Urdestan (EthanKoenigsberg)

''This article is on EthanKoenigsberg's backstory "Occultatum Libera" or just a revised version of Alternate History of the World. for the original nation, see here ''

Republic of Urdestan is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Urdestan borders five countries, Kigrizia to the east, Turkestan to the west, Russia to the north, Persia to the southwest and Khorasan to the southeast. It is split into six provinces and one capital, Tashkent.

Once part of the Turkic Khaganate and later Timurid Empires, the region that today includes the Republic of Urdestan was conquered in the early 16th century by Eastern Turkic-speaking nomads. The area was gradually incorporated into the Russian Empire during the 19th century, and in 1903 what is now Uzbekistan became a bordered constituent republic of the Soviet Union, known as the Urdish Soviet Socialist Republic (Urdish SSR). Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, it declared independence as the Republic of Uzbekistan on 31 August 1991 (officially celebrated the following day).

Urdestan is a constitutional republic with a diverse cultural heritage. The country's official language is Urdish, a Turkic language written in Latin alphabet and spoken natively by approximately 85% of the population; however, Russian remains in widespread use. Urdes constitute 79% of the population, followed by Russians (5.4%), Tajiks (4.0%), Kazakhs (3.2%), Turkmen (2.8%) and others (5.6%). A majority of Uzbeks are non-denominational Muslims, Zoroastrians are concentrated near the border of Khorasan and Persia but are always persecuted.

Urdestan's economy relies mainly on commodity production, including cotton, gold, uranium, and natural gas. Despite the declared objective of transition to a market economy, its government continues to maintain economic controls which imports in favour of domestic "import substitution".

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''I intentionally created this page for a reason, if the creator of the nation would dislike the creation of this page, tell me. Any adjectives/demonyms would also be helpful. -EthanKoenigsberg''

''Also EthanConquistador's Alternate History of the World is currently a placeholder for revised nations despite there are some outdated nations here. It is also noted the brief description is copied from Wikipedia as placeholder''