Polasciana

United Federal Republic of Polasciana зямлізмены (Sarian)
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: "The Nation In Union"
Capital	Karasicena
Largest city	Arvi
Official languages	Sarian
Other languages	Noric Vallesian, Ilic
Ethnic groups	68.4% Meridian Sar 21.9% Noric Gal 5.2% Magillan Valle 1.4% Bari Il'm 3.1% Other
Religion	None
Demonym(s)	Polascianan Polesian
Government	Semi-presidential Federal Ministry
• President	Ivan Tattar
• Prime Minister	Krill Serbin
• Commander General	Major General Vasyl Sydorenko
• Council Leader	Yulian Sharonov
• Presiding Officer	Anton Vladic
Legislature	Federal Executive
• Upper house	Federal Council
• Lower house	Federal Assembly
Formation
• Union Agreement	8 April 1996
• Transition Council	31 December 1996
• Federation of The Republics	12 May 2003
• United Federal Republic	31 May 2003
• Gallian League accession	1 January 2020
Area
• Total	437,595 km2 (168,956 sq mi) (25th)
• Water (%)	3.07
Population
• 2011 estimate	51,754,370 (24th)
• Density	123/km2 (318.6/sq mi) (19th)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	€1.083 trillion (31st)
• Per capita	€20,925
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	€681 billion (32nd)
• Per capita	€13,158
Gini (2015)	36 medium · 33rd
HDI (2017)	0.765 high · 28th
Currency	Polesian Kryak (PKR)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CMST)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+66
Patron saint	Saint Severence
ISO 3166 code	POL
Internet TLD	.ufed
Website ufed.world

Polasciana (Sarian: зямлізмены, Noric: Zedenflëss, Vallesian: Tierramedios, Ilic: Ziamlizmieny), officially the United Federal Republic of Polasciana is a country in The Meridian constituting the former disputed territories of the Polamar. Bordered by Eiffelland to the west, Wieserreich , the Centrální Republika and Utainia to the north and Shcerbatskaya to its east, the country has a population estimated at over 53 million people.

A federation of nine provincial states, three city states and four island territories, Polasciana was founded in its own right in 2003 after formal unification of the former Eastern People's Republic of The Polamar and the Democratic Republic of Saracia following several decades of war. The country’s society, economy, culture and political system, are all heavily influenced by a history of instability between its Sar majority and Noric Gal, Valle and Il'm minorities. Its capital, Karasicena, is a semi-autonomous city-state which resides within the Provincial State of Kamchetka, whilst its largest city, Arvi, lays in the Provincial State of Amar.

The country is governed by a directly elected President and an elected Central Federal Government headed by a Prime Minister. The current President of Polasciana is former Federal Council Leader Ivan Tattar, a Unionist, who holds a majority in the upper-house. Tattar replaced Gennadiy Artamova in 2020, who was the country's longest serving politician and the first Head of State to be reelected following an historic victory during the 2015 Presidential Election, defeating former Prime Minister Marina Yanaka. The current legislative session began in 2018 and is led by Prime Minister Krill Serbin, leader of the Coalition - who commands a majority in the lower-house of the Federal Executive, as the ninth Federal Ministry. The country's Armed Forces are led by an appointed Commander General who is accountable to both houses of the Federal Executive. Its highest legal authority is the Union Council which forms the basis of the country’s judiciary.

Following its establishment, Polasciana embraced rapid economic reforms, leading to the population becoming more secular and socially progressive under the leadership of Koruin Gruaman of the Center Party, who served as the country's first President and took steps towards offering citizens universal healthcare and expanding its developing comprehensive school system. Between 2007-2008 the Unionist-led Ministry also invested heavily in national infrastructure including significant investment in roads, ports and hospitals.

Since unification, Polasciana has experienced a significant rise in the standard of living and its economy has continually expanded. A reliance on fiscal borrowing has however resulted in a dramatic rise and reliance on national debt - a significant factor in the country's economic destabilisation triggered by the 2007 Gallian Slowdown - an economic and political crisis caused by the onset of violence in the Lierland and the 2008 Economic Crash, prompted by the collapse of the Unified Capital States in Paripana. Preceding the crises, Polasciana had seen stable growth led by manufacturing, agriculture and a rise in trade - particularly fishing and an emerging industry in the export of oil and gas from the country's Long Sea fields. It was not until January 2015 that the economy returned to growth above 0.5%, and the country is still not expected to reach its pre-crash levels of between 3 to 5% annual growth until at least 2026. Despite increasing economic deregulation since 2003, most large enterprises in industry and utilities also remain under public control and are managed by local state administrations and other national government controlled organisations and bodies. Polasciana is a signatory of the Global Covenant, a member of the World Assembly, WTB, and, since 2020, the Gallian and Centrican League. The country also holds observer status at meetings of the GDF and attended conference of the ITO alliance in both 2009 and 2020.

Name

Polasciana originates from the merging of the names of the two rivers which run through the country - the Polasana and Sariana. The etymological foundations for each of these rivers derives from the native Sarian words 'kірунак' ('polas' ) meaning mountain - from which use of the term 'Polamar' (‘peoples of the mountain’) also derives - and 'акіян' ('ci’), meaning sea and 'ать’ ('ana’) meaning river and collectively, meaning 'from the mountains (Polas) to the sea (ci) by the rivers (ana)'. The decision to name the country 'Polasciana' was taken in 1996, coming from this interpretation - and was selected above other proposed names including 'Polamar', 'Polesia', 'Galeconia' (a merging of the Gallian and Greconian continents) and others with historical references such as 'Magilla' and 'Niveria'. Prior to its formal adoption during unification, precedent for the use of the name 'Polasciana', in referring to the lands occupied by the former Eastern People's Republic of Polamar and the Democratic Republic of Saracia , can also be seen throughout historical documents. Certain records however also suggest it may have been used interchangeably with the term 'The Polamar', which itself was used more routinely to refer to the region, and peoples, where Meridian Gallia meets Greconia and the wider territory of modern-day Polasciana , Shcerbatskaya and the Centrální Republika .

History

Early history (1C-10C)

The Settlements

In the 1st Century, settlers from traditional Gal communities (in what is now modern-day Centric and Lennox in the Free States Union) began migrating eastwards for further sources of water and better access to the Upper Great Sea for fishing. They formed early settlements on the banks of the two rivers running through modern-day Polasciana - the ‘Norica’ (now the Sariana) and the ‘Bersana’ (now Polasana). These would become known as the Noric Communities of the Lower Gallian Peninsular, taking their name from the Gallic word ‘Noric’ meaning ‘people from the north’.

By the 3rd Century, settlers from the Sarian Provinces (itself meaning ‘home’ or ‘northeast lands’) close to modern-day Saria and Gunnland had also began migrating southwards, seeking access to natural resources and arable land. This led to the establishment of a number of Sar settlements in the region and the displacement of the Gallo-Noric settlements, which by this point had existed for several centuries. By the 5th Century the growth of these Sar settlements had increased exponentially - increasing tensions between ethnic groups and leading to the development of a major cultural dividing barrier between east and west in what would later become known as The Meridian (meaning ‘middle’).

Continued migration into The Meridian over the next four centuries resulted in further divides between the growing Sar settlements and the increasingly minority Noric communities - with the Meridian Sar majority establishing cultural, architectural and economic prowess over the lands, which by this time expanded along the Long Sea both eastwards bordering the Il’m and westwards towards current day Eiffelland.

Early states

A Sar majority state, the Meridian Kingdom, was declared in 980 by King Polyansky following westward migration by the People of The Il’m, a much more developed state at the time which centered on Agra, in an attempt to restrict any further growth of Sar settlements in the region. As a result of the state’s declaration, the Il’m issued a statement of war against Polyansky and the fast developing Holy Centrican Empire to the north began to actively defend increasingly isolated Noric communities by forming proto-states - namely the Norican Kingdom, which united many disparate northern settlements, as well as the much smaller but significantly stronger Krönach and Koranic Kingdoms of King Hahn in the south. This would escalate tensions significantly, triggering widespread violence between the kingdoms.

At the turn of the century, the increasingly oppressive Meridian state sought to expel the Noric and Il'm populations from its borders - an act that has been more recently been defined as ethnic cleansing. Polyansky launched an assault against Noric settlements within the Meridian state’s borders where many were burned by the King’s forces and at the same time ordered the full invasion of the Norican Kingdom. As a result, the Holy Centrican Empire organised a counter-offensive - with fierce fighting centering on the city of Niveri, which had become the Norman state’s de-facto capital.

Victory for Polyansky at the Battle of Niveri, saw the Meridian state expand further north and west - far beyond the current northern boundary of today’s Polasciana and its borders with Utainia, Eiffelland and Wieserreich. In an act of dominance, the King also renamed the Meridian state as the ‘Kingdom of Niveri’ after the historic losses suffered by the Noric community during the battle. Ever since, Niveri has somewhat controversially remained an important and historic settlement in the region, and the Niveri Palace remains the seat of Polasciana’s Head of State to this day. Polyansky would then declare war against the other Holy Centrican Empire-backed satellite states in the region - including both Krönach and Koranic to the south, seeking total dominance of the region.

Middle Ages (11C-19C)

Fall of Niveri

Conquering the southern Noric coastal regions proved more of an obstacle for Polyansky’s forces. The state faced fierce fighting from both the Krönach people (from which the modern-day Polascianan state of Kresnovic takes its name) of the south-west, and the shore-line communities of the Koranic Kingdom (close to modern day Kraunai). The Holy Centrican Empire also attacked the Niveri state from the west. At the same time, the southern islands and border regions of the Meridian peninsular, which were largely uninhabited and unfortified, were invaded by the Valle-based Livinian Kingdom of Queen Lezebia. Taking the islands and several key parts of the region’s shoreline, the Vallesians created a foothold in the region which they used to invade the Koranic Kingdom, replacing it with a new Valle-backed satellite state. Establishing trade and supply lines into Gallia and Greconia via modern-day Eiffelland through a truce with King Hahn, Lezebia’s Berlangen Kingdom (from which the modern-day Polascianan region of Bespura derives its name) created an alliance with the Holy Centrican Empire - leading to the eventual defeat of Polyansky’s northern Niverian Kingdom in 1002. The victors killed Polyansky, pronounced the end of Niveri rule in the Meridian and formed a successor state in its place known as Magilla - where Queen Gesler, of a mixed Noric and Valle family, and the cousin of King Hahn, was installed to reign on the throne from newly established Karasciena - a highly fortified capital in the centre of the country. Historical records suggest that Noric and Valle minorities were once again assimilated back into what was considered a ‘multi-cultural society’ - as Sar citizens were participated in civic life under the regions new rulers. Many however disagree with this account and suggest that Sar people were forced to comply with strict cultural and civic rules, or would face expulsion or even execution.

The Reign of the Three Kingdoms

Supported by neighboring Noric and Valle states, the Kingdoms of Magilla, Berlangen and Krönach would together form an increasingly strong alliance - which prompted significant growth and development of each state. This period of stability, with the power of each balanced by the other, became known as the ‘Period of the Holy Trinity’ or the ‘Reign of The Three Kingdoms’ but by the 14th Century, the Magillan state was developing at a faster rate than the Noric and Valle Berlangan and Krönach kingdoms - both of which were significantly outpaced due to the much larger population and geographical size of the largely Sar-majority state. This would eventually lead to the formation of a, unified, Greater Kingdom of Magilla, in the 15th Century where the Gesler/Hahn family ruled until 1696.

The Sar Renaissance

In 1696, King Gesler II (Herman Gesler) was overthrown in the Munsliv Revolution, after Alexander Munzliv launched a bloody battle between supporters of the Magillan rulers and an army of Niveri loyalists. Munsliv disbanded the Magillan state and formed the Niverian Patriarchy where Noric and Valle communities would once again become marginalised from society and any mixed cultured families were sent to execution – including the children of the Gesler/Hahn family who were still considered at the time as the rightful rulers of Magilla by surviving monarchist forces. The Niverian state would fight wars with both the Holy Centrican Empire and the Livinian Empire but defeat in many major battles would result in its retreat from both the west and north, forming the current borders of the modern-day Polascianan state. During this time the Niverians would also stave off invasion from resurgent and advancing Il'm forces from the east which sought to take advantage of a Sar-majority state under siege. The Munsliv Revolution however became increasingly successful, with the Patriarchy lasting for almost 200 years - forging a much deeper and expanded culture, as well as the arrival of many more Sar migrants from the north.

Restoration of the throne

In 1886 however, following the death of Patriarch Munzliv IV, fierce fighting broke out between the Sar-majority and minority Noric and Valle communities resulting in thousands of deaths and a prolonged war. By the end of the year, the Munzliv Revolution was ended and The Scheigan family, descendants of Noric royals from Eiffelland and the Krönach Kingdom , now known as Kolburg - both of which had recently become independent from the Holy Centrican Empire - restored the throne. By 1891 a reformed Niverian Kingdom was pronounced and marked the end of majority-Sar dominance in the region for what would be nearly thirty years. Ushering in an age of uncertainty, the Scheigan rule was defined by continued unrest between ethical and cultural groups, and ultimately failed to establish a strong and secure state on the peninsular.

Bogdan Horak was the leader of The Communitarian-December Revolution in 1919

Modern history (1919-Present)

The December Revolution

King Scheigan I was assassinated at his Royal Palace in the capital of the Niverian Kingdom , Niveri, on December 19th 1919 as underground loyalist military leaders launched a second revolution. These leaders attracted significant support and assistance from the Workers' Republic of Carentania , which had been formed only a month before by its own communitarian revolution. Aimed at promoting a growing Gal republican cause, the military attempted to imitate the communitarian revolution in Carentania. This was the first time that Polesian culture had also been heavily influenced by communitarian ideology. Following the King's assassination, two prominent Polesian military leaders instigated a purge against loyal supporters of the monarchy across the country and pronounced the formation of the State of Polamar . The 'The December Revolution' as it would be known would install communitarian leadership to the region but the formation of two rival factions within the coup - one in the east, and one in the West - ended hopes of an end to violence. Revolution would turn to civil war, with fighting continuing and resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths – the majority of which belonged to the Caspian and Noric minorities, and ultimately with instability remaining until the birth of the modern Polesian state in 1996. Military leaders in the west, based from Niveri, formed a claim to the state based on a ruling council and rotating civillian presidency from each of the Gal, Noric and Caspian communities, whilst the eastern-led claim, initially centred in Zahmloy, sought a Gal majority controlled state.