Auravas

Republic of Auravas
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Motto: 'Standing Together'
Capital and	Uravin
Official languages	Staynish, Auravian
Ethnic groups (2020)	Humans: 32.6%, Elves: 27.1%, Ailurine: 19.5%, Other: 10.8%
Religion (2020)	Atheist/Non-religious: 94.2%, Other religions: 5.8%
Demonym(s)	Auravasi
Government	Unitary Socialist Parliamentary Republic
• Prime Minister	Jakia Aneya
Legislature	The Assembly
Establishment
• Establishment of Auravas	1764
• Great Red Shift	1890
Population
• 2022 estimate	9,000,000
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$337.5 Billion
• Per capita	$37,500
Currency	Usiv
Time zone	UTC-6
Driving side	right
Calling code	+710
ISO 3166 code	AUR
Internet TLD	.aur

History

Early History (3500 BCE - 216 CE)

The oldest ruins of a civilization in this area date back to around 3500 BCE, and was a loose collection of cities and territories. This civilization, dubbed the Horn Civilization due to its location in the Horn of Kaskada was one of the earliest Bronze Age civilizations and had highly developed architecture and cultures, with ornate building spread across the cities. Unfortunately, records from this civilization have been lost to time, as they used a writing system still untranslated to the modern day. The Horn civilization prospered for thousands of years before it declined and dissapeared around 1500 BCE, likely due to invasions from the Unovian Island wielding iron weapons.

A period of stagnation occurred after the fall of the Horn Civilization, from 1500 BCE - 216 CE, splintering the Horn and the surrounding areas into a collection of warring kingdoms.

Kingdom of Aurav (216 CE - 1482 CE)

The dark age came to an end when the Kingdom of Aurav united the warring states of the Horn in 216 CE. Aurav grew prosperous from controlling trade coming into and out of the Unovian Strait, and Aurav became a center of the arts and the sciences. Famous thinkers, including Astronomers, Physicists, Mathematicians, Philosophers, Artists, Architects, and more poured out of Aurav in astounding numbers. One notable example is the 5th century mathematician, Aileen Sieyanid, who pioneered in the field of calculus. The University of Aurav, one of the largest hubs of learning at the time, was a prominent center of learning and research. This period is known as the Auravian Golden Age. However, every good thing must come to an end.

300 Year Darkness (1482 CE - 1764)

In 1482 CE, the region of Kaskada was dominated by a religion called Silvism, which stated that humans were the superior race. A powerful group of Silvist Extremists in the south of the Horn of Kaskada invaded the Kingdom of Aurav. Caught off guard by the sudden attack, the Aurav military did not have time to mobilize and react, and Aurav was toppled by the Silvists. The Silvists established an authoritarian government called the Theocracy of Silv. Thus begun a period know as the 200 year darkness. The Silvist nobility gained immense power and ruled over the land with an iron fist. A mass killing campaign began, to rid the nation of any non humans, which were abundant after the Golden age. It is estimated that 1.5 million people were killed, and another million people fled to the coasts of the mainland to the east of the horn, and to the tip of East Unovia Island. For the remaining people in Silv, inequality and poverty exploded as the nobility abused and suffocated the population. The 300 year darkness ended in 1764 when a revolution occurred, aided by Zemeprievadai, and capitulated the Theocracy.

While these dark times had ceased, the scars left by the Silvs would remain in the region, and to this day, it has one of the lowest religious populations of any nation.

Early Auravas (1764 CE - 1890 CE)

After the fall of the Slivs, A new nation was established, called Auravas, after the Kingdom of Aurav. This was the first democracy in the Horn region ever, and its citizens were much happier under it than the chaotic or authoritarian systems of the past. However, Auravas was not without its problems.  Free-market capitalism was the economic system in Auravas at the time, and it led to incredible wealth disparity among the people of Auravas, as the powerful upper class manipulated and exploited the masses to their will. The upper class also controlled legislatures, creating an aristocracy.

Great Red Shift (1890 CE)

All these factors led to the Great Red Shift of 1890, where workers around Auravas simultaneously revolted, talking control of the corporations that gave the aristocrats power, and installing new leaders to cause change. These leaders helped pave the way for Auravas’s transition into a socialist nation.

Demographics

Education

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The Education system in Auravas comprises of a pre-school for babies and toddlers, one year of kindergarten (5-6) and a 12 year compulsory basic comprehensive school, from ages 6-7 to 18-19. Students have 9 years of common basic education. There is inclusive special education in the classroom and many instructional efforts to minimize low achievements. After basic education, students choose to either take secondary education on an academic or vocational track, for 3 years, both of which give qualification to tertiary education. Tertiary education takes place in the form of Universities. Even beyond tertiary education, it remains an essential part of Auravasi culture, and a wide variety of classes are offered by the government. Education is completely free of charge. The Auravasi education system is consistently ranked as one of the best in the world.

Early Childhood Education

Auravas has access to free universal daycare from ages 7 months to (5-6) years, and a year of kindergarten at age 6-7. The main focus of early childhood education is to explore the world through playing and interacting. It emphasizes respect and care for other people, and a strong sense of community and helping other people. Instead of more formal education, there is more of a focus on learning about their environment and materials based learning. While Pre-school is technically not compulsory, virtually every child attends it.

Basic Comprehensive Education

The compulsory education in Auravas comprises of a 9 year comprehensive education from 1st to 9th grade, followed by a 3 year academic or vocational education. While 1st to 9th grade is technically in the same scHehool, it can be separated into a 6 year primary school and 3 year middle school, a convention commonly used in speech, teacher education, and sometimes even school buildings. Teachers follow state guidelines but are granted a lot of autonomy in teaching, and schools are provided an equal amount of support from the government.. Private schools incredibly rare due to the quality of public schools and low religiosity of Auravas, and have strict regulations on tutuion-levying, are not allowed to carry out selective admissions, and must provide all education and social benefits that public schools do.

Auravasi classrooms do not have many students, seldom more than 20. The school environment is kept extremely clean, so much so that students sometimes take off socks and shoes in school. The classroom environment is related and informal, with some classes even calling teachers by first names. Students in grade 1 to 9 spend a portion of their week's periods taking a variety of classes, ranging from art to cooking to metalworking, and more. Homework is minimal to leave room for extra curricular activities, many of which are offered by the school itself. Students are expected to learn Staynish, Auravian, and one other language. Reading is encouraged, and every school maintains a large library that students can freely use, as well as each classroom having a bookshelf. Schools put more of an emphasis on problem solving and projects, especially collaborative, open ended projects, rather than memorization and tests. Grading generally begins in 6th grade, and is graded on a scale of 4-10, with report cards being received twice a year, at the end of fall and spring terms. Even if a student gets a 4 on multiple subjects, usually the students are provided with extra support and tutoring instead of being held back. High stakes testing is virtually nonexistent.

School students enjoy many benefits, such as a free lunch, which are regularly inspected and kept to the highest standards. Students are also entitled to free books, resources, transport to school. and many free field trips.

Politics

The Republic of Auravas is a parliamentary representative democracy and a unitary state, in which the Prime Minister is the head of state and government. Executive power is exercised by the cabinet of Auravas, which is presided over by the Prime Minister. Members of the cabinet, called Ministers, are selected by the Prime Minister. Legislative power is excercised by the unicameral legislative, the Assembly, which elects the prime minister. The Assembly consists of 183 representatives, elected in multi-person constituencies through single transferrable vote, and 50 representatives are alloted nationwide proportional to a nationwide party vote. All citizens can vote once they are 16 years old. The current Assembly and government was elected in 2020. The current Prime Minister is Jakia Aneya, a member of the Socialist People's Party. The current government is the Socialist People's Party and the Green Party. Auravas also has opportunities for direct democracy trough organizing referenda in certain situations.

Constituencies

The Assembly

Party		Seats	+/–
	Socialist People's Party	101	+3
	Green Party	23	-3
	Social Democratic Party	65	-5
	Communist Party of Auravas	15	+3
	Auravasi Libertarian Party	13	-2
	Shield of Democracy	4	+1
	Conservative Party	11	+4
	National Party of Auravas	1	-1
Total		233	–

Economics

The Auravasian economy is primarily socialist and is mostly services based, with some manufacturing as well.

Geography

Topography

The terrain of Auravas

The rivers of Auravas

Auravas has a rich and varied terrain, with low elevation shore areas and a spine formed by the Kaskadan Mountains.

Kaskadan Mountains

The climates of Auravas in the Koppen Climate Classification

Climate

Auravas has 4 different climates according to the Koppen climate classification. The eastern seaboard and the island dominated by Dfa, the western seaboard and northern tip with Cfb, the mountains with Dfc ,and the peaks with Dfd.

The Eastern seaboard and the island of Auravas have hot, humid summers and freezing cold winters, regularly dipping below 0 C. The western seaboard and the northern tip have less extreme weather, with cool winters, with the coldest month having an average temperature above 0 C, and warm summers. Rain and cloudy skies are frequent, but thunderstorms and severe weather are much more rare. In the main portion of the mountains, it is colder, with very cold winters and warm to cool summers. At the mountain peaks, winters are severely cold. Auravas does not have a rainy or dry season.