Azmeny
The People’s Republic of Azmeny Azmeny | |
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| 79 years | |
 Flag of Azmeny
 State Seal of Azmeny
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| Anthem: The Internationale | |
 A map depicting the location of Azmeny (Red) | |
| Capital | Azmenabad |
| Official languages | Azmen, Russian |
| Government | Federal Presidential Republic |
• President | Yuri Korolev |
| Legislature | Azmen National Diet |
| Establishment | 1963 (Great Patriotic Revolutionary War) |
| Population | |
• 2023 census | 80 million |
| GDP (nominal) | estimate |
• Total | $1.6 trillion |
• Per capita | $20,000 |
| Gini |  28.1low |
| HDI |  0.841very high |
| Currency | Az |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (Azmenabad standard time) |
| Internet TLD | .az |
Azmeny, officially the People’s Republic of Azmeny is a country in Central Asia. It is the region’s most populous country, with 80 million inhabitants. Azmeny is located on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, Azmeny’s capital and most populous city is Azmenabad, which is home to 9 million people. Other important cities include Pakhet, Altairny and Novostrashny which are all home to over 1 million inhabitants. Most of Azmeny’s large cities are located in the north and east of the country.
Azmeny was settled during the Paleolithic era, with Turkic people settling the region in the sixth century who became the precursors of the modern Azmen people. Russian settlement began on a large scale in the early 16th century, although many Russians can trace their origins back to 19th and early 20th century immigration. Throughout its history has been part of the Persian, Mongol and Russian empires until the foundation of the Sultanate of Azmenistan in 1642 by Omar I of Azmeny. The Peoples Republic of Azmeny, following a civil war which lasted 11 years, where Petr Azmanev and the Azmen Communist Union together with assistance from the USSR overthrew Sultan Ramazan.
Modern Azmeny is often considered a great power, with an industrialised economy focused on exports of grain, oil and gas as well as a successful IT sector. Azmeny also ranks highly for indicators of development such as life expectancy, human development index and levels of education, while experiencing relatively low levels of social and economic inequality. Azmeny is a member of the Collective Security League.
Etymology
Azmeny is named after the Azmen people, the main ethnic group of the country. The country was formerly known as Azmenistan from 1642-1963, when the name was changed following the Revolution.
Geography and Climate
Azmeny is located in Central Asia and features a continental climate, with high seasonal temperature variations and low precipitation. Azmeny experiences highs of 40 degrees Celsius, but winter temperatures can reach as low as -20. Much of central Azmeny is made of cold desert, with the Altair desert dominating the country’s interior. The south a d southeast of Azmeny is highly mountainous, with the Red mountains forming the country’s borders.
Most of Azmeny’s large cities are in the cooler, less arid north or along the Azmen river, where water is more abundant and temperatures are less extreme. Additionally, most arable land is found in the east of the country, in the province of Cheskazan. Eastern Azmeny is also home to a large lake, the sea of Uran which used to irrigate farmland and provide a source of drinking water until it was contaminated by Azmen nuclear weapons testing during the 1980s.