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|image_flag = Baykaflag.png
|flag_footnote = Flag
|national_motto = May The PosolsPosol ProsperFamily Save Baykalia!
|national_anthem = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAMY6zRXn3s "Baykalia"]
|image_map = Baymap.png
|loctext = Map
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|map_caption = Green: Baykalia ; Light Green: The [[Auroran Continental Assembly|ACA]]Aurora
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1% Other
|ethnic_groups_year = 2015 Estimate
|demonym = BaykalBaykalian, rarely Baykali, BaykalianBaykal
|government_type = [[wikipedia:Totalitarianism|Totalitarian]] [[wikipedia:One-party state|One-Party State]]
|leader_title1 = ClanHigh LeaderChancellor
|leader_name1 = [[Lady Posol]]
|leader_title2 = High Council Members
|leader_name2 = Yorov Worovich, Tivia Firivia, Remis Posol, Jorkovol Wolinski
|leader_title3 = Secretary of Foreign Affairs
|leader_name3 = Yolana Posol
|leader_title4 = ParentalFamilial ManagerSecretary
|leader_name4 = Lorovich Trevol
|legislature = Congress
|HDI = .682
|HDI_change = no change
|currency = Kostuva CreditKirib
|currency_code = KCKRB
|date_format = MM/DD/YYYY
|drives_on = the right
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'''The Serene People's Republic of Baykalia''', commonly known as [[Baykalia]], is a nation that exists on the continent [[Aurora]] that has a large border with [[XiopothosWahana]] to the west and [[Caltharus]] to the east, and exists south of [[Nation/East Malaysia|East Malaysia]]. The nation, with a Nominal GDP of $1.134 Billion has abysmal income inequality, with the richest 6% holding 95% of the wealth. Baykalia is wedged between the countries XiopothosWahana and Caltharus, with a small southern border with [[Kostromastan]]. Baykalia also has control of five islands that are located in the Caven Sea. The largest city and capital Chita, together with Irkutsk, hold the nation's richest 25%. Farming is very common in the northern half of the country, due to the lush plains there, while the southern half of the country is engulfed in desert, where littlethe tovast nomajority farmsof existthe nation's mines and oil fields are located.
The History of Baykalia is greatly intertwined with its neighbors [[Tuvaltastan]] and Kostromastan, and goes back as far as 1,700 B.C.E., beginning with the Ancient Kostuvians and their immense empire that encompassed central Aurora and a number of small islands north and south of the continent, as well as part of what is now modern-day Dragonia. The [[Kostuvian Empire]] existed in some form for over a millenium, and was succeeded by [[KostuvastanSalovia]] in 12 A.D. after a 700-year-long Antiquity. KostuvastanSalovia existed for another 1,973 years until the three major Housespolities, theBaykalia, BaykaliansTuvalia, TuvaltsAltaya, Volova, and KostromsKostroma, began the [[KostuvastanSalovian Civil War]]. TheThese three Housespolities, after the Civil War, founded the three nations of Tuvaltastan, Kostromastan, and Baykalia.
==Etymology==
The name "Baykalia" is a combination of the words Bay and Kalivia. The "Bay" in the name simply representsalludes to the bayBay of Suvol on the north coast. The "kal" stems from the "Kal" in the name "Kalivian Mountains," the mountain range that splits the nation into two sections.
==History==
===Separation of KostuvastanSalovia===
(See [[KostuvastanSalovian Civil War]])
After becoming an independent state separate from KostuvastanSalovia, Baykalia began working to repopulate the country which had suffered horrendously devastating casualties throughout the war. Nonetheless, the remaining 280,000 people who survived the war quickly established a constitution around simple voting.
===Recovery from the Near-Genocide===
The Baykalians were a devastated group, having only approximately 280,000 people left after the slaughter. After the war, the 280,000, better known as the 280K, formed the nation Baykalia on June 19th, 2006. Due to the dangerously low population, reproductionpopulation recovery was encouraged,a andprimary concern for the nation during its early yearts. The efforts of the originalnation, 280which was a combination of selective immigration and reproduction,000 managed to bring the population up to 4,757,153 people in 2015. As such, a single generation currently makes up 94.1% of the population, all 1618 years or younger, most of which have been putrequired throughto theenroll Youthin Scoutsa program incalled the [[TheYouth VeridianScouts of UnionBaykalia]]. The parentminor-to-offspringadult ratio is currently an astonishing 2211 childrento for every two parents1. This very worrying ratio resulted in the vast majority of the nation revertingto regress back intoto aan semi-medievalagrarian economy. TheHowever, the richest provinces of the populationnation still maintain a standard of living comparable to cities such as AuraNovosibirsk and TarovNocturne. AsDue suchto this extreme income inequality, the Baykalian unemployment rate is technically 95%, and most of the population maintainshas atbegun leastto oneparticipate farm perin familyhomesteading.
===Modern-Day Baykalia===
Currently, Baykalia is under ana Oligarchictotalitarian system in which all the power is being focused inwithin the Executive branch of government, with the other two branches gradually losingbecoming more andsymbolic morein their roles, rather than holding any meaningful power of their own. Under the rule of [[Lady Posol]], Baykalia is also gradually improving its economy, though the income equality in the nation remains dismal, with only about 30,000 people holding modern jobs, the rest being statistically unemployed.
==Politics==
===Governmental System===
As of March 13th, 2017, Baykalia was converted into a cronytotalitarian oligarchydictatorship, with the Clan Leader, later replaced with the position of High Chancellor, and members of the EliteHigh Council having total political control of the nation. Baykalia was originally a direct democracy, consiting of a judicial and executive branch. The system of government was altered to ana oligarchictotalitarian system upon the accession of Lady Posol as theHigh Clan Leader (CL)Chancellor, following multiple scandalouscontroversial actions taken prior to Lady Posol's candidacy for CLHigh Chancellor, including a series of mergers performed by Posol Industries that resulted in Posol Industries obtaining a monopoly within the country, the installation of a re-education facility posing as a universal daycare center/ recreational center, thatwhich, essentiallyaccording brainwashedto thedefectors, youthteaches ofits Baykaliapupils to obey the will of Lady Posol. ThisThe daycarefacility does also includedinclude aan actual recreation center for children ages 16 and up, those age groups being able to vote, but only those who are selected by the teachers may utilize it, according to sources. Upon the 2017 general election, 83% of people ages 16-18 had voted for Lady Posol, resulting in a landslide victory for Mrs. Posolher. Hours after taking office, Posol announced her choices for the EliteHigh Council, the council of advisors to the CL, those choices being Lord Remis Posol (spouse of Lady Posol and CEO of Posol Industries), Yorov Worovich (CEO of Baykalian Broadcasting Service), Tivia Firivia (CEO of The Kuba Group, a company focused around children's products and services), and Jorkovol Wolinski (COO of Posol Industries). On April 3rd of the same year, Lady Posol proposed the decrease of power in the Judicial Branch. A vote took place a month later on May 3rd, with the people of Baykalia voting for the termination of the Judicial Branch, supplying Lady Posol and her Council with complete control over the people of Baykalianation.
===Domestic Policy===
Much of Baykalian domestic policy centers around the development of and the improvement in Baykalian's quality of life. Examples include the construction of the Chita-Irkutsk high-speed rail system, which includes the Grand Kalivian Tunnel, which goes directly through the base of the Kalivian Mountains, and the development of vertical farms within the city of Chita. The southern province of Irkutsk also has implemented plans to better integrate itself economically with the Kostrom province of Nalachik, under the guidance of Lady Posol's subordinates.
===Foreign Policy===
Lady Posol has announced that she wishes to shift its relations from the Auroran Continental Assembly to more fascistlike-minded nations and organizations like the Veridian Union and, The Second Fortunan Empire, and furthermore recently the Vothetrian Worker's Party. Recent events also allude to Lady Posol's attempts to increase the powerinfluence of Posol Industries inaround the globalworld, marketwith Floating Market Company handing the logistics of its operations over to Posol Industries.
==Military==
There is currently no major military force in Baykalia, due to the chaos of the Baykalian Genocide. A multitude of military vessels and vehicles are in reserve, and are not currently used by Baykalia. In preparation for when a military can be supported, there are five general positions that have been established: Commander, General, Second General, Colonel, and Captain. In recent years, the Youth Scouts of Baykalia has reformed itself to essentially serve as a militia-like force.
==Culture==
===Food===
Traditional foods are not typically made by Baykalians, as making such foods would require too much time out of raising children.
===Customs and Traditions===
===Festivities===
====Holidays====
ThereOutside areof noIndependence officialDay (19th of June) and Liberation Day (13th of March), no holidays observed by the Baykalian government, but enough vacation days are given so that the major holidays, and some other smaller events can be celebrated with family. The typical number of vacation days given is 36 days.
==Geography==
The nation of Baykalia is wedge-shaped, and consists of three primary regions: The North Plains, The Kalivian MountainsMountain Range, and The Great Auroran Desert. Most of the population can be found north of the mountains, while aone singlemetropolitan cityarea exists in the desert, that city being the MPA of Irkutsk.
===Climate===
The northern plains are relatively humid, while the desert is consistently hot and dry.
===Ecosystem===
Much of the natural wildlife in the north has been driven out by historical farmland expansion.
====Biodiversity====
===Industry===
A multitude of crops are grown throughout the northern plains, with little space for commercial industries. As such, the major cities of Baykalia arehave begun to growinggrow vertically so that all current farmland can be preserved. SomeIn industriesregards thatto arecommercial located within Baykalia include the transport companyindustries, [[Posol Industries]], which has grown from its initial delivery business to now cater to many more powerful groups, most prominently Serenitech. Due to recent political shifts, all commercial business within the nation has been drastically restricted so that Posol Industries is the only company allowed to freely operate with no regulations. Other companies may exist, but are subject to harsh taxes and regulations.
===Science and Technology===
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