Khazaron
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| Motto: "Peace through power." | |
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| Region | Atlantian Oceania |
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| Capital | Archon City |
| Official Language(s) | English, Khazaronian |
| Leader | James Khara |
| Population | Over 3 billion |
| Currency | Domin |
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History
Khazaron, in one form or another, has existed for 250 years. Initially founded as a multitude of trading ports by profiteers, they eventually evolved into full-blown countries of their own. The greed of the leaders of these countries would lead to a series of bloody conflicts known by manys names, most commonly The Thousand-Fief War. Out of that conflict the foundations for the Republic of Khazaron where lain. For a great many decades the republic toke care of the people and ensure prosperity, but eventually its' leaders became corrupt. About 45 years ago the corruption forced the feelings of the people to come to a boiling point when they passed the Corporate Domain Laws, effectively politically disenfranchising anyone who didn't support the corporations. This caused a series of revolts against corporate power, primarily funded by the disenfranchised masses. The end-result of all of this was the outbreak of the Six-Month War, in which the republic was overthrown and an autocracy was installed. To read a more in-depth look at Khazaronian history, you can view this article: History of Khazaron
Country
Country Name
Long Form: The Dominion of Khazaron
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Country Code: KH or KHZ
- Atheism: 10%
- Agnosticism: 5%
- Christianity:40 %
- Islam: 24%
- Judaism:16 %
- Other: 5%
- English
- Khazaronian
- Minister of Defense: Michael Arani
- Minister of Education: Jennifer Calari
- Minister of Transportation: Gabriel Furo
- Minister of Commerce: Adam Kum
- Minister of Foreign Affairs: Danielle Uram
- Minister of Internal Affairs: Laurence Amar
- Minister of Health: Andrew Insar
- Minister of Communication: Roger Hanim
- Chief of State Security: Kevin Uric
- Director of Foreign Intelligence: Jordan Pash
Internet TLD: .kh
Capital
Archon City, Sairion District
National Holidays
Unity Day: August 8
Celebrates the day the hostilities between the Loyalists and the government ceased, and a new united Khazaronian state was formed.
Coronation Day: August 31
This holiday celebrates the coronation of the reigning Patriarch.
Patriarch Day: October 12
Patriarch Day celebrates the birthday of the reigning Patriarch.
Feast Day: November 21
A day for celebrating good-fortune, good harvests and good friends. The Khazaronian equivalent to Thanksgiving.
Renewal Day: December 30
This is used as a day for looking back on one's actions throughout the year and trying to improve upon them in the following year.
Districts
At the founding of the Republic of Khazaron the nation was split up into 13 official government districts. Under the current government 20 additional districts have been added to Khazaron. Each district has a Governor, appointed by the Patriarch, to run the local government and be his eyes and ears. Beneath the district level though, the citizens are allowed to elect whoever they want into office. Such candidates must undergo a series of tests to ensure that they are loyal and upstanding citizens of Khazaron before they may run for office in the lower echelons of the Khazaronian government. Each district has a capital to serve as the center of its' local bueracracy. Archon City is a special case as it serves as both the capital of the country and of the district of Sairion.
| District | Capital |
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| Sairion | Archon City |
| Amaria | Yeor |
| Viskari | Unton |
| Nustia | Hunkan |
| Mustari | Casai |
| Woten | Thatani |
| Iftarin | Lacusi |
| Lenuhan | Kalak |
| Janar | Furar |
| Khatos | Sparsus |
| Sundai | Duny |
| Omak | Aska |
| Golensk | Poturik |
| Majan | Daj |
| Felcos | Ilran |
| Tarin | Parel |
| Fopi | Ulsec |
| Palu | Lasto |
| Opniam | Mayre |
| Yakish | Nerin |
| Sashan | Lawt |
| Equom | Teop |
| Jeroi | Rarse |
| Barush | Orask |
| Valin | Quis |
| Drani | Hishen |
| Ifan | Centropolis |
| Diffyd | Bayville |
| Rhianom | Johnston |
| Tchasiom | Marcham City |
| West-Manerland | Smithson |
| Umbria | New Sairion |
| East-Manerland | Greenford |
People
The people of Khazaron come from a multitude of ethnic backgrounds. Where some nations may a dominant trait throughout their culture, due to a common ancestry, Khazaron boasts of a plethora of traits and unique qualities. Much of this is owed to its early days serving as ports of call and trading outposts. Travellers and traders from all across the world would come to Khazaron to do business, and many of them would become enamored with the opportunity that could be had by staying and setting up shop. The want of profit outweighed many of the previous ethnic squabbles these immigrant groups had gone through, and forged a new, multi-faceted, land.
Population: Over 1 billion
Religion
Languages
Government
Government Type
Autocracy
National Government
The current executive branch of the Dominion of Khazaron is modeled after the Antonine Dynasty of ancient Rome. The leader of the country, the Patriarch, rules for life and has absolute authority over the policies of his government. What often happens though is that the Patriarch will allow for substantial decision making to go on in the National Assembly, as constant overseeing of his government tends to get rather tedious. The Patriarch's heirs are chosen by himself from a list of qualified individuals who have served next to him and helped him in running the government. The use of primogeniture in determining heirs to the throne has been outlawed in Khazaron.
Cabinet
The Patriarch relies on nine cabinet-level positions, appointed by himself, to aid him in the running of the government of Khazaron. Each of these ministers controls what is felt to be a vital section of Khazaronian society, and oversees countless others in their operations. Directly beneath the ministers in the power-structure are the Administrators, who oversee the various sub-sections of each of the major cabinet level position. Further down the chain-of-command are numerous functionaries and commitees that oversee the smaller aspects of each department. Any particular service that is deemed vital enough to the continued health and safety of Khazaron can be elevated to a cabinet position and given its' own minister. As of D.Y. 9, the positions of Chief of State Security and Director of Foreign Intelligence have been added to the cabinet. Although not ministers in name, they do serve the same purpose as the other, overseeing Khazaron's external and internal intelligence communities. The ministers serve for life, until they are found lacking in ability, or until they request a release from their position. The current ministers are:
National Legislature
Khazaron’s National Assembly
Total Number of Members: 66
Current First Archon : Tyler Anan
Members of the Assembly serve a three year term and can go up for re-election once. The Assembly is lead by the First Archon, who casts the tie-breaking vote and calls the Assembly to order. The First Archon is elected by the people, serves a six-year term and cannot be re-elected. The Assembly’s official job is to bring the concerns of the people to the Patriarch. However, they generally oversee and enact any legislation involved in running the country, unless the Patriarch takes an interest in a particular issue. Members of the Assembly are called Archons and each district is allowed to elect two Archons to send to the Assembly.
Political Parties
Nationalist Party
This party is the epitome of conservative politics in Khazaron. They favor stricter government control over the economy, increased military spending, and decreased involvement in international affairs. A main concern the party has is that with the introduction of democratic elements into the Khazaronian government will lead to a break down in order and an increase of corruption. To combat such corruption, strict government guidance over the populace is often proposed by the Nationalists, which quite often leads to their opponents labelling them as fascists.(20 Seats in Assembly)
Democratic Alliance
Initially formed out of the various pro-democracy groups from the Six-Month War, the Democratic Alliance's position is that of the liberal party in Khazaronian politics. They are for an increased ammount of decision making in the government on the people's part, as well as highly favoring a pure capitalist economy, and also wish to get Khazaron involved more on the international scene, discouraging the xenophobia that still permeates certain aspects of the government and society. To further that last goal, they have also been pushing for increased spending on education and social equality programs throughout the Dominion.(18 Seats in Assembly)
Workers Party
These people fashion themselves as the party of the "common man", and that is pretty much how they are viewed by the general public. They favor much larger subsidies to the various industrial businesses of Khazaron, a decrease on electoral restrictions, and increased regulations on businesses to prevent them from abusing their employees. They tend to emphasize wanting the Patriarch to use the full extent of his power to protect his "lesser advantaged children". (6 Seats in Assembly)
Federal Party
Members of the Federal Party are for decreasing the emphasis placed on the central government in Khazaron, and for allowing more decision making power on the part of local governors and legislatures. A chief belief among them, that is often expressed to others, is that the citizens of each district would know how best to run their own home. They also favor a continued decrease on government control of the economy, and tend to favor less involvement of the government with international organizations. They view the Patriarch as being a referee that would step in and arbitrate any major disputes or abuses of power in the various districts.(7 Seats in Assembly)
Economic Reform
The Khazaronian Party for Economic Reform’s ultimate goal is to seek out legislation and international means to turns Khazaron’s faltering economy into a powerhouse. They are not overtly socialist, or overtly capitalist, but basically pro-"anything-that-works". They tend to remain neutral in most, if not all political squabbles, and are quite often seen as being very level-headed in concerns to their policies on various issues. The one aspect of them that sticks it is that they are very slow to act, wishing to take a great deal of time to thinks things over, weighing all sides against each other, and THEN deciding what should be done next. To that end they tend to seek increased regulations that prevent hasty decisions from being made in the halls of government, otherwise they are pretty mellow. (15 Seats in Assembly)
Judicial System
In order to ensure that the law of the Patriarch and the National Assembly is carried out, Khazaron has a series of individuals known as Arbiters that function much like judges do in other countries. They oversee disputes of the law, set precedent, and declare verdicts. The major difference from most nations is that it is the Arbiter alone who decides what should be done, trial by jury does not exist in Khazaron. To counteract this though, Arbiters will often act in a council to oversee cases, especially one’s involving particularly heinous crimes. Generally speaking, the number of Arbiters needed in a council is dependant upon the seriousness of the crime. The more serious, the more Arbiters. All that is needed to convict an individual is a majority verdict by the council.
There are five different levels of courts in Khazaron. The lowest level is the city level, these Arbiters are elected by the people from a list of pre-approved government candidates. Above the city level is the county level, covering multiple metropolitan areas, these arbiters are chosen much the same way as the city level ones are, except that only the city officials of the county may vote for them. The third most prestigious court in the land is the District level court. These Arbiters, usually chosen from a group that has proven to make wise decisions time and again on the lower courts, are chosen by the Archons from their district. Finally, the highest court in Khazaron is the Council of Arbiters, functioning much like a Supreme Court would in other nations. There are 33 members, one chosen from among the wisest Arbiters of each district. The leader of the Council is known as the Chief Arbiter and is generally considered to be the wisest and most just Arbiter in the land. They are all directly chosen by the Patriarch. All Arbiters at all levels serve for life or until they choose to step down or are found incompetent.
Foreign Relations
While the Khazaronian people have maintained an isolationist policy in the past, recent events have conspired to catapult her onto the international scene. As such, she has begun to open her doors to foreign diplomats and even international alliances. This all started with the Latao Invasion, and the alliance of Khazaron with Lamoni and Nedalia against the Confederacy of Latao. The government saw in Latao what could happen to nations that ignored and isolated themselves from their neighbors. And it also saw the power it could achieve by allying with like-minded individuals. It is the hope of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that this new open-door policy of the Khazaronian government will lead to a brighter and stronger future for the people of Khazaron.
Alliances
Khazaron is a member and founder of the Strategic Defense League; along with the nations of Lamoni, Nedalia, Falcania, Bettia, Sarzonia, and Hockey Canada.
Embassies
Currently the Dominion of Khazaron has ambassadors within the listed nations below. That nation's ambassador, if one exists, is listed within parantheses, in italics, next to the Khazaronian ambassador's name. If an ambassador to Khazaron is not listed, then one has not yet been appointed by the country.
Mr.Stefan Inris (Mr.Mustafa Winton)
Ms.Karen Huse (Sir John Link, Duke of Coltshire)
Mr.Roger Pash (Mr. Thomas Hughes)
Mr.Warren Tuvin (Mr.Mustapha il-Haddad)
Ms.Kathryn Inri (Mr.Dani Ashrak)
Mr.Thomas Massen (Lord Adam San Moritz)
Mr.Scott Kilp (Lord Rolland Duchscherer)
Embassy not currently active due to ongoing conflict.
Armed Forces
The total might of the Khazaronian military is around 1.5% of the total population at the time. This includes all command staff and soldiers throughout the various branches of the service. Such a large number of persons is due to the fact that after graduating from highschool all Khazaronian citizens are to enlist in the Armed Forces and remain active with them for no less than 2 years. Exemptions can be made in the case of a debilitating illness or injury that prevents them from contributing in a meaninful way to the Armed Forces. Also, in times of peace, the Khazaronian government is usually a little more lax in allowing exemptions, as a high number of military forces is not needed. Those who apply for exemptions in such times usually will recieve them, if they can show that they are contributing to society in a meaningful way. In truth this compulsary service isn't as bad as it seems. Due to the relative inexperience of these young recruits they are usually assigned to guard duty back home in times of war. During peace times they are usually found running mutliple defense drills under the instruction of their more experience fellow soldiers.
Citizens may choose what branch of the service they wish to enter into and are welcomed, greatly encouraged to in fact, to continue their service to their country after their initial obligation is up. Those who choose to return to the service are usually given some form of monetary compensation.
Army
These guys are the work-horses of the Armed Forces. When something needs to be invaded, or an affront to Khazaronian society taken care of, they are there. The majority of the current military are veterans of the Six-Month War, with a tenth of them being veterans of the Latao Invasion. Standard firearms of the infantry division are the M16 Assault Rifle as the main weapon, with the Walther P99 serving as the standard issue sidearm. When the combat zone requires something with a little more firepower, and armor, the Army relies upon the M1 Abrams Tank of their armored divisions, to get the job done.
Many would argue that even more important in defending the Khazaronian borders, is defending the Khazaronian waterways. Being an island-nation means that the primary method of transportation, indeed the primary method of how Khazaronians make their livelihood, is through the seas. In order to better protect their shipping interests and various ports throughout their country, the Khazaronian government generally gives a generous compliment of their defense budget to the Navy. Not suprisingly, due to the prestige and importance of the Navy, many new recruits choose to join up with them when they enlist.
The typical Navy fleet is organized into four groups. At the center of the groups are the aircraft carriers, the current ones in use being the Nimitz Aircraft Carriers. These carriers give air support to the fleet as well as functioning as centers of commands for their naval groups. Surrounding the carriers are the Iowa Class Battleships, providing the necessary firepower to take out any enemy naval craft that threaten the carriers, as well as doing the occasional land bombardment. The destroyers tend to be slow moving though, so to protect them against faster moving vessels and smaller ships, there are the Arleigh Burk Destroyers, performing the role of protector and escort to the larger class vessels of the Navy. Last but not least are the Surgeon Class submarines. In any given naval group, there are at least several of these vessels patrolling the waters beneath the fleet, constantly on the look out for mines and enemy submarines.<a href= ></a>
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