Fidakar
Fidakar, formally known as the Province of Fidakar (Packilvanian: luDominmne aFidakar, ngDyumingwa ngFidakar) is a high level administrative division of Packilvania. It borders Free Pax States to the south, Jumhurikesh to the north, Iganar to the northwest, Rigaryat to the west, the Packilvanian Ocean to the southwest and the Cerenerian Ocean to the southeast, and it has close proximity to Sorentavia.
Fidakar
luDominmne aFidakar (Packilvania) | |
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Province | |
| Province of Fidakar | |
Flag of Fidakar Flag Coat of arms of Fidakar Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): "ngTyawer ngPyangan ngShwang jun'" (Fidakarian) "The pleasant peninsula is around you" | |
| Anthem: ngDyuming mDyumyang mGhapur (Fidakarian) Land of the Old King | |
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| Kingdom of Fidakar | 1367 |
| Annexed by Packilvania | 1675 |
| Incorporation as a Province | 1689 |
| Capital city | Halaler |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Prince Ludan a-Amhoud Bedon |
| • Premier | Dr Ashmil Luchar |
| Area | |
| • Total | 750,300 km2 (289,700 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2023) | 145 million |
| • Density | 195/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Fidakarian |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (Eastern Packilvania Time) |
| GDP | 1.2 trillion KRB |
| GDP per capita | 8,725 KRB |
Fidakar was officially founded in 1367 after Ibrael the Great issued the Proclamation on the Founding of the Kingdom of Fidakar (Fidakarian: ngQyumngwen ngwangMuqarar ngNyangwuk Pyakar) following the signing of the Treaty of Surrender of the last Dominator of Rahal, Mujdam V. It was ruled by the Ibraelite dynasty until 1421 when Ildam the Usurper led a palace coup against King Hamdan III. The Halalerian Army was sent to quell the subsequent resistance by the nobility which was called the Great Green Rebellion. Fidakar was invaded by the Prince of Iganar, Turkheem I, on behalf of then High King Duwal III in 1501 in what was known as the Iganar-Fidakar War, which caused King Ildam II to cede a substantial part of Northern Fidakar to the Sultanate of Packilvania, the under the Zubraynite dynasty.
The Ildamite dynasty continued to make concessions to Packilvania, such that the Supreme General of the King's Halalerian Army, Insulmin a-Khedon Demir, overthrew the King and declared the rule of the human Demir dynasty over Fidakar and proclaimed himself Ilmadien I in 1589. Under the Demirs, Fidakar became more prosperous and lent gold to the fiscally distressed Zubraynite Sultan Uden II. Upon refusing to surrender the Throne of Packilvania, King Saidun V of Fidakar launched an invasion of Packilvania that saw Fidakar occupy Mekedesh and Rigaryat and subsequently lay siege to Bingol, where Uden II was deposed and King Saidun declared himself the Sultan of Packilvania. Fidakar was formally annexed by Packilvania in 1675. The Demirite dynasty spent succeeding decades conquering the rest of the country.
Fidakar was ruled on the Sultan's behalf by the line of Saidun's younger brother Prince Unaliel until the system was reformed in 1689 with Fidakar's incorporation as a province when a new local government model was established. Fidakar was taken over by The Packilvanian Communist Party in 1918 following the First Packilvanian Civil War. It was among the last to be taken by the Carriers of Mercy under Sultan Amhoud I in 1985 where it was ruled by governors appointed by the Sultans of the Bedonite dynasty.
Etymology
History
Hunter Gatherer Period
From at least 1,000 BCE, modern day Fidakar was inhabited by the Robadites, a group of Feline hunters and gatherers who lived in the forests of Fidakar. They spent most of their lives naked or mostly naked, living in small nomadic bands. They lived on the abundance of fruits and animals and fish in the area. They developed darts imbibed with the poison from the skins of frogs and used those to hunt and kill enemies. Some groups such as the Hudamites lived in the trees where they used rope made of vines to build swings and other items to help make the journey of traversing the canopy easier.
Others such as the Wududites lived on the ground where they ate food that fell from the canopy or grew from the forest floor. They captured the animals that lived on the ground, making food and clothing from their pelts where possible. They became accustomed to the darkness of the forest floor and they often used sounds such as whistles to communicate across vast distances.
The Kirodinites lived along the banks of the rivers, where they caught fish. They often made primitive rafts from the wood of fallen trees to make the process of moving along the river fast and efficient. These groups sometimes fought over access to resources such as the natural hotsprings of Khulmid Anihaldal which attracted animals and provided shelter. Evidence of many bones and broken tools such as arrow heads showed that the conflicts could be very violent.
Because they did not read or write, information about them is lacking and most of what is known is derived from archaeological evidence such as evidence of tools, and so on. The Thalminites of Iganar did write and the earliest mention of the forest people of Fidakar, is in stone tablets found at the Khusahat
Three Nations Period
Roughly between 100 CE and 700 CE, there existed three groups of predominantly Feline ethnic groups in the area which comprises modern-day Fidakar: the Baradites who spanned much of the interior and centre, the Tharanites who lived in the south and whose domain crossed over into modern-day Free Pax States while the Marionites lived in the north up to modern-day Central Iganar. They descended from the Thulnimites who lived in Central to North Iganar and south Jumhurikesh.
They were largely, but not entirely nomadic. They had originated from the warm and flat spaces of Iganar where pastoral herding was accommodated by large grasslands. However, as they moved down, the geography led to the thick and wet forests of modern-day Fidakar and the hilly landscape which was characterised by humidity, constant rain and large rivers.
The forests were abundant in their fruits and vegetables and animals.
In 500 CE, the Tuwak Imamate was established after Imam Tuwak I settled with his family and subjects on the northeastern coast of modern day Fidakar. The area had a deep natural harbour and was surrounded by easily defensible hills. An iron age agricultural society thrived in the fertile and thickly forested territory of Tuwak.
To the northeast, about a 100 kilometres away, the Dominion of Exeter was founded in 521 CE by Dominator Exet I after his tribe, the Marionites, were evicted from Gahayal, then known as Rumaxud, to the northwest about 200 kilometres away. Exet I and his people conquered the small villages of the Tubarites who lived in the area of modern Exeter, which was named after him following his death in 534 CE. Exet I believed that his daughter Abaxaliya should succeed him as the Dominatrix, on the condition that she rule with a man not from Exeter as the new Dominator.
Abaxaliya sent a party to scout surrounding lands for a suitable husband and her party proposed marriage to Prince Nejad of Tuwak. He accepted the proposal and journeyed to Exeter to meet her for the first time on their wedding day. Abaxaliya was pleased with her scouts' choice of mate and Prince Nejad was declared the Dominator of Exeter and lived there.
Prince Nejad was elected by the Council of Imams to the Throne of Tuwak and thus became the Chief Imam of Tuwak, unifying the thrones of Tuwak and Exeter under the Tuwak dynasty. Tuwak and Exeter remained largely separate with Nejad's successors preferring to rule Tuwak from Exeter. They ruled through feudalism, with Tuwakite and Exetite Princes made Lords and allowed to raise armies and collect taxes from the vassals who lived on the land that the Dominator-Chief Imam granted.
In 621, Rahal of Tuwak-Exeter sought to control the flow of spices that were originating from Rumaxud, which the Dominators of Rumaxud charged increasingly high taxes for. Tuwak-Exeter sent an army to Rumaxud and conquered the Rumaxudite dynasty and renamed the area to Gahayal, after Rahal's mother. Rahal declared himself the Golden Dominator and renamed his realms, the Golden Dominion of Rahal. His successors consolidated rule over the different parts of the Dominion and established a central government with the seat in a city on the coast called Ubran which they built starting in the 650s.
The Rahalite dynasty expanded control of the northeast of modern Fidakar up to and included modern-day Tasselvalta, where they displaced and assimilated the pastoral and herder nomadic tribes, hunter gatherers and stone age agricultural hamlets that populated much of the area. Where they introduced the iron age innovations that they had inherited from the Rumaxud. The Rahalites largely remained within their borders after the struggle of crossing the Ubrahamahan River and conquering the lands on the other side proved too great. They were also shielded from the other nations across the river.
Across the river existed two broad groups: the Baradites to the north, largely spanning from modern-day Khashwaan to Fidal and the Tharanites from southern Codex Pontus to Khashwaan. The Baradites and the Tharanites had existed alongside the Marionites from whom the Rumaxuds, Tuwakites, and Exetites were descended. The Baradites were a matriarchal group in which women played a dominant role in society. The Tharanites were a group which valued homosexuality and heterosexual relationships were looked down upon
Three Principalities Period
In 845 CE, Prince Ashmid of Ubran invaded expanded his control of territory to surrounding lands after the Ubran Wars. Under his rule, his relatives were placed in charge of the settlements surrounding the city of Ubran that he had conquered. From 860 to 875 CE, Prince Imadeen II of Ubran and his successor Prince Gariel V of Ubran expanded the territory of Ubran through conquest up to the city of
Kingdom of Fidakar
In 1270, Harmid the Conqueror declared the founding of the Kingdom of Fidakar and proclaimed himself the King thereof. The Harmidite dynasty was established under his successors. The country was formed following the disintegration of Packilvania after the collapse of the Iktanite dynasty in
Geography
Fidakar has a tropical rainforest climate in the south, savannah in the central south, temperate forest in the central north, alpine climate in the far north. It has 1 season in the South i.e., it is hot humid and rainy for the whole year, however it experiences monsoons (heavy rain) from June to September. The Central South has two seasons: dry and rainy which span from September to June and from May to August respectively. It has 4 seasons in the Central North, a warm and wet summer from May to July, a cool and rainy winter from November to January, a warm spring from February to April and a cool and windy Autumn from August to October. It has two seasons in the North: Snowy from September to June and Dry from July to August. the hottest temperature recorded in 36 degrees Celsius in the South and -14 degrees Celsius at the top of Mount Enamid.
The province is home to the largest amount of biodiversity in the country. It houses two big cat populations: tigers and leopards. It houses hippopotamuses, elephants and rhinos. It is home to the okapi, tapir, and babirusa. It has the highest concentration of primates in country including housing gibbons, baboons, macaques and orangutans. The province has the Tasselvalta Mountains in the north. The Ubrahamahan River Basin flows through the province and out to Codex Pontus. The river and rains make Fidakar by far the most forested and fertile province in the country. The province is susceptible to landslides and flooding from the heavy rains and overflow from the banks of the Ubrahamahan River. The mountains are susceptible to avalanches at high altitudes. The province experiences the highest rate of sentient-made habitat loss due to destruction of forests for agriculture and housing. The government of Fidakar has been implementing extensive programs to rehabilitate forests, conserve biodiversity and combat further destruction of the provinces natural habitats.
Government
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The politics system of Fidakar takes place in the framework of the Provincial Government Act 12 of 1986 which was passed by the Parliament of Packilvania and signed by Sultan of Packilvania Amhoud I. This act allows the Provincial Legislature of Fidakar to pass laws on water, education, internal roads, railway, canals, electricity, urban development, healthcare, some taxes and levees, forestry, agriculture and other topics.
The Provincial Legislature consists of the Representative Assembly and the Legislative Council. The Representative Assembly is selected by lottery every 4 years from eligible adult population of the Province. It meets once a year at the Halaler International Convention Centre to listen to the State of Province Address and adopt the provincial budget.
The Legislative Council is appointed by the Sultan of Packilvania at his pleasure. Its role is to pass provincial laws, and hold the executive branch accountable. The Governor of Fidakar, currently Prince Ludan a-Amhoud Bedon, signs provincial laws on behalf of the Sultan. He is appointed by the Sultan and he has the power to appoint the Provincial Executive Council and Premier. Provincial Executive Council implements and proposes laws. It is chaired by the Premier, currently Dr Ashmil Luchar. The PEC comprises the following portfolios:
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries: Dr Rahmida Balshad, PhD in Environmental Management and former CEO of the Fidakar Environmental Protection Agency
- Finance, Business and Innovation: Padreek Munhadim, former CEO of the Fidakar Merchant Bank
- Natural Resources and Energy: Erham Sadiq, former CEO of the Mekedesh Energy Corporation
- Education, Sport, Art and Tourism: Prof Arvin Jamad, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Halaler
- Transport and Urban Development: Qamoud Bismal, former CEO of Ubran Development Authority
- Environmental Affairs, Water and Sanitation: Prof Turkheem Zabran, former CEO of the Jumhur Parks and Rangers Agency
- Public Safety: Gen Rumeed Anhadam, former Provincial Commissioner of the Fidakar Police
The Fidakar High Court is headed by the Judge President, Prince Gurion a-Jibrael Bedon. It sits in Halaler, Ubran, Vashtoon, Tuwaka, and Yashad. It receives appeals from lower courts. The Fidakar Procuratorate is helmed by Chairman of the Council of the Fidakar Provincial Procuratorate, Imperial Procurator, Nemad Jamariyat.
Politics
Fidakar is part of an informal group comprising Iganar and Ashura that strays the furthest and asserts the most independence from the central government. Despite being part of a nominally unitary state, the incredible size and complexity of the province, has forced the imperial government to delegate many functions to the provincial government. For instance, the Imperial Department of Home Affairs has delegated the ability to register the population and issue identifying documents to the Provincial Government of Fidakar to enable it to manage internal migration. Additionally, Fidakar has the second-strongest border management system in the country after Ashura, with border checks in place and more checks for domestic travellers at points of entry than exists in the rest of the country.
Additionally, Fidakar is the most progressive province in other ways. For instance, the Provincial Government has significantly stymied the ability of the Religious Police to do its work. It has the lowest representation of members of the Magisterium of Paxism in its legislature in the country and the highest concentration of businesspeople and professionals in the country. As such, it has the most business friendly environment outside of a special economic zone or autonomous city. For example, it has the lowest lead-time for getting a construction permit and power connection for a business. Fidakar has also obstructed the enforcement of conservative laws against the LGBT community, religious and ethnic minorities, women, and it has the lowest concentration of state-owned surveillance cameras. Fidakar has promised to ban fossil fuel cars by 2028, far earlier than targets set elsewhere. It has some of the most stringent environmental policies, causing the highest oil prices in the country.
Finances
Fidakar spends has a budget of 200 billion KRB annually, which comprised 20% of the economy of Fidakar of 2023. It had a budget deficit of 5% in 2023. It received a Clean Audit from the Office of Fiscal Disciple. The Provincial Government spent 38% of its budget on salaries, 25% on operations and 22% on capital projects and 15% on debt repayments. The Provincial Government has a debt of 600 billion KRB, of which 20 billion is from foreign creditors, 80 billion from the bank loans, 200 billion is in Packilvanian dinar-denominated Provincial Bonds, and 300 billion from the Imperial Treasury. The Province has a AAA credit rating from Preston & Cole. The budget is funded as follows: 50% from transfers from the Imperial Government, 40% from Provincial Taxes and Fees, and 10% from mining royalties. The provincial government held assets worth 2 trillion KRB. The Provincial Government The Province spends as follows:
| Item | Amount | % of budget |
|---|---|---|
| Social welfare transfer payments and social services | 55 billion | 30% |
| Education | 40 billion | 20% |
| Healthcare | 30 billion | 15% |
| Infrastructure | 25 billion | 12.5% |
| Public safety | 19 billion | 9% |
| Energy | 13 billion | 6% |
| Water, rural development, farming, and the environment | 11
billion |
5% |
| Business support and commercial development | 7 billion | 2.5% |
Public safety
Fidakar has 500,000 police officers. It has a prison population of 750,000 inmates housed in 30,000 prisons, of which 80,000 inmates were transferred from other provinces for security reasons. Of its prisons, 20,000 are low to medium security penal camps. 500 murders were perpetrated in 2023 with 95% arrest rate and a 92% conviction rate. 450 executions were conducted in the province. 25 kidnappings were conducted in the province and 121 cases of sexual assault. 1,300 burglaries were reported with a 89% arrest rate and a 85% conviction rate. 7,500 cases of petty theft were reported with a arrest rate of 82% and a conviction rate of 73%. 62% of crimes were reported in communities with average income of 50% of the average national income (ANI), 28% at 51% to 100% of ANI, 8% at 101% to 150% of ANI and 2% at 150% and above of ANI, showing that crime in Fidakar is heavily correlated with poverty. 18,500 cases of corruption were reported with 65% rate of arrest and 49% rate of conviction.
Economy
Fidakar has a GDP of 1.2 trillion KRB, the second highest in the country after Iganar. The GDP per capita is 8,275 KRB. The province has an unemployment rate of 6% and a youth unemployment rate of 14%. The labour force (the number of working age looking for work or in work) stands at 98 million people. The labour participation rate (the number of working age people compared to the number of working age people in work or looking for work) stands at 87%.
The province's economy consists of 10% agriculture, 5% mining, 30% manufacturing and 55% services. The province's largest internal trading partners are Iganar, Jumhurikesh, Mekedesh, Rigaryat, and Bingol, with other Packilvanian provinces making up 74% of Fidakar's trade. Outside of Packilvania, Fidakar's largest trade partners are Free Pax States, Great Morstaybishlia, and Vekaiyu.
Fidakar produces 48% of Packilvania's calories. It produces 70% of the rice, 51% of the grains, 37% of the fruits, and 21% of the vegetables produced in Packilvania. It employs 32 million people in the agriculture sector. It produces sugar cane, coffee, cocoa, latex rubber, palm oil, among many other plants. It has only expanded as the province has improved water management irrigation, terrace farming, fertiliser usage and mechanised farming. It is also a noteworthy producer of natural pearls, and shellfish species. It produces substantial lumber per annum. Its agriculture, fisheries and forestry sector is worth 98 billion KRB per year, about 10% of GDP. Fidakar is the 7th largest producer of fossil fuels in the country, with most of the oil being located in offshore reserves. Valued at 52 billion KRB, fossil fuels make up about 5% of GDP, with most oil being consumed domestically, and it employs 16 million people. In fact, the province is a net importer of energy due to its massive manufacturing sector. The province's manufacturing sector makes up about 403 billion KRB and employees 20 million people. The rest of the economy consists of the services sector.
Demographics
Population Management
Fidakar is the most populated province with 145 million people and is the second most populated subnational divisions in the world after or on par with Staynes. Despite having a birth rate of 2.4, which by Packilvanian standards is on the lower end of the population spectrum, it is relatively high by gloval standards, with the population growing by 0.8 to 1.5% annually and is expected to reach 300 million by 2100.
The Fidakar Provincial Government has the power to control internal migration in the province. Thus, it implemented controls in the framework of the Population Mobility and Distribution Act. The Fidakar Birthplace Registration Act and subsequent amendments and regulations builds on the policy of Internal Migration Management that was introduced by the Packilvanian Communist Party. It requires that all Fidakarian citizens should be registered with their place of birth and apportions access to public services such as healthcare, education, housing and employment on the basis of the registration of origin. This policy was designed to prevent the influx of rural migrants from overwhelming the cities, but critics have noted that the policy arbitrarily disadvantages rural citizens and makes them virtually second class citizens in their own province.
To combat the rising population of the province, there are measures such as providing tax rebates for citizens who perform a vasectomy or hysterectomy after their second child. Sapient rights organisations such as Freedom International have reported forced sterilisations of poor rural populations by Fidakarian healthcare authorities, claims which the Provincial Government vehemently denies. Widespread contraceptives and family planning initiatives such as banning child marriages, sex education in schools etc. have been cited as helping to dampen the population rise of the Province. Over 46% of the population live in urban areas while the remaining 54% live in rural areas.
Housing
2 million people live informal and semi-formal housing in shanty towns or slums on the peripheries of major cities with about 600,000 people being unhoused or relying on state or civil society run transitional housing. The housing crisis in Fidakar is caused in part by the high cost of land attributed to the Provincial Government's tacit support of efforts by Local Government's to artificially raise the price of land and the subsequent land use rights sales to property developers and investors by restricting land supply.
Religion
Fidakar has the lowest religious participation rate in the country. Despite the fact that 98% of the population consist of adherents of Paxism, it has the lowest percentage of people who regularly visit a temple at 32% far lower than the second lowest province at around 49%. It has the lowest amount of women who wear a religious headscarf at around 18%. Despite the nominal presence of laws to manage dress, Fidakar has the poorest enforcement of dress code restrictions. It also has the highest portion of the population with people who do not formally believe in a deity at around 18% of the population.
Education
The Provincial Department of Education runs 670,000 public schools. There are also 1.2 million private schools and tutoring centres. It is home to 168 universities, with the most prestigious including the University of Halaler, the University of Tuwak and the University of Ubran. It has the best performance in the Imperial Examinations at the end of high school in the country outside of the special economic zones and autonomous cities. Students in Fidakar spend the most time outside of SEZs and ACs in the country on their education, at about 11.5 hours a day. Fidakar has the highest salaries for teachers in the country outside of SEZs and ACs and is often a preferred destination of teacher placements from across the country.
Healthcare
Fidakar has a tropical climate, meaning that tropical diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, typhoid, haemorrhagic fever, and sleeping sickness were prevalent issues. But through aggressive immunisations, and fumigation of disease carrying insects such as mosquitoes and tsetse flies and the combatting of stagnant water in urban areas and sewage run-off into lakes and rivers, the province has made enormous strides in combatting communicable diseases. Fidakar has some of the most aggressive public hygiene policies in the country, with all shops, schools, train stations and other public spaces requiring people to sanitise their hands before entering. Fidakar has strongly encouraged wearing face masks to avoid the spread of airborne diseases. This helped it weather the Vanoi fever pandemic.