Jaturnia

The state of Talara-Jaturnia (Torberian: Tálresjáturnja [ˈTalresjatuːnja], Jaturnian: Talaranet Jaturnilax [taˈlaɾanet jaˈtuɾnilax]) is a torberian state situated on the Talaran archipelago.

Talara-Jaturnia is located in the northern edges of the archipelago, being made up of the islands of Verenam, Talasera, Jaturna and the nortern edges of mainland Talara. It is the second smallest state in the region, only being behind the Torbera capital region. Jaturnia, like most of Talara, has an overpopulation problem. The island isn't able to sustain the huge amounts of population talara has, so most of its food must be imported. Its capital is Jaturnenlat, the ancient capital of the Jaturnian empire. Its location in the northwestern edge of the mainland easily connects it with Nasabrea and Esver-Estern across the Kirékvért and the Torbersee, and to mainland talara and the capital through the Jaturnenlat strait.

The Jaturnian economy is mostly based on the fishing and the wood manufacturing sectors, but the arms manufacturing sector and tolls also contribute a fair share to the jaturnian economy. Jaturnia is a rich state by torberian standards, and while not being as rich as the Rjénberem areas, it surpasses them in quality of life, with its wealth inequality being the lowest in all of Torberia, and a much more radical version of the Fair Life Acts being implemented there.

Jaturnia's history is very long, with its capital being established shortly after the treaty of talara several hundreds of years ago. The area reached its maximum splendor under the empire, with Jaturnenlat being one of the first cities in history to reach a million people. It was the richest area in the empire too, with its fishing industry being the pride of the empire. When the empire started declining, jaturnia did too, and by the 500s it was already just a slightly richer version of Villeia. When the Serivnian Invaders reached the island, the local jaturnians put very little resistance to the invasion, compared to the others in the centre of the province, so they were given special rights within the new Serivnian empire. During the empire, the area reached again another golden age, becoming the cultural centre of the Serivnian empire, even if it wasn't as populated and rich as before. During the zenith of serivnia in the 1100s, jaturnia became a hub of commerce between the mainland and talara, thanks to its location between the velizkan mainland and the rest if the island. As the empire declined, jaturnia declined once again, with commerce slowly disappearing, and its population leaving jaturnia for the viranian peninsula. When the serivnian empire fell, Jaturnia entered the Estebian empire, during which it managed to recover some of its former glory, until the torberians revolted in the 1700s and jaturnia entered the torberian state. During the empire years, jaturnia became part of the Governorate of Jaturnia, which was a region which heavily benefitted from the torberian budget. When the dark years reached jaturnia, and in 1877 the empire finally fell, Jaturnia was victim of several assimilation attempts by the torberian govrnment, which all failed. When the torberian civil war started, jaturnia sided fully with the séltets, becoming a key strategic point of the seltets to encircle the capital. Thanks to their support and loyalty to [[kébrennt, Jaturnia was made an autonomous area under the torberian state, and assimilation would stop. Ever since the torberian miracle, jaturnia has prospered a lot, even if it was hit hard by the 1969 crisis.

The state of Jaturnia was established in 1982, after Szártan's massive torberian reorganization plans. Jaturnia-Surii was split from it in 1983, due to how culturally different both regions are from eachother.

Culturally, Jaturnia-Talara has mostly kept its culture intact. In the southern edges of the region, and in Jaturnenlat, a mix of torberian and Jaturnian cultures exists, but in the north of the state, it becomes increasingly harder to find Torberians, and the more culturally distinct fro mthe mainland it becomes.

Politically, Jaturnia is the most conservative state in torberia. It is a semi-guided region, which means that the governor is appointed by the lészer and its regional assembly is elected by the jaturnians. The hardliner and conservative wings of the party do really well in local elections, probably because of the massive nostalgia from the Kébrennt era in the region, and Krévelt's propaganda legacy in the state. This state is considered to be the biggest thorn in the reformist's side, with the region's politicians and people being vocal opponents of any kind of reform. Separatism in Jaturnia is surprisingly uncommon, with very few people wanting to separate from Torberia. This region is also a centre of Épirgarda activity, with several Épirgarda bases being located here ever since Krévelt times.