Kamadhatu
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| Motto: "Apratisthita Nirvana" | |
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| Region | Wysteria |
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| Capital | Prabha |
| Official Language(s) | Upek, Kusa, Wysterian, Harberian |
| Leader | President Raj Hans Raj; Prime Minister Isha Koppikar |
| Population | 4 billion |
| Currency | UCA Argent |
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The Federation of Kamadhatu is a massive nation located on the continent of Stanley in the region of Wysteria.
History
This section is incomplete.
Kamadhatu was established with the merger of three independent kingdoms into a single federation in 1958. With the Treaty of Prabha, the nations of Upeksa, Sunyata, and Akusala-Kusala (itself a federation of sorts) agreed to form federal parliamentary republic.
Each of the regions shared a great deal in common both culturally and geographically. While Upek was spoken throughout the kingdoms of Upeksa and Sunyata, Kusa was the predominant language in Akusala-Kusala; Harberian - as a result of heavy Harberian imperialist influence throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries - was widely spoken by the kingdoms' upper and intellectual classes.
In the 1870s, representatives from the Kingdom of Grays Harbor had attempted to open up the kingdom of Upeksa to trade, but Upek leaders were uninterested. Over the following decades, the Harberians began to build a strong mercantile and military presence, and soon had assumed control over sectors of the cities of Tali, and the Upek capital, Prabha. In the 1890s, several members of the Upek royal family agreed secretly to help the Harberians establish a protectorate over the kingdom - to be called the Protectorate of Upeksa and Vyuka - but were found out. Relations between the Harberians and the Upek, already shaky, deteriorated rapidly. Several small skirmishes between the two sides broke out, but the militarily superior Harberians didn't push the matter further. By the early 1900s, the Harberians had withdrawn all but a small diplomatic presence from the kingdom.
Harberian cultural influence, however, had grown over all three kingdoms.
But most important was the influence of Boodhism throughout the three kingdoms. Each country was ruled by a king regarded as the reincarnation of one of three bodhisattvas, and the people of each country tended to place their allegiance to their religion ahead of that to their country.
The proposal to link the three kingdoms together by a rail line was, at heart, the impetus behind the drive toward unification. Roads in all three countries were poor at best and tended only to link clusters of communities rather than the entire country - a situation which still persists.
In 1948, the Uttarakuru Railway Consortium was founded, and plans for the system began in earnest. In short time, however, it was found that under the circumstances, the financial power to fund such an effort was seriously lacking. The URC failed within seven months of its founding. It was shortly after the dissolution of the URC that uniting the three kingdoms was proposed.
There was much opposition to the idea from many older members of the countries' royal families, but younger, more sophisticated royals embraced the concept.
In a short time, the promise of better economic lives through unification proved hard to resist, and in 1949 negotiations on some form of unification program began. The process would take a full nine years. During that period a new railway company was founded, the Kamadhatu Federation Railway, and work began slowly on the new rail system.
The early years of the new federation were difficult, at best. When promised material and economic advantages failed to immediately materialize, the public quickly became disenchanted with their new country and several secessionist organizations were formed.
Riots broke out in the capital cities as well as various other communities when crops failed throughout the federation in 1962. Hundreds are believed to have been killed by panicked government troops too unskilled to deal with any kind of insurrection. Nearing collapse, the government, led by Prime Minister V.J. Rankar, called an emergency session of the National Assembly which immediately ordered all military personnel back to barracks. Emergency rations were requested from outside and within days order had been restored. Then began the difficult task of rebuilding faith in the young country.
Over the next few years, the nation's leaders concentrated on building the country's government institutions and increasing social services, eventually winning over the majority of the population.
In what can be rightfully described as an enormous success, literacy was increased from an average of 20 percent of the population to virtually 100 percent. Healthcare was extended to all reaches of society, and transportation - in the form of the national railway and a reliable national flight system - increased trade and travel within the country. A reliable and efficient highway system has been constructed in the country's heavily populated northeast.
The next three decades passed quietly. Kamadhatu remained poor and fairly isolated from other nations in Wysteria. However, things began to change under the Nationalist Progressive government of Prime Minister E.S. Cirettekrub. Eager to modernize the nation, Cirettekrub began efforts to secularize the state, taking education and social services powers from the monasteries, which had continued to dominate the country.
Tourism, too, had begun to grow as many visitors from throughout Wysteria began to travel to Kamadhatu. Many of the visitors were pilgrims, looking to learn more about Boodhism. They brought with them outside influences that were proving very difficult for younger Kamadhati to resist.
Culture
Kamadhatu is a predominantly Boodhist nation; more than 90 percent of the population professes one of four schools of Mahayana Boodhism and statues and images of Satchmo Boodha appear everywhere in the country.
Until the establishment of a largely secular government in 1958, Boodhist llamas - most notably the Dolly (Pahrtun) Llama Jolene IV -exerted tremendous influence over the political life of each kingdom.
Boodhism still exerts a tremendous influence over the lives of Kamadhatu's citizens and Boodhist festivals and rituals are observed throughout the country.
Stupas, large buildings containing relics of the Boodha or his disciples, are to be found throughout all three regions, and monasteries and temples are everywhere.
Notable minorities of Nestorian Christamentalists, Muslamics, Hindoosians, and Juze live in the country's largest cities, however, and enjoy complete freedom of worship. In recent history, Borunic and Orthodox Christianity, and Nephitism have begun to establish a strong, but small presence. Because of historic conditions, each religious group tends to dominate a particular aspect of the local economy. Kamadhatu's banking system, for example, is comparable to that of many predominantly Muslamic nations where it is forbidden to charge interest on loans. The nation's Juze and Hindoosians play a key role in the country's university and secondary education systems, and Nestorian Christamentalists tend to dominate the cities' market places in their capacities as merchants and traders.
Kamadhati speak four languages: Upek, Kusa, Wysterian, and Harberian. Upek is spoken predominantly in Upeksa and Sunyata, and Kusa is the language of the people of Akusala-Kusala. Wysterian and Harberian are widely understood and spoken throughout the country, however, and many of the nation's younger citizens also study a fourth and even fifth language.
Over the past few decades, the population of the country has begun to shift from the small rural villages which have always been the backbone of the former three kingdoms, to the larger, more sophisticated cities. Interest in other countries is high, and the arrival of foreign speakers, films, performers, and other products of foreign culture always attract an eager audience.
Despite the growing cosmopolitanism, Kamadhati remain keenly interested in their own cultures, as well, and attendance at traditional performances and rituals is high. Appreciation of traditional dances and music is very strong, and interest in such classical pieces of literature - such as the epic Ramayana - is pronounced among all age groups.
International Participation
Kamadhatu is a member of the Wysterian Union, the Unified Currency Authority, the Wysterian Refugee and Resettlement Project, the Wysterian Space Agency, and the Wysterian Economic Group.
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