Mursland

Mursland, officially The Royal Confederation of the Mursland Provinces, is a   state in South Central Artemia, with a population of around 11.268.000. It borders Lusjki to the north, Propyrgia in the east and the Belpecian Gulf to the south and west. The capital city is Brixivo.

The nation finds its history back until 1798, with the formation of the Bond of the Mursland Countries as originally a defensive pact. It became an unified nation in 1824 after the Great Union War. After the formation, it was a war state for much of the following half-century with many of the neighbores in direct the region, which ended with the annexation of the Princedom of Braxi (large parts of modern day Over-Yr) in 1866 and a royal marriage with the Kingdom of Traxí in 1870, which putted both nations in a personal union. After having gained control of most of the region, the Confederation started to focus on unifiying its subjects, developing the economy, and progressing its warbased economy to a civil economy.

The Confederation has an and is. Their main industrial export constists mainly of automotive products, precision machining, and electrotechnical machines. Besides that, the state is also known for their, fielding some of the highest ranking engineering schools on the continent.

History
Done a timeline sketch, some events might change depending on histories of neighbours and stuff.

Notes: Samotkhe history
 * ~1780s: Vrtgora is conquered
 * 1799: SSE unites
 * 1810: Iëre is colonized
 * 1833: Badzevalari is fully colonized
 * 1850: South Kesh is fully conquered
 * 1875: Lusjki is conquered
 * 1890: we gain a port in the osorra region
 * 1925: empire go boom

Pre-Bond history
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Bond of the Mursland Countries
Defencive pact of Bonamech, 'South-Lotana', Rysech and parts of Thisovia. Defensive war against Braxia (North Lotana+ Upper-Nai) in 1808; result is status quo. Crisis of Stratonpolis (1811) where the bond protects the city-state from Traxi, which resulted into a trade agreement. Stratonpolis joins in 1812.

On the Congress of Brixivo in 1814, it was decided to formalize the bond with a trade agreement and somewhat unifying laws. Heleovo-Visia also joins the party, because it is economically dependant on Lotana.

The Great Union War (1820-1824)
Another war with Braxia ánd a rough nation (I have not yet designed but most likely outside my borders?). Very bloody war, with the oposing force having a well trained army. However, the Union manages to pull their differences aside and form a big army that wins. With the victory, parts of north Lotana added to Lotana, Circe becomes a thing, Army reforms are pushed thru.

The Traxian Wars
Union-Traxian Wars First Traxian War (1827-1829)

Internal conflict, result: installation of single king.

Second Traxian War (1836-1838)

Third Traxian War (1840-1843)

Braxi Annexation Wars (1858-1866)
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The Murs-Traxi royal marriage
Froms personal union of Traxi and Bonamech. (1870)

Industrial investments(?)
In an attempt to keep up with regional powers, the king NAME decided to invest into many infrastructure projects and constructed many factories

Scandal royal house (?)
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As a result of this, the government decided to decrease the power of the royal house in the nation. Many of the holdings of the king were nationalized, such as the Confederate Railway Company, UIMF and Brixivo Docks, as well as many large swatches of land, such as the majority of Royal-Traxí.

Socialist revolution
As the government realized that socialism was on the rise, attempts for concession were made. One of such was the Act of Factory Workers Protection of 1899, which saw the creation of the Vehicle Construction Safety Union (NATIVE NAME), who attempted to improve workers working conditions across the nation on an unified level. However, the negotiations quickly stranded in a stalemate due to many different regional standards (for example, factories in Traxí already demanded better payment, while in Nai, workers desired higher safety standards). By 1902, the union was effectively disassembled without making any progress.

Another reform was the Act of Scholar Assembly of 1900, which saw the creation of the University Assembly Union (UUU), which allowed students and professors across the nation to negotiate better spending. This union saw moderate success politically, but achieved to formalize the educational system and created a degree system with standardized requirements for each degree.

(minor) Revolt in line with Lusjki's history, in 1926.

In the wake of the revolt, the government decided to invest heavily in education. A major motivation for this was the many developments in automation in both agricultural and industrial sectors of the last decades in many of the major powers, such as NATION, NATION and NATION. To motivate studying, the government passed the Act of Education Support, which ensured that every school-going residents over the age of 15 would receive a pay of 500 Pette per month, provided that they would pass the state issued tests. This resulted in a boom of students in secondary education. Much of the costs were supported by privatizing many of the former royal businesses, starting with the railways in 1926, UICF in 1927, and many other industries from 1929 to 1933.

Something something universities.

Taking over control of the Autonomous Region (1935)
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Prolly some conflict or something (?)
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Modern period (1950-now)
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In 1988, the Confederacy joined the Unaligned Nations Consortium.

Geography
Mursland is a coastal nation. The nation is vertically dividable via the the Reismos Mountian range, which geology continues into the island of Visia in the south. The western side of the nation is notable for the Adeiázo Plateau, with its many rivers. The east consists of the Traxí valley, with the large Traxís river.

Along the Phonínikas and Órmos coasts, many sandy beaches can be found, while on the Reimos Peninsula, more rocky beaches can be found.

Climate
The region has for the most part a, with the north of the Traxí valley being classified as.

Nature
The Reismos Peninsula has a great varied vegetation adapted for the dry summers and wet winters. These plants include:, , , , , , and.

In the Traxí valley, the winter temperatures are lower (dropping below freezing point in the north), and the yearly rainfall has been more equalized, albeit dry in the summer months. This has resulted in gradual difference in vegetation between the south and north of the region.

Politics
The current constitution of the Confederate Provinces is from 1962, which is a slightly corrected version of one dating back to 1924. The 1924 constitution was a complete revamp of the 1891 version, and deals with the power of the King relative to the states.

Government
The Confederate Provinces has a federal constitutional monarchy, with an parliament and an independently elected State-President. The parliament, called the Province-Room, is led by the Province-President, whom is selected from the largest party seated in the Province-Room based on the previous elections. The Province-Room is directly elected by popular vote, with each province having his own candidate list (with the exception of the protectorates), which is directly tied with the Provincial legislatures; in other words: members of the parliament are also members of the provincial governments and vice-versa.

The number of seats per province is determined on basis of population size of said province, with one seat per 44000 legal civilians. Provinces with less than 9 seats have additional seats which do not count towards the Province Room, but do count for the government of the Province in question. This is to prevent having too few people ruling over a province resulting in the Head of Province being able to force his decisions. The past few decades, the population of the Confederate Provinces has grown considerably, thus the size of the Province-Room has increased accordingly: currently there are 207 seats.

Both the State-President, Province-Room and Province-President serve 4 years each, with the State and Provincial elections alternating every two years. The constitution is designed to keep the two elections from desynchronizing. In case the State-President or Province-Room resigns, two options are possible: in case the resigning entity has served more than two years the other will be re-elected two years after said resignation. In case the entity has server for less than two years the other will be re-elected one year after said resignation (thus re-elections can be delayed) and the new elections will follow the regular schedule.

Parties
The Confederation of Mursland has a history of many different parties. There can be various levels of organisation between parties, ranging from a centralized institute making a single policy, to various provincial focused parties working together with an agreement over a national policy. Due to the elections having both a national and provincial focus, there are also several parties and one-man listings which do not actively participate in the national government and rather focus their work on their province.

Due to the dynamic nature of balancing national and provincial governing, it is not uncommon to have parties unify or split up to focus better on certain issues. The current oldest party is the Katá-Vasiliko, which has existed in its current form since 1931 after the merger of various parties unbanned in [Year royal scandal+3].

As of March 3rd 2019, there are 6 nationally-unified parties, 4 provincial parties and 3 one-man fractions in the government. The current coalition on national issues consists of the Frontov Obshtonaroden, Edinen Khora and Live!KDM, which hold a majority of 114 on 207 seats. The Province President Filip Maninacis is from the Frontov Obshtonaroden, of which he was formerly the leader, and the State President is Iona Cattiou-Satinnacis from the Konfederatsiya Liberalni Duurzhavi, which currently does not serve in the coalition.

Note: This table only includes unified parties in the Province-Room.

Provinces
The nation is divided into 13 provinces (called Duurzhavi) and an Autonomous Region. Many are based on historical regions, although some borders have been adjusted. These regions are: Each province has its own government, called the Provincial-Order, named after the historical knight orders used for governing in name of the king. As aforementioned, the members of the Provincial Order also serve as members of the nationwide Province-Room; the exceptions to this are Royal-Traxí and The Autonomous Region, which all also have additional members in their Provincial-Orders which do not serve in the Province-Room.
 * Brixivo - The capital city-province, and the second largest city.
 * Plovina - A city-province, the largest city of Mursland, and smallest province.
 * Mopene - An amalgamate of various villages into a large urban province.
 * Central-Traxí - One of the largest provinces and to this day contains many Traxans.
 * Circe - A small agricultural province, most known for its beers.
 * Royal-Traxí - A former crown duchy, now the least populated province.
 * Bonamech - A mountainous province. Home to many Bonians.
 * Thisovia-Nai - A 'gray' province, with high unemployment rate.
 * Upper-Nai - After the city-provinces the most populous province. A heavily urbanized province, contains many important education institutes. Contains many vehicle industries.
 * Rysech - Known for its fishing culture and ship construction.
 * Visia - Encompasses the island in the south, with its native Visian population. A popular tourist location.
 * Heleovo - The most southern mainland province. Largely agricultural region.
 * Lotana - A province with many Braxians.
 * The Autonomous Region - An integrated protectorate, which enjoys various independent organisation.

The political landscapes can differ heavily between provinces. This is often reflected in the policy plans of parties, with some nationally unified parties having multiple parties within a single province for different issues.

Municipalities
There are a total of 198 municipalities in Mursland, with the exception of the The Autonomous Region. Each has its own council for its legislature (often located in the largest settlement in the municipality), which varies in size depending the amount of people living in said municipality.

Legal System
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Weapons
The legality of weapons, and their definitions, are defined in article 16.4 of the Mursian Lawbook. The laws are very strict when it comes to licensing items, often requiring at least a background check. Firearms, of any kind, are heavily regulated.

Unrestricted weapons are low pressure airsoft guns, knives with blades under 25cm, and any blunt weapon which is required to participate in the relevant sport or activity (e.g. baseball bats, wood cutting axe, etc.). For knives with blades longer than 25cm, a background check has to be made.

Electric shock weapons are restricted in three parts. A direct contact devices (stun guns) are acquirable with only a background check. However, launched electric shock devices (tasers) require licensing and importing restrictions. Any shocking device that can be launched from a not specifically designed device are prohibited for non-professionals.

To obtain and handle a firearm, a background check and licensing has to performed. The firearm in question has to be on the permission list of the local police force. Firearms on the list differ between regions, and may include handguns, bolt-action rifles and pump-action shotguns. Semi-automatic, although not specified to be banned, are currently not mentioned to be on any permission list, therefore effectively prohibited. To own a firearm at home, a training course has to be completed; the device in question will subjected to check-ups with irregular intervals.

By law, total prohibition goes for destructive, incendiary and biochemical weapons, Rocket launchers with explosive payloads and fully automatic firearms.

Foreign Relations
Placholder table

Economy
Mursland has an.

Generally, Mursland is considered a post-industrial nation, although the actual level of economic development can differ between regions. This is reflected in the, with a score of 43 on 100. Industrial and service workers are relatively well paid thanks to many advances in the protection of the ability to.

However, work in many lower education fields, such as more traditional agriculture and the mining industry, have poor working conditions. This can be traced back to several issues. One of such as the decentralization of the unions (unions tend to be heavily focussed on a single branch, and some times even to only specific regions or ethicalities). Another main reason is the poor negotiation position of the union, as increasing personal costs will impact the competitiveness in the open economy for not only the industries themselves, but also for many of production lines. Also, even though the studies have been disputed by some experts, it appears that many workers tend to refrain from introducing social benefits at their work, as it will result in less wage they can demand, which is favoured by the many impoverished labourers in the regions. Mursland has received many criticism, both national and international, on the working conditions of especially the coper mines in the Autonomous Region.

Infrastructure
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Tourism
Mursland has a small tourism industry. It is mainly focussed on summer holidays along the beaches; during July and August, the weather is very dry and sunny with high temperatures.

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Resource extraction and industry
The northwest region of Mursland is rich in, and. Many active mines can be found in the Autonomous Region and the north of Upper-Nai. Contrary to Lusjki, very few of it is exported, and most is used domestically; most is used in the electro-technical industry.

Mursland also has various large industrial firms, such as UIMF, Rabotí and Braxi-Komplex, which develop and produce many products for both national and international markets. Headquarters of many industries can be found in the south of Upper-Nai. This gave rise to the term "Zlatya", named after the rivers Zlana an Estya flowing in the region, which refers to large industrial firms.

Trade
As a nation with an open economy, it is freely possible to trade and start businesses in and outside of Mursland.

Mursland exports various products and services. Mursland imports many (raw) resources, mainly various kinds of, as well as many chemical components.

Demographics
Mursland has an official (registered) population of 11,265,294 as of 31 May 2017, with an estimated 11,265,000 in 2020. This is a growth of 3.7% over 2020, which is smallest 20-year period of growth ever recorded since the 1680s. The in Mursland is 2.21, which is slightly above the. It is projected that the population growth will decrease the coming century, resulting in an estimated population of 11.5 million in 2120, and then a growth to a stable 13 million in 2270.

Murslands median age is 41.1 years. In 2015, 15.5 percent of the population were older than 68 years, 65.9 percent between the ages of 18 and 68 years old, and 18.6 percent were younger than 18. It is notable that the share of elderly (68+) in Thisovia-Nai and Royal-Traxí is significantly higher, 22.8% and 22.9% respectively.

The main ethnicity in Mursland is Mursian, with 59.1% of questioned people answering it as such in a 2014 questionnaire. According to a 2019 estimate, the population was 58.6% Mursian, 14.6% Traxan, 7.5% Bonian, 7.2% Barxian, 3.1% Visian, 2.3% Dirish and 6.7% other ethnicities. Some 120,000 to 140,000 people living in Mursland are a, which equates about 1.1% of the population.

Languages
The official governmental language of Mursland is. About 84% of the Mursland population is fluent in Mursian, with 95% of the population indicating it understands the language to some extent.

Besides Mursian, various smaller languages are spoken. The most prominent minor language is, mostly spoken in the eastern half of the nation. It has been an, due to lack of its use in official positions. It wasn't until 1934 the government recognized the language as a national one. In 1959, it has been increasing popularity as it was allowed to be thought in high school. Nowadays, it is the native language of 5,7% of the nations population, with 7% second hand speakers, equalling about 1,4 million speakers.

Another minor language is, which is only spoken by about 3% of the population; many of those are second language speakers, putting Boni-Braxian high on the endangerment list. The few mother-tongue speakers are from rural villages in Thisovia-Nai and Bonamech. About two-third are above the age of 60.

Religion
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Education
The government heavily subsidizes education in Mursland.

Education in Mursland is compulsory between the ages of 5 and 15. All children in Mursland usually attend elementary school from ages 4 to 12. It comprises eight grades. Based on an aptitude test, the eighth grade teacher's recommendation and the opinion of the pupil's parents or caretakers, a students starting skill level is determined for their courses in the secondary education. Depending on the size of the school, a flexible combination can be offered, or the student has to select a standardized combination of values.

The starting levels, ucha-nivo, are determined for their alpha, beta and gamma courses with a value of 1 up to 4. These are roughly equal to 30%, 30%, 25% and 15% of all students in every category. The courses in the first 3 years are catered to either maintain or increase that level. The following three years of the 'second half' of their secondary education, they can chose a certain subject bundle, as well as various courses. Sometimes, the courses have an entry level, based on the final results of the ucha-nivo. If the student ends in level 3 or 4, they can decide to follow some courses in the category on a higher level (respectively teshuk and opiten) if available; they will have to study additionally outside of classes and will get more difficult tests and projects.

To graduate secondary education, a student has to pass the mandatory courses in the Mursian language, the confederate societal history, and elementary scientific analysis (a one-year course with basic data-analytics and visualisation). On top of that, they have to make a choice from 3 standardized subject bundles, a national or foreign language and at least 2 courses of their own choice.

The standardized subject bundles are:
 * Societal: history, geography, maths-S, at least one national language.
 * Computing: economics, computer sciences, management and organisation, maths-C.
 * Analytical: biology, physics, chemistry, maths-A.

Optional courses, beside those found in the standardized subject bundles, are: Traxian language, Boni-Braxian language, Luski language, Thalássian language, arts and art history (stage, visual, audio), crafts (wood, metals, fabric), debating, sports (for students excelling in a sport) and healthcare (can only be followed in combination with biology).

After finishing secondary education, there are various of options for trinary education. It is possible to attain specialism in a job on a robo-institut (taking 1 to 3 years), or go to an university to achieve a degree in a field.

Healthcare
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Culture
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The Mursian Broadcasting Company (Predavane Grupa Mursiya, PGM), MUV and daily newspapers Vest and M24 are some of the largest national media outlet in the Mursian language, providing radio, television and news nationwide. Beside these, there are also Oraíos Traxí and Boní Istorik delivering news in respectively the Traxian and Boni-Barxian languages. Media in Mursland is considered to be mostly unbiased, something improving in the past decades under public pressure. One of the issues still troubling Mursian news is the limited reporting on past envendors of the government regarding minority oppression, due to pressure of various anonymous factions within the government.

Traditions
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Holidays
The is on the 2nd of February, the day of official unification of the Bond of Mursland. It is a tradition to eat the traditional dish of with your family.

Another national day is Kings Day, which celebrates the royal house. It is celebrated on the birthday of the first king of Mursland, which is on the 4th of March.

Arts
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Music
...Traditional balkan music stuff...

Most Mursian language music is pop and rock, although various popular bands do play in alternative genres.

At the end of the year, the national broadcasting company organizes the Strakhoten-Vurkha, a large music event spanning several days. It started in 1995 as a year-ending event as a list of 1995 songs voted for by the general public. The popularity made it a reoccurring event, having taken place every year since then. Usually, the length of the list matches the year, with the exception of 2001, 2002 and 2011. The current rules state that anyone in Mursland can send in a top 25 of their favourite songs. The Strakhoten-Vurkha is the largest music event in Mursland, and most popular radio broadcast every year. In 2019, the organisation behind the event processed a total of 41.29 million entries.

Cuisine
Mursian traditional foods consists of various fish dishes in the coastal regions, while fruitsalads, cheeses, and baked products shape the dishes inland. Along the peninsula, these kitchens meet in the unique Reismos cuisine. A dinner usually consists of 3 courses, the protrófi, the metrófi and the kleístrófi. The first course usually serves fruit and nuts, which during formal dinners are worked into a salad, but during a family dinner can be loose pieces of fruit. The second course serves a fish dish, meatloaf or broth, all served with a fitting bread. The third course consists of a drink with bite-sized foods, ranging from cheese to specially baked products. , and  are well-known metrófi;,  and  are examples of baked kleístrófi, while ,  are some examples of the many cheeses. Other well-known foods include:, , and  (conserved fish eggs) on various kinds of bread.

The Traxí region is also famous for its many different beers, many villages having its own recipe and small brewery. In Dione, the capital of Central-Traxí, there are 5 major breweries, one for each historic city part. The most exported beers are Oraydio (Plovina), Kalopragó (Dione) and Ygrochycó (Mikimöze), alone totalling for 7 million hectolitres of alcoholic beverages exported in 2017.

Sports
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Military
The Mursland military is split into 4 branches: The Army (Obedinení Armiya), The Airforce (Kralskata Vuuzdushni Oruuzhi), The Navy (Kralskata Konfederatsiya Flota), and a Marechausse (Kralskata Konfederatsiya Pazach).

Army
The Obedinení Armiya (United Army) is the of the Mursian armed forces. It is tasked with protecting the nation against foreign forces, and can be deployed in foreign nations to protect items of interest or conquer land. It has currently 6, totalling 73204 service men and women. Formed in 1821 during the Great Union War, it has a rich history of the many armed forces it is composed of.

Since 1920, both men and women can serve their nation, with the exception of the special forces. The minimal age for service is 17 years old, and the maximum is 45 for frontline service. Currently, has not been enforced in Mursland since 1968, and the armed forces consists fully of volunteers.

Divisions:
 * 1st Konfederatsiya Guarda Divizion, stationed in Rysech and Bonamech
 * 2nd Konfederatsiya Konnitsa Divizion, in Upper-Nai
 * 3rd Konfederatsiya Motorizira Divizion, in Circe
 * 5th Konfederatsiya Divizion, in Heleovo and Visia
 * 9th Kralskata Traxí Divizion, in Central-Traxí
 * 10th Konfederatsiya Divizion, a division made of mostly reservist divisions across the country, formally stationed in the Mopene province.

Airforce
The Kralskata Vuuzdushni Oruuzhi (Royal Air Weapon) is tasked with protecting the airspace of Mursland.
 * X Fighter/striker planes
 * X Battle helicopters
 * X Transport helicopters
 * X Transport planes

Beside using air vehicles, the KVO also operates various surface-to-air-missile installations, both stationary and mobile.

Navy

 * 1x (1980-82) - 3mil euro
 * 5x Frigates (1971-76, upgraded 1999) - 2.5mil euro
 * 2x Corvette (1967-69, 3 out-phased in 2001)
 * 1x Corvette (2010, 2 others unfinished and scrapped)
 * 4x (1980-83)
 * 10x fast attack crafts of various models
 * 1x ceremonial gunboat
 * 8x fleet support ships
 * 4x large landing crafts
 * 16x small landing crafts
 * 10x patrol boats
 * 3x mine sweepers

Marechausse
The Kralskata Konfederatsiya Pazach (Royal Confederate Guards) is a sort of militarised police force, used to secure places of national interest (the government, military structures, etc.), guard borders and protect the coastline.