Selengeria

Selengeria (Närangol:, Ikh Narangol Ulus, ), officially the Empire of Selengeria, is a sovereign nation in north eastern Kesh. It is bordered by the Tethys Bay and Tonkina to the north; Beifang to the west; Kodeshia and the Pearl Sea to the south; and Akiteiwa to the east. Selengeria covers 1,237,477 square kilometres and spans the majority of the Amur Plains and East Kesh Rift. The capital and cultural centre of the empire is Sukhbaatar while the largest city and economic centre is Kharakhorin.

Selengeria is the 5th most populous country in the world and one of the most densely urbanised. About a third of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 277.2 million around its coasts, river valleys, and the southern lowlands.

The Amur Valley has been inhabited by hominids for at least 700,000 years with the first archaeological evidence of being dated to 400,000 years ago. Agriculture and animal husbandry later emerged some time in the third millennium BCE among the Shuvgaar and Dungovid cultures, likely brought northward from Kodeshia. The growth and centralisation of these farming communities led to the development of the first settlements and civilisations in Selengeria. Successive kingdoms and empires would rule over the territories of modern Selengeria including the Jing Kingdom, Tang Kingdom, and Kyushu Empire. Starting in the 15th century, however, the pastoral Narangol under the command of Songoson left their foothill homelands and began a rapid conquest of lands around the Khovsgol Sea. Songoson founded Selengeria in 1577 following the defeat of the Zhu Kingdom. A succession crisis in 1632 saw most real political power become concentrated in the hands of the Yeronkhii and Jonon, a system which remained in place until being supplanted by the Imperial Directorate made up of members of the Blue Wheel Banner and the imperial court. The Directorate, despite fierce opposition from anti-reformist aristocracy, took an aggressive approach to modernising and liberalising the nation and and pursuing industrialisation. The dawn of the 20th century was defined by enormous socioeconomic upheaval and growing international tensions which would result in the Selengeria's entry into the disastrous Grand Campaigns. After suffering defeat in the war, Selengeria collapsed and splintered into a period of warring factions and states known as the "Gaigamshig". Khiyat Suudriin, the future dictator of Selengeria, rose to prominence during this time and would go on to lead his Undserkheg forces to victory in the Selengerian Civil War. The Undserkheg began consolidating the remains of the Selengeria into a totalitarian state and embarked on an ambitious programme of restoring pre-war borders and military strength. The return of an aggressive Selengeria alarmed the government's of Akiteiwa and Kodeshia and by 1954 the forced re-integration of the Republic of Toshu brought Akiteiwa and Selengeria into open conflict. The broader Kesh War soon expanded the front to the west with Kodeshia and Beifang declaring war on Selengeria in 1956. The tide of the war began to turn by the summer of 1957 and further devolved with Suudriin's death in 1958. The power vacuum that followed and prospect of a brutal protracted defensive war prompted Tiperyn to drop an atomic bomb on Kodeshia to force a ceasefire.

Etymology
Selengeria in is known as Ikh Narangol Ulus  meaning literally "Great Narangol State" or "Empire of the Narangol". The origin of the word "Narangol" is of uncertain etymology, given variously as the name of a mountain or river; a corruption of nairman gal or "eight fires"; or the personal name of an apical ancestor or patron deity. The name "Selengeria" means "Land of the Selenger" in and is derived from the  verb seleh, which means "to cross" or "to ford". The first clans to swear allegiance to Selengeria's founder, Songoson, and join him in crossing the Chulaal River were given the distinction of Selegch Khairt or "Beloved Forders". These clans were favoured by Songoson and his descendants and were given rescripts conferring broad authority and priveleges including trade monopolies. This brought the Narangol into contact with Zaporizhian traders through which Selenkyir and Selenkirskaya entered the language. Scholars remain divided on how exactly the term then entered into and, however early references to "Selingarlan" can be found in Ambrosian court documents by 1638. This would undergo and  into Anglic where it would evolve into the recognisable modern word "Selengeria" by the late 17th century.

Numerous other names were used for the Narangol, their traditional homeland, and the empire they established. Many of these names derived from variations of "barbarian" or references to Narangol tactics, such as the terms 茨戎 Ibarashi or "thorn dwellers" and 西戎 Seiju or "western barbarians".

Geography & Environment
Selengeria is the eleventh largest nation in the world, covering 1,237,477 square kilometres of land between latitudes 18° and 54° N, and longitudes 73° and 135° E. A diverse array of climates, biomes, and geographic regions can be found across the country, including numerous rivers and lakes and the East Kesh Rift. To the north, the coastal plains and shoreline of Sargalam Province experience a mild. The Kamarband Mountains and their foothills and valleys form Selengeria's western border and are the source of several major rivers such as the Tesiin and Onon. The enormous East Kesh Rift zone runs northward from the head of the Pearl Sea in two parallel forks and is home to some of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. The highlands and plateaus surrounding the rifts, including the grasslands of the Torbroklan, experience a. The heavily populated south of the country is flatter and defined by, dense forests, and a.

Government and Politics
Kharmaivaan - black tent - shogunate Selengeria functions as a highly centralised  and.

The current Jonon since 2003 is Khidarga Ongchijid. She

Ideology
The Undserkheg is the  political party that rules Selengeria. It is formally known as the "National Front for the Upholdance of Heaven's Will", but is typically referred to in shorthand as simply Manai Tumen ("Our Party") or Undesnii Khuujar ("National Front").

The party was originally known as the Gantsetseg and was a relatively minor example of Selengeria's martial and political societies called "Tumen". Well into the first decade of the 20th century it is only briefly attested to in public records and was dwarfed by other more presitguous conservative tumen or the court dominating liberal Blue Wheel tumen. Its influence grew sharply however with the addition of noted author and publishing house owner, Donrovyn Choinam, who brought a widespread audience and a media aparatus to the party's disposal. The Undserkheg were soon widely distributing papers, literary works, and political commentary which promoted its conservative ideology and decried the moral and political decay of the nation. The latter frequently ran the Undserkheg afoul of state censors and powerful government officials, however, and saw several party members arrested and Choinam's presses seized in 1917. The party continued to function and grow in spite of this though and achieved their most politically prominent positions yet at the outbreak of the Grand Campaigns with several newly formed military commands and war coordination offices going to members. As the war effort deteriorated for Selengeria, Undserkheg leadership became split between those who saw a coup or violent intervention as necessary and those who feared a government crack down or further destabalisation of the country. The split came to a head in the spring of 1924 with the retreat of several Selengerian divisions and the failed assassination of Prime Minister Bat-Erdene by Undserkheg radicals. The government quickly banned the party and began arresting or court martialing members for treason. The future Jonon, Khiyat Suudriin, was a mid-level party member, noble, and army major at the time who had recently been recalled to Sukhbaatar from the front lines. He and a small band of fellow Undserkheg members managed to slip out of the capital and evade capture before regrouping with their peers in Ovorkhangai and declaring a nominally loyalist opposition government and revolt.

Demographics
The national census of 2018 recorded a total population of 276.5 million and an average annual growth rate of 1.24 percent. Approximately 22% of the population were 14 years old or younger, 67% were between 15 and 59 years old, and 11% were over 60 years old. Selengeria has an average population density of 153 persons per square kilometre, however, true density is considerably higher as climate and terrain have concentrated two-thirds of all Selengerians into major urban centres along rivers and the coast.

While Selengeria is an observably diverse country consisting of numerous ethnic and linguistic groups, Selengerian social identities are fractured and complicated by the effects of war, population transfers, and modern government policy.

According to noted scholar, Joinnes var Cizile, Selengeria was transformed by the Undserkheg from "a cosmopolitan multi-national empire ruled by a diverse elite" into "the newly minted ethnostate of the Neo-Narangol". Var Cizile goes on to define "Neo-Narangol" as a "revisionist" ethnicity crafted by Sudriin in his Negbiye Basetgel Edict of 1934. The edict restricted and abolished the traditional system of ethnic distinctions and privileges shaped by the Dasanjin conquests. In their place, Sudriin re-classified Selengerians by their perceived "Narangolshig" or "Narangol-ness" - a status determined by their allegiance to the Khaan and Jonon, ability to speak the Narangol language, adherence to Ordonism, and membership in a legitimate house. Selengerians that meet these criteria are deemed "Narangol" by the government and afforded full citizenship, while Selengerians that do not are relegated to second-class status with fewer rights and privileges afforded to them.

Human rights organisations and exile and emigre groups have routinely criticised Selengeria for its treatment of minority Selengerians and the Narangolicisation policy and its impact on minorities. League observers issued a report in 2017 declaring the "the most systemic and widespread example of cultural genocide