Chevrokia

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Military

Chevrokian Army soldier during winter training operations.

Main article: Military of Chevrokia

The Chevrokian Department of Defense is the cabinet-level government agency responsible for the operation of the Chevrokian armed forces. The primary task of the Department is to train and equip military forces for the defense of Chevrokian territory and interests. The military is divided into three major service branches; the Army (Hæren), Republic Navy (Republikanske Marine), and Republic Air Force (Republikanske Flyvåpen), with smaller sub-branches for each service. The overall head of the military is the President, as commander-in-chief, though normal day-to-day operations are typically handled by the Secretary of Defense and the chiefs-of-staff of the service branches.

The Chevrokian military is currently an all-volunteer force, with a total active force consisting of roughly 24 million personnel. Deployments of active duty combat forces are currently in place with the Georgian League allies, as well as the previously mentioned contingent of the Republic Air Force to southern Questers. Forces providing logistical support are also deployed to territories under Willinkian and Cravanian control.

Geography

The Chevrokian Republic consists of only a relatively moderate geographical size, but taking into account all Chevrokian holdings, spans a very wide area within the region of Haven. The Chevrokian mainland is situated in the KMT+7 timezone, the Hjeltland Region in KMT+4 and +5, Båhus in KMT-1, and Chevrokian Ytterbia in KMT-3. Using just Chevrokia Proper, the farthest separated points from west to east are roughly 3,300 km apart.

Topography

Chevrokia Proper: Much of the southern part of the Chevrokian mainland consists of extensive plains, composing almost the entirety of the Torsvøllir and Sør-Sjevråkija districts, as well as roughly the southern two-thirds of Høyland and southern one-fourth of Vardø-Cøhenerlag districts. The rest of Vardø-Cøhenerlag and all of the Fenmårk and Øskemårk districts consist of a series of low mountain ranges surrounded by varying levels of forests; the Sørbeleja in the Vardø-Cøhenerlag district; the Nordbeleja in the Fenmårk district, and the Kvitfjeller in the Øskemårk district. The northern third of the Høyland district is heavily composed of rolling hills. The Tellerbyen and Sefland districts are largely maritime, heavily mountainous, and contain a number of long, deep fjords.

Hjeltland: Much of the geography of Hjeltland could be considered similar to that of the mainland. From an area spanning roughly from the Torshavn-Kent Railroad north to the border with Ferrum Lupus lies the Nordhjeltlandsletter (North Hjeltland Plain). The Sentralhjeltlandsletter (Central Hjeltland Plain) is located in the area between the Romsdal and Karmøy rivers. From the southeastern border area with Osthafen and along most of the length of the border with Muncheria lies the Grønfjeller mountain range.

Førisvøllir: The eastern part of this district consists of small plains and rolling hills. The southern and north central border areas of Førisvøllir are lined with the mountains of the Borkovo range. The area on the windward side of the Borkovo mountains has many thick forests.

Chevrokian Ytterbia: The majority of this territory consists of rolling hills and a few low mountains, with thick forests in some areas.

Båhus: The southern frontiers of Båhus are made up of thick, tropical rainforests, and rolling hills; the central region is dominated by nearly flat savanna; and along the northern border with Trøndelag lies low mountains of the NAME range.

Climate

The climate of the Chevrokian mainland is the result of several contributing factors. First, deep water zones containing relatively cold water off the southwest and east coasts and thus long distances away from warm regulating ocean currents result in the dominance of continental and subarctic climate zones. Second, the mountains in the west and north prevent the inflow of warm air masses, thus leading to the mainland being more open to cold air masses moving from the northwest.

Climate zones on the mainland.

In most of the mainland there are only two distinct seasons – summer and winter; with spring and autumn being typically brief periods of transition between very high and very low temperatures. January is typically the coldest month on the mainland, while July and August are typically the warmest months. Beyond the coastal zones, which are typically moderate by comparison, the difference between seasons can be quite extreme; places which can become dangerously cold and receive large amounts of snow in the winter can occasionally become dangerously hot in the summer and almost always humid. The leeward (east) side of the Sørbeleja mountains is the driest area of the mainland, experiencing a semi-arid climate.

For the most part, the Hjeltland Region is a more temperate area, climate-wise. Coastal areas are generally warm to mild most of the year, with temperatures rarely dropping below freezing during winter months. Inland Hjeltland and much of the Førisvøllir district have warm summers and mild to cold and wet winters. The part of Førisvøllir on the windward side of the Borkovo range, particularly near the borders with Akimonad and Questarian Akimonadiland can be especially hot in summer due to the near-tropical climate. Mountainous areas are universally cold during winters and marked with large snowfalls. Chevrokian Ytterbia is dominated by a coastal Mediterranean climate, while Båhus is similarly dominated by a tropial savanna climate.

Natural hazards mostly consist of violent blizzards in the central regions during the winter months, with scattered periods of intense thunderstorms during the summer, which can spawn tornadoes. Coastal areas both on the mainland and in Hjeltland often experience heavy sea-effect snowfall. Coastal regions sometimes experience violent windstorms and large waves, though hurricanes reaching the Chevrokian mainland are exceptionally rare as a result of the mostly cold deep-water regions off the western and eastern coasts. Extreme heat can be a problem in Chevrokian Ytterbia and Båhus, as can hurricanes during the summer months.

Economy

During the 1960s, a number of self-proclaimed "reformist" groups, primarily associated with the Venstre and Labour parties, instituted policies to give the government more control over the economy. Concern over the possible loss of control over private economic affairs resulted in a decline in investments, which further resulted in economic stagnation until 1965, when the new Centre Party-headed coalition administration of Ole Kittelsen put a halt to economic reforms. After the assasination of Kittlesen in May of 1968, his Secretary of Foreign Affairs from the Labour Party, Hans Berg, assumed the Presidency and returned to working to implement Venstre's economic reforms, albeit in a more aggressive fashion. This created further concern about the future of the markets, further stagnation, and ultimately triggered a recession. The short-lived Berg administration saw what is considered by many to be the greatest Senate opposition to a standing Chevrokian administration since the Republic was formed, and the vast majority of the economic reform bills introduced by Berg to the Senate failed to pass on the grounds of being unconstitutional. Successive Conservative governments during the 1970s and 1980s largely maintained the status quo with regards to the policies enacted before them, and it was not until the Liberal Party administration of Trygve Pedersen that these policies were finally reversed.

The modern Chevrokian economy is generally considered a good example of a capitalist, market economy, in which the government has very little involvement. With the exception of a brief recession during the late 1980s and early 1990s, the economy has remained steadily growing since the early 1970s, with significant increases in growth seen since the 1990s. This recent spike in growth is largely seen due to the deregulation and privatization policies of the Liberal Party administrations of Trygve Pedersen and Olav Jagland respectively, which includes the end of the government-endorsed monopoly of the chartered First Bank of the Republic.

Transportation

The transportation network in Chevrokia is generally well-developed, and almost entirely operated by private transit companies. Initial movement towards large-scale privatization of the transportation network was conducted in the 1980s under the Conservative government of INSERTNAME, with the vast majority of transit in Chevrokia privatized during the Liberal governments of Pedersen and Jagland during the 1990s and early 2000s.

Rail transport is still the least expensive method of long distance transport in Chevrokia, using well-established and typically well-maintained rail lines both in Chevrokia Proper and in the Hjeltland Region. Due to low costs, it is especially preferred for heavy transport of items which are not time-critical. Types of propulsion for rail transport is mixed, with diesel-electric, gas turbine-electric, and pure electric being the three most common motive systems. Pure electric trains are typically only used in urban areas with frequent stops, and on a few lines between nearby cities; harsh winter weather makes it difficult, and more importantly costly, to maintain electrified lines at long distances from major population centers. A notable rail network at least part in Chevrokian territory is the Kent-Torshavn Railroad, linking the Akimonadi capital Kent and the Hjeltland District capital Torshavn by a highly-developed and modern railway. The Kent-Torshavn Railroad has also been linked to important economic centers in Questarian Akimonadiland.

Air transport is often considered the most profitable transport industry in Chevrokia, and is easily the most well-known and visible transport system in the country. type stuffs here The purchasing of aerial refueling aircraft, like those already operated by many military aviation forces, along with the establishment of operating bases overseas, has allowed major Chevrokian airline companies such as Chevrokian Airways and Chevrokian Havenic Airlines to, theoretically, operate non-stop flights to any location in Haven, in addition to regular connecting flights; with regularly-scheduled flights to locations as far away as Eeobroht in Cotland, Jesselton in Questers, and Varbola in Olmedreca being some of the longest in current use.

Culture and populace

Demographics

By far the most dominant ethnic group in Chevrokia (at 60.5% of the populace) are Nordic peoples; consisting of descendants of the first migrants from Cotland, migrants from later years, and much smaller numbers of migrants from other nations such as Hamptonshire. Following several immigration waves from Cohenia and what is now Soviet Bloc during the period from 17th through the mid 19th centuries, and their subsequent descendants, the Eastern Slavs established themselves as the second largest ethnic group, currently listed as 34.2% as of 2007. Immigrants from the Havenic Anglosphere nations make up the third largest group at 3.7%. The remaining 1.6% consists of many different smaller groups in Chevrokia; the largest of these groups being Shansekians, Chechens, Muncherians (especially in the Hjeltland District), Sikhs and Adygheans, as well as Germans, native groups who lived in Chevrokia before the 11th century, Yuslevaks, Slovedons, Chruatians, and Kocobars, the latter four of which immigrated from former Yuslevakia following its collapse and the subsequent regional conflicts between its successor states.

Currently Chevrokia has no formal official language; that is, no language mandated to by law to be spoken by the populace. As a result of the Nordic majority, predominantly sourcing from Cotland, the dominant spoken language is a close dialect of Cottish, typically known as Chevrokian (sjevråkisk). In some areas of the country, particularly in the Sefland District, a form of the Old Chevrokian language, commonly known as seflandsk, is still spoken by much of the populace. Cohenian was brought over by immigrants from Cohenia and Zyelyoniy Zemlya (now Soviet Bloc), largely during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Though heavily spoken by Slavic immigrants and dominant in areas populated by them, it never reached the status of a nationally-spoken language. English came into use due to trading and political relations with the Anglosphere nations, especially Praetonia, Cravan, and Questers; it is also spoken by the small Anglo population of Chevrokia.

Largest cities of Chevrokia								view • talk • edit
	City	County	Population	Duntåvsbyen Ålvadalen		City	County	Population
1	Duntåvsbyen	Duntåvsbyen Federal	46,705,800		11	Fenmårk	Senja	23,404,500
2	Ålvadalen	Holmgård	41,247,100		12	Brunflo	Kænugård	22,467,800
3	Novozstivistinsk	Lesjaskogland	38,146,300		13	Tellersby	Ørnes	21,014,300
4	Storsjøn	Tandstad	37,823,300		14	Kandalaskja	Dyflin	20,788,200
5	Minøt	Bakken	34,709,500		15	Kristianstad	Skaland	19,755,900
6	Vardø	Bjarmaland	33,256,000		16	Jøssund	Aldeigju	18,625,400
7	Novoamiltonsk	Magnussund	32,562,196		17	Torshavn	Kirkjubøur	17,881,200
8	Øckerø	Miklagård	26,925,200		18	Holtålen	Skjerstad	17,461,300
9	Petersborg	Sør-Petersborg	24,728,800		19	Østgård	Kvalsund	15,332,100
10	Sølvysjegødsk	Vysjedøsk	23,727,500		20	Berlevåg	Vatnsøy	14,202,900

Sport

Chevrokia is noted as a nation which is highly involved in outdoors activities, throughout the year. The most popular leisure activities include fishing, hunting, and sailing. Popular competition sports include horse racing, marksmanship, and polo. The most popular winter sports include skiing (both cross-country and downhill), snowmobiling, and ice hockey; biathlon is also popular as a competition sport.

Rallying is a popular motorsport in Chevrokia.

Motor racing is also an especially popular sport in Chevrokia, with the most popular forms being rally racing and other forms of off road racing, due to the continuing presense of a large network of smaller, rural roads. Some of the largest events include; the Kristianstad-Aldeigjuborg Winter Rally of late January; the Torshavn-Kent Rally of early July, running through Hjeltland, northern Questarian Akimonadiland, and into Akimonad; and the newly organized Båhus Rally, which runs in August. Additionally, the current holder of the Havenic ice speed record is a Chevrokian, Harold Bjørnsson, having set a speed of 330.47 km/hr in 2005. Several other current Havenic land speed records are also held by Chevrokians, with summer runs made in the flats of the Neoliti Desert in western Cotland.

One sport which is also quite popular in Chevrokia, though more limited in scope and participants, is the annual field gun competition for the armed forces. Imported from Praetonia during the 1990s by teams from the Imperial Praetonian Navy, the best teams in the Chevrokian military are determined through an elimination bracket competition, which will then go on to face teams from the other Georgian League nations in the RGL Field Gun Championship.

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