Democratic Socialist Republic of Gyde
Official Names:
巨地民主社會主義共和國 (Gydish)
Khowda Minjo Syawae Zughi Kyunghaeklok
巨地民主社會主義共和國 (Sorgunese)
Güdi Minchyo Tsyahwai Chyongei Gyonghuakwok
巨乁乙乆 共和國 社會主義亽 共和國 (Klongkom)
Gwaqdenf Mienchitgwongv Amflongvteybmoblomq
Ethnic Groups:
– Scalies: >99%
– Others: <1%
Religion (1018 est.):
– Irreligion: 76.5%
– Kü (Gydish animism): 14.3%
– Folk religions: 6.4%
– Carianism: 1.1%
– Others: 1.7%
Government:
Unitary communist socialist republic
– General secretary and president: Shülxo Lakweh
– Premier: Yenwa Khieng
Legislature:
– National Assembly of the People
Capital (and largest city): Klanam
Official languages: Gydish, Sorgunese
Population: 7,934,488 (1019 estimate)
Area: 155,287 km2
Population density: 104.9 /km2
GDP (PPP): US$57.299 billion
GDP (PPP) per capita: US$7,222
HDI: 0.606 medium
EAFDS: Level IV
PHI: Stable
Currency: Gydean Wen (₩)
Driving side: Left
Calling code: +864
Country’s TLD: .gy
Gyde, officially the Democratic Republic of Gyde (Sorgunese script: 巨地民主社會主義共和國 ; Gydish: Khowda Minjo Syawae Zughi Kyunghaeklok; Sorgunese: Güdi Minchyo Tsyahwai Chyongei Gyonghuakwok; Klongkam: Gwaqdenf Mienchitgwongv Amflongvteybmoblomq), is a landlocked country in Cormantia, bordered by Syrbe to the north, Bragsia to the west, Riron to the south and Sorgun to the east. The country has a population of 7,934,488 people (as of 1019), and is ethnically homogenous with more than 99% of its people being scalies. The capital and largest city is Klanam.
For thousands of years, the region that forms the Psemana Range were inhabited by mostly lizard people organised around clan structures and villages. The region came under various powers, most notably the Sorgunese, Awabon, Kanthu and Chesengathi polities throughout the first millennium PV. The region is known for the birthplace of the highly syncretic Kü religion which gained popularity during the 8th century AV which would play a significant religious and social role in the cultures around the Psemana Range.
Gyde achieved modern statehood on 21 Heredas 966 during the Psemana-Syrbe War (958-967) when the then victorious Syrbese People’s Republic partitioned the country of Psemana, carving out eight of its southern Gydish speaking provinces into the puppet state of the Democratic Socialist Republic of the Gyde. Between 967 and 995, Gyde was supported politically, economically and militarily by Syrbe, until the Willow Revolution which saw the violent overthrow of the Syrbese People’s Republic in 995 which restored its monarchy. In 991, Gyde entered a brief civil war which lasted 14 months from (21 Avex 991 – 15 Balisa 992) which saw the mass execution of thousands to tens-of-thousands of Klongkom Revolutionary Fighters and brought international condemnation and sanctions. Between 993 to 1002, Gyde gradually moved away from a centrally planned economy to laissez-faire capitalism, and the country became one of the fastest growing economies throughout the 1010s. In 1006, Gyde and Syrbe restored diplomatic relations, and in 1009, Gyde and Psemana established relations for the first time, with the latter briefly forfeiting claims to the regions it lost against Syrbe until 1018 when irredentist ideologies resurfaced.
Gyde is one-party unitary presidential republic. The sole legal political party is the Gydish People’s Liberation Front which has been in power since its independence in 967. The current president and general secretariat of the GPLF, Shülxo Lakweh, has been in power since 991. Economically, Gyde is a developing country with a low-to-middle GDP per capita income at US$7,222 as of 1019. Gyde is a member of the International Gatrovian League, the Sorgunese Alliance, Northwest Cormantian Dialogue and Gatrovian Bank, amongst other international organisations. The country is economically dependent on its modest export market, with Sorgun making it its largest import and export market, followed by Riron and Syrbe. Human rights organisations have noted Gyde’s poor human rights record, primarily surrounding its treatment of the Klongkom people who make up 10% of the country’s population. Nationwide elections take place on a sexennial basis, but are largely observed to be sham elections. Internet censorship, curbs on freedom of expression, religious suppression and extrajudicial killings by government forces have been reported by rights group on a yearly basis.