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| governing_bodytitle = [[Parliament of Istalia]]
 
| governing_bodytitle = [[Parliament of Istalia]]
 
| HoStitle = [[President of the Republic (Istalia)|President of the Republic]]<br><small>Party</small>
 
| HoStitle = [[President of the Republic (Istalia)|President of the Republic]]<br><small>Party</small>
| HoSname = Quinziano Mondi<br><br><small>[http://classic.particracy.net/viewparty.php?partyid=35311 Conservative Authoritarian Party]</small>
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| HoSname = Hadan Al-Maktum<br><br><small>[[Radical Alliance (Istalia)|Radical Alliance]]</small>
 
| CoGtitle = <br>[[Prime Minister of Istalia|Prime Minister of the Republic]]<br><small>Party</small>
 
| CoGtitle = <br>[[Prime Minister of Istalia|Prime Minister of the Republic]]<br><small>Party</small>
| CoGname = <br>[[Cabinet Bronzi (Istalia)|Vittoria Bronzi]]<br><br><br><small>[[Un'Istalia]]</small>
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| CoGname = <br>[[Cabinet Squicciarini (Istalia)|Claudio Squicciarini]]<br><br><br><small>[[Partito degli Agricoltori|Farmers' Party]]</small>
 
| area = 669.600
 
| area = 669.600
 
| population = 99,679,814 (4199)
 
| population = 99,679,814 (4199)
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Nowadays 66% of the current Istalian population belong to the [[Hosianism]] (63% to [[Aurorian Patriarchal Church]], 2% to [[Terran Patriarchal Church]] and 1% to other denominations), the second larger religion is [[Ahmadism]] which is followed by 12% of the population (11% belonging to [[Israism]] and 1% to [[Abadism]] and other denominations), while 18% declare themselves as irreligious, most part Atheist.
 
Nowadays 66% of the current Istalian population belong to the [[Hosianism]] (63% to [[Aurorian Patriarchal Church]], 2% to [[Terran Patriarchal Church]] and 1% to other denominations), the second larger religion is [[Ahmadism]] which is followed by 12% of the population (11% belonging to [[Israism]] and 1% to [[Abadism]] and other denominations), while 18% declare themselves as irreligious, most part Atheist.
 
===Hosianism===
 
===Hosianism===
Most Istalians have always had a strong bond with religious Hosian values, given that Hosianism is part of the background in which Istalian culture developed and which became probably one of the strongest ethnic unifying factors for the Istalian people, especially during the struggles against the Ahmadi denominations which tried to limit the practice of Hosianism by favoring the diffusion of the Ahmadism which however never constituted more than 35% of the population.<br />This attempt to destroy one of the fundamental feature of the Istalians increased even more the hostility between the two ethnicities and especially before the rise of the communist forces Istalians have always strongly considered their Hosian faith an integral part of their ethnic identity; this is probably could be a cause for the large consensus always gained by [[Hosian Democracy|Hosian Democratic parties]].<br />During the regime of the [[Union of Quanzari Soviets|Quanzari Soviets]] all religions were banned but when the ''Quanzarian Republic'' was founded in 2235, the first modern liberal republic in Istalia, religious freedom was reintroduced and as a result if a return to Istalian rule Hosianism started to regain its position and in the following century this has caused the decrease of the proportion of Ahmadis people in the country from the 32% at the time of the end of the Emirate to the 16% of today.<br>Soon after the fall of the Quanzari Emirata, despite the state atheism of the Union of the Quanzari Soviets, the dissident ideas of what would become the [[Theognosian Church]] began to spread in Istalia to become, after the fall of the Soviets, quickly the largest Hosian denomination in the nation, and the ancient ''Patriarchate of Quanzar'' became the major Theognosian Patriarchate in Majatra extending its authority also on Solentia and [[Kafuristan]], although almost until the end of the Church's it was always dominated by the [[Canrillaise (ethnicity)|Canrillaise]] element.<br />When the [[Second Council of Auroria]] was announced, the Istalian bishops of the Patriarchy of Quanzar showed themselves among the stronger unionist supporters from the Theognosian delegation to the Council and in effect the bishop of Romula, Gregorio Augustani, head of the Istalian part of the ''Patriarchate of Quanzar'', emerged as the most charismatic leader of the Theognosian Church, more than the Thognosian Arch-Patriarch in [[Ville de Saints]] of the time. Bishop Gregorio became so influential that when the previous Arch-Patriarch died Gregorio was elected as new Arch-Patriarch of the Theognosian Church, the first to break away from centuries of Canrillaise domination of Ville de Saints, as well as the first to adopt a non-Canrillaise pontifical name, ''Benedetto V''. Thanks to his efforts the entire Theognosian Church finally merged into the new [[Aurorian Patriarchal Church]], recognized as the legitimate heir of the [[Holy Apostolic Hosian Church of Terra]], which is still the official name, and thanks to the new influence of the Istalian element into the Theognosian rite the Patriarchy was renamed ''Patriarchy of Istalia, Solentia and Quanzar''.<br />Currently however, after the end of the last isolationist period of Istalia in the 41st century, and the penetration of a more globalist culture, the religious influence is decreasing even more, a situation showed also by the increase of those which consider itself "not-religious".
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Most Istalians have always had a strong bond with religious Hosian values, given that Hosianism is part of the background in which Istalian culture developed and which became probably one of the strongest ethnic unifying factors for the Istalian people, especially during the struggles against the Ahmadi denominations which tried to limit the practice of Hosianism by favoring the diffusion of the Ahmadism which however never constituted more than 35% of the population.<br />This attempt to destroy one of the fundamental feature of the Istalians increased even more the hostility between the two ethnicities and especially before the rise of the communist forces Istalians have always strongly considered their Hosian faith an integral part of their ethnic identity; this is probably could be a cause for the large consensus always gained by [[Hosian Democracy|Hosian Democratic parties]].<br />During the regime of the [[Union of Quanzari Soviets|Quanzari Soviets]] all religions were banned but when the ''Quanzarian Republic'' was founded in 2235, the first modern liberal republic in Istalia, religious freedom was reintroduced and as a result if a return to Istalian rule Hosianism started to regain its position and in the following century this has caused the decrease of the proportion of Ahmadis people in the country from the 32% at the time of the end of the Emirate to the 16% of today.<br />Soon after the fall of the Quanzari Emirata, despite the state atheism of the Union of the Quanzari Soviets, the dissident ideas of what would become the [[Theognosian Church]] began to spread in Istalia to become, after the fall of the Soviets, quickly the largest Hosian denomination in the nation, and the ancient ''Patriarchate of Quanzar'' became the major Theognosian Patriarchate in Majatra extending its authority also on Solentia and [[Kafuristan]], although almost until the end of the Church's it was always dominated by the [[Canrillaise (ethnicity)|Canrillaise]] element.<br />When the [[Second Council of Auroria]] was announced, the Istalian bishops of the Patriarchy of Quanzar showed themselves among the stronger unionist supporters from the Theognosian delegation to the Council and in effect the bishop of Romula, Gregorio Augustani, head of the Istalian part of the ''Patriarchate of Quanzar'', emerged as the most charismatic leader of the Theognosian Church, more than the Thognosian Arch-Patriarch in [[Ville de Saints]] of the time. Bishop Gregorio became so influential that when the previous Arch-Patriarch died Gregorio was elected as new Arch-Patriarch of the Theognosian Church, the first to break away from centuries of Canrillaise domination of Ville de Saints, as well as the first to adopt a non-Canrillaise pontifical name, ''Benedetto V''. Thanks to his efforts the entire Theognosian Church finally merged into the new [[Aurorian Patriarchal Church]], recognized as the legitimate heir of the [[Holy Apostolic Hosian Church of Terra]], which is still the official name, and thanks to the new influence of the Istalian element into the Theognosian rite the Patriarchy was renamed ''Patriarchy of Istalia, Solentia and Quanzar''.<br />Currently however, after the end of the last isolationist period of Istalia in the 41st century, and the penetration of a more globalist culture, the religious influence is decreasing even more, a situation showed also by the increase of those which consider itself "not-religious".
 
===Ahmadism===
 
===Ahmadism===
About the Ahmadism in Istalia, the strongly secular principles which dominated the Fourth Republic since its foundation affected greatly also the Istalian Majatrans who, being fully integrated into the secular society of the country, are seen as the most progressist and modern followers of the Ahmadi Faith and which practice what is called informally as ''Modern Ahmadism'', ''Liberal Ahmadism'', ''Progressive Ahmadism'' or ''Corrupt Ahmadism'', the latter in a derogatory sense by part of the more conservative communities. Despite the criticism, however, most part of the believers consider themself fully Ahmadis due to the fact that they they believe in all the fundamental dogmas of Ahmadism: the ''Articles of faith'' and the ''Five Foundamental Practices''. Actually, the majority of the Ahmadis in Istalia belong officially to the [[Israism|Israi]] branch of the Ahmadism, which is considered the orthodox branch of this religion, but the great majority of Istalian Majatrans doesn't follow strictly the traditional ahmadis prescriptions and, of course, among them there are many that declares themself to be atheist or agnostic. About the rights of the women and the genders relations, as well as other traditional ahmadi societal principles, virtually no one strictly respect these provisions and actually there is no gender segregation a part in few more traditionalist Mosques.<br>This is due to the fact that in Istalia, the Ahmadis believe in a individual and ethics interpretation of scripture rather than a literal interpretation; they don't consider the original revelation as a single, precise and valid interpretation of the [[Book of Bliss]] handed down by the Prophet for all times, but believe that only the meaning of the Holy Text is considered to be a revelation, with its expression in words seen as the work of the prophet [[Ahmad]] in his particular time and context. Furthermore, they focused themself just on the Book of Bliss, considered as the only veritable divine revelation, while the scriptures added by Ahmad and the first Ahmadi schoolars are seen as not originating from Akim and considered as ahmadist reviews of social, economic and personal principles charaterizing the pre-ahmadi Barmenian and then Majatran cultural customs and traditions of the 12th century.
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About the Ahmadism in Istalia, the strongly secular principles which dominated the Fourth Republic since its foundation affected greatly also the Istalian Majatrans who, being fully integrated into the secular society of the country, are seen as the most progressist and modern followers of the Ahmadi Faith and which practice what is called informally as ''Modern Ahmadism'', ''Liberal Ahmadism'', ''Progressive Ahmadism'' or ''Corrupt Ahmadism'', the latter in a derogatory sense by part of the more conservative communities. Despite the criticism, however, most part of the believers consider themself fully Ahmadis due to the fact that they they believe in all the fundamental dogmas of Ahmadism: the ''Articles of faith'' and the ''Five Foundamental Practices''. Actually, the majority of the Ahmadis in Istalia belong officially to the [[Israism|Israi]] branch of the Ahmadism, which is considered the orthodox branch of this religion, but the great majority of Istalian Majatrans doesn't follow strictly the traditional ahmadis prescriptions and, of course, among them there are many that declares themself to be atheist or agnostic. About the rights of the women and the genders relations, as well as other traditional ahmadi societal principles, virtually no one strictly respect these provisions and actually there is no gender segregation a part in few more traditionalist Mosques.<br />This is due to the fact that in Istalia, the Ahmadis believe in a individual and ethics interpretation of scripture rather than a literal interpretation; they don't consider the original revelation as a single, precise and valid interpretation of the [[Book of Bliss]] handed down by the Prophet for all times, but believe that only the meaning of the Holy Text is considered to be a revelation, with its expression in words seen as the work of the prophet [[Ahmad]] in his particular time and context. Furthermore, they focused themself just on the Book of Bliss, considered as the only veritable divine revelation, while the scriptures added by Ahmad and the first Ahmadi schoolars are seen as not originating from Akim and considered as ahmadist reviews of social, economic and personal principles charaterizing the pre-ahmadi Barmenian and then Majatran cultural customs and traditions of the 12th century.
   
 
==Education==
 
==Education==

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Istalian Republic

Repubblica Istaliana (Istalian)
Flag Coat of Arms
Flag of Istalia Emblem of Istalia
Location of Istalia
Location of Istalia

Motto
Patriae Unitas et Civium Libertas (Selucian)
("Unity of the Country and Freedom of Citizens")

Anthem "Fratelli d'Istalia"
Capital Romula
Largest city Romula
Language
  official
 
Istalian
  others Majatran
Religion
  main
 
66% Hosian
    •63%Aurorian
      •42% Theognosian Rite
      •21% Selucian Rite
    •2% Terran Patriarchal
    •1% Other
  others
18% Irreligious
    •12% Atheist
    •6% Agnostic
12% Ahmadi
    •11% Israi
    •1% Abadi
4% Other religion
Ethnic Groups
  main
 
76% Istalian
  others
15% Majatran
2% Solentian
2% Kalopian
1% Baltusian
1% Zardic
1% Barmenian
1% Saridanese
1% Other ethnicity
Demonym Istalian
Government Unitary Constitutional Semi-Presidential Republic
President of the Republic
Party
Hadan Al-Maktum

Radical Alliance

Prime Minister of the Republic
Party

Claudio Squicciarini


Farmers' Party
Legislature
Parliament of the Istalian Republic
    •Chamber of Deputies
    •Senate of the Republic
Area 669.600 km²
Population 99,679,814 (4199) 
GDP
  Total:
 
£ 619,251,643,874 LIS (4199)
  per capita £ 6,214 LIS (4199)
Established 1 March 3364 (current Republic)

2 May 2263 (first Republic)

Currency Istalian Lira (LIS, £)
Time Zone GMT +3
  summer GMT +4
Drives on the Right
Calling Code +39
Internet TLD .ist
Organizations World Congress
Majatran Alliance

Istalia, officially Istalian Republic, Repubblica Istaliana in Istalian (Majatran: إستاليا and الجمهورية الإستالية, transl. as 'iistalia and aljumhuriat al'iistalia), is a nation which lies on the south-eastern top of the Majatran continent, on the Sarrentina Peninsula and on the island of Alaria, bordering only with Solentia on the north-west and surrounded by the Sea of Lost Souls on the north and by the Perarctic Ocean on the south, connected by the Strait of Ingris which divides the island by the mainland. With an area of 669.600 km², the nation consists of 5 regions, called regioni, of which three are located on the peninsular part of the country, and the other two lie on Alaria. Its capital is Romula and the people of Istalia are known by the demonym Istalians (istaliani in Istalian).

Istalia is a nation which can boast a long history given the fact that it is considered one of the cradles of civilization, where one of the most ancient civilization of Majatra developed, spreading from the mighty city of Qolshamih.
Afterwards Istalian culture was heavily influenced by Selucian colonization, to the extent that modernday Istalian culture is primarily characterized by its Selucian legacy influenced by Hosianism (initially of the Augustan and then of the Selucian variety).
However the land of the peninsula and the island knew many foreign dominations since its conquest by the Augustan Empire in the early medieval period and then by the Ahmadi Caliphate, but the most significant was the rule of the Qanzar Emirs, who first conquered the peninsula in 1771 as part of the larger Empire of Quanzar and then, since 1934 after the fall of the Empire, moved their center of power in Istalia renaming it as Emirate of Quanzar, a domination which had such a lasting impact on the nation that Istalia was known as Quanzar until 2263.
The name Quanzar then was used later during several restorations of the monarchy and of the Quanzari rule in Istalia until 3365 when the current Republic, the fourth, was founded. In 4388 the Fourth Republic celebrated its thousandth anniversary. This is the longest and most enduring republican democratic regime that existed in Istalia.

Since the begining of the 43rd century Istalia is considered as one of the Great Power of Terra, one of the main and most influential actors on the international stage. Istalia can boast diplomatic, strategic, commercial and economic relations with most part of the nations and represents a leading member of some of the most important international organizations, first of all into the World Congress where, since the foundation of the organization, has been always chosen to hold the Majatran Seat of the World Congress Security Council, and it's founder member of the Majatran Alliance. Istalia imposed itself as Great Power also thanks to the vigorous development of the Armed Forces started in the second half of 41st century which continued for decades and which allowed the country to boast finally one of the most powerful military of Terra. Today Istalia is able to project its forces all over the world, to maintain several foreign bases in allied countries and to detain a consistent nuclear arsenal. The nation is also considered to be one of the largest economies of the world, being able to boast an advanced and powerful industrial sector and an highly developed Tertiary whose services sector is one of the most advanced of Terra. It has advanced and well-known shipbuilding and aerospatial industries and it is a leading military exporters. The istalian miracle of 42nd century was a foundamental step which allowed Istalia to increase, a part its military power, also its influence worldwide and first of all in Majatra.

Etymology

The name Istalia derives from the previous Alarian-Selucian term Estalia, as post-medieval evolution of the term in the Sarregnan, or Nicoman, dialect.
The term Estalia, instead, derives from the early ancient name which the Selucian settlers gave to the island of Alaria, Estaliae Terra, meaning Land of the East. Now, in Selucian the correct term to translate east is Oriens, Orientis and the adjective form is orientalis, orientalis, so a more correct form in Selucian would be Orientalis or Orientis Terra. However, one of the island of the Selucian Archipelago, or part of it, already had a similar name derived directly from the term Oriens. For this reason, and maybe also because the cities which colonized Alaria were in competion with the cities in the eastern part of Selucia, it was prefered the term Estalia, Estaliae, a selucian sincretism developed in the Selucian colonies in Kalopia and Solentia and itself derived from the ancient Kalopian eos and from the Enetric term ausos, "to glow, shine", from which derives also the term Aurora, the down, where the sun rises, so the east. The modern Istalian term to translate the Luthorian east, indeed, is est, with clearly the same origin, which use became common since the modern era, replacing in many contexts the older term oriente, due to the increasing influence of the Artanian nations on Majatra, which used term phonetically closer to est, especially in scientific and commercial contexts.

History

Main article: History of Istalia

Ancient times

Excavations throughout the Nation revealed that the mainland was inhabitated already around 7000 BCE by eastern pre-Qedarite, after which the region was impacted by the Enetric Migrations and even more by the Qedarite Migrations which established first recognized form of advanced civilization.
Around 2000 BCE some Quedarite tribes arrived in the Sarrentina Peninsula and conquered the native peoples but then mixing with them. The civilization which arose was known after the name of its major religious, political and economic center, the mighty city of Qolshamih (founded according to the myth in 1832 BCE but archaeological evidence suggests that the site was inhabited at the earliest by 900 BCE). The Kingdom of Qolshamih, later known as Kingdom of Karron, is remembered as one of the first civilization of Majatra, together with the Kingdom of Irkawa, but despite the ruling classes descended from some of the first Quedarite arrived in the continent, it was never classified as a Qedarite civilization, too much mixed with the native people and which developed its own language and culture, with very few Quedarite charateristic, although recognizable.
The Kingdom survived until the second century of the hosian era, knowing its golden ege under the kings of the Alsamite era which saw the flurishing of the syncretic Qolshamin-Selucian culture. In fact, since the 6th century BCE, the island of Alaria and then the mainland were interested by the Selucian colonization which influenced largely the pre-existent civilizations and which in the following century, after the fall of the Kingdom of Kerron, became the primary culture of the Peninsula and in which the culture of today's Istalians has its roots.
The ancient period in this part of Majatra ended with the fall of Qolshamih after natural disasters, economic downturn, the invasion of proto-majatran tribes from the north and increasing internal crisis and fragmentation of the power.

Early Medieval period

During the medieval period, Istalia, like the rest of Majatra, has been interested by the expansions of the continental empires which marked the early and later medieval Majatra: the Augustan Empire conquered Peninsula and Island in 503 CE, almost two centuries after the fall of the Kingdom of Karron, after a brief war greased by the fragmentation of power in this period. Under the Augustan dominion, thanks to the affinity with their civilization, the Selucians became definitively, as said, the main political, economical and cultural ethnic element in the area, developing an interesting cultural melange which left important testimoniancies in Istalia and, most important for the future development of the civilization in this area, the Augustans assured to the Hosianism the place of main religion which in few years supplanted all the ancient polytheist faiths.
After few centuries the Augustan dominion became aver more unstable and in the area of Solentia and Istalia slowly seven kingdom affirmed their power, first as vassals of the Augustan Emperor and then fully indipendent.
These kingdom between the 7th and the 9th century fought constantly between them organized in fragile alliance ready to change in any moment. However, thanks to a process of centralization, through political marriages and obviously through the conquests, in Istalia emerged four Kingdoms which marked the modern era of Istalia and among them the most important was the one of Fidelia which, before the conquest by part part of the Ahmadi Caliphate, almost managed to conquer all the Peninsula, contrasted, however, by the Kingdom of Nicoma on Alaria.

Late Medieval period

In 1225 the Caliphate Armies passed the Nayar while its fleets debarked on the eastern shores begins a conquest campaign which reached to subjugate all Istalia imposing Barmenian or Majatran rulers and spreading the new Ahmadi faith. During this period began a constant penetration of Majatran populations who, among the most loyal to the new faiths and for this reason arising among the leadership of the new Empire, profited of the Ahmadi dominion to leave their overpopulated regions of origin in Kafuristan and Badara: during this period, not only Istalia, almost all the continent has been flooded of Majatrans ethnicities which leaders conquered and established, as vassals of the Caliphs, personal dominions and lordships changing definitively the political and ethnic balance of most part of the lands conquered by the Ahmadism. The Istalians, however, were one of the people who resisted most to the Ahmadization.
Despite this, the end of the Caliphate didn't free the istalian lands, where the former Majatran vassals of the Caliphs continued to rule indipendently, althought forced to fight against the istalian nobilty, city-states, principalities and lordships which finally, at the end of the 15th century, thanks also to the struggles within the Ahmadi lordships due to the Israi-Abadi conflict, achieved to retake their independence.

Modern era

Between 16th and 18th century Istalia was still again a land free from foreign occupation, allowing to the former kingships to rise again but also to resume the ancient rivalities. Once again, like in the medieval times, the Kingdom which prevailed was the southernmost Kingdom of Fidelia, which increase its power on the mainland: Fidelia almost managed to extend its rule on all the Peninsula, also planning to move the capital in Colsamia/Romula, the former Qolshamih, a city which for millennia, despite experienced prolonged period of decadence, remained one of the most important site for the istalian culture and faith, housing the Aurorian, and then Theognosian, Arch-bishop of Istalia, depending from the Patriarchate of the East (which should not be confused with the Apostolic Church of the East).
Since the 16th century, however, the istalians bagan to face another threat from the lands of Solentia: the raids of the powerful Emirs of Quanzar, attracted by the prosperous and lush istalian lands. The northernmost principalities were the first to fall while the Quanzars took even more territories.
Fidelia and the Kingdom of Nicoma since the beginning of 17th century attempted also an dynastic unification to safeguard the indipendency of the istalian lands but finally, after a century of war, in 1771 the dreams of the Kings of Fidelia were definitively dashed by the Quanzar which won the decisive Battle of Reggio Ingris and then destroyed totally the city of Fidelia conquering all the Peninsula. The dominion of the Empire of Quanzar, which extended from Deltaria and Jakania to the eastern majatran shores, lasted until the 30's of the 20th century, when nationalistic uprising in the several nations under the Quanzarian rule made fall the Empire. Unfurtunately for the Istalians, unlike Kalopia, Solentia or Kafuristan, the last Great Quanzar, as was known the leader of the Empire, ran off with the remaining forces right on Istalia were, crushing with violence the attempted uprising, established the Emirate of Quanzar, an absolute monarchy ruled by the ahmadi majatran élites which, having learned by the fall of the Empire, enforced a majatranization of the local people and an heavy repression of the istalian culture. Paradoxically in 1959 the Emirate reached to conquer the Kingdom of Istalia, bulwark of the istalianity since the conquest of the mainlan, which had resisted to the Empire until then.

Contemporary era

The Emirate lasted for almost other two century as absolute monarchy but since the end of 21st century, socialist and communist ideologies spread in Quanzar and, despite the attempt of the Emirs to maintain their privileges, in the end they were forced to ever more concessions, pressed by the powerful Neosocialist Party which in 2099 managed to organize the first free elections in Quanzar. This was clearly the final act for the centuries-old dynasty which in 2110 was dethroned while in 2118 the Socialists founded the Union of Quanzari Soviets, an almost democratic regime which allowed a multi-party system but which enforced a socialized economy. For the Istalians, however, hadn't yet arrived the time to reclaim their nation, with the majatran élites which also under the Union continued to retain the power and enforcing a neutralization of the ethnicities, see as divisive factors of the socialist society, thus any istalian nationalistic movements or claims was heavily sanctioned. But this situation could not survive for long time, with a majatran population which was decreasing costantly, many prefering to move in veritable majatran nations, and the istalians who couldn't suffer anymore this eradication of their legacy. Finally the Union and the not-istalian élites were forced to capitulate to the istalians political and cultural forces, althought always through democratic means, which managed to found the first fully democratic and, most important, first istalian regime in 2233 replacing the Union with the Quanzarian Republic, a transitional regime which lasted until 2263 when was founded the First Istalian Republic
Since then other three Republics have been established by the Istalians. Everyone of them have been all founded after three monarchical regimes established through violent coups or manipulation of the political systems during temporary crisis, thus profiting of a long lasting period of solentian immigration and foreign interferences between the second half of the third and the early fourth millennia. All the monarchic restoration saw at their head the members of the House of Hessex, a solentian minor branch of the House of Kansar, the luthorized and hosian descendant of the Emirs of Quanzar, which, exploiting this family relationship, claimed the Throne of Quanzar for themself. Despite the changement of the royal title and of the official name of the nation, the House of Hessex, didn't acted too much differntly from their ahmadi ancestors, enforcing anti-democratic regimes and actively working to expand the influence of the solentian-luthorian culture in Istalia and thus to supprime the istalian culture and features. Obviously this kind of policies never assured to the monarchic regimes an internal stability so to consolidate the power of the family in the nation.
All the three monarchic regime, in fact, have been finally defeated by the Istalian democratic forces and since the 3365 the current Republic, the fourth, managed to survive never more threatened by monarchic or foreign forces, becoming one of the most stable and durable democracy of the world.
The foreign domination, however, pushed Istalia for centuries to isolate itself from the rest of the world, with limited involvement in Majatra where however became a strong supporter of the Pan-Majatranism. But after the Istalian Civil War of 4044–4045, the informally so called Fifth Republic expressed a different tendency, became even more internationalist and began to be involved even more in the international affairs.
In 42nd-43rd century Istalia rose up among the most influencial and powerful nations of Terra, as one of the leading powers of the free world.

General Historic Overview

Year Flag Name Government Type
4000 BCE-850 BCE
Flag of None
First civilizations and City-States Divine Monarchies and Chiefdoms
850 BCE-590 BCE
Qolshamin banner
Kingdom of Qolshamih (on the mainland) Monarchy
742 BCE-590 BCE
Flag of None
Kingdom of Sokyll (on the island) Monarchy
590 BCE-545 BCE
Qolshamin banner
Kingdom of Qolshamih and Lordship of Alaria Monarchy
545 BCE-223 CE
Banner of the Alsamites
Kingdom of Kerron Monarchy
223 CE-503 CE
Flag of None
Post-Qolshamin Kingdoms, Warlordhips, Tribes Lordships and Selucian Colonies Monarchies and Aristocratic and Maritime City-States
503-640
Flag of Augustan Empire
Augustan Empire Monarchy
640-880
Flag of None
The Seven Kingdoms Monarchies and Aristocratic and Merchant City-States
880-1245
Flag of None
Four Kingdoms Monarchies and Aristocratic and Merchant City-States
1245-1486
Black flag
Ahmadi Caliphate Feudal Theocracy
1486-1771
Flag of None
Estalian Kingdoms Monarchies and Aristocratic republican city-states
1771-1934
Emirate of Great Quanzar Pennant
Empire of Quanzar Absolute Monarchy
1772-1848
Regnoistalia
Kingdom of Istalia Absolute Monarchy
1848-1959 Constitutional Monarchy
1934-2097
Qemirate
Emirate of Quanzar Absolute Monarchy
2097-2110 Constitutional Monarchy
2110-2118 Quanzar Socialist revolution
2118-2233
Quanz
Union of Quanzari Soviets Socialist Republic
2233-2263
Italia
Quanzarian Republic Parliamentary Republic
2263-2562
Italia
First Istalian Republic Parliamentary Republic
2562-2579 Presidential Republic
2579-2685 Parliamentary Republic
2685-2716
QuanzarRoyal
Royal Union of Quanzar Constitutional Monarchy
2716-2738 Holy Empire of Quanzar Constitutional Monarchy
2738-2751
Post Holy Empire of Quanzar's transitional flag
Transitional Parliamentary Republic
2751-3077
Italia
Second Istalian Republic Parliamentary Republic
3077-3078 Serene Regency of Quanzar Constitutional Monarchy
3078-3079
QuanzarRoyal
Kingdom of Quanzar Constitutional Monarchy
3079-3119 Absolute Monarchy
3119-3133 Transitional Parliamentary Republic
3133-3178
Italia
Third Istalian Republic Parliamentary Republic
3178-3211 Elective Monarchy
3211-3291 One-Party Republic
3291-3351
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Southern Majatran Union and Kingdom of Quanzar Constitutional Monarchy
3351-3364 Union of Quanzar and Istalia Constitutional Monarchy
3364-3383
Italia
Fourth Istalian Republic Parliamentary Republic
3383-3449 Semi-Parliamentary Republic
3449-3608 Parliamentary Republic
3608-3634 Presidential Republic
3634-3667 Semi-Presidential Republic
3667-3762 Parliamentary Republic
3762-3836 Presidential Republic
3836-3848 Parliamentary Republic
3848-3909 Presidential Republic
3909-3987 Parliamentary Republic
3987-3991 Presidential Republic
3991-4042 Parliamentary Republic
4042-4046 Battistian Dictature
4046-4059 Parliamentary Republic
4059-4090 Presidential Republic
4090-4133 Parliamentary Republic
4133-present Semi-Presidential Republic


Geography

Main article: Geography of Istalia
Istaliasat

The peninsula of Istalia from S-W

Istalia is located in the south-easternmost part of Majatra, and it is divided into two natural regions: the Sarrentina Peninsula, on which there are the regions of Trivendito, Padagna and Mezzodiurno (once known as Theracche, Feirano, and Ingrisu), and the island historically known as Alaria, shared by Silicia and Sarregna regions (formerly known as Cisavugli and Nicoma).
Placed almost at the middle of the Temperate zone, Istalia can boast a mild climate which, however, is warmed in the north by the Alsunt Stream which flow from the South Ocean through the Sea of Lost Souls investing totally Alaria and the eastern shores of the mainland, while the southern shores are cooled by the influxes of the Perartic Ocean which brings from the Antartic coold waters and winds.
On the Peninsula the main relieves are the Nayar Range, in the north-east, and the Akhayl Mounts, in the north-west and along all the south-western shores. Two great plains crossed by numerous rivers extend at the east of the Akhayl and the south of the Nayar while in the south a plateau rise in Mezzodiurno. In the middle of the Peninsula a depressed basin is occupied by the Desert of Pheykran, arid region which origins from the rain shadow of the higest peaks of the Akhayl Mounts, bordered in the north-east by four great lakes.

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Physical map of Istalia

The island instead present in the north the Arasclari Mounts which encircle a central large plateau rich of seasonal lakes while in the south extends a large plains crossed by several rivers which origin in the northern mountains.
Thanks to its position and the various climate Influenes, Istalia can boast a lush and fertile environment, more majatranlike in the north and in the island and more oceanic in the south.
The average precipitations is quite high but this is due to the massive rainfalls which interest the southern slopes of the Akhayl while the rest of Istalia shows one tird less rainfalls on average.


Politics

Main article: Politics of Istalia

Government

Palazzo Quattroregni

Quattroregni Palace, residence of the President of the Istalian Republic, one of the most notorious Istalian landmarks and veritable international symbol of the Istalian power

Istalia is a democratic, secular and unitary republic organized into a semi-presidential system of government in which the President of the Republic, directly elected by the citizens with a two round majority system, is a strong Head of State with important political powers who, as well as representing the Nation, preserving its unity and integrity and acting as guarantor of the Consitution and of the Institutional regime, can assume the veritable role of Head of Government sharing the powers with a Prime Minister, the Prime Minister of the Republic, appointed by the President and charged to form a Cabinet which members will be as well appointed by the Head of State.
Together with the Cabinet and the Head of Government, the President leads Istalia's executive but its degree of influence depend by the composition of the Chamber of Deputies, one of the two branch of the Parliament of Istalia, which, in fact, shall approve the proposed Government throught a vote of confiance: if the party or coalition which support the elected President gains the majority, the appointment of a Prime Minister from the President's majority party or coalition grants to the the Head of State a strong leadership of the Executive, but in the case the parliamentary majority is controlled by an opposite party or coalition, the President acts as a figurehead of the State leaving to the Prime Minister the effective executive powers actining as full Head of Government like into a Parliamentary System.
The Legislature of Istalia is composed by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic but being an imperfect bicameralism, the Senate acts as advisory body and legislative proposer for local matter and for its proposals needs of the final approval of the Chamber which represents the real political heart of the Nation from which depend the national policies and the the fate of Presidents and Governements.

Political parties

In Istalia, as per the constitution, there is a multi-party system. Istalia has had a prominent multi-party system that existed under all the four istalian republican regime since 2233 and also under the previous Union of Quanzari Soviets, since 2118. The system however has been interrupted from time to time, especially under the restorations of the quanzarian rule, but has remained at the core of the nation.
Currently, since the beginning of 45th century, the Istalian political landscape is charaterized by three political "poles", two of them organized in political permanent coalitions: a centerist/center-rightist liberal and moderate coalition, a center-leftist progressive and social democratic coalition and a rightist nationalist and isolationist pole formed by clearly alligned and allied nationalist parties.

Judiciary

Main article: Judiciary of Istalia
Romula's Palace of Supreme Tribunal

The Palace of the Supreme Tribunal in Romula

The Judiciary in Istalia is articolated in a system of national and regional courts which provides three judicial degrees. At the top of the Judiciary there are three main bodies: the Supreme Tribunal of Cassation (Istalian: Tribunale Supremo di Cassazione) for civil and criminal affairs, the Supreme Court (Istalian: Corte Suprema) for the constitutional review of laws and other measures adopted by the State and their institutions, and the Council of State for the administrative justice. The Istalian Constitution grants special constitutional rules and protections which assures the indipendency of the Judiciary, as well as an indipendent body to manage the careers and the positions of judges and public prosecutors, with the Ministry of Justice managing structures and administrative matters.

Law enforcement

Law enforcement in Istalia is provided by multiple police forces, three of which are national agencies. The Polizia di Stato della Repubblica (State Police of the Republic) is the civil national police of Istalia and the main police force of the Country. Along with patrolling, investigative and law enforcement duties, it patrols the Rete Autostradale Istaliana (Istalia Express Highway network), oversees the security of railways, bridges and waterways and it is also responsible customs.
The Gendarmeria Nazionale della Repubblica (National Gendarmery of the Republic) is a Gendarmerie-like military corps with police duties which jurisdiction extends mainly in the countryside and little towns of Istalia. They also serve as the military police for the Istalian armed forces.
The Polizia Finanziaria della Repubblica (Financial Police of the Republic), finally, is a militarized police force under the authority of the Minister of Finance which is essentially responsible for dealing with financial and economic crime and smuggling.

Foreign Affairs

Wikia map MA 4403

Istalia (dark green) and the other members of the Majatran Alliance (light green) in 4403

Istalia since the end of the 42nd century definitively asserted itself as one of the major power of Terra and so as one of the most influential nation of the world.
The Istalian Republic is a prominent member of the World Congress and it has been continuously elected as a member of its Security Council since its foundation at the begin of 42nd century.
During the 42nd century the Country has increased even more its international power and influence, establishing important economic as well as military alliances with most part of the nations. Notable is the agreement between Istalia and Luthori to found the a new Organization of Collective Security and Cooperation which, with the adherence of the world's biggest democratic powers, among them Kazulia, has become the most powerful military alliance of the world, and at the turn of the next century Istalia became definitively one of the most influential nations on Terra (however, the defection of Luthori, which turned in Republic and reduced its international activities, and a serious diplomatic crisis between Istalia and Kazulia in the middle of 43rd century, reduced the influence and role of the OCSC, which today gathers Istalia and its closer allies).
After the rise of the Majatran Revolutionary Socialist Federation in 4119, a socialist super-state which unified Jelbania, Deltaria, the territories controlled by the socialist government of Kalopia-Wantuni and Jakania, Istalia, as international power and regional leader pushed for the foundation of a new supranational organization among the free and democratic nations of Majatra begining to stregthen the relations with one of the other most powerful and advanced nations of the continent, Zardugal, with which was established an Alliance and Common Economic Area to integrate the respective economies and markets and to become the larger and most dynamic economic area of the world. The project then was enlarged and in 4222 Istalia began to promote the Majatran Alliance, modelled on the alliance with Zardugal but aimed to unite the other democratic nations of Majatra, first of all to contrast the MRSF but also the hegemonic aspirantion of Vanuku which never conceiled its committment to contrast the other majatran powers, first of all Istalia.
With the progressive decadence of the MRSF in the second half of the century the Majatran Alliance expanded to other nations (among them Pontesi, Eastern Kalopia, Deltaria, and Beiteynu) and the founder member began to push for the establishment of even more common programs and colaborations, also to fight the cronic instability of the continent where Istalia, after an important turning point in its foreign policies, re-established friendly and cordial relations with most part of the nations, first of all due the necessity to contrast since the 60's the Thallerist invasion, the arrival of members of the Thaller family in Majatran to exploit the caos and the political weakness of several post-MRSF nations where to seize the power.

Defence

Military

NP 649 Giustizia

The nuclear aircraft supercarrier NP 649 Fortezza, flag ship of the Istalian Navy, one of the most advanced of its kind worldwide

The Istalian Armed Forces, since the end of the 42nd century, are one of the largest, most advanced and powerful militaries in Terra. They consist of Army of the Republic, Navy of the Republic, Air Force of the Republic and National Gendarmerie of the Republic and currently they have almost 600,000 personnel on active duty while the Ministry of Defence employ just over 100,000 civilians.
Total istalian military spending at the end of 42nd century was equal to the 6.18% of national GDP and, as per a doctrine introduced since the middle of 41st century, important quotas are reserved to the Research and Development Department of the Defence to assure to the Armed Forces the best equipements and capabilities and their constant improvement and upgrade.
The President of the Republic holds the title of commander-in-chief of the nation's armed forces and being the Chairman of the Supreme National Security Council, has a great deal of discretionary power in appointing the Ministry of Defense and also in appointing the Armed forces leaders and particularly the Chief of Defence Staff, whose appointments formally belongs to the Ministry of Defence.
Military service is voluntary, though conscription may occur in wartime
Currently the Istalian Armed forces, being the Country one of the world powers, maintain several military base abroad, among the main the Base in Costa de Oro, Baltusia, one of the closer allies of Istalia, and another one in the southern shores of Malivia, since the middle of 43rd century became another important ally of Istalia.
Thanks to these bases and especially thanks to its Navy, the Istalian Republic is able to project its force virtually all over the world.

F-43 Falco

Two F-43 Falco, the last generation air superiority aircraft fighter of Istalia


Istalia, since the middle of 43rd century, detains one of the larger nuclear arsenal worldwide, strategic nuclear arsenal deployable thorugh land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, strategic bombers, and submarine-launched ballistic missiles, making the nation a so called Triad Nuclear Power. However, the Istalian authorities have always been quite reserved and elusive talking about their nuclear arsenal, having never even revealed a figure or specific technical details on power or range of its devices.

Intelligence

SISIR Logo

Logo of the SISIR

The community which form the istalian intelligence services, also known as Servizi Segreti (luthorian: Secret Services), is officially called Intelligence and Security Services of the Istalian Republic (istalian: Servizi di Intelligence e Sicurezza della Repubblica) (acronym: SISIR) and are formed by some departments and agencies like the DESIS, the Department which oversees the national intelligence, the AISIR and the AISER the two agencies responsible respectively of the domestic and foreign intelligence and several department depending by the Armed Forces.

Administrative division

Main article: Regions of Istalia
Administrative Map of Istalia

Administrative map of Istalia

Istalia traditionally, historically and administratively has always been divided into five administrative divisions called, as mentioned, Regions (Istalian: Regioni), three on the Peninsula, Mezzodiurno, Padagna and Trivendito, and two on Alaria, Sarregna and Silicia.
In turn, the Regions are sub-divided into Provinces (Istalian: Province), four each region, named after their capitals.
Finally, under the Provinces the last and smallest administrative divisions are the Municipalities (Istalian: Comuni) which administer the territories of cities, towns and villages.
About the Government of the administrative sub-entities of Istalia, while the Provinces are mere territorial sub-divisions with no government bodies but only some administrative ones, delegated to the Provinces by the Regions at their discretion, Regions and Municipalities have elective bodies in the form of Regional and Municipal Councils and monocratic executives, the Governors for the Regions and the Mayors for the Municipalities.

Economy

Main article: Economy of Istalia
Romula's Terran Global Financial Center

The Terran Global Financial Center in Romula

The istalian economy, as already mentioned, is currently one of the major economy worldwide. It relies mainly on the tertiary sector and so on advanced services and worldwide trade, then on heavy industry, advanced technology and on oil and gas industry. Developed, however, are also the manufacturing and agricultural sectors, mostly consisting of small and medium-size enterprises which are oriented to offer high quality and luxury products. Istalia has economic relationships worldwide, with many of the most powerful nations and several emerging economies and exports primary services and high-tech products, oil and gas and an important role is representing also by the arms export. Being one of the Terra's economic powers, Istalia houses some of the most advanced and larger corporations worldwide,

Istalian luxury goods

Famous luxury goods manufactured in Istalia

among them Magistro-Leonardi S.A., Hasan-Mariani Holding & Investement Group, Enist, Estal, Hasan Aeductus World Shipping, Istelecom S.p.A., Oliverdi, TerraMedia, OTO Al-Mehara Armamenti, Umana Servizi, Farilla and so on (see also about the Istalian Corporations to know more).This large and highly advanced economy, which arise to the top of the world economy since the beginning fo the 42nd century, assures today to Istalians one of highest standard of living on Terra.


Demographics

Population

As of 4199, there were 99,679,814 people residing in Istalia. The most populated city is Romula with 13 million of people. The istalian population is highly urbanized, like many other developed society and it is also quite concentrated in some specific areas, with only one tenth of the istalian municipalities which have more then 15,000 residents. However, the avarage population of the numberous province towns and little villages is still quite elevated, this mainly due to the area of the Country, which is the 50th on the 58 nations of the developed world. For the same reason, with an average population density of 148.79 people per square kilometre, it has, in turn, one of the highest density, the 5th on the same 58. Since the end of 43th century Istalia became a multicultural nation, attracting people all over the world and becoming an immigration nation. Today most part of the immigrates and of their descendants comes from Majatran nations and from the most close allies of Istalia.

Ethnicity

Main articles: Istalians and Majatrans
Typical Istalians collage

Typical Istalians

Istalia is composed by 76% of Istalians (a Selucian-Majatran ethnicity), 15% of Majatrans (12% Quanzarans, also know as Quanzarans-Majatrans, and 3% other Majatrans), 2% Solentian, 2% Kalopians, 1% of Baltusians, 1% of Zardics, 1% of Saridanes, 1% of Barmenians and another 1% of other ethnicities consisting of people from or descending from Kanjor, Alduria, Al'Badara, Selucia, etc... Thus, it is a population which is missing its homogeneity and is becoming ever more multi-ethnic, attracting, as said, people all over the world due to the large economy and the developed society, and also to long lasting pro-immigration policies. It is foreseen in the future an increasing presence of foreigners and descendants of precedent immigrants. The largest community of immigrants in Istalia is formed by Solentians.

Language

Main article: Istalian language

The language spoken in Istalia is the Istalian, however, there is a substantial minority of Majatran speakers in the country which use majatran among the familiars or inside their ethnic community. The majatran speakers, however, are slowly decreasing in Istalia since 37th century and among the new generation often it's used just with old relatives.
Istalia is spoken by all the citizens as official language of the Republic, used for the most part of the day-by-day dialogues, taught at school as national language and it's the language used for all the economic, trade, scientific and cultural activities.
Istalian is a Selucian language, the only member of the so called eastern-seleucic. The istalian developed into the selucian colonies established on the shores of Alaria and of the Peninsula and centuries after centuries, due to the increasingly influential selucian culture, it arrived to supplant the ancient qedarite language of Qolshamih and already in the first century CE selucian was the main language for trade and business, used to be taught to the scions of the families of the wealthiest and ruler classes. With the Augustan conquest, the selucian became definitively the administrative language and the most used in ancient Istalia, spreading ever more among the little people and the commoners, developing in its vulgar form from which the various istalian dialects will derive.
In fact, each istalian regions presents its own dialect from which, howver, derived many other provincial sub-dialects. The modern official istalian, finally, was codified at the end of the XVII century, after the Ahmadi domination and during the struggle to contrast the Quanzar invasion, in an attempt to fix the grammatical rules, to offer a true common language for the entire Istalian population and thus to preserve the national language threated by the anti-istalian policies adopted by the Ahmadi rulers.
During the Quanzar domination the istalian was relegated to be the language of the little people, forcing the élite to adopt the majatran which became the administrative language of the Quanzar Empire and then of the Quanzar Emirate. The Quanzar committed many energy into the repression of the istalian culture, prohibiting its teaching in schools and even its public use by part of istalian nobles and notable.
The Istalian became the official language of the nation only in the 23rd century when the last Quanzarian regime fell replaced by the first unified istalian nation.

Religion

Main articles: Hosianism and Ahmadism
Archbasilica of Romula

Archbasilica of St. Matthias the Baptist to the Walls, the Cathedral of the Patriarchate of Istalia and center of the Istalian Hosianism

Nowadays 66% of the current Istalian population belong to the Hosianism (63% to Aurorian Patriarchal Church, 2% to Terran Patriarchal Church and 1% to other denominations), the second larger religion is Ahmadism which is followed by 12% of the population (11% belonging to Israism and 1% to Abadism and other denominations), while 18% declare themselves as irreligious, most part Atheist.

Hosianism

Most Istalians have always had a strong bond with religious Hosian values, given that Hosianism is part of the background in which Istalian culture developed and which became probably one of the strongest ethnic unifying factors for the Istalian people, especially during the struggles against the Ahmadi denominations which tried to limit the practice of Hosianism by favoring the diffusion of the Ahmadism which however never constituted more than 35% of the population.
This attempt to destroy one of the fundamental feature of the Istalians increased even more the hostility between the two ethnicities and especially before the rise of the communist forces Istalians have always strongly considered their Hosian faith an integral part of their ethnic identity; this is probably could be a cause for the large consensus always gained by Hosian Democratic parties.
During the regime of the Quanzari Soviets all religions were banned but when the Quanzarian Republic was founded in 2235, the first modern liberal republic in Istalia, religious freedom was reintroduced and as a result if a return to Istalian rule Hosianism started to regain its position and in the following century this has caused the decrease of the proportion of Ahmadis people in the country from the 32% at the time of the end of the Emirate to the 16% of today.
Soon after the fall of the Quanzari Emirata, despite the state atheism of the Union of the Quanzari Soviets, the dissident ideas of what would become the Theognosian Church began to spread in Istalia to become, after the fall of the Soviets, quickly the largest Hosian denomination in the nation, and the ancient Patriarchate of Quanzar became the major Theognosian Patriarchate in Majatra extending its authority also on Solentia and Kafuristan, although almost until the end of the Church's it was always dominated by the Canrillaise element.
When the Second Council of Auroria was announced, the Istalian bishops of the Patriarchy of Quanzar showed themselves among the stronger unionist supporters from the Theognosian delegation to the Council and in effect the bishop of Romula, Gregorio Augustani, head of the Istalian part of the Patriarchate of Quanzar, emerged as the most charismatic leader of the Theognosian Church, more than the Thognosian Arch-Patriarch in Ville de Saints of the time. Bishop Gregorio became so influential that when the previous Arch-Patriarch died Gregorio was elected as new Arch-Patriarch of the Theognosian Church, the first to break away from centuries of Canrillaise domination of Ville de Saints, as well as the first to adopt a non-Canrillaise pontifical name, Benedetto V. Thanks to his efforts the entire Theognosian Church finally merged into the new Aurorian Patriarchal Church, recognized as the legitimate heir of the Holy Apostolic Hosian Church of Terra, which is still the official name, and thanks to the new influence of the Istalian element into the Theognosian rite the Patriarchy was renamed Patriarchy of Istalia, Solentia and Quanzar.
Currently however, after the end of the last isolationist period of Istalia in the 41st century, and the penetration of a more globalist culture, the religious influence is decreasing even more, a situation showed also by the increase of those which consider itself "not-religious".

Ahmadism

About the Ahmadism in Istalia, the strongly secular principles which dominated the Fourth Republic since its foundation affected greatly also the Istalian Majatrans who, being fully integrated into the secular society of the country, are seen as the most progressist and modern followers of the Ahmadi Faith and which practice what is called informally as Modern Ahmadism, Liberal Ahmadism, Progressive Ahmadism or Corrupt Ahmadism, the latter in a derogatory sense by part of the more conservative communities. Despite the criticism, however, most part of the believers consider themself fully Ahmadis due to the fact that they they believe in all the fundamental dogmas of Ahmadism: the Articles of faith and the Five Foundamental Practices. Actually, the majority of the Ahmadis in Istalia belong officially to the Israi branch of the Ahmadism, which is considered the orthodox branch of this religion, but the great majority of Istalian Majatrans doesn't follow strictly the traditional ahmadis prescriptions and, of course, among them there are many that declares themself to be atheist or agnostic. About the rights of the women and the genders relations, as well as other traditional ahmadi societal principles, virtually no one strictly respect these provisions and actually there is no gender segregation a part in few more traditionalist Mosques.
This is due to the fact that in Istalia, the Ahmadis believe in a individual and ethics interpretation of scripture rather than a literal interpretation; they don't consider the original revelation as a single, precise and valid interpretation of the Book of Bliss handed down by the Prophet for all times, but believe that only the meaning of the Holy Text is considered to be a revelation, with its expression in words seen as the work of the prophet Ahmad in his particular time and context. Furthermore, they focused themself just on the Book of Bliss, considered as the only veritable divine revelation, while the scriptures added by Ahmad and the first Ahmadi schoolars are seen as not originating from Akim and considered as ahmadist reviews of social, economic and personal principles charaterizing the pre-ahmadi Barmenian and then Majatran cultural customs and traditions of the 12th century.

Education

Primary and miggle education in Istalia are free and mandatory from age five to sixteen and it is organized in four stages:

  • Scuola dell'infanzia (Preschool): 2-4 yo, not mandatory.
  • Scuola primaria (Primary school): 5-13 yo
  • Scuola di Indirizzo (Profil school): 14-16 yo
  • Scuola superiore (High school): 17-18 yo

Primary school lasts eight years. The students are given a basic education in Istalian, Luthorian, mathematics, natural sciences, history, geography, social studies, physical education and visual and musical arts.
The Profile school is divided into four types: Social & Humanities, Artistic, Economic, Science and Physics Subjects. It is thought to ensure the most personalized education for each student, and help them to prepare themselves for the future respecting their natural tendencies. The names tell what will be the main focus of each profile. Now, subjects from other courses will also be taught, but to a much lesser extent than in the general primary school. Students will be able to change profiles after completing a school year to provide themselves with education in the chosen field.
The High school finally is divided three different types: the liceo is mainly focused to give an improved education with classical, scientific or linguistic curriculum and prepares students for university, while the istituto tecnico and the Istituto professionale prepare pupils for vocational education.

To the Istalian students since the primary until the end of the Profile school is required to dress an uniform when attending the lessons, however it is allowed and also promoted the personalization of the school uniforms.

Tertiary education in Istalia is divided between public universities, private universities and the prestigious and selective superior graduate schools, such as the Alta Scuola di Economia di Milona or Scuola Normale Superiore di Florentia. The last ones are completely independent institutions from a legal point of view, recognized by the Minister of the Education, which offers advanced training and research through university-type courses or is dedicated to teaching at graduate or post-doctoral level.
Alongside the Public schools exist also private institutions for each stages of education and form of charter school which should have specific focus.
The Istalian Government at least for most part of the last two century has maintained a policy against the public financing of private educational institutions.

Istalia ANSIS 4372 logo

Logo of the National Agency for the Support of the Higher Education (4372)


About the university tuitions policy, Istalia has always traditionally had a policy to stimulate their young to attend university, mainly covering the university cost for the student with low income. Since the middle of 42nd century the Public Education provides a system of university tuituions calculated for each student on the basis of its income (individual or familiar) and a total exemption for the low income students, it includes scholarship programs.
The Agenzia Nazionale per il Supporto all'Istruzione Superiore (Luthorian: National Agency for the Support of the Higher Education) is the national agency under the Ministry of Education and Culture which manages the tuition and scholarship policies in Istalia. Following the provisions of the law, the Agency assure fully subsided tuition for the low-income students while for all the rest the Agency adopt the mentioned progressive scheme.

Health

SSN logo (4340's)

Logo of the National Healthcare Service (4340)

The Istalian health care system, currenlty since the reform of 4488, is one of universal health care largely financed by government national health insurances handle by the National Healthcare Service (Istalian: Servizio Sanitario Nazionale).
Healthcare in Istalia is covered by two statutory forms of insurance:

  • the General Healthcare Insurance (Istalian: Assicurazione Sanitaria Generica), often called Basic Insurance, which covers common medical care.
  • the Long Term Healthcare (Istalian: Assistenza Sanità a Lungo Termine) or LTH which covers long-term nursing and care.

While Istalian residents are automatically insured by the government for LTH, everyone has to take out their own basic healthcare insurance, except those under 18 who are automatically covered under their parents' premium.
Those who don’t take out insurance risk a fine. The State, however, provides the so-called Healthcare Supplementary Allowance (Istalian: Assegno Supplementare - Assup) for poor and low income families to enable them to afford the mandatory basic insurance. This allowance will take shape in a monthly payout and can only be used for covering the costs of basic insurance.

Insurers have to offer a universal package for everyone over the age of 18 years, regardless of age or state of health. In fact, it’s illegal to refuse an application or impose special conditions for basic insurances. In contrast to many other Majatran systems, this system is responsible for the accessibility of the healthcare system in the country, but not in charge of its management.

A key feature of this system is that premiums may not be related to health status or age. Risk variances between private health insurance companies due to the different risks presented by individual policy holders are compensated through risk equalization and a common risk pool. Funding for all short-term health care is 50% from employers, 45% from the insured person and 5% by the government.

To oversee the entire sector, the already existing National Health Service, following the most recent reform, assumed a more regulatory status, charged to graant the quality of the service and to handle the public covered assurances or the part of it entitled to be covered by the State. The National Healthcare System is organized under the Ministry of Health and financed by the general taxation of the state representing one of the public services which accounts for most of the national budget.

Previously the most recent reform, the SSN managed directly a public healthcare service and provided itself the health care services to the citizens.
However, despite the long lasting existence of such a well-founded and regulated public health care services, the istalians always have enjoyed largely the private healthcare sector too: the data in 4218 suggested that almost 65% of istalians declared to recourse occasionally to private services while almost 39% declared to use exclusively them. For this reason, and then the recent reform on the matter, in Istalia the private healthcare is one of the largest and and most developed of the world.

Thanks to a well funded administration and to an universal coverture for all the citizens, the Istalian healthcare has alwyas been able to offer high quality services. Thanks to this, together with cultural tendencies to follow healthy habits and a majatran-canrilles diet, Istalians can benefit of an high life expectancy and low obesity rates. However not overly restrictive smoke policies determined a proportion of daily smokers slightly above the world average.

Previously a short period around the middle of 44th century which saw the State run only a national social insurance to cover the health care expenses of poor and low-income families and/or individuals, since the beginning of 43th century, the State offered a system similar to the current one, which was an universal single-payer national system which covered the healthcare expensses for all citizens through a progressive universal scheme of subsidies and tax deduction and relief. The citizens were free to choice among several private actors managing all the healthcare services and the facilities, while the SSN managed and oversaw the national insurance system and the respect of the healthcare regulations by part of the privates actors. The reform was accompanied by very detailed regulations focused on the safeguard of the citizens by abuses and unethical behaviors and on the protection of the Right to Health. Such regulations were maintained also under all the successive reforms.

Social Security

Istalia ANAS logo

Logo of the National Agency for Social Insurances (4373)

The Istalian Republic traditionally has always recognized to its citizens a broad and universal social security system which provides a minimum income which acts also as unemployment benefits as universal minimum pension for those unable to work for illness, disability, permanent or partial inability to work, etc... and also as social pension for the elders. Since 4172 most part of the social services, as well as the pension system, are managed by the Agenzia Nazionale Assicurazioni Sociali (Luthorian: National Agency for Social Insurances) (ANAS).

The Republic, furthermore, supports the Istalian family providing child benefit for all the family, which ensure monetary support for all the children up to 16, parental leave for both the parents which ensure the 80% of the pay for 68 weeks per child to be divided between the parents and Disable child benefits (this last benefits is automatically replaced by the universal minimum pension when he comes of age).

Finally the Republic operates a voluntary public pension system alongside private ones leaving to the citizens decide which to choose or if combine them. The public pension is called National Public Pension Scheme (NPPS) and it is calculated on the years of work and on the work income and is covered by the national taxation; however, the public social security offers to the citizens also what is called Public Investment Pension Scheme to integrate the first one: the pensioner can use this second option to invest (their saving or part of the NPPS) in many public and private funds managed by the national agency of the social security so to increase in this way his pension amount.


Culture

Istalia has a very rich culture which has been influenced during the long history of these lands by numbers of different civilizations, religions and cultures.
As already said several time, the modernday istalian has their roots in the selucian and hosianist legacy which then developed and assumed its own features.
For centuries divided by politics and geography and also dominated by foreign rulers until its eventual liberation and unification as istalian nation in 2235, Istalia has developed a unique culture, shaped by a multitude of regional customs and local centres of power and patronage.
During the Middle Ages and the Modern era, before of the Ahmadi rule and under the previously hosian domination and the indipendent periods, a number of magnificent courts competed for attracting the best architects, artistis and scholars, thus producing an immense legacy of monuments, paintings, music and literature which can boast today Istalia which have been added to the equally impressive testimonies of the earliest epoches.

In Istalia, given the fact that here the selucian culture and civilization found a real second home, also the ancestors of the istalians became known as skilled seamen and merchants reaching most part of Majatran but also Seleya, but at the time they were not distinguished by their selucian cousins.
The sea vocation of the Istalians charaterized all the future history of the Nation, the sea became the main trade way and the merchants and the different principalities and kingdom which suceeded obtained great benefits and enriched themself.
However the selucians which developed in the early Istalia were more open to the foreign culture and influences and the cities and the courts in the ancient Istalia were always even more influenced than the selucians itself which for century more or less preserved better its own traditions and features.
For this reason Istalia is a nation where is possible find a rich artistic heritage, an eclectic expression of the culture variety which has experienced the country through millennia thanks to migrations, emergence of civilizations, colonization, domination, etc...

Society

Despite its turbolent history, charaterized by wars, internal and external conflicts, foreign conquests and struggles to re-gain the freedom, the istalians are a warm and friendly people who like to enjoy the most genuine pleasures of life together to a notable sense of the respect for the principles and values of freedom, democracy and solidarity.

Customs and Tradition

Istalians have developed a sophisticated sense of taste thanks to the eclecticism of their culture which in the contemporary era has determined the success of Istalian products especially in the field of luxury and fashion.
Istalians love the mundanity and they like socializing in public but they are also attached to their traditions, especially the folkloristic ones, and for this the country presents a real galaxy of fairs, rural festivals and patron celebrations in most part of the towns and villages. Many of these events are related to religious recurrences.
Numerous are the quaint villages all over the territories, each one charaterized by its own local tradition and each region e provice can boast many different particular tradition and the middle/little villages, mony dedicated to the agriculture, are an important element in the demography of the country.

Sport

Istalians enjoy numerous kind of sport activities, invited since the school age to practice some kind of sport while the Government promotes the sport activities supporting clubs at any levels all over Istalia and organizing athletic programs (in schools and through the controlled or subsided clubs and associations).
However, the most diffused sport in Istalia, considered as the national sport, is the Football (or Soccer), called in Istalian Calcio. The Istalians have a genuine passion for the football which is well organized in the country under the Istalian Football Federation at any level, with professionist as well as amateur competitions at the provincial, regional and national level. The Istalian National Team is the well known Blue Team which, among the others, was the winning team of the 4235 edition of the Terran FIFA World Cup, hosted in Istalia and passed to the history to be one of the most followed events of history, broadcasted worldwide by the PMI Media Group, today the multinational giant conglomerate TerraMedia.
Among the sports which become very popular over the past few years in Istalia, instead, there is the chariot races of Zardic origins, organized internationally under the United Chariot League which was enthusiastically supported by Istalia and by Istalian firms.

Cuisine

Istalian food

Some typical istalian dishes

Very particular instead the Istalian cuisine that if it has its roots in the kitchen spread throughout the basin and the mainland of Majatran (majatran diet) has been particularly influenced by the Canrillaise culinary tradition but also by the easthern ones, given the fact that Istalia is the easternmost point of Majatra which allowed them to enter easily in contact with the Dovanian traditions, so all this has produced a delightful unicum in the world panorama.
Some typical Istalian food, in fact, the pizza and the pasta, find their origins in recipes bring back from the south-eastern areas of Selyea which in turn came from Yingdala, recipes in which the rice flour, dominant in the eastern continents, has been replaced with the most typical wheat flour of Majatran and Seleyan tradition.

Public Holidays

Holiday Date
New Year's Day January 1
Republic Day March 1
Commemoration of the foundation of the First Republic May 2
Democracy and Freedom Day
(End and victory proclamation of the Istalian Civil War, 4044–4045)
June 17
Ferragosto August 15
Dissolution of the Quanzari Restorationists September 22
All Saints' Day November 1
Hallownight December 25


Istalia articles
History of Istalia Ancient history: Qolshamih (City) | Kingdom of Qolshamih | Selucian Colonization | Kingdom of Kerron | Post-Classical period
Medieval history: Early Middle ages | Augustan Empire | Kingdom of Nicoma | Late Middle ages | Ahmadi Caliphate
Modern history: Kingdom of Alaria | Kingdom of Fidelia | Unification attempts | Empire of Quanzar | Kingdom of Istalia
Contemporary history: Emirate of Quanzar | Union of Quanzari Soviets | Rise of the Istalians | Quanzarian Republic | First Istalian Republic | Royal Union of Quanzar | Second Istalian Republic | Kingdom of Quanzar | Third Istalian Republic | Southern Majatran Union and Kingdom of Quanzar | Old Fourth Istalian Empire | Istalian Civil War, 4044–4045 | New Fourth Istalian Empire | Istalian Thallerist Regime | Istalian War against the Thallerist Revolution | Fifth Istalian Republic | First Istalian Empire | Sixth Istalian Republic | Union of Quanzar and Alaria | Second Istalian Empire | Istalian Union of Quanzar and Alaria | Third Istalian Empire
Geography of Istalia Sarrentina Peninsula | Alaria | Climate | Mountains (Nayar Range, Alkhayl Mountains) | Rivers | Lakes | Cities of Istalia
Administrative divisions Federal communities of Istalia | Regions of Istalia
Fidelia | Ferano | Trivendito | Nicoma | Cisavugli
Demographics Ethnic groups: Istalians | Majatrans
Istalian sub-groups: Sarrentini | Alarians
Languages: Istalian | Estalian languages (Cisavuglian, Feranese, Fidelian, Nicomese, Trivenditan) | Majatran
Religions: Aurorian Hosianism | Israi Ahmadism
Culture of Istalia Culture of Istalia | Culture of Sarrentini | Culture of Alarians | National symbols | Flags of Istalia
Government and politics of Istalia Constitution | Emperor (List) | Prime Minister (List) | Council of Ministers | Parliament | Judiciary | Political parties | Governmental agencies and public services in Istalia | Law enforcement in Istalia
Defense and Intelligence Armed Forces of Istalia (Istalian Army, Istalian Navy, Istalian Air Force, Imperial Gendarmerie) | Ranks, insignia and uniforms of the Armed Forces of Istalia | Imperial Services for Security and Intelligence | Imperial Agency for External Defense and Intelligence | Imperial Agency for Internal Security
Economy of Istalia Corporations in Istalia | Enist | Leonardi | HAWS | Hasan-Mariani Holding & Investement Group | Estal | Ajace Aeronautics | IstalAir | Oliverdi | OTO Al-Mehara Armamenti | PMI Media Group | Umana Servizi | Spada S.p.A. | MajAir | Farilla |
Nations of Majatra

Flag of the Democratic Republic of Badara Badara | Flag of Barmenistan Barmenistan | Flag of Beiteynu2 Beiteynu | Flag of Cildania Cildania | Coburaalternate1 Cobura | Deltaria FLag Deltaria | Istalian Empire Flag Istalia | Flag of Jakania Jakania | Jelbek horseman flag Jelbania | Kafuristan Flag New Kafuristan | Kalopia Flag 5085 Kalopia | Sovereign Republic of Pontesia Pontesi | Selucian Republic Flag Selucia | Flag of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.svg Solentia | Vanuku Flag Vanuku | New augustan empire Zardugal