Morgania

**Morgania** (Morganian: *Marganja*; Kashan: *Morganja*), officially the **Republic of Morgania** (Morganian: *Respublika ja‘Marganju*; Kashan: *Ćarśina s Morganju*), is a sovereign state located in Eastern Eurea, bordered by Akraine to the east, Regia to the west, and Karsylvania to the northwest; the nation also has a maritime border with Matia to the south. Its capital and most populous city is Sanna, located in the northeast of the country.

Long home to small agricultural societies, the territory of modern-day Morgania was incorporated in the Karsyl-Gregorian Empire in the 15th-century. After a century of Karsyl-Gregorian rule, the territory was ceded to the Kingdom of Regia in 1567. Regian rule had a great influence on the culture and language of Morgania; to this day, the Morganian language has a high number of Regian loanwords, while Morganians view themselves as closely associated with Regians. In 1671, the territory was forcibly conquered by and integrated into the Kingdom of Kasha, later joining the Kashan Empire a decade later. The territory of Morgania was organized into the Morganian Governorate, a subdivision of the Empire led by a Governor appointed by the Emperor. The Morganian Governorate became the Kashan Communist Republic of Morgania (known as KCR Morgania) after the 1899 communist *coup d'état* which disposed of the Emperor and formed the Kashan Union. During the era of the Kashan Union, KCR Morgania lacked the political and economic power of KCR Akraine and FCR Kasha, instead maintaining an agriculture-based society much like KCR Muldania. After years of civil unrest during the 1970s and 1980s regarding multiple human rights violations at the hands of Kashan government and the desire to become independent, the Supreme Council of Morgania declared their independence from the Kashan Union on 15 October 1987; their independence was later recognized internationally on 14 July 1988, becoming the first republic of the Kashan Union to receive its independence.

Since independence, Morgania has established itself as a presidential republic; its head of state and head of government is the President, elected by popular vote for a six-year term that can be renewed indefinitely. The President has a considerable amount of powers compared to in other nations; the President has the power to appoint a Prime Minister from any of the members of parliament, establish a cabinet and appoint all of its ministers, serve as a non-voting, non-legislating member of parliament in order to mediate discussions, and veto any legislation they deem fit with no possibility of a veto override. Human rights organizations have criticized Morgania's political structure, as it facilities the establishment of an authoritarian regime or dictator. The national legislature of Morgania is the Chamber of Deputies, a unicameral body. The body consists of 145 members who are elected from single-member constituencies, and is led by the President.

While Morgania is a rural nation, with about 55.2% of the population residing in rural towns or villages, about 34.6% of the population resides in the Sanna metropolitan area. A unitary state, Morgania is subdivided into five regions. Each region is led by a Governor, who is appointed by the President; Governors can also be fired by the President at any time. Since Morgania is a unitary state, there is little power that the regions hold on their own, and local government only exists as representations of the federal government on local levels, as the President is often too busy to address every concern of each region. Approximately 90.2% of the population identifies as ethnically Morganian, while 5.2% identifies as Kashan and 2.5% as Muldanian; the remaining 2.1% are primarily of Akrainian, Gregorian, Karsylvanian, or Regian origin. There are two official languages in the country: Morganian and Kashan, both Lavic languages; Morganian is the national language and is spoken natively by about 30.8% of the population, while Kashan is spoken natively by about 67.5% of the population and is the dominant language of politics, business, entertainment, and education. About 15.7% of the population cannot speak Morganian at all, mostly older generations residing in urban areas. Since independence, there have been efforts to increase the amount of people speaking Morganian on a daily basis. While the Morganian constitution allows for the freedom of religion, a majority of Morganians adhere to atheism, which was the state religion during the era of the Kashan Union. There are significant minority communities of Eastern Eurean Christians and Eurean Catholics, however.

## Politics

### Administrative divisions

*Main article: Regions of Morgania.*

Morgania is divided into five regions. As a unitary state, the regions do not hold much individual power and are vastly inferior to the federal government. Each region is centered around its capital city, with smaller cities, towns, and villages surrounding it.