Paraboca
Federation of Paraboca | |
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 Flag | |
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| Capital | Cardoza |
| Recognised national languages | Spanish, English |
| Government | Semi-Constitutional Federal Republic |
• President | Garr'n Cardoza II |
| Establishment | |
• Empire of Paraboca | 1693 |
• Paraboca breaks apart | 1879 |
• Federalization and Constitution of Paraboca | 1910 |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 32,800,000 |
• 1860 census | 572,100,000 |
| Currency | Parabocan quoti |
| Date format | mm-dd-yyyy |
The Federation of Paraboca is a nation located on the continent of Catica in the International Democratic Union. It is landlocked and bordered by Zamastan to the north along the Adama River, East Chanchajilla and mountains to the west, and the Kingdom of Osirisa to the east. It was the name sake of a massive empire which existed from 1693 until its assimilation in 1879, a period of 185 years. It grew as an empire during the late 18th and early 19th century, though its attempted invasion of Zamastan in 1871 led to the Parabocan War, which involved several nations including Chanchajilla (now East Chanchajilla and West Chanchajilla) and Rio Palito. Paraboca's massive defeat reduced their imperial colonies by nearly a third, and revolutions sprung up around the empire which ultimately led to the collapse of its government due to infighting in 1879. The nation federalized in 1910, the same year as its former territory of Quetana, and began opening up to foreign aid.
In the century following the collapse of the empire, Paraboca faced massive economic turmoil in the form of rapid inflation and unemployment, as well as several depressions and a series of sporadic armed uprisings. In the recent years of the 21st century, however, Paraboca has registered notable success in reducing child mortality, population control, combating natural disasters, women's empowerment, earning foreign exchange through the export of textiles, and using micro-credit to alleviate poverty. However, the country continues to face the challenges of the lasting remembrance of the 1954 Diwingya genocide and refugee crisis, terrorism, corruption, and the erratic effects of climate change in the forms of wildfires and glacial melt.
History
Indigenous Peoples
The earliest human artifacts in Paraboca are chips of stone tools found near campfire remains in the Valley of Cardoza and radiocarbon-dated to circa 10,000 years ago. Parabcoa has sites of domestication of maize, tomato, and beans, which produced an agricultural surplus. This enabled the transition from hunter-gatherers to sedentary agricultural villages beginning around 5000 BC.
In the subsequent formative eras, maize cultivation and cultural traits such as a mythological and religious complex, and a vigesimal numeric system, were diffused from the central mountainous cultures to the rest of the Parabocan culture area. In this period, villages became more dense in terms of population, becoming socially stratified with an artisan class, and developing into chiefdom. The most powerful rulers had religious and political power, organizing the construction of large ceremonial centers developed.
