Gochtaria

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Provinces of Gochtaria

The **Gochtar** are the native people of the two large peninsulas to the west of Khavaria, Gochglem on the right and Rachglem on the left. The Gochtar occupy vast swathes of grassland, as well as large stretches of coast, sometimes living a nomadic lifestyle during the summer, yet returning to the region surrounding the capital of Gochar during the winter. The Gochtar are further split into the coastal Goch, and the inland prairie Rach. The Goch are largely settled in towns and villages during all times of the year, while the Rach are mostly nomadic herders.

## History

The Grand Duchy of Gochtar originates from the Gochglem Peninsula, where several nomadic tribes settled along the coast, found a network of city-states around the year 2000 BC. Around the year 1300 BC, the city-state Gochar waged a brutal war against their neighbors, soon conquering all the local city-states, uniting them into the Goch peoples. This was the first time the Goch split from the Rach, which started to be used as a term for the tribes of the inner prairie of Gochglem and the, still completely nomadic yet closely related, inhabitants of the neighboring Rachglem peninsula. During the next 1500 years, they slowly conquered the whole Gochglem Peninsula, soon set their eyes on the Rachglem Peninsula. Around the year 200 AD, they declared war on the Rachgu Khanate, a state that united most of the Rachglem peninsula under one nomadic tribal government. A bloody war followed, lasting for 70 years until 270 AD when the Goch banner was finally raised over Rachglem. From then on Goch entered a period of relative peace, the only real issue being some minor raids along the border. This was the so-called period of Pakj Gochiak (the Gochian peace). Around the year 1530 AD, however, the local Magistrate of Goch raised the taxes further and further to pay for his own expenses, consisting of palaces, Saeoran luxury goods, and Chayan furs. This leads the Gochtar people into rebellion, finally founding The Gochtar Republic, a new democratic state, as the successor state to Goch. Gochtaria remained a republic for a few years, however, due to the poor institutions, it fell into monarchic rule and former president Desmundoga - secretly backed by the Gray military - crowned himself the first Grand Duke of the newly declared Grand Duchy of Gochtaria around the year 1551 AD.

### Grand Duchy

As a gift, Gochtaria formally handed over a peninsula on the north side of Lake Roli to Grayia, which was already occupying the peninsula. Ever since the founding of the Grand Duchy, Gochtaria slowly started to end its semi-nomadic lifestyle, as Gochtaria began to modernise. As a part of this modernisation, a Parliament and Constitution were created in 1664 by Tronjo I. After the Parliament was created, Gochtaria only ever fought two wars within Drua, as Gochtaria would not often enter wars, and would remain neutral in the Nine Years’ War.

### Invasion of Ghawasanea

In 1902, taking advantage of the weakening Barri Empire, Gochtaria took over the neighboring Karmanaic nation of Ghawasanea. This is still a major point of contention amongst the world, and was brought up many times when Gochtaria was admitted to the Druan Union.

## Culture

Gochtaria is a multicultural society with traditional yet liberal values. The nation has 4 main religious groups, each with similarities and differences in values. However, one of the most common values in Gochtar society is humanitarianism. The Gochtar society values acts of charity such as sending humanitarian aid to countries to combat poverty and famine.

## Government

Gochtaria contains three branches of government. These are the Legislative Branch, which is held by the Parliament, the Executive Branch, which is held by the reigning monarch, and the Judicial Branch, which is held by the Federal Court System. The Parliamentary elections occur on October 9th of every evenly numbered year, and their are 225 elected seats for Parliament.

### Political Parties of Gochtaria

There are currently 6 parties which hold each of the 225 seats of the Gochtarian Parliament.

 Federal Party
 Ecologist Party
 Socialist Party
 Party of Ghawasanea
 Technocratic Party

The Khanate and Federal Parties are usually referred to as the major parties, while the other parties are referred to as minor parties.

## Military

The military of Gochtaria is split up into 4 branches These branches are the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Coast Guard.

### Army

The Gochtarian Army is the largest branch, with 214,350 active personnel and 479,100 reserves.

### Navy

The Royal Gochtar Navy is the 2nd largest branch, with 180,360 active personnel and 270,900 reserves.

### Air Force

The Royal Air Force of Gochtaria is the 3rd largest branch, with 121,110 active personnel and 151,110 reserves.

### Coast Guard

The Coast Guard is the smallest branch, with 87,000 total personnel.

## Administrative Divisions

Gochtaria currently has two types of 1st level subdivisions. These are Provinces and Federal Districts. Currently, there is only one Federal District, which is Gochar, the Capital of Gochtaria, while there are 10 Provinces.