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	Gallian, Vallesian, Ilic
Ethnic groups	68.4% Meridian Sar 21.9% Noric Gal 5.2% Berlangen 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 Increase (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)	Positive decrease 36 medium · 33rd
HDI (2017)	Increase 0.765 high · 28th
Currency	Polascianan 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, Gallian: Zedenfëss, Vallesian: Terramedios, Ilic: Zamziliemy), 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 regions 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 dominated by instability and division 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 commanded a majority in the lower-house of the Federal Executive until 2023, through 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, whilst the Union Court forms the basis of the country’s judiciary.

Following its establishment, Polasciana embraced rapid economic reform, 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 launched several key initiatives towards offering citizens universal healthcare and expanding its developing comprehensive school system. Between 2007-2008 the Unionist-led Ministry invested heavily in national infrastructure, including significant investment in roads, ports and hospitals.

Since unification, Polasciana experienced a significant rise in the standard of living and its economy has continually expanded. A reliance on fiscal borrowing however resulted in a dramatic rise in its national debt - a significant factor in the country's economic destabilisation triggered by the 2007 Gallian Economic Slowdown - a financial crisis caused by the onset of political instability in the Lierland on the border of the Long Sea and the 2008 Global Economic Crash, prompted by the collapse of the Unified Capital States in Paripana. Preceding contraction, Polasciana had seen stable economic growth led by manufacturing, agriculture and a rise in trade - particularly in fishing as well as an emerging industry in the export of oil and gas from the country's Ilyusha fields. It was not until January 2015 that the economy returned to growth above 0.5%, and the country is not expected to reach its pre-crash level 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 conferences of the ITO alliance in both 2009 and 2020.

Name

Polasciana, formally adopted as the name of the country during the process of unification between the Eastern People's Republic of The Polamar and the Democratic Republic of Saracia in 1996, stems from etymological foundations related to the two major rivers which run through the country - the Polasana and Sariana. In particular, the name is formed from the Sarian 'kірунак' ('polas' or 'mountain') - from which use of the term 'Polamar' (‘peoples of the mountain’) is also taken - 'акіян' ('ci’ or 'sea') and 'ать’ ('ana’, meaning 'river'). It is suggested that used collectively these terms mean 'from the mountain (Polas) to the sea (ci) by the rivers (ana)'. The decision to name the country using this interpretation was selected above other proposals including 'Polamar', 'Polesia', 'Galeconia' (a merging of the Gallian and Greconian continents) as well as historical names including 'Magilla' and 'Niveria'. Prior to its modern use, the term 'Polasciana' has been recorded in documentation as being used interchangeably with 'The Polamar' in referring to the region, and peoples, where Meridian Gallia meets Greconia and wider territory across 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) running to the west and ‘Bersana’ (now Polasana which runs to the east) - becoming 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 Gallo-Noric settlements, which by this point had existed for several centuries. By the 5th Century, Sar settlements had increased exponentially - creating 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 region 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

Following westward migration by the People of The Il’m , considered a much more developed state at the time centered on the historic city of Agra, a Sar majority state, the Meridian Kingdom , was declared in 980 by King Polyansky, in an attempt to bolster Sar settlements in the region. As a result of the 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 Kingdoms of Krönach and Koranic ruled by King Hahn in the south. This would in turn 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, the city of Niveri has, controversially, remained an important and historic settlement in the region, and the Niveri Palace is still the seat of Polasciana’s Head of State to this day. Polyansky would then declare war against the other Centrican-backed satellite states in the region - including both Krönach in the south west, from which the name of the modern-day Polascianan state of Kresnovic is inspired, and the south-eastern shoreline communities of the Koranic kingdom, close to modern day Kraunai, 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 proto-states and 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 had been 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 and 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 - which by this time had become a highly fortified city in the centre of the territory. 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. Forced migration of many ethnically Valle settlers from surrounding countries to the region also took place around this time.

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 in governing the peninsular - 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 much larger Sar-majority state. This would eventually lead to territorial expansion and the formation of the Greater Kingdom of Magilla , which would also later incorporate the Berlangan Kingdom in the 15th Century, with the Gesler-Hahn family ruling 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 again fight wars with the Krönach Kingdom , 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 domestically, 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 which had recently become independent from the Holy Centrican Empire - restored the throne together with support from the Krönach Kingdom , now known as Kolburg . 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 when 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 a year earlier through its own communitarian revolution in the Vallesian proto-state. Identifying an increasing Sar-republican sentiment and underground movement, military leaders in Niveri decided to imitate the overthrow of the monarchy in Carentania within the state - the first time that the peninsular's culture had been heavily influenced by communitarian ideology. Following the King's assassination, two prominent military leaders instigated a purge against loyal supporters of the monarchy across the country and pronounced the formation of the State of Polamar . Whilst the 'The December Revolution' successfully installed communitarian leadership to the region, the formation of two rival factions within the coup - one in the east, and one in the West - ended hopes of an immediate end to violence. Those in the west, based from Niveri, initially formed a claim to the state based on a ruling council and rotating civillian presidency from each of the Sar, Noric and Valle communities of the former Niverian Kingdom, whilst the eastern-led claim, initially centred in Zahmloy, sought to return to a Sar-majority controlled state. With both factions refusing to compromise, revolution turned into civil war, with fighting continuing and resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths – the majority of which belonged to the Valle and Noric minorities - and ultimately a period of instability remaining until the birth of the modern Polascianan state in 1996.

Civil War

The Polesian Civil War continued until 1926 when, against international pressure from neighboring states - including the recently independent countries of Franken and Eiffelland - a shared-statehood plan was proposed to govern The Polamar. Meeting in Karasicena on the 9 September 1926, factional leaders formally abolished their respective claims to a unified Polesian state and instead pronounced the formation of the Union of the Kamchetkan Republic and the State of Saracia in the west, a mixed-ethnicity state, and the predominately Sar-majority Communitarian Republic of the Polamar in the east.