Tsiba

The People's Republic of Tsiba
Motto: Prosperity through Innovation, Puikishupu idota Imoovatzi
Capital	Jishutsy (Jashootza)
Largest city	Chavotsky (Javova)
Official languages	Tsidi, Farsi
Recognised national languages	English
Recognised regional languages	Arabic
Ethnic groups (2010)	37.49% Tsige 20.91% Chida 17.07% Other 16.23% Kada 8.3% Guda
Demonym(s)	Tsiba
Government	Federal Parliamentary Democracy
• Prime Minister	Mahshid Shihupa
• Ja-Prime Minister	Chavo Lotfi-Vi'achavo
Establishment
• Islamic Republic of Tsiba	1945
• Shooda-Tsiba	1968
• People's Republic of Tsiba	1993
Population
• 2019 estimate	33,568,995
• 2014 census	32,739,109
Currency	Tsida Shupu (TSH)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	left
Internet TLD	.tsi

The People's Republic of Tsiba, commonly called Tsiba, is a federal parliamentary democracy in the continent of Neria on Earth in the International Democratic Union. Tsiba is composed of 4 regions, with a population of 33.57 million.

History

Tsiba War of Independence

Throughout the 1920s and early 1930s, Tsiba saw small student-led protests against the British colonial government. The hub of anti-colonial sentiments was Hashmi University, then known as Javova University. Between 8 and 14 November 1936, student activists occupied Duchavo'i Square (Tennyson Square). Students were angered by the arrest of Professor George Ormazd, a beloved teacher at Hashmi University. Approximately 5,000 students attended the occupation, notably Charles "Kingfisher" Shipuva, Bevoo Pyvupi, Muhammed Jutsytoo, and Mustafa Hashmi.

On 15 November 1936, British troops opened fire on the occupiers, killing Hashmi, the protest organizer, and around a hundred more. Another 2,000 protesters were arrested that day. This event became known as the Massacre of Duchavo'i Square.

Angered by the events of November 15, student-led protests and independence organizations began to grow across the country. Shipuva urged protestors to remain peaceful and founded Students for the Future of Tsiba (SFT) with Pyvupi and Jutsytoo. SFT chapters began in universities across Tsiba, orgnaizing protests and staging walk-outs to protest colonial rule. By March of 1937, around 25 SFT chapters were operational across Tsiba. However, on 24 March 1937, Pevoo Bucatsy, a peaceful protestor from the University of Central Vi'atsy (Viatze), was accidentally shot by members of the British colonial military. Upon hearing of Bucatsy's death, Jutsytoo urged Shipuva to respond with violence in kind. However, Shipuva refused.

In early April of 1937, Muhammed Jutsytoo formed the Islamic Defenders of Tsiba (IDT), a more militant group that Shipuva’s SFT. The IDT quickly gained support and began occupying the city of Shuputsy (Chiputsa) and the surrounding region of Vi’atsy. On 19 December 1937, British troops attacked the city of Shuputsy in an attempt to regain control of the city in the bloodiest day of the war. The IDT managed to keep control of the city, but suffered heavy losses, weakening their control of the area.

In January of 1937, the British government banned the speaking of the Tsidi language and offered large rewards for the capture of any IDT soldiers. The IDT, already weakened by the Battle of Shuputsy, retreated from Shuputsy, though they continued to wage guerrilla warfare against British colonizers.

As the IDT lost power, the SFT became more important. Pyvupi began printing a newspaper entirely in Tsidi, known as She Shoo Ibo’ugu, advocating for peaceful resistance. In it, she, for the first time, began advocating for socialist reforms post-independence. In March of 1937, the SFT began a complete boycott on all British products that lasted until October, when the British government agreed to remove the ban on Tsidi and allowed several Tsiba politicians greater control of affairs in the country. They also agreed to release Pyvupi, who had been arrested in August for publishing She Shoo Ibo’ugu.

When the United Kingdom entered World War II in 1939, Shipuva encouraged Tsiba citizens not to volunteer for the British army. The IDT actively encouraged it’s members to attack recruiting stations and Tsibas who volunteered for the army. In total, it’s estimated that the IDT killed around 650 Tsiba volunteers for the British army. However, in total, around 500,000 Tsiba volunteered for the British army over the course of the war.

During WWII, Jutsytoo came out of hiding and he and the IDT began to retake territory in Tsiba. With the British focus on World War II, the IDT was able to not only retake Shuputsy and Vi’atsy, but also the neighboring region of Duchavo (Lu Shavo).

On 3 April 1945, Charles Shipuval died. In the weeks after his death the SFT began to crumble, leaving more room for the IDT to take power in Tsiba.

In 1945, when WWII ended, severely diminished British forces attempted to retake IDT territory. However, they were eventually driven back to Chatoogu’u (Shatuvu), the British capital of Tsiba. On 13 August 1945, British troops surrendered unconditionally to Jutsytoo and the IDT. The British army was given two weeks to leave Tsiba, although a large population of British civilians remained in the country. With the end of British colonization, the IDT founded the Islamic Republic of Tsiba.

Religion

According to the 2019 Census, Tsiba's religious breakdown (noting that some overlap does exist) is:
Islamic Faith: 76.2%
Various Christian Sects: 11.34%
Shootsa or other traditional Tsige belief systems: 10.79%
Secular: 8.04%
Zorastrianism: 2.33%
Other: 1.46%