Vohylt-Tvahorner
Commonwealth of Vohylt-Tvahorner | |||||||||||||
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Motto: "In Stärke vereint", "Obedineni v sila" "United in Strength" | |||||||||||||
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Anthem: "We Are the Workers of Wein" | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Valkyiav | ||||||||||||
| Largest City | Greater-Wein | ||||||||||||
| Official languages | Vohyltian, Tvahorn | ||||||||||||
| Recognised regional languages |
Prußuren
Lavgellian
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| Demonym(s) | Vohyltian,Tvahorn VohylTvan | ||||||||||||
| Government | Humanist Federal Republic | ||||||||||||
• Commonwealth Chancellor | Ricard Pavlov | ||||||||||||
• Vice-Chancellor | Bella Jorgunadr | ||||||||||||
• Executor of the Bundeshaus | Hans Vidmar | ||||||||||||
• Executor of the Volkshaus | Oskar Streisse | ||||||||||||
| Legislature | Bundeshaus, Volkshaus | ||||||||||||
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• Vilniky Treaty is signed, Union of Vohylt-Tvahorner Declared. | 1381 | ||||||||||||
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| 1645 | |||||||||||||
| 1803-1911 | |||||||||||||
• "Lavender Revolution" | 1911-1915 | ||||||||||||
• 1933 | Federalisation Act, Declaration of the Commonwealth of Vohylt-Tvahorner | ||||||||||||
• Vohylt-Tvahorner declares war on Szetendre Troika | 1941 | ||||||||||||
• VT-Raumkosmos founded | 1942 | ||||||||||||
• VT-Raumkosmos "Pioneer-1" launch | 1951 | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• | 3,414,280 km2 (1,318,260 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 2000 estimate | 187.2 Million | ||||||||||||
• 2024 census | 205.74 Million | ||||||||||||
• Density | 60.3/km2 (156.2/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate | ||||||||||||
• Total | 11.051T | ||||||||||||
• Per capita | 53,709 | ||||||||||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate | ||||||||||||
• Total | 11.001T | ||||||||||||
• Per capita | 53,470 | ||||||||||||
| Gini (2020) |
25 low | ||||||||||||
| HDI (2020) |
.872 very high | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Bundesnote (Bn) (BDN) | ||||||||||||
| Date format | MM/DD/YYYY | ||||||||||||
| Driving side | right | ||||||||||||
| Calling code | +560 | ||||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | VT | ||||||||||||
| Internet TLD | .vt | ||||||||||||
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Website www.vohylt-tvahorner.gov.vt | |||||||||||||
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Vohylt-Tvahorner, officially the Commonwealth of Vohylt-Tvahorner, is a country in Central Verdantis. It hosts the status as a powerful regional nation, and has one of the highest GDP per capita rankings on the planet. Vohylt-Tvahorner is situated along the large Fertile Grindgat of the Grindgat Basin, with the Grindgat Sea to the north. The nation's capital and second largest city is Valkyiav, whilst the largest financial sectors can be found in Große-Wein and Vohylograd.
Proto-Tvahorn tribes inherited regions of southern Vohylt-Tvahorner during the First Age of Man, documented findings reveal the presence of the Proto-Tvahorn as far back at 3000 BC, discovering a region dubbed Dvahorne in 320 BC.
The Proto-Vohylks originated from the ancient coasts of what is today Kardovija, sharing much in common with the Proto-Kardojivans. They mostly migrated at the dawn of the 6th century due to Jarovist Persecution and the Vohyltian-Exodus, which saw large settlement in what was Western Tvahorner, a sparsely populated and rural landscape of the Republic of Tvahorner. A region dubbed Vohyltia would be recorded around 600 AD as the Republic of Vohyltia.
Majority of in the region soon identified as a form of either Vohyltian or Tvahorn. Vohytians and modern Tvahorns as a common identity had first sprouted as early as the early 11th century, this was speculated due to the similarities and heavy mixing of both cultures, including their shared belief in Jarovist Altralism. This was followed by the formation of the Union of Vohylt-Tvahorner in 1381 AD.
Following nearly 500 years of rule under the union, the nation lived in relative peace and prosperity, there having been a few attempts of incursion by foreign and domestic forces like the Herrkost Insurgency or attempted terror campaigns by Nationalists in the 1700s. Eventually in the 1803 it would be forcibly absorbed by the Empire of Reussland until it won back its independence in 1912 following the end of the War of the Grindgat.
During The Great War, Vohylt-Tvahorner would again butt heads with Reussland once more over conflicting territorial and revanchist claims, leading to Vohylt-Tvahorner's entrance into the war on the side of Khraelyia. Through the war's progression, extensive advancement and technological breakthroughs thank to allied collaboration. They would, however, break from the Soliriv Association of Free Nations (SAFN) to form their own bloc, with the signing of the Argria-Valkyiav Accords (AVA) in 1952 due to disagreements on postwar rebuilding.
Vohylt-Tvahorner contains extensive mining and technological sectors, despite being a relatively moderately-sized nation in the world, it boasts one of the most complex rare earth mining, manufacturing and refining industries on the planet. It is a global leader in multiple sectors including space travel as well as rare earth manufacturing, acting as a key hub for resources and electronics. Its space programme, led by RaumKosmos and the Vohylt-Tvahorner Armed Forces, is one of the largest and most well-funded of any nation, key in the formation of the International Space Station and Mriya-Frieheit Space Station.
The Commonwealth has developed an extensive military presence around the globe, first as a leader of the AVA, and later with the Organization of Free Seterran Nations (OFSN), which formed from an AVA–SAFN merger in 1977 due to increasing fears of Federal Rationalist Bloc expansion and the growing number of anti-democratic states.
As a developed country, it offers advanced social insurance and universal healthcare, as well as tuition-free education and subsidised tuition for university. In addition to its OFSN membership, Vohylt-Tvahorner is a highly-respected member of the World Mandate Organization.
Etymology
The name Vohylt-Tvahorner consists of the geographical and national names of two ethnic groups, being the Vohyltians and Tvahorns. The earliest inception for the name 'Vokhylti' [Voh-Hil-Tee] originated in 200 BC in the Cerveti Coasts from the Proto-Vohylks while the name 'Dvahorne' [de-Vah-Hor-ne] originated since 500 BC from the Proto-Dvahorn.
Vokhylti would evolve to Vohiylkia in 400 AD and finally Vohyltia in 800 AD Post-Exodus. Meanwhile Dvahorne only would change it's name in 400 AD to Tvahorner[Vah-Horn-ner]. The Vohylks would eventually diversify into many subgroups, the largest being the Valkyi Vohyltians followed by Kumroveci Vohyltians but also including Serdians, Aleyno and Kalrodians. The Dvahorne meanwhile diversified into groups of their own, the largest being the Valkyi Tvahorns while smaller sub-groups persist as well such as Valhürn, Vorkügan, Grün-Tvahorn and the Südvali.
History
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Prehistory
Republic of Gruße-Tvahorner
Records prior to 500 AD indicate that the Tvahorn regions were relatively chaotic and anarchic in nature, many different states and communities littered the region with a relatively little structure. However in the chaos, gave way order, a Loose Confederation established among all groups, through conquest or diplomacy, these collection of chiefs acting as a form of deterrance against common foreign threats.
This would change at the turn of the 6th century, an experiment occuring with the largest of the states, Valkryi, republicanism brought about a 30-year long period of the consolidation of Tvahorn peoples under one banner. The Confederation would be dissolved at this act of uniting them, the other clans brought in diplomatically while others were brought in through force.
In 560AD, the Republic of Gruße-Tvahorner would be declared by Valkyi, a nation united under one common identity. With the consolidation of all former Tvahorn states into the republic, it eventually would be the birthplace for Jarovism, being the bastion of the religion on Seterra.
In 750AD, the Republic would be at war against the hostile and expansionist Neo-Remanian Empire. However due to superior tactics and a utilisation of unorthodox methods of warfare, the naval invasion by the Neo-Remanis would be a failure, meeting eager Tvahorn warriors.
Following three failed attempts at making a beachhead and securing the coast, the Empire would yield, siezing their efforts. The Neo-Remanis would have great respect and admiration for the Tvahorn, the peace that followed would lead to both groups exchanging knowledge with one another.
Republic of Vohyltia
Prior to their arrival to Central Verdantis in 600 AD, the Vohyltians were a sub-group of the Vohylks, once related to ancient Cerveti peoples of Northwest Verdantis but having diverged religiously at the height of Jarovism's spread, a large portion of the population having converted to the new religion in succession to Altralism. This in turn led to persecution and systemic clamp downs on Jarovists in the region, viewed as heretics for their outlooks and philosophy, until a Vohyltian Exodus was declared in 520 AD.
Wealthy Jarovists funded expeditions and sought help of nations which would be willing to accept their resettlement, many rejected however their fellow Jarovist Brethren of the Tvahorns would accept, granting them land in the west. The following 280 years would see heavy settlement by the Vohyltians, interacting and mixing with the Tvahorn.
In 800 AD, with permission and oversight by the Republic of Gruße-Tvahorner, the Republic of Vohyltia would be declared, being the second Jarovist nation, culminating in further settlement and statehood of fellow Vohylk groups. The republic would make great strides in the field of astronomy and cosmology, advancing the understanding and sciences of how Seterra and the solar system works.
Unification of Vohylt-Tvahorner
The gradual centuries that would pass after both the Republics of Vohyltia and Gruße-Tvahorn would cement themselves into the region, saw greater prosperity and cooperation between both sovereign nations. However this also forces them closer and closer through the centuries as they would be neighboured by fellow states, kingdoms and nations which oppose the Jarovist presence, leading to the eventual culmination of evolving the current status of relations between both republics.
By 1352 AD, several proposals between Tvahorn and Vohyltian members of both Republics have been brought forth in an attempt to unify and secure the future for the Jarovist people's. Though most of the proposals ranging back to 1200s would usually be shot down due to concerns on integration and the effectiveness of even needing to form the union.
However by 1360 AD, the Ancient Reuss would begin a series of wars and conquests against the Republic of Gruße-Tvahorn and Vohyltia, the greater size and numbers of the Reuss proving a challenge for both militaries to face without a centralized form of command. As the wars progressed, the first bricks to lay the foundation of union began in the military, a standardization of doctrine, training, tactics and command led to an essentially united front, the wars now turning from losses and phyrric victories to outstanding military campaigns, undoing the years of Reuss progress in a matter of months.
This would cement the connection and newfound brotherhood between both the Tvahorn and the Vohyltians, displaying their power and potential if they were truly united as a singular nation. This led to the Goerburg Trials in 1375, lasting a full 6-years of discussion and implementation of a possible union, using the years to address concerns and methods of governance which would culminate in the end of the period.
In 1381, the last of the Goerburg Trials would occur with the Vohylt-Tvahorner Unification Conference, held in Vohyloburg. The new constitution, laws and the transition off all previous government institutions and administrations into the new nation would be addressed to all attending members of both governments, the news distributed by messengers to all villages, towns and cities. With the vote passing off to the attending conference, the decision was a unanimous landslide, 78% of the attendees voted in favour of Unification, ending the Trials and forming the Union.
Reussisch Annexation War
By 1800, Vohylt-Tvahorner would have spent a better part of half a decade having to try and prepare for the eventual and unrelenting expasion of Reussland and their imperial ambitions, seeing Eisenach having been annexed and incorporated fully in the late 1700s. However the Vohylt-Tvahorner Military during the period ran rampant with nepotism, corruption and bloated administration conflicting with bureaucracy.
This would lead to failures in meeting production and enlistment qoutas meanwhile many soldiers would not receive proper training and equipment. However, the result of this would be witnessed on 9th June 1800, Reussland would begin a massive invasion on VT in coordination with naval support from Talmiera, leading to a long, gruelling battle of defence.
Despite what was supposed to be a quick and easy battle to strategically decapitate the Vohylt-Tvahorner Military, many military and civilian forces performed unexpectedly better. With decades of inexperienced officers and officials having pushed the main fighting force around with outdated tactics and commands, the newly self-appointed NCOs performed far better under their own jurisdiction. Many paramilitary forces and armed civilians took part in many battles, leading to a war which was supposed to last 3 months, stretch out 3 years for the Reussisch-Talmieran coalition.
Despite their efforts and defence of their homeland, on 18th Mercary 1803, Reussisch forces eventually overwhelmed the scattered Vohylt-Tvahorner Military, Talmiera's blockade on the coasts having been effective in isolating the nation from trade or interaction with most of Verdantis. The subsequent peace treaty known as the Treaty of Große-Wein, would see Reussland annexing all of mainland Vohylt-Tvahorner while Talmiera gained Grün-Tvahorner, Suedval and remaining maritime islands owned by Vohylt-Tvahorner.
The Great Recovery
The period termed by Vohylt-Tvahorner as 'The Great Recovery' marks an era for the Reussich-Occupied nation and it's rebuilding after the annexation. Following 1804, Reussland would begin a campaign to invest and rebuild the region through a series of executive decisions, making use of the highly abundant resources and fertile fields to further Industrialization.
Within a span of 60 years, Vohylt-Tvahorner went from a mostly agrarian region to one of the most industrialised areas in all of Central Verdantis, by 1864 the population had skyrocketed from 30 million to 90 million. However despite the Reussich investments, a series of wealthy ethnic Vohylts and Tvahorns contributed largely to a plethora of the deals and treaties which gained Vohylt-Tvahorner favourable outcome under Reussland.
However, the situation about the Vohyltian Question by 1869 reached a fever pitch following imperial laws which sought to reussify Vohyltians and ban the language from being taught in mainstream schools. This led to unrest and eventually culminated in the Kumrovec Incident, paramilitary forces of Vohyltian descent occupying Kumrovec and the local Imperial army garrison for a period of 3 months. The situation ended in a bloody standoff and repirisal by the Reussich military, leading to Kurovec's de-occupation by Reussland.
The Kumrovec Situation enraged Reussich nationalists while he actions of the military angered Vohyltians and Tvahorns as well. Regardless, a series of Article 70B would be enacted with greater force, leading to more intense Reussification and the renaming of Vohyltian cities. Vohylts would see increased persecution by Reussich settlers who would be brought to Vohyltia, enciting many more conflicts between the ethnic groups.
However despite the policies, ethnic Vohylts and Tvahorns managed to enter the Reussich government and collaborated with more moderate and liberal elements in the hopes of preserving the unique identities of their people. This lead up to the proposed Imperial Federalisation Act of 1905 which had majority support of Vohylts, Tvahorns, Reussich liberals and moderates in the hopes of reforming the Reussich Empire into a planned Grindgati Commonwealth, an equal federation of ethnicities forming the empire.
In a tense and heated debate between supporters and opposition members of the Reussich Parliament, eventually the monarchy stepped in and striked an executive order. The order would rule in favour for the opposition, resulting in the rejection of the Act and the further frustration and engagement of Non-Reuss peoples. Protests and riots would run rampant over the following years which would be retaliated by harsher crackdownd by Reussich forces, leading up to the situation in the War of the Grindgat
War of the Grindgat
| “ | December 6th, 1915 I spoke to several [Reuss] soldiers, boys barely out of adolescence, who wondered why their "little brothers" would take up arms against their empire. They had been told their whole lives that their cause was just, that their empire was a stern but fair hand uniting the Reussich people against outsiders. It could not have been further from the truth. |
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| — Colonel Alexander Wulfebach | ||
On March 11th 1910, then reigning Reussich Emperor, Augüstus VII, addressed the Empire in suit of his ancestors goals for a Pan-Ruessivian nation. He would publicaly declare a Mandate of Heaven, a war of conquest, against nations of Varlesse, Köthen, Valhürner, Wrunbrück and Harliid. The Imperial Reussich Army would mobilize and begin invading their neighbours.
Reussland would easily overcome the defences of Varlesse, pushing into western Köthen. Following this push, Secrazchak and Aletia declare war on Reussland, causing uproar against the government that what should have been a simple conflict, having escalated into a war with a superpower. The Imperial government would enact their defensive agreement with the Saivillare Exarchate, bringing their involvement in the war.
Among the Imperial Army, three-fifths consisted of non-Reuss members, made up of Tvahorns, Eisenachi, Vohyltians, Rosegians, Serdians, Kalrodians, Vorkügans and more. However, the heavy Reussifiction in recent decades and Anti-Ausländer Policies against Non-Reuss ethnicities have caused a rift amongst the officers. The politics have boiled over following the failure of the Imperial Federalisation Act, many ethnic officers having formed cliques in secrecy especially as talks of workers' strikes all over industrialised Vohyltian and Tvahorn cities began seeping into the ears on the frontlines.
Lavender Revolution
| “ | October 6th, 1911 The people of this grandiose nation have always shown the resolve and endurance in the most revolting era of our lives. Even now, our [Slavic] brethren heed our cries, they heed our stifled screams for freedom! For equality, and for the opportunity to hold a righteous vision of the secured future of the Grindgat! We have not been beaten, we are but a war-born stag, not yet yielding to the tyrants above! |
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| — Wilhelm Borvani | ||
On 3rd January, 1909 and prior to the Grindgat, renown Khraelyi-born Socialist, Mykhailo Bohoslovskyi would arrive to Greater-Wein on a train inbound from Secrazchak. With him were fellow compatriots, Wilhelm Borvani, Viktor Polshensky and several more members. They arrived in the most industrialised city within the Reussich Empire, seeking to spark a revolution to sweep the Grindgat where they failed in Khraelyia.
Over the course of a year, Mykhailo formed the Lavenderist Movement, sweeping the workers' across the empire especially in the non-reussich regions who saw his cause as an opportunity to break the shackles of imperialism. Cities throught Central Verdantis would gain traction for the Lavenderists, wearing Lavender-coloured bands, hats or simply the Lavender on their attire in an act of support.
As the War of the Grindgat rolled around, the Lavenderists saw a further swelling in partisan membership and more organised strikes through the regions as the conflict had been brought to bare, straining industries. Workers' began general protests which prompted reponses from Reussich law enforcement. In the frontlines even, Lavenderists were present and growing only by the days in the trenches, given news of the growing unrest back home while Lavenderist Volunteers risked their lives to bring supplies and munitions to troops.
On 4th September 1911, Bohoslovskyi with the assistance of Borvani, organised the largest protest yet in Greater-Wein, while Polshensky operated another protest with the remanining compatriots in Kumrovec. Both protests saw tens of thousands marching the streets while hundreds of thousands more in solidarity cheered the marching protestors or halted work in many industries.
However with Reussich Law Enforcement being frustrated by the Lavenderist Strikes, cracked down with lethal force on the protestors, deploying armed paramilitary groups and military police. This lead to more than 450 civilian deaths and 10,000 casualties. Bohoslovskyi nearly died but was saved by a protestor who shielded him from oncoming fire. Borvani would be more severely injured, having been shot in the eye.
The violent reaction from the imperial government and the horrific deaths were the breaking point for the Lavenderists, the movement shifting from being a workers' movement into a Lavenderist Revolutionary Front, their connections with individuals in the military and civlian sectors allowing them to begin armed revols and retaliation against the police.
In 1912, Lavender Revolution by now would have approached in full swing, numerous Lavenderist militia cells through the empire rose up in action and began battling with local garrisons and police forces. Meanwhile in the frontlines, coordinated attacks and ambushes against Reussich officers would occur by Non-Reussich Lavenderists, stalling the line severely while numerous forces would be recalled back to Reussland to stomp out the growing rebellions and revolutionary fervor. The Vohylt-Tvahorner Patriot Army would be established by Vohyltvan Lavderists, leading the bulk of the revolution against Reussland.
The following years would be dubbed by the Empire as the Reussich Civil War, the military having to content with rebellions in Vohyltia, Tvahorner, Eisenach, Rosegia and numerous other regions while being severely weakened as more than three-fifths of the imperial military revolted against them as well. The frontlines held by Reussland began to falter and shatter as following Counter-Offensive by Secrazchak, Aletian, Deiric and Köthic forces pushed Reussland back to pre-war borders by 1913.
The Lavenderists would see victory in 12 July, 1915 as the VTAP and fellow allied forces would march into the Reussich Capital, forcing a Treaty of Sölred of the empire as well as much of it's colonial empire. The result of the Lavenderist victory saw Vohylt-Tvahorner establishing itself under the ideology of Bohoslovskyi, forming a federal commonwealth of his social democracy which would be a reformed Vohylt-Tvahorner. An inauguration was held Wilhelm Borvani, sworn in as the First Chancellor of Vohylt-Tvahorner.
The Second Great Recovery
| “ | July 15th, 1915 For about the first time in 112 years, the Grindgat was finally free from tyranny (Ruessland). I remember the stories my grandfather told me... before annexation, when we had a nation then. Vohyltian and Tvahorn alike, it didn't matter, we were all 'Elkfolk', two-horned sisters they called us. And now once more, we return. We remain. |
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| — Jules Feinrich | ||
The era of post-war Vohylt-Tvahorner would be termed, The Second Great Recovery, the reorganisation and restructuring of the nation would culminate towards the modern foundations of the Commonwealth. The Borvani Administration prioritised investment into the agricultural and industrial sectors, focusing on securing farmland and incentivizing agricultural mechanization. Meanwhile, the Commonwealth would pivot towards a manufacturing-based economy, providing subsidies and grants to both local and foreign businesses in 10-Year Plans, an economic direction formulated by Borvani, Bohoslovskyi and Ena Klaus (First Executor of Finance & National Development).
The first 10-Year Plan, focused on shifting from a wartime economy to manufacturing. This period saw the rebuilding of infrastructure destroyed during the Grindgat War, the first five-years consisting of rationing and reservation of crucial resources for redistribution. Millions of soldiers returned to civilian-life, employed into training for agriculture and industry, providing a large labour pool for the Commonwealth to exercise their policies. Foreign Investments would also be crucial, diplomacy excercised with fellow Grindgati Nations as well as Mestra, Secrazchak and Khraelyia, securing economic deals and loans needed to incentivize growth to export industry. The latter five-years would see the economy surpassing pre-war levels, Vohylt-Tvahorner becoming an emerging producer of steel, automobiles and rare-earth metals.
The second 10-Year Plan, declared after the Second Convention of the Commonwealth, focused on diversifying exports, larger investments into education and electronics production. Vohylt-Tvahorner by 1935, was exporting locally-made radios, automobiles, aircraft and machinery. The standard of living increased exponentially, Vohylt-Tvahorner was now the prominent regional power of Central Verdantis.
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| “ | May 6th, 1941 Our great nation faces a grave threat, but together, we shall stand unwavering. In these trying times, we will unite and defend our freedom with unwavering resolve. We will overcome this challenge, for the spirit of our nation is unbreakable. |
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| — Petar Fidorovic | ||
On May 5th, 1941, Khraelyia was invaded by a coalition of nations as part of Operation Vadászsas. The operation achieved strategic surprise, with large portions of the Khraelyi army overrun in the initial days of the invasion and had largely captured most of the southwest. By late 1941, Khraelyi forces began offering greater resistance, culminating in the Battle of Krystynopil. By the beginning of 1942, a coalition had formed to assist Khraelyia, sending material, men, and even joining the war on Khraelyia's side. As July of 1942 arrived, the frontline began to stalemate along the Siverschyna River. In August, in an attempt to subvert Khraelyi defense lines, Bosnaeyi-Feodoria was quickly taken over, before officially joining the Grindgat Pact.
From 1943 to 1945, the frontline remained mostly stagnant, however, an attempted uprising in the city of Vuzlovir quickly caused substantial supply problems for enemy troops, causing a breakthrough under Operation Vidplata in September of 1945. Khraelyi forces had managed to reach the prewar border at the town of Zhalanov by March of 1946, followed by a harrowing success in the long-fought for the city of Blahoveshnyi as part of Operation Zhnetsʹ. By August of 1946, Khraelyi forces had reached the newly-built Kálmán Line, causing their renewed offensive to stop.
In April of 1946, multiple factions within the Secrazchak Empire began to enact talks of peace with the Republic of Khraelyia and her allies in the Lisivka Conference. Exiled Secrazchak king, Istvan II was to head a pro-royalist revolt in Kirkassag. On may fifth, the Kirkassag Uprising began, forming a rival government to the hardliners.
Beginning in early 1947, attempts to break the Kálmán Line in northern Kirkassag would result ultimately in the Battle of Tonzheki. In April of 1947, coalition troops had landed south of the Secrazchak capital, opening a secondary front and allowing Khraelyi divisions to begin bypassing defensive lines. In May of 1948, after a year of drastic defenses by Secrazchak troops, the capital of the Secrazchak Empire finally fell. After heavy negotiations, the Treaty of Bochvohrad was signed into effect in July of 1948, effectively ending the Khraelyi theatre.
The Third Great Recovery
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1992 Vohylt-Tvahorner Administration Crisis
In July of 1995, then Khraelyi president Vasyl Yezhov attempted a self-coup, dissolving parliament and citing allegations of corruption and inefficiency among the legislative body's members. He then declared a state of emergency and deployed the military to maintain order, sparking outrage and protests across the nation. The opposition, led by prime minister Morozov, accused Yezhov of undermining democracy and trampling on the rule of law. On July 16th, a brutal standoff between protestors and supporters of Morozov, and the Khraelyi military brought the Republic closer to civil war.
On July 22nd, the standoff finally ended when Yezhov finally relinquished control, ending the crisis. He was then formally impeached by the reinstated Parliament, being forced to leave office. A snap election was quickly called to fill the void, ending with the inauguration of Myroslav Savchenko as president. A new version of the constitution was written in March of 1996 to remove the loopholes that caused Yezhov to seize power, improving the Khraelyi government and preventing another crisis from happening.
Government
Foreign Relations
Military
The VTAF has been serving the Commonwealth of Vohylt-Tvahorner since its inception in 1915, the precursor being the Vohylt-Tvahorner National Army(1406-1803) and the Vohylt-Tvahorner Patriotic Army(1912-1915). The VTAF has played a crucial role in maintaining the stability and security of the country throughout its history.
Prior to 1406, Vohylt-Tvahorner was still a relatively peaceful nation with high idealistic ambitions, maintaining decentralized groups of local paramilitaries and mercenaries for hire to settle affairs of defence and warfare. However due to the increase of foreign interference and growing unsustainability of fielding untrained and unorganised soldiers. The phyrric victory following the Kelviki Charge, the Union Duma would enact drastic reforms to the nation's militias.
On 1406, General Yajorvh Kolemann would announce the formation of the Vohylt-Tvahorner National Army, unifying all registered and recognised militias, paramilitaries, purchased mercenaries and local armies intona single, cohesive military force. The National Army would begin a slow gradual organisation and rearmament of all members of the new military, training them and equipping them with better weapons and equipment as the centuries dragged on.
Over the years, the National Army would gain significance on a regional level, gaining victories over incursions and attempted invasions. However, the most drastic failure and humiliation by the national army would be in the 1800s where the entirety of Vohylt-Tvahorner would be ceded and annexed to the Empire of Kessel due to a lack of logistical infrastructure to hold defensive lines. However in an effort of maintaining order and control, the imperial government mandated the National Army to handle local security and stomping out rebellion.
During the War of the Grindgat, due to decades of inadequate funds to the Puppeted-National Army, logistics, supplies and armaments could not be provided to the defending soldiers, having been poorly equipped and demoralised as the Kuraqi Military entered through the North.
Thus beginning the short Vohylt-Tvahorner Liberaton War between Kesseli Loyalists and the Vohylt-Tvahorn Patriot Army. The Patriot Army with funding and supply from Khraelyia, Köthen and Deira, tbe VTPA would out-manoeuvre the weaker Loyalists, leading to a victory by the Patriots and seeing the secession of Vohylt-Tvahorner in more than a century.
The Lavender Revolution which began in 1910 would gain much influence among the Patriot Army during the Liberation War, formerly political militias led by the Humanists and Social Patriots. This instilled and spread the values and ideals which propelled the revolution immensely into then limelight. Upon their victory in the first Vohylt-Tvahorner Elections in, the Military would receive significant funding and priority allocation. This was due to fears of an eventual Reussisch retaliation, leading to Vohylt-Tvahorner to expand on its military and industry, rearming itself with better training and equipment. Eventually, the Patriot Army would be reformed into the Vohylt-Tvahorner Armed Forces.
During the inter-war period and reconstruction, the VTAF would make use of its funds to supply and arm rebel groups in Tvahorn-Majority regions of Suedval and Grün-Tvahorner, Vohyltian-Majority regions in Reussland and rebels in Lithaua. This open act of support would invoke Talmiera to declare war against Vohylt-Tvahorner for threatening national security, leading to its involvement in the Talmieran War, leading to the liberation of Lithaua, Suedval and Grün-Tvahorner after decisive naval landings and bombings of naval assets.
During The Great War, the VTAF fought alongside the Allied forces, making significant contributions to the war effort and in the defence of Khraelyia. A war between Reussland and Vohylt-Tvahorner would also begin, brought about by Reussich Revanchism and Vohylt-Tvahorner claims to Vohyltian-Majority regions. This lead to an initially defensive war by the VTAF before launching a mobile offensive known as the Elchkrieg, a series of pincer attacks which overwhelmed trapped Reussisch troops, leading to the capitulation of Reussland in just a few years. The VTAF would also be involved in the liberation and naval landing in Aletia in an effort to retake the VT-Aletia Canal which was seized by the SCZK along with the paratrooper landings in the Liberation of Eisenach.
Following the war, the VTAF would continue on its rapid pace of rearmament, gathering a large military while investing billions into newer training and equipment.
Today, the VTAF remains an integral part of the Commonwealth of Vohylt-Tvahorner for over a 100 years. It boasts a personnel strength of more than 1,000,000 soldiers spanning 5 Branches. The military is equipped with modern weapons and gear, its soldiers being well-trained and highly disciplined. The army's primary objective remains the same as it was when it was first established: to protect the country's sovereignty, territorial integrity and deterrinv threats through international projection.
Economy
The Economy of Vohylt-Tvahorner is a highly developed mixed market economy with dirigiste characteristics. With a national nominal GDP measuring at 11.051 Trillion Bdn, the Commonwealth's economy has been ranked as one of the most open in Seterra. It hosts a pro-business mindset and much opportunity for upstarts and entrepreneurial firms while maintaining the title of the joint fourth-least corrupt.
Vohylt-Tvahorner has moderate tax-rates and a high Per-Capita GDP at 53,500 Bdn. The Central Verdantis Trade Commission is headquartered in Valkyiav City. The service sector contributes around 58% of the GDP with industry at 38% and agriculture at 4%. Vohylt-Tvahorner's unemployment rate as researched and gathered by the Vohylt-Tvahorner Labour Council in 2022 was 2.4%, a result of economic reforms which sought to provide more welfare programmes to uplift the poorer citizenry.
Following the Oskar Aumeier Administration, government strain on welfare has been reduced significantly following advisement and reforms influenced by the Nurmandria and their form of social capitalism. This system, dubbed as Aumeier-Strigg Economics, resulted in local businesses and enterprises being given further benefits and grants by providing employees with corporate-mandated welfare schemes while strengthening the bargaining powers of Worker Unions.
The top ten exports of Vohylt-Tvahorner are electronics, machinery, refined fuels, rare earth metals, advanced alloys, aircraft, spacecraft, food products, military equipment and nuclear power.
Vohylt-Tvahorner is home to the first Spacecraft, leading the frontier of space exploration and the resource extraction of rare-earth elements on the Lunar Surface. The Commonwealth hosts a plethora of private space companies as well as the semi-privatized VT-RaumKosmos, it contracting its innovations, research and resources to private and foreign entities, funding itself in the process. The extraction of rare-earth metals such as Titanium is another industry the Commonwealth invests in, exporting highly refined and processed alloys made with the metals which are to be used in many markets.
Of the World's Top 500 stock-market listed companies measured by revenue in 2018, the Global 500, 49 are located in Vohylt-Tvahorner. Brands such as BlitzAutomata, JHB, Stolzkampf, AvT, BuG and many others like it make up the list.
Infrastructure
Centered in Central Verdantis, the Grindgat Basin of Vohylt-Tvahorner has become one of the most vital hubs of commerce in the world. Its extensive road networks, including the National Autobahn, are some of the most planned, efficient systems in the world. The Commonwealth's FMRTN serves numerous cities all over the nation, even extending to other neighbouring nations like Köthen and Deira, as well as across seas to Suedval. However the FMRTN in Grün-Tvahorner functions independently. The largest airports in Vohylt-Tvahorner are Große-Wein Airport, Kumrovec Airport, and Tjollern Airport. The port of Vohyloburg is one of the top ten largest container ports in the world.
In 2022, Vohylt-Tvahorner was the fifth-largest consumer of energy in the world. The Commonwealth is one of the largest users of nuclear power, having 95 NPPs as of 2019. Vohylt-Tvahorner gets approximately 76% of its energy from Nuclear Power, 8% from renewable energy and 18% of energy from fossil fuels, with 8% of that being from petrol, and 9.4% being from natural gasses. Renewable energy has slowly been growing in the country, however rather than investing into wind or solar, Vohylt-Tvahorner has committed to funding more efficient and sustainable fissile reactors, with 6 new MSRs to be completed by 2028.
Tourism
Vohylt-Tvahorner is the fifth-most visited country as of 2020, with 35.7 million international tourists while supporting a Visa-Free travel zone in Central Verdantis, encompassing Vohylt-Tvahorner, Aletia, Eisenach, Deira, Köthen, Valhürner, Vorküga, Serdia, Kalrodia, Rumvaria, Varlesse and recently, Reußland as well. Domestic, as well as international travel from the Commonwealth combined contribute roughly 198 billion dollars to the Vohylt-Tvahorner economy. Including indirect and induced impacts, the tourist industry of Vohylt-Tvahorner supports roughly 5.9 million jobs.
Vohylt-Tvahorner's most visited locations and popular landmarks include the Valkyiav Victory Monument, Mount Tosilov, remnants of the Krausburg Forts, the Lavender House of Vohylt-Tvahorner, and the Weißburg Spaceport.
During the 20th century, with the rise of the automobile and air travel from 1920-1970, people across the world began to travel farther, further contributing to tourism within Vohylt-Tvahorner. Purchases of travel and tourism-related goods and services by international visitors traveling in Vohylt-Tvahorner totaled 25.6 billion during February 2018.
Science and technology
Science has held a dominant point within Vohylt-Tvahorner, even prior the formation of the country and even before the Union of Vohylt-Tvahorner. Vohylt-Tvahorner has been a massive contributor towards scientific advancement and discovery, leading the fields in the production of super-alloys and space-related technologies. The University of Kumrovec, one of the oldest universities within Vohylt-Tvahorner, dating back to 1100AD, is regarded as one of the most important institutions worldwide.
Vohylt-Tvahorner is one of the only powers to not hold any nuclear weapons, instead delving into anti-nuclear deterrance and refinement of thermobaric warheads. Most notable is the inception of the KDOS which saw use in the 2000s during the Second Mestran-Virlannian War, they were used as a deterrent throughout the Global Freeze.
During the Global Freeze, Vohylt-Tvahorner and Khraelyian engineers raced against Kardovij engineers from the UFRR to be the first to attempt to explore the stars. The first attempts, being the Starfire Program, a collaboration with the Khraelyi National Aeronautic and Interstellar Administration (NAIA) and the Vohylt-Tvahorner VT-Raumkosmos, resulted in cosmonaut Danylo Ponomarenko and Vohyltian sternsegler Wilhelm Ackermann being the first men in space in 1963, and the Lunarri landing in 1970.
Modern advances in the rare earth materials and nanotube technology have resulted in breakthroughs in allotropes, advances in commercial graphene, and carbon nanotubes. If it is said that Khraelyia has understood the human genome, then Vohylt-Tvahorner can be compared,"on the pedastal throne of mastering the elements." Within a few decades the commercial production of super-alloys, nanotubes and graphene which once was a pipedream will eventually be realised.
Income, poverty, and wealth
The Vohylt-Tvahorn labour force is estimated to be 63.5% of the population, or 127.48 million workers, with a participation rate of 66.4%. The leading field of private employment in Vohylt-Tvahorner is service-providing work, with a total worker count averaging 62.5 million.
Passive government intervention and corporatist policies ensure a majority of Vohylt-Tvahorn workers are unionized to some degree, the largest union being the Society of Lavender Workers (SLW). Workers often have extended parental leave, paid vacation time, or sick leave, even at the federal level, the VT government often provides incentives and tax cuts for large businesses who enroll or establish a welfare guarantee for private employees.
The federal minimum wage of Vohylt-Tvahorner is 13.20 an hour, considered one of the highest in Seterra, regulating based on annual inflation. Constituent Federal Republic minimum wages often fluctuate around this level, with the highest being in Kumroveci Federate, at 18.35 an hour. Overtime is paid at time-and-a-half for non-exempt workers and employees for all hours work in excess of 40 hours in a workweek or 8 hours in a workday. Time-and-a-half must also be paid for workers who work on federal holidays.
Unemployment within Vohylt-Tvahorner as of September 2020 is rated at 3.3%. It has the Xth highest median gross household income in the world, at $53,713 in 2018. The government offers substantial aid, benefits, and services to eligible citizens or permanent residents, as well as authorized foreign employees, which is further supplemented by Federal or Republic-Based unemployment insurance programs.
An approximated 10.4% of citizens live below the relative poverty line, which has been set by the Executry of Finance at $15,500. The Federal Commonwealth provides supplemental Selective Basic Income for struggling families.