Tiperyn

Tiperyn (: Tipslân, [ˈtipslɔːn]; : Tiperia, Latin pronunciation ), officially known as the Holy Tiperyn Realm (Tipslânsk: Hillich Tipslânsk Ryk; Latin: Sanctum Regnum Tiperia), is a   off the western coast of Artemia on the Goidelia subcontinent. It includes seven duchies and nine principalities covering an area of 1,630,752 km2 and hosting a population of 126.5 million people. Tiperyn's capital and largest metropolis is Ambrosia and other major cities include Malskrum, Rottum and St-Daniëlleparochie. Minority cultural centers include the Hawkreath and  Wickry.

The original Tiperyn Realm (Tipslânsk: Tipslânsk Ryk) was founded with the unification of seven duchies and nine principalities in 1345. The unification was codified within the Stalling Concordant signed at the end of the House Wars (1301-1345) between the rival princes of the island. The conflict saw the occupation of the majority of opposition duchies by House Highal of Tipslân. The duchy and principality governments were maintained for the sake of stability, although aggressive members of each noble house were executed or exiled and Princess Valentina of Tipslân rose as the Empress of the Tiperyn Realm. This monarch would only become the Holy Tiperyn Realm after the formation of the Ecclesiast Church under Emperor Lourens and its foundation as the state religion in 1540.

The newly formed empire would grow to prominence as one of the most economically powerful nations in Artemia. As an island nation, Tiperyn was protected from many of the continental land wars that were waged across the channel, but had access to the world's oceans and important trade routes. At its peak in the 18th century, the Holy Tiperyn Realm's held multiple overseas dominions on all of the world's continents. These dominions included in Naser (modern day northern Naseristan), colonies in modern day southern Koryeo and a small settlement called Eureka in northern Hyberia. Tiperyn would lose its holdings in Avalonia to the Koryese. Its holdings in Naser would be expanded to cover the whole of modern Naseristan after the Great War in the early 20th century. However, it would lose control over this territory in the late-1950s and maintain Naseristan as a.

In modern days, Tiperyn maintains exclusive control of the Tiperyn Isles with the exception of the archipelagic Airgialla off of its south western coast. Empress Aletta is the current monarch of Tiperyn and serves as the head of the Ecclesiast Church. During peacetime, the state is largely in nature. However, during wartime, the powers of the lower princes and princesses are suspended by the monarch. Although Tiperyn remains an absolute monarchy, the aristocratic House Chamber composed of the wealthiest landowners from each principality has grown in power since its formation in the 1930s.

Etymology
The name "Tiperyn" is the equivalent of the Tipslansk word "Tipslan". Tiperyn is derived from two words:
 * The word Tiper, itself derived from the  Tipslaner meaning "person from Tipslan."
 * The Tipslansk word feriene meaning "united."

Tipslan - meaning "furthest land" - was the word used by Frisii tribes to describe the Goidelia subcontinent, which the Anglii derived the word Tipland is derived from. During the late 11th and early 12th century, Anglii, Frisii, and Saxon tribes invaded the Goidelic subcontinent, pushing the indigenous Celt kingdoms out of southern and eastern Goidelia.

The name Goidelia is the alternative name for the island that Tiperyn occupies, as well as the subcontinent that includes both Tiperyn and Airgiallan territory and the name used to describe a race of Celts originating in modern-day Tiperyn. Goidelia is derived from the  word Goídelc, which itself is derived from the proto-Celt word Guoidel meaning "pirate" or "raider." This term was originally an, originating during the 1st or 2nd century CE during the height of Gaulic raids of the western and northern Artemian coast.

Prehistory and antiquity
The Goidelia subcontinent is believed to have been sparsely populated by of the species ' between 850,000 and 900,000 years ago. Fossil records indicate that the first of the inhabited southern Goidelia as early as 32,000 years ago, although migration beyond the southern coast did not occur until 10,000 years ago when the  began to recede. At this time, Goidelia was connected to Artemia via a land bridge across what is now the Saint Canal due to lower sea levels. Geneticists suggest that the early indigenous human population were decedents of early modern humans from what is now Vallis and migrated to the subcontinent primarily via this land bridge and by boat.

Proto-Celtic culture and language developed in Goidelia, influenced by the migration of continental tribes from 400 BCE. Ancient seafaring Guals speaking were the predominant civilization in southern Goidelia beginning at approximately 200 BCE. Gaulic tribes were responsible for much of the Celtic presence in continental Artemia, notorious for raiding continental coastal settlements and founding permanent settlements. The largest of these settlements was founded in what is now northern Legantus during the 1st century BCE, although these Gauls were eventually pushed out of the area by competing Germanic tribes by the 2nd century CE. Although the Gaels never fell a continental culture, due in part to its relative isolation on the Goidelia subcontinent, its culture eventually faded from prominence by 700 CE. Around this time, the Gauls were supplanted by and -speaking Celts.

Medieval times to Germanic invasion (800-1150)
The rival matriarchal Brittanic and Goidelic tribes of Goidelia had evolved into a patchwork of kingdoms by 800 CE. These kingdoms were the progenitors to the modern Brittanic and Goidelic duchies and principalities of Tiperyn. These kingdoms retained much of the seafaring tradition of their Gaulic predecessors, settling the archipelago that now composes the Goidelic Republic of Airgialla. Between 900 CE to 1,000 CE, it is alleged that the Goidelic Pádraig sailed across the North Iapetus, landing in what is now modern Brigantica. He reported his findings to the High Queens and Kings of the Goidelic kingdoms, describing temperate, beautiful, and largely uninhabited landscapes - with the exception of sparse Algonquian tribes. Goidelic explorers and priests gradually plotted the coastline of eastern Brigantica, founding hill-forts along the coastline.

Goidelia fell subject to invasion by the Germanic Angli and Frisii tribes of continental Artemia in 1080 CE. Over the course of the next 40 years, the Goidelic and Brittanic kingdoms of southern and eastern Goidelia were pushed west, supplanted by Angli and Frisii settlements. These settlements act as hubs of major Germanic migration to Goidelia. The most significant of these settlements was founded in what is now known as Ambrosia Bay. These settlements would evolve into predominantly Frisii kindgoms in the south and east, and Anglii warriors moving north past the Izerhert mountain ranges. By 1150 CE, Goidelia's Celtic population had been pushed into the island's western-most areas, coalescing under one Goidelic kingdom and one Brittanic queendom. Based on genetic research and writings found in the ruins of a Celtic settlement in modern-day Airgialla, it is theorized High Queen Maeve displaced her kingdom to Brigantica following early Celtic defeats at the hands of the Anglo-Frisii invasion, founding what would eventually become the state of Anderin. This accounts for the presence of indigenous Celts in northern Avalonia, as well as the disappearance of the original kingdoms of Airgialla during the 12th century.

The Grand Campaigns (1915-1926)

 * See more: The Grand Campaigns

Demography
Tiperyn had an estimated population of 126,533,000 as of 1 January 2017.

Language
Approximately 69% of Tiperyn's population speaks Tipslansk as its first language, which also serves as the de facto national language. Historians believe that Tiperyn is where the developed, diverging from other continental  in the 7th century.

In addition, Tiperyn hosts a number of minority languages. Regional languages include Anglic, Goidelic, Hollansk and Brittanic. Each of these four languages is the de facto language for seven of Tiperyn's 17 duchies and principalities. The majority of foreign languages spoken in Tiperyn are in its metropolitan centers, with Korean being the largest minority population in the capital city of Ambrosia. Additionally, approximately 32,000 inhabitants of Grootshaven and Kanaalbaken on Tiperyn's eastern-most coast speak as a first language.

Anglic is spoken as a first language chiefly in northern Tiperyn's Duchy of Hawkreath and Principality of Spencton. It serves as the in most of the nation's major metropolitan areas due to its prevalence globally. Additionally, the majority of western Tiperyn's Celt population speak Goidelic or Brittanic as a first language. Both Goidelic and Brittanic are considered to be indigenous to western Tiperyn and the island chain of Airgialla, existing for centuries before the Germanic migration to Tiperyn in the 1st century. It is in Tiperyn's Celt-dominant regions where Tipslansk and Anglic are least common as a first or second language.

Although not spoken by any population in Tiperyn, the de jure language of Tiperyn is Latin. This law has its root in the old aristocracy of the Grand Duchy of Tipslan and has religious significance within the Ecclesiast Church.

Government
The Holy Tiperyn Realm is a    with Empress Aletta I acting as,  and Supreme Governor of the Ecclesiast Church. Tiperyn has been ruled by House Highal since its inception in 1345 with a lineage hearkening back to the 9th century as the dominant family of the Duchy of Tipslan.

Tiperyn consists of seven duchies and nine principalities that are subordinate to the Empress and the Grand Duchy of Tipslan. Each division is ruled by a duke/duchess or prince/princess unrelated to House Highal, with the exception of Tipslan whose Duchess is also the Empress. However, subordinate nobility must pledge their allegiance to the high crown and submit their individual armies to the nation during wartime.

Monarch
The Tiperyn carries the title of Empress/Emperor of the Holy Tiperyn Realm and acts as the nation's head of state and head of government. The monarch concurrently holds the title of Grand Duchess/Duke of Tipslan and acts as the Supreme Governor of the Ecclesiast Church. Monarchs come exclusively from the Highal royal family - the only family with a claim to the Grand Duchy of Tipslan throne. As a, the succession process involves input from several actors, including the royal family, the noble families of the duchies and principalities, and the bishops of the Ecclesiast Church.

The process of succession begins when declared by the Archcardinal of the Ecclesiast Church that the ruling monarch has passed away or resigned their duties as Emperor or Empress. The royal family produces a list of candidates that are eligible for the throne based on the line of succession and who are approved by the Archcardinal of the Ecclesiast Church and a majority of the church's Archbishops. The line of succession is, meaning female members of the royal family are first in line for the throne and males may only be eligible if there is no eligible female successor. Thus, succession cohorts of potential candidates for the throne universally come from the same gender when they are formed. This makes male monarchs rare in Tiperyn, with there only being three in its nearly 700 year history. Once the succession cohort is formed, the successor is elected by the Noble Congress which is composed of the dukes and duchesses of Tiperyn's duchies and the princes and princesses of its principalities, totaling 16 voting members not including the vacant seat of the Grand Duke/Duchess of Tipslan. The process by which the duchy or principality decides which candidate has its vote varies from division to division. For example, the Duke/Duchess of Wittenlan has typically held sole decision-making authority in casting its vote for a successor, whereas the Viceroy of the State of Kanaalbaken has based his or her decision upon a vote including a council of 100 respected, estate-owning members of the community. In the event of a tie, the Archbishops of the Ecclesiast Church vote to decide the successor. Upon election, the new monarch is immediately granted all concurrent titles dependent on their position as Emperor or Empress.

Once in power, the monarch holds broad and significant executive powers. While in practice, the monarch has delegated daily governance to the Cabinet of Cardinals chaired by the Archcardinal, it has the authority to override decisions made by the ministries and unilaterally implement policy. In practice, the Empress has served as the face of the realm government and the Ecclesiast Church, and has set the direction of the government for her cardinals to follow. The monarch appoints the Cabinet of Cardinals, who are then responsible with leading individual ministries. Additionally, the monarch chairs the Noble Congress, using it as a platform to mediate disputes between subordinate noble families, impose the royal family's outlook, and maintain Tiperyn's system of nobility. Additionally, the monarch uses it to maintain control of the Realm Guard, whose infantry, armor, air, and support regiments are subordinate to noble families and the governments of the duchies, principalities and states.

Although the monarch has been the Supreme Governor of the Ecclesiast Church since the union of the realm and the church in 1540, the institution of the Ecclesiast Church has traditionally been a on the monarch's power. The church is an institution with significant power and influence in Tiperyn society. The monarch derives much of their power from the support of the church, asserting the monarch has a to rule the Holy Realm. Additionally, the church maintains a large organization dubbed the Holy Guard (Tipslansk: Hilligeskyld). The organization, composed of over 1 million members, was founded in the late 17th century to counter a  carried out by a number of powerful duchies and their Realm Guard regiments. This organization pledges its allegiance to the Empress as the Supreme Governor of the church, but the church's bishops, archbishops and the Cardinal of Values hold practical control of the organization. Further, under certain circumstances, the church's Archbishops may convene at the request of the Archcardinal to pass a motion of no-confidence in the Empress' leadership as the Supreme Governor of the church. Although this has never happened, the body can remove the Empress from her position as the head of the church. Although this does not directly remove her from the throne, it is suggested that the monarch would abdicate, losing the support of the church.

As a result, every reigning monarch of Tiperyn has espoused values consistent with the Ecclesiast Church and implemented policy friendly to the institution. This has included the persecution and suppression of Tiperyn's polytheistic Goidelic population, the expansion of the role of the Holy Guard as civil religious police, and the promotion of beliefs held by the church's most extreme leaders.

Cabinet of Cardinals
The Empress is the head of the Church and the Cabinet of Cardinals that lead Tiperyn's federal ministries. All Cardinals are appointed by the Empress, while the Archcardinal presides over the cabinet, acting as its head in absence of the Empress. Each ministry is responsible for a different sector of federal government, with subordinate Offices composing each primary ministry. The composition of the cabinet is as follows:

Administrative divisions
The Holy Realm of Tiperyn is divided into 19 administrative divisions subordinate to the royal government and varying in power. These include seven duchies, nine principalities, one state, and two overseas dominions. The Grand Duchy of Tipslan serves as the seat of the Holy Tiperyn Realm, with its Grand Duchess serving concurrently as the monarch of Tiperyn.

Foreign relations

 * See more: Foreign relations of Tiperyn

Tiperyn maintains diplomatic relations with most countries in the world - with the exception of Airgialla - and is a leading member of the the North-South Concordant. Although its relative power has decreased from when it was a colonial power prior to the turn of the 20th century, it still maintains status in world affairs. Formal diplomatic relations are primarily maintained by the Ministry of Diplomacy headed by the Cardinal Diplomacy.

Military

 * See more: Tiperyn Realm Defence

The Tiperyn Realm Defence are the military forces of the Holy Tiperyn Realm. It is divided into three main service branches, a paramilitary branch, and a branch. The primary service branches include the Realm Guard, Realm Armada, and Realm Aero Service. The paramilitary branch is the Holy Guard, which the Realm Defence shares joint command over with the Ecclesiast Church. Lastly, the Crown Vigilance Corps is Tiperyn's federal gendamerie and is primarily implemented as police in the capital, government buildings, and as highway patrol. The Tiperyn Realm Defence is among the largest national militaries in the world, consisting of 1.04 million active duty, 1.54 million reserve duty, and 1.04 million paramilitary personnel.

The Realm Armada and Realm Aero Service are represented on the Cabinet of Cardinals by the highest ranking officer in each respective branch appointed by the Empress - the Cardinal of the Fleet and the Cardinal of the Aero Service respectively. These two branches are considered federal branches, drawing on the national population at large and being under the direct authority of the federal government. Meanwhile, the Realm Guard is represented by the Cardinal of War, who heads the Ministry of the Sword. Unlike the Cardinal of the Fleet or the Cardinal of the Aero Service, the Cardinal of War is a civilian position. Because individual Realm Guard regiments are formed, managed, and operated under the authority of individual duchy, principality, and state governments, the Cardinal of War coordinates the federalization of the Realm Guard and its operations. The Holy Guard and Crown Vigilance Corps are under the authority of the Ministry of Values. This Ministry is innately connected to the Ecclesiast Church, and the two branches are charged with enforcing Ecclesiast law, deterring resistance against or seizure of the state, and enforce criminal law. The Holy Guard and Crown Vigilance Corps are composed entirely of paramilitary and reserve duty personnel respectively.

Each active service branch plays a different role in Tiperyn's defense strategy. The Realm Armada acts as Tiperyn's primary and  service branch. With a history steeped in a rich tradition as a naval colonial power, Tiperyn's navy has the most active duty personnel of any branch and is the one most often deployed in response to conflict or humanitarian needs. The Realm Armada consists of the High Seas Fleet, Fleet Auxiliary, Fleet Air Service and Fleet Marine Corps. Its non-nuclear supercarriers and amphibious assault ships allow for the rapid deployment of land and air forces. The Realm Defence concentrates the majority of its fixed-wing close air support capability into the Realm Armada, as its aircraft carrying capability makes it ideally suited for operations outside of its network of military bases and military partners. Because of its integration into the Realm Armada, the Fleet Marine Corps acts as Tiperyn's expeditionary ground force, supported directly by Realm Armada aircraft, helicopters and ships. Fleet Marines are typically the first Tiperyn soldiers deployed to combat zones, as was the case with the current Naseristan crisis.

By contrast, the Realm Guard is composed of regiments under the authority of duchy, principality and state governments that may be federalized by the realm government in times of crisis. Well suited towards occupation and counter-insurgency operations due to their experience combating Goidelic insurrectionists domestically, the Realm Guard are actively involved in the fighting in Naseristan. As Realm Guard soldiers are recruited and assigned to units within their own province, the Realm Armada - which usually has strategic command over combat zones - has been hesitant to utilize Realm Guard units due to them being subordinate to other noble families. However, some units, such as Hawkreath's mountaineer regiments, have proven themselves to be aptly suited for the geography currently being fought in by the Realm Defence - particularly the mountains of south Naseristan.

The Realm Aero Service typically does not participate in tactical operations, by contrast. It possesses a modest strategic bombing fleet, but it has gradually been relegated from Tiperyn's primary air service from the 1910s to the 1960s to airlift, bombing, and surveillance. It coordinates with the Realm Armada in the defense of Tiperyn's homeland air space, with 22 air bases stationing 300 Realm Aero Service interceptors. Additionally, since the turn of the 21st century, the Aero Service has assumed more responsibilities with regards to space. The Aero Service absorbed Tiperyn's exploratory and research-based space agency, becoming a driving force in the Concordant Cosmological Mission. Further, the Aero Service is responsible for the maintenance and delivery of 70% of Tiperyn's nuclear arsenal (via medium- to long-range ballistic missiles and bombers), while the Realm Armada is responsible for the remaining 30% (via ballistic missile submarines and carrier-capable interdictor aircraft).

Economy
The Tiperyn economy is among the largest in Artemia and the world at large, with a strong export-based economy based on manufactured goods, raw materials, natural gas, automobiles, and aerospace components. With a gross domestic product (PPP) of $2.3 trillion in 2016, Tiperyn is considered a great economic power in the region. Tiperyn is a middle-income country - owing to a gross national income (PPP) per capita of $12,730 - with a burgeoning middle class forming as a result of state investment in high-skill vocational education and critical infrastructure, the growth of middle- and high-income industries, diversification, and increases to the production and import of consumer goods. Over the past 10 years, Tiperyn's real gross domestic production growth has averaged at 5.2%, owing primarily to action in these areas.

Economic system
The Ministry of Commerce sets regulations, goals, quotas, and the general direction of Tiperyn's major industries as part of the nation's. Most small- and medium-sized businesses are family-owned, with there being a substantial in northern, central, and western Tiperyn especially. Major foreign, ranging from clothing stores to fast food restaurants are only permitted within the commercial districts of Tiperyn's largest metropolitan areas. Tiperyn gradually most major industries throughout the 20th century - including the agricultural, natural gas, utilities, transportation, healthcare, defense, and telecommunications sectors - to maintain state control and effectively regulate prices and access. In most nationalized sectors, are common, the result of several formerly privately-owned companies being integrated into a single operation. were outlawed in Tiperyn in 1903, with wages, employee and employer regulations, and production quotas being set unilaterally by the Ministry of Commerce. Nationalization and federal command over certain industries has brought its share of advantages and disadvantages. For example, after nationalization, the productivity of Tiperyn's natural gas industry increased significantly, providing the federal government with additional revenue to fund the Interstate Motorway System, public transportation in major metropolitan areas, and Tiperyn's vocational education in the field. By contrast, the telecommunications sector has been rife with corruption and mismanagement. Although nationwide broadband had been promised by 2017, internet access is still limited to urban areas and is largely out of reach for 70% of the Tiperyn population.

Since the 1990s, certain high-yield exporters - particularly those in the manufacturing, automobile, and aerospace industries - have been privatized, with the government maintaining a minority stake in the companies. This initiative was influenced by the successes made privately-owned competitors from the League of Free Nations - most of whom operate via some variant of the. Such exporters that have been granted the privilege of private ownership - usually by the entities that owned and operated the companies prior to the nationalization movement of the 1960s and 1970s - remain highly competitive on the international market, but their allegedly superior performance in comparison to Tiperyn's publicly owned exporters has been questionable. Privately-owned exporters are only a minority of Tiperyn's buinesses, accounting for 9.5% of all Tiperyn exporters.