Girbeta

Tichvaist Union of Girbeta ⲃⲉⲣⲗⲉⲭⲧⲏⲭϥⲁⲓⲥ ϣⲓⲣⲃⲉⲧⲁⲥ Berlekthichfaiyk Jiyrbetäk (Girbetese) Union Tichvaiste Jourbetique (Mirician)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "ϥⲏⲣⲉϣⲧⲗⲁⲣⲅⲁ ϭⲁⲕⲣⲉⲓⲩ" "An Appeal to the Angels"
Capital and largest city	Saybäketle
Official languages	Girbetese, Mirician
Recognised regional languages	Regional languages in Girbeta
Ethnic groups (2011)	61.4% Babarik 26.6% Loaloa 8.2% Other Jabattan Islander 3.9% Majulan 0.1% Other
Religion	Tichvaism
Demonym(s)	Girbetese
Government	Unitary multi-party ecclesiocratic-republican semi-presidential republic
• Executive Secretary	Moushira Sabbagh
• Chief Deputy	Teremun Shalhoub
Legislature	National Consultative Assembly
• Upper house	Chamber of Elders
• Lower house	Chamber of Deputies
Formation
• Settlement by the Girbetese	c. 1430 CE
• Tichva Confederacy	1450-1602
• Colony of Miricia	1602-1866
• Kingdom	18 August 1866
• Tichvaist Union	5 October 1957
Area
• Total	180,386,941 km2 (69,647,787 sq mi)
• Water (%)	2.4
Population
• 2019 estimate	65,005,659
• 2011 census	62,505,442
• Density	2.88/km2 (7.5/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	1,063,905,128,282‬ US$
• Per capita	17,021 US$
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	430,162,451,844‬ US$
• Per capita	6,882 US$
Gini (2016)	26.1 low
HDI (2017)	0.833 very high
Currency	Girbetese Bakir (GIB)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	right
ISO 3166 code	GI
Internet TLD	.gi

Girbeta (Girbetese: ϣⲓⲣⲃⲉⲧⲁ, romanized Jiyrbetä), officially the Tichvaist Union of Girbeta (Girbetese: ⲃⲉⲣⲗⲉⲭⲧⲏⲭϥⲁⲓⲥ ϣⲓⲣⲃⲉⲧⲁⲥ, romanized Berlekthichfaiyk Jiyrbetäk), is a transcontinental country with inhabited territories in both Rennekka and Frigidarum.

Girbeta's political system is a unique blend of a presidential democracy and ecclesiocracy, with a popularly-elected head of state, and two heads of government - with the head of the lower house elected from outside the clergy, and the upper house appointed from within. Despite this, after significant reforms in the latter quarter of the 20th Century, Girbeta is described as an open society, which shares many of the same features of other modern secular, liberal nations. However, in the present, the country still struggles to overcome a long history of sectarian violence, inter-ethnic tensions, and economic underdevelopment rooted in its history under colonial rule. Despite these shortcomings, Girbeta has a high degree of income equality and a high Human Development Index score, as well as being a world leader in green energy development.

Etymology

Point Faial, on the East Coast of Jar. This location is among the first known locations reached as part of the migration undertaken by the Girbetese, which is believed to be one of the possible origins for the modern name of the country.

The Girbetese name ϣⲓⲣⲃⲉⲧⲁ (Jiyrbetä) has been in recorded use since the settlement of Saybäketle. The commonly-used folk etymology of the name is "The Place where the land runs out", citing a common saying among the Girbetese on the condition of their culture over the course of history: "Our people are at home at the edges of the world. We are the tree on the cliff, the only thing that survives where the land runs out." The precise origin and chronological placement of this statement is unknown, but is purportedly used around c. 1400 CE, with Girbetese historians generally believing it to be first utilized prior to the Exodus from Majula.

During the earlier phases of settlement by the Girbetese, the term ϩϣⲁⲣⲓⲣ (Jahriyr), translating to "shoreline", "fringe", or "distant place" was also utilized in reference to the eastern settlements of the modern country in particular. This was in reference, likewise to its current name, to the land's place as being on the most distant known lands at the time. Today, this nomenclature endures through the modern Jar Governorate.

As per the 1952 Constitution, the official name of the nation is Berlekthichfaiyk Jiyrbetäk(the Tichvaist Union of Girbeta).

Geography

Mannatiua is an island chain in the Southern [ATLANTIC] Ocean, and is part of the Greater Babaran Archipelago. Forty of these islands are permanently inhabited, though altogether a total of around 700 islands and cays are present in the nation's territorial waters. Roughly 80% of the population resides on the "five crowned heads", the five largest islands in the nation - Jar, Kamatiyk, Lefu Buka, Loaloadan, and Kiyryagiynčy, from east to west, respectively. The largest island, Loaloadan, is also the largest in the Archipelago. The capital city of the nation, Saybäketle, is located on Jar.

History

Early Girbeta

• First settlements in modern territory around 1430

Confederacy

The Fortress of the Deliverance, which acted as the epicenter of the Babaro-Girbetese Defense of Saybäketle in 1601.

• Defense of Saybäketle in 1601 becomes a legendary moment in the nation's history, begins the cementing of the Girbetese national identity

Kingdom of Girbeta

• Kingdom becomes a Dominion of [COLONIZER] in 1866
• Treaty of [CITY] formalizes the full independence of Girbeta in 1920
• Royalty implicated in serious financial crimes related to sales of oil exports
• Military sides with protesters in 1955, military brass demands abdication of the monarch
• Very little foreign support for the monarchy, perceptions of low legitimacy following the widespread pervasiveness of [SCANDAL] in the royal government, as well as excessive use of police forces to track and suppress dissenters

Transitional Period

• First elections in 1956
• Last major outbreak of pro-monarchy violence brought to an end in 1959

Tichvaist Union

• Concerns on the rise over the power of the clergy start almost immediately after the ratification of the Constitution, with secularists calling for major land and officeholding eligibility reforms and the establishment of a more co-equal relationship between the clergy and general public in national politics through a more empowered secular executive

Contemporary Girbeta (1977-Present)

• Executive Commission established as a separate governmental branch in the 1976 Reforms, put into effect in 1977
• Moushira Sabbagh becomes first transgendered individual to gain a role as head of state in the world in 2019.