Socialist Republic of Yazminia

Socialist Republic of Yazminia Socialisma Respubliko de Yazminia
Motto: Unu por ĉiuj One for all
National anthem: Esti glora, nia libera patrujo! Be glorious, our free motherland!
Capital (and largest city)	Liechgrado
Official language	Yazminian
Ethnic groups	87% Yazminians 13% Foreigners
Government  — President  — Prime Minister	Socialist state and multi-party system Karlo Marso Leviĝis Luksemburgio
Legislature	Popola Domo
Formation  — The Union	1368
Area  — Total  — Inland waters	246,184 km² (95,052 sq mi) 4%
Population  — 2012 estimate	24,207,276 101.0 persons / km² 261.6 persons / sq mi
GDP (PPP, 2012)  — Total ($)  — GDP/capita ($)	1.257 trillion 30,412
GDP (Nominal, 2012)  — Total ($)  — GDP/capita ($)	1.198 trillion 28,976
HDI rating (2012)	0.899 (very high)
Gini coefficient (2012)	10.1
Currency	Yazminian ruble (¥) (YZR)
Time zone	GMT (UTC-04:00)
Time format	24-hour clock (00:00—23:59)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Drives on the	right
Internet TLD	.yz
Calling code	+43

Yazminia, officially the The Socialist Republic of Yazminia (Yazminian: Socialisma Respubliko de Yazminia) is a state located in the north of Southern Internalia. Its territory extends by the Yazminian peninsula and adjacent lands along the Kamaradas bay coast and the east of the coast of the gulf of Mirela, as well as hundreds of islands along Algasorian Sea and two cities in Lucasina Island and Keohretcha Peninsula making a total of 246,184 km². Yazminia borders to the southwest with Dimkarus, to the south with Nicolas' Neighbour and the Harlquenia and to the east with Grolskira.

Since the 1992 revolution, Yazminia is organized as a multi-party system while being a socialist state. It is a developed country, is one of the countries with less inequality according to the OECD and it has the "very high living standards" label given by UNDP.

Etymology

Land of Yazmin or Land of the jasmines, named after Yazmin, heir of Kastelando Crown, and the amount of jasmines that can be found in its territory. (See below)

History

Pre-Yazminia

There are archaeological evidences that the Yazminian peninsula is inhabited by hominids at least 1 million years ago. However, the peninsula enters the writing era inhabited by the Celts and the Diocests, the historical settlers of the peninsula. After the weakening of those peoples due to the constant struggles between, the Roman Empire easly conquered them. During the early Middle Ages the peninsula came the under the Kalifejon Kingdom rule, which would last for almost a millennium.

During the 10th century, a war between different successors for the throne of the Kalifejon Kingdom allowed the small Christian kingdoms who resisted in the southern mountainous region to gain territories. With more equal forces, Muslims and Christians fought for centuries and the Christians gained slowly the control of the peninsula in a process called O Rekonkero (The Reconquest). During the same period, while they were gaining territories, the different kingdoms were being inherited to the the same kings so they merged into bigger crowns. At the end of the O Rekonkero, only two crowns left in the peninsula, Kastelando in the west and Grandavalia in the east, until they united in 1368.

Yazminia

Yazmin, heiress to the Kastelando Crown and Ferdinando heir to the Grandavalia Crown met in an audit in O Mantelo and fell in love, but this love was impossible because Yazmin was promised by her parents to a marriage of convenience with Henry king of the Malsagans, a kingdom located in the northeast of the bay. When Ferdinando acceded to the throne, declared a surprise war on Malsagia, with Malsagia finally surrendering in 1367. Ferdinando marry Yazmin one year later and as a celebration, Ferdinando ordered to plant millions of jasmine plants around the territory and renamed the resulting crown as Yazminia. Nowadays, they are still popularly known by Yazminians as Os Amantos (the lovers) and to honor them every October 9 is celebrated the Amantos Rago (the lovers day), where it is traditional for men giving jasmines to his partner.

The Yazminian crown union was strengthened during the following centuries, but after a diplomatic crisis in 1747 the surrounding countries allied to conquer the peninsula. Yazminians organized gerilos against the invaders and after years of continuous attacks by Yazminian guerrillas and sabotages by the civil population, foreigners were expelled and Yazminia regained its independence. Yazminians took advantage of guerrillas and the weakening of the previously invading powers and conquered the continuous lands of the peninsula along the southeast of the Algasorian bay coast, defining the map of the current Yazminia. At that time the first Yazminian constitution was drafted, defining Yazminia as a unitary country for the first time.

In 1930, early the first ever free elections were held. The Left-Republican coalition won over the Conservatives and Royalists, people after the results hit the streets and proclaimed the Second Republic. The left-republican government drafted a new constitution recognizing freedom of speech and freedom of association, extending suffrage to women, separating the State of the Churches and allowing divorce and stripping the Yazminian nobility of any special legal status, among many other things. In 1940 the nationalists supported by the military and the nobility revolted against the democratic government bringing Yazminia to a civil war. Finally the nationalists with the help of foreign Fascist powers won the war after three years. With Yazminia devastated, the winners easily instituted a represive military dictatorship who ruled the country for more than three decades. The new generations who did not experience the repression of the early years of the dictatorship, began to organize demanding democracy, finally throwing the dictatorship in 1975 the peaceful Floro Revolucio (Flowers Revolution). Yazminia was organized as a liberal democracy until 1992, in which a severe economic crisis led the Communist Party to power. Although the multi-party system is still valid de iure, parties that do not support socialism are banned and persecuted.

Geography

Yazminia has a total land area of 246,184 km² dividided between the Yazminian peninsula and adjacent lands along the east of the gulf of Mirela coast and the Kamaradas bay coast making a total area of 239,676 km², some small islands adjacent to the coast and five insular regions of 6,477 km² and two autonomous cities in Lucasina Island and Keohretcha Peninsula with 19 km² and 12 km² respectively.

Unlike the coast, the inner strip is a cold mountainous region. Because of this geography, Yazminian rivers are short but plentiful. The longest of them, the Ibriya just cover 92 km to its mouth in Stelas, but has an average discharge of 2,830 m³/s. The source) of the Ibriya, the Inferon mountain, is the highest Yazminian mountain, having a peak of 3,718 m above the sea level.

Climate

Almost all Yazminia has a Mediterranean climate, except the northern part having a Oceanic climate. While the wind from the east, north or west are wet due to the sea influence, the proximity of the mountain system with the sea causes a extremely dry southern wind, especially in the interior of the Yazminian peninsula.

Governance

Constitutional government in Yazminia dates back to 1850. However, after several political changes, Yazminia account nowadays its fifth constitution.

Yazminian revolutionary constitution was created between 1992 and 1993. The outline of the Constitution was written by personalities representing the main political parties on the 1992 constituent parliament. After finishing the writing of the constitutional outline, thousands of assemblies throughout the country were created to make enable the public participation in the creation of the new constitution. Almost 16 millions of Yazminians participated in the process and, to the outline made by the constituents, more than 11,000 amendments and more than 2,000 additions were proposed, which of near 1,000 were accepted. After a year of national debate, the Constitution was taken to referendum, where was approved by the 97% of the voters, with a turnout lower than 85% due to liberal boycott.

Administrative divisions

Region	Population	Area	Density
Arbaria	615,063	6,430	95.7
Belastero	1,505,605	9,243	162.9
Islos Bluos	123,059	952	129.3
Castelos	1,138,717	28,466	40.0
Cataria	2,635,163	2,544	1,035.8
Celtos	1,596,330	12,312	127.5
Islos dos Canes	952,209	3,057	311.5
Dezertia	908,735	3,083	294.8
A Fortuna	1,362,394	11,190	121.8
Grandaval	1,849,651	13,473	137.3
Hebrea	653,948	5,226	125.3
O Fino	737,098	21,679	34.0
Islos dos Lancios	513,915	2,008	255.9
Lando das Feirias	300,406	1,611	186.5
Islos das Lignas	113,883	327	348.3
Lusio	1,416,067	1,459	970.6
A Macula	1,065,586	26,335	40.5
Malpuriga	502,541	3,983	126.2
Matricia	2,848,151	3,094	920.5
Nevencebla	605,739	6,155	98.4
Orientaria	2,222,478	8,937	248.7
Paradizo	2,049,328	24,430	83.9
Islos da Pasko	39,394	133	296.2
A Punta	191,802	552	347.5
Rigardi	185,528	1,727	107.4
Riveretos	174,366	1,387	125.7
Roselia i as Rosas	620,153	3,210	193.2
Saracenia	1,258,604	17,443	73.4
Tacusia	393,510	6,950	56.6
Tera de Leonos	748,564	15,116	49.5
A Vasciana	1,073,973	3,641	295.0
Blanstonia and Sepmonto	102,648	31	3311.2

Yazminia is integrated by 32 regionos (regions) which are divided into 95 provincos (provinces), and each province is dividided divided into komunos (municipalities). Although de iure Yazminia is a unitary country, its regions have much autonomy so it could be considered a federation de facto.

Regions

Regions are the first level administrative division of Yazminia. These have a large historial and are a stable organization. The regional distribution has remained as currently since the 19th century when Tera de Leonos was incorporated to the then kingdom. The main reason of this stability despite regime changes is that this division is based on the ethno-linguistic division of the country.

The basic law of each region is the Statuto (statute). Each Statuto establish the name of the region, the organization of the institutions of regional government and the rights the region enjoys. Each region must have a government based on the division of three powers: executive, legislative and judicial.

Each region have different functions, regions with more identity sentiment plus Saracenia and Hebrea have more powers than others.

Provinces

Regions are divided into provinces. They are the territorial divisions designed to carry out the activities of the State. The current provincial division have its origin on the 18th century, though a major cities were called to be the provincial capital, demographic changes also caused changes in the provincial division. In the original division there were 75 provincies and since then 3 provinces were suppressed and 22 were created and one restored making the current 95 provinces.

A Punta, Lando das Feirias, Rigardi and Riveretos in the mainland and the archipelagos of Bluos, Lancios, Lignas and Pasko constitute regions with a single province, which is coextensive with the community itself. In regions of mainland Yazminia with an only one province, regional governments are also responsible for provincial tasks. In the insular regions of Yazminia, including of Canes Islands, provincial tasks are done by an institution formed for an island or for groups of small islands. Canes Islands is divided in two provinces, thought this division is practically only for statistical issues.

Municipalities

Municipalities are the backbone of Yazminian administrative divisions. Most of municipalities, usually in rural areas, are divided into a lower division formed by towns and villages. Municipalities group to form the provinces.

Municipalities of Matricia, Barcino and Porsecura, the three main Yazminian cities, form a province on their own.

Both autonomous cities of Blanstonia and Sepmonto form de facto a municipality, province and a region themselves, thought usually they are grouped statistically.

Demographics

As of the 2012 census, Yazminian had 24,207,276 inhabitants, having about 101 persons per square kilometre, which means the country has a normal population density. The most population is concentrated along the coast.

Ethnic breakdown

Because of its different religions and regional variations, Yazminia it's a heterogenic country. Depending on the context, Yazminian people may include all persons with Yazminian nationality, all persons that have ancestral Yazminian origin and traditions or it also may be divided into several classifications because religion, langauges or dialects, which may vary depending on the political movement.

Constitution says Yazminia is a "nation of peoples", and although it doesn't enter into the ethnical background, recognizes 30 Yazminian popolos (peoples) based on a dialectal division, in addition to the Rapas, a people of Polynesian origin in the special region of the Pasko Islands. Also, there are peoples with a non-Yazminian origin dispersed throughout the country, such as the Roma people, the Pagans that arrived from the south escaping religious persecution or the Buddhists and Hindus that arrived as merchants in the 18th and 19th centuries, although it's difficult to define them because although they kept religion and some traditions, they normally adapted to each region, so are seen by Yazminian state as sub-groups inside the popolos, at the same level than other religious minorities in each region.

The massive growth of immigrants experienced over the last decade added to this mixture some different foreign cultures.

Migration

As of 2013, there are around 2.3 million foreign people legally residing in Yazminia, making the 9,5% of the total population. After 00's rapid economic growth, immigration to Yazminia increased largely, and made the rate of the foreign population living in Yazminia 10 times bigger than only 10 years back. The figures are even bigger if we have into account illegal immigration and foreign-born people that have acquired Yazminian citizenship.

Origin of immigration to Yazminia is varied, but is dominated by people from cultural similar areas. Almost one in four (24,6%) foreigners in Yazminia comes from another Internatian country, 20,2% from Central and South America, 18,1% from Eastern Europe, 14,7% from Western Europe, 10,8% from the North of Africa, 4,1% from Sub-Saharan Africa, 2,7% from East Asia, 2,5% from Arabia, 1,5% from the Indian Sub-Continent, 0,7% from North America and 0,1% from Oceania.

By religion, 58,5% declared themselves as Christians, 21,5% as Muslims, 2,4% as Jews, 0,9% and Buddhists, 0,8% as Hindus, 6,0% as from another religion and 9,9% declared themselves non-religious.

Religion breakdown

The although the state is secular, the Yazminian constitution recognize Christianism, Islam and Judaism as own and Paganism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Paskian Animism as part of Yazminian cultural heritage.

Last year atheists and agnostics positions are gaining ground, especially among young people, and only the immigration slowed a bit its raise. Only new-religious movements like Liberal faiths and Paganism have grown in number since the last census.

Religion	Religious	Ethnic
Christians Catholics Protestants	60,1% 39,0% 9,5%	79,8% 64,0% 15,5%
Muslisms	11,5%	13,6%
Jewish	3,5%	4,7%
Paganism	0,8%	0,4%
Buddhism	0,5%	0,8%
Hinduism	0,4%	0,6%
Animism	0,1%	0,1%
Other	3,9%
No religion	19,1%

Languages

Yazminian is the official State language. It's a constructed language based on the different languages and dialects. It was created on the mid-18th century, when Yazminia became an unitary State. It's mostly used for national issues and interregional communication. It's also used in Yazminian colonies, and it's also the form taught to foreigners.

There are also 31 regional dialects, grouped linguistically into 10 families. Those so-called families are recognized by linguists as lenguages on their own, and those dialects as variants of them.

Due to immigration many foreign languages are also spoken natively inside Yazminia.

Education

The Yazminian public education it's divided universities, high schools, elementary schools, preschool classes and kindergartens. Universities are operated by the State, high schools by the regions and elementary schools, preschool classes and kindergartens locally.

Private schools were seen as elitist and reactionary by revolutionaries, and many were assaulted and closed during and after the revolution. Still, many semi-private institutions remain in the country, all of them specialized centers or foreign-language institutions.

Homeschooling, instead, is illegal since the Revolution in order to avoid isolationism and religious fanaticism.

Schooling is mandatory from the 5 years to the 16. The basic literacy rate is approximately 100%.

Healthcare

The Yazminian public healthcare it's operated locally and its coverage it's universal. The State, regions and local councils guarantee the right to health care in all the territory. It's listed by WHO as one of the better in the world. It account the whole attendance by Yazminians for the primary care.

After the Revolution, private hospitals and clinics were prohibited, although some operations listed as secondary such as transgender or abortion were not free inside the public system. In 2011, with social conservatives in power, the State removed the secondary care from the public health system, letting those operations into a liberalized market.

The average life expectancy for 2010 in Yazminia was 82 for men and 83 for women, significantly higher figures than two decades ago.

Yazminia in the Internatia Song Contest