Izlegal

Izlegal, officially the Seventh Free Radical Revolutionary Republic of the territories of the Ethnic Izlegalians (commonly shortened to the Free Revolutionary Republic of Izlegal), is a landlocked country in eastern Alutra within the Serpentine region bordering Chijeragne on the east, Martland and Hillniborz to the south, and Aquizireiki on the north and north east. The capital is Silburskip as well as being the largest city in population and commercial output. It stretches for 216,334 km2, all held under direct control of the central government, splitting it into 9 Provinces which all follow a centralized planned economy abiding to strict guidelines mandated by the constitution of the 7th Republic.

Once occupied by the Gožyar, the region known today as Izlegal, fell under a collection of tribal migrations during early 1st Century BC. Since then the area was under nomadic tribes of varying sizes before they centralized under a collection of tribal councils, the most influential of which being the gulþ Council formed by the tribe of the same name. They would later centralize as the titular kingdom of gulþ, creating a multitude of small city states across the length of the Izlegal river before succumbing to anarchy after the final king of the gulþ chieftain lineage, !theking, passed away creating many successor cities. These River kingdoms cooperated weary of one another until the conquests of Silburskip, one of the most powerful dominions in the region, who reunified the izlegalians and proceeded to form the Kingdom of Izlegal in 852 AD which showed promise in it's region before being absorbed by the Kingdom of the Aquizi. Izlegal would remain a regional term again until 1857 following large uprisings demanding local representation whereupon a various collection of counties and municipalities were created for local representation. These proved lacking as there would be many more cries from representation within the Aquzi-Martic Union. Izlegal would be placed under a viceroyality in 1940 following the Union civil war in 1933. Almost immediately the viceroyality was overthrown following the disruption and outbreak of violence at the peace talks leading the military, holding leftist appeal, declared themselves independent and began an effort of defense.

While initially popular, much of the lower command were highly revanchist and demanded an aggressive policy. A coup broke out leading to the formation of the 2nd Izlegalian Republic and heightened tensions in the area. Further republics, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th appeared and collapsed following military command disagreements in situations including economic directions, political structure, and other fundamentals of the state. The situation reached a breaking point in 1988 after a mass public revolt saw the formation of the 6th republic and hoped to reduce military tensions and conflict in the region. While succeeding initially, the state couldn't cope after tensions rose again and saw a spike in military control. The military seized control of the state in 2005 declaring the 7th republic and the promise of de-escalation in the region. They maintained their promise with the signing of the Hillniborz accords in 2011, bringing a more stable peace to the sepentine countries unexperienced since the collapse of the union. Izlegal is noted as being the most unsuccessful state in the region due to it's poor maorrupt government, it is the poorest country in the Serpentines is greatly antagonistic against its neighbours, a behaviour that has reduced since 2011. Izlegal keeps itself away from global affairs and does not participate in any economic bloc or international organizations excluding the World Forum.

Geography and Climate
at 216,334 square kilometers, Izlegal is the smallest country and second smallest soverign nation (ahead of Hillniborz) in the Serpentine Region. The country is split almost in half by it's defining natural feature; the Izlegal river, that stretches across its whole length and creates some of the border of Aquizireiki. This river splits the two major geographic regions of Izlegal of which there are three in total; the mountainous valleys of the east, the lowlands of the south west, and the plateua of the north west. Compared to the rest of the regions mountains, Izlegal holds the lowest high point at a peak of [NUMBER] m above sea level. The Izlegal river has been a defining feature of the region since its settlement by the Izlegalian people, who occupied the river and lived off of it for centuries and has been a source of political strife and divide during the regions time of the river kingdoms. The generally flat land of the Izlegal region permitted for the popular use of horseriding and cavalry, famously being some of the most proficient in the Unions army.

Climate
Izlegal is a very hemogenous country with its climate, being in the region of the great grass belt, alongside Aquizireiki. Majority of Izlegal is classified under the Koppen model as cold semi-arid (BSk) with some rain shadows produced by the [Mountain] range creating two small cold deserts (BWk) in its east and north west. About 80% of the population live within the grassland climate. To the far south, Izlegal holds a small stretch of oceanic climate (cfb)

Demographics
According to state based numbers, Izlegal possesses a population of 9,202,155. From this the country has a population density of approximately 42.54 km2 overall, much of it dispersed across the countryside due to low density in many of the nations cities excluding Silburskip.

Ethnic groups
Izlegal is under a highly unitary culture of Izlegalian which comprises 82.8% of the total population, numbering at 7,619,384 native izlegalians. This hegemony of the Izlegalian culture comes from the disputes over cultural territory that plauged the serpentine region for over seventy years. By the end of these wars, Izlegal had claimed all of the territory they deemed as rightfully Izlegalian. the smaller 17.2% consists of neighbouring serpentine nations including the Aquizireikigs (10.1%, around 929,417 people), Chijeres (6.2%, 570,533), and the martic (0.9%, 82,819) people. Each of these groups are found near the borders, Aquizigs most commonly remaining in the north, while Marts and Chijeres exclusively remain in the southern half of the country, Marts typically remaining around the city of [City] near Hillniborz. Izlegal does not allow groups outside of the Serpentine region into the country under their policy of international affair isolation. Serpentine cultures are only permitted due to the former decisions of the 6th republic in allowing the cultural freedom of movement for Serpentine nationals, and later as part of the agreement of the Hillniborz accords.