Tzulhon

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Republic of Tzulhon
Ceólthon
CapitalÚigíoll
Official languages Modern Standard Tzulhon
 -  Density 149/km2
385.9/sq mi
GDP (PPP) estimate
 -  Total 22,000
Gini (2019)38
medium

Tzulhon (Modern Standard Tzulhon: Ceólthon [t͡sʊlhɔn]), officially the Republic of Tzulhon, is a country located in the Tzulhon islands of the Dragon Sea. The capital city is Úigíoll.

Tzulhon was governed by a kuulist regime during the latter half of the 20th century, but it has become a democratic country since 1999.

Etymology

The name Tzulhon is from the Modern Standard Tzulhon word ceól' "cloud" + ton "land", thus the name literally means "Cloud Land" in the Modern Standard Tzulhon language.

History

The unification of Tzulhon was achieved in the 16th century.

Tzulhon was a neutral state during GEW, but it had a civil war during 1940s. The kuulist faction defeated the balkist faction(which later turned to sannist) in 1950 and reigned Tzulhon until 1999. Many people nowadays have a mixed view to the former kuulist regime, people maintain that while the kuulist regime had records of human right violations and had strict restrictions on economic activities, it also promoted equity among the people of the country, and both of the public hygiene and the literacy rate were greatly improved during the kuulist times.

Geography

Tzulhon is an island country consisting of two main islands and several smaller islands.

Geology

Climate

The southern parts of Tzulhon have a subtropical climate; the west coast area has a temperate oceanic climate, the east coast has a humid continental climate, and parts of the inland area have a semi-arid climate.

Biodiversity

Politics

Government

Under the 1999 constitution, the government of Tzulhon consists of three branches: the executive branch, the legislative branch and the judicial branch. The presidents are the leaders of the executive branch, the legislative part of the government of Tzulhon is the parliament, and the judicial part is the Supreme Court of Tzulhon.

Tzulhon has always been a republic since the unification in the 16th century, it has a diarchy system, that is, it has two heads of state, both of them are called presidents and both presidents are elected by the people, and in custom the presidents cannot be from the same family. Both presidents can represent the country and may take turns to visit foreign leaders during their terms. The term for the both presidents are 6 years, and the presidential election is held every 3 years.

Tzulhon has an uicameral parliament with 390 members. The term for a legislator is 4 years.

The Supreme Court of Tzulhon has 9 justices, each justice has lifetime tenure, meaning they remain on the Court until they resign, retire, die, or are removed from office. The 1999 constitution requires a referendum to change the number of justices or the terms of justices of the Supreme Court.

The current constitution was made in 1999, called the 1999 constitution. In the 1999 constitution, all compulsory measures based on eugenetics and the death penalty or corporal punishments are abolished, attempts to introduce forced sterilisation or the death penalty or corporal punishments by the government are now unconstitutional. Life imprisonment is also unconstitutional under the 1999 constitution and the maximum length of sentence is 25 years.

Firearm ownership is still strictly regulated, in Tzulhon, owning private firearms is disallowed.

Before the mid 20th century, Tzulhon was an elitist republic. Before 1940s, political rights were restricted to the members of the nobility, which constituted about 1.5% of the population in 1940s. Universal suffrage was granted in 1945 by the kuulist government alongside with the abolition of the nobility class in the law.

Administrative divisions

Foreign relations

Military

Economy

Since the end of the kuulist regime, Tzulhon has seen a rapid economic growth with an estimated economic growth of around 8% in 2009.

Industrial structure

Most people in Tzulhon nowadays work in secondary and tertiary industrial sectors, about 10% of the population work in the primary industrial sectors and in the mining industry.

Transport

Public transport, like trains, trams, metro systems, and buses, are still the major mean of transport in Tzulhon. Most of the roads and railway lines in Tzulhon were built during the kuulist regime, and nowadays Tzulhon has a high density of railroads, to the degree that one can travel to virtually every district of every city and town by train.

Energy

Nuclear power is the main source of energy in Tzulhon, nuclear power provides over 80% of all electricity needs in Tzulhon, most of the nuclear power plants were built during the kuulist times.

Science and technology

Tourism

There are around 1,000,000 persons visiting Tzulhon each year, most of them are business travellers, and most local service and facilities are aimed for the needs of business travel.

Demographics

Tzulhon has a rather young population with the median age of around 27 years old, the fertility rate is around 3 births per woman in 2015.

Sex-selective abortion is an issue in Tzulhon, as a result Tzulhon has a biased sex ratio, there are about 1.1-1.2 males for every 1 female.

Ethnic groups

Tzulhon is a multiethnic country, there are a diversity of ethnic groups.

Urbanisation

Language

Tzulhon has a rather high diversity of languages, the main official language is the Modern Standard Tzulhon language.

Education

Tzulhon has a high literacy rate, the literacy rate is around 99%-100%. Education in Tzulhon is compulsory at the elementary and lower secondary levels; however, most students attend to high school and college and most people have at least a high school diploma, and as a relic of past Kuulist regime, most schools in Tzulhon are public and free, there are only few private schools in tzulhon.

In Tzulhon, most schools do not use uniforms, though there are some dress codes for students to ensure the modesty of students.

Healthcare

Most hospitals in Tzulhon are public ones, there is a national healthcare insurance program covering all citizens in Tzulhon.

On average, there are around 10 hospital beds and 3 physicians for every 1000 people.

Medical education is highly prestiged in Tzulhon; however, there are no bachelor-level medical education programmes, all medical education programmes are postgraduate programmes and people must obtain a bachelor degree before studying to be a medical doctor.

Before 1999, forced sterilisation was practised on people diagnosed with a mental illness, intellectual disabilities or developmental disabilities; also criminals committed violent crimes were reqired to be castrated to be eligible for parole. Forced sterilisation was abolished in 1999 when Tzulhon became democratic, the rule requiring all parolee to be sterilised was also abolished in 1999.

Religion

Traditional beliefs in Tzulhon are polytheistic and animistic in nature. Monasticism is not practised in Tzulhon.

Culture

Rites

Burial is the most common way to dispose the body of a deceased person, the use of cremation is not common in Tzulhon.

Heritage

Architecture

Literature

Art

Music

Theatre

Film

Cuisine

Sport

Symbols

See also