Republic of Aleurusia

## Republic of AleurusiaAleruská Republika

Flag of Aleurusia

Seal of Aleurusia

Leftist coalition (2194)

Centrist coalition (2195)

* Progress and Security
* Social Progressives

2194:

* Prime Minister Aleš Jankovič
* President Valentína Smreková

2195:

* Prime Minister Vratislav Kostra
* President Valentína Smreková

Aleurusian Christian Union
Green Party
Social Progressives
National Progressives
New Aleurusia Party
Citizens United
National Greens
Progress and Security

~46 million (2194)

2194:

* 86% Aleurusians
* 11% non-Aleurusian Eredanis
* 3% non-Eredani migrants

2194: Aleurusian (official)
Neoeredanish (CEF official)

2194: Ered

The **Republic of Aleurusia** *(Aleruská Republika)*, was a republic in northern [island name] and a former member state of Iljekya. As a border region, it was one of the more impoverished regions of Iljekya, which along with destruction caused by intense fighting and heavy bombings during the Great War made it the poorest country in Eredan in 1954. Most of region was occupied by Prithano-Montelan forces by the end of the Great War, which were placed under allied occupation and administration in a 6 year long period of rebuilding, democratization and decommunization. The region would gain independence in 1954 under the newly formed Aleurusian Republic.

Aleurusia is currently a member-state of the Central Eredan Federation.

## Government

Based on the Eredani parliamentary system, Aleurusia is a unitary parliamentary democracy with a figurehead president, unicameral legislature and led by a Prime Minister. The parliament of Aleurusia consists of 60 seats from 50 constituencies directly elected by the public, and 10 seats held by the clergy which are appointed by the Catholic Church of Aleurusia. During Allied occupation and reconstruction, the parliament only had the 50 elected seats, under the Prithanian policy of separation of church and state. However, following Aleurusian independence in 1954, the ruling Aleurusian Christian Union party added the 10 clergy seats in order to gain support from the Church.

General elections are held every 4 years, but snap elections can be called if the President dissolves parliament. The Prime Minister of Aleurusia is chosen by the ruling party following a general election, that being the party that has won more than 30 seats in parliament. The President and Speaker of Parliament are elected by Members of Parliament, and are expected to be apolitical.

## Subdivisions

The Republic of Aleurusia consists of 6 subdivisions - 1 capital city and 5 provinces, called "oblasts".

* Teplirov Capital Region (capital: Teplirov)
* Khuzin Oblast (capital: Karve)
* Miná Oblast (capital: Minágrad)
* Letvin Oblast (capital: Letvin)
* Landonsky Oblast (capital: Grudzin)
* Svitmyia Oblast (capital: Svitmyia)

## History

### Prehistory

The regions of modern day Aleurusia are believed to have been inhabited since at least 7000 BC. Not much is known about the peoples who inhabited the region before the arrival of the Aleruská in around 543 BC

### Classical

The ancestors of Aleruská, Sedrians, Ordovs and Nervanská arrived in modern-day Aleurusia in around 543 BC, during the Great Slavinsk Migration eastwards from modern-day Iljekya. According to Aleurusian and Ordonervanian folktales, the five proto-Aleurusian tribes were led by a chief named Aleruss Teplirov, who led his people to modern-day Aleurusia. In honor of this, his people and the Aleurusian capital were named after him, and modern-day Aleurusia consists of 5 provinces, each region being where one of the tribes settled in.

Ancient Reinean sources started describing a people called the "Slawinci" in 543 BC, whose customs and traditions match those of ancient proto-Aleurusians

### Early Medieval

In 425 AD, due to an extreme volcanic eruption in Kalshei, the sun was blocked out by volcanic ash for much of the year, causing the Great Famine of 425. Many Aleurusian tribes began moving south into modern-day Reine and even Carosthania, some seeking food and refuge while others raided the locals for survival. By the 500s, having caused the collapse of civilization in Reine and plundered immense wealth from the neighboring civilizations in the south, the proto-Aleurusians began forming kingdoms in modern-day Aleurusia, while others became warlords ruling over parts of Reine as a minority government

### Conversion to Christianity

In 547, a Reinean priest, Saint Septimius of Prevezi, set out to convert the Aleurusian pagans to Christianity. He converted Ciril of Grudzin, the ruler of a relatively small Aleurusian kingdom, to Christianity. The rest of his kingdom soon followed suite. Following this, Saint Septimius set out to convert the other Aleurusian states, converting the cities of Karve and Letvin, but was caught in a snowstorm on his road to Teplirov and died in 551, presumably of hypothermia. Despite his death, Christianity would continue to spread in Aleurusia

### Grudzinovic Kingdom

By 589, the Christian kingdom of Grudzin had grown from a minor state to a major power in Aleurusia. It managed to capture the city of Teplirov in 601 and unified all of the Aleurusian states by 622, converting the entire country to Christianity. The unified Aleurusian state, which lasted until 763, was known as the Grudzinovic era.

### Late Medieval

The throne of the Grudzinovics was usurped in 763. The nobles did not recognize the usurper as a legitimate monarch, and broke away from the rule of Teplirov, leading to the kingdom splintering into dozens of principalities and free cities. While some strong Aleurusian states would rise and fall, Aleurusia would never be one unified kingdom ever again

### Early Modern

All records and monuments of Aleurusian history following 1500 have been destroyed and erased by Iljekya

### Iljekyanization and the Great War

By the early 20th century, Aleurusia was a part of communist Iljekya. Iljekyanization destroyed and suppressed much of Aleurusia's language, history and culture. Many historical and religious buildings, monuments and statues were destroyed. Millions were killed or deported to the permafrost. By 1940, ethnic Iljeks made up 30% of the Aleurusian population, and Iljekyan was the only language taught in schools.

During the Great War of 1942-1948, ethnic Aleurusians were believed to be potential collaborators, and more deportations targeted towards them were enacted. The ethnic Aleurusian population in Aleurusia dropped from 20 million in 1920 to 11 million in 1948.

### Post-War

Following the Allied occupation of Aleurusia, the ethnic Aleurusians began retaliating against ethnic Iljeks, destroying communist monuments and statues, as well as lynching and killing ethnic Iljeks. The Allies did nothing to stop it. In the drafting of the 1948 Provisional Constitution of the Republic of Aleurusia, Montelan authorities proposed having Iljekyan and Aleurusian be dual official languages, but the Aleurusians objected. The population of ethnic Iljeks, which made up 30% of the Aleurusian population in 1940, dropped to 14% by 1954, with thousands fleeing the country every month out of fear of retaliation. While the Allied occupation did not purposely target ethnic Iljeks, Prithanian PM Eden Arnolds promised in 1951 that the Allies would not interfere in the internal affairs of Aleurusia after independence. Immediately after independence, the ruling Aleurusian Christian Union (ACU) party proposed several anti-Iljekyan policies in parliament, most of which failed to pass.

In January 1955, parliament passed the 1955 Assimilation Act proposed by the ACU. Under the Assimilation Act, all ethnic Iljeks in the country, which consisted of 14% of the population, were to convert to Catholicism. Speaking Iljekyan in public was outlawed. Ethnic Iljeks who did not follow the new law would face deportation to Iljekya, a fate which many in Aleurusia believed to be "worse than death"

## Demographics

According to the 1954 census, of Aleurusia's population of 13 million, 78% were Aleruská and 14% were Iljek. After the 1955 Assimilation Act, Aleurusian government censuses registered all ethnic Iljeks as "Aleruská", leading to the ethnic Aleurusian population going up to 92% and the ethnic Iljek population dropping to 0% overnight.

However, concerns and distrust towards the Iljeks continued, and Aleurusia eventually entered into a population exchange deal with the newly formed Republic of Sedry in 1955, sending ethnic Iljeks to Sedry in exchange for ethnic Aleruská in Sedry to be sent to Aleurusia. The ethnic Iljek population dropped to 5%, and the ethnic Aleruská, excluding Iljeks registered as "Aleruská" after the Assimilation Act, reached 92% of the population

## Religion

The Catholic Church of Aleurusia is the official state religion of Aleurusia. In a similar fashion to Lesovia, the 1954 Constitution of the Republic of Aleurusia, amended immediately after independence, established that all politicians, civil servants, teachers, and soldiers must be Catholic. Atheists and secularists are looked down upon for their association with communism. Up to 98% of Aleurusia's population is believed to be Catholic.