Oroshia

Oroshan Democratic Republic Kikŋaʔvəvi paŋksisavəvi qaʔłŋavnoči 양치기 민주 공화국
Flag Coat of arms
Capital and largest city	Sochvel
Official languages	Oroshan • Jogin
Recognised regional languages	Namchogi
Ethnic groups (2018)	68% Oroshan 19% Namchogi 9% Jogin 4% Other
Demonym(s)	Oroshan
Government	Presidential republic
• President	Siłəği Kaŋvič
• Vice President	Ğajkusvi Jəŋotł
Legislature	National Assembly
Independence from the Jogin
• Agreement signed	13 March 1963
• Declared	1 May 1964
Population
• 2021 estimate	2,105,500
• 2018 census	2,090,188
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	$11.342 billion
• Per capita	$5,426
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$9.541 billion
• Per capita	$4,565
Gini (2020)	39.8 medium
HDI (2018)	0.775 high
Currency	Kikaŋk (OKK)
Date format	yyyy-mm-dd (CE)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+47
Internet TLD	.or

Oroshia (Oroshan: Vək kikŋaʔvs, pronounced: [vək kigŋaʔvz]; Jogin: 양치기 땅, tr. Yangchigi ttang), officially the Oroshan Democratic Republic (Oroshan: Kikŋaʔvəvi paŋksisavəvi qaʔłŋavnoči; Jogin: 양치기 민주 공화국, tr. Yangchigi minju gonghwagug), is a country in the extreme north-east of Surucia. Oroshia is situated on the eponymic Oroshan peninsula, with the Gyo-chin mountain ranges forming the backbone of the peninsula, interspersed with flatter coastal plain. With a popuation of over 2 million people (as of the 2018 census), it is one of the least populous countries in Surucia, owing to its harsh geography and mostly subarctic climate. Its capital is Sochvel, originally founded by Jogin colonists, which is also the largest city, housing the government and the legislature, the Oroshan National Assembly.

Jogin sailors had known of the area now known as Oroshia for many centuries before true colonization began, when a decree from the Jogin Emperor in 1634 proclaimed all of the Oroshan peninsula to be subsumed under the Jogin realm. Jogin colonization introduced a system of segregation, wherein the Jogin enjoyed a privileged position in society compared to the Oroshans and Namchogi, both of whom were nomadic peoples until the widespread introduction of agriculture through colonization. The use of the Oroshan and Namchog languages was discouraged, and they were banned for use in education.

Resistance to colonial policies culminated in the Tilgin rebellion in 1879, where Indigenous Oroshans took up arms agains the Jogin colonial government, but were defeated. Oroshia participated in both Great Wars under Jogin rule, sending expeditionary forces but having no direct control over foreign policy. Mounting calls for independence produced several discussions and summits, where eventually an agreement to independence was signed in 1963. On 1 May 1964, Oroshia was granted formal independence, and adopted a presidential republican government.

Since independence, Oroshia has strengthened ties with the Western world through trade, aligning itself closer to Albrennia rather than the emerging anti-Western bloc countries, for example Songha. Modern Oroshan society is relatively free, though the Oroshan government continues to receive criticism from Western countries with which it trades for freedom of elections and freedom of press violations. The current President of Oroshia is Siłəği Kaŋvič, from the Oroshan Freedom and Democracy—Union Party, successive iterations of which have maintained power since independence.

Etymology

The common Rythenian name, Oroshia, derives from the Keian phrase 放浪者の土地 (tr. Hōrō-sha no tochi), meaning "wanderer-land" or "nomad-land", in reference to the originally nomadic reindeer pastoralist tribes that occupied the area before colonization. The first element, 放浪者, Hōrō-sha was adopted by Rythenian-speaking traders, who had first learned of Oroshia from Keian sailors. A calque of this term is used in Jogin, where Oroshia is referred to as 양치기 땅 (tr. Yangchigi ttang), the first element of which also means "wanderer" or "shepherd".

Natively, Oroshia is known as Vək kikŋaʔvs, meaning "land of the reindeer chiefs". This is derived from their endonym, kikŋaʔv, which means "reindeer chiefs", and in some ways has a similar meaning to "nomad" or "shepherd", but does not have the colonial association that the other exonyms do. Because of these colonial connotations of some exonyms, beginning in the 1940s, the anti-colonial movement called for the territory to be renamed with an endonym, with Kignavia the most popular suggestion. After independence, it was decided to keep the name Oroshia in Rythenian, however there are still calls for the exonym to be removed.