Information about South Slavia

**South Slavia** (Zherbic: *Južne Slavije*), officially the **Federation of South Slavia** (Zherbic: *Federacija Južne Slavije*) is a country in the south-east of the continent, having coast to the Slavic Sea to its south. The country is bordered to the west by Cadilly, to the north and Phialia, and to the east by East Slavia.

With an area of 240.200 km², South Slavia is the twelveth largest country of Tena and the smallest of the Slavic Cooperation Treaty Organisation (SlavCTO). With a population exceeding the 20 million of inhabitants, South Slavia is the tenth country by population, but it is the country with the third biggest population density at 83,58 inhabitants/km². The country's capital city is Yugzhegrad, which is also the major urban area of the country, followed by Dorzhevod, Corgorod, Varadinka and Radjlana.

Proto-Slavic people arrived to Southslavian grounds during the Bronze Age, evolving in different kingdoms that were finally unified and created a kingdom which was named the Kingdom of Slavia, including the current East Slavia. The Kingdom of Slavia was a powerful absolute monarchy that controlled the area without problems and without trying to conquer or expand to any territories. However, it was a poor country, with the worse conditions of Tena and more than the ninety percent of the population living in poverty. At the beginning of the XX century, a group of intellectuals organised in groups named Soviets, started a revolution, which finished in the establishment of the Soviet Socialist Union (SSU), a socialist regime that led the country to a great development and improvement of living conditions.

The SSU continued until 1991, when different parts of the current South Slavia started asking for independence, since their culture and languages was different to the rest of the union. After a successful referendum, the SSU split in South and East Slavia. However, this separation led to a liberal revolution in both the eastern and southern territories, that finished with the proclamation of South Slavia as a federal state, finishing the socialist regime.

At present, South Slavia is a secular federal parliamentary republic with a presidential and constitutional regime, with Krista Božter serving as the head of state. It is considered a developed country, with the ninth largest economy of the continent. It is a member of different organisations, including the United Tenan Nations Organisation (UTNO), the Slavic Cooperation Treaty Organisation (SlavCTO) and the Tenan Broadcasting Union (TBU). Since the country is part of the SlavCTO, the official currency is the shared Rusii (₽) (SLR).

## Political Geography

South Slavia is divided in six provinces. These are Bosnkia, Crni Nosac, Hrvatia, Maconia, Slavinjia and Zherbina.

In alphabetical order, **Bosnkia** is an almost landlocked province located in the east of the country, thus with the smallest coastline, but being third with the largest population. The province has a completely flat terrain at sea level, providing it with great opportunities for the development of agriculture, the main way of generating income in Bosnkia. The provincial government has invested highly in the agricultural industry for that reason, and currently the province enjoys high productivity in the sector with the latest technologies. On the other hand, the main city of Bosnkia, Dorzhevod, which is also the second most populated in South Slavia, offers opportunities for the tertiary sector, with a high concentration of companies compared to the rest of the territory.

**Crni Nosac** is the province located in the north of the country, being the one with the smallest population and without any coast since it is double landlocked. In that way, also due to its mountainous terrain under the Philish Plateau, it is the most rural one. Its economy is based in the terrace farming, mining and cattle raising. With a population of nearly one and a half million of inhabitants, Crni Nosac has suffered in some way a neglect by the government due to the lack of economic profitability generated by the province, due to the lack of new opportunities and investments. In that way, Crni Nosac has not many fast-speed train connections with other places in South Slavia, apart from those that arrive to Varadinka, its largest city, and transportation and infrastructure in general are really primitive in the province.

**Hrvatia** is located in the south-east of South Slavia, with Corgorod as its main and biggest city, which is the third largest of the country. It is the second most populated province of the country, and the one that receives more tourism, due to the existence of Latin ruins and long beaches of golden sand in its territory. Its economy is highly dependent on this sector, that has become over the last few years in a highly criticised one, because at present it is generating more problems than benefits to the community, since the majority of investment are directed to the tourism sector in the coast, which is extremely massified in the province, creating several issues, as an excessive increase in rental prices or the gentrification of neighbourhoods, across the whole region.

**Maconia** is located in the centre of South Slavia, bordering with all the provinces and Cadilly and East Slavia, but without access to the coast, with Radjlana as its main and biggest city. It was considered the province with the best industrial fabric in South Slavia. This economic sector began to develop in the mid XIX century and made the province the largest industrial hub of the Kingdom of Slavia and later of the SSU, but since the independence of South Slavia, many industries moved to the coast to be close from the capital of the country, also causing a great exodus of population. For this reason, the provincial government has invested heavily in improving the region's infrastructures, giving companies more opportunities to return, and generating a beneficial industrial rearmament in recent years.

**Slavinjia** is the third least populated province of South Slavia, with more than three million inhabitants. It is located in the south-west of the country, bordering with Cadilly. It does not have any of the largest cities of the country in its territory. The economy of Salvinjia, like that of Hrvatia, is dependent on beach and border tourism, although not at the same level. The provincial government has made great efforts in recent years to diversify tourism and make it more sustainable, as it was generating more problems than benefits to the community. Thus, it was decided to considerably reduce the number of visitors, a radical measure that allowed the reorganisation and sustainable expansion of the tourist offer, adding cultural and natural tourism in the south-east of the Cadillian Mountains as a viable option.

Lastly, **Zherbina** is the province located in the centre of the country, being the one with the biggest population with more than five and a half million of inhabitants, and having coast to the Slavic Sea. The capital and largest city of South Slavia, Tugzhegrad is located in its territory. Its economy is based on the tourism sector as well, with great emphasis on the sun and beach sub-sector. However, Zherbina does not receive the insane coastal massification that other provinces do, so it is still controlled and beneficial for the province. Nonetheless, the provincial government has make several efforts to diversify the tourism carried out in Zherbina, adding to the offer modalities such as sports, business and natural tourism.

### **Main cities description**

**Yugzhegrad** is the capital and largest city of South Slavia speaking of inhabitants, with 1.784.000 people living within the municipal limits. It is located in the western part of the country, being the main city of its province, Zherbina. There have been settlements from the Bronze Age, when the Proto-Slavic people started colonising the area. The economy of the city and its surroundings have always been based in agriculture and fishing from the Slavic Sea, but since the end of the XIX century when major industrialisation started in South Slavia, Yugzhegrad got better infrastructure and opportunities, letting tourism, industry and services flourish, and taking advantage of the capital status. As it is located in the southern side of the continent, having coast to the Slavic Sea, it has a mild continental climate, with cold winters and hot summers, and not as many rains as common for that kind of weather.

**Dorzhevod** is the second largest city of South Slavia speaking of inhabitants, with 786.000 people living within the municipal limits. It is located in the eastern part of the country, close to the East Slavia border, being the main city of its province, Bosnkia. There have been settlements from the Bronze Age, when the Proto-Slavic people started colonising the area. The economy of the city and its surroundings have always been based in agriculture and cattle raising, but since the end of the XIX century when major industrialisation started in South Slavia, Yugzhegrad got better infrastructure and opportunities, letting tourism, industry and services flourish. As it is located in the southern side of the continent, having coast to the Slavic Sea, it has a mild continental climate, with cold winters and hot summers, and not as many rains as common for that kind of weather.

**Corgorod** is the third largest city of South Slavia speaking of inhabitants, with 559.000 people living within the municipal limits. It is located in the south-eastern part of the country, being the main city of its province, Hrvatia. There have been settlements from the Bronze Age, when the Proto-Slavic people started colonising the area. The economy of the city and its surroundings have always been based in agriculture and fishing from the Slavic Sea, but since the end of the XIX century when major industrialisation started in South Slavia, Yugzhegrad got better infrastructure and opportunities, letting tourism, industry and services flourish. As it is located in the southern side of the continent, having coast to the Slavic Sea, it has a mild continental climate, with cold winters and hot summers, and not as many rains as common for that kind of weather.

**Varadinka** is the fourth largest city of South Slavia speaking of inhabitants, with 420.000 people living within the municipal limits. It is located in the north-eastern part of the country, being the main city of its province, Crni Nosac. There have been settlements from the Bronze Age, when the Proto-Slavic people started colonising the area. The economy of the city and its surroundings have always been based in agriculture and mining from the Philish Plateau, but since the end of the XIX century when major industrialisation started in South Slavia, Yugzhegrad got better infrastructure and opportunities, letting tourism, industry and services flourish. As it is located in the southern side of the continent, having coast to the Slavic Sea, it has a mild continental climate, with cold winters and hot summers, and not as many rains as common for that kind of weather.

**Radjlana** is the fifth largest city of South Slavia speaking of inhabitants, with 374.000 people living within the municipal limits.It is located in the central part of the country, being the main city of its province, Maconia. There have been settlements from the Bronze Age, when the Proto-Slavic people started colonising the area. The economy of the city and its surroundings have always been based in agriculture and mining from the Philish Plateau, but since the end of the XIX century when major industrialisation started in South Slavia, Yugzhegrad got better infrastructure and opportunities, letting tourism, industry and services flourish. As it is located in the southern side of the continent, having coast to the Slavic Sea, it has a mild continental climate, with cold winters and hot summers, and not as many rains as common for that kind of weather.

## Physical Geography

Phialia is a mostly flat country with some mountainous areas in the north and south-west of the territory, coinciding with the farthest south point of both the Philish and Cadillian mountain ranges. The south and centre of the country are coveed by the Rusish Plains, a very fertile area that goes from East Slavia to South Slavia. Phialia is bathed by the Slavic Sea to its south, receiving in that way its mild weather influence.

The country has only one major river that flows through its territory. The Jade River is born in Phialia, and flows through South Slavia making the border with Cadilly until the end of the river. This river is very mighty due to the fact that it receive water from numerous tributaries that are located in a mountainous climate with snows throughout the year.

Talking about the Southslavian climate conditions, the country mainly has a mild continental climate in the flat areas, where most of the population lives. However, in the south-western and northern parts of the territory, where the big mountain ranges cover the soil, an obvious mountainous climate can be found, creating cold winters and mild to cold summers. In the rest of the country, however, there are cold winters and hot summers.

## Politics

South Slavia is a federal constitutional republic, meaning that the executive power is held by one person, the President of South Slavia, and the legislative power is held by the parliament, Slovenska Kuća (Slavic House), that is elected and replaced every four years. The elections take place in such a way that each province of the country provides a number of seats proportional to its population, making it to 120 seats in total.

### **Main political parties**

     SSS (Socijalistička Slovenska Stranka) (Socialist Slavic Party)

* Centre left. Socialism, social liberalism, social democracy, federalism.

     SDC (Stranka Demokratskog Centra) (Democratic Center Party)

* Centre right. Liberalism, classical liberalism, secularism, capitalism.

     KzuJS (Konzervativci za Južnu Slaviju) (Conservatives for South Slavia)

* Right. Conservatism, liberal conservatism, Southslavian nationalism, centralism.

     PKom (Povratak Komunista) (Communists Return)

* Far left. Communism, anti-capitalism, progressivism, secularism, trotskyism.

     SloZel (Slovenski Zeleni) (Slavic Greens)

* Left. Anti-capitalism, green politics, pacifism, anti-militarism, anti-centralism, socialism.

     AS (Agrarna Stranka) (Agrarian Party)

* Centre. Agrarian conservatism, pacifism, agrarianism, participatory democracy, ordoliberalism