Tava
Realm of Tava Chusha Tabhebhë gha  | |
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| Capital and largest city | Löi Löbö Lö |
| Official languages | Tavan |
| Recognised national languages | Literary Tuthinan |
| Recognised regional languages | Tinzan Nullë |
| Ethnic groups | Möribh (80%) Chiwögh (15%) Tinzan (4%) Other (1%) |
| Demonym(s) | Tavan |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Hëco | Mazhön Niërë |
| Hu Phën Tëmecë | |
• Speaker | Wë Tem Molön |
| Legislature | Senëshë |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 43,526,100 |
| Currency | Sëmö |
| Date format | dd-mm-yy |
| Driving side | left |
Tava (Tavanese: Tabhebhë /təˈvɛvɑː/ 
, lit. "The nation of the sun"), officially the Realm of Tava (Tavanese: Chusha Tabhebhë gha 
), is a country in Borea. It shares a southern land border with Tinza. Löi Löbö Lö is its capital and largest city, followed by Sëimëh, which has the country's largest port.
Tava emerged as one of the world's earliest cradles of civilization, in the fertile basins of the river valleys in Central Tava. From the eighteenth century BC, the Tavans were organised into various independent city-states, known as Cotë, which were initially confined to the river valleys but began to appear along the coastline by the twelfth century. These city-states are regarded as being the birthplace of Nanölli, Tavan philosophy, Tai'u, Tavan literature, strains of political thought, some scientific and mathematical principles, and Gëleco. Most of Tava was then conquered by Norzin the Conqueror in the 6th century, and unified under his successors, and would largely remain unified under a dynastic system for most of its history. Dynastic rule was interrupted in the year 1948, and again between 1995 and 2018, as a result of republican uprisings and civil war, a dispute over government which has been considered solved
Etymology
History
Ancient Tava
Classical Tava
Tinzan Rule
Early Dynasties
Rögzön Dynasty
- prob. mid 10th century ex-Tinzan Viceroys become Everking (known in Tava as the Green Emperors (Löi Löbö))
-Eventually forced to depreciate external title to king after defeat by Tinza
2nd Dynasty
-1350s - 1580s
-Akai, white branch of the Lazins
Late Dynasties
3rd Dynasty
-Min
-elected around late 16th century
-defeated in battle by Babhën's around ~1750
Babhën Dynasty
-short-lived Chiwögh dynasty
-last about 20 years
Mazhön Dynasty
-Tuthinan descended merchant-nobility
Modern Tava
Government and Politics
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Since the unification of Tava close to one and a half thousand years ago, the government of Tava has traditionally been a monarchy, though for much of its history the power of the monarch has been hotly debated. Tinzan tradition, from which the monarchy is derived, teaches that the monarch is absolute and their authority unquestionable, while Tavan philosophical thought, derived from the pre-Norzin city-states, conceptualise a monarch from an elected dynasty constrained by the law chosen by the Rëlli. Republican unrest in the 20th century and the civil war have reduced the power of the monarchy significantly, and codified the institution, its rights and responsibilities for the first time.
Since 2018 the country has been a constitutional monarchy, with this enshrined on the Constitution of the Realm and the Four Paths to Peace, which state that Tava "shall be a democratic kingdom, to be governed responsibly in the interests of all Tavans." The government is divided into five branches : the Chëgha (cabinet), the Senëshë (Congress or Parliament), the Penorebhi (Judiciary), the Bemimë (audit agency and anti-corruption), and the Tebho (special electoral collage).
The head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces is the Hëco, often translated as Supreme Lord, who succeeds by hereditary right confirmation by the Tebho, and ratification by the Senëshë. The Hëco has authority over the Senëshë. The Hëco appoints the members of the Chëgha as their cabinet, including a prime minister, who is officially the President of the Senëshë; members are responsible for policy and administration.
The main legislative body is the unicameral Senëshë with 500 seats. 330 are elected by popular vote from single-member constituencies; 150 are elected based on the proportion of nationwide votes received by participating political parties in a separate party list ballot; and 20 are selected by the regional assemblies. Members serve four-year terms.
The prime minister is selected by the Hëco without the need for approval from the Senëshë, but the Senëshë can pass laws without regard for the prime minister, as he wields no veto power. The Hëco however can refuse assent for a bill, which stops it becoming law, though if this is not supported by a supermajority of a special session of the Tebho within three months the bill becomes law. Thus, while there is little incentive for the prime minister and the Senëshë to negotiate on legislation if they are of opposing parties, compromise between the Hëco and the Senëshë is sometimes necessary. Currently the Gihachiegiyo dominates the Senëshë and Chëgha.
The Penorebhi is the highest judicial organ. It interprets the constitution and other laws and decrees, judges administrative suits, and disciplines public functionaries. The Hëco and the Speaker of the Senëshë and additional thirteen justices form the Royal Committee for Justice, though by convention the Hëco and Speaker send deputies in their place, bringing the total to fifteen justices. The additional thirteen justices are nominated and appointed by the prime minister, with the consent of the Senëshë. Trial by jury is the norm and the right to a fair public trial is protected by law and respected in practice; many cases are presided over by multiple judges.
The Bemimë is a watchdog agency that monitors the actions of the Chëgha, and polices the Senëshë and regional assemblies for any sign of corruption or illegal separatism. It is be considered a standing commission for administrative inquiry. The structure of the Bemimë consists of the Secretariat, a 27-member council and the Ministry of Audit. The Secretariat is chosen by the Hëco, with the approval of the prime minister, and is confirmed by the Senëshë, while the 20 of the councillors are selected by regional assemblies, 3 by the Senëshë and 4 by the Hëco.
Current Political Issues
National Identity
Demographics
The population of Tava is around 43 million. Tava is chiefly populated by a highly homogeneous ethnic group, the Tavans, who speak the Tavan language. The Tavans are usually split into two groups, the Möribh, who comprise 80% of the population, and the Chiwögh, who comprise 15%. The differences between the two groups are largely political and historical, as they are linguistically, culturally and ethnically homogenous. There also exists a significant Tinzan minority, whose origin is hotly debated, numbering around 2 million, who largely inhabit the region of Rishar in western Tava. There are also small urban populations of foreign workers, largely from Tinza, Tuthina, Xiaodong, Min and Akai.
The Tavans are not often considered a Monic people, having assimilated the Monic migrators and largely preserved their distinct culture, language and religion, though Monic influences upon each are noticeable. However ethnically they are part of a larger East Borean continuum, and share genetic links with Tinzans, Choreans, and Xiaodongese, with historical Tuthinan migration particularly evident upon the coastal areas. It is believed by some scholars that the Proto-Tavans once covered a far larger area before the Monic migrations, though evidence for this tends to be sparse.
Religion
Tai'u (Tëllħu) is the largest religion in Tava, practiced by nearly 95% of the population, though only around 25% of the population are actively affiliated with their temples. Most practitioners keep a private shrine in their home, and participate in local and national events, but do not consider themselves actively involved with the religion. It is often considered a union of thousands of local religious sects, rather than a nationally organised religion.
Khaturvism is largely followed by the Tinzan minority, some of which are members of the Cult of Amadawa. There has been noticeable influences from Khaturvism on Tai'u, though in the 20th century there were widespread reforms to purge Tai'u of anything considered 'foreign' and so the historical syncretism between the two has largely disappeared.
Language
Tavan is the official language of Tava. Worldwide, there are around 43 million native speakers of the Tavan language, with Tava containing 41 million speakers alone. Other large groups of Tavan speakers through the Tavan diaspora are found in Tinza, Tuthina, Akai, Min and elsewhere.
The classification of Tavan is debated. A few linguists have attempted to link it to a pan-Lahudic macrofamily; while most consider it to be a language isolate. Tavan is inflected in its morphology and OVS in its syntax. Like Tinzan and other East Borean languages, Tavan has borrowed some vocabulary from Literary Tuthinan. Tavan is often split into two dialects, Sphë and Nullë, though there exists little difference between them and as with the ethnic split it is largely for political and historical reasons.
Modern Tavan is written almost exclusively in the script of the Tavan alphabet, which began taking shape in the 19th century BC but was not standardised until the early 19th century. Historically Tavan was also written in the Syodongmun script, though this tended to be rare and few possess the knowledge for this in the modern day.