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The first trial of 1847 began with to the shock of many: the Master of Parliament himself Mathias Prichevic. This trial was clearly the largest and purposely the jury was chosen by bias which meant they could get him behind bars no matter what he may say. He was charged with Corruption, Embezzlement, Bias (ironically), and Purgery and was given the maximum sentence.
In 1847 and 1848. 16 of the 46 incarcerated were found guilty of each crime and put to jail for life respectively. A standout trial was the trial of Nikolai Valenska aka the leader of the Syndicate of Val (no one knows it was him yet). When he went to the trial, his jury was oddly calm, and the judge was surprisingly kind to the cold face Nikolai. Nikolai looked emotionless on the outside but inside he was a nervous mess. The trial was amongst the longest and surprisingly he was found...not guilty. Now why was he found not guilty? Well, the Syndicate had grown beyond the party and the Judge was amongst the SoV. The Judge and Jury were all chosen to be SoV members to get a not guilty verdict and Valenska was back on the streets. This seems to be the only recorded case of internal corruption during a trial and the continuing trials had no cases alike to this one.
====== 1849-1850 ======
1849 and 1850 would see the remaining 30 on trial be sentenced to death in prison. These 30 were specifically put down to death because of their possible relation to events like the illegal persecution of Aranistani peoples, and the assassination of Mikhail Misovna which still lingered in the thoughts of many. Though this decision was deemed to be the most correct answer, many of course disapproved and called for their freedom. They were too late, and the 30 men were executed via Iron Crush (which was unbanned prior to the trial) in 1850 bringing an end to the Corruption Trials yet out of all of those killed, only two were part of the group that really did it.
== Etymology ==
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=== Sports ===
Almodaria is big on soccer and has its own national soccer team the '''Almodarian National Football Team''' or the '''"Apex Reds"''' since the national animal is the red tiger. They formed in 1990 with the foundation of the URAS but were barred from international competition by Yurichenko and the hermit government and were relegated down to club scale games. After the Civil War, the team was disbanded from 2003 to 2006 as the country rebuilt and returned in 2007 still playing club level. In 2013, the Galaxy Stadium was completed and is the largest stadium in Almodaria and has since been home to ANFT.
=== Religion ===
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==== Prostorism ====
Prostorism is an Almodarian Religion that has been around for nearly 2 thousand years. It was originally banned during the Kingdom of North Almodar era but was reinstated as an official religion in Skavari during the Early Modern Period. Since then, the religion has dwindled in popularity extremely and has been deemed a folk religion in underground churches.
=== Astronomy ===
During the Skavarian Golden Period/renaissance, the concept of planets and stars became more popular to the public especially scientists of the time. The expansion of perception of what is space became the goal of many astronomers of the time in Skavari with the first categorizations of stars being documented in 1660 CE.
== Economy ==
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=== Brzina Motor Vehicles ===
'''Brzina Motor Vehicles (BMV)''' is a vehicle manufacturing corporation founded in 1903 in Tuvaria by the two brothers '''Victor and Morgan Brzina''' and has since been the #1 government owned manufacturer of vehicles in the country. BMV have also made vehicles such as the AA-10 Striker due to the company being a Military Contractor and also own the production lines the massive A-20 Apex tank runs on!
=== Aerospace ===
==== Almodarian Air ====
Since the first Almodarian made plane in 1915, The air industry has expanded from just small one-seater wooden planes, to full on jets. Almodarian Air was founded in 1966 as an international flying airline made specifically for the 5 states as is why it was named Almodarian Air. The airline racks in millions of Almodats a year and one of their smaller passenger jets were modified for the Dictator Yurichenko in 1996 for his personal use.
===== Controversies =====
The company had its most disturbing setback when in 1992, an Almodarian Air flight numbered Flight-206 encountered a hydraulic failure in the left wing. The left wing completely shut down and the loss of control sent the plane into a rolling nosedive. The wings soon were torn off by the sheer force and the front fuselage tore away from the plane at nearly 22,000 feet. The rear end of the plane fell into a flat spin and collided with the ground a 3 minutes later while the front of the fuselage would crash shortly after outside of the town of Ivanograd.
The following year long investigation found that a faulty valve which was damaged by poor maintenance, froze up and blocked the Hydraulic power that kept the left wing in control. The company was forced to pay nearly 10 million Almodats to family members and flights would resume in 1993.
==== Possible Space Program? ====
During the 1970s and 80s, a board was made in Tuvaria in 1979 known as the Tuvarian Board for Endeavor's in Space (TBES). They specified in making concepts and designs of what a possible Almodarian mission to reach the vacuum of space could look like. The board was ordered to be as cheap as possible but not dirt cheap and designs were made for a 15-foot Solid Rocket Motored Multistage Vehicle (SRMMV) in 1984. The design would encompass the use of 4 stages each getting smaller in smaller as they rose higher into the atmosphere but wouldn't be orbit capable. The SRMMV vehicle donned the new name '''''Svemirski letač (Space Flyer)''''' unofficially. In 1990, the Yurichenko Regime canned the project and shut down TBES but kept their members to continue missile development for the army.
== Military ==
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====== Sagrovna S.38 ======
The Sagrovna S.38 is a marksman rifle used by NAA/AFA snipers in the field. The design is essentially the S.80 with only Semi Auto capabilities, a magnified scope, and a shortened magazine. This Rifle has been deemed a "Citizen Killer" because as the name suggests, its use in the Almodarian Civil War was mainly for snipers wanting to take civilian lives to add to the death toll and are still favored by NAA snipers to this day.
=== Subdivisions ===
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