Arsytia

Arsytia, officially the Arsytian Federative Socialist Workers' Republic (AFSWR), is a country in Serica, on the continent of Serratar. Established in 1891 as the Arsytian Commune after the January Revolution, which overthrew the Arsytian Empire, Arsytia is the largest country in the world in terms of land area, extending from its southern border with Phoenicia to well above the Arctic Circle. Arsytia has a population of 170,439,760, with several major ethnic groups, and is the second-most populous country on Serratar. It shares borders with Phoenicia, Melkia, and Astrakia. Arsytia's capital and largest city is Kylma.

Although explicitly defined in its Constitution as a socialist state, Arsytia guarantees the rights of opposition and non-socialist parties, with elections carried out according to its principles of. However, Arsytia is frequently characterized as having a, as the ruling Arsytian Workers' Party has never lost a majority in the Workers' General Council since the establishment of the AFSWR. Arsytia is an, with its majority-minority People's Republics exercising greater local autonomy and self-governance than its considerably larger amount of Arsytian-majority communes.

With immense mineral and energy reserves, Arsytia's economy is organized on lines and is the world's third-largest. Industries defined as "strategic" are state-owned and centrally-planned. Both planning and management are assisted by Arsytia's AJÄRLASTI information network and decision support system. Smaller enterprises and non-strategic industries are independently owned and operated by workers' collectives. Although the state has historically prioritized heavy industry and resource extraction as its economic focuses, Arsytia has consistently invested in scientific research and has recently begun expansion of its technological industry.

A member of the Tavaric Treaty Organization, Arsytia is considered a major regional power, and the second-strongest state in the TTO. A participant in the Great War, Arsytia was later invaded by Phoenicia in the Serican War, where it accounted for the majority of Allied losses. Since the Serican War, Arsytia has consistently pursued a policy of military preparedness, with universal military service and a continual buildup of primarily conventional, but also nuclear forces.

Conscription
The Arsytian Constitution enshrines military service as a "sacred duty" of all citizens of Arsytia. The military training of Arsytian citizens begins long before their induction during the annual call-up at the age of 18. Starting with the paramilitary Young Pioneers and stories of revolutionary heroism in grade school, Arsytians are further prepared through training programs offered by VAPALAK, mandatory military education classes in secondary school, and the annual Salamanisku (Lightning Strike) mock war games in summer.

Although the Constitution calls for universal military service to be applied to both men and women, in practice, it is only applied to men. However, first-born daughters are also called up during select years when the male cohort alone is insufficient to meet manpower requirements. Arsytian citizens take annual mental and physical exams during their secondary school years prior to their final pre-induction examination. Exam results are cross-referenced with academic and extracurricular records to determine an individual's suitability for service, as well as which branch would most suit them.

Conscripts are called up annually, with each new class reporting to their training center on June 1st. Basic training lasts for four months, and conscripts report to their operational units on November 1st, where they will carry out the rest of their service. Traditionally, some conscripts are selected for further advanced training in technical or NCO roles. However, this has become less common as the proportion of professional soldiers in the Land Forces has increased. In total, Arsytian conscripts serve for two years in active units, in addition to their four months of basic training and two months of demobilization and reserve unit familiarization.