Tigeria

Tigerine Republic République Tigrisienne (Franquese) Capital: Meilinmen Population: 5,265,747 (2020) Motto: "Sicut tigris salit" Anthem: 'La Rabenthalerais'

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Tigeria (Ingerish: ty-JEER-ee-ə; Franquese: Tigrisie "tiɡʁizi"; Bai Hua: 口夏共和國 (Kǒuxià Gònghéguó), officially the Tigerine Republic, is a country on the Tulyan Peninsula in the Rivages of Tarephia. Continental Tigeria is bordered on the west by the Soboko Republic, on the north and northwest by Allendea, on the east and southeast by Kotel and Fitzétienne Sound, and on the south by Damenstrom. The capital of Tigeria is Meilinmen, and the largest city is Hexagonia City in Cinq Îles Governorate.

One of the oldest republics in Tarephia, Tigeria has maintained a policy of neutrality since the early nineteenth century. The nation has actively developed its foreign policy and has been involved in peace processes around the world. Tigeria is the birthplace of the Red Shield and is home to one of the offices of the Assembly of Nations. It is a founding member of the Tarephia Cooperation Council and the Lycene League.

Tigeria (Ingerish: ty-JEER-ee-ə; Franquese: Tigrisie "tiɡʁizi"; Bai Hua: 口夏共和國 (Kǒuxià Gònghéguó), officially the Tigerine Republic, is a country on the Tulyan Peninsula in the Rivages of Tarephia. Continental Tigeria is bordered on the west by the Soboko Republic, on the north and northwest by Allendea, on the east and southeast by Kotel and Fitzétienne Sound, and on the south by Damenstrom. The capital of Tigeria is Meilinmen, and the largest city is Hexagonia City in Cinq Îles Governorate.

One of the oldest republics in Tarephia, Tigeria has maintained a policy of neutrality since the early nineteenth century. The nation has actively developed its foreign policy and has been involved in peace processes around the world. Tigeria is the birthplace of the Red Shield and is home to one of the offices of the Assembly of Nations. It is a founding member of the Tarephia Cooperation Council and the Lycene League.

Because Inxigne and Meilan fall under Tigeria's sphere of influence, Tigeria exerts significant power over the developments of the western Strait of Lyc.

Etymology

Tigeria has several names in other languages, influenced primarily how other nations came to know of Tigeria.

Derivation	Names	Notes
From tiger, tigris (Romantian)	Tigeria (Ingerish), Tigrisie (Franquese)	"Land of the Taichre [River]". Believed to have originated along the trade route which followed the Taichre River into the heart of Tarephia and beyond to Uletha.
From nimr, nimur (Mazanic)	Nimuria (Castellanese), Nimrastan (Mazanic)	"Tiger". The big cats which are a common presence in Tigeria. Those who first knew of Tigeria through its tigers refer to Tigeria by this derivation.
From xiriben	Dixiriben (Meilanese)	"[Land of] the western sun". From the position of the setting sun when viewed from sea. Originates from the Straits of Lyc, and the cultures which flourished along the straits.
From kouxia	Goxia (Bai Hua)	"Summer's mouth". Poetically interpreted as "the Goodlands". Tigeria is known by this name and its variations in countries significantly influenced by the Goxianese thalassocracy. This name also traveled along the Bai Empire's trade routes to the Bai speaking parts of the world.

History

History of Tigeria
Early Colonisation	(optional)
Goxianese Thalassocracy	1450 - 1717
• Inxigne Colony
Rivagine Tigeria	1717-1789
• Tigerine Republics	1717-1725
• Tigeria in the Pays-Rivageois	1725-1785
• Independence	1785-1789
• Tigerine Republic	1789

Early Civilization

The Tigerines are thought to have migrated from the north across the Great Helion Desert. They settled in the Taichre Valley near what is today Linshanford. Gradually, they expanded their trade empire south along the river as far as Taichre Bay. As empire thrived, the Taichre Valley became the preferred trade route for goods moving between the coast and the interior highlands of southwestern Tarephia.

The Baveilis arrived a few centuries later by way of the Liberan Peninsula.

Early Middle Ages (1000 - 1450)

Dixiribenese fortress on the Taichre River.

The Bai settlers that arrived from the east by sea came to call Tigeria by the name Erlizi Nimiri (Babelic: 二力字 你米日), or "The Land of the Tigers." The Meilanese settlers who arrived years later called Tigeria by Dixiriben (Meilanese: 地西日本), roughly translated "The land west of the sunrise." These Meilanese settlers established forts up and down the Taichre Valley and founded the city of Meilinmen.

Tigerine Republics (1717 - 1725)

Tigeria becomes a confederacy of seven republics. Republics gradually join the Pays-Rivageois.

Tigeria in the Pays-Rivageois (1725 - 1785)

The seven republics are organized into the Franquese state of Tigrisie-Francès. Discrimination against Tigerines and the perceived lack of development in the west causes a lot of political tension.

Independence from the Pays-Rivageois (1780 - 1789)

Due to massive administrative costs from natural disasters (earthquakes and floods) and due to mass demonstrations against the Rivagien government, the Pays-Rivageois voted to split from Tigeria in 1784. In the late spring of 1784, the states of Tigeria held a series of referendums to determine their futures. Six of the seven states voted to unite as the Republic of Tigeria. The seventh, the state of Félicité, voted for independence and split into the Republics of Félicité-Aquiline and Félicité-Francès due to disagreements over governance of the Windsferry Archipelago.

Tigerine Republic (1789 - present)

Tigeria became a unified republic in 1789. The six constituent states of Bergeronneau, Haxiwen, Nova Laniunaea, Sai'An, Tigerworthy, and West Rabenthaler retained their borders; and the Tigerine government incorporated the states as the six governorates of Tigeria. While the capital of Tigeria remained at Meilinmen, Emporie la Jolie in Tigerworthy became the country's primary seaport and cultural center.

18th and 19th Centuries

From the 1790s to the 1810s, Tigeria sought to identify its place on the international stage. Under the presidencies of Richard Arbremagne, Armande Le Charpentier, and Silas Wainwright, Tigeria worked to define the freedoms of its citizens and its foreigners at home and abroad. In 1818, Tigeria adopted a foreign policy of neutrality under the administration of Nathaniel Rye. During the 1830s, president Laurel Aristide advocated for the rights of Black Tigerines abroad, especially in Broceliande.

When the Federal States occupied Felicity-Aquiline in 1874, the republic of Félicité-Francès sought to establish greater ties to Tigeria in return for stronger defenses from the mainland. Both nations encouraged migration to the other, and several ferries ran between the two republics.

20th Century

Le Malentendu

The division of Félicité between Tigeria and the Federal States marked the beginning of le Malentendu--a political conflict in the Windsferry Archipelago over the future of the islands.

In the 1930s, the construction of the Black Lions Bridge between Tigeria and Félicité-Francès established a road connection between the two republics. By the late 1930s, the republics of Tigeria and Félicité-Francès integrated to such an extent that both national assemblies advocated in favor of Félicité-Francès joining Tigeria as its seventh governorate. The last act of the Félicité-Francès national assembly was to dissolve itself as the Great War began.

During the 1930s and 1940s, the Great War raged. The presidencies of Samuel Rye, Zachary Kensington, Claude Millier, and Anton Lam strove to maintain Tigeria's neutrality during this time. The Federal States began making arrangements to transfer its territory of Felicity-Aquiline to Tigeria as the Great War came to a close. After the Great War, the Assembly of Nations conferred a mandate over Tarephian Meilan to Tigeria. The National Assembly of Tigeria also reorganized the governorates of Félicité-Francès and Felicity-Aquiline into the unified governorate of Cinq Îles in the early 1950s. Inxigne also entered into free association with Tigeria during this time in return for Tigeria's naval defenses at Inxigne's request.

During the 1960s, Tigeria's environmental grassroots movement began to form. It was not until the historic 1986 election of Sundeep Pranageetha, Tigeria's first female president, that environmentalism and the green movement found a home in Tigeria.

21st Century

Three Nations, One System

In 2000, Tigeria proposed to Inxigne and Meilan the "Three Nations, One System" policy in response to demands for increased investments in Inxigne and Meilan. Among the political reforms included two seats added to the Council Deliberative--one each for Inxigne and Meilan--to provide them a voice in the Old Imperial Assembly.

The most recent presidencies of Aimee Frances, Jude Saint-Constant, and Sun Wenxing have worked to address the increasing urbanization and income inequality citizens face in Tigeria. Although many public services have been introduced to the hinterland west of the Tigerine mountains in an attempt to maintain social equity across the nation, much work remains to be done.

Government and Politics

Administrative divisions

Administrative divisions of Tigeria
First-level	7 Governorates; 1 AN Mandate
Second-level	Magisters
Third-level	Circles

Tigeria is divided into seven governorates and one mandate. The governorates are further divided into magisters. Each magister is administered by a five-member magistrate, and each member of the magistrate is represents one of five circles in the magister.

Governorates of Tigeria

Name	Abbreviation	Capital	Flag
Bergeronneau	BE	Quathames	File:Flag of Bergeronneau.png
Cinq Îles	CÎ	Hexagonia City	File:Flag of Cinq Îles.png
Haxiwen	HA	Chingming	File:Flag of Haxiwen.png
Nova Laniunaea	NL	Meilinmen	File:Flag of Xinmeilan.png
Sai'An	SA	Tel Bavei	File:Flag of Kadashen Migelaxin.png
Tigerworthy	TW	Emporia la Jolie	File:Flag of Tigerworthy.png
West Rabenthaler	WR	Rabenstadt	File:Flag of West Rabenthaler.png

Mandates of Tigeria

Name	Abbreviation	Capital	Flag
Meilan	ME	Eaux Riantes

Foreign relations

As an active member of the international community, Tigeria is a middle power. Tigeria has long sought to develop its own international identity and contributes to several international organizations around the world. Tigeria is a member of the Assembly of Nations and Hexagonia City hosts the AN Office of the Tarephias, which is the AN Headquarters in the Tarephias. One AN primary organ and several AN organizations are headquartered at the AN Office of the Tarephias, including:

• AN Mandatory Estates Council (MEC)
• AN Capital Assistance Fund (ANCAF)
• AN Development Assistance Program (ANDAP)
• AN Environmental Sustainability Program (ANESP)
• AN High Commission for Refugees (ANHCR)

The AN Commission on Urbanization and Settlement Patterns (ANCUSP) also maintains an office at the AN Office of the Tarephias.

Tigeria is a member of the Lycene League and a founding member of the Tarephia Cooperation Council. Within these two organizations, Tigeria continually strives to drive sociopolitical cohesion in the region as a whole.

Tigeria also assumes responsibility for the diplomatic and consular representation of Inxigne and Kotel, and the protection of their borders.

In 1818, the administration of Nathaniel Rye adopted a foreign policy stance of neutrality for Tigeria. Since then, Tigeria has maintained this internationally recognized stance of neutrality, even through the Great War.