Zeiberland
The Empire of New Zeiberland J'emiretz de novou Zeiberland
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Anthem: Vos Dein Sasageyo | |
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| Location | Zeiberland is located on an island in south-west Yasteria |
| Capital | Katalania |
| Largest city | Wagnõr |
| Official languages | Staynish, Zeibear |
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| Religion | Atheism, Thaerism and Maism |
| Demonym(s) | Zeibesh |
| Government | Capitalistic Unitary Parliamentary Democratic republic |
• President | Atreyo Rõy |
• Vice President | Houyin Kyouma |
| Legislature | Senate(Parliament) |
| House of Lords | |
| House of Commons | |
| Absolute sovereignty | |
• Zeibesh Civil War | Mar 1808- Sep 1818 |
• Formation of Zeiberland | 22nd January 1819 |
| Area | |
• | 99,700 km2 (38,500 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 12,250,000 |
• Density | 124.325/km2 (322.0/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | estimate |
• Total | 736.7 Billion SHD |
• Per capita | 60,140 SHD |
| Gini (2021) | 39 medium |
| SDI (2021) | 0.837 very high |
| Time zone | UTC+9 |
| Date format | Common era (CE) and dd/mm/yyyy |
| Mains electricity | 230 V–50 Hz |
| Calling code | +420 |
| ISO 3166 code | ZN,ZBN |
| Internet TLD | .zb |
New Zeiberland is officially known as the The empire of New Zeiberland. It is a sovereign capitalistic parliamentary democratic republic state located in Yasteria. It isn't densely populated with a population of ~12,250,000 and an area of ~99,700sqkm. It has a very high GDP per capita at 60,140 SHD and a total GDP of 736.7billion SHD. It also has a HDI of .837 and GINI of 39.
The language of Zeiberland is Zeibear. It is spoken by almost 95% of the population. Zeiberland has three main species who are all treated equally. However all the species other than Elves, Nekomimi and Humans are treated poorly as they make up a very small percentage of the Zeibesh population. Zeiberland also treats religion as a pest.
This country was officially formed on January 22 1819. The flag, also known as 'je royel drapo tricolur' (the royal tricolour), has three stripes representing the three species of Zeiberland; blue representing Elves, red representing Nekomimi and black representing Humans.
History
Early and pre-historic age.
The earliest records of the existence of inhabitants in this part of the peninsula date back to 3000 BCE with cave paintings, archaeological evidence and most fascinatingly, the walls. These walls are fairly tall at 20-30m and cover quite a large part of Amestris and Mõnstæd. It is not known when exactly these walls were built, but they existed before the earliest writing systems developed here. The first writing system was a logo-syllabary dating back to around 1900 BCE. It is fairly well understood and is a valuable source of information for the Early history of Zeiberland. The earliest species were dominantly elves and nekomimi.
Foreigners and rise of empires
Around 200BCE, a group of people arrived at the island that is now known as Nordail. They built a small settlement there and for almost 3 centuries, no one was aware of a larger island. circa 120 was when the foreign settlers realised that the 'larger jungle area' was in fact a peninsula that was inhabited. The two groups of settlements slowly mingled and over years, were two large settlements, mõnstæd and nordail. The Zeibear language, then known as Azana, had been fleshed out into a logo-syllabary. It's phonemes were very different and not many spoke it. The years until the early 800s were mostly uneventful, with the Zeibesh people expanding their territories. Then one day, a ship sailed into the region west of Mõnstæd. These were Salovian explorers who eventually brought with them human settlers. This also bought with them the religion of Thaerism. Those foreigners who hadn't joined the Zeiban(then called Seyban) settled north of the Hlu river. This gave rise to the Eizyue empire. The Eizyue empire was the only state in the history of the peninsula to have given attention to the race of its people. It was primarily humans and a supressed minority of elves. The Eizyue empire became a major threat to the Zeiban empire in the early 1200s. This caused a very big shift in the peninsula and thus began the age of conquest.
The empires of the peninsula 1300s-1400s
The peninsula was slowly divided into different kingdoms. There were three main kingdoms that would be prevalent until the early 1500s. The three were the Eizyuez, the Zeibans and the Leshmans. These emipres were fairly peaceful other than minor conflicts until 1367 when the Leshmans annexed a smaller state, Wagnor(now Wagnõr) which put them in direct contact with the Zeibans. Wagnor was protected by Zeiban and when it was annexed, Zeiban, with its then ruler, Queen Khanzada II, decided to end the years of peace and one of the most important wars in the history of the peninsula begun. It lasted for almost 10 years from 1368 - 1377. The Leshmans were far weaker in terms of military strength. However their then ruler, Babar Majide won over the town of Savigle and Nemar fort. He was regarded as a tactical genius. However, he grew severely ill and his brother, Baad saw this opportunity and together with the Zeibans, assassinated Babar in 1375. Baad then was crowned ruler of Leshman, and Wagnor was returned to the Zeibans. However, Baad wasn't satisfying with this deal and pretended to retreat while secretly setting up his troops to launch an attack on the retreating Zeban forces. However, Khanzada expected this and surprised Baad and killed him in the second battle of Wagnor in 1376. The Leshmans kept fighting, however they were quickly overwhelmed and surrendered 8 months later. Thus ended the Leshman empire. The Zeibans annexed all territory to the north of Kanghiz (Now north Katalania). The small region below was freed from Leshman rule and thus came the region of Resenbool. Meanwhile, Eizyue prepared to launch an attack on the Zebans with their armies focused on the south. However, the winter of 1377 stalled the Eizyue long enough for the Zebans to march their armies back north. The Eizyue attack was delayed and after the death of their ruler, Eizyue was taken over by a peace loving pacifist, Eidam Yegar from 1378-1417. Eizyue expanded northward while Zeiban annexed Resenbool and other smaller towns towards the centre. Only in 1508 did that peace shatter.
Geography
Zeiberland is located on an island in south-west Yasteria. Zeiberland is neighboured by Lazlowia and United Socialist Provinces of Rumrari. Zeiberland is made up of two islands, the main island and Nordail. Zeiberland has 4 major rivers flowing through it: Je Syein which comes from the Rumrari strait, J'Elanõr which flows from the mountains in the heart of Zeiberland, Je Hangs flows through Mõnstæd and Je Hlu flows through Ostenvil. The Hangs and The Hlu have numerous settlements based on the river banks. The Hlu historically seperated the Eizyue empire from the Zebans.
Religion
Zeiberland is almost 70% Atheist. However, Maism and Thaerism (Thayrism) are still prevalent. However the state does not support religion and does not make any exceptions for religion. The laws against Thaerism, which were set up in 1857 and 1902, have been loosening since the 1970s. After 1969, the practice of Thaerism became legal once again. However, in some pockets of the country, Thaerism is socially rejected and in some towns, Thaerism prevails. All other religions are not socially condemned, however, it is legal to practice religion if it abides by all regular laws and does not disturb Atheists. Maism is the only religion that is considered socially appropriate. This hostility towards religion stems from two major incidents in 1857 and 1902.
Alagad battle 1857
In 1842, a group of 30 or so thaerists came to together to form the Taybon association, later known as TAYIRISTIR. These people were thaerist extremists who believed that the Maists were plaguing their country and that the new atheist mindset would be the downfall of Zeiberland. They were based around the Thaerist village of tulagad in central Zeiberland which is presently towards the west of Alagad. Historically, the greater Alagad region was a thaerist hotspot (until the 'king's culling' incident). The taybon association took a violent approach to restoring thaerism. On the 19 July 1857, over a 100 tayristirs stormed the mayors office in Alagad with weapons. They burned down buildings and killed all the people who refused to join their cause. Many were killed or severely injured and on the 24 July, Zeibesh military entered Alagad. An evacuation was called and the most tragic event took place since the end of the civil war. Over 300 civilians and military personnel were killed. They attackers were executed or sent to the maximum security prison. On the 11th of August, 1857, a law was passed preventing all thaerists from practicing their religion.
1902 incident
The Taybon was abolished in 1857, however, the laws that were formed after that incident caused many thaerists across the country to be angered and the succesor of the taybon was formed with the same name.