Zaporizhia

Zaporizhia (: Запоро́жье, : Запорі́жжя), officially United Zaporizhia (: Объединенный Запоро́жье, : Об’єднане Запорі́жжя), is a  located in Eastern Artemia. Zaporizhia is a relatively young country, formed out of the United Provinces of Rovsnoska and Zaporizhia in 1994. Zaporizhia possesses sizeable agricultural areas, heavy industries and strategic commercial seaports essential to Eastern Artemian trade with Kesh. In comparison to some of its neighbouring states, there is a considerable scarcity of natural resources in Zaporizhia and it depends on service exports to sustain its economic stability. Owing to its recent involvement in a crippling, Zaporizhia's industry continues to suffer. Zaporizhia shares a border with Yarova to the north, Poja to the south, Tethys coastline to the east, and Rovsnoska to the west.

Etymology
"Zaporizhia" derives its name from the Peremorovkan beyond the rapids, which references its geographic situation in regards to the River Alegiyev which spans across much of Artemia's Far East.

Antiquity and early history
Evidence of  settlement in Zaporizhia can be seen in archaeological sites near the capital of Sosnivika (approximately 42,000 BCE) which include discoveries of remains. The territory of modern-day Zaporizhia is also widely thought to be the likely location for the human domestication of the horse. The region was largely dominated by the in a time frame from the late-6th century CE to the mid-to-late-9th century CE. Subsequent to this, the advent of the led to the creation of the East Slavic confederacy of Ljudia. The confederacy, which is estimated by historians to have existed from the late-9th century to the mid-13th century CE, included territory now part of Yarova and Rovnoska. Ljudia derives its name from the ljudьje meaning “men” or “people.”

In 988 CE, Pyotr the Pious of Ljudia introduced to the  Ljudians. The administrative structure of the confederacy became increasingly decentralised over time and eventually disintegrated by the 12th century CE, with the emergence of several distinct East Slavic nations. Zaporizhia surfaced as a separate nation in spite of its cultural closeness to the other ethnic Yarovar tribes to the north of the River Alegiyev. With respect to this, in the ethnolinguistic sense, Zaporizhians are occasionally referred to as 'south-eastern Yarovars'. During the, Zaporizhia was a of the Tsardom of Yarova, maintaining a strong association with its northern brethren but simultaneously cultivating its own identity with its centre of government in the fortified city of Sosnivika.

Governorate of Zaporizhia (1743-1926)
Following the extensive and unprecedented territorial expansion of the Yarovan Vojiskiy Empire throughout the 18th century CE, as part of the manifest destiny policy of Vostochnoye Gospodstvo (‘Eastern Domination’), the Protectorate of Zaporizhia was directly annexed in 1743. Along with the neighbouring ethnic territory of Rovsnoska, Zaporizhia was reorganised as a Governorate of the Vojiskiy Crown (guberniya). The Governorate served as a crucial asset to the Empire’s carrying out of international trade and aided in its colonial expansion into Kesh, with the conquest of Tolima in 1786. A substantial number of ethnic Peremorovkars settled in the Governorate and established fishing villages on the Zaporizhia Peninsula, accentuating the already-stark contrast between the Zaporizhians and their northern counterparts in Yarova Proper.

In the latter part of the 19th century, Zaporizhian, and communism caught traction in the Governorate. Zaporizhia birthed notable communist figures Igor Schrebina and Vladimir Kurchatov, who would go on to collaborate with Rovsnoskan separatists of a shared communist persuasion to secede from the Vojiskiy Empire following its collapse in 1926. Schrebina particularly advocated unity with Rovsnoska but separation from Greater Yarova. Similar to the union of the and  in the United Socialist Boreal Republics of Aukalnia and Sartland, which was also founded in 1926, the United Provinces of Rovsnoska and Zaporizhia was considered a temporary measure. An attempt was made by the first President of the United Federated Districts of Yarova, Vladimir Simakin, to reunify the ethnic Yarovar regions, however, this was foiled following his passing away in September 1926. The communist one-party system of the United Provinces impacted the diplomatic relationship with the newly-democraticised Yarova, however, relations rarely strayed beyond neutral.

United Provinces of Rovsnoska and Zaporizhia (1926-1994)
After the two states were formally unified, Vladimir Kurchatov was inaugurated as the first president of the new, socialist United Provinces, which he ruled through the Supreme Soviet. Once a predominantly agricultural country, the United Provinces was transformed into a mid-range industrial state, and acquired an international reputation due to its manufacturing of s. The United Provinces was established as a comprising two republics, from west to east: Rovsnoska and Zaporizhia. In 1943, Andre Marchotov, the then-leader of the opposing party, was kidnapped, beaten and shot. This sparked nationwide outrage and almost ignited into a civil war. However, this was successfully prevented due to a declaration of, which was utilised as a mechanism to swiftly repress all opposition before it could organise. In 1968, reserves of were discovered in swathes of territory situated between Rovsnoska and Zaporizhia and the country enjoyed an economic boom owing to this. With its new-found wealth, two major companies where formed: Zapoatom, which was tasked with constructing and operating s, and Rosuran, which carried out. In 1972, the first excavation was completed at Cherkasy Nuclear Power Station. By 1980, the plant officially commenced operations and began to supply power to Sosnivika.

In the late-1970s, Zaporizhia's oil resources were beginning to decrease at an accelerating rate and, by 1984, exploration and production had virtually ceased. The termination of this industry, which played a central role in the economic output of the United Provinces, had a devastating impact on the state's economy. The failure of the government to prepare for such adversity resulted in a famine and in 1993 which, according to some estimates, claimed the lives of over 40,000 Rovsnoskar-Zaporizhians. The following year, in 1994, a nonviolent demonstration in Sosnivika was met with brutality by government forces. This sparked the Rovsnoskan-Zaporizhian Civil War. For the duration of the conflict, the communists retained control over Zaporizhia, whereas much of Rovsnoska was captured by fascist separatist rebels. After heavy fighting and profound loss of life, the conflict concluded with the secession of Rovsnoska.

Contemporary history
Following the civil war, the diminished Zaporizhia initially struggled to regain a stable footing, with soaring levels of unemployment. Allegations of corruption at government-level and within the Armed Forces came to a head in 2005, when dramatic, sweeping reforms were implemented, which involved the removal of almost half of army personnel and government staffers. Later that year, the nuclear power plant in Ivankov was reopened, which restored electricity to much of the country's deprived rural areas. In 2006, in further efforts to stabilise the economy, dozens of factories were expanded and the road and rail network was rebuilt. By 2009, the national economy started to display signs of growth, the fist time since the 1970s. This was seen as a major victory.

Today, Zaporizhia is still recovering from the civil war. Recently, the government announced plans to build a "closed city" with another nuclear power plant to replace the deteriorating-Cherkasy. The Armed Forces still boasts a sizeable quantity of employees, with around 30,000 active personel and an additional 400,000 in reserve. The majority of the state's former infrastructure remains in ruins but, gradually, the situation is improving with a reconstruction program in progress. In 2013, Stepan Ilyashin took over the Communist Party of Zaporizhia and now leads the government. Zaporizhia nurtures an increasingly-sophisticated secret police force.

Geography
Zaporizhia has a strategic position in Eastern Artemia: lying on the shores of the Zaporizhian Sea and the Tethys Ocean, it borders the Artemian countries of Yarova to the north, Poja to the south and Rovsnoska to the west. The total geographic area of Zaporizhia is 95,036 square kilometres (36,694 sq mi). The land border of Zaporizhia totals 3,448 kilometers (2,080 mi). The border lengths with each country are: Poja 552 kilometres (343 mi), Rovsnoska 1,064 kilometres (661 mi), and Yarova 1,832 kilometres (1,138 mi). Zaporizhia is also bordered by 2,488 kilometres (1,546 mi) of coastline.

The Zvinyacheye Plateau (Плато Звіняче) dominates the landscape of much of the country's northern region, and is divided from Yarova's Dzyunakaz Steppe by the River Alegiyev. In the north-west, along the border with Rovsnoska, lies the Rosnoskaya mountain range (Росноська гора), which includes Zaporizhia's highest mountain Zapormorn (Запорморна), which stands at 1,445 metres above sea level. Whereas central and southern Zaporizhia features vast unforested grasslands and fertile plains, stretching as far as the southern tip of the Zaporizhia Peninsula. The climate of Zaporizhia is mostly, with the exception of the Vasylivka perninsula which has a. The country has two sizeable lakes located in the south, Beregovaya (284 km2) and, the largest, Ingur (516 km2).

Zaporizhian armed forces
The zaporizhian armed forces have three main branches these are, The Airforce, The navy and the ground forces

the navy
The Zaporizhian coastal guard fleet is the naval branch of the Zaporizhian armed forces.[1] It is composed of surface and submarine naval units.

Naval units

 * 1st Submarine Flotilla located at Sosnivika
 * 3rd Naval Warfare Flotilla located at Sosnivika
 * 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla located at svetloyarsk at the svet naval base.

Bases

 * Svetloyarsk coastal defence center located in Svetloyarsk

Training units

 * Zaporizhian Naval Warfare Centre located in Svetloyarsk

Svetloyarsk coastal Defense center
The svetloyarsk coastal defense center or SCDC for short is the main base for all Zaporizhian navy ships.

Construction started in 1901 and was never entirely finished untill 1980, due too more being upgraded and improved. Zaporizhias only inter continental ballistic missiles are staition here, in the OSCAR II submarines only one of them is functioning att the moment though. They are not equiped with nukes, but could be if Zaporizhia had some.

Air force
The Zaporizhian airforce uses mostly outdated airframes, but modern weapon systems. Most of the zaporizhian Airforce aircraft stem from the UPRZ with few being built in Zaporizhia. In some cases the UPRZ copied other aircraft of the time But most of them where UPRZ designed. The airforce in Zaporizhia plays a big role in the Total war effort. the is used to patrol zaporizhias coast, and hunt submarines. Two of the s are used two hunt for submarines and search and rescue. If a unknown aircraft flies into Zaporizhain airspace Radars will first pick that up and transit it too any flying Interceptors, and together with there bases they will intercept the aircarft and shoot it down if nescasery.

F2 obninsk
F2 obninsk is the northen most air command located close too Obninsk a small town, The 1st Viggen squadron is based here (15 aircraft) This base mainly does intercepts.

F4 Protvino
F4 Protvino is home too the only squadron (13 aircraft) and mostly does training, but now and again goes on war patroll.

F7 Svetloyarsk
F7 Svetloyarsk is where the s are based, two of them are always flying. s are also based here.

F23 Gomel
this is where the 4th viggen squad is based along with the 1st light attack/training squad. around 30 aircraft are stationed here.

F15 sosnevika
Zaporizhias most modern aircraft are based here  along with the  gunships.