Lavana

People's Republic of Lavana ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາຊົນລັດ ລະຫວ່າແ
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Motto: "ຈາກແມ່ນ້ ຳ ທີ່ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່" "From the Mighty Rivers"
Anthem: "The Thunder and Sky"
Capital and largest city	Pers
Recognised national languages	Lavanan, Ziba
Ethnic groups	Pasamnoan 78% Dezevauni 9% Others 9%
Religion	Badi 60% Irreligion 20% Solarian Catholic Church 9% Other 11%
Demonym(s)	Lavanan
Government	Council Republic
• Premier	Laina Keomany
• Vice-Premier	Trang Dong
Legislature	Lavanan Council
Establishment
• Formation of the Kingdom of Lavana	1876
• Establishment of the Republic of Lavana	1943
• Establishment of the People's Republic of Lavana	1964
Population
• 2020 census	49,842,742
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Per capita	7,373.00
Currency	Lavanan Dunan (LZ)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	right
Internet TLD	.lv

Lavana (Lavanan:ລະຫວ່າແ) officially the People's Republic of Lavana (Lavanan:ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາຊົນລັດ ລະຫວ່າແ) is a sovereign state in Coius. It borders Dezevau to the north, the yet to be renamed sea to the east, and tbd. With a total area of X, and population of 49,842,742 million people. It's capital is the city of Pers.

History

Pre-history

Bronze artifacts

Lavanan pre-history can trace itself to early human settlement along the various rivers of the region, agriculture can be traced to it's discovery in Dezevau, which slowly made it's way into Lavana. Early societies existed on the banks of waterways growing rice, and keeping livestock, they utilized the waterways to transport goods and conduct trade, waterways became very important to the Lavanans and became the basis for Lavanan Mythology, and society. This low scale settlements begun to slowly make alliances with neighboring settlements, and as settlements grew their influence helped keep the river safe, and trade flowing. From this settlements designed to provide aid to the population and the merchants the city-states of the region began to appear. The first remains of city-states date back to the 9th century B.C.E. from where they began to establish themselves. This settlements would fight each other for control of farmland and greater swaths of the river.

Early Kungian Period (5th Century B.C.E-1st Century C.E.)

Ceramic horses believed to depict the Sasuanan Steppe conquerors

The first organized entity in the region was that of the Sasuana empire in the early 6th century B.C.E., the Sasuanan Empire rose from the city of Thy Lucc near modern day Kurei in the river Kung. Thy Lucc was located in a strategic position forcing all trade through the river necessary to cross the cities boundaries, the growth of the Sasuanan's cemented Thy Lucc's importance which would be unrivaled for several centuries. The Sasuana's developed large water projects which increased the yield of rice crops in the region leading to a population boom, the Sasuana's were also able to support the growing trading in the Yet to be named sea, which led to large growth in the cities of the coast which became incredibly wealthy. With the rise of the Sasuana's the position of Sao was established.

The Lavanan Sao's ruled with great power and stability ensuring the safe passage of goods and the safety of the waterways of their realm. The empire reached it's height during the reign of Bis Lap in 205 B.C.E. He helped established the Lap Dynasty which would rule until the end of the empire. During this time the Lavanan Mythology was in it's period of growth and had established itself as the national religion of the Empire, numerous temples had been built and foreign religions were persecuted by a religious purity court which sought to eliminate foreign beliefs, which the empire considered heretical. The empire began to suffer under the stress of growing competition of inland and coastal cities, which sought closer ties with outside entities crucial to bring in wealth. A succession of emperors in the 1st century B.C.E. culminated in the 21 B.C.E. Sao Nan Lap's decision to outlaw foreign influences in coastal cities which culminated in large scale riots by the now bankrupted wealthy merchant class, this weakened Sasuanan power which saw itself threatened by Steppe raiders, and their incursions into their territory. Although the horse raiders could not penetrate into the Lavanan jungle the death of Nan Lap in 7 C.E. left a power vacuum which created a political crisis between the king's 10 sons, the turmoil would see the return of the steppe raiders in 15 C.E. when one of Nan Lap's son Liz Nap, invited the raiders into Thy Lucc, which they proceeded to sack crowning Liz nap as Sao.

The Sasuanan empire struggled with constant threat of steppe attack and increasingly hostile nature inside it's border would result in another political crisis in 24 C.E. when Liz Nap would die, no Sao could be crowned successfully until 32 C.E. when a steppe general Lao Va was crowned Sao after taking Thy Lucc successfully, following a 2 year siege.

Geography

Hydrology

The Kung River

Demographics

Cities

Largest urban centers by population
Pers Kurei	#	Settlement	Population	Kipchu File:Patuxai.jpg Liucpa
	1	Pers	5,122,521
	2	Kurei	3,951,125
	3	Kipchu	2,869,377
	4	Liucpa	2,663,356
	5	Laitaka	1,662,753
	6	Yars	1,133,152
	7	Sureli	700,633
	6	Ongoya	673,842
	9	Edrona	551,853
	10	Zaola	313,631