"United We Are Steadfast"
Capital city - SalzbreckNational Animal - Tarcheyan lion
National Recognized Religion - Tarcheya accepts all religious beliefs
Head of State - Ruling Council of Tarcheya
Current Councilmembers - Hans Grob, Jacques Chevett, Astrid Valke.
World Council Representative - Jonas Markwardt
Anthem of Tarcheya
The People's Republic of Tarcheya is an environmentally stunning nation, known for its modern military, hard people, and far-left government. The populace enjoys the rights to vote for their leader, which has always been a council of three, serving for ten years. Citizens enjoy great freedoms on their own, and generally keep to themselves and close groups of friends.
With the government owning all industry and completely controlling the economy, all work in Tarcheya is for the state. Workers are paid in money to buy their wants, but all needs are provided by the state, including housing. The people can buy whatever they wish outside of the country, and the government imports foreign goods for sale in its own shops.
The punishment for all crime is strict. Strong believers in the system of scaring potential criminals into good behaviour, Tarcheya's alternative to the death penalty is a life sentence of work for the state, improving the nation's roads, public buildings, and serving jobs for no pay. Any violation of the prison rules is punished by harsher labor. Refusing to obey in a way that endangers someone's life will result in death.
Flag of Tarcheya
The Kingdom of Tarcheya lasted for several hundred years until the Golden Revolution, when the people overthrew Kasir Martine II, last Kasir of Tarcheya, in 1891. The revolution brought communism to the country, a decision that was approved of by the lower class and, after threats of exile or execution, by the middle class. The family of the Kasir were exiled, and the Kasir himself was executed after requesting death over exile from his homeland. The revolution brought the separation of Arhemia from Tarcheya, who took in the exiled monarchy.
Representative Jonas Markwardt
Councilmember Hans Grob
Councilmember Jacques Chevett
Councilmember Astrid Valke
The religion most commonly practiced in Tarcheya is the known as the White Faith or the Church of Heaven, which believes in a single god, the Father, and his sons, the four Heavenly Kings. In the time of the Tarcheyan empire, it was said that the Kasir was a descendant of one of the Heavenly Kings. After death, the angels, who are daughters of the Father, take the deceased to the Heavenly Kingdom, or damn them to the Abyss for their sins. Churches to the White Faith are still common, as well as synagogues, mosques, and all kinds of churches to other religions. Tarcheya allows near complete religious freedom.
Provincial Flags
Tarcheya is split into three provinces. These are (from left to right) Ruchtestein, Salzstein, and Prastenstein. The word stein is not used in modern Mercian, but means "holding" in the medieval Mercian dialect, as in the holding of a lord. Ruchtestein is named for the Ruchte Guard, the ancient knightly order serving the Kasir. Salzstein is named for the House of Salz, the family the last four Kasiren of Tarcheya came from. The capital city of Salzbreck, meaning Seat of Salz, is located in Salzstein. Prastenstein is named for the House of Prasten, the family of the second and seventh Kasiren.
The coat of arms of Ruchtestein comes from the coat of arms of the first Lord Templar of the Ruchte Guard, who came from a farming family before being knighted for his service in war. The coat of arms shows a rooster, showing the humble past of the Lord Templar, and a star representing the Ruchte Guard.
The coat of arms of Salzstein comes from the Kasir William I and his wife, Kasirina Valencia, who united their coats of arms, these being William's grey lion on a white field and Valencia's golden cross on a red field. The meanings of their coats of arms have been lost due to a fire that destroyed medieval texts in the Tarcheyan History Museum at Reinbau-on-Maritte.
Prastenstein has no coat of arms, but shows three crosses, for the three great cathedrals built by the highly religious seventh Kasir, Arismont III.
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