WIP here. Glory to Beleky Kurzan!

Nation's Name: Beleky Kurzan (More often just called Kurzania, or the Kurzan Empire) 

Flag: Black angular tree-like design inside the chest of a stylized eagle on a diagonal white and green bicolor

Form of Government: Imperial Federation

Describe the System: Kurzania operates through an Imperial Federation, which essentially means that many of their culturally distinct holdings are under their control with some small autonomy. In addition to the Imperial Authority and the Parliament, a third governing body exists; one that dictates the laws and doings of every semi-autonomous state. Both the Parliament and the Colonial Authority report to the Emperor, or Belek, who has the final say in any decisions he wishes to.

Location on Map Desired: Anywhere large, cold, and untamed.

Capital: Kurzan, 1500km from the western border, on a tributary leading to an Antarctic sea in the far south. 

Important Settlements: Countless, most on the northern end of the country. Vast pine forests and rolling, hilly plains are practically unsettled, but claimed as territory of Kurzania. Among these:
-Perunalin - northwest of the capitol city. Larger and with its own centers of government, including an spare Imperial palace and the ever-growing Bureau of Chemical Science.

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Generally the culture is somewhat homogeneous, at least in the vast western heartland of the country. Militarized life is still fairly common in the east after the rapid expansion that occurred two to three centuries ago. Formerly a nation on the border of unexplored territory, sudden rapid advancement in technology mixed with half a century of frigid winters allowed them to be relatively safe from northern incursion, thus allowing them to spread their armies across the lands of more primitive peoples to the east. 

Shortly before this expansionistic period, Kurzania had expanded from a series of treaties and favorable conflicts between other nations, using both to its great advantage in encompassing its former rivals, shading them under the cloak of growing Kurzan might. Now with positively vast stretches of fertile grasslands, mineral-rich mountain chains, and some of the largest, thickest forests in the known world, Beleky Kurzan has incorporated many of the less advanced peoples into its political sphere and direct governance. It's been two hundred years since then, and though industrialization started slow, factories have begun springing up overnight in vast industrial parks all over the countryside. Kurzania is a slowly waking giant of a nation.

The culture can be as cold as its southernmost fringes, with people who are generally suspicious of outsiders. Ancient folklore is still strong, as are the Old Ways and the Old Gods. Even inside the relatively cosmopolitan cities, people tend to be superstitious and somewhat primitive in terms of philosophy and religion. Vibrant colors are splashed on every building, as are murals despite the fact that many are hidden in the snow come the winters. People tend to have an attachment to the idea of traveling and moving, and the glory of the eastward expansion with all its riches and opportunities is still fresh the collective Kurzan mind due to stories and in rising aristocratic stars. Also, beards are extremely common among men, and the people of this ethnic group tend to grow them quickly and thickly.
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Important Characters:
-Emperor of the Kurzan Federated Empire, King of Kurzania, Prince of Tilsyt and Peranog, Grand Duke of Maloyaroslopetin and Nepomuk, Rurik Anatolyevich Kharitonov, Second of his Name
-Prince Arany Kytzil, Grand Field Marshal 
-Count Aleksandr Dolokhov, head of the Bureau of Military Science
-Yermak, official Crown diplomat
-More to come

Traits: 
Large Army -2
Professional Army -3
Conscription -1
Militias -1
Never Been Out of the Village +1
Landlubbers +1
Scared of Water +3
Rotting Hulls +2
Scared of Air +3
Deflated Balloons +2
Strong Industry -2
Fertile Fields -2
Empire -4
Serfs +/-0
"I’m not a racist but…" +/-0
=0 spare points

Army: (I will roll this, navy, GDP and stability.) 
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