Union of Basaqastan
Union of Basaqastan Yekitiya Basaqastane | |||||||||
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| 1875–1955 | |||||||||
 Flag of the Union of Basaqastan (1896 - 1955) | |||||||||
 The borders of the Union of Basaqastan | |||||||||
| Capital | Berqalin | ||||||||
| Common languages | Basaqese | ||||||||
| Government | Confederation | ||||||||
| Executive | |||||||||
• 1875 - 1952 | Council of State | ||||||||
• 1952 - 1955 | Council of Unity | ||||||||
| Legislature | Grand Council of Basaqastan | ||||||||
• Upper house | Chamber of Asagi | ||||||||
• Lower house | Chamber of Delegates | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Amalgamation of the Union of Basaqastan | 14th August 1875 | ||||||||
• Union with Exberia | 3rd September 1902 | ||||||||
• Unification of Liberto-Ancapistan | 21st March 1955 | ||||||||
| Currency | Union Fiat | ||||||||
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The Union of Basaqastan (Basaqese: Yekitiya Basaqastane) was a confederation in central Basaqastan which existed between 1875 and 1955. The largest predecessor state of Liberto-Ancapistan by land area, it covered modern-day Basaqastan Hundir Province and large parts of modern-day Rojava-Navenda Province. It was composed of three constituent parts, Basaqastan Hundir, Sagharb, and Alanchi from 1875 to 1902, and four constituent parts with the addition of Exberia from 1902 to 1955.
The confederation originated in the 1869 Revolt of the Emirs, part of the Northern Revolt against the Santian Empire. Envisioned as a confederation of all the constituent states of Basaqastan, it failed to extend beyond its heartland in central Basaqastan, but continued to be the centre of Basaqastanian nationalism until the unification of Liberto-Ancapistan. A representative democracy with an elected lower house and appointed upper house, its constituent parts had governments ranging from the constitutional monarchies of Basaqastan Hundir and Alanchi to the direct democratic state of Sagharb. The union's executive consisted of a seven-person Council of State, selected by both the constituent parts and the Grand Council. The Union of Basaqastan had an agrarian economy in which pastoralism was common, with most industry in the country being limited to Exberia.