Alatia

Alatia is a European democracy located in present day Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Albania, and Montenegro, created by AsMapping.

After several devastating invasions from both the Macedonian Empire and Georgia-Armenia, Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Turkey came together for a conference on September 23rd, called The Izmir Conference. The nations proposed a unified nation that would be better at defending and attacking their neighbors. After a few days of exploring possibilities and national polls, the nations unified of October 16th, 2031.

Etymology
Alatia means salt in Greek, however, among residents in mostly the Asian portions of Alatia, Tuzeli is prefered. The name of Alatia is probably one of the most contested things on the planet, with three different names being commonly used:


 * Blue: Alatia
 * Dark Blue: Alatia (The United Alatian Federation)
 * Orange: Tuzeli/Tuzelia (The Tuzelian Federation)
 * Red: Selie/Selia (The United Selian Federation)
 * Black: Other/Nation does not have relations with Alatia

The government of Alatia does not mind being called any type of name. However the official name of Alatia is indeed Alatia, even though most of the population calls it Tuzeli.

History
The United Federation of Alatia's main lands consisted of the former Hellenic Republic (Greece), and the Republic of Turkey

Several years before the formation of Alatia, the formation of the Armenian Empire caused much chaos within Turkey's government. Later on, the Armenian Empire would turn into Georgia-Armenia, a powerful union between Georgia and Armenia.

Meanwhile, in Greece, the Macedonian Empire was formed, and it invaded the Macedonian Region of Greece, along with other lands in Greece and Albania.

In 2031, during what was called the Izmir Conference, Albania, Greece, Turkey, and Montenegro proposed a union of nations against both Georgia-Armenia, and the Macedonian Empire. The proposal became official, and the nations came together under one banner. Izmir was settled as the capital for it's centralized location, and it's growing diverse population of Greeks and Turks.

Formation of Yunanca
One historic achievement of Alatia was the formation of a Creole-based language called Yunanca, meaning Greek in Turkish. The new language was a mixture of Greek and Turkish, with several loan words from Albanian and Montenegrin. The language was formed because of the serious linguistic diversity of the nation, and the struggle citizens of the Greek regions and Turkish regions had talking with the other side.

After several polls, testing, and studies, the language was released in 2035 with not much excitement from the public or world. However, it slowly became quite popular with the rise of popstar Akilinia, who sang very popular songs in Yunanca. Her rise would eventually start the YPop movement, a song genre as popular as KPop and JPop.

Yunanca has 15 million native speakers and 31 million second language speakers. It is classified under the Indo-European Language Family, under the Hellenic Branch with Greek.

Reformation of Alatia
In the far future, after the catastrophic results of World War Four, Alatia is reformed around Izmir, and quickly expands to it's former territory and lands, along with new ones. At its greatest extent, Alatia reached northern Egypt, Yemen, Iran, and Serbia. Alatia managed to hold onto these territories for some time because of their low population, the population's support of a centralized government, and the strength of the Alatian military. However, after World War Five, the population began gaining a distaste for the government, and willed autonomy. Alatia did not grant them the autonomy because they had so little population, which caused calls for rebellion and independence. In what was known as the Arabian War of Secession, Iranians and Arabians for what seems like the first time in history, took up arms together and fought the military. Alatia was not able to defeat the rebels thanks to their successful guerilla fighting and strength over such expansive territory, and Alatia grant them independence.

Breakup
Several years after the reformation, a right-wing party known as the "Alat Federatives" took up a majority in Parliment, rendering the Prime Minister's party useless, and ruled with an iron fist. The Alat Federatives injustly mistreated any minority group that wasn't Greek or Turk, decreased autonomy for the Bulgarian, Serbian, Albanian, Montenegrin, Macedonian, and Italian regions. Because of this cruelty, protests and revolts were held all over the country, many of which escalated to violence and police brutality.

The most infamous of these protests was known as "Red Skopje", where several peaceful protesters were met with severe police violence that left 96 dead and over 300 injured.

Because of this inequality, several areas began to break away from Alatia. First came Bulgaria, then Serbia, then Macedonia, then Salento, then Montenegro, and finally Albania. After these breakaways, a bloody coup d'etat in Izmir that left 300 dead and 1000 injured was staged, and the Alat Federatives were successfully kicked out of office and banned permanently from parliament.

Refugee Crisis
After the coup d'etat however, many Bulgarians fled into Thrace, along with several Albanians into what was then called Epirus, because of tyranny in their respective new governments. As much as 1 million Bulgarians, and 2 million Albanians fled into the country. What complicated matters was the fact that practically all the refugees were still Alatian citizens because the government did not revoke their citizenship. During this crisis, Alatia received much international aid from its closest ally Romania.

After the crisis, Epirus' population skyrocketed from 400,000 to 2.1 million, and about 50% Greeks of the region fled because of the crisis. Greeks in the region were outnumbered by the newly residing Albanians by 1:10, so the government decided to change Epirus into Shqip, a majority Albanian province.

Thrace did not change as much, because the population of Thrace was much more populous than Shqip's, but the Bulgarians did take up a sizable minority of 40%

Provinces
There are 26 provinces in Alatia, each with unique characteristics and capitals. In Alatia, there are five types of provinces:
 * Cities: Provincial elections are non-existent. Rather, the largest municipality (and the namesake of the province) will extend it's influence throughout the province.


 * Autonomous Region: Increased autonomy, and the legalization of another language are given to these special provinces.
 * Province: Regular permissions, autonomy, and government.

House of Representatives and House of Governers
The government of Alatia is a parlimentary democracy, similar to the style used in Canada and the U.K. There are 542 representative divisions plus one special whole-nation representative (the prime minister), all with populations around 150,000 people, and a prime minister—currently Cebrail Yıldız—runs the country. There is also a president, a ceremonial figure head—currently Zehra Eylül Öztoprak.

There is also a house of governers, which consists of regional governers for each province (for the city provinces, it's the mayor).

There are 3 main parties, and 6 main regional parties that have seats in parliament and governers' house:

Mapperdonian Event Standings
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Hyperloop
In the Alatian National Hyperloop System, 24 national stations and 8 international stations slide throughout the country.

Alatia's MCS hyperloop station is in Izmir.

Railway
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Foreign Relations
All nations I make treaties with will be automatically recognized unless stated otherwise (or a nation I've allied with in the past has border disputes with you).

Alliance Benefits
There is much to benefit from by allying with Alatia. Some beneficial relationships include: The above will apply to nations classified as ALL as well.
 * Transit: Visa-Free Travel (for 60 days) to Alatia.
 * Immigration: Immigration checks are less restrictive on citizens migrating to Alatia
 * Trade: Nations that ally themselves with Alatia can be exempt from the Alatian Foreign Trade Tax Tariff (the Alliance Tax Tariff will be applied instead, which is 75% cheaper).

There is one last alliance benefit that you MUST ask for specifically, and requires that you apply for all the other benefits:
 * Defense: If your nation is against another, or is at war with a different nation, Alatia will also be against that nation (this can only apply if the enemy nation has not applied for an alliance with Alatia already).