Tiepu

Tiepu, officialy the Tiepeti Republic, is a landlocked in the northeast of the  of Vidina. It is located between Ta’aroha to its west and Riyata to its east.

Tiepu’s history spans a variety of cultures and empires, being located at the crossroads of many great civilizations and several key commercial routes. Inhabited by a succession of tribes, clans, and then sedentary populations, Tiepu has periodically fallen under domination by larger powers. Between periods of self rule it was ruled by the Aunic Empire, the Korasic Empire, Riyata, and Ta’aroha.

Following the Second World War, Tiepu has officially been a unitary parliamentary republic, then a unitary presidential republic following a 2010 referendum, although de facto it had an executive President was was governed as a semi-presidential republic before the referendum. It continues to endure ethnic conflicts, economic troubles, transitional governments, and political conflict.

Ethnic Tiepeti make up the majority of the country’s population, followed by significant minorities of Riyatians and Kanasa. Tiepeti is closely related to other Kanasa languages. Tiepu is a member of the Vatupic Treaty Community and has one of the most developed economies in the world. However, its rates of income inequality have lagged in recent years, leading to social unrest.