Puvastel
Province of Puvastel (staynish) | |
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Motto: We will sustain | |
 Location of Puvastel | |
| Capital and largest city | Ostayoo |
| Official languages | Ayaupian, Nestonian, Puvastelan |
| Demonym(s) | Puvastelan |
| Government | |
• Province Councillor | Utanip Caavotil |
| Legislature | Provincial Assembly of Puvastel |
| Area | |
• Total | 181,200 km2 (70,000 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 190,243 (2020) |
| GDP (nominal) | estimate |
• Total | 438,098,000,000.00 |
• Per capita | 25,105.40 |
| Currency | Oliscica (AYO-PU) |
| Driving side | right |
Puvastel province is one of the 17 province of Ayaupia, the smallest of the country and the easternmost point of Nestonia. Ostayoo is the capital city, where seats the Provincial Assembly of Puvastel. The province is bordering Pacel to its west and Estol to its south. The province is surrounded westward and eastward by two rivers, respectively being the Puvast and the Ulista.
History
Etymology
The word Puvastel can be dated back from the 18th century. At that time, the current day province was part of the Kingdom of Pacel, where Puvastelan were considered as 2nd class citizens. As a commonly shared feeling towards independence arose among the people, the idea of a State which would gather every Puvastelan became more and more pregnant, hence the need to find a way to give a name for such movement.
Puvastel is made of the root word Puvast, which is the name of the river going along the west side of the province, and the suffix -el which in Puvastelan (and Eastern Nestonian languages) means "the ground", "the land" or "the territory". Thus it literally means "the Land of Puvast".
Geography
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Language
The official languages of Puvastel are standard Ayaupian, Nestonian and the local dialect, Puvastelan, which has unique features like the /y/ and /ʃ/ sound.