Vulkaria

Federation of Vulkaria
Motto: United Against Oppression
Capital	Vulkar
Demonym(s)	Vulkarian
Government	Federal Republic
• President	Farhen Brooks
Establishment
• Unity of Vulkaria	1922
• Federation of Vulkaria	1982
Area
• Total	550,523 km2 (212,558 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate	66,903,000
Gini (2016)	9.32 low
HDI (2016)	0.76 high
Currency	Vulkarian mark (VMM)
Date format	mm-dd-yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+647
Internet TLD	.vu

The Federation of Vulkaria, simply known as Vulkaria is a nation located in South Hespia, bordered by Zerphique to the west. It is made up of several hilly peninsulas and lowland areas. It is a capitalist economy that thrives on the energy sector, natural resources, and it's geographic location as the influx of the world's busiest shipping route that intersects through the Strait of Vulkaria and Elkjop Bay separating Vulkaria from Gladysynthia. The city of Amstelveen is the largest city in the nation, followed by the capital of Vulkar, and is one of the world's most lucrative economic hubs and shipping ports.

Known for its compassionate, democratic, devout population, Vulkarians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt, while the government led by President Farhen Brooks has been able to keep the consumerist views alive even amidst rising political tensions. Vulkaria has historically been the forefront of many wars and power struggles, including perhaps most notably the 1982 Vulkaria Coup D'etat which led to the First War in Vulkaria, which lasted 8 years and, for a time, was one of the most violent wars in modern history until the subsequent 1999-2005 Second War in Vulkaria killed over 2.1 Million people. The nation is currently experiencing a period of civil unrest with the on-going insurgency that has pitted federal and international coalition forces against rebel and terror organizations like the Malvarian Liberation Front and Vulkarian National Army.

Vulkaria is a member of the International Democratic Union, and previously was one of the co-founders of the United Crown Alliance alongside Zamastan, Gladysynthia, and Cadair.

Geography

The landscape of Vulkaria consists mostly of fertile plains (or steppes) and plateaus, crossed by rivers such as the Vulkar, Godenia, and Panne as they flow south into the Strait of Vulkaria, Elkjop Bay, and the Bay of Kas. Vulkaria's various regions have diverse geographic features ranging from the highlands to the lowlands. The country's only mountains are the Monza Mountains in the west, of which the highest is the Mora Moverla at 2,061 metres (6,762 ft), and the Deventer Mountains on the Deventer Peninusla in the north. However Vulkaria also has a number of highland regions such as the Lacarno Upland (in the west) and the Near-Depanne Upland (on the right bank of the Panne River); to the east there are the south-western spurs of the Central Vulkarian Upland over which runs the border with Zerphique. The snow melt from the mountains feeds the rivers, and natural changes in altitude form sudden drops in elevation and give rise to waterfalls.

Significant natural resources in Vulkaria include iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulphur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber and an abundance of arable land. Despite this, the country faces a number of major environmental issues such as inadequate supplies of potable water; air- and water-pollution and deforestation, as well as radiation contamination in the north-east from the 1992 Treviso Nuclear Crisis.