Tamerlaine
Republica of Tamerlaine | |
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 Flag | |
Motto: Atstride Greatness | |
Anthem: "Cliffside Compsition #4" | |
 Location of Tamerlaine (dark green) near the continents of Concord (left) and Arcturia (right) | |
| Capital | Tamerlaine |
| Official languages | Codexian |
| Ethnic groups (2022) | Tamerid Human: 23% Corric Human: 8% Tamerid Elf: 7% Other: 62% |
| Demonym(s) | Tamerid |
| Government | Federal corporatist Presidential republic |
• President | Ivan H. H. Mors |
| Legislature | Republican Forum |
| Establishment | |
• Republica Treaty | 1971 |
• Tamerlaine Trade and Regulation Act | 1990 |
• Tamerlaine International Trade Zone Act | 2022 |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,614 km2 (1,009 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 825,000 |
| GDP (nominal) | estimate |
• Total | $288,917,800,000 |
• Per capita | $350,198 |
| Currency | International Trade Dollar (pegged to SHD) (ITD) |
| Time zone | UTC + 1:00 |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +02 |
| Internet TLD | .tml |
The Republica of Tamerlaine, most often shortened to Tamerlaine, is an island nation located in the Halcyon Sea on the Tainerich Archipelago. Occupying the four southern-most islands of the Archipelago, the country lies west of Tennabroch, north of Stelvania, and is one of two island nations within the Sea besides Christie Island. The capital city is Tamerlaine on the island of Abrus, with its 328,901 residents making up 40% of the nations total population. The area of ocean claimed by Tamerlaine is approximately 40,000 square kilometers.
Tamerlaine was officially founded in 1971 from the State of Abrus, the Commonwealth of Khalden, and the Governates of Huysan and Samar. The four island nations had been largely ignored by their neighbors due to their small populations, limited strategic value, and lack of natural resources. The Great War spurred a movement to modernize and develop the islands in the face of increasing globalization and competition. Many of the young islanders travelled abroad to learn trades and acquire higher education degrees in order to help their home catch up to the global standards of schooling and economics. The period between 1930 and 1950 became known as "The Great Development" in Tamerlaine as engineers, scientists, and politicians were finally in large enough numbers to propel the islands into more modern conditions. The advances in science led to the discovery of large phosphate reserves and subaquatic manganese deposits in 1952, leading to the individual islands jockeying for political and economic control over these resources. Khalden acquired a simple majority control over phosphate mining and associated industries through a combination of force, mergers, and political agreements. The tension that resulted threatened to break down nomnally cordial relations into heated conflict and sabatoge.
In 1970, the Governor of Abrus Michael J. L. Bove proposed a federation-style unification of the four nations to prevent strife over the valuable resources. While initially unpopular, the people of the islands warmed to the Governor's persistent campaign, and the agreement to become a representative republic was drafted. The formation of the Republica of Tamerlaine, named after the largest city in the four islands and the new capital, was formalized the next year. The initial situation was highly optimistic. The mining and refining industries benefitted greatly from the unified approach to resource extraction. The wealth of the nation skyrocketed and the living standards along with it, but it soon became apparent that the new nation was quickly becoming a banana republic. The only relevancy it had at the moment was phosphates and manganese, with nearly 78% of the economic output derived from these minerals. As a result, the mining corporations became the most influential political bloc, their interests often taking precedence over public policy or other economic development.
By 1988 the nation 's economy was dominated by Tamerlaine Minerals Concern. Sapient rights and quality of life remained high, but international watchdogs issued a report in 1987 suggesting Tamerlaine was experiencing a sharp drop in political freedoms. Crucially, the Republican Forum signed into law the Tamerlaine Trade and Regulation Act of 1990, which provided special economic zones across the country where specified corporations could enforce policies and regulations in order to ensure best practices in their industries. In return for continued tax contributions and subsidised public programs, the TMC established direct oversight over the facilities and government bodies related to their mining work. The Act was expanded in 1990 to include more companies interested in investing in Tamerlaine, providing a boom in industries like banking, logistics, shipbuilding, and steel forging.
Tamerlaine has focused their "Decade 2 Reinvigoration Program" government project on improving infrastructure, tourism, healthcare, education, and environmental neutrality with the assistance of resident corporations. In 2020, as part of its International Client Outreach Initiative, Quill Defense Contractors, Incorporated opened a complex on Khalden with new headquarters for subsidiary companies Quill Engineering, Quill Air Consultants, and Quill Shipping Consultants. The TTR Act was subsequently expanded to include Quill as an oversight company. On February 2nd, 2021, the Republican Forum of Tamerlaine unanimously voted to expand the special economic zones to cover the entire territory of the country, handing over de facto control of infrastructure, finances, defense, and public policy of the newly-created Tamerlaine International Trade Zone to the corporations of the ITZ Oversight Committee.
Tamerlaine is one of, if not the most wealthy nation on Urth when referencing GDP per capita, with an estimated $350,000 per citizen. Its economy is highly diverse and specialised across the four islands, including industries such as shipbuilding, resort tourism, pharmaceutical development, investments and banking, aerospatial testing, and mining. The influence of corporations, especially those recognized by the Tamerlaine Trade and Regulation Act as part of the International Trade Zone, is pervasive throughout the country. Authorities in the International Forum have identified Tamerlaine variously as a corporate welfare state, corporatocracy, a neo-banana republic, and a puppet government.
Etymology
The name Tamerlaine is derived from the local term taemyr lu'nhe ('moon bay'), used by the indiginous Tamerid people to refer to the large bay of Abrus island's southern coast. The native people similarly take their name from this landmark; the word Tamerid roughly translating to 'people of the bay.' Local history asserts that the moon is reflected by the bay waters in a perfect mirror image once every several hundred years. This has resulted in a notable Akronist minority sect known as the "Taemyr Akronista" being established on the islands.
Tamerlaine first appeared in the 1589 'Baham Map' atlas of northern Arcturian states, used to refer to the island of Abrus alone.The first instance of the name being used for the ethnically Tamerid islands as a group is generally accepted as being the 1651 'Catalog of Foreign Trade Partners' published by the Corric crown for internal reference. It is disputed whether the Tamerid people accepted foreign usage of the term to refer to their islands as a whole, but local history indicates each island asserted their individual descriptors in domestic use up until their federation in the 20th century.
Geography
Tamerlaine consists of four major islands and several dozen smaller islets and atolls in the eastern Halcyon Sea, off the west coast of Tennabroch and the north coast of Stelvania. It lies between latitudes 15° and 18° N and longitudes 17° and 19° E. It is +1:00 hours from Universal Time at Christie. The total land are of the nation is combined from the four major inhabitable islands, measuring 2,614 square kilometers (1,009 square miles).
Tamerlaine, the capital city, is located on the center of the Taemyr Bay on the island of Abrus. The other inhabited islands are Khalden; the largest and second-most populated, Huysan; the southernmost and least populated, and Samar; the central and smallest. Other land masses of note are Johnson Atoll, Diego Marcios Cay, Alabaster Cay, Moonbeam Isle, and Lesser Kalinia.
The main islands possess varied geographies, with large coastal cliffs, sloping inland fields and hills, and mountainous ridges. Cliffsides can reach up to 45 meters (135 feet). The highest point in the nation is the Great Summit on Khalden, reaching 509 meters (1,527 feet) above sea level. Khalden also possesses the largest and deepest body of freshwater: the Southern Pool reservoir has a surface area of 190 hectares and a depth of 30 meters (120 feet.)
There are two distinct ecoregions in Tamerlaine: Tamerid pine forest and Tamerid palm savannah. Pine forests occur at higher altitudes and on portions of islands sheltered from the westerly winds of the Halcyon Sea. The nation has a distinctive mangrove subregion on cays and other small, low-lying islands.
Climate
Tamerlaine possesses a tropical savannah climate (Aw), with a hot and wet season and a warm and dry season. The low latitude, position between warm wind currents, and sheltered surroundings provide Tamerlaine with few major weather phenomenon and a warm, winterless climate.
As with most tropical climates, seasonal rainfall follows the sun, and summer is the wettest season. There is only a 8 °C (15 °F) difference between the warmest month and coolest month in most of the islands. Every few decades low temperatures can result from a severe cold front comes down from Yasteria, however there has never been frost recorded in Tamerlaine. Snow has only been recorded once: in 1962, rain mixed with snow was observed for several minutes in Samar. The islands are often sunny and dry for long periods of time, and average more than 3,000 hours or 340 days of sunlight annually. Much of the natural vegetation is tropical grass, shrubs, and types of palm along with tropical pine.
Goverment
Tamerlaine is a federal presidential republic, headed by a popularly-elected President serving as head of state and exeuctive of government. The legislative body is the Republican Forum, comprised of twenty-eight Officers with seven elected from each of the four main islands. There is a single Superior Court with three Justices that serves as the main judicial branch, while each island has a District Court and several small Village Tribunals for local issues. Politically, the Tamerid government is similarly constructed to that of the South Hills model, from which the nation draws significant cultural elements.
The President, as executive and head of state, sets the foreign and domestic policy and exercises their powers through an appointed six-member State Board. Officers of the State Board are required to have served at least six years in the civil service, and are certified by the Republican Forum. The President can serve three five-year terms before they are ineligible to hold the office. The current President of the Republica is Ivan H. H. Mors, a member of the Trade & Labor party serving his third term.
Legislative power is the responsibility of the Republican Forum, whose Officers are elected from Administrative Villages on the main islands. The twenty-eight officials can serve two terms of three years each before they become ineligible for election for another three years. The Forum is represented and moderated by the Presiding Officer, selected by the Officers from among former members currently ineligible for election. The Forum and the President possess checks against each other; the President may dissolve the Forum with a unanimous vote from the State Board, and the Forum may dismiss the President and State Board with a two-thirds majority vote. The current Presiding Officer of the Forum is Maya G. J. Hua, former Officer from Khalden A.V. 2.
The Superior Court maintains ultimate authority over laws and legal decisions in Tamerlaine. Their three Justices are appointed for a twenty-year term by the President. The Justices possess the power to appoint by unanimous decision a Judge to fill vacancies in the lower District Courts. The appoinment to a District Court is for a ten-year term. Individuals may appeal decisions made in a Village Court to their District Court, and in District Court to the Superior Court. The current Justices are Harold L. P. Hardyll, Boris Q. Uiha, and Doreen V. Z. Maiyr.
The government abides by the Tamerlaine Articles of Governance laid out in the 1971 Republica Treaty. The Articles include safeguards on freedom of expression, religion, press, and association, the rights of sapient individuals, and guaruntees of quality of life and mechanisms for government reform. In the Articles are also definitions for political parties and their operations. There are three extand parties: Trade & Labor, the economically-centrist, socially-liberal party, Development Tamerlaine, the economically-liberal, socially-conservative party, and Action, the economically and socially conservative party.