Reberiya
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People's State of Reberiya Реберия | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
| Motto: “” "." | |
| Anthem: “Марш Ребериї” "Reberiyan March" | |
| Capital and largest city | Zasichchya |
| Official languages | Reberiyan |
| Recognised regional languages | Anglian, Merovingian |
| Ethnic groups | 82% Reberiyan 8% Merovingian 7% Tyranese 2% Dayashinese 1% Other |
| Demonym(s) | Reberiyan |
| Government | Unitary Mixed Democracy |
• Hejtman' | Vasil' Grytzevych |
| Establishment | |
• Унія торговців (Lit: Union of the traders) | 854 |
• Заснування Народного Війська (Lit: Founding of the People's Army ) | 1402 |
• Чигирівський протокол (Lit: Chygyriv Accords ) | 1428 |
| Area | |
• Total | 237,144.00 km2 (91,561.81 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2018 census | 15,891,632 |
• Density | 67.01/km2 (173.6/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | estimate |
• Total | $593.00 billion |
• Per capita | $37,139 |
| GDP (nominal) | estimate |
• Total | $654.00 billion |
• Per capita | $41,157 |
| Currency | Taler (RBT; ₴) |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Internet TLD | .re |
Reberiya, officially known as People's State of Reberiya, is a sovereign country on a continent of Casaterra, in Septentrion. It is bordered by New Tyran on the west, Sieuxerr on the south, Sebrenskiya on the east, Eisenmaat and Bataviae on the north.
Reberiya is a unitary mixed democracy, with current head of the state being Vasil' Grytsevych, who is in office since 2015. The capitol of Reberiya and its biggest city is Zasichchya with 1.8 million residents. Other major cities are Synesercevo, Khmilnyk, Chygyriv and Portomyr.
History
First Settlements
First Reberiyan migrants arrived in the area in early 5th century after being pushed away from their original locations by Eisen tribes, as well as other Slavic migrating tribes, settling down in the northern part of country between the mountains, slowly advancing southwards through the mountaneous terrain. The whole passage from Eisen to then one of the minor Gaulish kingdoms was filled with settlements by 780.
Trade Republics and The Union
By 800, a series of trade republics were established along the road "from Eisen to Gauls", each controlled by a powerful merchant guild. However, Gaulic unification into Sieuxerr in 843 provoked them into action, as each of them felt threatened by this new big player appearing on their doorstep. This led to the Act of Union (reb. Ак'т злуки) in 854, where four most powerful republics along with a couple of less powerful states around them created a Federative Trade Republic of Rebria. New state used its new power to consolidate the taxing of the trade route, securing its economical survival. With the discovery of Blue Heart lake and its massive salt deposits in 1129, Reberiya became a leader in Casaterran salt trade, bringing a period of prosperity to the land. However, the growing revenues led the ruling guilds and families to usurp more and more power, leading to general poverty among the disgruntled lower-class citizenry, which led to banditry becoming more and more common throughout the country throughout 13-14th century.
The establishment of the People's State
As the banditry became more common, government decided to deal with the issue with crackdowns on dissenters as well as raising taxes to fund mercenary bands to clear the main trade routes of bandits. However, the effort was miscarried and ended up with several rich families hiring mercenary armies that were used as bodyguards and tools of political leverage more than bandit fighters. With that, a "People's Army" was created in 1402 by a group of lower-rank nobles and officials, led by Dimetry' Sudakevych (reb. Диметри Судакевич), a retired mercenary veteran. He moved from village to village, proposing an ideology that at the time he just called "a better way of life", and by 1410, his ranks swole to a sizable 70,000 man army of peasants,rebels and disgruntled lowranking officials; with this, he began his war with banditry. In 1418, a substantial victory has been achieved with banditry being completely destroyed not only by this army, but also by persuasion and guarantees. Because of this, not only his force grew in popularity amongst common folk, he became "the threat" to the ruling elite, that considered him too powerful. However, after a failed assasination attempt, Reberiya was embroiled in a civil war. Losing the last bits of the popular support and dwindling its funds by buying up more and more mercenaries, by 1423 the loyalist mercenary armies were pushed all the way to the Chygyriv, where the remnants of the old government surrendered. Afterwards, Chygyriv accords of 1423 proclaimed an establishment of People's State of Reberiya - a unitary state led by the elected High Ataman.
Reneissance era
TBD because sep lore is confusing, Treaty for Portomyr.
Sieuxerran wars
TBD because sep lore is confusing
Modern History
TBD, TOO CONFUSED.
Geography
Reberiya is located in the centre of the western Casaterra, being located between XX and YY degrees North; 50 and 55 degrees West, covering an area of 237,144 sq.km. It shares its border with Eisenmaat, Sebrenskiya, Sieuxerr, New Tyran and Bataviae in clockwise order starting from northeast. The single exclave of Portomyr is located on the border between New Tyran and Sieuxerr, hosting the country's only port to the Crimson Sea. Terrain of the country is dictated by two mountain ridges colloquially known as "Reber's", making a sizable part of the country practically inhabitable.
Government
Reberiya is a unitary semi-presidential republic with multiple parties being represented, with government divided into legislative, judiciary and executive branches. Legislative branch is represented by a unilateral body called Верховне ви'че (tyr. Verkhovne viche). It consists of 165 members elected to a seven-year term on the basis of direct universal suffrage via proportional system with local district political candidates ranking included in their secret ballots.
The executive branch is represented by the head of the state Отаманська рада (tyr. Otaman'ska rada), a cabinet of отаман's (ministers) elected by the head of state (his vote being equal to that of 30 representatives) and the legislative branch in a secret vote on one-by-one basis.
Judiciary branch is represented by the Supreme Court consisting of judges appointed by both other branches of the government with a proviso for additional judges being appointed from the ranks of military judges when required.
In general, the system promotes statesman that pursue real solutions to current issues with a greater concentration on local representation over establishment preservation of the status quo situation.
Economy
TBD
Education
TBD
Military
After establishment in 1402, the Reberiyan People's Army (RPA) became the single armed forces service of the country. However, the personnel of the army had exceptional freedoms, up to 1684 being able to serve as mercenaries in foreign armies while being in the Reberiyan military, however treaty of Cleeburgh stopped this, with only official unit in foreign service belonging to Sieuxerr. Due to the geography specifics, the armed forces specialize in mountain warfare, bringing a heavy emphasis on light and air vehicles usage as well as light infantry prowess. Throughout history, Reberiyan mountaineers were regarded as some of the best in the world, leading to several countries troughout the history opting to use Reberiyan army trainers to train their militaries.
Nowadays the Reberiyan People's Navy (RPN) consists of a token force of one frigate, two corvettes, one diesel-electric submarine, a single landing ship and a number of patrol boats and auxillary ships.