a roof was thatched. Between 13th-15th century, "Village and Town colonization" took place. This was event encouraged by kings at the time for people to settle furtherest lands of Morrawia for some money compensation as well as free land. By this time, many bigger town started to pop-up with 1 or two stories. The biggest example of this was in Králowec, where there were entire neigborhood built like this. At this time something called Morrawian Renaissance Style was present in the country. This was a mix between Gothic and Renaissance architecture style which resulted in my unusual builds to be built. During 19th and 20 century, new architecture forms showed-up in Morrawia such as Cubism, Neo-Gothic, Neo-Renaissance and other. From the 90s to the modern day, Morrawia is experiencing revival of new styles with modern building blending into the ancient cities around them.
Other forms, such as literature (Famous writer Franz Bauer, born in Elbennia), Music and Theatre and Film are also rooted into the culture heavily. There are annual music festivals, for example on Republican Day, or during the Holidays. National Theatre of Morrawia is a shining beacon in Morrawia and a big pride of the whole nation. Its the biggest theatre in the nation with frequent historical, patriotic and fun plays every day. Karlín Studios in Pilzáṅ serves as the biggest film producing studio in the nation from its founding in 1918. Related to this, Annual Lion Awards take place in National Theatre to award the best work in cinematography. Alligned with this are numerous other independent Musical Festivals (Federation Morrawia), Film Festivals (One World Film Festival) and countless others like pride parades, love festival, food festivals, nature festivals and more...
Talking about Film and things related to it, this brings us to Media. Journalists and media enjoy a fairly high degree of freedom. There are almost no restrictions in media, but some still exist, especially those supporting enemy regimes and few more. The Morrawian press was ranked in TOP 10 for the most free press in the World Freedom Index by Thrismari Press Assosiation. The most watched main news program are MNN (Morrawian News Network), Nova One, MBC (Morrawian Broadcasting Corporation) along with several other local news networks in each province. A news webpage in Morrawia is mbc24.mo, which is owned by MBC – the only national public television service – and its 24-hour news channel MBC24. Other public services include the National Radio and the Morrawian Broadcasting Corporation. For privately owned television services, there is MNN, the most popular channel in Morrawia.
The best-selling daily national newspapers are The Old Herald (average 8.15M daily readers), Union (average 5,600,000 daily readers), The Republican Post (average 1,270,000 daily readers) and Daily Journal (average 750,000 daily readers).
Sports
The most watched events in Morrawia are Morrawian Ice Hockey World Cup and Ice Hockey Championship. The two leading sports are baseball and ice hockey. Other most popular sports according to the size of the membership base of sports clubs include football, tennis, volleyball, floorball, golf, ball hockey, athletics, basketball and skiing. Notable sportman is for example Wiktor Sixta, an olympic runner or brothers Francis Schtuss and Wenceslaus Schtuss, who are famous kayakers. A common sport is hiking. For hikers, thanks to the more than 120-year-old tradition, there is a Morrawian Hiking Markers System of trail blazing, that has been expanded ever since. There is a network of around 80,000 km of marked short- and long-distance trails crossing the whole country and all the Morrawian mountains.
Cuisine
Morrawian cuisine is marked by an emphasis on meat dishes with pork, beef, and chicken. Goose, duck, rabbit, and venison are served. Fish is also very common even served on Christmas as a special dish.
Morrawian beer with the first brewery is known to have existed in 993 and Morrawia has a really high beer consumption per capita, almost 102 liters. Many famous brands of bear are brewed in Morrawia and its provinces, such as: Králewic, The Monastery and Elbenium.
Infrastructure
The road network in Morrawia is 229,890 kilometers long. There are 13,100 km of motorways as of 2019. The speed limit is 50 km/h within towns, 90 km/h outside of towns and 130 km/h on motorways.
Federal Highway System of Morrawia started contruction in 1925 with a passage of National Highway Act of 1925. Since then, many kilometres of highways were built with federal government giving most of the money to the provinces, who pay only small share of the price for new infrastructure. By 1956, 41% of all highways were built. In 1990, 91% was built and contruction began in Tawuii. By 2005 all highways were built in Morrawia and its territories. All major cities were connected along with many smaller but still important towns and industry centers. From this, smaller highways and speedways are being built to this day to connect less relevant parts of the country and most importantly, Morrawia with the rest of the world.
Morrawia has one of the densest rail network on the Anteria with over 53,732 km of tracks. Of that number, 36,215 km is electrified, 10,617 km are single-line tracks and the rest are double and multiple-line tracks. National Railways of Morrawia is the main railway operator in Morrawia, with about 390 million passengers carried yearly. Maximum speed is limited to 160 km/h on normal railways and up to 300 km/h on highspeed rails. In 2006, new model of highspeed trains entered the railways, called WRW.
Králowec International Airport in Králowec is the main international airport in the country. In 2019, it handled more than 70 million passengers. In total, Morrawia has 52 airports with paved runways, ten of which provide international air services in Králowec, Torín, Pilzáṅ, Berno, Osterawa, Olomóc, Elbenau, Waldenhof, Zeliná and Tatrany. This coincide with the biggest Morrawian cities with the majority of international airport being in either Bohemia or Wallashia.
Energy
Production of Morrawian electricity exceeds consumption by about 521 TWh per year, which are exported. Nuclear power presently provides about 58 percent of the total power needs, its share is projected to increase to almost 75 percent in the near future. By 2019, 19 percent of electricity was produced by steam and combustion power plants (mostly coal); 58 percent by nuclear plants; and 23 percent from renewable sources, including hydropower, windpower, biomass and solar energy. The largest Morrawian power resource is Nowé Hrady Nuclear Power Station.
Many Hydro Power Plants are located in Elbennia as the hilly terrain allows it. Big solar pannel fields are located all over the country and the topic has become increasingly controversial in recent years. Many politicians want to ban these fields as they are used only to tunnel money and not actually produce eletricity. Wind turbines can be found all over Morrawia and is the main source of energy in Tawuii.
Morrawia is reducing its dependence on highly polluting low-grade brown coal as a source of energy. Natural gas is produced in Lechowia, roughly three-fourths of domestic consumption, and from foreign companies, which make up most of the remaining one-fourth. Gas is 47% from Sewopolinia, Silesia and Lower Silesia and the rest is again from foreign nations. Northwest of Morrawia also has big oil and gas deposits.