Ziaraat
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Moham Hallat I Ziaraat | |
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 Flag of Ziaraat | |
Motto: Warhaa Galay | |
Anthem: Warhaa Galay | |
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| Capital and largest city | Pay Takht |
| Official languages | Ziaraa |
| Ethnic groups (2020) | 98% Ziaraa, 2% Other |
| Religion | Avesta |
| Demonym(s) | Ziaraa |
| Government | Yamjor |
• Plaar | Talloh Ayo |
| Legislature | Ijte |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,294,612 km2 (499,852 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 36,225,500 |
• Density | 28/km2 (72.5/sq mi) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | 760.94 Billion |
• Per capita | 21,005 |
| Gini (2020) | 38.7 medium |
| SDI (2020) | 0.882 very high |
| Currency | Zeel (ZL) (੪) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Ziaraa Time) |
| Date format | DD/MM/YYYY (CE) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +903 |
| ISO 3166 code | ZIA |
| Internet TLD | .zi |
Ziaraat, officially Moham Hallat I Ziaraat, is a country in north Gondwana. Bordered by Hausberg, Taloria, Talusi, and Meremaa. Its dominant position in northern Gondwana gives it geopolitical importance. Pay Takht is the capital city and the largest city as well as the leading economic and cultural hub. It has 33 million inhabitants and covers an area of 1,294,612km².
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Ziaraat's political system combines elements of ancient tribal governance and Avestian theocracy with the highest office held by a Plaar who is elected and sits for life unless the Ijte feel that the Plaar has broken his vows. The government suppresses some civil liberties by restricting the right to protest and enforcing a dress code.
Etymology
The name "Ziaraat" comes from the name of the ethnic group that dominate Ziaraat, Ziaraa, and the suffix "(a)t" which is Ziaraa for "land of". Thus meaning "land of the Ziaraas". The root name "Ziaraa" is, according to Ziaraa folk lore, derived from the name of a tribal leader and the founder of Pay Takht. Ziaraa was killed by his brother who was in turn killed by Ziaraa's son. Ziaraa's son then finished the city and renamed his tribe after his father. Moham Hallat I Ziaraat, however, states that the word "Ziaraa" applies to every citizen of Ziaraat but ethnic Ziaraas typically call non-ethnic Ziaraas "bhay" which is the Ziaraa word for foreigners.
History
Prehistory
The earliest archaeological artifacts found in Ziaraat confirm a human presence in Ziaraat since 200,000 BC. Ziaraat's artifacts have been found mainly in the Shomaw and Makar zones, mainly at sites such as Warwasi and Tafyeh. From the 10th to the seventh millennium BC, early agricultural communities were founded and began flourish in and around the Makar zone.
The first evidence of grouped hamlets in Ziaraat were found in the Makar zone and, as determined by radiocarbon dating, ranges from 4395–3955 to 3680-3490 BC. There are dozens of prehistoric sites across the Makar and Shomaw zones, which points to the existence of ancient cultures and urban settlements in the fourth millennium BC. From 3200 BC to 1200 BC, the territory of present-day Ziaraat was home to several other civilizations such as Malm, Riroar, and Zazend. Zazend, which was the most prominent of these civilizations, developed in the south and continued its existence until the emergence of the Kingdom of Ziaraat. The advent of writing in Zazend began and was developed since the third millennium BC.
Antiquity
By the second millennium BC, the ancient Ziaraa peoples began spreading out and founding new cities.
From the late 10th to the late seventh century BC, the Ziaraa peoples conquered the other civilizations of Ziaraat. Under king Atossa, the Malmes and Zazendi began an uprising against Ziaraa rule and inspired the Riroars to do the same. The revolts ravaged the Ziaraat Empire between 616 and 605 BC and freed their respective peoples from three centuries of Ziaraa rule. The unification of the Malm tribes under Deoches in 728 BC led to the foundation of the Malm confederacy which survived, although as a rebel group, until the end of the Ziaraat Empire and, by 612 BC, took control over the Malm regiond and, eventually, two thirds of present-day Ziaraat. This marked the end of the first Ziaraat Empire which was dissolved.
In 550 BC, Crus unified the Zazendi tribes and founded the Zazendi Empire and began unifying other city-states. The eventual conquest of the Malm Empire was a result of revolts and military conquest. The revolts were initially triggered by the introduction of taxes for non-Malm people by the Malm emperor Ayages. Later conquests under Crus and his successors expanded the empire to include most of present-day Ziaraat and some of the land south.
539 BC was the year in which Zazendi forces defeated the Ziaraa army at the battle for Pay Takht and marked the end of around four centuries of Ziaraa independence and autonomy. Crus entered Pay Takht after the battle and presented to the king at the time two options; accept Zazendi rule or have his city razed amd his people killed. The king accepted Zazendi rule and was allowed to keep his position although with significant Zazendi oversight.
The Zazendi Empire is notable for building infrastructure such as the Great Road and a postal service, and the use of an official language, Imperial Zazendi, throughout its territories. The empire had a centralized, bureaucratic administration under the emperor, a large professional army, and civil services, inspiring similar developments in later empires.
Eventually, revolts began after the death of Emperor Ion, the last Zazendi Emperor, and civil war erupted over the succession between his twin sons. The civil war ended with the death of both sons. The territories of the Zazendi empire declared independence during the conflict and left the Zazendi peoples with their pre-empire territory.
In 334 BC, Ishkandar of the Ghilt Riroar tribe conquered the other Riroar tribes and invaded the other kingdoms of Ziaraat. Eventually defeating the king of Malm, Dius III, at the Battle of Issus and continuing to take territory until his premature death at which point most of Ziaraat came under the control of the Riroar confederacy due to the action of his successors. In the middle of the second century BC, the Riroars began infighting and the confederacy collapsed and led way to the rise of the second Ziaraa Empire which became the sole power in Ziaraat after rapidly sweeping across Ziaraat. The second Ziaraa Empire continued for nearly five centuries, until 224 CE, when it was succeeded by the Kingdom of Ziaraat which continued to rule for four centuries.
Sometime between the second Ziaraa Empire and the Kingdom of Ziaraat, the other civilizations were assimilated and wiped out by the Ziaraas, leaving the Ziaraas as the sole ethnnic group in Ziaraat.