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Tartarystan has an education system very similar to its healthcare system. The government provides vouchers for all of its citizens so that they may decide to go to any school they wish. These vouchers are valid at the vast majority of schools in Tartarystan. There are an extremely small number of fantastically expensive schools, mostly for the wealthy, that are outside of the voucher system, but they are statistically negligible. The overwhelming majority of Tartars use their vouchers to attend school.
 
Tartarystan has an education system very similar to its healthcare system. The government provides vouchers for all of its citizens so that they may decide to go to any school they wish. These vouchers are valid at the vast majority of schools in Tartarystan. There are an extremely small number of fantastically expensive schools, mostly for the wealthy, that are outside of the voucher system, but they are statistically negligible. The overwhelming majority of Tartars use their vouchers to attend school.
  
Tartarystan has a vast public transportation system. The majority of Tartars do not own cars. Though it is public transportation, the vast majority of it is privately-owned. The system is modern and efficient, serving a vastly growing population. In Tartarystan, railways are a major means of passenger transportation, especially for mass and high-speed transport between major cities and for commuter transport in metropolitan areas. Many Tartar Railway companies, once state-owned, covers almost all of Tartarystan There also are railway services operated by private rail companies, the government, and companies funded by both government and private companies. Tartar trains are also famous for always being on time. Railroads are almost all electrified, and bullet trains are the favoured mode of transporation. The government reserves the right to veto airplane and train fares they believe are impermissibly high, but it hasn't been done yet.
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Tartarystan has a vast public transportation system. The majority of Tartars do not own cars. Though it is public transportation, the vast majority of it is privately-owned. The system is modern and efficient, serving a vastly growing population. In Tartarystan, railways are a major means of passenger transportation, especially for mass and high-speed transport between major cities and for commuter transport in metropolitan areas. Many Tartar Railway companies, once state-owned, covers almost all of Tartarystan There also are railway services operated by private rail companies, the government, and companies funded by both government and private companies. Tartar trains are also famous for always being on time. Railroads are almost all electrified, and bullet trains are the favoured mode of transporation.
  
 
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Revision as of 14:22, 31 July 2007

Most Serene and Holy Altaic Empire of Tartarystan
tartarystan.jpg
Flag of the Most Serene and Holy Altaic Empire of Tartarystan
Motto
 - English
"Deus vult!"
"God wills it!"
Official languages Turkic, Tungusic
Capital Tataria Magna
Emperor Sirbeote Sereri
Imperial Chancellor Tulisen Cirgote
Government Type Constitutional monarchy
National Animal Horse
Internet TLD .tar

Basic Facts

Main article: Census of Tartarystan

  • Major Cities : Tataria Magna (Imperial capital), Sanjiazi (Tungustan's capital), Altaysky (Altaystan's capital)
  • National Animal : Horse
  • National Religion : The Church of Tartarystan
  • Languages : Tungusic and Turkish languages
  • Weather : Steppe weather
  • Natural Disasters : Earthquakes, blizzards
  • Ethnic Groups : .8% Turkic, .6% Tungusic, 97.6% Asian
  • Major Religions : .9% Christian, .3% Muslim, .1% Jewish, 97.6% Other (mostly Eastern religions such as Taoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc), .1% non-religious
  • National Holiday : Easter, Christmas, Independence day, Good Friday, Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, Corpus Christi, Pentecost, etc.

History of Tartarystan

Tartarystan, or The Most Serene and Holy Altaic Empire of Tartarystan, is a constitutional elective monarchy nestled in the great tracts of land that are similar to what we call northern and central Asia or the territory generally described as Tartary (Siberia, Turkestan, Mongolia, Manchuria, etc).

Tartarystan was formed when the Kingdom of Altaystan and the Kingdom of Tungustan agreed to a state union. Altaystan was a Turkic city that proclaimed itself a Kingdom after it colonized/conquered the surrounding oriental land. Tungustan was the same, except it was Tungusic. They nominated a Turko-Tungusic emperor to head the new state union.

More recently, Sibeoci Sereri was shoved into the throne after a coup by Alute Sereri, his sister, left him the only surviving possible successor. The new Sibeoci-headed government passed great deals of recent legislation known as the "Sibeoci Decrees".

What has been named "Altaic" high class dominated this society. Tatarystan was a primarily militarist and agrarian nations with the aristocracy and extremely prolific military drawing its members from Altaic high class. The Asian population was effectively synonymous with the peasantry.

The political system was dominated by the ever present official system titled "Uksura faššar seme hūwajaha", which roughly translated into "breaking the races apart into many pieces". Often shortened to Uksura, it was a system of racial segegration and what many contest, racial discrimination that separated Altaic high society from Asian society in all aspects of life. Often compared to Apartheid, the comparison was not necessarily correct simply because Uksura was meant to do far more. The Uksura system was highly criticized internationally for the way it highly curtailed the rights of the Asian citizens by revoking the right to own property, bear arms, freedom of speech, ability to form organizations and unions, equality before the law, right to privacy, right to a fair trial, ability to vote, right to emigrate, and ability to partake in education. The last Uksura law was a law banning Oriental subjects from having more than one child in contrast to Altaic families which usually have six to twelve children which.

Tartarystan was torn apart by the "Great Rebellion of Tartarystan".

After the rebellion, Uksura no longer existed simply because Tartarystan had become an racially homogeneous state. Its minorities were mostly eliminated, both violently and peacefully. After the rebellion, Tartarystan quickly modernized into a nationstate. Tartarystan has become an industrial powerhouse with highly urbanized, efficient, and modern planned cities with efficient commerce, industry, and agriculture in its country.

Culture of Tartarystan

The Holy Empire of Tartarystan is an oddity in this world. Despite having a vastly majority East Asian population, the state is dominated by two primary groups, the Tungusic and the Turkic groups.

Tartarystan shows great tolerance toward its Muslim and Jewish minorities. Although minor incentives to convert have slowly decreased the number of Muslims and Jews over time.

Almost all Christians in Altaic society are members of the Church of Tartarystan. The Church of Tartarystan is a theologically Unitarian Christian church and is generally associated very closely with Imperial authority. In contrast to many other Unitarian churches, the Church of Tartarystan is extremely focused on religion (Christianity) and does not accept non-religious members and non-Christian members as it officially defines itself as a Christian church. The Church of Tartarystan has both Catholic and Protestant influences but it is at its core, completely Christian. Tartarystan is a very religious and some even say, fanatical nation. Separation of church and state currently does not exist.

Geography of Tartarystan

Tartarystan is one of two nations on the continent of Tartarystan. Tartarystan the continent is an extremely large but isolated island continent comparable to Australia in that sense. However, it has a vastly different climate. Its climate takes more after the Taiga and Steppes of Siberia and Manchuria, with a tiny bit of tundra in the North. It possess extensive resources such as coal, oil, iron, rare minerals, timber, and natural gas. Nickel, gold, lead, molybdenum, diamonds, silver, zinc, precious gems, and many others are easily found in Tartarystan. However, it is sorely lacking in fertile soil with most of Tartarystan being extremely soil poor. Tartarystan is extremely dependent on fishing to provide itself with food. Tartarystan is also highly dependent on a strip of very fertile land just above the urban Southern coast. Though just a very small strip, this strip is extremely fertile and combined with ultra high-yield farming, gives enough food combined with massive fishing to feed Tartarystan. There is an almost inexhaustible supply of timber and fish in Tartarystan. Fish is the staple food of the vast majority of citizens in Tartarystan. The southern, south-eastern, and south-western coasts are lined with what will become cities. The almost uninhabitable north is dominated by heavy industry and resource exploitation.

Military of Tartarystan

Tartarystan has a small, modern, efficient, and professional army. The Most Serene and Holy Altaic Empire of Tartarystan does not maintain an independent and separate air force. The Imperial Tartar Army and the Imperial Tartar Navy are the two major branches of the military of Tartarystan. Tartarystan has large reserves of bombers, fighter planes, and naval forces, but a smaller land army. Tartarystan has often been called a fortress island because it it essentially is. The coastlines are heavily defended and all Altaic military strategy is based on prevention of invasions. As a result, the military of Tartarystan does not have the logistical or power projection to launch invasions of other nations...yet. The number of personnel in all of Tartarystan is a bit smaller than one would expect from a nation of their size, but it has proven adequate in defence simply because of how difficult it is to enter Tartarystan. Tartarystan is mountainous, extremely cold, and aside from a few harbours, ringed by cliffs. Tartar military strategy is based on utilizing these defensive structures to their advantage, leading to a large amount of defences everywhere on the coast and inside the rest of the country.

Social Systems of Tartarystan

Tartarystan has a two-tier universal public health insurance system. Though there are no state-owned hospitals excluding military hospitals, the government of Tartarystan provides all residents with health insurance cards, which entitles the bearer to receive free medical care for almost all procedures. Health institutions are either private and non-profit or private and for profit. Most all doctors are in private practice as entrepreneurs and they bill the medicare system for their fees. The system is known as a "public system" due to its public financing, but is not a nationalized system; most services are provided by private enterprises, such as clinics or doctors who are paid a fee-per-visit. Tartars have free choice of doctors and can change doctors at any time they wish. A tiny number of hospitals operate outside of the government and usually provide slightly more luxurious treatment, but are usually very expensive and available only to the very affluent. However, despite that, all Tartars do have access to healthcare, though a tiny bit of them slightly better healthcare.

Though Tartarystan is ringed with heavy industry, extensive safety regulations make industrial accidents extremely rare. Business regulations are very relaxed, the vast majority being safety or worker's rights regulations. Tartarystan has a very vibrant market economy. Labour unions are usually fairly active in Tartarystan and conflict between unions and companies are rather rare. Most members in unions are not actually skilled workers, but a member of the diminishing group of unskilled workers.

Tartarystan has an education system very similar to its healthcare system. The government provides vouchers for all of its citizens so that they may decide to go to any school they wish. These vouchers are valid at the vast majority of schools in Tartarystan. There are an extremely small number of fantastically expensive schools, mostly for the wealthy, that are outside of the voucher system, but they are statistically negligible. The overwhelming majority of Tartars use their vouchers to attend school.

Tartarystan has a vast public transportation system. The majority of Tartars do not own cars. Though it is public transportation, the vast majority of it is privately-owned. The system is modern and efficient, serving a vastly growing population. In Tartarystan, railways are a major means of passenger transportation, especially for mass and high-speed transport between major cities and for commuter transport in metropolitan areas. Many Tartar Railway companies, once state-owned, covers almost all of Tartarystan There also are railway services operated by private rail companies, the government, and companies funded by both government and private companies. Tartar trains are also famous for always being on time. Railroads are almost all electrified, and bullet trains are the favoured mode of transporation.