Archive:West Tzíralla

The Estebian-Torberian Republic of Tzíralla and Talnarsk (Torberian:Est'berját-Torberját Kóspersaktat Tzírlat eé Tálnârsk, Estebian: Stíbńansko-Torberskaja Retel'ka Tzirally ij Tal'nasska) Also known as West Tzíralla (Torberian: Kérnestzírlat, Estebian: Sárjat Tziralla) is a country situated on the region of Tarvalia, in the continent of Varnesia. The tzirallan mainland has a with Têuver, and a Maritime border with the country of Kèvram.

With an area of 48,931.70 km2 (18,892.63 sq mi), Tzíralla is the smallest country by land area of both Tarvalia and the Varnesian continent. It has a population of 2.4 Million, which is rapidly declining due to emigration from the Island. Its capital is Thérenkirát, but its largest city is Karjálsk, where one third of the population lives. Other notable cities of Tziralla include Tsárvaja, on the island of Talnarsk and New Rjénvor, on the border with Têuver.

The Tzirallan economy is small and declining, with Tziralla being the poorest nation on Varnesia. It used to be one of the wealthiest nations on Rivesteka before the Second Tarvalian War, but with the Têuver annexation of East Tzíralla, the five year occupation, two civil wars, two interventions by Têuver, and massive political and societal instability which continues to the modern day, its economy has collapsed. What few production the island has is mostly controlled by Tzirallan extensions of the Têuver Megacorporations, in particular the four Torberlax and Halassatram. The nation has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world, having a 47% unemployment rate, a very low HDI compared to its neighbors, and a massive wealth inequality problem. Currently, the country is going through a food crisis, as emigration from the fields and guerrilla activity is harming the country's ability to produce food.

West Tzíralla is an Unitary Semi-Presidential Republic, with Klétjet vák Télverlat-Háslar as its head of state. The current ruling coalition is the Tzirallan Democratic Union, a coalition of Szártists, Preservationists, Moralists, Orangists and Laborists created in 1982, as a reaction to the growing popularity of the two extremist parties in Tziralla, the Tzirallan Seltet Vanguard and the Variskist Party of Tziralla, in an attempt to keep them out of power. Tzíralla is a heavily dependent state of the Varnesian League, with Têuver having a considerable amount of influence in Tzirallan internal affairs through both the position of Overseer of Tzirallan Affairs and a permanent military presence established on the island.

The Island of Tzíralla has been continously inhabited by humans for over 30,000 years. Several cultures developed in the island, but by the 5th century BC the island was fully settled by the Ljurans, an enigmatic native group whose culture and language remain unknown to us yet. The island remained as a loose confederation of Ljuran tribes until a previously unrecorded group from mainland Varnesia, the Kalyrs, conquered the island in the 4th century, while fleeing from a "Demonic Horde". Kalyr rule lasted over a thousand years, with the Ljurans becoming extinct by the 6th century. It was part of several Kalyr kingdoms, the most important of which being the Kingdom of Djeral, which would last from the unification of Tziralla in the 11th century until Velizkan Colonization began in the 16th century.

The Island was first discovered by a Viranian explorer in 1521. Soon after, the viranians declared war on Djeral, which was in a civil war, and quickly joined the side of the Djerals which promised more concessions; the war was short, with it lasting only a year, and it ended with Virania setting Djeral as a client state, getting 4 treaty ports and several trade concessions. Viranian settlement on the island grew through the 17th century, causing troubles with the Djeral Leadership, who, after a diplomatic crisis, declared war on the Viranians. The djerals lost, and Djeral, with its new name, Tzairlax, was fully annexed into Virania as a colonial province. Tziralla lasted a century under viranian rule, during which the island was heavily settled by Viranians and immigrants from southern Velizka, quickly becoming the economic Heart of Viranian Tarvalia. The Viranian period ended in 1745 with the end of the First Viranian-Torberian War, which ended with the Treaty of Estern, which said that the torberians would be handed over all colonies of Virania, including Tziralla. The early Torberian era was marked with heavy repression against the native Djerals and the Viranians, which created unrest, which culminated in a series of revolts all across the island. The Torberians, thanks to having more experienced and professional forces, ended up winning. After the revolts, the viranians and the natives were deported to different parts of tarvalia. The natives were sent to Kèvram, which would become a native reserve, and the viranians were sent to Têuver, where they were the majority. The during the middle torberian period, Tzíralla experienced large amounts of immigration from the mainland, Estebians from the Northern Rjénberem being by far the largest source of migrants. This created a very large estebian presence on the island, eventually becoming a Self-Governing colony in 1788. Tziralla, much like Têuver, experienced an industrial revolution during the 19th century, becoming the second centre of industrial activity in Tarvalia. The Tzirallan colony was overrun by the revolting Kalyrs during the great revolt, and with the end of the Great Torberian Revolt, Tziralla was granted to Kèvram as an autonomous state.

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