Silver Imperial Utopia
| Silver Imperial Utopia | |
|---|---|
| Avaris | |
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| Flag of Silver Imperial Utopia | |
| Motto: "Pro patria mori!" | |
| ("Die for the fatherland!") | |
| Capital | Hazelwood City |
| Alliances | GNSP LOPN Observer State |
| Official languages | Utopian |
| Recognized languages | Xaviet Ridnezite |
| Demonym(s) | Utopian |
| Government | Constitutional Monarchy |
| Regent | Olivia Reading |
| Legislature | Utopian Senate |
| Population | 500,000,000 (estimated) |
| Currency | Utopian Aureus |
| Driving side | Right |
| Open on NationStates | |
Silver Imperial Utopia (SIU), officially the Regent Republic of Silver Imperial Utopia is a country in Western Noskyavia, on Avaris, controlling the vast majority of the Utopian sub-continent. It's government officially claims rightful ownership over the entire Utopia sub-continent, as it believes itself to be a direct continuation of the Golden Impirial Utopia (GIU) state. SIU shares a long land border with Vytezhevia to it's west, Xiaojin to it's south, Roskaya to it's south-east, Xaviet to it's north-east, and NEI Artkos to it's north-west. SIU is considered an unofficial member of the NTUP as well as an observer-member of the League of Prosperous Nations. SIU's capital and largest city is Hazelwood City; other major cities include Sortio, Trasnia, Oester, New Lanistar and Levarnt.
The history of Utopia goes back to various Utopian peoples. With the spread of Axonity, Levarnt became the seat of the Veridite Church. Numerous attempts were made to unify Utopia throughout the ages, none successful until the arrival of the Hazelwoods on the southern shore, conquering and subjugating city states with the aid of hired mercenaries, adventurers and native collaborators.
Name
Silver Imperial Utopia derives each of the three components in its name from three different sources. The "Silver" comes from the Silver Initiative, a contingency plan created by Andrew III Hazelwood of in the days after its GIU's mass migration from their holdings on Avaris. The GIU government created the Silver Initiative as a plan in case the Utopian Isolation experiment failed, which it eventually did. As part of the Silver Initiative, large parts of the government and elite of GIU migrated back to Avaris and took over civilian administration of the Utopia region under Xaviet military occupation. The Utopian Government continues to maintain close diplomatic and military ties to the Xaviet Empire.
The "Imperial" comes from the nation's monarchist roots as an established empire unifying the Utopian sub-continent. "Utopia" is derived from the ancient idea that the region can become a perfect place. Rooted in ancient pantheistic folklore but eventually adopted by Axonite theologians and later philosophers, the people of Utopia have long held the belief that the unified nation of all Utopian peoples would be, a Utopia, lending to the name for the region. Utopian as a descriptor for the population only came into fashion after the unification under the Hazelwoods.
