Esmir
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Esmir, officially the Esmiran Federation, is a country in Gondawa that spans across both sides of the Esmiri Strait. Throughout history, modern-day Esmir was occupied by a range of empires with a occasional periods of unification under imperial dynasties. In 1910, the Sara Dynasty united much of modern Esmir’s borders under its control by annexing two of its vassal states.
Esmiran Federation | |
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Motto: "Therebeing, Faith, Labor" | |
Anthem: Protect the Motherland, O' Patriarchs! | |
Internationally recognized territory of the Esmiran Federation | |
Capital | Zey |
Largest city | Alo Yopa |
Official languages | Esmiri |
Ethnic groups (2020 Estimate) | 100% Human |
Demonym(s) | Esmiran |
Government | Federal Dahorianist one-party totalitarian dictatorship under a theocracy |
• Supreme Leader | Aboa Habshi |
• Presidial Chief | Tauga Utso |
• Director of Internal Affairs | Jituj Tkaya |
Legislature | Supreme Council |
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Population | |
• Estimate | 47,438,939 |
Since the 1990s, the Esmiran Federation’s unique insights regarding geopolitics have placed it in an interesting position. For the most part, it remains rigidly isolationist and militaristic while placing an emphasis on its Dahorianist anthropology, which remains the core of Esmiran political life. The country is exceedingly critical of the “seafaring empires” of the world, which it sees as individual projects of an antagonistic “thalassocratic object”. Esmir considers itself a “land empire”, to say that its territory being the subject of Esmiran reality reinforces its closed, associative quality, while the “seafaring empires” maintain the sea as the subject of the cosmopolitan reality, which reinforces the open and dissociative quality. The supreme leader of Esmir is Aboa Habshi.
Esmir is a regional power due to its geostrategic location and expansive military capabilities, as well as its leading role in the Orthodox Katharian faith. It is the leading member of the Rehmed Cooperation Association and a founding member of the International Human Organization.
Etymology
The name "Esmir" first appeared in the 1400s to refer to lands under direct control or vassalization of the Esmr Dynasty.
History
Prehistory
Old Zastam
According to traditional Esmiri historiography, the Zastam ("enlightened kingdom") was established sometime in the late fourth millennium BC, being the setting for what is now known as the Old Documents in Orthodox Katharianism or the Chalash in Irapkite Zastamism. While much of these documents remain classified and kept in the North Castle Library, there are a few documents that are released to the public. The seven public books of the Old Documents describe a prehistoric betrayal of God by man and an army of fallen angels equipping the Irapkas (priest-kings) with forbidden knowledge. The majority of this forbidden knowledge is said to lie in the classified books. The Irapkas struggled against one another until there were nine left, whose tribes united to form the Zastam. In the later Old Zastam Period, God was revealed to Irapka Sesom I of Zayem, who was given a series of commandments as well as the power to appoint a new king who would be the new emperor of the land under the Zastam.
The years at which the events took place in the Old Zastam are not clear, leading many aspects of its existence to be contested by secular historians, who hold the events in the Old Documents to scrutiny. Meanwhile, religious scholars argue for its legitimacy. Certain non-Zastamite spiritual movements in the region hold the Old Documents in high regard.