Osorra

The Empire of Ossora or just Ossora is an Empire located in Avalonia. It borders Tilenno to the north, Cipertine to the east, and is surrounded by the Tethys Ocean to the west and south. Ossora is a theocratic and totalitarian absolute monarchy ruled by the so called Solnechnyy Tsar' - the earthly representative of the Bactil. While in theory absolute, the Emperor is believed to be heavily influenced by the Armed Forces of Ossora and Arnica Clique, who dominate the nation's politics. The Emperor also delegates power to lesser princes or merchant guilds, who run most of Ossora's cities.

The city states that would make up the first Ossoran polities emerged with The Lake of Gantes. In the north many of these city states would affiliate themselves with the Teruuko. A rival league emerged in the south and would fight a series of wars with Teruuko, eventually forced into a tributary relationship. When city states rose in Tilenno, Ossori city states broke away from Teruuko influence, and pursued more independent foreign policy aims. The former Southern league was revived and conquered many city states, leading to the so called Early Period. The Early Period would be the first dynasty in the Ossori Imperial System, which lasted for thousands of years. Dynasties would rise and fall for thousands of years until a power struggle between two rival houses led to the disillusion of Ossora into fractured states in the 16th century. Foreign pressures saw these states unifying and closing off the the outside world. Yarovan traders aligned with a prominent coastal family and created various trade fortresses in 1830. In the 1850s these fortresses began to expand into cities, and Yarova began to make inroads into the country. In defiance of the isolation policy, the Arnica House launched the first in a series of wars that would be called The Wars of Osorri Unification, and with capable Yarovan military advisors and equipment had reunified the country by the 1880s. The Yarovphillic Emperor soon began a program of Yarovification in an attempt to create unity among culturally distinct groups.

Osorra began a massive modernization from the 1890s, creating a modern army, and modern industry. The Emperor was slowly sidelined by his advisors during this period. Yet he kept power due to Yarovan meddling. This wouldn't last and Yarova fell to war in the 1920s the Emperor was forced to informally give his power up to the Westernized army in the October 13th Event - becoming a figurehead. The government was now dominated by the Armed Forces of Osorra and the Volkov Union. The military dictatorship would nationalize many Yarovan firms and began a program of left wing populism ideologically. It appealed to many Yarovan farmers or mixed race farmers who opposed both merchants and native groups.

While the dictatorship did build up modern infrastructure and education, it was notorious for its human rights atrocities and deportations of native groups. The dictatorship was also extremely anti-democratic and had several purges against so called "liberal meddling". It would employ secret police forces, control the media and press, etc. The dictatorship began to start aging in the early 60s, and steadily many fractures grew within it. These groups would help overthrow the dictatoshop in the late 70s when the new Prince aligned with rebellious military officers and couped the now aging military dictatorship.

In the 80s the Empire underwent massive liberalization as the new government sought to dismantle the dictatorship, assets were sold off, purges occurred in the civil service, and the emperor was given back his power. This period also saw the decentralization of the empire as many noble families were given back power. The liberalization saw an explosion of inequality, and reductions in state services. A new class of corrupt billionaires emerged from the privatizations, selling off the nations natural resources. Widespread civil discontent forced the emperor to grow closer to the army, and rely on them to hold power.

Today Osorra is a higher middle income country, with a developing economy.

Politics and Government
The Empire of Osorra is an absolute monarchy, ruled by the Solnechnyy Tsar'. The Tsar delegates much of his powers to lower nobles who have direct power over Osorra's cities and are given relative autonomy to rule. Osorra has no concrete state ideology, but with the state of the economy, many are formulating new ideological constructs. While Osorra has no definite legislative, it is practice for nobles to meet every year and discuss the state of the nation - the so called Imperial Conferences. The Emperor has also empowered the so called 10 Ministries and Armed Forces of Osorra who manage affairs at the federal level. Local nobles have their own diverse variety of ministries that sometimes conflict with these federal ones, which leads to friction in the governance of Osorra.

Economy
Osorra has a higher middle income economy with a GDP of around 640 billion nominal. The economy saw rapid growth in the 80s and 90s but is now facing economic stagnation, as a consequence of economic mismanagement and rent seeking behavior among oligarchs. The economy is based around the export of raw commodities as well as heavy industries such as steel, although smaller light industries exist in the cities. Most of the nations indutries, mines, and farms are owned by a small class of oligarchs who launder much of the money outside the nation. Osorra as a result, is one of the most unequal nations in Anterra, with a GINI of .56.