Darnussia
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| Darnussia | |||
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| Federal Republic of Darnussia | |||
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| Motto:From the Earth to the Stars | |||
| Anthem:Hasten to battle, men of Darnussia
For the Motherland looks proudly upon you. Do not fear a glorious death, For to die for the Motherland is to live. To live in chains, is to live In dishonour and ignominy. Listen to the clarions call To arms, brave men, go! | |||
| Map | |||
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| Area | 913,200 km² | ||
| Province | |||
| Alkavon Clenon Narikaton Nihaton Kozaria | |||
| Government | |||
| Government Type | Federal Republic | ||
| Chancellor | Roy Versteeg II | ||
| Head of State Party | Darnussian Populist Movement | ||
| Prime Minister | Frank Smith | ||
| Head of Government Party | Darnussian Populist Movement | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Language | Darnus and Narik | ||
| Capital | Merenbürg | ||
| Largest City | Merenbürg | ||
| Population | 456,903,501 | ||
| Density | 500.33 people/km² | ||
| Founded | 2625 | ||
| Currency | Darnussian Rupan | ||
| Currency Abbreviation | DAR | ||
| Sport | Soccer | ||
| Animal | Eagle | ||
| Nation ID Number:13 | |||
The Federal Republic of Darnussia (FRD) is a nation located in the south western part of Artania but three of its states are islands and are near the shores of Majatra. It was recently known as the Empire of Narikaton and Darnussia, but became a Presidential Republic after Empress Antoniette I was dethroned following the Deimore Incident.
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[edit] History
[edit] Beginning of a Civilization
The first people that settled in the area now known the Darnussia consisted of many different ethnic groups. The most dominant ethnic group was the Semitic peoples who ruled mainly from the Island of Narikaton. They followed an offshoot of Judaism and called themselves Narikatonites. The Narikatonite version of Judiasm combined pagan Gods with the Judiasm, making it unique in Terra. In the years of 550-564 there was a large emigration of Jews leaving Darnussia via sailboats, sailing to modern day Beiteynu. However, many also remained, where they had established communities and deep roots.
In other parts of modern Darnussia, small city states, colonies, and baronies emerged during this era; while their local power waxed and waned, most paid tribute to one or more of the Narikatonite states, due to their power; particularly over the seas on which all of Darnussia has long depended on as a food source.
By 715, the War of Narikatonite Succession erupted, mainly on Narikaton Island, between several different men who wanted to be crowned King of the entire island of Narikaton; in the end Darntus the Flying was crowned King of the Darnussians. King Darntus I named his country and countrymen Darnussians after himself. Within a few years, he had unified most of modern-Day Darnussia, after engaging in wars of conquest and occasional diplomatic success during the Unification War of Darnussia.
[edit] Kingdom of Darnussia
Full Article on Kingdom of Darnussia
Once King Darntus I was crowned King, according to legend, he rewarded every Darnussian man a cow and every Darnussian women with a Chicken. These reforms were well received by the public and King Darntus maintained high morale everywhere, according to legend. Near the end of his long reign it is said that King Darntus I became insane and he tried to jump off a large temple so he could prove to everyone that he could fly, he hit the ground and died. The nobles appointed King Darntus's son King Darntus II to be his successor.
King Darntus II was widely known to be the opposite of his father, he ruled with an iron fist and his many reform policies failed. King Darntus II, in a last attempt to recharge his splintering Kingdom enslaved the remaining Jewish population, wbo by then had become a minority even on Narikaton. Darntus II ruled for 23 years; his reign ended when he was murdered - according to legend, he was killed by a Jewish women who he tried to rape. With his death, and the earlier death of his son in battle, the direct line of Darntus I ended. However, the Kingdom of Darnussia would be ruled by different Kings of different noble families for many decades to come.
[edit] Christian Influence
Until the 900s, most Darnussians were following a variety of pagan religions, this caused conflict among the Darnussians and occasionally different pagans went to war with each other claiming their Gods were superior. In an attempt to reconcile and unify the country, King Simon III declared Christianity the official religion of Darnussia. Mass conversions both voluntarily and forced conversations took place. The devout pagans found comfort in this new religion as Christianity had a "Trinity". The Jewish population were allowed to stay Jewish (as the Narikatonite Jews had not engaged in violence), but within decades they had become to feel that they had to practice their faith in secret, as the reasons for Christianity's rise was gradually forgotten. Others fled, mostly to Beitenyu, in the Second Emigration (1200 to 1450).
[edit] Brief Revolution
During the 18th century there was a large uprising that took place all over Darnussia. Darnussia was in a massive famine and the workers were getting angry at the King and the Nobles. This lead to what is now known in Darnussian History as the Brief Revolution. The reason it is called the Brief Revolution is because the workers and the peasants for a brief period time overthrew the monarchy of Darnussia. The revolution was lead by three men who formed a Triumvirate. The three men were Carlo Abruzzi, Aurelio Sasperi, and Moshes Federer. The men declared Darnussia a Republic and declared that every men had individual rights. The Triumvirate passed popular legislation to eliminate burdensome taxes and to give work to the unemployed. The revolution only lasted 345 days because the new King, with foreign assistance and mercenaries led an army against the Darnussian Republic and successfully restored order to the Monarchy. After the Brief Revolution the men who formed the Triumvirate were arrested and held for years before being exiled.
[edit] Last King of Darnussia
The last absolute monarch of Darnussia was King Cecil I. It was widely rumored that Cecil was gay, and held massive orgies in the Royal Palace. In reaction to religious protests, Cecil I declared Darnussia a secular state in 1966. What happened next was a bizarre twist of events then eventually led to the downfall of the Darnussian monarchy, ultimately culminating in what was believed to be a palace assassination of the King by his own bodyguards, and the discovery of the King's dismembered corpse near the beach. A cycle of assassinations and counter-assassinations began, as secular nobles and religious nobles warred for control.
After Cecil's death, the throne should have gone to Cecil's brother, Kain. However, Kain was assassinated before he could return to the capital. Ultimately, their cousin Darntus was deemed the next successor (he had been 28th in the line the day Cecil died). Darntus XIII (so-called although he was never actually crowned) successfully transitioned Darnussia into a Republic, The Most Serene Republic of Darnussia, and declared that it would be headed by the Secretary General. Initially, the Secretary General was a joint appointee of the Nobility and the Church, but it became a directly elected position by 2050.
[edit] War
In 2124 the government of Beiteynu declared war upon Darnussia, they claimed that Darnussia was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. They also claimed that the Jewish population living in Darnussia were being oppressed. A eventual stalemate occurred between the Darnussian forces and the Beitenyuanse forces with neither side obtaining victory. Taken from History of Beiteynu: After 26 years of the stalemate in 2150 the Chief Rebbe called for the complete capitulation of Darnussia and the remainder of the army was sent to the islands. This included conscripting all men over the age of 19 to the army. Sensing this Darnussian government immediately sent telgrams to both Pontesi and Barmenistan to form a three nation alliance against Beiteynu. Pontesi and Barmenistan invaded from the south and with the army all fighting on the islands they were able to capture the bottom half of the nation. The Chief Rebbe panicked and ordered all troops to return to mainland Beiteynu leaving the islands easy for Darnussia to reclaim. However by now the Pontesi-Barmenistan alliance had grown too strong and with the Darnussians pushing from the north the entire nation was occupied within four years. The three nation alliance to enable easy governance divided the nation into three zones with Barmenistan taking Quo'gün and Padrilka , Darnussia taking Endlid and Fruskila and Pontesi taking Tadraki. Each nation appointed an army commander to oversee their respective zone and all were governed by military rule.
[edit] Republic of Lusitania
By 2256, the Most Serene Republic was in deep trouble, due to internal corruption and a severe economic downturn. Dom Duarte II, the so-called Reino da Lusitania, took control of the nation, ruling for two decades as the nominal King (although in practice, he had to defer to the legislature for most functions), claiming descent from Darntus XIII's line. Although he initially enjoyed broad popular support, allowing him to actually be elected head of state before forcing the parliament to crown him, his reign became bitterly opposed after military and economic misadventures threatened to bankrupt the nation.
By 2276, the people had had enough, and the Parliament deposed the King, forcing new elections for the position of President, and forming the Republica da Lusitania. This was in some ways a Democracy-in-name-only, however, as continued use of the Lusitanian language in law and politics made the system inaccessable to most Darnussian subjects.
A historical oddity is how the linguistically and culturally minority Lusitanians managed to dominate Darnussian culture for two decades. To this day, the topic of Lusitania is a hotly contested one between Darnussian historians and cultural anthropologists. It is also unknown what became of the Lusitanian people after the Deltarian invasion; some believe that the Deltarians committed genocide against them, but little hard evidence remains from that area due to the nuclear strike on Red Stad.
[edit] Deltarian Protectorate
In 2317, the Republic of Lusitania was overthrown after a surprise invasion from Deltaria. Sebastian I was made Czar by the Deltarians, and the former legislature was deposed. The government was moved from its ancient capital of Merenbürg to the industrial port city of Red Stad, which had long been the economic engine of the nation, and the Deltarians (correctly) believed that it, and not imperalistic Murenberg, would be where any resistance was at its worst.
The resistance, initially, was minimal, however, as native Darnussians by 2317 so hated the Lusitanian government, that even the Deltarians were welcome. At first, anyway.
[edit] 2323 Revolution
Almost immediately, the National Socialist movement, which had originally been an anti-Lusitanian movement, began to spread resistance against the Deltarians, and was especially powerful among the working class of Red Stad. Protests and sabotage was the order of the day, as the Darnussian people attempted to resist their Deltarian masters. Within a few years, the National Socialists believed they had the popular support to overthrow the Deltarians, and reassert independence. Several attempts were launched; in Alkavon in 2321 and in Clenon in 2322.
By far the biggest attempt to end Deltarian rule was the Revolution of 2323. This ended in failure as many Darnussians died and Red Stad was hit by a nuclear weapon, when Deltarians decided they could no longer hold the city. The nuclear scars survive to this day, in the form of the "Nuclear Slums" of Red Stad. The Deltarians "temporarily" moved their capitol to nearby Doressa. One of the oldest surviving news reports of the era states:
[edit] News Report
Violence has occured in street protests as the National Socialist Party of Darnussia and disenfranchised voters have led protests in the capital region of Kodstad and the city of Red Stad since May 2323. The violence resulted in the deaths of 10 people including the deaths of 3 NSPD supporters and after early elections in 2323. The elections in october resulted in the Deltarian supported party getting into power with 75 seats in a contested and highly fradulent election. Immediate reaction to the election resulted in the destruction of 20 buildings and 200 cars in the capital of Red Stad and the deaths of at least 8 more people including several government police officers.
The NSPD or Nationalist Socialist Party of Darnussia wants the Deltarians to leave and let the nation be alone. They are not afraid to continue the protests until the Deltarians are removed from power in Darnussia, even if it kills more people. Street protests have spread to the region of Nihaton. This revolution may be successful.
Violence has spread and have left nearly 70 people had been killed. In a certain development Jose Buji the educational critic against he Darnussia government were executed by government agents.
Violence resulted in the destruction of the capital of Darnussia and killed 30,000 people in continued barrages of lethal chemical weapons. Right now, 4.5 million people are displaced in Darnussia, nearly 500,000 of those in international countries, 30,000 in Malivia to the south.
[edit] The Doressa Age
The rulers of Darnussia, Deltársky Kuklaci, finally left the country in 2338. This was the first stage of Independence. Still under occupation, Darnussia became free from Imperial Parties. In February 2351, the Occupational Government voted to leave the country. Finally, independence was gained.
[edit] Great Democratic Republic and the First Darnussian Civil War
The Darnussian provisional government named the newly independent state the Great Democratic Republic of Darnussia (GDR), retaining the old Deltarian capitol at Doressa rather than returning to Merenbürg, mainly because of the years of infrastructure the Deltarians left behind, and a feeling that Merenbürg was "ancient history" better off forgotten. For the first time in Darnussian history, the Mainland provinces held sway over the Islands, and Narikaton, in particular, would not forget.
This early decision by the GDR would end up naming the entire age that began in 2351 and ended at the end of the 2500s - the Doressa Age, after Darnussia's new capital city.
After the 2350 Revolution and liberation of Darnussia, the Revolutionary Parties drifted against eachother. Two of the main sides were Hobaists, supported by the Imperial Power Party, and Jews, heavily supported by the Popular Revolutionary Front and Jews of Beiteynu. Tensions were rising and the common Darnussians were forced to pick either minority's side. First Darnussian Civil War began in 2354 after several terrorist attacks in Doressa and in Clenon, which were commited by the PRF. The civil war that followed was bloody in Nihaton and Clenon, where Hobaists and Christians were murdered, and some Jews were murdered as revenge. It led to many christian Darnussians siding with the Hobaists which ensured Imperial Power Party's success in the future. The war ended in IPP's victory, which was helped by Hobrazias intensions to intervene in the war.
[edit] The so-called Hobrazian Protectorate
The Imperial Hobrazian Protectorate of Independent Darnussia (IHPID) was proclaimed in 2370, and lasted until 2373. This was the result of the Imperial Power Party seizing the Parliament, and instituting a state religion of Hobaism and an official recognition of Hobrazia as sovereign over Darnussia. This brief attempt to become a fief of Hobrazia was doomed from the beginning, as popular protests and a general strike effectively shut the entire nation down. Once Hobrazia finally, and definitively, rejected IPP claims that Darnussia was part of Hobrazia, the IHPID fell, and the new Provisional Government was seated in 2373 - their first act was to remove the Hobrazian and IHPID flags from the interior of the Parliament chambers. Although both flags had been burned during the protests regularly, the Hobrazian flag was ordered returned, with military honors, to the Hobrazian Ambassador. The IHPID flag, on the other hand, was shredded and mixed with 63 pounds of fresh manure, sealed in an airtight container, and orders were given that the casket would be buried with the self-proclaimed Emperess Julia upon her death. Julia ultimately died overseas, and the casket remains on display in Doressa's Museum of History to this day.
[edit] The (First) Darnussian Democratic Republic
In 2373, the Provisional Government proclaimed the Darnussian Democratic Republic (DDR). Kevin Howard was elected the first President in 2379, after his service as Provisional President since 2374. His only serious challenger, in fact, was the deposed Empress, who still held a loyal following among converted Hobarists. Her strength in the election, despite her past actions, so troubled the new government, that it was likely the #1 cause of Julia's exile; the fear that her movement could be restored. It also ushered in the so-called Darnussian Inquisition, under which Hobarists in Darnussia were severely repressed, as a matter of state security.
[edit] Darnussian Inquisition
As late as 2377, Hobaists made up nearly a third of all Darnussians. Laws in every State, and some Federal laws, made life increasingly difficult for Hobaists. One law notably required all government employees to swear allegiance to the DDR in the specific event of war against Hobrazia, random arrests of known Hobaists, and the banning of certain government positions to those who had ever followed Hobaism, critically including forbidding them from serving on juries, as judges, or as attorneys.
Although initially supportive of the Hobaist crackdown, the leadership of Darnussia's Jewish population began to grow increasingly concerned with the persecution as the years passed. Current scholars now believe that this resistance planted the seeds of the actions that would lead to the Deimore Incident two centuries later.
[edit] Nationalist Shift
Increasingly, religious people and (ironically enough) neo-monarchists tended to dominate the politics of the DDR, culminating in the early 2400s with the birth of the Darnussian Liberation Army (then known as United Darnussia). Prior to the 2410s, the National Conservative Patriotic Party tended to dominate the DDR. After the 2410s, the torch was clearly passed from the neo-Patriots to the neo-Nationalists. Increasingly, rhetoric was anti-Hobaist and anti-Jewish, and pro-monarchist, looking increasingly to Merenbürg for inspiration.
[edit] The Second Civil War
Main Article: Second Darnussian Civil War
After Darnussia had seen two hundred years of unified and independent government, the state of Narikaton declared its independence as the Imperia Narikaton (Narikaton Empire). Nihaton and Clenon soon joined Narikaton and soon began threatning Darnussia's freedom. Darnussia and Narikaton declared war on each other. Five other international forces became involved and both sides ultimately battled each other to exhaustion. The Darnussian Democratic Republic finally surrendered, and negotiations began. It was finally agreed that the Narikaton Empire and the Darnussian Democratic Republic would come together as one and become the United Republic of Narikaton and Darnussia, ending two centuries of rule from Doressa.
[edit] United Republic
The United Republic was a clumsy, and at times incomprehensible, government which attempted to marry absolute monarchy with democratic ideals. The three island Duchies remained in an oath of fealty to Grand Duchess Antoiniette von Raux, as did many of the recombined military officers. Meanwhile, the Union President, officially the elected head of state, had "just about enough power to wipe his own nose," but was the official to whom the military was Constitutionally obliged to follow.
[edit] The Empire re-emerges
The Union Presidency, however, became far more powerful under Claude Deimore, who was elected in 2623. His position, initially coming with both Imperial and Popular blessing, led to his rise to near dictatorial levels of power, as Antoniette effectively became a figurehead and the legislature was placed under the iron fist of the President. Deimore was proclaimed Imperial Viceroy, but in effect had seized more power than any man since King Cecil I.
It took over a decade, but the Republican factions ultimately united (some say with the covert blessing of the Empress herself), and moved to depose Deimore once they could secure control over the military. The attempt at deposing the Viceroy led directly to the Deimore Incident, in which elements of his party's paramilitary forces used nuclear weapons on civilian targets in Clenon and Nihaton. Deimore reputedly blamed his impending removal from office on the Jewish minorities in those provinces, and intended his actions as revenge.
Deimore is believed to have shot himself shortly after the news broke of mushroom clouds on Island of Shirmania. Many conspiracy theorists, however, believe Deimore escaped, and lived the rest of his days in Pontesi, where he was born and raised.
[edit] Modern Darnussia
Ultimately, and ironically, the Second Darnussian Democratic Republic ultimately emerged from the ashes of the Deimore Incident, after a period of revolutionary rule, and the voluntary abdication by Empress Antoinette I. Today, Darnussia is essentially a multi-party nation under single-party rule, as the Surprise Party (formed after the Deimore Incident as part of the new Provisional Government that ended the Empire) has held the leading role in virtually every government formed in the last century. Signs the Surprise Party may be losing its grip on power emerged in recent decades, with the emergence of a far-right-wing opposition party, to join the left-wing opposition, forcing the Surprise Party to enter into left-right coalitions to maintain the functions of government.
[edit] Society and Economics
Darnussia has always been a somewhat conservative society at its core, slow to adopt social change, and slower to evolve. A consequence of this is that, when change does occur, it is often sudden and violent. No revolution, however, can shake the Darnussian belief in individual responsibility over collectivity, strong sense of religious faith, or its environmental skepticism, despite any and all evidence showing the effect of Man on his environment. Darnussians are fiercely militant, but also fiercely loyal to the idea of the "just war," having suffered grievously from civil war and invasion in the past.
Despite Darnussian skepticism of collectivistic ideas, Darnussian society is remarkably egalitarian in economic matters. Partially because the elites of the upper classes were mostly the nobility, whose wealth and titles were stripped in the last revolution, and partially because of strong social expectations regarding inheritances, there are relatively few idle rich in Darnussia today; while an upper class of corporate executives and professionals exists, the division between upper and middle class is blurred, with a dominant middle class making up approximately 70% of the nation's population, depending on how it is calculated. Darnussian's economic stratification is largely race-based; minorities are twelve times more likely to be lower-class economically than ethnic Darnussi or Nariks.
The average Darnussian works longer hours (59 hours per week), and has shorter vacations (1.9 weeks per year) than his Terran peers. These factors contribute to making Darnussia one of Terra's most richest societies, despite the history of invasions and civil war the nation has suffered.
A generational program of cross-cultural unification between mainland Darnussi and Nariks from the islands is proceeding, largely through incentives, and public-private partnerships, in an effort to shatter any remaining nationalism aspirations from either side of the former civil wars. As a result, over 40% of native born adult Darnussians live in a province other than the one they were born in, and more than 20% of island-born Darnussians live on the mainland, and vice versa.
[edit] Geography
Darnussia was once almost completely covered with forest, but thousands of years of civilisation had it's toll on the nature and have changed it radically. Most of the old forrest were cut down to build houses and ships to sail over the Migrant's Pass. There are three major rivers in the UR's mainland. The Crow is largest of them if counted with the amount of water and it flows from the Great Lake of Alkavon to the Bay of Migrant. Ghacrow, the once-largest city in the UR was built at it's delta. Redriver is the strongest and broadest of Darnussian Rivers and it goes through New Parts of Red Stad and flows to Bay of Migrant. The third large river is Cerrot River that flows from Malivia to Bay of Migrant. There are also Alkavon Mountains at the very border of Alkavon and Beluzia.
Other parts of the UR consist mainly from the two islands at Migrant's Pass, Island of Narikaton and Island of Shirmania. Both of the islands have high mountains and they are relatively far from the mainland, which once caused some cultural differences between the mainland Darnussians and the Darnussians of Jewish Descent in the islands. There are also smaller islands at the middle of the Inner Sea of Darnussia known as the Migrant Islands. They are relatively small and are considered being part of Nihaton.
[edit] Regions
[edit] Alkavon
Alkavon is one of the two mainland Provinces of the DDR and it is also the most populated part of the entire country. Ghacrow, destroyed in the Second Civil War, was once the largest city in the entire nation. The population in Alkavon is home to the largest number of Lusitânians in Darnussia. People in Alkavon have somewhat conservative views, but they are not as religious as many other Darnussian conservatives are. Majority of Alkavon could be described as Moderate Liberals.
[edit] Clenon
Clenon is the 2nd largest Province in the DDR and it's capital is Podrueja. Historically, Clenon was the Darnussian region with the highest percentage of practitioners of Judiasm. Clenon was hit the hardest by the Deimore Incident, but a generational program of soil treatment has restored life to the portions of Clenon once too irradiated to reside in.
[edit] Narikaton
Narikaton is one of the wealthiest regions in the DDR, but they also have the largest unemployment rate. Nariks are mildly secular in their religious views, but at the same time very restrictive in civil rights. The capital of Narikaton, and of all of Darnussia, is Merenbürg. Narikaton was the strongest Duchy during the Imperial era, with nearly all of the power of the nation. After the monarchy was deposed, however, Narikaton's power has waned.
[edit] Nihaton
Nihaton is the wealthiest province of the DDR and the core of the Darnussian Islands. Nihaton's capital is Moete. People in Nihaton are not right- or leftwing and they could be described as Moderate Capitalists. Neighboring Clenon, Nihaton was historically also a Jewish-majority region, but has gradually become increasingly Lutheran, particularly after Jewish emigration during the late Imperial era. In general people of Nihaton are secular-leaning. Most of the Deltarian Minority lives in Nihaton.
[edit] Kozaria
Kozarians are generally progressive, but restrictive in civil rights. They are slightly religious and capitalist. Most of Kozarians are Protestant. There is also major Hobrazian minority in Kozaria. The capital of the state is Red Stad and the destroyed former capital city, Doressa, is also in Kozaria. Kozaria is one of the most politically divided areas in the DDR, from extreme right-wing nationalists to traditional communists.
[edit] Demographics
[edit] Language
Main Article: Darnussian Language
- 30.2% Darnus
- 56.2% Narik
- 8.6% Esperanto
- 5% Lusitânian and other
Note: Public education forces every student to study both, Darnus and Narik, so everyone understands at least some level of their 2nd Darnussian language. Increasingly, the two languages are merging, particularly in Nihaton and Kozaria.
[edit] Ethnicity
Note: Exact figures are hard to come by. These are the most recent estimates.
- 38% Nariks (Islander Darnussians
- 32% Darnussi (Mainland Darnussians
- 9% Narik and Darnussi Jews
- 4% Deltarian
- 7% Pnték
- 6% Lusitânian
- 0,5% Dariusian
- 3,5% Other
[edit] Religion
- 34% Lutheran Protestants
- 25% Terran Catholic
- 16% Orthodox Catholicism
- 10% Judaism
- 9% Atheist/Agnostic
- 2% Islam
- 3% Hobaism
- 4% Other (Any other religion and Christian Denomination, and those that didn't take the survey)
The Official State Religion is Lutheran Protestantism, but the government does not engage in persecution of other faiths, and takes seriously threats of violence, particularly against Catholics and Jews.
[edit] Politics and Culture
[edit] Culture
Darnussian culture is extremely different between ethnic groups. Some Darnussians are Catholic whether they are apart of the Terran or Orthodox Catholic Church. Catholics in Darnussia outnumber Lutherans, but the division between Catholics leaves the Lutherans as the largest single sect. Darnussians are often against large immigration from foreign countries, as the Darnussians have been quite xenophobic because of the so many foreign powers that have conquered them. The Darnussians heavily relied on fishing to support their country and themselves.
[edit] Religion
When the Kingdom of Darnussia imposed Christianity as the state religion, they became one of the earliest pagan nations to adopt Christianity. In doing so, the large Catholic majorities exist because of when Christianity was imposed as the State Religion. About 75% of Darnussians identify themselves as Christians. Thus Christianity acts as a strong influence on people’s daily lives.
Going further back into history, Darnussia was founded by pagans, Jews, and pagans who held some Jewish ideals. Thus there is a large Jewish minority living in Darnussia, most are ancestors of those who lived in the ancient era others are refugees from Beiteynu. Many of the Darnussian Jews follow Messianic Judaism, a view that holds Jesus as the Messiah. Other Jews in Darnussia do not consider Messianic Jews real Jews, instead follow Orthodox Judaism.
[edit] Food
Darnussian food is very old, the cuisine dates back to the 15th century. The Darnussians are famous for their unique dishes; they frequently use many recipes involving fish and salt.
[edit] Sport
See Also: United Republic national football team
Like in any country, sports have always been popular in Darnussia. Soccer is the national sport and it is most popular. Some of the most popular sports include Football (Gridiron), Hockey, and Basketball. Darnussia also has a national football team. They will be entering in the next world cup.
[edit] Politics
The Darnussian Democratic Republic is strongly against the New World Order and has ratified all kind of treaties against it
In Darnussia, there are currently 4 major political parties.
| Name | Political Spectrum (Left, right or center) | Party Leader | Main Goal | Military Stance |
| Demokrata Esperanto Partio | Center | Benjo Haringulo | Introducing Esperanto as main-language in Darnussia | unknown |
| Darnussian Populist Movement | Center to Center-Left | Roy Versteeg II | Creating a Social-Liberal Society | pacifist-leaning |
| Neodemocratic Union / Novdemokratia Unio | Center | unknown | ||
| Free Right | Center to Center-right | Elias Elm | unknown |
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