Dryaga

the Kingdom of Dryāganakō and the realm of Mōnālakō Dryāganakō Rājya ra Mōnālakō Bhūmi
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Motto: The path to harmony is long and narrow
Capital	Draigmandar
Largest city	Fuku
Official languages	Dryaganako Nepali
Recognised national languages	Dryaganako Nepali
Ethnic groups (2016)	Dryaganians, Mōnisaharūs
Demonym(s)	Dryaganian
Government	Theocratic Unitary Parliamentary semi-constitutional Monarchy
• King	Jigme Ugyen Chime Mataharu
• Religious head	Jigme Aadarsch śrōtā
• Prime minsiter	Sangay Wangmo
• Speaker of the upper chamber	Passang Lhangchuk
• Speaker of the lower chamber	Lhaden Yangki
Establishment
• The Kingdom of the three valleys	circa 700
• The Kingdom of the Monal	1107
• the Kingdom of Dryāganakō and the realm of Mōnālakō	1675
• Constitutional monarchy	2001
Area
• Total	266,329 km2 (102,830 sq mi)
Population
• 2020 estimate	1,065,316
• Density	4.1/km2 (10.6/sq mi)
Currency	Dryaganian Mulya
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy

'Dryaga, officially known as the Kingdom of Dryāganakō and the realm of Mōnālakō (Nepali: Dryāganakō Rājya ra Mōnālakō Bhūmi) is a semi-constitutional Monarchy located on the continent of Adula. It is bordered by Kylver to the east, Somodi to the south and Cadair to the west, with no maritime borders due to it being landlocked. It has a medium small geographical area, and a rather small population of around 1 million.

The country is considered to have one of the least powerful economic and political influences in the world, mostly due to a history of isolationism and a late industrial revolution. The capital of Draigmandar is the third largest city in the country, and it holds both the parliament, the royal palace and the head monastery. The largest city is Fuku, with a modest population of 125,000. As a whole, Dryaga is sparsely populated, the majority of its land area being dominated by forestry valleys and some of the highest mountains in the world. Its population is unusually rural, with only 50 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in medium-sized cities, with most of the population living in rural towns and villages spread out in the country. The majority of the population lives in the east near the coast, with only Draigmandar and the southwest being the other somewhat urbanized regions..

Dryaga is known for its rich history, stunning untouched natural beauty, and the spirituality that influences all parts of the country. Politically, most executive leaders are moderate on the conservative side, with fiscal conservative views and defining conservative views for social issues. The country has slowly moved to a more liberal conservative view on social issues, and labour movements have begun to pop up. Dryaga is a largely underdeveloped nation, with medium to low standards of living and a barely existing military that's mostly supported by Somodi].

Etymology

The name comes from the historical and religious importance of a dragon king, that acts both as a ruler and as a demi god. Dryāganakō meaning dragon. The other part of the name, Mōnālakō, comes from the Moanl bird inhabited in the region and an important symbol for the religion. The Monal is believed to be a messenger of the gods, and therefore is also the country's national animal

History

Main article: History of Dryaga

Geography and Climate

Conservation

National Parks

Due to the spiritual importance of nature in the country, and the belief that every parts of nature has a spirit or a soul, has made the country conserve the majority of the nature, with large parts of the country's nature untouched. In places where people lives, they have tried to love with nature without abusing it. This has led to the country having some of the highest percentage when it comes to untouched or preserved nature.

The concept of national parks was fairly new to the country, only implementing the first national parks in 1988, with 28 existing national parks today. Before the introduction of national parks were important natural habitants and ecosystems conserved by different monasteries, and monasteries still continue this practice today. Every monastery has a certain amount of land under their care, that they tasked to preserve. Due to the land having several hundreds of monasteries, this means that there are several hundreds of so called Monastery Gardens.

All of this has led to Dryaga having some of the best preserved forests, mountain areas and wildlife on Iearth.

Environmental issues include debates on how to deal with the rising need of energy while preserving the nature, dealing with air and water pollution, the economic costs of protecting wildlife and how to juggle the important tourism industry with the protection of widlife.

Wildlife

Main article: Wildlife of Dryaga

Fauna

Main article: Fauna of Dryaga

Demographics

Population

Cities

(See article: Cities in Dryaga)

There are 1 city in Dryaga with a population higher than 100,000

Education

See also: List of Universities in Dryaga

Healthcare

Healthcare in Dryaga is delivered through the provincial and territorial systems of publicly funded health care. Despite it's low economy Dryaga has free welfare supported by moderately large taxes and a tax on all tourists. Private health care sectors has popped up in recent years but are mostly dominant in the richer districts of the eastern coast.

Ethnicity

Dryaga has a rather low diversity among ethnic groups since due to the country's isolationsim up to the 70s, and also due to the country being isolated between mountain chains. The rise of tourism has led to tourists deciding to stay and work in the country, but most migrants come from it's neighbours that has found jobs in the quickly growing infrastructure projects.

Government

Political Parties

See also: List of political parties in Dryaga

Administrative Districts (Dzongkhags)

Dryaga is broken up into fifteen Administrative Districts, also known as Dzongkhags, which are apportioned to districts by population, history and culture. The Dzongkhags are further divided into municipalities. Due to most towns and villages being isolated to each other, this has created a problem for the government to juggle between keeping these towns sovereignity and creating a more effective administration. The compromise landed in larger Dzongkhags to take care of welfare, police and other regional policies, while the municipalites are many and smaller, allowing for every town to be able to take care of primary education, care of elders etc.

The Dzongkhags are:

• Draigmandar
• Fuku
• Pahāḍyakār
• Sunau Lotēkina
• Yāksakō
• [[Pungar Dyukr]
• Pungar Janhan
• Pahāḍī
• Hi'um̐ rija
• Liang Dung
• [[Chuktang]

Foreign relations and military

Main article: Foreign Relations of Dryaga

Military

See article: Royal Dryaganako Army

The Royal Dryaganako Army is Dryaganko’s military service and is one of the weakest armed forces in the world, in terms of Power Index. It includes the Royal bodyguard; the Monal bodyguard, the bodyguard of the religious institutes; the Royal reserves; the Royal Volunteer Corps; and the Royal Dryaganako Police. Membership is voluntary and the minimum age for recruitment is 18 for all branches except The Royal reserves, which works on a semi conscript service at the age of 16 for people who doesn’t volunteer for a religious service or doesn’t apply to a University/higher form of education. The conscription period varies between 6 months and 12 months, and after conscription is done it’s entirely voluntary to continue being in the reserves, except for times of war, which is yet to happen.

The standing army numbers about 10,000, and the reserves stand at 20,000. It has an annual budget of about 2.3 per cent of GDP. As a landlocked country, Dryaganko has no navy nor an air force.

Economy

Transport

With its landlocked and isolationed position in the middle of high mountain chains in central Adula, Dryaganako has for the main part of its history been cut off from the majority of international trading except from its closest neighbors. Before the modernisation of the infrastructure during the 1970s post isolationist efforts, the country had barely any paved roads and only one barely used airport for only its government, and transportation of both people and commodities mostly functioned through horse carriages or pack donkeys. Since the late 1980s the government has through several programs and with the help of foreign aid and tourism income been able to establish paved asphalt roads between major cities, mostly one lane roads, and 5 commercial airports, out of which 1.5 are international. There are plans of a railroad system between Fuku and Draigmandar and neighboring countries.

The infrastructure is ranked as one of the worst in the world, with most roads being only one lane, missing safety rails and going through dangerous mountainous regions. The highway going between Draigmandar and Butwang passes through a mountain pass that's 4,478 meter above sea level and is widely known as the road of death. 

The airport in Fuku is the only international airport, housing the majority of tourists wanting to visit the land, with the Buku Urzhing Airport, 8 miles from Draigmandar, working as a semi international airport for commercial flights for neighboring countries or important state visits. The three other airports, built between 2007 and 2016, are only made for domestic travel. Since 2017 the government has had a "Connect the rural" project where they have begun paving roads connecting the two major cities with more remote and isolated villages in the north, south and southwest. The Monal road, a dirt road between the northernmost community of Liang Dung, housing the monastery of the Liang Dung region, and Draigmandar, began being transitioned to an asphalt road in 2019 and as of 2024 it is around 40% done.

Due to Dryaganako being landlocked, and the lack of any larger bodies of easy traversable bodies of water, has made it lack any real ports or any water infrastructure. The capital of Fuku and other coastal towns, neighbouring a lake, has some moderate and smaller ports.

Tourism

Main article: Tourism in Dryaga

Science and technology

Main articles: Science and technology in Dryaga

Culture

Cuisine

See also: Dryagan cuisine

Sports

Sports in Dryaga

Media

Television

See also: Television in Zamastan

Movies

See also: Cinema of Dryaga

Music

See also: Music in Dryaga