Fortuna
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Esmiran State | |
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 Flag of Esmir
 Emblem of the Civil Rally
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Motto: "Humanity, Faith, Labor" | |
Anthem: Motherland We Praise | |
| Capital | Zey |
| Largest city | Alo Yopa |
| Official languages | Esmiri |
| Ethnic groups (2020 Estimate) | 100% Human |
| Demonym(s) | Esmiran |
| Government | Unitary Dahorianist one-party totalitarian dictatorship |
• Supreme Leader of the Civil Rally | Aboa Habshi |
• President | Tauga Utso |
• Director of Internal Affairs | Jituj Tkaya |
| Legislature | Civil Legal Center |
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Esmir, officially the Esmiri State, 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.
Since the 1990s, the Esmiran State’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 “thallasocratic object”. Esmir considers itself a “land empire”, to say that its territory being the subject of Esmiri 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, officially the Supreme Leader of the Civil Rally, is Aboa Habshi.
Etymology
The name "Esmir" first appeared in the 1400s to refer to lands under direct control or vassalization of the Esmr Dynasty.
History
Prehistory
Zastam
Early Dynastic Period
Second Dynastic Period
Age of Humilation
Imperial Age
Late Dynastic Period
Modern Era
Politics
Anthropology
Civil Rally
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
Law enforcement and internal security
Military
Geography
Climate
Biodiversity
Environment
Economy
Currency
Agriculture
Science and technology
Tourism
Infrastructure
Transportation
Energy
Water supply and sanitation
Demographics
Language
The only official and recognized language of the Empire is Fortunan which first saw wide adoption throughout the archipelago starting in the early 1900s. Fortunan is a Norvian language and derives from Old Fortunan, the prominent language of the Fortunan Empire between the 11th and 16th centuries. The Fortunan language itself is based on Anconan as it was already widely spoken among the upper class and major urban centers. There is estimated to be around 40 million native speakers around the world and 10 million who use it as a secondary language. Fortunan would be officially established as the official language of the archipelago with the establishment of the Fortunan Confederation in the 1970s. Standardization, the establishment of a national education system, use in mass media, and support by unitists such as the UNP would increase the language's use into the 21st century.
There exist dozens of languages native to the Aspirian Isles. However, many minority and regional languages are considered endangered or entirely extinct in part due to the regime's push for the use of a singular, unifying language. On the Fortunan Archipelago, reportedly the only remaining languages in use besides Fortunan is Emilian and Toscanan. Secluded communities still see use of variations of the language, although this is expected to quickly change as the Empire continues further integration of the archipelago. Within the Medium Isles, lesser used languages include: Helenan, Miran, Linaronese, Grenatian, Opalian, and Telganese. These languages are endangered as Fortuna continues to integrate the islands into the Empire while many other Mediumese languages have already gone extinct. On Eridani Theta, the Fortunan language is still considered a secondary language. The main languages still in use is Eridanese, Thetan, and Ambravian.
In order to be able to participate in the international community, the government has allowed for the learning of an internationally used language. The most commonly learned languages are Codexian, Unonian, and Asendavian. As of 2020, it is estimated that over 25% of Fortunans under the age of 25 are able to use a foreign language. The use of a secondary language in public is prohibited unless it is for educational, political, or business purposes.