Abeshia
Abeshian Empire Mängəstä Habesha | |
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| Motto: "Habesha tabetsih edewiha habe Igziabiher" (Amharic) "Abeshia stretches her hands unto God!" | |
| Anthem: Abeshia, Be Happy! | |
| Capital | Addis Ababa |
| Official languages | Amharic |
| Recognised regional languages | Adori, Danakil, Galla, Gurage, Hadiyya, Keffa, Saheli, Sidamai, Tigrinya, Wolaitta, |
| Demonym(s) | Abeshia |
| Government | Federal semi-parliamentary absolute monarchy |
• Emperor | Haile Selassie II |
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| Legislature | Parliament |
| House of Deputies | |
| House of Nobles | |
| Population | |
• 2020 census | 98,750,936 |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $1.390 trillion |
• Per capita | 15,474 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $529 billion |
• Per capita | $7,791 |
| Gini (2019) | 36 medium |
| HDI (2019) |  0.765high |
| Currency | Abeshian Birr (฿) |
| Date format | dd.mm.yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | 70 |
| ISO 3166 code | ABE |
| Internet TLD | .ABE |
Abeshia (Amharic: ሀበሻ, Habesha; Sabaean: ሓበሻ; Galla: Abeshiyaa; Saheli: Adiga; Tigrinya: ሃበሻ) officially known as the Abeshian Empire, is a sovereign nation that functions as a parlimentary federal state under a semi-absolute monarchy. With over 90 million inhabitants as of 2019, Abeshia is one of the most populous countries in the world. The country has a total area of 1,249,928 square kilometres (482,600 mi²). Addis Ababa is both the capital and its largest city.
The national identity of the Abeshian people is based on a diverse multiethnic culture, a long history of monarchical rule, and links to all three major Abrahamic religions. Tracing its origins to the 2nd millennium BC, Abeshia is considered one of the oldest if not the oldest continous monarchies with the Solomonic dynasty stretching back to antiquity.
A deeply religious country, Abeshia is one of the oldest Christian nations in the world, with the Abeshian Orthodox Church serving as the state religion since the 4th century AD. While the majority of Abeshians adhere to the Christian faith, a third of the population profess Islam (primarily Sunni Islam), a small segment follow the Judahism, or other faiths.
While Amharic is the official language of Abeshia serving as the language of business, and the lingua franca, the empire is a multilingual nation, with close to 80 ethnic groups, the largest being Galla, Amhara, Saheli, Tigrayan.
The Abeshian alphabet coming from the ancient Sabaean script is said to be one of the oldest dated languages in the world. Abeshia is noted for its calendar with 13 months and that is close to seven years behind the the more modern Gregorian calendar.
The nation of Abeshia is a land that is has diverse as it is beautiful with secure highlands, fertile plains, lush forests, deserts, and evern snow-capped mountains in some areas. The nation is famed for being the site of a number of world reknowned heritage sites.
Since the industrilization of the country in the 19th century the country has been classified as a newly industrialized economy with agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism serving as major sectors.
Etymology
The name of Abeshia comes the ancient Sabaean word for incense gatherer, a term used to denote the peoples of the region who in ancient times provided incense to such far away places as Mesogeia.
History
Abeshian civilization has it roots in the pre-Ophirian kingdom called Saba which arose in 1200 BC, existing for nearly a thousand years before it collapsed. Sometime around 930 BC Menelik the son of Queen Makeda of Saba and King Solomon of Israel established himself on the Sabaean throne. All the later monarchs of both Saba, Ophir, and modern Abeshia claim descent from him through the line of kings and emperors known as the House of Solomon.
The Sabaean King Hakla in the 9th century was the first Abeshian monarch to use the title Negusa Nagast (king of Kings), literally Emperor. Saba was replaced in the 1st century AD, by the Kingdom of Ophir, a powerful trading empire. Zagan VI is considered to be the last monarch of the Sabaean kingdom, because around 107 AD his eventual successor Ela Samara established a new capital at Ophir ushering in a new era known as the Kingdom of Ophir. In the late third century AD, christianity was adopted as the state religion of Ophir.
The Kingdom began to weaken in later centuries, eventually collapsing in the 10th century AD, when all the male members of the dynasty (except one) were murdered and the throne was usurped by a princess of the Imperial house known as Gudit. Gudit reigned for 40 years, during which time she tried to force the mass conversion of the populace to Judaisim. Her reign of terror was only ended by her sudden death by lightening and the seizure of the throne by an agaw general of the former Ophirian Emperor. The general founded the Zagaw dynasty that ruled Abeshia mainly in the regions of Lasta, Wag and Tigray for the next two centuries, before they were eventually overthrown themselves by Yekuno Amlak, an amharan nobleman who was the descendant of the sole surviving son of the last Ophirian Emperor in the direct male line.
During the mediveal age, the Zagaw kingdom flourished as a center of christianity, establishing at their capital Roha, later renamed Lalibela a new Jerusalem. Even after the Zagaw rule collapsed their capital was famed for its many churches.