Cerman
Federal Democratic Republic of Cerman |
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Motto: "See the light" | ||||||
Anthem: "Hark, O Friends" | ||||||
Cerman (dark green) within the Ekuosian Union (light green) and Ekuosia (dark grey)
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Capital and largest city | Kúri | |||||
Official languages | Terminian | |||||
Recognised regional languages | Utollian Utoyi Minor Terminian |
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Demonym | Cermani / Terminian | |||||
Sovereign state | Terminian Dominion | |||||
Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional republic | |||||
- | President | ? | ||||
- | Grand Vizier | Váázegy Groz | ||||
- | First Member | ? | ||||
Legislature | Federal Parliament | |||||
- | Upper house | Democratic Viziers Council | ||||
- | Lower house | Federal House | ||||
Formation | ||||||
- | First Terminian Empire | 413 | ||||
- | Second Terminian Empire | July 1216 | ||||
- | Olboros Terminia | 22 October 1696 | ||||
- | Helsonian Revolution | 10 October 1925 | ||||
- | Collapse of the Helsonian Union | 8 September 2005 | ||||
- | Refederation | 2 January 2006 | ||||
- | Terminian Dominion | 30 June 2006 | ||||
- | Invasion of PFHR Utol | 12th December 2006 | ||||
Area | ||||||
- | Total | 635,750.0 km2 241,507 sq mi |
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- | Water (%) | ~13% | ||||
Population | ||||||
- | 2015 census | 129,372,482 (8th) | ||||
- | Density | 203.496/km2 527.1/sq mi |
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GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate | |||||
- | Total | $1.78 trillion | ||||
- | Per capita | $13,762 | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2015 estimate | |||||
- | Total | $1.46 trillion | ||||
- | Per capita | $11,253.63 | ||||
Gini (2015) | 45 medium |
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HDI (2015) | 0.757 high |
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Currency | Cermani Jikow, Ekuo (CMJ) | |||||
Time zone | Glorp Mean Time (SCT+0) | |||||
Drives on the | left | |||||
Internet TLD | .cm |
Cerman (IPA: /sə(r)ˈmɑːn/), often known as Terminia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Cerman, is a country in Baredina. Located in northwest Ekuosia, Cerman's area is almost evenly split between the Terminian Isles (home to 83% of the Cermani population) and Utol on the Ekuosian mainland. With an estimated population of almost 129 million, Cerman is the 8th most populous country on Sahar and the 3rd in Ekuosia, after Ebo Nganagam and Nevira. Cerman is the main constituent country of the Dominion of Cerman.
Cerman was first settled by Ngerupics who migrated from Akulanen into the Terminian Isles around 3000 years ago. There they established a distinct culture and language, heavily influenced by the Letsatians who conquered the Terminian homeland in 200 BC. It was during the Letsatian period that Iovic religion was introduced to the area, which eventually led to the establishment of Pashaism. The Termic expansion in the 1st century AD resulted in the settlement of southern Akulanen and the northwestern coast of Ekuosia by Terms. Over the next two millennia the Terminian Empire (in various forms), having risen to prominence after the fall of Letsatia, became extremely rich and powerful due to its advantageous position situated along the primary trade route from the Parshita to Boroso. At its height in the 15th century, it controlled vast swathes of western Ekuosia along with multiple territories in Boroso and Miraria and trade posts in most of the known world. It is often considered to have been the single most powerful empire in history.
In 1925, following a coup by the Kúúlist Popular Party against the Olboros monarchy of the Terminian Three Kingdoms, the Adhelsonian Provisional State was established and became the first constitutionally Kúúlist state on Sahar. This resulted in a two-year-long civil war which ended in a decisive victory for the Kúúlists over the divided and unpopular monarchists. It was during the initial Kúúlist period that Terminia experienced rapid industrialisation and economic development, a result of five-year plans which sought to reelevate the Terminians to a globally influential status. In 1942 the Helsonian constitution was rewritten by the powerful statist faction of the KPP, which established the federal Union of Supreme Helsonian Republics. Helsonia began to expand its military capabilities and global influence, as a result of the Fals-Helsonian War of 1936-1940 and the Great Ekuosian War which Helsonia directly participated in from 1949-1951.
Modern Cerman was established in 2005 after the collapse of the Helsonian Union. Before this point Terminia had had almost continuous control over Amerhan since its settlement by Termic peoples. In 2006, Cerman invaded the Kúúlist government of another Helsonian successor state, the PFHR Utol, and incorporated it into the Cermani federation. Since 2013, Cerman has been a full member of the Ekuosian Union and the Ekuosian currency basket. The Cermani constitution defines Cerman as a democratic, parliamentary republic following the Terminian parliamentary system; the current Grand Vizier, Váázegy Groz has been head of the government since Cerman's creation. Cerman has sovereignty over two overseas territories: the Cermani Far West and the Cermani Kaisen.
The capital of Cerman, Kúri, is a major global economic hub and the 10th largest city in Ekuosia with a population of just over 6 million. Cerman is usually categorised as a developed country, and benefits from a large nominal GDP of $1.46 trillion. However, Cerman has a comparatively low GDP per capita of only $11,253.63, especially compared to much of the EkU.
Etymology
The word Cerman, from Middle Terminian Cérhmwń, originally refered only to the language spoken in Terminia. However, in the 16th century the word began also being applied as a collective name for the duchies in the Terminian homeland, to differentiate it from the territories of the Terminian Empire. Up until then, the most common word for Terminia had been Gńwacúrhm; this term is the source for many exonyms of Cerman, and is still often used in Cerman to refer to the Terminian Empire, as well as the geographic Terminian Isles.
History
Prehistory
The Terminian isles served as the first point where anatomically modern humans left the Baredinan continent approximately 70,000 years ago. For thousands of years, the islands were a hunter-gatherer society occupied by waves of Homo sapiens migrating to Miraria. Approximately 10,000 years ago, the islands entered a period of habitation by a group who arrived from Ekuosia. These people were the first to introduce agriculture to the island, which had originated in Halaria. A form of heiroglyphic writing distinct from Halarian developed on the islands in 2,000 BC, believed to encode pre-Ngerupic Terminian although the script has never been deciphered.
Around 1,800 BC, Ngerupics from Akulanen's southern coast began a series of invasions of the islands, establishing themselves as a ruling class in Terminia's north. By around 1,200 BC Proto-Termic emerged as the predominant written and spoken language, as the pre-Ngerupic population assimilated and extensive admixture caused Termics to develop a unique cultural and ethnic identity, separate from the continuum of Akulanen Ngerupics. Throughout the first millennium BC Terminia had no central power, but was rather a mixture of mostly sovereign villages and towns. Many aspects of life in these settlements was communal, including the rights to farming land, which was considered to belong to the entire village.
Proto-Termic was the first Ngerupic language to be written down, having adopted a system similar to the heiroglyphs which had been used in Terminia prior to the Ngerupic arrival. However, these were poorly adapted for the language, and by 500 BC most of Terminia had switched to the Western Ekuosian alphabet.
Letsatian period
In the year 32 BC, the Letsatian Empire conquered the Terminian isles as one of its first major expansions outside of the Letsatian region. With it came a radical reform to Terminian society, and the beginnings of Terminia's manorial and later feudal system which would persist for thousands of years. Terminia became an important centre of the Letsatian Empire, being the naval convergence point of the known world, and Terminians became known as Letsatia's sailors and merchants. As Letsatia expanded, so did Terminians, migrating onto mainland Baredina (what would become Utol), back into Akulanen (Amerhan), and all along the coast of Northern Ekuosia. This propagation of Termic language and culture in the first few centuries AD is known as the Termic expansion.
Letsatia heavily influenced Terminian culture, introducing Letsatian customs, loanwords and practices which remain to this day. Although Iovic beliefs had been present before the Letsatian period, Letsatia introduced Iovism on a much larger scale, which eventually led to many Terminians adopting a form of Termic-influenced Iovic heresy which became the world's second largest religion, Pashaism.
Terminian Empire
As the Letsatian empire started to crumble in the 5th century AD, in 413 a Terminian noble family called the Telr rallied the support of the Terminian fiefs to revolt against Letsatian rule.