Hytekia

People's Republic of Hytekia Hitekijas Tautas Republika (Hytek) Hitekische Volksrepublik (Hesurian) Hetțmō Ro'vzrepublik (Mitrusian)
Flag Emblem
Capital and largest city	Krasno
Official languages	Hytek
Recognised national languages	Juznik, Hesurian, Lesinic, Mitrusian
Ethnic groups (2017)	Hytek (94.4%), Juznik (4.8%), Other (0.8%)
Religion	Ditanery
Government	Unitary one-party semi-presidential republic
• President	Magnus Seglins
Legislature	National Assembly
Establishment
• Grand Duchy of Hytekia	1447
• Union with Juznia	1814
• Kingdom of Hytekojuznia	1884
• Crimson Revolution	1916
• Hytekojuznik Civil War	1986-1989
• Current constitution	1993
Area
• Total	441,878 km2 (170,610 sq mi)
• Water (%)	1.2
Population
• 2019 estimate	37,426,139
• 2017 census	36,826,625
• Density	80.33/km2 (208.1/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$469.4 billion
• Per capita	$12,542
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$225.2 billion
• Per capita	$6,016
Gini (2019)	25.9 low
HDI (2019)	0.797 high
Currency	Hytek Nauda (HYN)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+91
Internet TLD	.hy

Hytekia (/'haɪtɛki:a/ or /'hɪtɛki:a/; Hytek: Hitekija, ['hiteki:a:], Hesurian: Hitekien, Mitrusian: Hetțmō), officially the People's Republic of Hytekia (Hytek: Hitekijas Tautas Republika, Hesurian: Hiterische Volksrepublik, Mitrusian: Hetțmō Ro'vzrepublik), is a large country situated within the region of Erdara, as such, it is classed and referred to as one of the seven Erdaran states. It borders Juznia and Lilienburg to the east and Dulebia and Tudonia to the south, as well as sharing a small maritime border with Tuskval to the west. Hytekia's population was 36,826,625 at the 2017 census, and is now estimated to have surpassed 37 million, spread out across 441,878 km² of territory, leaving a population density of around 80 people per km².

Hytekia was initially inhabited by a plethora of Proto-Hytekojuznik and Old Hesurian tribes, separated west and east respectively, before the Hytekojuznik tribes eventually drove the Hesurians out of the area. The area that is now Hytekia was fractured into several smaller kingdoms and duchies throughout the medieval period, but were unified under the Ragucin Empire during the conquests of Dilisme. The Ragucin Empire spread Ditanery to Hytekia and was quickly adopted as the predominant religion in the area, replacing the tribal paganism that has preceded it. Once the Ragucin Empire fell, the newly established Grand Duchy of Hytekia, centred in Krasno, began its short conquests to reunify the eastern section of the country. It succeeded in 1461 and became a forefront power in a fractured Erdara.

The country unified with Juznia under personal union of Hans I of Hytekia in 1814, bringing the two countries closer together officially in what had been a Hytek-dominated relationship previously, with the Hyteks having demanded some form of tribute from the Juzniks since the 1760s. The Hyteks swept the debt with indemnities to develop the city of Karsuva, which became one of the industrial heartlands of Juznia. The unified kingdoms would result in the rule of a Hesurian-speaking nobility, aristocracy and royalty, who saw the language as more civilised that the Hytek and Juznik spoken by the poorer sections of the populace. As such, much of Hytekojuznia adopted Hesurian names, such as its rulers, its higher-class people, and its cities (i.e. Krasno was referred to as Krasnau, Višnevas as Kirschenburg and Grobina and Grobau). Under Hans II, Hytekia challenged the Erdaran hegemony of the unified Mascyllary Kingdom, notably forcing a heavy defeat on the kingdom in the Saarow War in the mid-19th century. War was piled on Mascylla by Hytekia in the further Konreid Campaign and Elpsland War, under Adelaide. In 1905, Hytekojuznia illegally annexed Lilienburg, sparking the Edelweiss Crisis in which nobody posed any forceful resistance to the kingdom, seeing this as a prime opportunity for imperial expansion, Johannes II began the Siege of Anlaufhafen, and subsequently, the Continental War, which Hytekojuznia would eventually lose.

Facing heavy debts from the war, and the threat of poverty sweeping the nation, revolutionary communist Artjoms Viliks and his faction, nicknamed the "Red Partisans", rebelled against the monarchy in 1916-17 in the Crimson Rebellion, establishing the People's State of Hytekojuznia in the process. The People's State allied closely with Arlyon and proved a large thorn in the sides of the eastern Erdarans, who had began processes of Erdaran unification and integration with the formation of the Erdaran Union. Chairman of the Communist Party of Hytekojuznia, and de facto leader of the country, Aivars Muceniece, led the country through the Hytekojuznik Civil War, occurring due to the Juzniks growing desire for liberty and independence from what they saw as a country that oppressed the people and country of Juznia. Juznia gained its independence in the Visnevas Accords on October 27, 1989, and Hytekojuznia was split up into the People's Republic of Hytekia and the Juznik Republic, marking the first time Hytekojuznia had lay split for almost 175 years. Muceniece continued to rule as President and moved Hytekia into a more culturally liberal form of communism, allowing languages such as Hesurian and Mitrusian to flourish under a country they had once been oppressed in. Hytekia reclaimed lands lost in the civil war in the First and Second Grobina Wars. Hytekia in the modern day still lies largely secluded from the rest of Erdara, and rejects any forms of pan-Erdaran co-operation with the other countries, particularly after Juznia joined the EU in 2007.

Hytekia is a mid-income advanced economy, mixing elements of syndicalism with government-owned enterprise to make up the bulk of the economy. Hytekia is heavily unionised and rates well in workers' rights, workers' freedoms and employment rates. It is a leading member of the Assembly of Nations, where Hytek serves as one of its official languages.

History

Prehistory

Archaeological evidence has shown that humans have inhabited Hytekia since around 4000 BC, a trait shared with many of its Alemannic counterparts. Tools such as hammers, knives, ancient instruments and other blunt and sharp force weapons have been excavated throughout the country, most of which in the 1940s and 50s, during the Hytek government's program Atklājiet mūsu mantojumu!, shortened to AMM and translated to "Rediscover our Heritage!" - which encouraged many archaeologists to conduct scientific digs throughout the country to discover more information on the country's earliest inhabitants. Evidence of the first tribes to expand beyond their own people were found near the north-eastern mountains in the country, near the modern-day border with Juznia, who conquered much of the inner mountain valleys somewhere around the 700s and 600s BC, they were nicknamed the Peduatteli, roughly translated to "feet pickaxes", given to them due to their habit of digging using their feet, as opposed to convention tools of the time and their hands.

Ragucin Empire

Main article: Ragucin Empire

The Ragacīn, often spelt as Ragucin were quick, agile troops who rode into battle on horseback. The head of the horse would contain a large spike often smithed from scrap metals bound to the horse's saddle itself by tough leather. The Ragacīn carried small, thin swords and daggers and their agility was their main weapon and the pride of a Ragacīn frontliner. Ragacīn were often known to stick the decapitated heads of their enemies on their spikes, and the spike of the horse gave them the name of Ragacīn (Hytek: Raga, "horn"; cīn from Hytek cīnītāji, "fighter")

Margraviate of Ezeravira

The Margraviate of Ezeravira was established in 1447, undertaking policies and leadership similar to that of the late !Greek Empire. A largely dormant state, Hajmatland would embark in wars with the nearby Juznik states, in which the famous Hytek Ragacīn troops were used in battle once again. The Margraviate continued to exist until the country entered a personal union with Juznia in 1860 under Margrave Johannes III from the Hytek House of Melderis. The two states were relatively independent of each other under the rule of Johannes III, and acted so in all but name. Under Johannes successor, Johannes IV, however, the two states were brought closer together as rule of the nations was centralised in northern Hytekia and the old city of Krasno was made the capital city of the two kingdoms. Johannes IV officially unified the two states in 1884 as the Kingdom of Hytekojuznia.

Kingdom of Hytekojuznia

Main articles: Kingdom of Hytekojuznia and Siege of Anlaufhafen

During the unified kingdom, Hytekia flourished as Juznik peoples migrated from their home settlements up north towards Krasno and Pekrasta in search of employment in the more-industrialised Hytek part of the kingdom. The city of Krasno experienced massive population increase as the city rapidly expanded across the coast. On the night of the outbreak of the !WW1 in X, the population of Krasno had reached three million people. During the war, Hytekojuznia sided with the x, and participated mainly in the Alemannic Front at the Siege of Anlaufhafen and also sent reserve troops to various other fronts during the war. Hytekojuznia surrendered when Krasno was captured in X, and the losses imposed on the country made the kingdom extremely fragile and unstable. In 1913, a communist uprising successfully overthrew the King of Hytekojuznia and proclaimed the People's State of Hytekojuznia, led absolutely by Hytek communist revolutionary Artjoms Viliks.

People's State of Hytekojuznia

Main article: People's State of Hytekojuznia

During the four short years he was in power, Viliks imposed stricter regulations on speech and criticism of the government. Employment in secondary-sector jobs such as manufacturing and factory jobs increased rapidly under the reign of Viliks. An avid militarist, Viliks immediately began to employ (often forcefully) Hyteks and Juzniks to construct military equipment for the revival of the Hytekojuznik military. Farmers were most affected by the forceful re-housings and the lack of produce being farmed led to the Krasno Famine of 1916, which is estimated to have killed over 85,000 people. Viliks was ousted by his own party in 1917 and replaced with the more intermediate Roms Tālbergs, who brought Hytekojuznia out of economic decline.

People's Republic and Civil War

Main articles: Juznia and Hytekojuznik Civil War

The sudden independence caused by the ASU's dissolution in 1981 left the new People's Republic of Hytekojuznia as an extremely divided country, and a power struggle between the Hyteks and Juzniks erupted into the Hytekojuznik Civil War in 1986, in which Juznia, supported by X, declared independence from Hytekia, who was supported by X. Juznia eventually won the war and the Višnevas Accords, which brought about the end of the civil war and ensured Hytek recognation of Juznik independence, was signed in 1989.

The modern, independent Hytekia moved its capital to the more centralised city of Pekrasta in 1990. The country had slow economic growth, and although its economy was increasing, an unemployment rate of around 16% affected the urban areas of the country. The deindustrialisation of Krasno caused many of its old residents to migrate to the new capital. The city of Krasno as well as Pekrasta still contain a sizable Juznik minority, and tensions frequently arise between the two ethnic groups within the cities and relations with Juznia itself are sometimes hostile, with Hytekia maintaining a highly secure border with the country. The People's Republic was been a one-party state, with only the Communist Party of Hytekia being permitted to campaign or run in elections, which were run in six-year intervals. President Gailis, who had been in power since 1992, was the chairman of the People's Party. Gailis saw success in the First Grobina War but the Second Grobina War would ultimately lead to failure as an Alemannic coalition beared down on the country. Hytekia surrendered in 1998 and was occupied until 2001, when it was liberated under a new, free republic.