Marisha
Coalition State of the Marishan Kolun Koadevletin Marişu Koluğun (Standard Marishan) كوادفليتين ماريسو كولوغون (Alsaayqayidu) Sairna Comhrialtas na Cólan Máirísed (Fefsen) | |
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 Flag | |
| Status | Universally Recognized |
| Capital | Kilar Gathering Zone |
| Largest | Akdaler |
| Official languages | Standard Marishan |
| Legislature | Grand Assembly of the Kolun |
| Independent | |
| Population | |
• 2018 estimate | 33,423,114 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $673,321,424,865 |
• Per capita | $20,145 |
| Gini (2021) | 27.9 low |
| SDI (2021) |  0.895very high |
| Mains electricity | 240V, 50Hz |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | 511 |
| ISO 3166 code | CSM, CS |
| Internet TLD | .cs |
Marisha, officially the Coalition State of the Marishan Kolun is a country located in West Gondwana consisting politically and culturally of 43 Kolun, 4 National Territories, and one Co-Prosperity Sphere. It shares a land border with [Sayyed] to the South, and Ayaupia to the West, and has maritime borders with Ny'Natrotomi.
Marisha is a confederate republic, and a representative democracy with three separate branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. The national capital of the country is the Kilar Gathering Zone located within the Greater Kilar Metropolis under the jurisdiction of Kol Kirzana. The Greater Kilar Metropolis also represents the country's most populous settlement, with Akdaler representing its financial center. Unique in its organization, the Coalition State is highly decentralized in nature, with many issues being resolved at a local level with with widely differing laws by jurisdiction.
A society organized around loose family groupings, many of which now include hundreds of thousands of members, the Coalition State is an artificial organization that transcend the borders of individual groups with the goal of facilitating trade, economic development and defence. These extended family groupings, referred to in many local languages as a “kol” (plural form: kolun), vary in origins and ethnic backgrounds and many settled in the region in different periods in history, though most archeologists agree that the first trace of civilisation in the region appear around 600 BCE with the Dharut culture believed to have been related to the southern Ashurian Kingdom. Unlike their neighbours, civilization developed following a different course, reflecting both the unique natural conditions and demographic distribution of the region. As such, combined with the tendency of its people to remain in the community of their births, a multitude of city states focused around artisanal crafts and trade, as well as feudal kingdoms and nomadic communities emerged, never a unified state. Oftentimes, these city states, feudal kingdoms and groups of nomads consist of a singular ruling kol through either blood or association. With their relative geographic isolation from the conflicts of the south, with the country's wealthy coasts having been separated from them by a rolling deserts, the kolun of the region were allowed to develop. Despite this, competition for resource was fierce, as the seasonal movements of kolun led to frequent clashes, exacerbated by the frequent arrival of new groups to the region. Thus, combined with minimal influence from outside forces, society continued to develop around individual koluns well into the modern era.
With the arrival of new colonial powers in the region, from the 19th century to the 20th as well as the rapid advancement of technology following the global industrial revolution, the region’s relative isolation was at risk. The disastrous defeat of Kol Akdaler, and the signing of the Convention of Kilar in 1922, along with the rapid defeat of Mukarras the South sparked a political crisis amongst the kolun. In the aftermath, in a signing of a convention led forward by Kol Tasha, supported by the dire situation at hand saw the the formation of the Coalition State of the Marishan Kolun, as proclaimed on 4 April, 1924 based on the Karzanan capital of Kilar. Though conflicts more often than not erupt between the kolun, the state-building efforts garnered much success as the nation successfully avoided the fate of protectorate or colony.
Marisha is often recognized as a regional power with a relatively strong economy, reflected in its representation as one of West Gondwana's largest economy by both nominal GDP and PPP, though the decentralized nature of the Coalition State has impeded accurate calculation of the economy’s size and scale, with official figures used being provided by the Coalition State Exchequer Union, the source data having been provided by individual kolun. Marisha remains a country with a very high Human Development Index, and offers a tuition-free university education, and a free universal health care system. A melting pot of cultures and ethnicities, Marisha also represents one of West Gondwana's largest immigrant population.