Kantemosha & Ambrazka

Republic of Kantemosha and Ambrazka Kantimossi ja Ambro
Flag of Kantemosha Flag Coat of Arms of Kantemosha Coat of Arms
Motto: "Česť, služba, odolnosť" (Czech) "Honor, service, resilience"
Political Map of Kantemosha & Ambrazka Political Map of Kantemosha & Ambrazka
Capital and largest city	Koskunen
Official languages	Kantemoshan, Ambrazkan, Soravian
Recognised regional languages	Kirenian
Ethnic groups (2010)	Kantemoshan (45%), Ambrazkan (34%), Soravian (14%), Kirenian (5%), Other (2%)
Demonym(s)	Kantemoshan / Ambrazkan
Government	Multi-Party Parliamentary Republic
• Premier	Heimo Hämäläinen
• Water (%)	WIP
Population
• 2018 estimate	16,520,820
GDP (PPP)	estimate
• Total	$276,492,000 (7)
• Per capita	$13,340 (???)
GDP (nominal)	2017 (WIP) estimate
• Total	$2,612,154,000 (WIP) (???)
• Per capita	$29,129 (WIP) (???)
Currency	Kantemoshan Laatta (tile) (LTA)
Time zone	UTC-1 (N/A)
Date format	yyyy-mm-dd
Driving side	right
Calling code	+62
Internet TLD	.uka

Kantemosha & Ambrazka (Kantemoshan: Kantimossi ja Ambro, Ambrazkan: Kantemosko a Ambrozhko), officially the Republic of Kantemosha & Ambrazka, also known as 'The Union', is a young sovereign state situated in Western Euclea. It's borders meet with the countries of Soravia to the west, Kirenia to the east, and East Miersa and West Miersa to the direct south. It has a northern shoreline with the Perovo Sea, making it the only way in and out of the Republic by means of water transportation. The country spans over 372,431 km2 worth of land, with a population of 16.5 million people inhabiting it in scattered towns and cities, with most of the population concentrating on the northern shoreline. The Union is organized into 16 different provinces. The capital city of Koskunen lays in the midpart of the Kantemoshan Coast, boasting a population of 1.2 million people, almost 6% of Kantemosha's total population. Officially, the language of the Union is Kantemoshan, which is also the most spoken language, with Ambrazkan coming in a close second, spoken mostly in the state of Ambrazka in the southern part of the Union. Episemialist Sotirianity is the dominant religion of the Union, and has been so for most of its history, with 93% of the inhabitants of the Union following the Episemialist church's doctrine.

Etymology

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History

Early History

It is common consensus amongst anthropologists and historians that the first settlements along the Kantemoshan coastline were Soravian migrants moving from the west during the years of 600-610 AD. Some of these early Soravian migrants stayed in Kantemosha, either due to the possibility of a rich catch or economic opportunity. Whichever reason truly motivated them, they were inclined to set up numerous walled villages and towns along the common path of migration, farming various cereals and sugar beets to sustain themselves alongside catches from annual fish migrations across the Perovo Sea, interbreeding with Kostellime natives in the area, giving them a sense of individuality from common Soravians in due time. During this time, settlers in Kantemosha created numerous works of human geography, carving irrigation ditches, dikes and canals into the hills to better transport and divert rain water from northerly rainstorms that battered the coast.

Following decades of settlement, Northern Kantemosha was dotted with individual citystates vying for control over fishing grounds and abundant, yet valuable plots of land.

Demographics

Education

The majority of educational institutions in the Union are public, regulated and controlled by the Kantemoshan Federal Education Commission headquartered in Kuskak. Whilst recent years have seen the appearance of more private primary and secondary schools, most private education institutions are post-secondary schools with specific niches that the government's public colleges do not fulfill or are inadequate in fulfilling. Homeschooling without license and/or training (depending on the province) is considered a misdemeanor and is paramount to child neglect in the Union, however, there are movements trying to repeal or reform this law. Religious education is always there throughout public schooling in the Union, being more pervasive in primary schools than secondary schools as the latter have less funds to work with on average in regards to their more varied curriculum.

Parents of children are often recommended by the government to put their children into preschools by the age of four, though are enforced to put them in if they haven't by the age of six. Preschool and kindergarten/'Lasten puutarha' focuses mostly on teaching the children Kantemoshan (and/or Ambrazkan, depending on the district or province), counting, the alphabet. Such curriculums are also engineered to find out possible career/artistic interests early on, acting as a 'litnus test' for parents when children grow older, so as to help them find their way in the job market. Upon reaching the first grade of five in primary schools, children are immediately exposed to basic principles like arithmetic, geography, science, etc. Going throughout primary school, more complex subjects are touched upon throughout, though the scientific curriculum in primary school is canted towards giving children the foundations for a possible career in the agricultural sector, in compliance with the 1981 Järvensaari Act that emphasized career education in public schools. Extracurricular activities are limited and are usually organized by parents rather than the schools.

Secondary school would ideally begin once children were entering or just entering their teenage years, going on for six more grades. Increasingly more complex subjects would be taught and within the latter two years of secondary school, career classes to determine the 'best fit' for individual students are required to graduate, aswell as college preparation classes. Extracurricular activities in secondary schools are, in direct contrast to primary school protocol, organized by the school itself.

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