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Kaltariezh is an upper income post-industrial consumption-led developed economy (according to the [[Auroran Monetary Fund]]) that has a GDP of rough 3.2 trillion KRB and a GDP per capita of approximately 31,000 KRB. It is a major manufacturing and financial services hub, being the home of major corporations such as [[Ferrus Industries]]. With its generally mild climate and minerally well-endowed geography, the country is highly biologically diverse and its varying landscape provide for the cultivation of wine-grade grapes. The country performs well in metrics of liveability and governance, but it does have a fairly high incarcerated population and above average levels of crime.
== Etymology ==
It is believed the name ''Kaltar'' derives from the name ''Culotoutar'' given by the [[Bishlan|Aberbish]] civilisation who spoke [[Usprian languages|
Proto-Usprian]] over three thousand years ago. ''Culo'' has toponymic meaning, which is "a nook", "a retreat" or "an out of the way place". The sound followed similar linguistic changes pertaining to its meaning, evolving into ''kul'' by the first millennium BCE, and then mutating into ''kal'' by the 8th century. This deviates from the actual spelling of the word which in modern Kaltareg is ''[[Wikipedia:cil#Welsh|kil]]''.
The next part, ''[[Wikipedia:Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/toutā|touta]]'', means "people", with the second ''t'' becoming weaker over time, often being replaced by a softer ''d''. The second consonant mostly vanished by the first millenium BCE, at which point it was recorded under several spelling variants, most notably ''Kultouar'', and rarely ''Kultudar''. The suffix is believed to be the definitive article ''[[Wikipedia:Breton grammar#Articles-ar|-ar]]'', which means "the", though it is unexplained why this appears as a suffix as it usually precedes a word, phrase or toponymic cognate. If this is the case, the full name translates to "the people of the nook".
The name was codified in the 9th century, formally becoming ''Kaltar''. All other spellings phased out shortly after. The suffix ''-iezh'' came by the 11th century, coming from the earlier ''[[Wikipedia:-edh#Cornish|-edh]]'' and denotes a sense of nationhood. In a sense, it is very similar to the [[Wikipedia:English language|Staynish]] suffix ''[[Wikipedia:-ia#Suffix 2|-ia]]'', from which the staynified name ''Kaltaria'' derives.
== History ==
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