Tartarystan
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| Motto - English |
"Deus vult!" "God wills it!" | |||
| Official languages | Turkic, Tungusic | |||
| Capital | Tataria Magna | |||
| Emperor | Sirbeote | |||
| Imperial Chancellor | Tulisen Cirgote | |||
| Government Type | Constitutional monarchy | |||
| National Animal | Horse | |||
| Internet TLD | .tar | |||
Basic Facts
- Major Cities : Tataria Magna (capital), Sanjiazi, Altaysky, Tungustan City
- National Animal : Horse
- National Religion : Christianity (note, the government labels Islam a sect of Christianity)
- 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, .4% Muslim, 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 Tartary Empire of the Two Nations, 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".
Culture
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 who form the two nations or peoples the official name refers to. The term Altaic high class refers to both the Turkic and Tungusic groups.
What has been named "Altaic" high class dominates this society. Tatarystan is a primarily militarist and agrarian nations with the aristocracy and extremely prolific military drawing it's members from Altaic high class. The Asian population is effectively synonymous with the peasantry.
The political system is dominated by the ever present official system titled "Uksura faššar seme hūwajaha", which roughly translates into "breaking the races apart into many pieces". Often shortened to Uksura, it is a system of racial segegration and what many contest, racial discrimination that separates Altaic high society from Asian society in all aspects of life. Often compared to Apartheid, the comparison is not necessarily correct simply because Uksura is meant to do far more. The Uksura system is highly criticized internationally for the way it highly curtails 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 most recent 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. Many speculate this will erode the power of the oriental minority.
Altaic high society is primarily Christian with a noticeable Muslim minority. In contrast to its intolerance of oriental citizens, Tartarystan shows great tolerance toward its Muslim minority though minor incentives to convert have slowly decreased the number of Muslims 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.
