Republic of Tyrburg

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Republic of Tyrburg Republik Te̋irburg (ty) République de Tyrbourg (el)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Nos non dedere "We shall not surrender"
Anthem: Me̋it Pěe̋erhelzc
Tyrburg (red) within the European Union (green)
Capital and largest city	Mitte
Official languages	Tyrburgian, Helvoran
Ethnic groups (2016)	Tyrburgian 75% Helvoran 17% German 5% Other 3%
Religion	Christian Soliterism
Demonym	Tyrburgian
Government	Parliamentary Presidential Republic
• President of Tyrburg	Mate̋asc Karhenzcfiers
• Vice President	Lizca Zcémone̋etsce̋a
• Lord Protector	Nikolas Rěme̋itcse
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Congress
Establishment
• Kingdom of the Bykalai	412 CE
• Principality of Mastienne	1008 CE
• Part of the Kingdom of Helvore	September 19, 1207
• First Tyrburgian Republic	October 7, 1901
• People's Socialist Republic of Tyrburg	August 14, 1931
• Second Tyrburgian Republic	March 7, 1992
Area
• Total	53,422 km2 (20,626 sq mi)
Population
• 2016 census	16,121,287
• Density	301.77/km2 (781.6/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$317.764 billion USD
• Per capita	$38,702.28 USD
HDI (2016)	0.901 very high
Currency	Euro (€) ([[ISO 4217|(EUR)]])
Time zone	WET (UTC-0)
Date format	dd/mm/yy
Drives on the	left
Calling code	+422
Patron saint	St. Attis of Meste
Internet TLD	.ty
Website www.republikteirburg.co.ty

The Republic of Tyrburg (Tyrburgian: Republik Te̋irburg, Helvoran: République de Tyrbourg, IPA: /Rɛpəblɪk tjɪrburg/), also sometimes referred to as the Second Tyrburgian Republic, is a sovereign nation in Western Europe bordered by the Kingdom of Helvore to the east and the Atlantic Ocean to the north, west and south. Having a land mass of only 53,422 kilometres squared, Tyrburg is the 27th largest nation in Europe and 125th largest in the world, being larger than Bosnia and Herzegovina but smaller than Croatia. Tyrburg's population as of 2016 was 16,121,287, giving it the 12th largest population in Europe (ahead of Belgium but behind the Netherlands). As a parliamentary presidential republic, Tyrburg is headed by a president who serves a 5 year term and is democratically elected by the Tyrburgian population. Similarly, the government is also run by an elected bicameral legislature, who govern the country from the country's capital and economic centre, Mitte (Tyrburgian: Me̋'ite, IPA: /mjɪtɛ/; Helovran: Mitte̋, IPA: /mɪtɛ/).

Modern archaeology suggests that modern Humans first settled in what is now Tyrburg during the mid-late Iron age. Documentation from the Roman Empire in the late 2nd century BCE suggests that a single major ethno-linguistic group (the Bykalai) inhabited the region.

Due to Tyrburg's geographical isolation from the rest of the Helvoran peninsula (a result of the Western Dividing Range), Tyrburg was not occupied by the Roman Empire during the early first millennia. As a result, the Bykalai continued to flourish as an independent Celtic people well into the 11th century, developing their own unique culture, tools, and traditions which continue to underpin Tyrburgian culture to this day.

By 412 CE, the Bykalai people had conglomerated into two unified states - the Kingdom of the Bykalai which occupied most of the western coastal region of modern-day Tyrburg, and the Kingdom of Tyrburg, which occupied the mountainous regions of western Tyrburg. Throughout the remainder of the early Middle Ages, various other Tyrburgian kingdom-states formed during a fluid period of political dominance and almost constant petty warfare.

By the early 11th century, the expansion of the early Kingdom of Helvore had reached the Bykalic and Tyrburgish kingdoms. Under the Agreement of the Valley, Helvore signed a treaty with the two Tyrburgian states under the condition of their amalgamation into the client state Principality of Mastienne. By 1207, however, Mastienne was fully absorbed into the Kingdom of Helvore and became one of its 24 states.

Shortly after the collapse of the Franco-Helvoran Empire, various radical political and nationalist philosophies emerged within the intellectual spheres of Tyrburg (then called Mastienne). Nationalist movements, particularly those of the NTP (Nět'e̋'irburgpartá, or New Tyrburg Party), steadily gained public support throughout the late 19th century, eventuating in the Tyrburgian Revolution of 1901, in which Tyrburgian political insurgents revolted against the Helvoran crown. Following several months of fighting, the Kingdom of Helvore signed the Treaty of Mitte with the newly formed First Tyrburgian Republic, acknowledging their sovereignty as an independent nation.

Tyrburgian social reform began shortly after their declaration of sovereignty, with a revival in traditional Tyrburgian customs and the Tyrburgian Language. Shortly after the First World War, political tensions which had began within Tyrburg during the Revolution once again resurfaced, with the communist Red Party, led by the later infamous Nikolai Retka, taking power and forming the People's Socialist Republic of Tyrburg.

As a Nazi sympathiser, Retka secretly supported the genocide of hundreds of thousands of non-ethnically Tyrburgians during the Second World War. Following Hitler's defeat in 1945, Retka began a series of clandestine political and social reforms which involved the incarceration and torture of thousands of Tyrburgian citizens, closure of all international borders, and instigation of numerous human rights abuses. During the 1980s, several international bodies (including the UK, US, and Helvore) launched a demilitarisation of Tyrburg, eventually ending the Retka Dictatorship and the Ross-Tyrbourg Conflicts.

Since then, Tyrburg has seen exponential economic growth and improvement to standard of living, and has readily improved their international relations. Demographically, Tyrburg now enjoys one of the highest standards of living in the world, and has the most rapidly growing economy in Europe, and is now an active member of the European Union, World Trade Organisation, and the United Nations.

Etymology

Main Article: Etymology of Tyrburg

Geography

Political and Administrative Divisions

Region	Name (English)	Native Name	Capital	Internal Regions	Population	Map
Upper Tyrburg	Kierenburg	Ke̋ierenburg	Assau	Kierenburg, North Rhenland	1,706,449
	Tyrburg-Rhenland	Te̋irburg-Rhenland	Rhenburg	Greater Tyrburg, Rhenland	2,743,912
	Tyrburg-Rossia	Te̋irburg-Rusc	Russ	South Tyrburg, Rossia	2,000,017
Lower Tyrburg	Sauburg-South Tyr	Scǎburg-Zcudte̋ir	Karhenburg	Sauburg, Tyrhenia	1,512,389
	Esau	Escǎ	Meste	Esau, West Rossia	1,807,403
Vestland	Vestburg	Vesburg	Bresnau	Vestburg, West Rhenland, Burgundia	2,561,903
	Mitte	Me̋ite	Mitte	Mitte	1,804,602
	Auburg-Westland	Ǎdrac-Vescland	Alten	Upper Auburg, Lower Auburg, Westland.	1,984,612

Demographics

Major Cities

Main Article: List of Tyrburgian Settlements

The Republic of Tyrburg consists of highly urbanised areas interspersed between areas of largely undeveloped natural reserves, farmland, or mountains. Specifically, the largest conurbation within Tyrburg is that of the Rhen River in the country's east. As of the 2016 census, the largest cities in Tyrburg in terms of metropolitan population are Mitte (1,804,602, including the population of Mittehaven), Rhenburg (1,001,314), Russ (989,406), Karhenburg (873,406), and Breslau (872,409).

Largest cities or towns in Tyrburg December 2016 Census
	Rank	Name	State	Pop.
Mitte Rhenburg	1	Mitte	Mitte	1,804,602 (inc. Mittehaven)	Russ Karhenburg
	2	Rhenburg	Tyrburg-Rhenland	1,001,314
	3	Russ	Tyrburg-Rossia	989,406
	4	Karhenburg	Sauburg-South Tyr	873,406
	5	Bresnau	Vestburg	872,409
	6	Assau	Kierenburg	854,907
	7	Meste	Esau	812,531
	8	Alten	Auburg-Westland	795,416
	9	Retkire	Vestburg	714,306
	10	Kenruhr	Tyrburg-Rhenland	692,418