Morfeyra

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The People's Commonwealth of Morfeyra (Kenevaasyejon Morfejra in Morfeyran), colloquially known as Morfeyra, is a country in mid-southern Velizkâ. Morfeyra is bordered by Sentryzijâ to the north, waters shared with Alekha and Lukhia to the east, with Meru to the south and Soritania to the west. Morfeyra is a unitary republic, practising a representative democracy with its current form of suffrage since 1951. Its capital is Pelkeerikon, and it is also the largest city followed by Kenvoritaj, Detzalonek, Könzetovelta, Horintefkon and Züsyvaarteka.

Morfeyra is a developed nation with an above-average GDP and quality of life, even when compared to Velizkan standards. Its income equality is somewhat better than those of other marketeer nations due to its vast welfare system. It is aligned with the Reds in the Cold War and the Organisation for Peace and Solidarity, although it is not an official member of the pact.

= Etymology =

Morfeyra's name comes from its main peninsula Orfesy, which in turn was labeled after Orzeuf, father of all Morfeyrans by Zimmeon I. The ancient name of the nation was initially Orfei (Orfesy-shire), but in the later SSE, to distinguish it from the ranks of mere provinces it was later renamed to Orferea (the dominion of Orfesy).

After Kerekell II (30-57 SDE) made Mauron an official Imperial religion, he renamed Orfesy and Orferea respectively to Morfesy and Morferea, as to make a reference to the diety Mau.

During the Late Migration Period of the Dark Ages, in the Northern provinces Sorillianized them to Morfijs and Morferija.

Jansy I 'the Liberator' vairn Moriav would pick the current names of Morfesy and Morfejra after he fully unified the nation in 1695.

= History =

Morfeyran ancestral home
Just like the Torberians and the Jaturnians, the predecessors of modern Morfeyrans originate from the Kartalian urheimat, which they left in about 3500 BDE. Following a southward migration, they became one of the many Aruny Lakes civilizations.

Around 3000 BDE, the Aruny Lakes were united by the despot Issurakan under the banner of the Lakkaman Empire. His dynasty ruled the surrounding region for two centuries until a massive slave rebellion.

Unlike the other tribes which have arisen from Lakkama's fall, the Orfereans, named after their chief Orzeuf, have decided to depart for the promising South.

Mono-Imperial Stage
See more: List of Morfeyran emperors

First Sole-Imperial Era/Morzefian Era
We have very scarce accurate sources on this era. The Imperial Archive lists all the rulers along with their approximate time of governance, but does not attribute achievements to them, except for Zimmeon I, the great-grandson of Orzeuf I who reached Morfesy in about 2850 BDE. Archaeological findings suggest that the early Orfereans preferred to isolate themselves from other tribes and civilizations, and that they settled around the delta of the river Lef. The first capital of the empire was called Levira.

Many Imperial Cult legends were made about the stories of the Orzeufer monarchs, in all of which they are portrayed as godlike beings. They suggest that the downfall of the Orzeufer dynasty was the result of a bad apple on the throne who used his powers for tyrannical purposes. As a punishment, an angel of Orzeuf damned him and stripped everyone with supernatural powers so that the same would never be repeated. Shortly after the Orzeufers have lost their divine legitimacy, they were soon replaced and never heard of again.

According to Üsyalesy, a historian living in the 4th century BDE, wrote that while the first few founder kings served the common people, their successors ruled on the basis of sheer privilege, being part of the Orzeufer genus. After centuries of oppression, the Orfereans rebelled against the emperor and deposed them in favour of a more sympathetic one. The modern view is that while this historical narrative seems to be the most realistic of all in the ancient times, it is completely unsubstantiated by any other material and could be nothing but a piece of the concurrent Junta's propaganda campaign to rewrite Imperial history.

Today, the standard view is that the ruin of the first dynasty was the result of the city of Levira being destroyed in the late 3rd millenium BDE. Whatever was the exact cause of this event is still unknown, but it hypothesized to have been either the drying of farmlands due to overutilization or a series of terrible harvesting seasons leading to mass starvation.

Diasporic Period
After the demise of the First Dynasty, there was no official successor of the Morferean state, as Morferean cities formed independent communities from then on.

This would change in the 16th century BDE, when Morfereans met a formerly unseen people. The Eruteneans came from Baranti and sailed to Velizka to engage in commerce of goods between the continents. They were initially welcome by the inhabitants of Lef, but soon

Second Sole-Imperial Era/Rullanian Era
In order the consolidate power, the new dynasty of emperors had to win over the support of the Morfeyran patricians. Kenereh I (1482-1445 BDE) would be the first to realize this. He reformed the administration by adding a new institution, the Shipped Council. Its associates were chosen from different towns, proportionately to how much tax revenue a city provided to the Empire. If 60% of the Council disagreed with a policy proposition of the Emperor, it couldn't pass. If a Council member had a proposition of their own, they needed 80% approval from the Council for it to be implemented.

By about 1400 BDE, the empire would once again be whole, supplemented with territories up to the less significant river of Lefli ('Little Lef'). Milak II (1268-1230 BDE) declared control over the plains south of Lef and constructed an irrigation system to make the soil constantly arable.

Catta I (1158-1141 BDE) would later begin the erection of a new city there called Lokzan, which she planned to be the newest capital. It would be complete by Jantuk III's reign in 1067 BDE. Later under his rule, a new province was created for the plains, Mirutlefei, which was completely sovereign from the authority of the Shipped Council. This toppled the balance between the influence of the armed forces and that of the urban elite in Imperial politics and marked the beginning of the Empire's transition from an early thalassocracy to militaristic despotism.

Caredomman War
In 846 BDE, the eastern lands of Orfesy were fully incorporated into the Empire as a new province, Nerleferei. They now had access to the Radlathea (Warm Sea), and shortly after they engaged in trade with the Caredomman Empire. Orferean goods were way more plentiful and cheap, and as such the merchants have quickly overtaken the foreign market. After Orfereans on Caredomman soil were met with heavy tariffs imposed by the ruling monarch and the openly violent actions of locals, the Leferran region called the whole nation in arms to protect its trade interests. The concurrent emperor Mati III was namely supporting the war, though in reality he wasn't tempted to actually participate in it as Caredomma had about the same amount of military might as Morfeyra and he had no options to overpower them.

The bulk of Leferrei province's naval force was located around the coast of the river Lef, which meant that the only way to confront the Caredommans were to sail through the entire peninsula. The fleet couldn't estimate the actual size of Orfesy as there haven't really been many Imperial expeditions to the south until then, but the Eruteneans, who demanded that the ships pay for passage through their territorial waters. Since the warships didn't bring wealth with them, and the captain didn't want to sell people to slavery, they got into a fight for military access.

The Orferean galleys were almost completely decimated by the horde of Eruten ships. The last remaining ones retreated and pleaded for full assistance from the emperor, Rikat I. Rikat was not in favour of the Shipped Council, which in previous generations often defied Imperial authority and was prone to rampant corruption, and as such has denied the request, much to the dismay of the Council.

In 801 BDE, the cities of Lef rebelled against the Empire. After 6 years, the war was won by the central administration but the economy was devastated to the point that it took Morfeyra half a century to fully recover from it. The war was later used as an excuse by Rikat II to strip the Shipped Council of any power and to partition the province Leferrei to two parts. Now the realm had three districts, the one north of Lef, the one south of Lef and the one east of it. Each was ruled by a governor who was elected by a consensus of the ruler and the delegates of local landowners.

Third Sole-Imperial Era/Dvalian Era
In 627 BDE, under the command of Dvalaz I the empire expanded further north to sustain the growth of the population. After his death, many of his successors tried to emulate him by linking ever greater heaps of land to their domain. These gains were of quantity rather than of quality; save for a few cities near the river, the new Imperial property was barely populated by Orfereans as it failed to attract pioneers. Therefore, these territories were mostly inhabited by enslaved natives, and the only Orfereans present were the garrisons whose job was to enforce order; intermarriage was uncommon until the Bastard Act was decreed in the Late Silver Age of the Dual Empire.

Last Northern Campaign
However, in 441 BDE, Malend II would attempt to capitalize on the successes of his ancestors by embarking on a northbound campaign. He would send over a legion to coerce the local communities into joining the dominion, but the local clans were ferocious and unyielding, and after the initial successes of the legion, they banded up to protect themselves from Imperial greed. Their pact would be a continuous thorn in Orferea's side, as not only did they challenge Imperial authority in the region, but also managed to advance southwards and pillage Imperial cities. The emperors next-in-line embraced a policy of terror in the newly acquired territories to further the assimilation efforts, but that only made matters worse.

Overall, the campaign was a catastrophic failure, as it brought with itself a century-long season of total stagnation within the Empire. The emperors barely expanded northwards, and the land they actually managed to hold weren't of much use, as it merely acted as a buffer zone between them and the now-aggressive primitives. It unofficially ended with the tragic death of Malend V in 324 BDE, who was assassinated in the deep forests of the north, unclear whether by tribals or his own guardsmen.

Intra-imperial War
It became apparent to the Imperial generals that going further north was a lost cause, however Vella II (heir to Malend V) didn't want to give up without a victory. As such the military had no option but to forcefully overthrow the monarch. This led to a civil war between the Northern legions disgruntled with the fruitless struggle up north and the loyalists at home who didn't want the army to gain more influence in Morfeyra. In 311 BDE a peace treaty was signed, and Vella was exiled to south, where she was never seen again.

From then on, the successor was not decided by the former monarch, but instead elected by the Martial Command, a council of high-ranking military officials, and the emperor lost the title of commander-in-chief; both of these decisions led to the eventual downgrade of the position into what was practically a figurehead.

Fourth Sole-Imperial Era/Junta Era


First Erutenean War
The Orfereans proved to be ineffective in alpine warfare; the Martial Command was not prepared for the unusual terrain and the humid mediterranean climate. While they did achieve incremental advances, they had to endure massive casualties against the Moladan forces. Meanwhile, the Coalition's navy successfully blockaded many coastal Orferean cities, effectively freezing both domestic and international trade.

The war ended with a humiliating peace treaty; there were no territorial changes, but the Molada forced the members of the Martial Command to vacate their positions. Soon after, the Command was overtaken by pro-Erutenean officials and Orferea turned into a client state of the Molada.

Fifth Sole-Imperial Era/Niklasyian Era
The Orferean public, who until then thought the Empire to be invincible and unstoppable, were shocked and outraged by the insurmountable fatalities, the economic crisis caused by Moladan interference and ultimately the utter loss of the war. Naturally, the rule of the Martial Command was not left without condemnation. It received the most criticism from fellow military officers - termed 'the Reformers' - who blamed the defeat on the hereditarization of high-ranking positions, which led to the rampant nepotism, corruption, fallibility and ultimately the total inefficacy of the junta system. To fix the errors of the system, they called for greater transparency in wartime matters and more economic power to the merchant class.

The Martial Command replied to the Reformers' demands with internal purges. Niklasy Tünnarasy, an Orferean commander defied the Imperial orders to put down a mutiny at a fort near Syledera, which was a clear act of treason. Niklasy and his men refused to de-escalate the situation by surrendering, and it culminated in a civil war, which lasted from 157 to 155 BDE.

Duo-Imperial Stage
Conforming to the Thousand-Year Treaty, the Orfereans were guaranteed eternal peace with the Retelate. As the rivalry with Jaturnia came to its end, the Empire had no capable foes and thus was given the green light to comfortably preside over everything the east of the river Dola. These conditions ushered a new era of stability and prosperity on Orferea.

Activity in Maurea
Sytior I

Benrani War

First Cutali War
After the Third Erutenean War, a deal was struck between Orferea and Cutal; the former would protect the latter from anyone who would try to force them into servitude, while the latter would lend ten-thousand Cutalis to the former in times of war.

King Gidelen of the Cutali was appalled by the unusually high Cutali casualties during the Maurean Campaign. When he asked about the reason for the wartime fatalities, he received reports by veterans on the awful conditions Cutalis had to endure while serving under the Morferean Army. They were often starved because they were given the same food rations as a regular Morferean soldier, which wasn't enough for Cutali sustenance. Furthermore, generals considered Cutalis disposable and secondary to ethnic Morfereans, and as such it was always them who were sent to undertake risky manoeuvres.

Upon hearing this, Gidelen made an oath against assisting Morferea in future wars.

Bastard Act
In 92 SDE, the Council issued the Bastard Act, which stated that a child only needed to have a Morferean-born biological father in order to attain full citizenship. This greatly boosted population growth in the rim territories, which quickly became melting pots between natives and Morfereans.

Golden Age
The Empire's height: not measured by size, wealth or population, but rather by how efficiently it was run at the age.

Monetary reform
The rich orefields provided by Kallezina enabled the Empire use its mining monopoly to enhance the quality of their coinage. In 105 SDE - under the rule of Kelerist I - the weight and the purity of the Morferean gold coin (Agülon) and the silver coin (Asyürgon) was regulated. Their fineness was close to 95% and that remained so for the rest of the century. This made them extremely valuable; it is reported that even the Jaturnian merchants preferred it over their own national currency, at least until trade in foreign money was outlawed in the West.

Mauronization
On the order of Kerekell II, the rank of Mau's High Priest was to be usurped by him and Mauronism became the only recognized religion within the Empire. The Traditionalist Maurons were not delighted by these developments, as they found it heretical that the Emperor took possession of their cultural traditions for his personal use.

Public projects
A new set of roads were built in this era, including the Grand Intercontinental, which was also connected to Jaturnian system of trade routes.

All settlements with a couple thousand inhabitants were enclosed by stone walls and already walled cities have been fortified further.

Multiple bridges have been built over the river Dola and many other waterways, many of which have survived the present day.

Pyrite Age
In this period of history, the empire was seemingly just as prosperous and stable as in the Golden Age, but in actuality, we consider this era the start of Empire's institutional rot.

Mauron Crusades
The Crusades were a series of holy wars the Empire conducted against the Lúmist Karnaks and the traditionalist Jaturnians.

Varen I promised to convert Jaturnia to the Mauron faith in exchange for Morfeyran assistance in the Sernan Campaign, but after the Karnaks were pushed back, he turned his back on his allies. This betrayal led to the First Crusade, as the Morfeyran generals refused to send their troops on their way back home. The Morfeyran emperor Daur II approved of the war, since he was furious at the Jaturnians for fooling him. But the crusade has not gone very far, as Jaturnia quickly mustered enough strength to put down the invaders at the Battle of Satil.

Arrollian Protectorate
The year 487 SDE saw the rise of various successor states on Morfesy. Most of them were short-lived except for the March of Morferija, a protectorate of Arrollia.

House Akoljen
The Akoljen was the first dynasty of Morferijan rulers, which descended from Jakol I, a soldier of the Arrollian Empire. According to legendary historical records, Jakol admired Morferean culture and wept at the plunder of the subcontinent's major cities...

Zalinarean Crisis
Aurz

After Democratic Congresses
= Politics = See more on the layout of the parliament: Zünvellaar

See more on the Morfeyran government's stances on social issues and punishment: Morfeyran civil code

Overview
Morfeyra is a unitary dominant-party parliamentary representative republic. It has no president, instead the premier is both the Head of State and the Head of Government. The Great Patriotic Congregation, a big-tent centre-left group has ruled the nation ever since the inception of the republic, and has made numerous laws which serve to subvert democracy to keep the party in power indefinitely, which impossibilitate democratic regime change.

Voting is compulsory for those who meet the census, which selects people out by education and age.

Non-interned people have fundamental rights such as to freely share non-discriminatory political thought, to emigrate from or within the country and to follow any registered religious belief.

Whenever there is critical dissent towards the government from the people, a Democratic Congress is held with the GPC, as the result of which the political system is greatly restructured.

Legislature
The Zünvellar is Morfeyra's parliament. Since the Third Democratic Congress was held, the state lets people form political parties which can make it to the Zünvellar. Any party with at least 0.5% popularity is invited, which allows for many fringe organizations to gain at least a seat or two.

The political landscape is dominated by the GPC; their unchallenged prepotence can be attributed to their populism but also the fractured nature of the Opposition. The second largest party, the Northern Traditionalist League stands for the interest of Moreyran Kvazists and Sorrillians living in the nation. The third one, EA-FTP (Entrepreneurial Association-Fair Trade Party) is a coalition of two market-oriented parties advocating for tax breaks and lighter economic regulations. The Green Way calls for greater environmental protections. The Constantists are proponents of the hyper-left ideology of Constantism. The One Morfeyra Party is a far-right organization that supports numerous niche policies to sway specific groups of extremists.

If only one party reaches 40% popularity in the general election, the party takes at least 60% of all the seats in the parliament to avoid a constitutional crisis where no proposals can get passed due to parliamental fraction.

Executive
The Morfeyran cabinet consists of:

Each Minister is given their own Ministry to preside over until the government's term ends or until they are replaced by the parliament. Ministers mostly come from the Great Patriotic Congregation, as the party that ever since the birth of the Commonwealth was blessed with a comfortable majority in the Zünvellar never had nor wished to enter a coalition, but a few positions are filled by politically renowned independents who are willing to cooperate with the ruling party.
 * the Premier (Head of State and Head of Government)
 * the Minister of Legal Affairs
 * the Minister of Financial Affairs
 * the Minister of Environmental Affairs
 * the Minister of Essential Services (Law Enforcement; Healthcare; Fire Departments)
 * the Minister of Agriculture
 * the Minister of Sport and Physical Well-being
 * the Minister of Education and Cognitive Well-being
 * the Minister of Media (Public News Service; Censorship and Regulation of Inappropriate Content; State Propaganda)
 * the Minister of Immigration
 * the Minister of Tourism
 * the Minister of Diplomatic Relations
 * the Minister of International Commerce
 * the Minister of the Armed Forces
 * the Minister of Equity (Public Housing; Labour; Social Safety Net)
 * the Minister of Energy
 * the Minister of Transport

The Premier is the party chair of the GPC, and as such they are always expected to act in behalf of the party's contemporary positions on relevant political topics. There is no official limit to how far a Premier can stay in office, although there is no instance of a single person surviving more than two terms in the role since the 1950s.

Judiciary
The Third Democratic Congress has also given birth to the Enirasynokt, the supreme court of the nation. Any judge in a county or higher-level court can run for a position in the Enirasynokt, but they can only do so as an independent, meaning they cannot have any history with political parties/associations nor any familial or financial relations with prominent politicians, but they have to state their ideological leanings on legal matters openly to be registered as a candidate regardless.

Lawyers who have been actively working in the field for 8 years may choose who they would like to see in the high court every 5 years, although not many of them participate in the judicial elections.

The Enirasynokt currently has 28 magistrates. In case of a tie or exceedingly long disputes in a legal decision, it is the Minister of Legal Affairs - appointed by the reigning party - whose job is to mediate and make compromises between the opposing sides.

Sentryzija
Since the Third Democratic Congress, Morfeyra officially aligns itself with the Socialist side in the Cold War, in spite of the ideological differences. As such, Morfeyra seeks to help Sentryzija remain the most powerful nation on the continent of Velizka. Examples of this is the support of the government during the Slovan-Zarolian war and its status as a faithful observer of the Organisation for Peace and Solidarity.

Torberia
Political interactions have been historically tense ever since the Imperial Era, through the Royal Era and even in the Republican Era. Under the pressure of the OFPS against late colonialism, the two countries approved of the Kolsek Islands Anti-Colonial Agreement of 1967, which ended the centuries-old debate on the archipelago's ownership. Once the smoldering nationalist sentiments are finally over, there could be hope for normalization of relations, perhaps even cooperation.

Soritania
The nation is a primary trade partner of Morfeyra, the two nations have signed a free trade agreement in 1982. In diplomatic affairs the two nations are mostly neutral to eachother, although Morfeyra happily takes their side in a dispute with Torberia.

Krazenja
Morfeyra recognizes Krazenja as a sovereign nation, but denounces their claims on Sentryzija. Krazenjan ministers tried to persuade Morfeyra to endorse their rights to old Obradinian territory, the rejection of which request left a sour aftertaste following each meeting between the two nations. Other than that, relations are tranquil.

Teru
Morfeyra wants to wash their hands clean on the topic of the Cutali slave network, as they are put to shame by the fact that they ever engaged in such a thing. As such, it serves as brilliant propaganda to put the innocent Morfeyrans in contrast with the Teruvian government, who used to be fierce anti-abolitionists, even more so than their slaver neighbours.

Morfeyra is a rival of Teru, because they aided Meru's ambition to secede from the Teveran Confederation during the Eruten Civil War.

Deru
Deru holds a grudge against Morfeyra, albeit for a different reason than Teru's nationalism. In 1964, after the OFPS' many calls towards them to abolish slavery altogether, the organization staged a slave rebellion, in which Morfeyra had no little interference. In Deruvian history it is marked as one of the most deadly wars both in military and civilian casualties, and they blame Morfeyra in particular for perpetrating it.

Meru
Meru is the unofficial puppet state of Morfeyra, a lot of decisions they make is supervised by the GDC. The Morfeyran government provides Meru capital, but only as long as they keep the Teveran nationalist opposition out of office. Freedom of travel and trade exists between the two nations.

Cutal
Slave emancipation has been declared right after the First Democratic Congress, which Cutal was very grateful for. The two nations are amicable towards each other since then.

Lukhia
Morfeyra urges the state to abolish its monarchy and establish a republic, especially since the Mirenakora Controversy. As retaliation, the king Rikara IX issued a trade embargo against them and recognized the Moriav bloodline as the true rulers of the nation.

Alekha
Just like Soritania, Alekha is an important economic ally of Morfeyra, trade flows between them without customs taxes since 1960.

Juachia
Morfeyra enjoys great relations with Juachia, mostly due to shared history, but also similar language and religious bonds. To justify partnering with a monarchy, the Great Patriotic Congregation called the kingdom an exceptional, truly enlightened one of its kind. There is total freedom of commerce and travel between the two nations.

= Economy =

Morfeyra is a developed country; the robust tertiary sector is the most significant one both in terms of GDP (85.4%) and employment (78.6%). The industrial sector (GDP - 10.2%; employment - 13.5%) surpassed the agricultural sector (GDP - 4.4%; employment - 7.9%) around the 1960s.

The national currency is the Repka, in circulation since 1912. It has a mostly static yearly inflation rate of 0.3%, but has a below-average value compared to other currencies.

A notable amount of the largest Morfeyran enterprises have their shares partially owned by the state. Healthcare, education, transportation, banking and insurance is nationalized. Since the Second Democratic Congress, all trade unions are state-run. However, these are corporatist in nature, seeking to find ways of cooperation between employers and employees and resolutely discouraging "obstructive" actions such as strikes.

The main industries are tourism, food processing, iron and coal mining, metal processing, chemical production and textile manufacturing. The nation's primary trading partners are Sentryzija, Alekha and Juachia.

Morfeyra's ranking on the GDP-per-capita Index and the Human Development Index is very high both on the international and the continental level. However, it performs poorly on the Corruption Perceptions Index.

Agriculture
The vast swathes of arable land in Morfeyra allows for farmers to produce a wide variety of grains, fruits and vegetables, which makes the nation almost completely self-sufficient in foodstuff.

Tourism
Each year about 15 million tourists - mainly from Sentryzija and Dachana - visit Morfeyra. The main destinations are ancient architectural sites and Jansyian-era constructs.

Energy
Morfeyra is one of the hardest-hit nations by climate change: Coastal floodings are ever more frequent and global warming affects farmers negatively. Unsurprisingly, the state takes environmental treaties proclaimed in the Assembly of Nations the most seriously. The nation emits the least carbon-dioxide in Velizka since 1978, although it was not renewable power that replaced them as the main power source, but instead nuclear, as the former was deemed inefficient by the GPC governance.

Today, 65 reactors are active, which are responsible for 91% of the national energy generation. Morfeyra's stance on nuclear energy is a near-constant subject of Rivesteka's green activists, who warn of the gross mishandling of the power plants and the perils posed by it.

Transport
Morfeyra is home to one of the most extensive railway networks in the world; it covers 38,046 kilometers across the nation. It is operated by the ZM, a state-owned company. Most tracks linking the most populated cities are high-speed rails which move at the speed of 200 kilometers per hour on average. According to statistics, the line with the most daily passengers is the one between Pelkeerikon and Detzalonek. Many of the Northern lines are connected to Sentryzija, allowing for international travel with a passport.

The country also has 980.317 kilometers of roads, which are considered to be in great quality. The cost of gasoil and benzyne in Morfeyra is quite cheap compared to the pricing in other Velizkan countries; regardless, Morfeyrans tend to favor public transport over their personal vehicles when travelling.

= Demographics =

Antiquity
Unearthed artifacts suggest that Morfeyrans in early imperial times used to pray to graven images.

Around the Second Sole-Imperial Age, there formed an idea that Orzeuf, the founding father of Morfeyra is the lord of the afterlife. The following emperors he gauges to be fair and potent rule along with him as angels, while the ones who lead the country lavishly and incompetently are punished for all eternity. Regular people are also judged at the gates of paradise whether they have done right or wrong for their realm. This faith has lost its charm when the Martial Command ended Imperial despotism.

Starting from the conquest of Maurea, more and more people would convert to the Mauron faith. Practice of it was briefly banned and heavily persecuted, then tolerated along with the proclamation of religious freedom, and finally in the middle of the Golden Age the emperor Kerekell II turned it into the official state religion, declaring himself the High Priest of Mau, the religious head. In the semi-controlled Outer Provinces, polytheism still remained dominant, though the feline diety was integrated in one way or another.

During the Dual Empire, it was not uncommon for Morferean and Jaturnian merchants to get into violent disputes over whose religious doctrines were superior. The local militia quickly escalated the situation, leading to a large amount of casualties on either side. It happened not once that fundamentalist groups from the two empires clashed over who was in the wrong, though hostilities of this kind were relatively short, regional and inconclusive except for the Anti-Solar Crusades.

Medieval
The Mauronists would not abandon their faith even after the fall of the Empire, but instead swear allegiance to Juak's own church. In the north, many Morfeyrans adopted the faith of Kvaz, mostly due to Obradinian pressure and the presence of Sorillian settlers.

After the Liberation, in spite of encouragement from many nobles of Troiyan heritage, Jansy I decided not to declare Radfyrst as the state religion (as it was virtually unknown in the country). In 1702 he issued an edict declaring freedom of the practice of all beliefs except for any school of Kvazism; this would meet heavy resistance from many Sorillians and Kvazist Morfeyrans and would permanently strain relations with the Second Kingdom of Obradina.

Modern
Practice of religion was outlawed until the First Democratic Congress, nonetheless the majority of the population remained Atheist. When excluding non-religious people, we can see a sharp south-north divide: In the plains near the two Lefs Kvazism is practiced, while the mountaineers praise Mau. In defiance of the orthodoxian Obradinian Empire, the Reformed version of Kvazism quickly popularised. The political elite of the GPC shows respect towards the patriotic Maurons but enmity towards the foreign Kvazists.

Ethnicity
Morfeyra is a nation-state; the majority of its people are ethnically Morfeyran. Morfeyrans used to have a lot of sub-groups which were differentiated by dialect and culture, but it became standardized around the early days of the Commonwealth, likely due to the introduction of the public school system and the instillment of a brand new unified national identity which was meant to replace rural Moriavism. Within the southern regions live a significant portion of Erutens, who migrated there from Baranti-Maurea before the inception of the Morfeyran Empire. Northwards reside a lot of Sorillians, primarily of the Obradinian ethnicity.

Education
Morfeyra has a 99.9% literacy rate. Its Education Index is 0.885.

Education is compulsory for every citizen below 18. From the age of 3 to 6, children attend preschool. From 6 to 14, they go to primary school. At 14, they can choose to either continue their studies at a vocational school or at a professional school.

Age
As of 1985, Morfeyra's median age was 34.2 years. Although its populace is slightly aging, the government in the past decades has done little about it as they believe that the decay would stop soon.

The life expectancy of the average Morfeyran is 76.1 years. The lifespan of women are a bit higher (76.7 years) than that of men (75.5 years).

= Geography =

Climate
The northern plains are characterized by humid continental climate, while the lands at the feet of the southern mountain ranges are warm-summer or hot-summer mediterranean, depending on latitude. The islands across the peninsula are hot-summer mediterranean and the mountains themselves evidently have a highland climate.

Biodiversity
= Culture =