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The Divine Republic of St. Oz
Flag Coat of Arms
Motto: "."
Anthem: "Դ՟գոդաք Վորետրեւվիսո"
Geography
Area	3.1 millionkm2
Water (%)	{{{water_area}}}
Highest point	D'Zhrovak
Longest river	Shpri
Demographics
Population	592,659,000
• Density	185/km2
• Growth	.7%/year
Median age	34.9 years
Demonym	Ozian
History
Founding of Ozi'pol	January 26th, 921 BCE
Formation of the Divine Republic	August 6th, 349 BCE
•  Ozian Liberation	December 4th, 1907
Government
Capital	Ozi'pol (St Oz City)
Official language	Ozian, Moaz
Type	Unitary Theocratic Republic
Legislature	Ozian Senate
Sancta	Adara Revia Oz
Primav	Amelio Parpaski
Districts	19
Economy
Currency	Paloi Equa Insorken "Maritime Insurance Currency" (₴) (PEI)
GDP	₴5,419,168,000,000
• Per capita	₴9,154
• Growth	6%/year
Sectors	18% Agriculture 35% Industry 47% Services
Unemployment	4.9%
Gini	51.3
Development
Life expectancy	69.5 years
Improved water access	95%
Literacy	100%
Enrollment	99%
• Primary	99.9%
• Secondary	99.9%
• Tertiary	45%
Standards
Measures	Metric
Date format	day-month-year
Traffic	Right-hand
Codes
ISO code	OZ
Internet TLD	.oz
Calling code	+13

Ozia (Ozian:Ոժի tr. Ozhi), officially known as The Divine Republic of St. Oz (Ozian:Աանքթտլժա Ռբպւվլիքը դեվ՟Ոժի tr. Sanktizha Repuvklikey dev'Ozhi) is a country with lands on the southwestern tip of Ennorath and the northwestern top of Libia with the strait of O between it. It is a theocratic republic comprised of 19 different districts. Its location made it a historical crossroad for commerce, culture, and science. A prehistoric culture called the Praemians began developing on the strait of O 20,000 years ago, and desert peoples from central Libia called Fre'zhi began settling near the strait around 9000 years ago. People from Ozia are descended from the ancestors from Fre'zhi and Praemia, while people from Moacia are directly descended from Fre'zhi and people from Iadak are directly descended from Praemia. Traditionally and historically, Ozia was recognized as the dominant nation in the strait region by 910 BCE under the leadership of the First Listener

History

Main article: History of St Oz

The Praemian Kingdoms

Main article: The Praemian Kingdoms

About 29 known kingdoms formed from the Praemian cultures around the O Strait by 2000 BCE. Older religious texts refer to these kingdoms as the "Coalition of the 50 towers". Of these 50 legendary towers only one tower remains intact at the city of Nyahar in western Ozia while 28 bases were discovered in other locations. These towers were said to reach the sky high enough so their priests and priestesses could listen to the Goddess. These towers are said to have only been as high as 8 stories tall and the one at Nyahar is only 6 stories tall. These Praemian Kingdoms are best known for regulating the amount of Fre'zhi and mixed settlements with demands of tribute, piracy, and enslaving the Fre'zhi and Ozian populaces. By 1000 BCE, these settlements were entirely of mixed ethnicity who called themselves Ozians. Matriarchal societies developed among the Ozian settlements because Praemians would only take males as slaves. Several settlements adopted the rule of 19 with their Praemian oppressors, which was an unofficial agreement to only take males who were older than 19 years of age. This made the average population growth among Ozian settlements low or declining.

The Legend of the Listener and the Praemian Wars

Further information: Gaeanism

Praemians followed a monothiestic tradition around the Goddess, who was the steward of all things living. They believed that everyone returned to her to tell their life story and then she would judge their path of reincarnation. Fre'zhi settlers were polytheistic and followed a Parthenon ruled by 32 main Gods and Goddesses. Among the 32 was one named Gaea who represented the goddess of growth, life, and memory. It's theorized that Gaeanism has its origins in both of these traditions when the Fre'zhi and Praemians merged together to form Ozian societies. According to legend, a Gaeanist soothsayer named Mag predicted that one day a child, called the Zhadae Sankta, would be born of a Praemian noble and an Ozian slave who would have the ability to hear the wisdom of Gaea to unite all the tribes of the Ozian people against the Praemians. In 945 BCE, a Praemian Princess named Estha was married off in a political union with another Praemian Kingdom's crown prince. There she was unhappy with this union but fell in love with the prince's personal slave Zei and bore a daughter with him. The prince upon finding out about this killed Zei and doomed the daughter to live only within the confines of the castle. However, the daughter of Zei and Estha, Revia, would occasionally venture out in secret. When she discovered the sufferings of Ozians and people in general, it devastated her. She escaped one day and planned a slave riot. This first riot destroyed the first Praemian Kingdom and when slaves discovered who she was, started to accept her as the Zhadae Sankta. She brought the ex-slaves to a settlement and founded the city of Ozi'pol, the City of Ozia. Using labor from Praemian prisoners and ex-slaves, she built the Tower of Ozia as her palace, as a symbol of defiance against the Praemians. Every time Ozi'pol would sack a Praemian city-state, they would take apart the towers and use those bricks to build upon the Tower of Ozia.

Rise of the First Divine Republic

After 20 years of uniting the tribes, liberating slaves, and sacking Praemian kingdoms, the tower stood at 45 feet tall and the first listener used the finished tower as her palace. She also established the Ozian Senate at its base, where representatives from each tribe of Ozia would meet. Proceeding the first listener's death, she declared that her only daughter would assume her role as a listener, and that after her daughter died, Gaea would reincarnate her as the next listener and her daughter again after her second form died. Soon after Sankta Revia's death, the Ozians established a tradition of searching for the reincarnations of Revia or her daughter to be the future heads of state of Ozia. By 500 BCE, the borders of Ozia stretched close to what they are in the present.

Moacian Occupation

Conquests

The First War with Haradrim

The Myrorian Exodus

The Second War with Haradrim

The Communist Takeover

Main article: The Communist Takeover

Further information: Madame Ousi

The Haradrim Occupation

Main article: The Troubles

Further information: St Oz in the Great War. Haradrim Gaeanist Legion

Culture

Main article: Culture of St Oz

Religion

Main article: Gaeanism

Government and Politics

Geography

Main article: Geography of St Oz

Economy

Main article: Economy of St Oz

Further information: Currency of St Oz