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The Nerotysian Revolutionary Union
Revolucionarna unija Črnazska
Grand Emblem of Nerotysia
Flag Grand Emblem
Motto: Join arms for a better future!
Anthem: Bitka za Drazka
CapitalShynsk
Largest Cynapesk
Official languages Pelkish, Kysian, Varjak, Pyrkish, Tyrsian, Apnian, Okassian, Tyrish, Ergralian, Farlian
Recognised national languages see Languages of Nerotysia
Demonym Nerotysian
Government Marxist-Chalyist single-party state
 •  Premier Izaak Żernowski
 •  Chairperson Anna Rakoszalya
 •  General Secretary Dario Laspović
 •  Vice-Chairperson Pavle Cipkanović
Independence from Kolintha
 •  Declared 5 May 1921 
 •  Constitution 1 December 1921 
Area
 •  423,750 km2
163,611 sq mi
Population
 •  2015 estimate 227,202,093 (3rd)
 •  Density 536/km2 (2nd)
1,388.2/sq mi
GDP (nominal) 2015 estimate
 •  Total $15.93 trillion (1st)
 •  Per capita $70,122
Gini.26
low
HDI (2015)11px .92
very high
Currency Kapka (NRK)
Time zone Peninsular Ordan
Drives on the left

The Nerotysian Revolutionary Union, more commonly known as Nerotysia, is a Marxist state in northern Ordis. It is the third most populous nation in the world with over 227 million inhabitants. The Revolutionary Union is a single-party republic, ruled by the Revolutionary Nerotysian Communist Party, which maintains Constitutional control over the government and plays an important role in politics and society. Officially, the nation is a federal union of 162 city-republics, with the government exercising jurisdiction over a further 7 embryonic republics and 4 all-union territories.

Nerotysia can trace its origins to the North Slavs, who consolidated into small kingdoms after the collapse of the Acheric Empire. Of these, the medieval state of Os was the most powerful. It adopted Catholicism from the Frankish and Spanish kingdoms to the south, beginning a cultural synthesis that would later attract southern settlers during the Great Departure and the foundation of Tysiak cities on the peninsula. The Os eventually disintegrated, setting the stage for the rise of city-state rule. Paras rose to dominate these cities until the 13th century, when the Kannic Keiserate began raiding and invading the peninsula. This paved the way for the rise of Shynsk as a peninsular power, and by the 15th century it had expelled the Kans from the peninsula and began uniting the disparate cities into the Nyrossic Tsardom, which was officially proclaimed in 1502. The late 18th century was marked by numerous wars with the Kolish Empire, as it fought to subjugate the declining Tsardom as a colonial possession.

The Nerotysian Revolution in 1921 overthrew Kolish rule and established the Revolutionary Union as it exists today. As a newly sovereign nation-state, Nerotysia played a key role in the Second Endwar, defeating the Kolish Empire and the Spanish Imperium and establishing numerous communist states in the liberated territories of northern Orda and western Escar. Leading the communist bloc during the Cold War, Nerotysia saw many of the most significant scientific achievements of the 20th century, including the launch of the first man-made satellite into space and the first man in space.

Today, Nerotysia retains its superpower status, possessing the world's largest economy by nominal GDP and the largest defense budget, as well as the second-largest standing army. It founded the Ordic Communist Union, and is a permanent member of the Ordic League Security Council. It is also a recognized nuclear state and possesses the world's second-largest nuclear arsenal, smaller only than the arsenal of it's geopolitical rival, Khornera.


Etymology[edit | edit source]

Many different cultures have had many different names for the people who lived on the Nerotysian peninsula, usually a modified form of the word "peninsula" in their language. For most of its history, the people of the peninsula identified themselves as part of individual city-states, for example Shynskis or Parskis. The word "Nerotysia" first appeared when the peninsula was under the control of the Kols, and it fell into use as a favorite way for the locals to distinguish themselves from the rest of the empire. This word seems to have its origins in the language of a primitive mountain tribe which was conquered by Shynsk, where the word eventually found its modern form as the two languages mixed. The Peski word for Nerotysia, Črnazsja, seems to be a rough translation of the original word from Kysian to Peski.


History[edit | edit source]

Earliest Settlements[edit | edit source]

The Classical Age[edit | edit source]

The Feudal Age[edit | edit source]

19th Century[edit | edit source]

Early 20th Century[edit | edit source]

Mid 20th Century[edit | edit source]

Late 21st Century[edit | edit source]

Politics[edit | edit source]

The Revolutionary Nerotysian Communist Party[edit | edit source]

Governance[edit | edit source]

Military[edit | edit source]

The Nerotysian armed forces are divided into the Nerotysian People's Army, the Nerotysian People's Navy, and the Nerotysian People's Air Force. There is also the People's Special Services, which contains most other Nerotysian military organizations. As of 2015, there are a total of 2,538,279 personnel on active duty, with a further 493,116 personnel in reserve. All youths must undergo twelve weeks of basic military training once they reach the age of 18, and then can either choose to serve freely in the military or leave. A random lottery selects recruits for the reserve force from those who chose to leave the military after basic training; these draftees then undergo further training with the volunteers.

Nerotysia has the second-largest nuclear stockpile in Ordis. It has a large and powerful fleet of small guided-missile destroyers, which form the core of its navy and whose primary job is to hunt down and destroy enemy ships and establish Nerotysian dominance at sea. It's army is large, highly-trained and well equipped, designed to defend against Nerotysia's primary enemies on land. The NPAF is large and well-funded, and is widely considered to be Ordis' most potent air force.

There is a large and thriving indigenous arms industry in the country, with almost all of its primary arms manufactured domestically. Nerotysia is also one of the larget exporters of military equipment in the world, with many of its communist allies using purchased or loaned Nerotysian weaponry.

Administrative Divisions[edit | edit source]

Geography[edit | edit source]

Topography[edit | edit source]

Nerotysia is primarily divided between two distinct topographies. Along the coast of the peninsula stretch vast swathes of temperate mixed forests, dominated by coniferous spruces and broadleaf oaks. Some climatic elements of these forests, however, have led some to suggest that they could be referred to more accurately as boreal forests, or taiga. Most experts agree that they are a mix of these two biomes. In contrast, the inland areas of the peninsula are highly mountainous, and so most of these areas are either tundra or subalpine coniferous forests with very limited biodiversity.

Nerotysia possesses very little arable land, as much of the nation is either too rocky or too cold for agriculture. The massive Valkan mountain chain, which stretches across much of northwestern Ordis, terminates in Nerotysia and gives it its distinctive mountain ranges. There are many dormant and active volcanoes on the peninsula, and one of them reaches to the highest point in Nerotysia, Mt. Svarog.

As it is a peninsula, Nerotysia's coastlines are extensive, sweeping along both the Haderic Ocean to the north and the vitally important Northern Neptic Ocean to the east and south. The peninsula is crisscrossed by thousands of rivers and streams, such as the Ciniska, the Lilkas and the Oklast. Accompanying these are equally massive numbers of lakes and other inland bodies of water, giving Nerotysia an abundance of accessible liquid fresh water, one of the highest abundances in the region. The nation's capital, Shynsk, is centered around the prominent Lake Kyska.


Economy[edit | edit source]

The Nerotysian Revolutionary Union has a market socialist economy which relies on the nation's vast manufacturing and service sectors and high productivity. According to the Ordic Economic Bureau, Nerotysia has a GDP of approximately $15.93 trillion, making it the largest economy in the world, closely followed by Khornera. The Nerotysian Kapka is one of Ordis' two largest reserve currencies, alongside the Khorneran Crown.

Nerotysia's economy grew rapidly throughout the 1920s and 30s, and decentralization after the Second Endwar fueled Nerotysia's rapid rise as an economic superpower. The Ordic Grand Depression in 1996 devastated Nerotysia's stagnating GDP and productivity, and forced the RNCP to implement a series of sweeping reforms, changing the mostly-planned economy into a mixed-market system under Rakoszalyan market socialism. These reforms spurred a second boom in the Nerotysian economy, reversing the economic malaise of the previous decade.

Nerotysia is one of Ordis' primary exporters of rare earth metals, especially dysprosium. Aside from those, manufactured goods such as various electronics, plastics, glass, cement, and military equipment make up large portions of Nerotysian exports. Raw resources such as coal continue to be major exports, although Nerotysian coal reserves have begun to decline dramatically. Newer resources, such as natural gas and uranium, in addition to silica, are beginning to outpace coal as major sources of trade income for the nation.

Most of the nation's imports are centered around agriculture, as Nerotysia possesses very little arable land. Wheat, corn, coffee, and fruits are all imported in massive amounts from countries such as Alsheb and Sarlakhistan in order to fuel Nerotysian economic growth. Beef and livestock are also significant imports.

The private sector is tightly regulated and constitutes around 40% of the economy, with state-owned industry and government activity making up the other 60%. The nation has reached the postindustrial stage of economic development, with the service sector making up 64.6% of the nation's GDP. Entertainment and cultural services make up a large chunk of the nation's service sector, and Nerotysia's entertainment industries are often considered the largest in Ordis. The Revolutionary Broadcasting Company (RBC) is one of the largest of its kind, and the Sisi Sokulya Company is one of the largest and most recognized media conglomerates in the world.