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.