Tsjarland

Tsjarland (Tsjar: Tsjarvijas Republika) Officially The Tsjar Republic is a country in North Eastern Artemia. Bordered to the East by Sartland and Aukalnia, and Aloea in the West. to the North it borders the Boreal Ocean. Covering an area of 410 850 km². The climate is an alpine subarctic climate in the coastal North while yielding to a temperate seasonal climate in the South. The mighty rivers Sava and Grad make up the largest bodies of water in the country.The Capital and largest city is Savapils. Ethnic Tsjars make up the majority of the population. The Ramzki people being the only significant minority in the country. The population per the 2021 census showed a total of 9,5 million people. growing at roughly 2% per year.

Today Tsjarland is a Presidental republic with its national legislature The Congress; divided into two houses. Republican rule was established in Tsjarland in 1998 after a period of civil war leading to the fall of the old monarchy. Tsjarlands lower house is called the Semja and its members are elected every 6 years based on single and multi-person -representative constituencies. Its upper house is made up of hereditary nobles and a set of Lord bishops from the state religion. Tsjarland scores poorly on the democracy index and is suffering deep political division which occasionally turns to violence. International observers claim illegal tempering with elections and no free and fair elections have been held since the start of the republic. Power has since the start of Republican rule been held by the United Peasants and Smallholders Union. The Republic has been headed by President ..... since 1998.

Tsjarland shares ethnic, historical and cultural traits with its neighbours. Tsjar being a potentially politically motivated name to create a separate national identity from nearby Sartland and Aukalnia.

Geography
Tsjarland is a country in North Eastern Artemia. Its geography is largely defined by water and mountians. The Boreal ocean and northern highlands dominated by the 2166 meter tall Mt. Vinets (Tsjar: Винетс) in the North. The rivers Sava and Grad dividing the country into three major valleys. The Grad valley in the West, The Sava valley in the centre and the Sava-Cezak valley in the east. About ⅓ of the country is below 300 meters above sea level. Over ½ is below 500 meters above sea level. Following a general trend of lesser altitudes the further South and West one travels in the country.

The rich soil of the Southern valleys is largely black dirt yielding high agricultural and a thick spruce and pine -forrest. giving way to a scarce birch forrest on thinner soil in the furthest Northern and higher altitudes. In the coastal inlets bays and fjords there is generally a thin layer of soil largely not generally fit for modern croplands-agriculture with occasional clusters of birch trees. Several the mountians and hills of Tsjarland have been proven to hold reserves of iron and Larvikite. The river valleys of Southern Tsjarland generally are believed to have been large swamps and mires roughly 300 million years ago. Leaving behind rich coalfields.

Tsjarland claims a large and diverse Economic Exclusivity Zone going all the way up to North Pole a claim most often ignored or not acknowledged by all nations. This has lead to conflict with international pelagic trawlers. Near the artic there has been some evidence that commercially viable reserves of oil and gas might be found.

Politics
The national legislature of Tsjarland makes up the legislative branch of government. The Congress is split into a lower and upper house. The Lower Semja has 257 members elected every sixth year from single and multi-person constituencies withinn a limited franchise. Its upper house the Council of Nobles contains 72 members. 56 hereditary nobles and 16 Lord Bishops from the state church. The Lord Bishops and Lords sit for a life and pass their seat onto their successor. The President is elected for a term of six years. The election of the Semja and President are seperate and normally split with three years passing between them. The President is the executive branch of the government and appoints his own Vice-President for a six-year term. The President might also appoint a cabinet should he see fit. The supreme court of Tsjarland is the judicial branch of government and consists of 9 judges appointed for life.

Limited franchise
Tsjarland does not practise universal suffrage. Suffrage is regulated within the Tsjarland constitution to be limited to:


 * Male citizens of the Tsjar Republic.
 * Who do not hold other citizenship.
 * Who has lived within the republic and his local oblast consequativly for the last 5 years.
 * Confess to the Holy Mother Church
 * Without a criminal record breaking consequativly 24 months.
 * Owns atleast 150 maal of farmland,
 * Or has an annual income atleast 50 times the national existence minimum.
 * Who can prove atleast a 10 year education.
 * Who does not suffer a serious lack of mental fortitude as defined by law.
 * Is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the Republic.
 * Or is liable for conscription within the Armed Forces of the Republic

Administrative divisions
Tsjarland is a unitary state. Currently divided into 12 Regions (Oblasts). further divided into X parishes (Pagasts). Aswell as X state cities. Oblasts are grouping of Pagasts for the purpose of regional cooperation and targeted state action. State cities merge Oblasts and Pagasts into a single structure. Pagasts are responsible for local cultural life, the Parish churches, basic education, local -roads, and -harbours, Culturally the country is defined by four cultural region largely defined by 3 bodies of water, the rivers Sava and Grad, aswell as the Boreal ocean. East of the river Sava you have Lesser Tsjarland, to its West Greater Tsjarland also known as Transsava, and to its west Transgrad all bordered in the north by the Baltiskrasts.

Foreign relations
More to come.

Military
The Armed Forces of the Republic (Tsjar: Републикас Брунутие Спеки) made up of: Army, Navy, Airforce, Republican Guard and Special Operations Units. The country has a large conscripted Republican guard, aided by a core of professional soliders from the Army, Navy, Airforce and Special Operations Units. The country has been neutral ever since the establishing of the Republic. and imports the larger share of its heavy and technically demanding gear from X X and X. The country produces much of its own small arms and transports for military use. Conscription is between the ages of 16 to 50 for men. Mandatory national service is 12 months normally served the year one turns 18. People refusing to serve their mandatory service or conscription are jailed or sentenced to hard labour. The Professional portion of the Armed Forces is estimated to employ 20 000 men with about 20 000 undergoing mandatory military service at any time. The population liable for conscription is estimated at 3 million men.

Human rights
What human rights? More to come.