Snubia

**Snubia** (Snubian: *Snbija*), officially the **Republic of Snubia** (Snubian: *Republika Snbije*), is a sovereign state located in Central Eurea, bordered by Chusia to the north and northeast, Horvatia to the east and southeast, and Austlungard to the west. Its capital and most-populous city is Darljana, located in the west of the country. Snubia has a population of about 2.0 million inhabitants.

Organized civilization first began in the territory of modern-Snubia in the 5th-century, with the establishment of numerous small city-states. By the 10th-century, the city-states had unified into the Darljana Principality, a small yet stable state. The Principality resisted influence from its eastern neighbors the Kingdom of Horvatia and Kingdom of Lorbia by associating itself more closely with the Lungarian-speaking states to its west. With the unificiation of the Lungarian states as the Lungarian Empire in the 18th-century, the Principality was included and incorporated as the Snubian Protectorate. On the fringe of the Empire, the Protectorate was always one of the most vulnerable regions, especially due to its cultural differences from the remainder of the Empire, leading to it being a target territory to acquire for some states in Southeastern Eurea. In the 19th-century, the Protectorate was conquered and annexed by the Kingdom of Alaslavia, one of the most politically powerful states in the region. In the 20th-century, a *coup d'état* occurred, deposing of the monarchy and imposing a fascist regime in a similar vein to the Kashan Union, referred to as the Federal Republic of Alaslavia (FR Alaslavia). Civil liberties and freedoms were greatly diminished in the era of FR Alaslavia, although not to the extreme extent that they were in the Kashan Union. FR Alaslavia disbanded in the 1990s, amidst mounting international pressure following the disbandment of the Kashan Union several years prior, and the state broke up into several independent nations, with Snubia receiving its independence in 1994.

After its independence, Snubia first established itself as a unitary parliamentary constitutional republic. Its head of state is the President, who is directly elected through a popular vote for a five-year term that can be renewed once. The President is largely a ceremonial position; they are tasked with formally appointing ministers, serving as the formal commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and they possess veto power over passed legislation, although their veto may be overridden by a simple majority vote in parliament. Most political power is vested in the Prime Minister, who serves as the head of government. The Prime Minister is most often the leader of the governing coalition in parliament, and they thus serve as the chief legislator of the nation. The Prime Minister is tasked with implementing their own policy agenda through legislation and leading a council of ministers. The bicameral parliament of Snubia consists of the National Council — the 20-seat upper house where members are elected to represent certain interest groups — and the National Assembly — the 145-seat lower house where members are elected through at-large party lists.

Of its population of about 2.0 million, approximately 89.4% identifies as ethnically Snubian, with a further 2.1% identifying as Gornian, 2.0% as Lorbian, 1.5% as Lungarian, 1.3% as Chusian, and 3.7% as other ethnic groups. The national and sole official language of Snubia is Snubian, a Slavoric language. Snubian is related to, but distinct from, the four Alaslavian langauges: Gornian, Horvatian, Lorbian, and Vitrospebian, and it is not mutually intelligible with the four. Approximately 91.6% of the population identifies their native language as Snubian, while 98.9% can communicate in it. The most predominant religion in Snubia is Eurean Catholicism, with 75.2% of the population adhering to it. A further 6.5% adheres to Eastern Eurean Christianity, while 2.0% adheres to Eurean Islam, 1.0% to other religions, and 15.3% identifies as atheist, agnostic, or irreligious. Weekly religious attendance is low, with only 19.9% of Snubians stating that they attend religious services at least weekly.