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Skarmia is a [[wikipedia:Developing country|developing country]], with most of its GDP being generated by its natural resource industries, including oil and iron ore, and an established manufacturing industry, most prominently farming tools and automobiles. Observers categorise Skarmia as a [[wikipedia:Hybrid regime|hybrid regime]], with a fairly authritarian government, some political corruption and infrequent though generally fair elections. Skarmia has also been described as a [[wikipedia:Dominant-party system|dominant-party]] state, with the ruling [[Social Party of Skarmia]], which emerged from the socialist movement in the Socialist Republic, having won a majority or plurality in all of Skarmia's elections since its independence. | Skarmia is a [[wikipedia:Developing country|developing country]], with most of its GDP being generated by its natural resource industries, including oil and iron ore, and an established manufacturing industry, most prominently farming tools and automobiles. Observers categorise Skarmia as a [[wikipedia:Hybrid regime|hybrid regime]], with a fairly authritarian government, some political corruption and infrequent though generally fair elections. Skarmia has also been described as a [[wikipedia:Dominant-party system|dominant-party]] state, with the ruling [[Social Party of Skarmia]], which emerged from the socialist movement in the Socialist Republic, having won a majority or plurality in all of Skarmia's elections since its independence. | ||
==Etymology== | |||
{{Main|Names of Skarmia}} | |||
The name "Skarmia" is a fairly recent invention, with the first recorded usage of its predecessor term being the in the Skarmic nationalist treatise [[Eskar fáñe Ën (1856)|Eskar fáñe Ën]], released in 1856, which described a nation for ethnic Skarmic people as ''Eskarmik'', from the Skarmic words ''eskar'', meaning 'nine', and ''mik'', meaning 'nation', thus roughly translating to "nation of nine". The term was adopted into [[wikipedia:Russian language|Beleroskovi]] as ''Skarmik'', which has since become the term used to refer to the native [[Skarmic people]] (as opposed to all residents of the nation). With the [[Red March of Peace]] and the transition to a nominally independent [[Skarmian Socialist Republic|Socialist Republic]], the ruling party suggested that the name of the republic ought to be inclusive of all, while acknowledging geography and history. Thus, the neutral term ''Skarmii'' (often translated into English as "Skarmian") was adopted to refer to all residents of the region. Through a process of backformation, upon the end of the Socialist Republic, the short-form name of the state in Beleroskovi became ''Skarmiya'', with ''Eskarmik'' still being the Skarmic term for the state, and with the transliteration of "Skarmia" being the predominant English term. | |||
In Imperial [[Beleroskov]], the Skarmic people were known as ''Satöjir'' in their own language, and sometimes as ''Satoii'' in Beleroskovi, being from the Skarmic words ''satöm'', meaning customs of a culture, and ''jir'', meaning 'the same', thus meaning something akin to "those of the same customs". The native term for a Skarmic homeland was ''Satöjirmik'', though this term had an unclear definition - to some, it could mean any one of the [[Skarmic nations|Skarmic tribes]], while to others, it meant all of them together. The term ''Satöjirmik'' still has limited contemporaneous usage by Skarmic nationalists. | |||
For much of its history under Imperial Beleroskov, the land now comprising Skarmia was known as the [[Southwestern Krai]], or in Beleroskovi, ''Yugo-Zapadnyy Kray''. The Ossotians and Zhincans both also had their own names for Skarmia, both during this time and beyond. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Revision as of 23:58, 6 May 2022
Federation of Skarmia Fidiratziënet Ieskarmiket Federatsiya Skarmii | |
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Motto: Chétlé, takoket tlimkat nadud (Skarmic) Vpered, svetloye budushcheye zhdet (Beleroskovi) "Forward, a brighter future awaits" | |
| Capital and largest city | Zalsoker |
| Official languages | Skarmic Beleroskovi |
| Ethnic groups (2011) | 45.7% Skarmic 34.6% Beleroskovis 11.3% Zhincans 6.5% Ossotians 1.9% others |
| Demonym(s) | Skarmian |
| Government | Decentralised unitary semi-presidential republic alongside a hierarchical tribal federation |
| Borislav Voronin | |
| Lakoch Repinin | |
• Hierarch | Kenah-Nonsa Kekatlimiket |
• Speaker | Ludmilla Fedorov |
| Niis Renipacin | |
| Tilatl-Nonsa Samátlimiket | |
| Legislature | Federal Assembly |
| Establishment | |
• Formation of the Southwestern Krai | c.1500 |
| 1905 | |
• Independence from the UCSS | 1999 |
| Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 5,140,000 |
• 2011 census | 4,852,866 |
| Currency | Skarmian ruble |
| Date format | mm-dd-yyyy |
Skarmia (/ˈskɑːrˌmiə/; Skarmic: Eskarmik, IPA: [esˈkäɾˌmik]; Beleroskovi: Skarmiya, IPA: [skɐrˈmijə]), officially the Federation of Skarmia (Skarmic: Fidiratziënet Ieskarmiket, IPA: [fiθiˈɾät͡siənˌet iesˈkäɾmikˌet]; Beleroskovi: Federatsiya Skarmii, IPA: [fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə skɐrˈmiɪ]), is a country located in southwestern Ausiana on the planet Iearth, bordered to the west by Zhinca and to the east by Ossotia and an exclave of Beleroskov, as well as possessing a coastline on the Beleroskov Sea. The country has a population of roughly 5.1 million. Skarmia is a decentralised unitary semi-presidential republic, though a hierarchical tribal federation exists alongside the republican government in a form of limited plurinationalism, and the majority of these tribes are operated as some form of monarchy. Zalsoker is the capital and largest city of the country, with the wider city region containing roughly a quarter of the country's population.
The Skarmic people have inhabited the region since before records began, and had maintained a fairly strict tribal hierarchy for centuries, with the number and exact position of tribes changing slightly throughout their history. As the Beleroskovi Empire expanded into modern-day Skarmia, most of the Skarmic tribes swore fealty to the Empire. The territory was under the jurisdiction of the Southwestern Krai for much of its history imperial history. After revolution came to the Empire, Skarmia gained limited autonomy, before eventually having its own bloodless revolution, finally joining the United Communist and Socialist States. It existed as the Skarmian Socialist Republic until 1999, when it voted to secede from the UCSS.
Skarmia is a developing country, with most of its GDP being generated by its natural resource industries, including oil and iron ore, and an established manufacturing industry, most prominently farming tools and automobiles. Observers categorise Skarmia as a hybrid regime, with a fairly authritarian government, some political corruption and infrequent though generally fair elections. Skarmia has also been described as a dominant-party state, with the ruling Social Party of Skarmia, which emerged from the socialist movement in the Socialist Republic, having won a majority or plurality in all of Skarmia's elections since its independence.
Etymology
The name "Skarmia" is a fairly recent invention, with the first recorded usage of its predecessor term being the in the Skarmic nationalist treatise Eskar fáñe Ën, released in 1856, which described a nation for ethnic Skarmic people as Eskarmik, from the Skarmic words eskar, meaning 'nine', and mik, meaning 'nation', thus roughly translating to "nation of nine". The term was adopted into Beleroskovi as Skarmik, which has since become the term used to refer to the native Skarmic people (as opposed to all residents of the nation). With the Red March of Peace and the transition to a nominally independent Socialist Republic, the ruling party suggested that the name of the republic ought to be inclusive of all, while acknowledging geography and history. Thus, the neutral term Skarmii (often translated into English as "Skarmian") was adopted to refer to all residents of the region. Through a process of backformation, upon the end of the Socialist Republic, the short-form name of the state in Beleroskovi became Skarmiya, with Eskarmik still being the Skarmic term for the state, and with the transliteration of "Skarmia" being the predominant English term.
In Imperial Beleroskov, the Skarmic people were known as Satöjir in their own language, and sometimes as Satoii in Beleroskovi, being from the Skarmic words satöm, meaning customs of a culture, and jir, meaning 'the same', thus meaning something akin to "those of the same customs". The native term for a Skarmic homeland was Satöjirmik, though this term had an unclear definition - to some, it could mean any one of the Skarmic tribes, while to others, it meant all of them together. The term Satöjirmik still has limited contemporaneous usage by Skarmic nationalists.
For much of its history under Imperial Beleroskov, the land now comprising Skarmia was known as the Southwestern Krai, or in Beleroskovi, Yugo-Zapadnyy Kray. The Ossotians and Zhincans both also had their own names for Skarmia, both during this time and beyond.
History
Beleroskovi Skarmia
Socialist Skarmia
Following the commencement of communist revolution in Beleroskov and the redirection of imperial resources towards fighting the rebels, the Southwestern Krai experienced a brief period of autonomy known as the Zalsoker Autonomy. The local Skarmic nobility took over the reigns of power in the region. However, similarly discontented workers planned their own revolution within Skarmia. The ruling nobility was conflicted - on the one hand, adopting a socialist system was a move they did not want to take, but on the other hand, should the imperial government in Beleroskov fall, socialist policies would allow for close relations with Beleroskov yet again, and a possible retention of most of their land and wealth. However, the planning of revolution and the shrinking counterrevolution were both undercut when a peaceful movement led by the Ronekçemik tribal leader Renalás-Ghá, aiming to bring about socialist policies in the region by peaceful means, staged a rally in Zalsoker, attracting almost 300,000 people. This showing of public support led to a peaceful transition of power from the autonomous government to a socialist system. The so-called Red Constitution also laid the groundwork for the sharing of power between the central government and the tribal hierarchy, and while various small-scale land and property siezures occurred, for the most part tribal land was left to the old tribal nobility. Renalás-Ghá was selected as the first leader of Socialist Skarmia, and in 1909, only a few years after the foundation of the United Communist and Socialist States, Skarmia's government voted unilaterally to join with the new union.
