Nation/Nuskijan
| The Kingdom of Nuskijan | ||||||
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| Motto: Ditat Deus | ||||||
| Anthem: Salute to the Five Houses | ||||||
| Capital and largest city | Asosas | |||||
| Official languages | English | |||||
| Demonym | Nuskijani | |||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | |||||
| - | High King | Ilhamy VII | ||||
| - | Representative of The Royal Houses | Revazi Juqu | ||||
| Legislature | The Committee of The Lords of the Five Houses | |||||
| Establishment | ||||||
| - | The Five Houses Accord | 1681 | ||||
| - | Constitution of the Five Houses | 1704 | ||||
| - | Ascension of the House of Ilhamy | 1894 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 4,194,732 km2 1,619,595 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | 2019 estimate |  7,000,000 |
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| - | 2019 census | 7,000,000 |
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| GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | 242,000,000,000 | ||||
| - | Per capita | 48,572 | ||||
| Currency | Nuskijani aureus (NAU) |
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| Date format | DD/MM/YYYY | |||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| ISO 3166 code | NKJ | |||||
| Internet TLD | .nkj | |||||
Nuskijan, officially the Kingdom of Nuskijan is a country in the Greater Dienstad region. The sovereign state is comprised of five semi-independent royal houses each headed by a Lower King, with one house providing the High King via a complex line of succession and ascension. With an area of 1.6 million square miles, Nuskijan is one of the larger nation states in the Greater Dienstad region. The capital and largest city, Asosas, is located in western Nuskijan and contains over 1 million citizens. The second-largest city is Port Yita, which is located on the northern coast of Nuskijan.
Nuskijan had been continuously inhabited by various tribes and groups of nomadic peoples since the early Bronze Age, until colonization by white settlers. A systemic genocide campaign beginning in the 9th Century wiped out nearly all native peoples, and today few people of native Nuskijani heritage remain. Nuskijan is notable for never having been permanently occupied or subordinated to a larger nation. The first kingdoms were established in the 11th century, but were not unified until 1681 with the Five Houses Accord. Various invasions of surrounding free peoples are recorded, particularly in the 9th, 10th, and 14th centuries.
Nuskijan became a unified kingdom in 1681. 23 Years later in 1704, a constitution was adopted that governed the complex and unique ascension system and ranking of the five houses. The House of Ilhamy rose to power in 1894 with Ilhamy II. The line of succession has produced a further five High Kings from the house. Borders that had existed since 1681 were formalized in 1704, but were subsequently redrawn in the early 20th Century as transportation advances and wide-scale industrialization necessitated a redistribution of land to the five houses.
Nuskijan is officially a monotheistic deist state without official religion. The government publicly acknowledges the existence of a god but does not follow any established canonical version of events. More than 60% of citizens are deists without denomination (DWD).
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Etymology
The name Nuskijan is a compound word referring to the Nusk River, so named in 1430, and named by Geoff Jan. Geoff Jan settled on the northern Nusk River valley, and over time, the name began to refer to the watershed as a whole. Upon unification, the newly unified kingdom used the word to refer to the greater nation due to the importance of the river. This was confirmed and incorporated into the Constitution of 1704 and began to see widespread use after each of the five houses' lands were subordinated to the High King and wider government.
History
Ancient Nuskijan
Colonization
Genocide and invasions
Rise of the Five Houses
Internal conflict
Unification and the Five Houses Accord
20th Century
21st Century
Geography
Government and politics
Foreign relations
Military
The Nuskijani Armed Forces comprise the military of the Kingdom of Nuskijan. It consists of the Nuskijani Army, the Nuskijani Air Force, the Nuskijani Navy, the Nuskijani Royal Guardsmen, and various paramilitary forces. Each of the Low Kingdoms also maintains a single corps-sized independent combined arms unit, each referred to as a National Guard unit, reporting directly to the Low King of each house. National Guard units may be nationalized by decree of the High King.
The High King is the supreme commander of the armed forces, but cannot unilaterally declare war or utilize military forces outside the territorial borders of Nuskijan without a majority consent from the Committee of The Lords of the Five Houses for any purpose other than military operations other than war (MOOTW). Subordinate to the High King is the Committee of War, staffed by the highest rank officer from each branch of service, and a rotating head from the Paramilitary Services and Royal National Guard each, thus the Committee of War is comprised of 6 highly-ranked professional officers. The Committee of War is responsible for ensuring the High King's orders are complied with, as well as forming battle plans in conjunction with the Nuskijani Intelligence Services and advising the High King on military affairs.
Military service is compulsory for all male citizens upon completion of basic education. Conscripts are paid the same as professional servicemen, and are released from service after a one year commitment. Those that wish to remain in the military are required to commit to a four-year minimum service term, each subsequent service term is 2 years. During times of national duress, the High King may conscript male citizens aged 17 to 29, or by consent of the Committee of The Lords of the Five Houses, male citizens aged 15 to 39.
The armed forces are constitutionally obligated to provide frontier patrols, offshore search and rescue operations, air policing, and counter-terrorist operations. In addition, the constitution mandates the Army, Air Force, and Navy to each operate at least one war college. Recent decrees have also tasked the armed forces with assisting law enforcement in major cities, protection of significant strategic facilities and infrastructure, and with protection of nature reserves.
The Nuskijani Armed Forces have a combined manpower of 924,000, not including paramilitary forces, reserves, or the individual Royal National Guard units.
Administrative divisions
Human rights
Political freedoms are effectively prohibited by the 1704 constitution. As a result, there are no active officially-recognized political parties. Citizens of Nuskijan are required to obtain a national identity card upon reaching the age of 15, which is required to receive any form of governmental services or health care. Public protests are strictly forbidden and crackdowns on protesting activity are publicly acknowledged as being "brutal and uncompromising." Press freedom scores significantly lower than other nations in the region, with strict governmental regulation on the type of information that may be presented as news. This has led to a black market of unofficial newspapers and websites dedicated to running stories otherwise censored by the government. While the state has official control of the internet and various content filtering systems, the internet remains relatively free of official censorship.
The High King reserves the right to order an "administrative execution" of a citizen or non-citizen anywhere within the territorial borders of Nuskijan without seeking consent from the Committee of The Lords of the Five Houses, which has led to several unofficial news and political watchdog organizations to denounce the High King and this policy. To date, there are no official or unofficial records of this type of killing taking place.
The Nuskijani government does not prohibit expression of religion, and approximately 29% of all citizens are practicing members of an organized church. The Nuskijani government also does not prohibit the use, possession, or sale of "lower" narcotic substances, such as cannabis, psychedelics, and qhat.
Economy
Demographics
Remaining native groups
Immigration
Language
Religion
Largest cities
| Largest cities of Nuskijan Nuskijani Royal Census and Statistics Bureau (2015) | |||||||||
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| Rank | Name | Territory and Low Kingdom | Pop. | ||||||
 Asosas Port Yita |
1 | Asosas | High King's District | placeholder | Shury Kreta | ||||
| 2 | Port Yita | placeholder | placeholder | ||||||
| 3 | Shury | placeholder | placeholder | ||||||
| 4 | Kreta | placeholder | placeholder | ||||||
| 5 | Nens | placeholder | placeholder | ||||||
| 6 | Uwento | placeholder | placeholder | ||||||
| 7 | Agoset | placeholder | placeholder | ||||||
| 8 | Ozreli | placeholder | placeholder | ||||||
| 9 | Avlens | placeholder | placeholder | ||||||
| 10 | Giyero | placeholder | placeholder | ||||||
