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Republic of Charnea ⴰⵊⴰⵎⵀⵓⵔⵢⴰ ⵏ ⵛⵀⴰⵔⵏⴻⴰ Ajamhurya n Charnea | |
|---|---|
| Capital and largest city | Agnannet |
| Official languages | None |
| Recognised national languages | Tamashek |
| Recognised regional languages | Randeshret Tamahaq Tawellemmet Darja Udayen |
| Ethnic groups (2022) | |
| Demonym(s) | Charnean |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary military republic |
• Amizar | Amina N'Akall |
• Rayes (President) | Khyar Aziouel |
| Legislature | Agraw Adinat |
| Foundations | |
• Ihemodian Wars | 1360-1410 |
• Peace of Awakar | 1549-1810 |
• Baron's War | 1854-1860 |
• Imperial Restoration | 1 August 1921 |
| 4 April 2023 | |
| Area | |
• Total Area | 2,130,656 km2 (822,651 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 27,023,983 |
• 2020 census | 26,995,572 |
• Density | 12.68/km2 (32.8/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | estimate |
• Total | $599 billion |
• Per capita | $22,179.45 |
| Gini | 29.4 low |
| HDI | 0.801 very high |
| Currency | Charnean Azref (₳) |
| Date format | mm.dd.yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
Charnea, officially the Republic of Charnea (Tamashek: ⴰⵊⴰⵎⵀⵓⵔⵢⴰ ⵏ ⵛⵀⴰⵔⵏⴻⴰ, Ajamhurya n Charnea), is a country in central Scipia. The Ninva desert encompasses the totality of the land area of Charnea, a total of 2.1 million square kilometers of arid terrain receiving on average 7 centimeters of rain a year or less. Charnea is a landlocked country bordered to the north by Talahara, Tyreseia, and Alanahr, to the east by Fahran, Kembesa and M'biruna, to the south by Itayana, and to the west by Anyanwu. The Charnean desert is not geographically uniform and is subdivided into several regions, some of which are more or less inhospitable than others. Most human settlement in Charnea is concentrated into four relatively limited zones in the Arwa and Adjer mountains, the Achra basin and the regions of the Charnean far east known as Hatheria and Deshret. The rest of the desert, subdivided into the Tenere region in central and west Charnea and the Zahra region in the east, is ill suited for permanent habitation and is covered in dune seas, rocky pleateaus and other formations of the barren landscape.
The history of Charnea has been marked by reoccurring social upheavals and conflict over the limited resources of the desert, primarily water. The foundation of Charnea, or the Kel Kaharna as it was known contemporaneously, can be linked to the Siriwang eruption and volcanic winter in the mid 14th century, which struck the desert-dwelling peoples of Scipia in the form of climatic disruption leading to widespread famine. The Tenerian warlord Ihemod the Inheritor emerged from this period of strife, unifying the Tenerian tribes and leading them in the conquest of the neighboring states in order to claim for themselves greener pastures and more reliable water supply. This conquest would expand in scope as it unfolded until the Kel Kaharna had subjugated the majority of the Scipian continent, ruling over a population of millions at its zenith in the 15th century. Although the empire would soon loose much of its territory to rebellion, reconquest and invasion, it would remain as a rump state in the lands of its birth, deep in the Ninva desert, where it would evolve over the centuries into the modern Charnean state. In the 20th century, Charnea would undergo a process of urbanization and industrialization, facilitated by the connection of the country's far-flung oasis towns and cities with the construction of continent-spanning railway networks across Scipia. This process would bring unprecedented prosperity to the Charnean cities, although the ever expanding demands for water and other resources would lead to major internal conflicts and wars with neighboring countries such as the Agala War and the Ninvite War. In April of 2023, Charnea underwent the Muttay Aljamaɣat or Republican Reform, which overthrew the monarchic imperial system of seven centuries to install a new system of government based on a democracy limited to the military and certain civil servants. This has been the latest in a long line of political upheavals Charnea has suffered over the course of the past century which have left their mark on Charnean society and culture.
The country is home to a mostly urbanized population of 27 million people. This urban population is highly concentrated with more than a quarter of all Charneans live in the capital city, Agnannet, with an additional third living in the next three largest cities. The urban population sustains the national economy which is based in processing the country's natural resources and manufacturing products for export on the basis of these resources. Charnean economics is heavily state driven and consolidated into a number of industrial giants with close ties to the government, such as the state owned petro-extraction and chemical firm COPEC or the nominally private but state-linked plastics manufacturing giant Plexico. A near-totality of all economic output in Charnea comes from large corporations such as these operating in the great cities. The rural population, consisting of Kel Ajama as well as ethnic and religious minority groups in the territorial periphery, lead a predominantly agrarian existence and contribute little to the economy. Charnea has been plagued by its history of slavery, apartheid and internal segregation of its population, which has had a long-lasting effect on its society and the development of its economy and has been the subject of many recent political reforms.