Nasiria

Nasiria (: ٱلنَّاصِرِيَّة, tr. Nāşirīyah; Tipsprek: Naserye), officially the Realm Dominion of Nasiri Aravania, is an overseas territory situated in North Kesh partially covering regions of Aravania and Mihranestan and bordering Aftarestan to the east, Asharistan to the west, and Qurac to the north across the Gulf of Qurac. The federated constitutional is a  of the Apostolic  Tiperyn and is a federation of one hereditary monarchy, two elective monarchies, and three provisional tribal confederations under Tiperyn Realm Defence administration. The northeastern disputed territory of Amedi is internationally recognized as being within Nasiria's borders, but is de facto administered by the Kaya-supported Amedis. Although the elective monarchies of Qaysia and Naqdia enjoy some administrative through the real union, the hereditary monarchy of the Nasir subdivision is considered to be the dominant in Nasiria's federacy and the country's ruling family. This asymmetric dynamic has historically been enforced in part with support from the Tiperyn military.

As of 2019, Nasiria's population was 29.9 million—being the smallest of its direct neighbours in population. However, with a GDP PPP of $795.5 billion Nasiria is the most economically productive of its neighbors due in part to its lucrative energy and mineral exports. The Keshan state's economy is based primarily on resource extraction, namely oil and gas from the northern Great Aravan Desert and minerals in the southern mountainous region. Nasiri Aravania also hosts a significant agricultural sector, based primarily around irrigated farmland in proximity to the Nasir River. However, agriculture is considered to be a industry and Nasiria remains a net importer of food. Despite recent attempts by the Nasiria and Tiperyn governments to diversify the country's economy to combat, these attempts have largely failed due to civil unrest, low education, poor standard of living, and limitations of the labor pool. remained chronically high as of 2019 and its rating on the has worsened in the past decade due in part to escalation in the Nasiri Civil War in the country's southern Mihrani-dominant provinces.

Nasiria as a concept began in the early 18th century when Tiperyn stepped up its efforts to colonize the northern coast of Kesh. Although only partially successful, by 1732 it gained two treaty ports in what is now the Nasir capital area with the aid of a tribe that would eventually be known as the Nasiris. Most of what is now Nasiria was not so before the 20th century, being a part of the Maghreb region of the Caliphate inhabited by both Aravans and Mihranis. Following the Grand Campaigns, Tiperyn gained control of most of the Aravan-dominant regions of northern Nasiria while southern Nasiria was seized by nationalist and communist Mihrani groups in the wake of the Caliphate's collapse. These areas would be conquered by Tiperyn, the Nasiris and Kaya during the Great Kesh War, but the south has remained in an ongoing insurgency ever since. Because of the majority of Nasiria's southern provinces are active combat zones, these areas are nominally under the control of the Tiperyn military with only a token local council of tribal chiefs sympathetic to the North-South Concordant. Additionally, Kaya never ceded control of the northeastern province of Amedi after the end of the Great Kesh War and it is currently under autonomous local administration.

As a Realm Dominion of Tiperyn, Nasiria is considered to be a semi-autonomous polity. Although its government has nominal control over the northern areas, Tiperyn may reassert control over certain areas via military mandate without recourse. Additionally, Nasiria guard regiments may be called by the Realm to serve overseas, although this power has not been executed because of southern Nasiria's status as an active warzone. Nasiria is also a member of the North-South Concordant, an, through its dependency on Tiperyn.

Etymology
The formal name Nasiri Aravania is an that the Tiperyn government adopted for the region of North Kesh roughly north of the 5°N latitude and between the 46°E and 54°E longitudes following the foundation of the Realm City of Greater Nasir in 1732. Most of this area was a part of the Maghreb region of the Caliphate at that point. Nasiri Aravania is derived from the words Nasiri—an ethnonym for the people who inhabit the region of Nasir, which is in itself an exonym—and Aravania—an Anglicized name for the area in North Kesh inhabited by the Aravan peoples. The common name Nasiria is derived from Nasiryah, the Aravan word for the geographic region the exonym applied.

The word Nasir—an Anglicization of the Aravan word Nāṣir which means "helper" or "one who gives victory"—was the name Tiperyn applied to the conglomeration of tribes living near the mouth of the Nasir River—then called Nahr el hayat (River of Life)—after they aided Tiperyn forces in wresting control of two port cities in the region from the Caliphate. In reality, there was a diverse number of ethnicities inhabiting the area, living primarily from agriculture dependent on the Nahr el hayat's seasonal flooding. The dominant tribe of the newly formed Realm City of Greater Nasir, the Karimi, was favored by Tiperyn and thus became the local proxy rulers of what would eventually become Nasiri Aravania.

Although the demonym Nasiri is internationally applied to all peoples living in Nasiri Aravania, only the tribe Nasiri identifies with it domestically. Aravans living in Nasiri Aravania identify with their own tribe or their geographical location based on major landmarks such as deserts, peninsulas and mountains. In the southern provinces, only 10% of inhabitants are Aravan, with the large majority being Mihrani.

The Mihrani term for Nasiri Aravania is Naseristan, which is derived from the ethnonym Naser and the suffix -stan meaning "place of". However, Mihranis living in Nasiri Aravania rarely use this term to describe themselves, with the greater Mihranestan region encompassing parts of southern Nasiri Aravania and Asharistan being considered separate from Aravania.

Government and politics
Nasiria is a federated constitutional monarchy and dependency of Tiperyn, an Apostolic semi-constitutional monarchy. Nasiria's federacy consists of three absolute monarchies and three provisional tribal confederations under Realm administration. The monarchies are all ethnically Aravan. These include the hereditary Princedom of Nasir under House Karimi, elective Sheikdom of Qaysia under House Tawfiq, and elective Sheikdom of Naqdia under House al-Amin. Each has varying levels of power over minor tribes within their territories. The most extreme is House Karimi (the national ruling family) which has near absolute power over smaller Aravan tribes within their boundaries. Meanwhile, the other two monarchies integrate minor tribes into the Sheikh selection process via a closed-list vote of eligible candidates from the ruling families. The tribal confederations meanwhile are all ethnically Mihrani and have no autonomy. These include the confederations of Madaristan, Darbandikhan, and Istakhr.

The nature of Nasiria's federacy is that of a de jure defined by treaty between the area's three largest Aravan tribes. The three provisional tribal confederations exist outside this treaty, and as such are not represented within territorial governance—altough they are subject to its decrees. Under this arrangement, the three main Aravan tribal chiefs make up the Dominion Council. This council is the primary governing body of the territory where matters concering the whole dominion and relations between the different tribes are discussed. In theory, policy within the scope of the governing treaty—including but not limited to inter-tribal trade, joint infrastructure projects, and water rights—require a two-thirds majority among the chiefs. Generally, powers that are not reserved by Realm law or Dominion Council decree are delegated to the tribes. However, there are exceptions. For example, the High Prince of House Karimi acts as the territory's first chief for the purposes of executing tariffs imposed by the Tiperyn government, administering the territory's Realm Guard regiments in lieu of the Governor-General, and representing the territory as a whole internationally or interterritorially. Control over Nasiria's indigenous military forces and the informal powers granted by Tiperyn government have effectively made House Karimi the dominant tribe with an outsized effect on territorial politics. This manifests in the Tiperyn monarch delegating many Realm-level responsibilities to the High Prince of Nasir, which completely override powers granted to Dominion and tribal governments under Realm law. Although Qaysia and Naqdia operate their own regional militias and law enforcement agencies, these pale in comparison in terms of power when compared to the Tiperyn-funded military forces under Nasir's control. Even so, relations between the tribal monarchies are typically cooperative in nature, especially with regard to matters of the territory's Mihrani population. Historically, disputes in the Dominion Council have typically been mediated or even arbitrated by the Tiperyn monarch-appointed Governor-General to ensure stability.

In addition to the semi-autonomous Aravan-majority monarchies, the three Mihrani tribal confederations in the territory's south have been directly administered by the Holy Tiperyn Realm and subject to martial law since 1999. Prior to 1999, these areas were administered by the Dominion Council with no local representation. Each confederation is made up of numerous nations, which further consist of up to several dozen tribes. Each tribe sends their tribal chief to be represented on Provisional Councils who provide counsel to the Dominion Council or Tiperyn authorities and pass non-binding resolutions via majority vote. In practice, Provisional Councils primarily interface with the Tiperyn military as they are under its administration. Additionally, councils do not maintain positive control over large swaths of their territories in rebellion due to the Nasiri Civil War and the fact insurgent groups are barred from sitting on Provisional Councils.

Administrative divisions
The Realm Dominion of Nasiria consists of three constituent monarchies and three tribal confederations, each split into numerous and at times vaguely defined tribal divisions negotiated at the provincial and local levels.

Military
As an overseas territory of the Holy Tiperyn Realm, its territorial military forces operate under the auspices of the Realm Guard and Realm Air Service. During peacetime, Nasiria's contingent of Tiperyn military forces acts under directly under the High Prince of Nasiria and their administration. However, during wartime, part or all of the force can be placed under the command of the monarch-appointed Governor-General (a Realm Guard flag officer) who then subordinates those units to the appropriate theatre command. Since 2005, three of Nasiria's four maneuver regiments have been placed under the control of the Governor-General, with one infantry regiment remaining under control of the local territorial government. This unit, usually the №1 Territorial Regiment, is garrisoned in the capital of Nasir during its duty. This is primarily meant to be a means for the Nasiri government to react to civil unrest if necessary.

As of 2021, Nasiria's Realm Guard regiments included the following:
 * №1 Territorial "The Desert Riflists" — Composed of four light and motorized infantry battalions. Conscripts from the Nasir region.
 * №2 Territorial "The Sheikh's Frontiersmen" — Composed of four light and motorized infantry battalions. Conscripts from the Naqdia region.
 * №3 Territorial "Eadvald's Own Rifles" — Composed of four light and motorized infantry battalions. Conscripts from the Qaysia region.
 * №4 Territorial "Lord's Camelry" — Composed of three heavy ruitery battalions equipped with Mamba and Black Mamba main battle tanks (to be replaced by Pit Adder light tanks by 2029. Conscripts from across the three Aravan regions.
 * №5 Territorial "Desert Cannons" — Composed of four artillery battalions equipped with towed 127mm and 152mm gun-howitzers. Typically split up to augment Nasiri or Tiperyn ground forces in Nasiria. Conscripts from across the three Aravan regions.

In addition to ground forces, Nasiria also staffs two fighter squadrons for territorial air defense, one airlifter squadron, and one helicopter squadron under the Realm Air Service. Its fighter squadrons operate the Siren A light multirole fighter.