Airannia

Kingdom of Airannia Égnacy Aerágnynn
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Motto: "Sollé foinvevia gabher aetay nilliáms biday." A great river must be crossed by a great bridge.
Anthem: Votte, Aeráyer
Capital and largest city	Vorácy
Official languages	Aeránanue, Franquese
• National languages	Hmala, Ouigé
• Regional languages	Itanese, Folminian, Wintalo
Ethnic Groups	Haera (77%), Cabélien (9%), Artarian (4%), Yrasematetan (3%), Other (7%)
Demonym	Airannian / Aera
Government	Constitutional Spiritual Monarchy
• King	Dhéme IV
• Prime Minister	Frédrique Hravonge
• Head of Senate	Lauren Vauchume
Legislature	Xieklen Gardey (National Representation)
Area
• Total	112053.4 km2
• Water (%)	35.9
Population
• Estimate	X
• Census	TBD
HDI	0.791 high
Timezone	Central Tarephia Standard Time (WUT +1:00)
Currency	Tare (TAR)
Drives on the	right

Airannia (Aeránanue: Aerágny [ɑɪʀaːɲi], Franquese: Aërange, Hmala: Ayragni [ɑɪɹɑɳiː]) is a country in Tarephia, located in the Straight of Lyc. It comprises a majority of the island of Cabelia and smaller surrounding islands, and borders directly with Artaria, bin-Emn and Cabélie, while having a connection via bridge with Yrasemateta. Its capital city was Vilvéque until 1983, when the national administration officially moved to Vorácy, the largest city of the nation. Since 1999, the head of state in the monarchy has been King Dhéme IV, while the prime minister Frédrique Hravonge of the nation's ruling party XCA. While in other constitutional monarchies, the role of the monarch is typically ceremonial, the Airannian king's role as protector of the people is taken very seriously, and is rather visible even in modern day politics.

History

Colonization

Native Haera people have lived on Cabelia for a long time, and are typically divided into four pre-colonial groups: Hmala, Artá, Ártic, and Pira. The Hmala were found on a part of the island, the Artá lived in what is now known as the western half of Artaria, and the Ártic lived the northern part of Cabélie. The Pira, however, lived on the northwestern parts of the island, and notably, also on Ascuny, which was known as Däkooti. It was Ascuny that was the first landing place of Franquese colonizers onto Cabelia. The colony of Deux-Découvré, as it was known at the time, was however, a poorly managed one, and was seen as a proving grounds for younger recruits. However, the colony was also used for several political enemies of the Franquese ruler at the time, which created an environment where rebellion brooded. However, as natives were taught Franquese, they would instead use the Franquese alphabet and spelling rules they were taught to write their native languages instead. Additionally, they also translated the names the Franquese gave to places and people into the Old Aerán language, as mockery. As such, Deux-Découvré became Afe-Ascuny, which translates the Franquese name into Old Aerán. Eventually, under mounting pressure from both political prisoners that were sent to the colonies and the crafty natives, headed by Jean Boulard, the Franquese conceded to let the natives use their own language and adapted the native's names. This cultural and linguistic ductility from the colonizers eventually led to a unique atmosphere on Cabelia, where the Pira natives were enabled to expand their reaches rather quickly, supplanting the Ártic quickly under the support and guidance of Franquese "colonizers", who administered the region, but allowed the Pira moderate amounts of self governance.

Rivages

After XXXX, a large part of the colonies of the Franquese on Cabelia came to fall under the Rivages. Within the Rivages, the Pira people had been given a different name, as the Parzhinians, as the region of expanded Pira activity was also known as Parçinny by the native peoples. Parzhinia, as it was known, was administered primarily from the cities of Chégny, Vorácie, Ardoux and Brotoque. As the Rivages collapsed, in XXXX, from remaining territories around Cabelia, the Republic of United Cabelia was formed - which consisted primarily of a Parzhinian part in the west, and a Franquese part in the east. Within few years however, this marriage of peoples turned out to be less than ideal; the Parzhinians local governors preferred a traditional Haera kingdom, as under Haera cultures, a "king" as guardian of the lands was deemed natural, meanwhile the Franquese speaking east was unhappy about having to share with a large population group of native people, who they saw as inferior. Within the decade, in XXXX, this republic collapsed, with the eastern Franquese departing from the Republic of United Cabelia, to create the Republic Cabélie. Shortly after, the Kingdom of Parzhinia was declared, with Jeraum I as its first king, who was crowned on the 1st of July, XXXX.

After the Rivages

The Cabélians wasted no time in reclaiming their former share of the island; the first Campaign for Cabelia was fought from X to X, and was a decisive victory for the Republican side. Large amounts of territory were gained on the Parzhinians, and the southern frontier was roughly at the river Lick, near modern day Égnáfoi. Swiftly, the Parzhinians reorganized, and, in the Second Campaign for Cabelia, retook a vast amount of land near Carilly, as well as a short stretch up to and including Jourfanqi. During the Third Campaign for Cabelia, the Parzhinian frontier was moved further, all the way through towards the city of Folmigna on the south coast, and Bestre on the northern shore, with the notable exception of the free city state of Vorácy. However, unlike the rest of the territorial gains, which had all consisted of areas where the majority of population was natively Haera, around the town of Saint-Piérre the vast majority of population was Franquese. This lead to issues with naturalizing the population, and several cruelties occurred during these times. It was also around these times that, together with the city state of Vorácy voluntarily joining with the Parzhinians, the state was renamed to Aerágny - literally meaning, the land owned by the Haera, as all areas with an Airannian majority were united into a single state.

Fourth and Fifth Campaigns

However, despite having unified the Haera people, the Airannian state was speeding up its industrial capacities, in addition to its mining and plantations. As a result, the export of goods from the island towards other nations was becoming a hot topic issue. The city of Ardoux had in colonial times been the primary port, and during this industrial boom, gained a role as primary point of exit for goods towards Paroy and Balavalonia. The cities of Chestrivil, Vilvéque and Dhomdarly became important for export towards Brocéliande as well as Allendea, and from Sésyu, Antarephian nations were able to be connected as well. However, especially to connect with Free Reedemia, an eastern port on the island of Cabelia was deemed crucial. The Fourth Campaign for Cabelia was begun primarily with this as the main objective - however, the Airannian forces would strand, gaining little more than the city of Breceille and the island of Brécel, considered a consolation price. Since the annexation of Saint-Piérre had gone less than swimmingly, a different option was chosen than the outright cruelties from before; a puppet state, the Republic Brécelly, was created. In many ways, however, this government was worse for Franquese speaking people than the Airannians had been in Saint-Piérre. Franquese people often found themselves evicted with minimal notice, fired from their jobs, and in general discriminated against. Within 10 years, the vast majority of inhabitants had fled, either to Republic Cabélie, or to Brécel, the island, on which the inquisition was felt much less strongly. The reason for this was that the Airannians had no intent to keep the island, but instead were willing to use it for negotiation at a later time, and as such the naturalization of this island was put on a backburner for the time being. However much the Airannians had hoped that Breceilles, or Bréxeiram as they'd renamed it, would've worked as the Airannian eastern port, it was by no means a solution. As the Freedemian economy swelled larger over time, the urge to efficiently trade grew larger, which led to the Fifth Campaign for Cabelia, which would also be the last. The initial push from the Airannians during this campaign, a naval attack onto the eastern city of Les Meins, would also be the most potent. The city was blitzed within a few weeks, with naval help from ???, and a new administration was rushed into place. Defenses at the city were so tense, that Cabélia deemed it outright impossible to retake the city at this time, and considered it a lost cause. Within a year of the start of the fifth war, a railroad was being constructed between Les Meins and Vorácy, to transport goods to the harbor. However, the Cabélians didn't surrender the fight, and around Duxembois, the flames of conflict grew increasingly fast. The city, built on the river Rell, had two main fortresses, but, having taken the western one, the Cabélian army was able to defend the eastern fortress effectively. The result was a stalemate, which turned into an increasingly rowdy population; not just in the occupied Duxembois, but also in the rest of Cabélie, as the inhabitants feared a repeat of Les Meins, where the government would give up on their homelands. A militia formed, and it was under the pressure of these that a peace treaty was signed; between the Airannians, the Cabélians, but also the Jennaisians, as they called themselves. The treaty of Chambrai saw the following conclusion - the creation of a new nation state, the Duchy of Rellebois, inbetween Airannia and Cabélie, with Duxembois as its capital, which would also contain the vast majority of the Aeráfied nation of Brécelly, which was given up by Airannia in exchange for a small part of Duxembois, where the Airannian armies had been stationed, and also in order to keep the city of Les Meins, and its railway, which had been finished a year prior. The railroad would also be militarized, which the Rellebois didn't mind, seeing it as free military protection from its southern neighbour. One would suggest this deal was less than favorable for Cabélie, but as the nation's economy was crumbling already, the loss of a large amount of relatively undeveloped territory was by no means a terrible break for the nation, who from here, managed to rebuild into a proper economy more rapidly.

Rellebois

The Duchy of Rellebois was a troubled one, being incepted after the treaty of Chambrai, it quickly became swamped by corruption and lack of governing power. In 189X, a referendum was held to join with Airannia in the former nation of Brécelly, which passed with 92% in favor, in no small part because the common language in this area was Airannian indeed. In 19XX, the nation's coastline was devastated by a tropical storm, which normally is a rarity in these waters. All between and including the towns of Eranesque and Boustone was destroyed. Acting quickly the Airannians offered to the duchy to purchase a part of this coastline, between Eranesque and Oisotte, in order to help the Rellebois government pay the expenses of rebuilding near Chambrai and Boustone. However, in response, the Cabélians also offered, to purchase the rest of the demolished coastline from the duchy. The Rellebois government accepted both offers, and suddenly, the nation found itself lacking a coastal place, with the exception of Jennbourgh. However, as the harbor in Jennbourgh was in disrepair, the government scrambled to develop here, as the nation relied heavily on food imports. After several years however, famine struck, mostly due to failing harvests, and a joint embargo from Airannia and Cabélie, which lead to revolts all around, and in 1919 eventually to a coup by the pro-Airannian military, shortly after which the nation joined Airannia as its eighth province, Étrique-Voj.

Contemporary History

After the coup in Rellebois, relations with Cabélie became much less hostile, and much more cooperative, the nations even formally becoming allies in 1944. In 1983, the capital moved from Vilvéque to Vorácy - which was the largest city in the nation, and also a lot more central. In 2005, the government of Cabélie formally transferred ownership of the Cappoura Isles to Airannia, as the language barrier with an Airannian speaking majority here, and its distant location had made it difficult for the archipelago to be governed from Mouzzin.

Politics

Administrative Divisions

Airannia is divided into 8 provinces, which are subdivided into 31 departments. Regional government is done primarily from the provincial level, with departments mostly serving a purpose for cultural, electoral and demographical purposes.

Flag	Province	Provincial Capital
	Ártrique	Carilly
	Étrique-Voj	Duxembois
	Fourobá	Vilvéque
	Iscaperá	Brotoque
	Joura	Jourfanqi
	Literçy	Folmigna
	Raukharre	Sanne Armande
	Vorácy	Vorácy

Economy

Currency

Airannia uses the Tarephian Tare, a coin used in various other countries in Tarephia.

Demographics

Language

The vast majority of Airannia speaks Aeránanue - also known as Airannian. In Étrique-Voj, Franquese is the official language, however, as well as on the island of Brécel. Furthermore two other languages are officially recognized; Ouigé, a different creole of a native langague with Franquese, is spoken on the Cappoura Isles, and Hmala is spoken somewhere. Additionally, Folmignese, a dialect of Airannian spoken near Folmigna, Wintalo, a language similar to Airannian spoken throughout the Beoxegne department are prevalent in the nation, although not officially recognized. Itanese is spoken on the island of Kágupya and smaller islands south of it, and is also not recognized officially, but a struggle for recognition, especially spurred on by the government of Yrasemateta, is currently underway.

Infrastructure

Roads

Highways

Airannia has a small system of highways, known as nérlochatt, which are numbered 1 to 11, of which only the first 8 are considered part of the national highway network, the other three rather being considered part of the trunk road network, known as autové, along with many other roads supporting the highways through the country. These roads are, along with other arterial roads, marked with either a two or three number identification number, depending on the importance of the road.

Maximum Speed

The maximum speed on Airannian highways is 140 km/h, down to 100 at some locations. Within urban areas, it is 50 km/h, while provincial roads typically have a maximum speed of 90 km/h. However, in mountainous areas, this is typically drastically lower.

Culture

National Holidays

There are four national holidays in Airannia:

• 14th of March: Fall of the Duché Grande. A national holiday that celebrates the fall of the Duché Grande Castle, at the end of the Fifth Campaign, which marked the formal end of armed conflict between Cabélie and Airannia. The Duché Grande is a castle nearby the city of Duxembois, in Rellebois.
• 29th of May: Independence Day. This national holiday is technically celebrated not on the day of the independence of Parzhinia, but rather on the day the United Cabelie Republic was split into its Heara and Franquese parts.
• 1st of July: Coronation Day / King's Day. While no new king is crowned every year, every monarch in Airannia was ceremonially crowned on the first of July - taking office whenever deemed necessary. However, on years there's no new monarch to be crowned, the holiday is still observed, in celebration of the deeds, duties and achievements of the current King.
• 3rd of October: Jean Boulard Day. Jean Boulard is a former colonial officer, whose efforts into ensuring the preservation and assimilation of the Airannian native culture and language have been paramount to ensuring the continuation of the Airannian language and national spirits. The 3rd of October is the day his befamed speech was given.