Corsata
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Corsatan Democratic Republic Repubblica Democratica Corsatana | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
| Motto: Unità, Libertà, Liberazione Unity, Freedom, Liberation | |
| Capital and largest city | Askata |
| Official languages | Cortian |
| Recognised national languages | Honduran |
| Ethnic groups | 93% Cortian 7% Honduran |
| Religion | 87% Catholicism
9% Protestantism 3% Other |
| Demonym(s) | Corsatan |
| Government | Unitary presidential republic |
| Cristofanu Santoni | |
| Oraziu Rossi | |
| Santu Battesti | |
| Legislature | Consulta Generale |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 10,236,324 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $487.83 billion |
• Per capita | $48.783 |
| Gini (2022) |  33.8medium |
| HDI (2022) |  0.673medium |
| Currency | Corsatan sorlo (CSO) |
| Driving side | right |
Corsata, officially the Corsatan Democratic Republic (Corsatan: Repubblica Democratica Corsatana) is a country located in the continent of Sur. It is bordered to the south by Creeperopolis,to the west by Salisford, and to the north by the Romanyan Sea. The country takes its name from the Cortians, the dominant ethnic group of the country, with Corsata meaning "land of the Cortians" in the Cortian language. Corsata's capital and largest city is Askata, with a population of around 1 million. Other important cultural and economic centers include Bastia and Cavo.
Humans have inhabited what is now Corsata since around 19,000 BCE, when peoples from modern-day Creeperopolis emigrated north and settled on the northern coast of Sur. By around 2000 BCE, these peoples became known as the Cortae and had formed several independent city-states, notably Satir Cora. Several city-states coalesced in 1200 BCE, creating the Kingdom of Cortaea, which gradually expanded until its collapse in 1076 BCE. Several competing monarchies existed from this point on, rising and falling over a period of four centuries known as the Senza Luce. At the end of this period, a new unifying state emerged known as Cortia, which existed first as a kingdom then as an empire by 278 BCE. Around 120 BCE the Cortian Empire was conquered and integrated into the Romanyan Empire. At the division of the Romanyans in 266 AD, modern-day Corsata was part of the Savottan Empire. Between 348 and 353 AD, several Cortian regional states separated from the declining empire. Around this time, these Cortian states fell under the influence of the Kingdom of Craeperia. The rise of the Caliphate of Deltino severed the link to Creeperopolis. By 790 AD, the Cortian states had reunited under the First Cortian Republic.
The First Republic fell into civil war in 1226, which led to the brief Cortian Kingdom before the emergence of a Second Cortian Republic in 1272. The aftermath of the Honduran Genocide, a significant amount of Hondurans migrated to the southern region of present-day Corsata and established Hondarribia Iparraldea. In the early 1600s, the Second Republic began a series of diplomatic and military campaigns to unify the region, which had the independent Honduran state and several independent Cortian states made up of clans within the Cortian ethnicity. In 1649, the unification was complete with the independent Cortian states and Hondarribia Iparraldea becoming integrated into what is now Corsata.
The Republic of Corsata existed in relative peace for the next few centuries, although it would engage in periodic warfare with ethnic rebels and neighbors. With the integration of the Hondurans, a system of ethnic democracy emerged with the minority groups being largely marginalized. The Creeperian Civil War saw the emergence of Miguelist communism on the continent of Sur. Revolutionaries inspired by the National Council for Peace and Order launched a coup in 1940 establishing the Socialist Republic of Corsata. A counter-coup led by the military and backed by the National Intelligence Directorate overthrew the socialist government and established a military regime in 1941. The dictatorship continued until 1950, when the military voluntarily gave up power to a democratic government. Democracy continued to exist until 1979, when then-president Gaitanu Cesari dissolved the Consulta Generale and established a dictatorship. In response to his regime's increasing suppression of the Honduran people, the Nordu conflict began as an insurgency to establish an independent Honduran state. Under his newly-formed Revolutionary Patriotic Union party, he ruled until 1987 when he voluntarily stepped down in response to mass protests against his regime.
Currently, the Nordu conflict is still ongoing as is continued leftist paramilitary violence that originated from anti-dictatorship resistance during the Cesari era. These conflicts are often studied under the umbrella of the Internal conflict in Corsata which takes the form of an urban guerrilla war. Corsata today maintains close relationships with Creeperopolis and Salisford, although the country is not a member of the Cooperation and Development Coalition. Ethnic discrimination is still a major problem in Corsata, with the minority Hondurans having limited access to voting rights and economic opportunity. De facto segregation also exists in many of Corsata's cities with Cortians and Hondurans living in separate neighborhoods.