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The World Factbook of Tatarystan

Tartarystan
23-07-2007, 21:36
Nation Name: The Holy Empire of Tartarystan
Full Nation Name: The Most Serene and Holy Tartar Empire of the Two Nations
National Motto: Deus Vult!
Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy
Head of State: Emperor Sibeoci III (born Sibeoci Sereri)
Head of Government: Imperial Chancellor Tulisen Cirgote
Capital: Altaysky
Largest City: Sanjiazi
Official Languages: Altaic (Mostly Turkic and Tungusic)
Currency: Tartar Dollar

Fourteenth Tartar National Census:
Race:
Turkic - .8%
Tungusic - .6%
Asian - 97.6%

Religion:
Christian - .8%
Muslim - .5%
Eastern (Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, etc.) - 97.6%
No religion - .1%

The Holy Empire of Tartarystan is an oddity in this world. Despite having a vastly majority East Asian population, the state is dominated by two primary groups, the Tungusic and the Turkic groups who form the two nations or peoples the official name refers to. The term Altaic high class refers to both the Turkic and Tungusic groups.

What has been named "Altaic" high class dominates this society. Tatarystan is a primarily militarist and agrarian nations with the aristocracy and extremely prolific military drawing it's members from Altaic high class. The Asian population is effectively synonymous with the peasantry.

The political system is dominated by the ever present official system titled "Uksura faššar seme hūwajaha", which roughly translates into "breaking the races apart into many pieces". Often shortened to Uksura, it is a system of racial segegration and what many contest, racial discrimination that separates Altaic high society from Asian society in all aspects of life. Often compared to Apartheid, the comparison is not unnecessarily correct simply because Uksura is meant to do far more. The Uksura system is highly criticized internationally for the way it highly curtails the rights of the Asian citizens by revoking the right to own property, bear arms, freedom of speech, ability to form organizations and unions, equality before the law, right to privacy, right to a fair trial, ability to vote, right to emigrate, and ability to partake in education.

In stark contrast to the dismal human rights Asian citizens, members of Altaic society can now enjoy some of the most opulent civil rights in the world, partially because of the recent success of the Altaic chartist movement, popularly backed by the Emperor. Altaic denizens of Tatarystan are offered freedom of speech, freedom to bear arms, freedom of the press, ability to operate businesses, ability to form unions and other organizations, a fair trial with a jury, among many others.

For its Altaic citizens, Tartarystan has a highly effective system of social welfare. Despite the fact that is the Asian subjects that pay all of the taxes, Altaic citizens enjoy the benefits of the social system including low work hours, high pay, constant vacations, very high standards of living, many benefits, and universal healthcare.

The Tartar military emphasizes compulsory service for both male and female citizens if they are unable to buy their way out of it, which really, nobody but the aristocracy can do. The Tartar military has proven itself brutally effective in its suppression of the many Asian liberation movements. This is attributed both to its brutally effective secret police (which is primarily orientated with extrajudicial execution of Asian subjects as it is no longer legal to do so to Altaic citizens), its highly sophisticated technology (on par with most other modern nations), and its brutal and internationally criticized disregard for collateral damage, as long as the victims weren't Altaic. If the Tartar army were using its suppression tactics on foreign nations, they would have a very good case for charging Tartarystan for war crimes. Some infamous examples include the chemical weapons (nerve gas) attack on Yanking, the napalm bombing of Tsingtung, the anthrax attack on Taisung, and the even more reviled Rape of Beihai. The Tartar military possesses both biological and chemical weapons and is both notorious and internationally reviled for using it on rebellious citizens, rioters, and protesters, but has no nuclear weapons.

*more later*