Kazulia
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| Kazulia | |
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| Motto: "Rettferdig Nord , Stå Kraftig!" Anthem: Mitt Hem | |
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| Government | |
| Formal Name | Nordiske Republikken av Kazulia |
| Government type | Federal Semi-Presidential Republic |
| Statssjef | Jannike Marklund (H+ Paradigm) |
| Statsminister | Jannike Marklund (H+ Paradigm) |
| Governing Coalition | Nasjonal Forenings Komité Coalition |
| Founded | 2178 |
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| Official Language | Kazulian |
| Recognized Languages | Hulstrian, Gao-Showa, Welsh |
| Capital | Skalm |
| Largest city | Thorgerd |
| Area | 899,100 km² |
| Population - 2784 Census | 370,502,517 |
| Currency | Kazulianisk Krona (KKR) |
| Sport | Winter Triathlon |
| Animal | Isbjørn |
| Internet TLD | .kz |
| Herramarkrer | |
| Agatha, Dreton, Flindar, Hent, Kelvon | |
| National ID Number: 53 | |
Kazulia, officially Nordiske Republikken av Kazulia (Eng. Nordic Republic of Kazulia, Hul.: Nordische Republik von Kazulien) is a nation on the north-western coast of Dovani. It's bordered by Dranland in the north and Greater Hulstria in the South. In the west lies the Anatonese Ocean, in the east the Great North Dovani Plain.
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[edit] History
Main Article: History of Kazulia
[edit] Early History
Modern archaeology and research of cultural finds indicates that civilization reached Kazulia between 500 and 600. The oldest document that has been found is dated 810 and states that one Harald Leifsson has become king of kings in the realm of Kazul. From 700-1493 the realm of Kazul was a loose confederation of different Kazulian tribes. Those living by the sea lived mostly off of fishing and plundering, and soon the Kazulians became famous for their ships which were among the fastest and strongest of their time. However, because of later colonization and subsequent destruction of artifacts, there is minimal evidence of this period.
Things changed rapidly when the famous Luthori Admiral Sir Christopher Dove discovered Dovani and landed in the land known today as Gishoto in 1493, and claimed it for the Holy Luthori Empire. So the Hulstrian people reached Dovani, and soon tried to colonise in the southern lands of Kazul, today known as Hent, Kelvon, and the southern Dreton. By 1530, every tribe in this area had either converted to Lutheran Christianity and generally accepted the Luthorian imperator as religious leader, but rarely saw themselves as Luthorian citizens. However, the colonization led to a confusion between Hulstrian and Kazulian aristocracy, and in 1534 the King of Kings was the Hulstrian aristocrat König Carl I. von Thuen und Tackzis. Northern Kazul remained pure Kazulian until 1600 when settlers and more strongly warriors from Egelion, which also colonized Dranland, began fighting the Kazulian tribes in Agatha and Flindar and northern Dreton. The northern tribes, realizing they were lost without help, called the strong southern Hulstrian-Kazulians for aid, and with their modern-organized army they were able to fight and defeat the Egelions. This brought Hulstrian culture into the rest of Kazul, and the relatively small Hulstrian population became the leading society.
After a peaceful hundred years first tendencies towards independence showed up and reached a first climax in 1713, when Peter Berg, a Lutheran monk, nailed the so-called "Catholic Manifesto" on the doors of the Dome of Ulfmaerr. There he stated, that Kazulia, as it was first called in this document, should abolish Lutheranism, and convert to Catholicism, which would be "veritas in personam, sancta sacralaque". This new kind of Christianity, which came first into Kazulia with students of theology which had to flee out of Keymon due to their heretic approach on Christianity, was a rousing success among Kazulians and Hulstrians as well. Todays historians explain this with two things: 1st it (Catholicism) was a clear break with Luthorian religious practice, and 2nd it was, due to its acknowledgment of the concept of saints, more comfortable for Kazulian people, still not having abandoned their old "pagan" beliefs.
By 2000, the religious wars ended with the concile of Persi, where Kazulia was still recognized as part of the Luthori Empire, but with great autonomy. Most parts of Kazulia were now catholic, only in the south of Hent Lutheranism remained the major religious confession. Also in 2000, one Hugo Grontius wrote "De iure belli ac pacis libri octo", in which he stated the first idea of something that could be compared with a modern state on a rational basis. This was not quite a success as Peter Berg's manifesto, but the educated society of Kazulia was truly enthusiastic about it.
[edit] Modern History
[edit] First & Second Republics
In 2178 the first elections ever in Kazulia were held, and the newborn democratic republic got its first elected leader, Francis Daumard of the Northern Lights. Its new name was Kazuliana Statsförbund Republik and it also got its first constitution. This period is called traditional because the parties had Kazulian names, the state had a Kazulian name, and even the official language was now Kazulian. The cities still had their old Kazulian names. Kazulia was made a kingdom in 2188, led by the old Kazulian duke of Ulfmaerr, called Kunglig majestät Gustaf I Adolf. This monarchy existed until 2240, when Kazulia became an incorporation, with its first Majority Shareholder Lord Satan. In this time, more and more of the old traditional parties disappeared, and newer parties moved in, most of them great socialists.
In 2257 Kazulia became a republic once again, though now totally under non-traditional parties, and in 2262 even the names of the cities were changed. Soon the last big liberal party was defeated by communists, and a communistic period began in Kazulia, mostly under the rule of Tiki, member of the Communist Party of Kazulia, and the name of the nation changed to the Peoples Republic of Kazulia. The national names changed once again, as did the capital's name, in the end Kazulia remained The Peoples Republic, and the capital was called Tikigrad. This period ended after the Communist Party was the only party left in Kazulia.
[edit] Solentian Rule
Something then happened which remains ingrained in the national memory: the Communist Party collapsed, and Kazulia was without any political parties. This was the chance for a party called the Panoptican. They won the elections in 2297 and showed their true faces. They represented the family of Vánioka, recently displaced from their home in Majatra. They installed Denis Vánioka as Supreme Emperor, and created the artificial language Vániokan. Also they changed the name of Kazulia twice, once into the Lairepmi Mognik fo Kazulia, and then into the Imperial Kingdom of Vániokan Kazulia. They began a rule of terror and installed a totalitarian regime, but weren't able to stay for long. In 2305 they were wiped out by a new party, the Freedom Party of Kazulia, later known as the Hayekian Libertarians of Great Kazulia. They tried a comeback together with Solentian Nuncirists, but were defeated again. In 2326, under the rule of Princeps inter pares Theodore II. Duke of Islyn, supported by the Hayekian Libertarians, the name of the nation was changed once again to Kazulia Magna et Libera.
[edit] Third Republic & the New Kingdom
After 10 years, the Kazulians start to consider their national roots: on 2338 the parliament decided to begin a return to the original institutional names and forms of the nation, and finally the Kazulianisk Statsförbund Republik was restored. In 2374, after the comeback of the Konges og Guds Kjemprene, Kazulia was made a monarchy again, under its new Kungenes Konge Thorsson I. af Kazulia, Herra af Ulfmærr og Duke of Islyn, the institutional names were "royalized", and Kazulia became the Kongeriket Kazulia.
A civil war broke out in 2401 and threw out the newly established monarchy. King Thorsson I fled to Hutori, together with his party, which now called themselves God's and the King's Fighters. A newly formed Labour Party took over the entire legislature and pushed through a socialist agenda.
By 2414 the Tories had reinstated King Thorsson II and free trade, thus the monarchy was on its way back up. Following a conference on genocide in Dranland, Minister of Defence Lord Patrick Donnelly proposed a military buildup bill more than quadrupling the Kazulian defense budget.
[edit] Fifth & Sixth Republics
With growing discontent with the Conservative Party's extreme free-market policies, most notably the complete privatization of both education and health care, the 2419 elections saw the rise of three significant new parties not previously represented. The New Liberal Party, the Democratic Socialists of Kazulia, and the Liberal Socialists together proclaimed a "Coalition of the Left" dedicated to the undoing of the policies of the Conservatives and the abolition of the newly reinstated monarchy.
For a long period of time following the early 2400s, no information about Kazulia had been recorded, up until the early 2600's, when information had began to flow in and out of Kazulia once more. Through much of the 2700s Kazulia was controlled by parties of the National Unification Committee and the H+ Paradigm.
[edit] Government & Politics
Main Article: Politics of Kazulia
Kazulia is a federal semi-presidential republic. The nation is comprised of five Herramarkrer, though the federal government holds the most power. The Head of State is the Statsjef, elected directly every four years. The cabinet is headed by the Head of Government, known as the Statsminister, who is chosen by parliament.
The national legislature is known as the Stortinget. The Stortinget has 333 members, elected every four years.
[edit] Current Political Parties
| Name | Political Spectrum | Economic Stance | Religious Standing |
| Demokratisk Pacifist Partiet | Democratic Pacifism | Capitalist | Secular |
| H+ Paradigm | Authoritarian Socialist Transhumanism | Socialist | Secular |
| Liberal Coalition of Kazulia | Classical Liberalism | Laizzes-Faire Capitalism | Secular |
| Mitten Partiet | Centrism | Mixed Market | Secular |
[edit] Administrative Divisions
Kazulia consists of five Herramarkrer (en: Duchies, Hulstrian: Herzogtümer, Latin: Povinciae Ducum). As the former Kazulian monarchy was very feudal, these lands retain some administrative and legislative power of their own.
| Herramark | Capital | Population | |
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| 1 | Agatha | Ulf | 64,628,237 |
| 2 | Dreton | Suthrland | 62,617,245 |
| 3 | Flindar | Thorgerd | 62,197,519 |
| 4 | Hent | Lamond | 51,503,366 |
| 5 | Kelvon | Ulfmærr | 48,985,482 |
[edit] Geography & Climate
Kazulia is mostly a mountainous region due to the Barrier Range, a large chain of mountains that separates all four Dovanian countries from the rest of Dovani. However, about one third of Kazulia is quite plain because of Kazulia's two coastal regions. Also the Krigsvatn, the biggest river in Kazulia, runs through the southern plain into the sea.
Kazulia could be divided into three main geographical areas. First would be the Kazulian Barrier Range, the highest level in Kazulian regions, with its two highest peaks, the Snøhuset(5,687 m) in the west, and the Jotunstolen(5,804 m) in the east. Second would be the foothills of the Kazulian Barrier Range, also called the Woodland, and the third would be the plains, namely the southern, larger plain which also hosts the river Krigsvatn, and the smaller northern plane in Agatha.
Due to being a country in the north of Terra, temperature in Kazulia is normally quite low, especially in the mountains. It can be occasionally hot in the summer (up to 25°C in the southern plain), and even in winter the coast is mainly ice-free due to warm currents in the Anatonese Ocean, but not the northern Agathan coast. In the Agathan plain the coldest temperatures can be found (-10/-40°C in the winter), with the exception of the higher mountains, most of them snowy during the year.
[edit] Demographics
Kazulia hosts four bigger groups of culturally different populations. The biggest group are the native Kazulians with 180,730,400 people, the second largest group are the Hulstrians with 85,204,800 people, the third group are the Welsh, which have recently grown to 10,687,200 people, and the fourth one are the Gao-Showa with 4,530,900. The remaining 8,000,000 odd consist of various refugees, immigrants and smaller native tribes. The first two groups are of great importance. Rumor has that some other populations exist somewhere in the mountains or along the river or in the swamp which are not of a human kind, but this is considered a legend by almost every authority.
[edit] Religion
Religion is followed by only a small proportion of the Kazulian population, as the religious purges of the late 2600s banned religion and it's practice across Kazulia. Even with it's legalization, only 35.3% of the population are religious, with a much smaller 23.1% practicing their religion actively. The remaining 64.7% are either Atheistic, Agnostic or have no specific faith.
There are three greater religions in Kazulia, the Catholics, the Lutherans, and the old Pagan Rite. 51.2% are Catholics, most of them Hulstrians (nearly 80% of them), which follow the Kazulian-Catholic Church, which is lead by the Cardinal of Thorgerd in Flindar. 25.5% believe in the old Kazulian gods which were mostly adored before Kazulia was colonized, only a very small number of Hulstrians follow these, and so the large masses of followers come from the Kazulians and the Welsh. 20.2% are old Luthori Lutheranians, which live in the south and mostly in Hent. The remaining 3.03% believe mostly in other variations of Christian faith, with about 0.07% of the total population having other beliefs. Back when the Kazulian Muslim National Front was at large, there was a large population of Islamic peoples who had taken refuge from the south, but eventually, those Muslims moved back. The Catholics don't acknowledge a specific Holy See, and so the cardinal of Thorgerd is traditionally the highest leader, although he was never given the rank of a pope. To the mostly Catholic Hulstrians, religion becomes important at high celebrations during the year such as Christmas and Easter. The remaining Lutherans are a mixture, and one can say that it depends on their social status. Generally, in the whole of Kazulia, religion is more important when it comes to common workers and farmers, although there are always some exceptions.
[edit] Culture
Main Article:Culture of Kazulia
Kazulia's greatest poet, one considered the national poet, is Anna Friechsson(1645-1548), whose masterpiece is Quando ratus volant et porcus mangerit (When the duck flies and the pig eats - 1668). Other notable belletristic masterpieces: Kommoniadis(1796) by Simeone Lifbuksson, Fluctuat nec mergitur{1848} by Andres Stojanberg, Heidi ok Mannerheim(1937) by Wootelius Defukus, and of course the famous naturalist novel Uten brød jeg vil dør by Jån Skjærgård.
In 2187 the famous Kazulian musician Frederick Larsson composed the Kinderian Simphony at the age of 4. Unfortunately he died when he was 7 before knowing true success. Another famous Kazulian composer is Edvard Var (2284-2358), whose masterwork Abendlicht über dem Berge is the most-played symphony in Kazulia.
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| Nordiske Republikken av Kazulia Skalm (capital) | |
| History & Economy | Christopher Dove | |
| Geography | Dovani, Barrier Range, Great North Dovani Plain, Anatonese Ocean | |
| Demographics | Kazulian, Hulstrian, Welsh, Gao-Showa | |
| Culture | National Anthems: Jag vill leva jag vill dö i Norden, Å stort Kazulia, Mitt Hem | |
| Religion | Catholic, Lutheran, Pagan Rite, Shintoism, Buddhism, Islam | |
| Herramarks | Agatha: Ulf | Dreton: Skalm | Flindar: Thorgerd | Hent: Lamond | Kelvon: Asvald | |
| Politics | Historically Important Parties: Guds og Konges Kjemprene, H+ Paradigm, Kristen Social Demokratisk Partiet, Northern Lights, United Føderale League Presently Active Parties: Demokratisk Pacifist Partiet,Guds og Konges Kjemprene, H+ Paradigm, Kazulias Kommunistiske Parti (ML), United Føderale League | |
| People | Theodore VIII, Thorsson I, Thorsson II, Firdrik von Hayek | |
| Nations of Dovani |
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