Great Xio

Empire of Great Xio Cıoⱶαɴϵ
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The Empire of Great Xio (dark green) in Aurelia (dark grey)
Capital	Pashae
Largest city	Xiseka
Official languages	Xi Dialect
Recognised national languages	Le, Nūqa, Ka, Huang
Recognised regional languages	Soho, Naho, Medhiatei
Ethnic groups (2021)	Xieika, Huang, Leika, Nuthan, Kaika, Sohoika, Nahaika, Medhiati
Demonym(s)	Xioan
Government	Communist Federal Theocracy
• 77th Mountain Lord	Vosō Ne
• Elected Grand Syndic	Phaakheō-voke Hisema
• Emperor Absentia	Aidan Redmond
Legislature	Imperial Government & Syndic Council
Establishment
• Merchantile Xisekan Empire	430 AD
• First Empire of Xio	550 AD
• Xi Kingdom	927 AD
• Second Empire of Xio	1525
• Empire of Great Xio	1731
Area
•	784,000 km2 (303,000 sq mi)
Population
• 2021 census	8,829,200
GDP (PPP)	2021 estimate
• Per capita	3,575
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Per capita	2100
Currency	Auro (𐠓)
Time zone	UTC-4.30 (ALT)
Date format	YY/MM/DD
Driving side	right

Great Xio (Xi: Cıoⱶαɴϵ, Xiohane), officially the Empire of Great Xio and informally abbreviated to Xio, is a nation on the continent of Aurelia bordering Sefesia to the southeast, Proncawi'chi to the northeast, Nuthahan to the west, and the Seylosian city state of Kaseka to the south. The nation is primarily within the western Aurelian Wastes with its borders extending into the Auriel Gulf by the Nagaxō island.

Inhabited since the first migratory peoples of Aurelia (55kya), the lands that make up Great Xio have seen numerous waves of migratory and colonising people groups resulting in unique phenotypical appearances for numerous Syrbotae groups that inhabit Great Xio and the wider Syrbotae Aurelian Wastes. With the arrival of the Medhiati Aromans, the original Nuthan city states were wiped out through disease and warfare, allowing for the migration of the Syrbotic groups from Dhiikala south into the southern river valleys and the eventual establishment of the Xi and Le empires.

Seeing colonial powers throughout the 1400s and 1500s, the Syrbotic groups were able to maintain independence through careful political balancing of colonial powers and immunity to non-Aurelian diseases preventing cascading population loss. The modern Great Xio empire rose in the 1720s and 1730s with the consolidation of guilds, tribes, and city states into a cohesive federal state. In the 1970s border conflicts with Sefesia almost led to war however cooler heads prevailed.

In 2012 the annexation of Nagaxō sparked international outrage with Great Xio almost being cut off from the Aurelian League until the establishment of the autonomous region of the Nagaxō Kingdom under the Empire of Great Xio.

Etymology

Xio /ʃiɁo/ comes from old Xi-Le siho ("Land of the Si People") however was recontextualised with the rise of the maritime city of Xiseka ("City of the south") to mean "land of the south(ern) people". Xiohane (Cıoⱶαɴϵ) literally translates to "larger Xio".

In Anglish, Laimiaic, and Mitonese, Xio is either pronounced /ʃio/ or /ʃiho/.

Geography

Map of the Empire of Great Xio, showing the constituent kingdoms and republics, alongside disputed territories.

The Empire of Great Xio is entirely within the desert of the Aurelian Wastes with only the north east of the nation within the Aurelian steppes. The vast majority of the population lives alongside the main rivers in southern Great Xio, making up around 80% of the population, with smaller populations in the desert canyons of Hōq'nuka, the steppe shrublands of Leho, or the mountain valleys of Dhiikala.

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History

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• Syrbotae non-Syrbotic coastal and river city states.

• Wiped out by Kirvinan colonists and settled by !Greek Ahromans.

• Steppe and Mountain Syrbotic groups associated with original modern Syrbotae faith cult migrated south and absorbed the !Greeks.

• Syrbotic city states form, Xiseka forms coastal mercantile empire.

• Guild system from Mito late 1500s / early 1600s consolidated in 1720s to replace tribal and city power.

• Yellow Empire colonisation & Seylos colonisation. Seylos stops Yellow Empire, Xio sells emperor title.

• mid to late 1700s, annexation of Dhiikala, Khao. Mid 1800s Leho. Late 1800s Hōq'nuka. Early 1900s Nanhong. Early 2010s Nagoxō.

• Border conflicts with Sefesia in mid 1900s.

Politics

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#	Name	Type
1	Xio	Kingdom
2	Leho	Kingdom
3	Dhiikala	Oligarchic Theocracy
4	Hōq'nuka	Kingdom
5	Khao	Kingdom
6	Nanhong	Republic
7	Nagaxō	Autonomous Kingdom

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Policy

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Economy

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Culture

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Language

Great Xio is host to numerous different languages, however many of the Syrbotic languages are considered only dialects of the capital Xi dialect. Other languages within the empire are Huang, Nūqa, and the critically endangered Medhiatei within the interior of the island of Nagaxō with an estimated 300 speakers split between 4 villages.

Within Great Xio a modified form of the Laimiaic alphabet, known internally as the Syrbotic Alphabet, is used throughout the nation after being made the official secular script of the empire in 1933.

Religion

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Holidays

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