Skoric Daugrech

Skoric Peoples Socialist State Skoríska Folksociále Staten
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Motto: Feir en Flod Iron and Blood
Anthem: The Victory Among Victories
Capital	Suric
Largest city	Theamak
Official languages	Skoran
Recognised national languages	Skoran, Obnian, Slandafor, Svoglan
Recognised regional languages	Erathnian, Lanarian
Religion	Secular state (De jure)
Demonym	Skoric
Government	Federal Socalist
• State President	Malíyah Varenn
• Premier	Nerafror Meranaught
• Chairman of the Supreme Council	Freidrik Maergand
• Chairman of the Union	Helgair Vetrason
• Vice President	Erthain Ochs Velkrag
Legislature	State Congress
• Upper house	State Supreme Council
• Lower house	State Socialist Diet
Formation
• Skrígarn	1123
• Confederation of the Black River Kingdoms	1712
• Empire of Skoríska	1 Septémbik 1802
• Monarchy abolished	9 Októbrik 1910
• Skoric State	31 Martsik 1911
• Current constitution	10 Martsik 2001
Area
•	2,214,078 km2 (854,860 sq mi)
Population
• 2024 estimate	138,858,000 (6'th)
• 2020 census	135,354,00
GDP (PPP)	2023 estimate
• Total	$7.7 trillion (4'th)
• Per capita	$54,700 (5'th)
GDP (nominal)	2023 estimate
• Total	$6.5 trillion (9'th)
• Per capita	$46,810 (6'th)
Gini (2021)	11.32020 low
HDI (20)	0.908 very high · 3'rd
Currency	Skigmark (SMK)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Drives on the	right
Calling code	+6
ISO 3166 code	SPS

The Skoric State(Skoric: Skoríska Staten), Officially the Skoric Peoples Socialist State(Skoric: Skoríska Folksociále Staten) is a federal socialist state situated in northern Ariethia, making it one of two federally socialist states in Ariethia. With an area of about 2.2 million square kilometers and a population of almost 140 million, it is the sixth-most populous country. It was organized as a federal union of autonomous socialist states, the largest of which is the Theamak FAS. The Skoric State shares land borders with Lilabor to the west, and Archalae, Wykonn, Palaen and Zoble to the south. It shares maritime borders with Lilabor and the Deysian Federation through the Trans-Anhlietian and Lars Gulf. Its capital is Suric, although its most populous city and financial center is Theamak. After the end of the civil war in 1911, the Skoric State would become the first ever constitutionally socialist country.

Skoríska was first inhabited in the Paleolithic age, with organized societies emerging in the first millennium on the Black River in modern-day Helnnogard. Up until the 11’th century, Skoríska consisted of various independent kingdoms and city-states up until the 17’th century, when they effectively formed a confederation to fight Lilaborn raids from the west. The confederation would eventually be succeeded by the Empire of Skoríska in the early 18’th century, before being overthrown by socialist revolutionaries in 1911. As a result of treaties made with Lilabor, most of its western territories were integrated into East Lilabor as a way to appease Lilaborn expansionism.

Skoríska went through a period of prolonged warfare in the 20’th century. After the end of its civil war, it underwent rapid industrialization in the 1920’s and 1930’s in what was considered an economic miracle. The restoration of economic stability and the undertaking of massive public works projects alongside a mass re-armament scheme briefly made it the center of all trade on the Ariethnian continent. In late 1939, the Holy Republic began mobilizing its military in a bid to overthrow socialist rule and establish various satellite states throughout the western regions of the Skoric State. Due to this, the Skoric State would launch a pre-emptive invasion in early 1940, launching the Pan-Ariethnian conflict. It would conquer most of Ariethia but failed to achieve most of its strategic objectives within Lilabor, leading to a stalemate in 1947 and an end to hostilities. Its rapid economic development and sphere of influence would cement its status as a superpower.

Tensions with the Lilaborn led Imperial-Bloc led to the First Cold War. The Imperial-Bloc would eventually be expanded into what is known as SOFA in 1955, prompting the Skoric State to create its own alliance, ATNAS in 1956. Although neither side engaged in direct military conflict, they instead fought on an ideological basis through various proxy wars throughout the globe. In the 1960’s, the Skoric State would compete to lead the First Space Race, launching the first space station into orbit, and the first probe onto another planet. It would also build the first permanent research station in 1979, the International Research Station. In 1981, the controversial backing of Mer-Freula in its brutal war against Merakistaq would lead to a long list of sanctions, alongside an internationally-backed blockade supported by SOFA referred to as ‘The Great Oceanic Wall’. These comprehensive economic sanctions would last up until the late 1990’s, when they were lifted thanks to warming relations between ATNAS and SOFA. The end of the blockade paved the way for an increasingly liberal economy, with the switch to a radically different economic model combining market-oriented characteristics of more capitalist societies, while maintaining the best elements of Skoric socialism. This change in economic model, while leading to an initially crippling recession due to the transition, led to unprecedented economic growth in the 21’st century. These economic, but also political reforms helped to reintegrate the Skoric State into the global economy and politics. Since the late 2010’s, the Skoric State has been militarily involved in a number of conflicts within what is considered the Third World, such as its war in Noshkovia in 2005, East Deysia since 2013, and more recently its ongoing invasion of Sigramearsk in 2023. It is generally agreed upon that that Skoric State began the Second Cold War with its large-scale invasion of Sigramearsk.

The Skoric State as of 2023 is classed as a developed country, with a high-income economy and a global leader in science and technology, electronics, and the automotive industry. It has low levels of corruption, environmental issues, and civil liberties, but ranks among the lowest in international measurements of freedom of the press and freedom of religion. It is also one of few countries in the world to implement universal healthcare, alongside tuition-free university education for the youth. The Skoric State also possesses the third-largest stockpiles of nuclear weapons, and the third-largest military expenditure, trailing behind the Deysian Federation and Holy Republic. Despite its weakened influence and economy after the blockade, it is still considered one of the three superpowers of the world. The Skoric State is a member of ATNAS and a founding member of CON, a permanent member of both Security Councils.

History

War of Honor(1902-1911)

Loyman Ghauss was many things, a farmer, a family man, and a former veteran of the fifty years’ war. He tended a farm within the current Obnian SAS, and though the what-cut troubled him, he was content to live his life in spite of it all. However the death of his own daughter and son due to a drunk Empire officer motivated him to pursue politics, to enact change through civil means if necessary. However violence was not out of the question. Rather unexpectedly, he would somehow become the figurehead of the Skoric socialist movement. He was not charismatic nor had booming speeches, but the people saw him as a genuine, soft-spoken pragmatic man with a vision that resonated with the people.

Socialist militias would pop through much of the country in early 1902, although the country was all but crumbling by mid-1902. It was a full-blown civil war. The mobilizing of the Royal Guard Corupus to fight and crush demonstrations and rebellions alike motivated much of the population to go to war against the Imperial Government. The heads of nobles rolled by the hundred, then thousands. They were attacked and killed where they stood, collaborators were shot and thrown over bridges. The rivers turned red. By 1911, much of the Empire had collapsed into small holdouts of Empire soldiers and collaborators fighting against a horde of angry farmers, city workers, and veteran soldiers. Much of the Empire's west was razed to the ground by the fighting, cities turned to rubble and farmland destroyed by the shelling and intentional crop-scorching.

When 1911 came, 35 million were dead. Millions more were displaced, having run to the Socialist strongholds of Theamak and Skogvarg, the industrial heartland of the Empire. There was no one left, no nobles within the country to deny the people their right to rule by a different hand. By a different man. Emperor Geld Sterafor would be executed by hanging in the city of Geldaborg in December 1911—ironically, marking the end of the civil war. The Empire was fractured, and the neighboring nations of Zoble and Lilabor found no resistance when they took the land that they pleased at the outer reaches of the Empire, much to the disdain of the Skorics.

Post-War Reconstruction and Social Reforms

When January 1912 came, there was a new country on the map, with a strange ideology. The first Socialist nation in the world, the Skoric Peoples Socialist State. At its head, was Loyman Ghauss, alongside a council of ministers made up of intellectuals, most of them former political prisoners of the Emperor. Their loyalty was unquestionable, their allegiance is to their homeland, foremost—and Loyman embodied the homeland more so than most, in his words and in his actions.

The end of the civil war saw great strife among the people. Food shortages were everywhere, due to the razing of the west into a barren wasteland devoid of human life. Despite the critical state of the new fledgling socialist republic, it persisted. The Skoric State would fund important reconstruction efforts, rebuilding the destroyed western cities, while repopulating and re-tilling the farmland to alleviate the chronic issue of overpopulation. The royal treasury proved vital in funding this all, and Skoric ministers managed to convince banks overseas to access the accounts of the former Imperial Skoric State.

By 1920 the Skoric State had essentially recovered from the worst of the war. The west had been completely rebuilt, and the broken lands now farmed for bountiful harvests. Mechanization of farming through imported equipment had a big impact on the Skoric agricultural industry. Manufacturing would also be hugely expanded, the industrial capacity dwarfing that of the former Imperial Skoric State. In so far as reforms are concerned, the Skoric State would take rather progressive actions—such as enforcing equality and repealing borderline apartheid policies. Women would have the right to vote, the right to own and house, and a right to education just as much as any man in any city within the State. This level of freedom would attract many intellectuals and scholars from around the globe, especially scientists, trying to avoid persecution within the Imperial states.

It wasn’t long until it joined the ranks of the other industrialized nations of the world, this time as a rising power. This incredible recovery, this economic miracle so to say, helped embolden socialist groups across the globe. The Skoric Daugrech was thus considered a shining beacon of socialism to the world over. But to the Imperial states, it merely convinced them that the Skoric Daugrech was an existential threat. A godless state which rejected the commonly-held belief that all life was sculpted by the hands of the almighty, so to say. This angered the Holy Republic. More so than the fact they failed to exterminate the Skoric nomads whom they drove from their former lands.

Political Landscape and Suppression of Opposition

There is a famous saying that goes “A fascist is a leftist's second-worst enemy, right behind a leftist's true worst enemy, which is a slightly-different leftist who holds 94% of the same political views.” and never had it been truer in late 1920. Although the Imperial supporters had basically been wiped off the face of the country, or been forced out through political violence, a new threat would emerge; ideological schism. All socialists draw their ideology from a small excerpt written by Anhiet Hages, the father of Socialism. The Socialist ideology which Ghauss spear-headed was an interpretation of this excerpt, however they would soon find political fracturing from others who interpreted it differently. Essentially disagreement over what ‘Skoric socialism’ actually was, and though debates were intense, they were civil. No one wanted another war, not after such bloodshed. However no one could tell for how long this debate would remain ‘civil’ before blood was spilled again. Ghauss was especially worried of this.

This source of anxiety came primarily from groups deep within the government, the so-called ‘True-Socialites’. They had a different idea of how to run the nation, of what policies to implement. They desired to construct a nation in strict accordance with Anhiet’s vision of a modern Skoric State. But the reality is that often countries must make compromises in their ideology so as to reach the most efficient and stable form of governance. Obviously, the True-Socialites didn’t believe in this. However the potential threat of the True-Socialities, despite being a minority, was seen by Ghauss. Alongside the expelling of thousands of suspected and confirmed True-Socialities, the Skoric State would put all media outlets under the control of the state. Allowing for dissenting voices to be systematically silenced and propaganda disseminated to reinforce the belief in the Skoric State.

It didn’t take long until the Skoric state became a surveillance state, with a staggeringly vast network of spies throughout the nation to survey for dissent. To maintain ideological purity, the Skoric education system also made an effort to focus on the study of Socialism itself. This Skoric State attempted to get across that it was a fact that socialism was the optimal way to govern a nation. And that all other ways are inefficient, and of course this was all done in the name of continued stability.

Despite the ruthless crushing of political freedoms, and all the surveillance, the populace was overall rather complacent with it all. For the most part, the quality of life had risen by several times. Many could now buy cars, live in decent houses, and eat good food. They had suffered so much in the past century, and virtually almost all saw no issue in the fact that only the Skoric Socialist Party ruled supreme over the land.

Reinvigoration of the Armed Forces

Pre-emptive Invasion of the Holy Republic

Slandsblik

Tzeyremar

Zoble

Operation 'Shattering Shield'

Cold-war

Great Oceanic Wall

Military Compact

Invasion of Sigramearsk

Politics

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Military

The Skoric State Armed Forces(Skoric: Váldharinaf Skóriska Folksociále Staten) is considered one of the world’s most powerful militaries, engaged in a continuous modernization of its armed forces even despite restrictions of the 2010 Global Peace Accords. Since 2020, it consists of five services: the State Ground Forces(Statmark Váldstärk), State Air Forces(Statlúft Váldstärk), State Naval Forces(Statamarina Váldstärk), State Air-Defense Forces(Statlúftforsvar Váldstärk) and State Strategic Missile Forces(Statsastrategisk Rakettstärk). It also has two independent arms of service, the Domestic Security Forces, often referred to as the Fláktrupps, and Airborne Forces(Lúftburne Váldstärk). As of 2023, the military has around a million active-duty personnel, the sixth-largest, and about 30 million in reserves. As of 2005, it is mandatory for all male and female citizens aged 18-27 to be drafted for a year of service in the Armed Forces. The Skoric State is among four recognized nuclear weapons states, with the third largest stockpile of nuclear weapons; a little less than a third of all nuclear weapons are owned by Skoriska. It is a party to the Global Nuclear-Arms-Ban Treaty (GNABT) and the Nuclear-Test-Ban Accord (NTBA). In Absolute terms, Skoric military spending in 2024 was the third-highest in the world, spending approximately 152 billion skigmarks, or 1.9% of its GDP. In 2020 it was the world’s second-largest arms exporter, with an entirely indigenous defence industry, producing most of its military equipment.

Skoriska has major military industries and the second-largest aerospace sector in the world. The country has produced equipment such as the Aergast attack helicopter, the Orck tank, Staghorss supercarrier and many others. Skoriska is a major arms seller, with a large portion of its arsenal designs available for the export market. Skoric weapons exports totaled 55 billion skigmarks in 2022, up from 42 billion in the previous year. Additionally, Mer-Freula alone contributed more than 15 billion skigmarks to the Skoric total. Among the largest Skoric defence companies are Armasig, REUA, Skegharr-Hurk and Dayac.

Geograph

The Skoric Daugrech spanned an area of over 1,712,500 square kilometers, being the fifth largest country in the world. It bordered (from 193

The Skoric Daugrech spans some 1.712 million square kilometers.

Economy

Infrastructure and Energy

Theamak Nuclear Power Plant. Skoríska derives most of its energy from nuclear, 75%, a higher proportion than any other country in the world.

With its central position within Ariethia, Skoríska is a transport hub for the continent. Its network of roads and high-speed rail is among the densest in Ariethia. The Skoric State National Railway Network or SNR train network serves all major Skoric cities, alongside destinations in neighbouring countries with speeds of up to 300 km/h. The largest airports are Skogvarg Airport, Theamak Airport, Kronfror Airport and Marya-Thesse Airport. The Port of Marya-Thesse is the second-busiest port in Ariethia and one of the twelve largest container ports in the world.

In 2020, Skoríska was the world’s fifth-largest consumer of energy. Skopek, which is majority-owned by the Skoric government, is the country's main distributor and producer of electricity, and the second-largest electric utility company, ranking second in revenue globally. Skoriska meets its power demands mostly through nuclear, which provides 75% of the country's electricity, the remainder of which is provided through a mix of oil and gas, alongside hydro, solar, and wind. Skoríska is considered a world leader in nuclear technology, with reactors and nuclear fuel being major exports. Thanks to its commitment to reducing energy consumption, in line with the Tierzig Accord, it has reduced primary energy consumption by 12% between 1991 and 2020, with a goal of reducing it further by 30% by 2030 and 50% by 2050.

Due to the reliance on nuclear power, the development of other renewable energy sources has been rather slow compared to other nations. Despite this, production capacity from renewable energies has increased, with hydropower being the leading source, accounting for 60% of the country’s renewable energy sources and contributing 10% of its electricity.

Demographics

Education

The responsibility for educational supervision in Skoriska is primarily organized within each FAS. Optional kindergarten is provided for all children between three and six years old, after which school attendance is compulsory for nine years regardless of state. Primary education usually lasts for four to six years. Secondary schooling is divided into various tracks based on whether students choose to pursue an academic or vocational education. A system of mandatory apprenticeship called SU or Co-op ensures that all students gain necessary work experience by the time they graduate from a post-secondary institution. This model is well regarded and reproduced widely around the world.

As all Skoric universities and colleges are public institutions, students pay no tuition fees. The general requirement for attending a university is getting an SRE qualification by completing the quadri-annual State Level Exams. According to the WEB report in 2019, Skoriska is the world’s second leading destination for international study. The established universities in Skoriska include some of the oldest in the world, with Theamak University (established in 1453), Skogvarg University (established 1712) and Helnnogard University (established 1412) being the oldest. Theamak University’s academic model became widespread throughout Ariethnian universities due to its success.

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