|7, -8.344, 18.456|
|Republic of Valaga|
rypuplik v lawang
"Democracy, Justice and Freedom"
Song of the Valaganese
and largest city
|Official languages||Ingerish, Hikvang|
|Nationalities||68.7% Valaganese, 20.8% Ingerians, 4.5% XX, 3.7% Rumang and 2.3% others|
|Government||Federal one party dominant parliamentary republic|
|• Upper house||Federal Council|
|• Lower house||Parliament|
|• Total||264015 km2|
|• Estimate (2019)||XX Million|
|• Density||XX/sq Km/km2|
|Drives on the||right|
|Internet TLD||.va; .vgov|
Valaga, officially the Republic of Valaga, is a sovereign country in southern Tarephia, with its capital city, Valka, situated on a peninsula on the south coast on the Sack of Oridica. Valoga borders to TA118 to the west, to TA101 to the east and to TA104 to the east with a sea border. Valaga is divided into XX constituent states, covers an area of 181,760 square kilometers, and has a largely wet and dry tropical climate. With over XX million inhabitants, it is one of the most populated countries in Tarephia and the Tarephia Cooperation Council, and the most populated state of the Lyc Union. Valaga is a pretty centralized country. Its capital and largest metropolitan area is Valka, is home to over XX million inhabitants, serves as the financial capital and tourist city. It has the country busiest airport, the Valka International Airport. Other largest cities include XX, XX and XX. Most of the country is sparsely populated, the population is centered into many larger cities.
Various tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Valaga for over 8.000 years. During a Migration Period, the tribes expanded southward. During the last 400 years, Valaga was conquered and colonized by ingerish tribes. They have successfully settled onto the south coast and built the settlement, that is now famous as Fort Mayer. Further expansion was made around 1740 to the west and east of the south coast. Other large settlements now famous as XX, XX and XX have been constructed during that period. During the Valagan revolution in 1857, a democratic system was established from the monarchy in Valaga with the Constitution of Valaga as the base. In 1927 the Valaga - XX War, Valaga fought against its neighbor XX and had many cities destroyed in bombings.
Today, the sovereign state of Valaga is a federal parliamentary republic led by a chancellor. It is a great power with a strong economy; it has the world's X-largest economy by GDP. As a global leader in several industrial, financial and technological sectors, it is the world's X-largest exporter and the world's X-largest importer of goods. As a highly developed country with a very high standard of living, it upholds social security and universal health care system, environmental protection, and tuition-free university education.
The Republic of Valaga was a founding member of the Lyc Union in XX and the Tarephia Cooperation Council in XX. It is part of the Tarephia travel Area and became a co-founder of the Tarezone in XX. Valaga is a member of the Assembly of Nations, Tarephia Cooperation Council, and the Lyc Union. Known for its cultural history, Valaga has been continuously the home of influential and successful artists, musicians, film people, sportspeople, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, and inventors. Valaga is among the top tourism destinations in the world.
Valaga is in the timezone WUT+1. Valaga does not currently observe Daylight Savings Time.
Most of Valaga has a wet or dry tropical climate. The sea on the south coast is affected by warm water currents. Temperatures in summer can reach up to 35°C on the south coast and 40°C in the inland area. Temperatures in winters are mild and rarely drop under 10°C. Valaga mostly experiences north-west winds.
The country can be divided into 3 climate areas. The coastal area, the flatlands in the center, and the tropical forest in the north.
Although extreme weather is very rare in Valaga, large rainfalls can hit the tropical forests, droughts can occur in the flatland and hurricanes can build up along the south coasts.
Pre Historic Settlements
Colonization by the Ingerish
During expeditions by the Ingerish, Valaga was discovered and colonized. The first permanent settlement by the Ingerish is now what is called Fort Mayer. After Valaga was successfully colonized, explorers including XX started exploring the coastal region and the inland. The next larger wave of exploration happened in 1740.
Genocide to the Indigenous
While exploring the Valagan Rainforest in 1740, first conflicts between the explorers and the tribes rose up, because the Rumang resisted. Because the explorers thought that their race was more worth than the race, they started to burn down settlements, imprison the Rumang and killed them in massacres. The massacres lasted for over 8 years and left over 200.000 victims dead. In response to the massacre, the first democratic government in 1857 apologized for the gruesome doings by rebuilding villages, supplying farmers with equipment and building memorials. In 1974 the Rumang Museum and the corresponding memorial was opened in Valka.
Before the Industrialization in 1840, Valaga was mostly populated by farmers, that lived on the south coast near the city of Valka. After
100% of the grid and power plants are state-owned. 72% of the power is generated in nuclear power plants, 21% is generated in coal power plants and 7% is generated using renewable energies. The government of Valaga is switching off all coal power plants until 2030 because of climate change and the 2012 climate policies. It is also building large offshore wind parks and other renewable energy sources to move away from nuclear energy.
All roads of Valaga are state-owned and managed by the ValaRoads company. Most of the highways and national roads are toll-free, however, some roads are not toll-free. Roads in large urban areas can fall under a congestion zone which are charged with a daily congestion fee. Valka has the largest Congestion Zone and was the first city to had such a zone implemented with the Public transport reform in 2008. Vehicles entering the congestion zone need to pay between 15 and 100 Tare a day.
The railway network and the train stations are state-owned and managed but the service is privatized for most long-distance trains. Public transport, including regional rails, are free of charge since the Public transport reform in 2008 and are thus state-owned. The largest rail companies of Valaga are InterVal, Coastal Railway and VARail.
The government of Valaga has early realized, that the Internet will play a crucial part of the future. Therefore the government has ordered the private companies of ValNet and Vekonet to build up the mobile network, DSL in the 1980s and fiber optic cables in the
The "Valagan Union Party" has won the 2018 elections with over 2/3 of the overall voters voting for the party. The far-right "Valaga Change Party" has made it into the parliament for the first time. The "Conservatives" lost 4% and dropped to their new all-time low of 16%. The percentages for the "Ecolibs" and "The Lefts" didn't change significantly in comparison to the 2014 election.