Great Xio

Empire of Great Xio Cıoⱶαɴϵ
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The Empire of Great Xio (dark green) in Aurelia (dark grey)
Capital	Pashae
Largest city	Xiseka
Official languages	Xi Dialect
Recognised national languages	Le, Nūqa, Ka, Huang
Recognised regional languages	Soho, Naho, Medhiatei
Ethnic groups (2021)	Xieika, Huang, Leika, Nuthan, Kaika, Sohoika, Nahaika, Medhiati
Demonym(s)	Xioan
Government	Federal Theocracy
• 77th Mountain Lord	Vosō Ne
• Elected Grand Syndic	Pakheō-voke Hisema
• Emperor Absentia	Aidan Redmond
Legislature	Imperial Government & Syndic Council
Establishment
• Xisekan Empire	430 AD
• Xi Kingdom	927 AD
• Empire of Great Xio	1731 AD
Area
•	784,000 km2 (303,000 sq mi)
Population
• 2021 census	8,829,200
GDP (PPP)	2021 estimate
• Per capita	3,575
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Per capita	2100
Currency	Auro (𐠓)
Time zone	UTC-4.30 (ALT)
Date format	YY/MM/DD
Driving side	right

Great Xio (Xi: Cıoⱶαɴϵ, Xiohane), officially the Empire of Great Xio and informally as Xio, is a developing country on the continent of Aurelia bordering Sefesia to the southeast, Proncawi'chi to the northeast, Nuthahan to the west, and the Seylosian city state of Kaseka to the south. The nation is primarily within the western Aurelian Wastes with its borders extending into the Auriel Gulf by the Nagaxō island. The total land area of Great Xio is 784,000km² with an estimated 2021 population of more than 8.8 million people.

Great Xio is a federal parliamentary anocracy with the head of state, the Mountain Lord, possessing great executive power and the ability to override Imperial Council rule up to and including the removal of the current head of government, the Grand Syndic, from office at any time. The current Mountain Lord, known previously as Rahāde saDeyakho-Xae and the middle child of the previous Mountain Lord, was elected to his position on the 17 March 2021. Great Xio's constitution still acknowledges the existence of an emperor, however since the title being sold to Seylos in 17XX the title was renamed to Emperor Absentia (Absent Emperor) with the emperor holding no power in government. The current emperor of Great Xio is Aidan Redmond, the king of Seylos since the 29 June 2018.

Inhabited since the first migratory peoples of Aurelia (55kya), the lands that make up Great Xio have seen numerous waves of migratory and colonising people groups resulting in unique phenotypical appearances for numerous Syrbotae groups that inhabit Great Xio and the wider Syrbotae Aurelian Wastes. With the arrival of the Medhiati Aromans, the original Nuthan city states were wiped out through disease and warfare, allowing for the migration of the Syrbotic groups from Dhiikala south into the Xi river valleys and the eventual establishment of the Xi and Le empires. Seeing threats from colonial powers throughout the 1400s and 1500s, Great Xio was able to maintain independence through careful political balancing of colonial powers and immunity to non-Aurelian diseases preventing cascading population loss. The modern Great Xio empire rose in the 1720s and 1730s with the consolidation of guilds, tribes, and city states into a cohesive federal state and later expanded through the successive annexation of its neighbouring states. In the 1970s border conflicts with Sefesia almost led to war however cooler heads prevailed. In 2012 the annexation of Nagaxō sparked international outrage with Great Xio almost being cut off from the Aurelian League until the establishment of the autonomous region of the Nagaxō Kingdom under the Empire of Great Xio.

Great Xio is a founding member of numerous organisations including the Aurelian League, the League of Alharu and Aurelian Native Nations, and the Aurelian Azanian Agricultural Association Agreement. Great Xio enjoys a comfortable geopolitical position despite the instability of its neighbours often spilling into its own borders and continual political threats from Sefesia.

Etymology

Xio /ʃiɁo/ comes from old Xi-Le siho ("Land of the Si People") however was recontextualised with the rise of the maritime city of Xiseka ("City of the south") to mean "land of the south(ern) people". Xiohane (Cıoⱶαɴϵ) literally translates to "larger Xio".

In Anglish, Laimiaic, and Mitonese, Xio is either pronounced /ʃio/ or /ʃiho/.

Geography

Map of the Empire of Great Xio, showing the constituent kingdoms and republics, along with disputed territories.

The Empire of Great Xio is entirely within the desert of the Aurelian Wastes with only the north east of the nation within the Aurelian steppes. The vast majority of the population lives alongside the main rivers in southern Great Xio, making up around 80% of the population, with smaller populations in the desert canyons of Hōq'nuka, the steppe shrublands of Leho, or the mountain valleys of Dhiikala.

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History

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Nuthan City States (Before 10th Century AD)

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• Nuthan coastal and river city states.

Syrbotic Migration (10th Century AD-11th Century AD)

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• Wiped out by Kirvinan colonists and settled by !Greek Ahromans.

• Steppe and Mountain Syrbotic groups associated with original modern Syrbotae faith cult migrated south and killed/absorbed the !Greeks.

Tribal Confederacies Period (12th century AD-1520 AD)

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• Syrbotic city states form, Xiseka forms coastal mercantile empire.

• Modern Syrbotic Faith takes hold over modern day Xio and the Nuthan petty states, first Mountain Lord arises in the late 400s.

Creation of the Empire of Great Xio (1720 AD-1730 AD)

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• Guild system from Mito late 1500s / early 1600s.

• Consolidation of tribes and city states into guilds.

• Previous empires and kingdoms could not achieve the same size as the modern Great Xio due to the unconsolidated tribes and city states. Xiseka was the exception as it was a maritime empire, not a terrestrial one like its descendants.

Early Modern Period (Mid 16th Century-19th Century)

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• Yellow Empire colonisation on Nanhong

• Seylosian petty lords establishment of the city of Kaseka.

• Seylosian navy forces Yellow Empire to stop expanding its colony to both protect the empire and for its own self interests.

• Xio sells emperor title to Seylos as both a thanks to Seylos for stopping the Yellow Empire but also to end the reign of emperors within Xio.

• Mountain Lord consolidates power, becoming the undisputed head of the empire.

• Mid to late 1700s, annexation of Dhiikala, Khao. Mid 1800s Leho. Late 1800s Hōq'nuka.

Contemporary Period (1900-Present)

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• 1902, contemporary period marked by the introduction of Guild-based representational democracy and the creation of the HoG Grand Syndic title.

• Early 1900s Nanhong falls into debt, sells itself to Great Xio after Fulgistan becomes socialist.

• 1920, Great Xio divides its lands into federal states in the form of the modern day kingdoms and republic of Great Xio.

• Founding member of the Aurelian League at the end of the Thalassan War

• Border conflicts with Sefesia in mid 1900s.

• 2012 annexation of Nagoxō.

Politics

The Empire of Great Xio is divided into 7 federal states of differing autonomy.

#	Name	Type
1	Xio	Kingdom
2	Leho	Kingdom
3	Dhiikala	Oligarchic Theocracy
4	Hōq'nuka	Kingdom
5	Khao	Kingdom
6	Nanhong	Republic
7	Nagaxō	Autonomous Kingdom

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National Government

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State Governments

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Guild Communes

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Policy

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Economy

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Mining

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• Aluminium and titanium mining.

• Slavery controversy.

Agriculture

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• Goat herding.

• Subsistence farming.

• Growing export-based steppe farming economy.

Tourism

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• Kaseka

• Nanhong

• Xiseka

Manufactoring

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• Small growing manufacturing industry in suburban areas.

Culture

• Incredibly strong pro property & land rights culture, yet property rights to families and guilds not individuals. WIP

Language

Great Xio is host to numerous different languages, however many of the Syrbotic languages are considered only dialects of the capital Xi dialect. Other languages within the empire are Huang, Nūqa, and the critically endangered Medhiatei within the interior of the island of Nagaxō with an estimated 300 speakers split between 4 villages.

Within Great Xio a modified form of the Laimiaic alphabet, known internally as the Syrbotic Alphabet, is used throughout the nation after being made the official secular script of the empire in 1933.

Religion

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Holidays

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Gender and Sexuality

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Forbidden Names

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