Motto | |||||||
Anthem | "Dovrigemarschen" | ||||||
Capital (and largest city) |
Kivonia | ||||||
Language official |
Befäska, Skrigere | ||||||
others | Skjöldunga, Luthorian, Dundorfian | ||||||
Religion | 58% Hosianism 22% no religion 18% Vardic paganism 2% other | ||||||
Ethnic Group | 53% Kivonian 47% Davostani 7% Skjöld 4% Hutorian 4% Dorvish 3% other | ||||||
Demonym | Davostager Davostagian Davostag | ||||||
Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic | ||||||
President Party |
Julia Neusohn National Gathering | ||||||
Premier Party |
Vera Vinther National Gathering | ||||||
Legislature | Riksdag | ||||||
Area | 998,700 km² | ||||||
Population | 15,974,251 (5335 estimate) | ||||||
GDP Total: |
10,973,203,218,705 DAV | ||||||
per capita | 110,015 DAV | ||||||
Established | 300 (Fririket) 1652 (Samfundet) 2022 (IDR) | ||||||
Currency | Davosti (DAV) | ||||||
Time Zone | GMT +1 | ||||||
summer | GMT +2 | ||||||
Calling Code | +05 | ||||||
Internet TLD | .dv |
Davostag (bef/skr: ᛏᚬᚢᚱᛁᚴᛁ, transl: Dovrige), officially the Davostag Republic (bef/skr; ᛏᚬᚢᚱᛁᚴᛁᛋ•ᚱᛁᛒᚢᛒᛚᛁᚴ, transl. Dovriges Republik), sometimes as the misnomer Davostan (bef/skr: ᛏᚬᚢᛘᛅᚱᚴ, transl: Dovmark), is a sovereign country located far-north as the westernmost state on the Makonic continent and is bordered by the ocean to the south, east and northwest, and shares its only land border with Hutori, to the north and east. With a population of 16 million, the inhabitants of Davostag, the Davostagers, speak two languages, Befäska and Skrigere.
Davostag is a unitary semi-presidential republic under a democratic system extensively developed since the mid 5300s. It is a country that has followed several forms of government, settling in recent history behind that of a constitutional republic. It has five large regions; Bindeborg, Dovmark, Sønderhavn, Kovmark and Östraland. In each regions there exists four counties with twenty in total around the nation.
Davostag is a quasi-isolationist country, holding limited international cooperation and rather actively involves itself in its immediate regional cooperation. As a growing economic and military power, the country holds a regional significance. Davostag is a member of the Collective Security and Cooperation Organization, the Confederate Economic Security Union, the Terran Pro-Democracy Camp and the World Congress, and other minor diplomatic, military or political organizations as an interested member on the international community.
Etymology[]
The native Davostagian name, Dovrige (a compound of the words Dovga and rike), translates as "realm of the Davostagers", and its first recorded use were in the 1100 CE. Before that the known name for Davostag was Dovmarg (a compound of the words Dovga and marg) which translates as "march of the Davostagers", though this name is most commonly used to reference the time of Davostag before the Davostani-Kivonian split. The word marg is today considered a rare form of the word mark)
Sometimes, especially in international relations, the name Davostan (Dovmark in the Davostagian languages, a compound of the words Dovsk and mark) meaning "march of the Davostanis" or "march of [the island] Dovsk", is used as a misnomer for Davostag. While domestically Dovmark refers to the island of Dovmark known originally as Dovsk, or it could refer to the historical territories controlled by Davostanis. In some cases in modern history, the official name of the state have used Davostan, which is most likely due to Davostani domination, while the opposite have also occurred by the Kivonians in more recent history. Today the generally agreed term for the country and nation is Davostag.
Demonym[]
There are three distinct demonyms of Davostag. The first is Davostager, which generally refers to those nationals who belong to one of the two dominant ethnic groups; then there is Davostagian, which is a newer term either used for citizens not belonging to the two dominant ethnic groups or as an adjective (i.e. a Davostagian people); the third term, Davostag, has been the historically used adjective when referring to something 'from/of Davostag' (i.e. Unholy Davostag Empire or Davostag Progressive Reform Party). One could look at it in the way that Davostagian means that something is very specifically 'from Davostag', while Davostag rather means that something is 'of Davostag'.
Alphabet and runes[]
In ancient Davostag the primary script used were the Altskrift, but with the rise of Hosianism the Selucian alphabet became the primary form of text in the country until the passing of the Cultural Davostager Restoration Act in 5379 which saw the reintroduction of the runes as co-script with the alphabet.
History[]
The Davostagian national identity is derived on the basis of the historical, cultural and religious unity as well as the similar linguistics of the two historic ethnic groups, the Davostagian Skrigere ("Davostanis") and the Davostagian Befäskar ("Kivonians") who are native to the region through various Dundorfic migrations between 300 and 700 CE. The Skrigere arrived first and settled in what is today in the northern regions of Davostag, while the Befäskar settled in the southern parts. The two people lived in peace, traded and practiced Vardic paganism for several centuries and together became known as Davostagers.
With the constant influence of northern Artanian military customs, the development of a hierarchical clan culture, and the languages starting to clearly differentiate, the three Befäskar tribes: Nordhar, Virkar and Arknar (Luthorian: Nordes, Vinkers and Arcnies), were violently unified by the Nordes' clan of Kivonah, this would be seen as the historical split between the Befäskar and Skrigere. The Clan Kivonah would found the city of Kivonia, which the Befäskar would adopt as its name, "Kivoner" (Luthorian: Kivonians). The Kivonians would go on to be more liberal minded than their counterparts, embracing scholarly freedom, scientific advancement, polygamy, and some other taboo practices rarely present today.
When the split occurred it was not clearly noticed until several decades later when Kivonians began raiding into the northern Skrigere regions, conquering and pillaging, and Kivonian scholars addressing and classifying the Skrigere tribes as a foreign people, dubbing them "Dovskere" (Luthorian: Davostanis) in reference to the island of Dovsk (today commonly known as Dovmark or Dovland) which the Skrigeres first settled in their migrations. Due to the rising hostility from the Kivonians, the Davostanis became increasingly isolationist and conservative. Around the same time, Vardic paganism began to decline among the Davostanis who instead embraced Satanilism and would continue to do so for centuries to come, until recent history when it fell out of favor.
Hosianism through the Aurorian Patriarchal Church came to and developed around 11th century CE in southern Davostag, on the islands of Bindeborg, eventually spreading into the southern mainland but remained in that part of the country as the northern-based Satanilists remained headstrong resistant to it. Abjurant denominations have managed to gain footholds in the country a few times but has never fully been popular until recent history with the establishment of the Church of Davostag that embraced a nativized form of the Abjurant denomination described 'Puritan Abjurantism'. Today with the Aurorians diminished and the Satanilists long gone, the Church of Davostag stands as the predominant national church of the country, but Vardic paganism, while almost disappearing after Hosianism arrived, has been on the rise again with a large portion of the population practicing it.
Geography[]
Davostag stretches across a large extent of the north-west of the island-continent Makon. From north to south the East Makonian Plain is clad sequentially in tundra, coniferous forest, mixed and broad-leaf forests, grassland, and mountains (fringing the Makonian Sea) as the changes in vegetation reflect the changes in climate.
The climate of Davostag formed under the influence of several determining factors. The enormous size of the continent and the remoteness of many areas from the sea result in the dominance of the continental climate, which is prevalent in Davostag except for the tundra Mountains in the south obstructing the flow of warm air masses from the Makonian Sea and the plain of the north makes the country open to Arctic and Atlantic influences.
Throughout much of the territory there are only two distinct seasons — winter and summer; spring and autumn are usually brief periods of change between extremely low temperatures and mildly high. The coldest month is January (on the shores of the sea—February), the warmest usually is July. Great ranges of temperature are typical. In winter, temperatures get colder both from south to north and from west to east. Summers can be quite hot and humid. The continental interiors are the driest areas.
Demographics[]
The ethnic, religious and linguistic demographics of Davostag has changed a lot over the course of the centuries.
Ethnic demographics[]
- 82% Davostagers
- 53% Kivonians
- 47% Davostanis
- 7% Skjöld
- 4% Hutorians
- 4% Dorvish
- 3% Other
Religious demographics[]
In the beginning, the ancient Davostagers practiced Vardic paganism which held on strong. But it began to decline among the Davostanis later on who instead embraced Satanilism and would continue to do so for centuries to come, until recent history when it fell out of favor. Hosianism through the Aurorian Patriarchal Church came to and developed around 11th century CE in southern Davostag, on the islands of Bindeborg, eventually spreading into the southern mainland but remained in that part of the country as the northern-based Satanilists remained headstrong resistant to it. Abjurant denominations have managed to gain footholds in the country a few times but has never fully been popular until recent history with the establishment of the Church of Davostag that embraced a nativized form of the Abjurant denomination described 'Puritan Abjurantism'.
Today with the Aurorians diminished and the Satanilists long gone, the Church of Davostag stands as the predominant national church of the country, but Vardic paganism, while almost disappearing after Hosianism arrived, has been on the rise again with a large portion of the population practicing it.
- 58% Hosianism
- 41% Church of Davostag
- 11% Aurorian Patriarchal Church
- 4% Telemon Orthodox Church
- 2% Orthodox Church of Terra
- 22% Atheistic/Agnostic/Irreligious
- 18% Vardic paganism
- 2% other
Linguistic demographics[]
- 43% Befäska
- 39% Skrigere
- 7% Skjöldunga
- 4% Luthorian
- 4% Dundorfian
- 3% Other
Government and politics[]
Davostag, by the Charter of the Republic, is a unitary semi-presidential republic with a parliamentary democracy. The president, who goes by title of Rikspresident ("President of the Realm"), is the head of state, and the premier is the head of government. It is structured with the intention of a multi-party representative democracy, with the national government composed of three branches:
- Legislative: The unicameral parliament, made up of the 345-member Riksdag, discussing, proposes and adopts national law, declares war, approves treaties, has the power of the purse and the power of impeachment of the premier.
- Executive: The president is the commander-in-chief and head of the state and appoints the premier to act as the head of the government who in turn appoints the Cabinet of Davostag and other officers, who administer and enforce national laws and policies.
- Judiciary: The Constitutional Court, Supreme Court and lower regional courts, whose judges are appointed by the Ministry of Justice on the recommendation of the premier, interpret laws and can overturn laws they deem unconstitutional.
The president is directly elected by the people of Davostag for a four-year term, while nominating the premier who is confirmed by the Riksdag for a four-year term, with both allowed to hold their the offices for as many terms as possible. Ministries of the government are composed of his deputies, ministers, and selected other individuals; all are appointed by the premier on behalf of the president with the consent of the Riksdag.
Administrative divisions[]
Davostag is divided into 5 regions or provinces known as landskap. As of 5335, the landskap are subdivided into 20 län or underdistrikt ("counties"), which are further fragmented into 200 kommuner ("municipalities"). Major cities normally have the status of kommuner, but dubbed stad ("city") instead and headed by a stadsfullmäktige ("city-council") instead of a kommunfullmäktige ("municipal-council"). Administrative authority at the landskap level is shared between an elected landsting ("regional assembly") which appoints the landshövding ("governor") at the recommendation of the government.
Military[]
The armed forces of Davostag, officially known as the Davostag Armed Forces is the military branch of the Davostagian state. The modern Davostag Armed Forces have their foundation in the early 4790s, known as the Davostag Defense Forces until late 5300s, as the military was completely abolished from 4779 to 4790 after the Macon War. The Armed Forces are administratively controlled by both the Davostag Ministry of Defence and the Military High Command, which is situated in the Davostag High Command building, known as the Davostag Military High Command Headquarters. The commanding officer of the armed forces is the Chief of the Military High Command and is appointed by the government.
The Davostag Armed Forces is comprised of four official branches: the Davostag Army, the Davostag Navy, the Davostag Air Force, the Davostag Military Police, including various sub-branches such as the Davostag Coastal Force. The Davostag Defense Forces is assisted by the Military Intelligence Service, the main intelligence organization of the Davostag military. Due to the Kivonian warrior-culture, the military is considered to be a vital piece to the Davostagian society.
Culture[]
The two ethnic groups, the Davostanis and Kivonians live under the Davostagian national identity, viewing each other as no more than two parts of a greater whole. Exchanging cultural ideas and values, today the Davostagers are generally considered to be reserved, scientifically progressive, conservative in social affairs, liberal in expression, as well as having an affinity for rural life, with the military traditions and culture remaining strong in the population. The Kivonian concept of Folkhemmet ("the People's Home") has led the Davostagers to be considered collectivist with a strong national pride. While the Kivonian clan culture have weakened and only remains as a very small minority among the Kivonians, it persists in a ceremonial fashion as a unique form of aristocracy in the country.