Rukahairo

Rukahairo, officially The United Rukan Realms (U.R.R), is a country in North East Talamor, Bordered by the Lautian Ocean in the west. The area that would become Rukahario was settled by various Talamorian groups from 50,000 BC, However by the time of the Arstyian landings a series of southern migration had created a ethnic mosaic of constant conflict between these groups. This allowed the the Rukans to anchor themselves on the Nakamor Coast. This precepted a period of slow demographic expansion deeper into the Nakamor as various Rukan trade towns spread across the North, however a war with the Fada lake confederacy confined their presence to south of the Finyun. The trade between facilitated between Talamor and Serrator made the Rukans very wealthy and the Unification of the Rukan realms under Rukanhaler Kyösti Määttä led to further expansion south and westward. This led to a golden age until the early 20th century which saw the country decline rapidly, a civil war proved its lowest point.

Modern day Ruka is a middle income economy specializing on the light manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, Whitegoods, agricultural goods, communications equipment and telecommunications services. Agriculturally Ruka is a famed for its Beer "ruisviiriäinen" which is exported across the world. Mining is also an important export for the country with Zinc, Copper, and Uranium.

Socially Ruka is a deeply religious society with Rukan Orthodoxy being ubiquitous across society, backed by the Rukan state which itself has Theocratic elements. Rukan society is a truly unique amongst all others with unique cultural, social, architectural and ceremonial traditions.

Etymology
Means weird hand

Return of the outcasts
===The Great marriage

Kyösti Vuoret
Located on the banks of the Jiklan River in the Nipiah valley, Kyosti Vuoret is a key producer of electricity with the Adda and Aho River dam complexes producing 13% of the countries electricity. It's economy is generally split into two regions with the lower valley being used for potatoes, rye, carrots, cows, sheep and grass fodder. Meat, dairy and wool product are the most important for the economy being the main source of income for farmers in valley, the upper slopes are famed for their Bighorn sheep herding, which graze upon the upper pastures. The production of Iron ore and lumber make up the majority of the industrial economy. Its largest cities are Heikkala and Adda

Jiklanlaasko
Located on the opposite bank of the Jiklan to Kyosti Vuoret, Jiklanlaasko is significantly more mountainous then its eastern counterpart and has the smallest population of any state. Its main economic function is to serve as an artery for trade along the north Chempala Pass, although the large iron mines at Kaitanen are the majority employer in the realm. Culturally Jiklanlassko has the highest population of Kaldi in the country at about 70% of residents being Kaldi. Its largest cities are Kaitanen and Krista.

Sindor
Sindor is the 2nd most southerly mainland realm, located on the Kopi peninsular and holds the countries capital Mironoff. The region was initially not settled by the Rukans, but was incorporated into the realms during the first kingdom period. Sindor is the beating economic heart for Rukas most advanced services based industries, mainly telecommunications (like läpinäkymätön IT and Jarvi Tech) and Transport. Other industries include light manufacturing, fishing, agriculture, food processing and Automotive. Mironoff contains the countries legislature and High council house in the greater royal complex. It's largest cities are Mironoff, Hetta, Pauna, and Lytti.

Aho
The Realm of Aho is the smallest of the mainland realms and sits in the north of the country. Incorporated into the Realms during the Nipiah War, Aho is Known for its Hot springs and as a local summer tourist destination, with it being the preferred location of the Rukan middle class for annual holidays. Its economy is reliant on its service sector, manufacturing and metallurgical Industries. Its largest cities are Aho and Inka.

He'ershingenmosiken
Located in the Lautian ocean south east of the mainland, the He'ershingenmosiken islands have significant cultural and social differences from mainlanders. He'ershingenmosiken Rukans typically follow a branch of Rukan orthodoxy's commonly know as old orthodoxy that is far more rooted in its Lätäkkö heritage, this has been an issue of contention in the past but has been soothed by religious realm reforms in the 90s. He'ershingenmosiken is the only part of the United Rukan Realms open to foreigners on a regular basis with tourism being the main economic driver on the islands. The largest city is Kaso.

Junttila
Junttila is located north of Lindh and south of Kyösti Vuoret, with its position marking the boundary between the southern bayside plains and the Nakamor mountains. The first Rukas breadbasket regions, Junttila's economy is mainly known for agriculture, although mining makes up a larger percentage of its GDP. Juntilla is home to the Laelanders, which is an ethnic minority coming from a now extinct group of North arstyians that migrated around the 14th century. Laelanders have there own unique languge and customs and are granted autonomous status by the United Realms. Junttila's largest cities are Junttila and Laeland.

Lindh
Lindh is the most southerly mainland realm located south of Junttila and west of Sindor, Lindh is the largest realm by population with over 4.5 million inhabitants. Lindh is the heart of the Rukan industrial economy being home to the largest, manufacturing plants, dockyards, metallurgical refineries, Steelworks, machinery manufacturers and automobile plants, Lindhs is also the exit point of the majority of Rukas exports by both tonnage and value. Its largest city is Leppaniemi which has approximatly 1.7 million people and is considered to be one of east talamors largest industrial centres. Other large cities include Saila and Lindh

Rahko
Sitting north of Sindor and east of Savelius, Rahko is the largest state by land area, it is well know for its lakes and rivers. The second of Ruka's breadbaskets regions, Rahko has more land land under cultivation then any other state, although it is considered less productive per acre then its southerly neighbors. Rahko economy is mainly based around primary industries like mining (especially of copper and uranium), lumber, and agriculture. Rahko is considered the touchstone heart of Rukan traditional culture with many of Rukas oldest, buildings and most important religious sites being in the region, it is also the most popular place for Rukan holiday homes. Rahkos largest cities are Rahko, Aanismaa, Takarautio, and Alikersantti.

Savelius
Sitting at the centre of the country between Rahko to the east and Kyösti Vuoret to the west, Savlius marks its borders along the Nakamor valley. Savelius is known for ts mountainous nature and large hydro-electric dams. Econicallly it is a major energy provider and also has a large mining (copper) and agricultral sector. Its largest cities are Savelius and Ikonen

Tavaljarvi
The most northern state, Talvaljarvi is econmically focused on prime industries. the Asko river is the most important religious site in all of Rukan Orthadoxy its largest cities are Tavaljarvi and Tavasti

Economy
Volsk is a Extraction, agricultural and light industry based economy, over 40% 0f Volsks population is employed in the agricultural sector being made almost entirely of the Serf class, Oil and mining are the countires most important exports bringing in valuable foreign currency for the noble houses and maintaining their rule. 80% of all manufactured goods are made in the larger industrial cities of the continental coast and Sindor.

Agriculture
Agriculture remains the largest employer of Volskans despite modern growths in the industrial and service sector, with only a 2% decline over the last 10 years. Most agriculture is conducted by serfs in small leased plots known as Nadal which make up over 75% of the countries agricultural output with new development like the purchase of foreign GMO crops, new fertilizers and pesticides, wide spread introduction of Greenhouses and implementation of overwatch bodies have increased productivity and broadened the range of foodstuffs able to be produced, a lack of education and mechanization severely reduce most harvest size. Large Noble farms have been able to significantly grow in productivity due to the introduction of mechanization and automatization.

Tourism
Tourism is a fairly new Service with the most popular destination being the volcanically active island of Sindor, which is famous for its large geothermal pools and desolate landscape.

Energy
Due to it's access to large amounts of geothermal energy and plentiful gas fields, Volsk is a net exporter of electricity. A number of large projects have been started in recent years to improve it's export capability, Including additional exploitation of geothermal sights and a new electrical connection to Ochran.

Manufacture
The Manufacture industry has boomed since 2003 with Paper, fittings and furniture industries in particular seeing large scale success in foreign markets, With the Furniture manufacturer Ikeov being particularly popular for it's innovative and robust designs.

Information technology
Information technology began to appear in Volsk after a number of government initiatives were launched to improve productivity in the winter months. Volsk's cheap electricity and cold climate are well suited for the operation of large computer networks.

Government
The ruling political party in Volsk is the Вольсканское теократическое национальное государство (Volskan Theocratic National State, VOTNA). It was created in 1977, when the 87th naval infantry brigade led a coup to take over the Eastern military command during the Suvarovan civil war. Although originally seen to move towards democracy by 1980 the control of the VOTNA was absolute.

Volsk has two main bodies for decsion making with the First being the Vol'skiy Sysshiy Sovet (High council of Volsk, VSS) which contains ten figures from the Party with ultimate authority and act as governors of the ten states of volsk.

The lower house is the Vol'skiye Polkovodtsy (Volskan high commanders) with 300 seats, which Serves to represent various interest groups and estates within Volsk. Although it has very little official power it can suggest laws to the High council of Volsk or raise issues.

The Vol'skiye Polkovodtsy included representatives from the mass organisations of:


 * Вооруженные силы вольсканской нацииVooruzhennyye (sily vol'skanskoy natsii, Armed forces of the Volskan nation, AFVN)


 * Командование государства и порядка ( Komandovaniyei poryadka, Command of State and Order, KSO)


 * Командование экономией (Komandovaniye ekonomiyey, Command of Economy, KE)


 * Kоманда науки (Komanda Nauki, Command of Science, KS)


 * Командование народным трудом (Komandovaniye narodnym trudom, Command of National Labor, KNT)


 * Командование Вольсканского государства (Komandovaniye Vol'skanskogo gosudarstva, Command of Volskan States, KVG)


 * Вольсканские дворянские усадьбы (Vol'skanskiye dvoryanskiye usad'by, Volskan noble estates, VDU)

Volsk is unique as it does not have a separation between church and state, with the role of the Volskan church being rolled into the Sub-Command of Education and Information Services.

Ideology
Volskan Theocratic Nationalism has been described by outside commentators as openly Invictus, ultra-nationalist, and hyper-militarist. The origins of Volskan Theocratic Nationalism came from the first missionaries mixing the Traditional Volskan Slavic religion within their own teachings, particularly the figure of Jesus and the figure of a Volskan Warrior God called Bronetra, This led to the creation of the Volskan 3rd Book which is a rewriting and mixing of the traditonal tales and songs of Bronetra. The book tells the story that after Christ had risen, he came north to the land of Volsk, who upon seeing the land full of degenerate tribes of men and sickly animals, he led the Volskans to cleanse the lands.

Military
The Вооруженные силы вольсканской нацииVooruzhennyye (sily vol'skanskoy natsii, Armed forces of the Volskan nation, AFVN) are the armed forces of the nation of Volsk. Comprising the an Army, Navy and Airforce,

volskI official policy states that a wartime military strength of 450,000 personnel constitutes a sufficient. The army consists of a highly mobile mechanised units backed up by local militia defence units. The army defends they national territory and its military strategy employs the use of the heavily forested terrain and arctic conditions to wear down an aggressor, instead of attempting to hold the attacking army on the frontier.

Volsk's defence budget equals approximately 5.1% of GDP.

In wartime the Volski Border Guard and the Volski forestry service (which are their own military unit's in peacetime) becomes part of the Volski Armed Forces.

Culture
Volskan Culture is heavily influenced By Suvarovan and Slavic traditions, religion and social norms.

Sport
hunting

Food
alot of colonial fusion food, K.N.A must import a large portion of its staple foods