Tsabo
United Tsaborite Principalities Μιατσ’αλ Τσ’αβοραν ᾽Ισχανυτ’υννερ (Tsaborite) Miats’yal Ts’aboryan Ishkhanutyun | |
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 Coat of arms
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| Motto: Να ἀσχατυμ ἐ μερ μιjοτσ’ο! Na ashkhatum e mer mijatov! (Anglish: "He works through us!") | |
| Anthem: Σρβερι Κογμιτσ’ Τρορατς ῾Ογ Srberi Koghmits’ Trorvats Hogh (Anglish: "Soil Trodden By Saints") | |
| Capital and | Hypropan |
| Official languages | Tsaborite |
| Ethnic groups (2020) | 94% Tsaborite 2% Sapherian 2% other Tarandaran 2% other Parthenian |
| Religion | Southern Orthodox Christianity (Aszdorpan Patriarchate) |
| Demonym(s) | Tsaborite |
| Government | Bimarical Parliamentary Democracy |
• President | Bishop Dasmaniam |
• Vice President | Lev Val Pypar |
| Legislature | National Parliament |
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| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 10.1 million |
| Gini | 4.0 low |
| HDI (2020) |  0.839very high |
| Currency | Tsaborand (T̶) (TSR) |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | 303 |
| ISO 3166 code | TO |
| Internet TLD | .tbo |
Tsabo, officially the United Tsaborite Principalities (Tsaborite: Μιατσ’αλ Τσ’αβοραν ᾽Ισχανυτ’υννερ; romanized: Miats’yal Ts’aboryan Ishkhanutyun) is a country in Eastern Tarandra, located on the west coast of the Sofian sea. Tsabo is bordered by Yerezhan -and the contested region of Ruata- to the north east, Buraydah to the north and Kaviristan to the south. Tsabo covers a territory of [TBC] and is the [TBC]th largest nation in Tarandra. Its capital city is Hypropan, the nation’s largest city; other major cities include the port of Soda, the industrial centres of Aratoht and Surbnikolios, and the nation’s religious centre Aszdorpan.
Perhaps the earliest societies to inhabit the area of modern-day Tsabo were those of the Neolithic Quartz Pit culture, items belonging to whom have been dated to around 5,800 BC. The 3rd century BC to the 1st century AD saw many independent culturally proto-Tasborite polities solidify, particularly in the Vaszda and Aryi mountains, many of which would form the borders of later Tsaborite states; though most were relegated to vassal or client status between the warring Sapherian and Yerezh powers. In 210 AD Prince Castar I of Aszdor converted to Christianity, making his domain the first Christian polity on Elezia.
The inaccessible geography of the mountainous Tsaborite realm allowed the many petty kingdoms and fiefdoms of the region to continue relatively unscathed by the rise of Islam which penetrated and forced back both Sapherian and Yerezh imperial borders in the 7th century AD. In contrast to the reeling Empires, the following three centuries have often been cited as a golden age for Tsaborite architecture, iconography, poetry and theology.
In the 1111 AD much of southern Tsabo fell under the direct sway of the Ibn Al Caliphate who would occupy the Principalities of Sodarel, Golkhat and Magdalor for four successive centuries, despite flare ups of local resistance in the face of Muslim cultural assimilation. The remaining Tsaborite states would, in turn, be conquered by the resurgent Yerezhan Empire in a series of campaigns from the 14th to 16th centuries; under whose rule they would remain until the 1900’s.
Following nearly fifty years of armed revolt, Tsabo first gained de facto independence during the Great War, with a Government Under Occupation formed -and armed- by the Signatory Powers to resist the terminally decaying Yerezhan Empire. This first unified Tsaborite state collapsed quickly to infighting following the Great War and Yerezh forces reoccupied the majority of its territories in 1918; albeit far less comprehensively. The Tsaborite War of Independence launched in the immediate aftermath of the World War successfully broke the nation away from Yerezhan as the Independent Tsaborite Republic in 1945 following two years of conflict. Over a decade of instability and intercine struggle commenced until the installation of Bishop Kyprus of Aratoht as the head of government centralised power under a compromise cabinet. Following five years in office, Kyprus ratified a series of political reforms to create the United Principalities of Tsabo.
Since its independence, Tsabo has twice been involved in two further armed conflicts with neighbouring Yerezhan. The 1989 ‘Month War’ saw the near total collapse of all effective Tsaborite military resistance, with Yerezh brigades halting within sight of Hypropan due only to international pressure and the threat of UN intervention. The 2013 Yerezhan-Tsabo war, also known as the Ruata War, however, saw a much stiffer defence from Tsaborite forces, holding key defensive lines and even launching successful counter attacks, pushing the invasion forces back to the natural border of the river Aszd, though at the sacrifice of the now occupied region of Ruata.
Since the adoption of the 1951 constitution Tsabo has been a bicameral parliamentary republic -representing both Church and state- composed of six principalities further divided into 31 cantons; designated either metropolitan, industrial or agrarian. The nation is regarded as having relatively high political, cultural and economic centralisation despite its devolved lower houses.
The United Tsaborite Principalities is a developing nation with an upper-middle income economy. Its market economy is based primarily on the mining, tourism, energy and seasonal agricultural sectors. Though stable, the Tsaborite economy remains in a state of recovery in the wake of the 2013 Yerezhan-Tsabo War, and the subsequent loss of the north eastern region of Ruata. The nation’s growing population, ranking 0.80 on the Human Development Index, stands at 10.1 million according to the latest -2020- census statistics.