Arkava
The Federal Republic of Arkava Федеральная Республика из Аркава | |
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 Flag | |
Motto: Единство через Силу Unity through Strength | |
| Capital | Velirinsk |
| Largest | Capital |
| Official languages | Russian, English |
| Religion | Arkavan Orthodoxy |
| Demonym(s) | Arkavan |
| Government | Federal unitary autocracy |
• President | Sergei Bruskov |
• Prime Minister | Alexei Dragonovich |
| Area | |
• | 800,000 km2 (310,000 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2024 estimate | 92,403,712 |
• 2020 census | 90,600,461 |
• Density | 115/km2 (297.8/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2024 estimate |
• Total | 3.435 trillion |
• Per capita | $37,580 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2024 estimate |
• Total | 2.653 trillion |
• Per capita | $28,710 |
| Currency | кубик (Cubit) |
| Time zone | MWQ+1 |
| Driving side | right |
| Internet TLD | .ark |
Arkava, officially known as the Federal Republic of Arkava (Russian: Федеральная Республика из Аркава), is a federal unitary republic, which encompasses the north-central region of the continent of Talvyria in Teremara. The nation's territory is entirely situated on northern Talvyria, with three small islets around its coastline. Notably, the majority of the nation's population lives along the coast, with only a small percentage living further inland.
Arkava is a unitary autocratic republic, under the governance of the President and Prime Minister, who acts as the legislative head in parliament for the nation's only authorized political party, the APC. The nations' President, Sergei Bruskov, currently rules the country as his predecessor's hand-picked replacement. The current Arkavan government was established after the 1991 Arkavan revolution where Alexander Minskov famously re-empowered the Arkavan church and purged the old government.
Currently, Arkava sits as somewhat of a pariah state in Teremaran affairs.
History
20th century
Communist Arkava
Arkavan revolution
1995 recession
Contemporary era
Geography
Climate
Biodiversity
Environment
Political geography
Politics
Arkavan People's Collective
The Arkavan People's Collective (APC) is the only legal political party in Arkava. It was founded in 1985 by Alexander Minskov, a communist party oppositionist, during the waning years of communism, and called for a new approach to state governance and political ideology. Mainly, rather than traditional Marxist schools of thought around property ownership and the struggle between the bourgeois and working classes. The APC took a notable shift in re-empowering the Arkavan Orthodox Church in personal and government life. This action with the Church, as well as proposing more lenient government regulations around business ownership, foreign trade and some political reforms lead to the Arkavan Communist Party being removed from power during the 1991 Arkavan Revolution.
The APC relies heavily on the influence of the Arkavan Church for moral and religious authority throughout the nation, as well as supporting its conversion efforts in the southeastern administrations of Arkava. Today, the APC continues to consolidate its domestic control through continued operations in surveillance, anti-terrorism and anti-treason. The Internal Security Corps is a division of the Arkavan Gendarmerie solely controlled by the Arkavan President, Sergei Bruskov. It is tasked with anti-corruption and anti-treason investigations and is widely considered the most fanatical supporters of the President and his policies, and has been labeled the President's "personal police, for investigations in which the outcome is always predetermined" by foreign press.
Government
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
In the modern era, Arkava remains largely a pariah state on the international stage due to its strong-handed internal politics and persecutions of religious minorities. In recent years, there have been various discussions on Arkava joining the Teremaran economic bloc UTEC, which seeks to encourage tariff-free trade and more standardized trade practices and regulations throughout its member-states. Discussions have also been held on Arkava joining the Mutual Assistance League of Eastern Tavlyria (MALET), but as of yet Arkava has not become a signatory.
Relations with its direct neighbors, Glisandia and Greater Orcadia remain frosty, especially after Glisandia's internal civil war with Christian terrorist group the Holy Dominion. Unconfirmed reports stated that the Arkavan Secret Intelligence Group offered training and munitions support to the Holy Dominion during their campaigns.
Military
Economy
The economy of Arkava is heavily centered around agriculture, lumber and mineral and raw materials extraction. Most telecommunications companies are owned by a majority share by the state, thus the services industry has not fully grown to its potential in the country. In recent years, though, more access to the international market has allowed for greater freedoms in business ownership which has bolstered the Arkavan economy as a whole.
Protectionism still plays a major role in government decision-making and practices towards the economy. Even after the fall of communism, Arkava remains partly as a planned economy due to the government's unwillingness to relinquish majorty control in various state-owned corporations. In 2005, the government announced the partial privatization of three major conglomerates: the Arkavan Mining Consortium, the Arkavan Infrastructure Fund, and ArkOil, the national drilling corporation. While the initial legislation prevented the sale of over 20% of the government's stake in these companies to ensure they retained ownership, initial offerings of between 5%-10% of the companies were offered to different foreign bidders. Throughout the years, addendums have been passed to allow the further privatization of national assets, and today allows the sale of up to 49% of nationalized corporations.
Arkava is also a major oil exporter, with the Saratrov Field being completely owned by the state and the nationalized entity of ArkOil running all drilling operations. The estimated recoverable oil of the Saratrov gas field is around 28 billion barrels, with current production set to around 150,000 barrels per day. The drilling rate can be reduced or increased depending on national needs and market prices.