Khanate of Turkestan

The Republic of Turkestan, also known as Turkestan, is a large country located in Central and East Asia. Formed out of the former Turkic soviet nations of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, aswell as the former Russian Federal Subjects of Bashkortorstan, Chuvashia, Tatarstan, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Altai, and Tuva, and the former Chinese Provinces of Xinjiang and Qinghai. The country is the fourth of the largest country in the world by land area and is th el largest landlocked country in the world, bordering China, Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Armenia, Pakistan, India and the Caspian Sea. Turkestan's terrain ranges from flat lands to high mountainous regions and valleys.

Turkestan was formed out of the collapse of the Soviet Union, with the former Turkic Soviet Nations forming a Union, with other Federal Subjects of Russia later joining in the late 1990's. The Turkic Majority Chinese Province of Xanjiang (Tibet) joined the Union in 2002, followed later by Turkic Majority Province Qinghai. Turkestan is a culturally diverse nation with different Turkic Cultures and Langauges, ranging from its official langauge, Turkmen, to Russian, Chinese, and Azerbaijani. Turkestan has a total population on XXXX made up of over 140 ethnicities including Russian, German, Ukranian, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Atlai, and Tibetan, most of Turkic background.

Turkestan has since developed a balanced foreign policy, consisting of gross Natural Gas Exports, as the nation sits on the largest deposit of Natural Gas in the world, aswell as its Space Industry at Baikonur Cosmodrome which is the main global space launching site after the United States ended the Discovery Program.

Turkestan is a Semi-Presidential Republic with a Parliamentary System based in Turkestan's capital city of Astana. Turkestan is a very tolerant country when it comes to religions, and is constitutionally secular, while most of its population practice Islam. The Turkmen Language is the state language, while Russian, Azerbaijani and Uzbek are also major languages within the country.