Tulura

Tulura
Flag Emblem of Tulura Emblem
Capital	Aremaal
Largest	Tabeleg
Official languages	Ommere
Recognised national languages	Turañña, Araan, Esamal
Recognised regional languages	Arabic
Demonym(s)	Tuluri/Tuluran
Government	Council Federation under the Azem System
• Sahrat Heluk	Amira Esyete
• Mazhuri Heluk	Zema Muhaba
• Fadlik Heluk	Alem Tinsae
Area
•	2,551,040 km2 (984,960 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate	102,838,475
• Density	40.31/km2 (104.4/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$1.909 trillion
• Per capita	$18,571
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy

Tulura is a country in Ajax located on the continent of Scipia, bordering Bahktar to the south along the Tafet River, Ozeros Sea to the east and the Nabarhiqi Gulf to the south. With an area of over 2.5 million sq km, Tulura is a rather arid country with 8 federated provinces and 102 million citizens. The country is lead by a council of three elected Chief Directors, the collective Head's of State, known as the Heluk's. The capital is Aremaal, landlocked in central Tulura south of the Tafet River. The largest city is Tabeleg, composed of 12.80 million and over 18 million people in the total metro area, located on the eastern coast in the Gulf of Tafet.

History

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Government and Politics

<imgur thumb="yes" w="250" comment="The Guminan, Meeting place and offices of the Gumi">7LxvVbQ.jpg</imgur> The Tuluran Government is lead by three Head's of State, Chief Directors, known as the Sahrat Heluk, Mazhuri Heluk and Fadlik Heluk. This directorial council is dictated by a collective consensus in executive policy. Each Heluk will retain a Cabinet Directory, usually splitting administrative duties and leading an agenda. Direct executive decisions and edicts must have 2/3rds vote among the Heluk.

Each Heluk is chosen by an Azem to represent their interest in the executive branch. An Azem is a house of the legislative convention known as Gukiba, the three represent the Workers(Sahrat), Scholars(Mazhuri) and Judges(Fadlik).Azem means era, signifying a current generation's ruling in it's assembly. Each Azem last a total of ten years, after which the chosen successors will succeed it's members. When a successor is chosen, they must be approved by the Izhemekle, a passive elder assembly of former Azem members from the last generation. This ten year cycle continues perpetually. Who can serve in an Azem is usually provided by their social and economic class, as well as their age, limited between 40-60 years old. The Heluk's terms run congruent with the cycle.

The Azem meets officially every two years in a Gukiba meeting to review the three Heluk, propose legislation, settle judicial issues and more. On average a Gukiba is regulated to last up to two months. This review period can lead to a Heluk or more being replaced by an existing member. The executive's overall agenda is also put under review and scrutinized. The Izhemekle stands-by as an oversight jury, called to make judgement in legislative and judicial matters, or to break gridlocks.

Foreign Relations

Tulura is in an alliance with Bahktar, known as the Bahktro-Tuluran Pact, maintaining a mutual close special relationship on an economic, military and political level.

Climate & Geography

Mount Akarul.

At over 2.5 million sq km with the Ozeros Sea to the east, Tulura lies within a varied transitional ecoregion of semi-arid and temperate grasslands, savannas and steppes on the Tuluran Plateau. The topography of the Tuluran Plateau is mainly flat in the central regions, surrounded by the Nesai Highlands to the south and the Gombakor Mountains along the west near the border, the tallest mountain is Mt.Akarul at 6,183m. The Tuluran Plateau is vast and expansive, spanning the area of much of Tulura at 1.5 million sq km and an average elevation of up to 2,500 to 3,000 meters. The southern Nesai Highlands, combined with the western Gombakor Mountains create a rainshadow in west-central Tulura, comprising the arid steppes of the Kalahay Desert that extends into the east and north.

Edge of the Tuluran Plateau in the north.

Tulura is typically hot, sunny, dry and somewhat windy all year long, annually experiencing low precipitation except in the more wet tropical areas in the south. Relative humidity is rather low inland, however the coast experience on average more humidity and rain. Average temperatures across the Tuluran Plateau vary between 31 and 36°C, with more moderate temperatures year-round along the coastal areas. At it's highest, the Tuluran Plateau is rather temperate, with a subtropical highland climate.

Enviromental Issues

Photo of last wild Tuluran Lion.

Increased urban development and human activity has strained the environment to the near-tipping point. Historical overgrazing of the plains, in addition to unsustainable agricultural practices - to support the growing population and development - has led to the desertification, with the Kalahay Desert now growing up to 32km per year. This in-turn has strained local migratory wildlife and led to the extinction of several grazing mammals. Major species have been hunted to extinction in the wild as well, such as elephants, rhinoceros, giraffe and lions, leading to the overpopulation then decline of species like antelope, which had also overgrazed and sped up the process of desertification, they eventually pushed into urban areas looking for water and food.

Tuluran Elephants in the Dejen Nature Reserve, at the Dejen National Park.

The Tuluran Plateau in connection with the snow activity of the High Gombakor Mountains are vital to the region's water flow, which sustains the Tafet River from the southern Nesai Valley to the northern Kalahay Desert. Drought in the lowlands and less snowfall in the High Gombakor elevations has created a long dry period in the Tuluran Plateau where water flow is declining and many rivers have dried up. This has led to, combined with aforementioned wildlife and cattle grazing, wildfires across the plains and in higher forested elevations. The burning of forest and plains have led to a variety of ecological disasters such as mudslides and floods. Wildlife migration has also been affected, being pushed more into urban living spaces.

The many state's of Tulura have taken their own actions to combat environmental effects in their polity. In late 2018 the executive federal directory put into action Project Greenway, which provides funding to state's to combat their own environmental issues. This included reforestation in highland areas and a massive irrigation project to green the Kalahay Desert. Foreign investors from Sante Reze and Tarsas under permission of the government have also backed the construction of commercial wildlife safari's within national parks, as part of economic reform, stimulating the tourism industry and providing safe refuges for animals extinct in the wild, such as elephants, lions and rhinoceros.