Satavia

Republic of Satavia Hennish: Republiek Satavia Estmerish: Republic of Satavia
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: All Earthly Things Above Alle aardse dingen hierboven
Location of Satavia, in Green, in Asteria Inferior
Capital and largest city	Port Hope
Official languages	Estmerish Hennish
Recognised national languages	Dupowek
Ethnic groups (2015)	By race: 65% White/Euclean (or of Euclean descent, paticularly Estmerish and Hennish) 14% Native/Indigenous 11% Black/Bahian (or of Bahian descent) 7% Mixed (paticularly of Coian descent) 3% Others
Demonym(s)	Satavian
Government	Parliamentary Republic
• Governor	Arthur Livingstone-Scott
• Prime Minister of Satavia	Jago Elliot
Legislature	Parliament of Satavia
• Upper house	County Court
• Lower house	Commoner's Court
Establishment
• First Trade Posts set up by the South Asterian Company	1548
• Colonisation by the Sotirian Commonwealth	1649
• Transfer to Estmere	1747
• Dissolution of Estmerish Asteria, and foundation of the Hope Territory	1778
• Officialy becomes a colony, forming the Estmerish Hope Colony	1782
• Home Rule Granted (Hope Colony Home Rule (Dominion) Act 1816)	1816
• Decleration of Independence	1st January, 1900
Area
• Total	663,130 km2 (256,040 sq mi)
Population
• 2018 estimate	21,501,500
GDP (nominal)	2015 estimate
• Total	$462.2 Billion
• Per capita	$21,500
Gini (2015)	44.3 medium
HDI (2015)	0.761 high
Currency	Satavian Guilders
Time zone	UTC+ 11 (Satavian Standard Time)
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+47
Internet TLD	.sa

Satavia, officially the Republic of Satavia (Hennish: Republiek Satavia), is an Island Nation in Western Asteria Inferior, and shares a Maritime Border with Nuvania. Satavia consists of the Satavian Isles and the Patrick Islands, an autonomus dependency of Satavia. The capital, largest city and biggest financial center is Port Hope, which had previously been known as Hope Town. Other major settlements include Porth Jago, Adamstown, Peterstad, Port Arthur, Millbrook and Degshaven.

Satavia was one of the last countries in the Asterias to gain independence, doing so in 1900. In a 2012 Referendum, 67.44% voted to restore the pre-republican flag of Satavia, and replace the Republican Flag.

History

Colonisation Period

The First Hennish Republic and their South Asterian Company first established trade posts along the Satavian Coast in 1544, four years after both the Duchy of Flamia and the First Hennish Republic had established trade posts along the Nuvanian Coast. By 1548 at the earliest, the Duchy of Flamia, with their New Asterian Company, began colonising Satavia. However, in 1552, the Duchy abandoned their trade posts after a short, undeclared conflict which ended their involvement in Satavia. All of these trade posts are now uninhabited, with the majority having been destroyed or dismantled.

The Flag of The Estmerish Hope until 1816. The Coat of Arms of Satavia are seen on the flag's fly side, along with the Royal Standard of Estmere in the flag's canton

In 1649, the Sotirian Commonwealth officially took over the South Asterian Comapany's remaining trade posts. This saw a period of inactivity in Satavia, untill the Grand Duchy of Flamia was established in 1719, which heralded a change of administration and an influx of cheap labour, paticularly from Bahia. The Grand Duchy's conquering of Commonwealth settlements in Satavia and Nuvania saw the creation of Flamian Asteria.

The Castle, by Hennish Artist Clop de Vil, depicts a scene in central Hoopstad with Hoopstad Castle visible in the Background. The Castle no longer exists, having been destroyed during the Estmerish-Hennish War of 1747

Following the Estmerish-Hennish War, the colony was transfered to Estmere, who created Estmerish Asteria. This was disolved in 1778, creating instead Nuvania (a colony) and the Hope Teritory. This short-lived teritory would be succeeded by the Estmerish Hope, also called the Hope Colony in 1782. The Estmerish period would see a booming population and industry, a reason often attributed to Satavia's politicians reluctance to seek independence from Estmere, unlike their Nuvanian counterparts. The period also saw extensive Estmerisation, which saw the majority of the populace starting to speak Estmerish, as opposed to Hennish.

Hoop Kolonie (1732) by Adriaen de Wiart depicts the Hennish Settlement at Hoopstad. In reality, the painting is highly inaccurate, and de Wiart never visited the Hope Colony. Instead, he painted it off descriptions of the colony.

In 1811, Nuvania was granted home rule, to be followed by Satavia five years later in 1816, under the Hope Colony Home Rule (Dominion) Act 1816. The Estmerish Hope became the Hope Dominion, and in 1816 it's first Prime Minister, Richard Somerset, was appointed. The next sixty years would see a period of rapid growth and self sustainability, with Satavia beginning to trade with Nuvania more than Estmere. This would be shattered following the War of the Arucian, which Satavia was not involved in, but following Nuvania's victory and then decleration of independence would lead to a decline in trade with Satavia and the eventual economic crash in the form of the Satavian Recession of 1893. Estmere's lack of interest in helping the Dominion lead to Satavian leaders asking for independence. 1893 also saw the first Satavian Governor actually from Satavia, unlike previous Governors who had all been from Estmere. Following a series of bilateral talks with the Estmerish Government, and the rejection by Satavian leaders to be 'equal partners' with Estmere and Satavia sharing a Monarch, a deal was reached in that Satavia's Governor, a cousin of the King of Estmere, Patrick, would be made King Patrick I. On the 1st of January, 1900, Satavia became the last major colony in the Asterias to declare independence.

Kingdom of Satavia

 • Patrick I Proclaimed King of Satavia

Great War

 • Need to check Satavia's involvement (possibly prommised money?)

Satavian Crisis

The Satavian Crisis was a period of sectarian political violence in Satavia that lasted from 1973 until 1983, with the Cease Fire and Normalisation of Civil Relations Act, 1983 which ended the government's state of emergency and saw an effective end to all fighting in Satavia. The collapse of the Second Bleum Government in 1976 lead to the establishment of a caretaker government lead by Arthur Elliot. Following the 1976 Republican Election, a non-Republican Party government was established, the first since 1935, which saw the end of the Satavian Republican Period and the re-classification of Satavia from an "effective one-party state" to a "multi-party parliamentary democracy" with the Community of Nations and the International Council for Democracy.

Initial violence erupted in 1973, following the introduction of the 1973 Satavian Constitutional Amendments which clamped down on anti-republican sentiment and was introduced by far-right Republican Party leader and Prime Minister Dick Bleum. Violence was started by the Free Satavian Army, who advocated for a return to "real democracy", with their attempted assasination of Bleum. Soon after, Monarchist Paramilitiaries began a campaign of terror.

Several attacks in 1976 lead to the complete collapse of the Republican Government, and the introduction of a caretaker governmnet.

Republic of Satavia (2nd Satavian Republic)

 • Current Republic