Viliakmon (Pacifica)

Associated Clans of Viliakmon Vili-Halakhaos (Arromanean)
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Motto: "Cu Khauâs, Hăuri Ve Ridica Di Cenuș Aprir"
Location of Viliakmon
Status	Independent
Location	Location of Viliakmon
Capital	Ochridae
Largest City	Aelbasan
Official languages	Arromanean
Recognised national languages	Bregoderian Kretti
Ethnic groups (1998)	24% Arromaneans 44%Bregoderian 30% Krettian 2% Other
Religion (1998)	82% Abrahamic 15% Cult of the Primordial God Chaos 3% Other
Demonym(s)	Viliakmoni
Government	Liquid democracy
• Founder & Head of State	Iakov Xhuglini
• The Ten Ministries	Rotational Representative of The Ten Ministries
Legislature	Bicameral Parliament
• Upper house	The Congress
• Lower house	The Clans
Independence
• Uniting the territories	1683 CE
• Enacting The Constitution of Viliakmon	15th of September 1996
Area
• Total	131,951 km2 (50,947 sq mi)b
Population
• 1998 estimate	21,749,000
• Density	165/km2 (427.3/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate
• Total	$1.20 trillion
• Per capita	$56,000 (est)
Currency	Silver Coin (VSX)
Time zone	UTC-3 (CUT)
• Summer (DST)	CWT
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy CE
Mains electricity	250 V–75 Hz
Driving side	right
Calling code	+555
World Forum Code	AVN/VN
Internet TLD	.vn

Viliakmon, officially the Associated Clans of Viliakmon, is a self-proclaimed "highly localized representative-democratic" state located on the western coast of the Cordilian continent. It is home to 21,749,000 inhabitants, highly diversified in their ethnic and religious heritages, a division mainly disregarded as a standard for identity among the locals. However, the Viliakmoni have historically been very divided between various local Clans, a tradition dating back to (what the archeologists now believe to be) the Neolithic period. As such, the Clan-based identity has always been a major issue for the Viliakmoni territory to be organized into a single state. This lead to to isolation from the international community and small-scale but countless blood feud conflicts within the Viliakmoni. These distinctions were made worse during The Total War of Aggression (1931-1944), where Clans began forming resistance movement factions, sometimes based around ideology. It is to be noted that it was also the cause for Viliakmon mostly liberating itself in 1944., without foreign aid. However, international recognition wouldn't come until 1961., when Viliakmon was granted international recognition due to its' neutrality during The Great War of Pacifica. Todays form of Viliakmon (1996-1998), is centered around The Constitution, written and re-adjusted by Iakov Xhuglini, the founder of the Associated Clans of Viliakmon; ending a 65-year long conflicts within the Viliakmon territory. Today, after ending the foreign policy of isolationism (1998-2022), Viliakmon appears to be a stable, modernized country.

Viliakmon has developed its' mining and metallurgy sector, production of pharmaceuticals and chemicals and the use of Hydropower from the two, fast mountainous lakes in order to be self-reliant on energy. It is internationally known for shipbuilding and trade, often exporting diesel turbines, coal and pharmaceuticals; needed for trucks, cargo chips, modern aircraft, heating, energy and medicinal use. The shipbuilding industry could be traced back to the prehistorical tendency of Viliakmoni tribes to base their diet off of fishing and their sacred understanding of the Cordilian Ocean. Nearing the deepest rift in Pacifica, the Ocean is thought to be home to ''Time Before Time'' and ''Time After Time''; a deity known as ''The Primordial God Chaos'' is believed to reside in the deep ocean, a mythos which even today by many Viliakmoni of all faiths believe to be true. Likely, all of this explains why Viliakmon is mainly a maritime power.

The Arromanean language is a specific variant, originating at first from the Proto-Tarnian language in north-west Bailtem, making it in a way part of the Tarnian language family. It's thought that a group of tribesmen, until then mainly shepherds, migrated from Trevelia, located in the north Cordilia, since the country was exposed to many outside raids and invasions. Eventually, the travelling tribesmen began living as nomadic people, following the central mountain chain in Cordilia, until arriving at what is now Viliakmon. Interacting with already residing tribesfolk in these territories who also lead a nomadic lifestyle, the Arromanean language was naturally born, experiencing influence from Bregoderian and Kretti speaking Clans. Eventually, a predominant version of Arromanean dialect was formalized into being the basis for the official Arromanean language - the Tszintszin dialect. It is because of this natural progression that Arromanean is the official language of Viliakmon, as it is understood by even the most remote Clans living in the least populated settlements.

Etymology:

The meaning of 'Viliakmon' stems from the proto-Arromanean word for "steppelands" which is ''Vili'', the "Akmon" part is shrouded in the aformentioned Paleolithic period. Anthropologists claim that "Akmon" comes from some unknown variant of proto-Bregoderian, though they can't discern what it meant as any sign of its existence is now untraceable in the Bregodarian language. Linguists, on the other hand, claim that "Akmon" is merely a modern adaptation of proto-Krettian naming one of the rivers flowing into the main Cordilian Ocean, "Halakhaos". However, linguists are unsure whether "Halakhaos" was referring to the river, the Ocean or recalling the Chaos God by which "Hala" would even in modern Krettian stand for "Holy Dome".

History:

See: Prehistory in Viliakmon

Ancient History: The Bronze Ancestors

The Ancient Period in Viliakmon can be divided from ~6. century B.C.E. recovery from the one thousand year period of silence following the Bronze Age Civilization Collapse. "Eon of Recovery" can generally be viewed from around 600-500s B.C.E. to Year Zero C.E. Pre-Bregoderia and Pre-Krettia would emerge using variations from the Runnic Script found in the Paleolithic Period. The "New Runes" would lose a lot of symbolic elements from the original Runes so they are between an alphabet and a sign language. However, it's important to point out that the New Rune Script took no inspiration from the Bronze Age "Alphabet A-H-K" (referring to Alphabet Alpha and Beta), which remains to be deciphered to this day.

"Eon of Struggle" can be viewed as starting from Year Zero C.E. until the Halakhaos Age starting at exactly 368 C.E. The Halakhaos Age began when supposed ancient Aegeans visited South Cordilia on a missionary quest of converting the local population to "Religion of The Abraham" (referring to early Christianity as to leave the Council of Nicea and the 1054 schism open). Two monasteries, supposedly held by the Pre-Bregoderians, would develop a unique alphabet, The "Methodical Script Alphabet" (referring to Cyrillic), which would serve to translate the Ancient Scripts from Aegean into roughly modern-day Bregoder and Kretti. The Methodical Alphabet would also serve as a useful source for translating the "New Runes" of Pre-Bregoderia and Pre-Krettia into again, roughly modern-day Bregoderean and Kretti languages.

This Halakhaos Age would last from 368 missionary quests to the Volcanic Eruption of 611, which is when Ancient History of Viliakmon stops and the Medieval Period begins.

Volcanic Eruption of 611 and Civilization Collapse:

The Volcanic Eruption of 611 seems to be linked to a series of increased tectonic movements on the continental shelves causing a series of Volcanic activity in South Cordilia. "Volcano of the Restless Spirits", located somewhere at the beginning of the River of Zlartë, is specifically linked to 611 erruption.

Supposedly, this lead to "300 years of darkness" emerging from the ashes of the eruption, severe and long-lasting droughts appearing in South-East of Viliakmon and the territory itself becoming locked inside itself as mountain ranges around Viliakmon began to connect. From the newly-formed deserts in the South-East, Kretti-speaking tribes would arrive with "A reinterpretation of Abrahamic Scripts" (referring to Islam though keeping it vague), though the source of this cult-turned-religion is still unknown.

The Bregoder saw the Krettian acceptance of this reinterpretation as breaking the Halakhaos Peace Treaty and conflict ensued. The High Middle Ages would occur at the turn of the millennia marked by; the Bregoder tribes returning to their Nomadic lifestyles, the arrival of Arromaneans and the Founding of Ochridae in 1375.

The Mutual Defense Pact 1683

The Mutual Defense Pact of 1683 marked the beginning of the "New Ages" in Viliakmoni territory. The beginning of this period is all clan chiefs signing the "Mutual Defense Pact" in 1683, it ended with the beginning of "The War of Total Aggression" in 1931. With the arrival of Arromaneans in South Cordilia, their settlement within Viliakmoni territories and slow assimilation into both Kretti and Bregoder cultures, the territory saw a third distinct cultural group settle within it.

With a third group permanently settling themselves in Viliakmon, you naturally got a domestic mediator for free. Over time, interior conflicts based around ethnic cultures slowly ceased to exist. At the same time, both ethnic groups have experienced 1.5 millennia of interbreeding, making them distinct only by culture. In 1683, on the flat terrain of Halakhaos river, clan chiefs would meet and sign The Mutual Defense Pact, essentially though not formally uniting the territories of Viliakmon into a single entity. The Pact itself was more of an alliance, where "if a single clan was subject of an exterior attack, all other clans are to view this attack as an attack against themselves [...] Each clan residing within this territory is to defend every other clan in the event of an exterior attack [...]"

Globally, the New Ages mark the rise of colonialism. However, in Viliakmon, the New Ages mark the beginning of building a united state. As such, the New Age is viewed positively and can be divided by the "Age of Settlements" where the Nomadic lifestyle would slowly die out in favor of building permanent urban settlements; and by the "Age of Industrialization" during the course of which an actual united nation-state would be created. The latter Age would end with the highest average living standards in Viliakmoni history, at least until then.

Contemporary History (1996-:

Contemporary Events

Domestic:

"Pax Mafioso" (7th Aug-2nd September 20222): On the 7th of August, a whistleblower in the Ministry of Law Enforcement released documents linking 1/4th of the Viliakmoni police forces, the incumbent Minister of Law Enforcement, 1/7th of the Viliakmoni Intelligence Agents and the incumbent Minister of (formerly called) Secret Agency to the criminal underground. This lead to declaring a state of emergency in which the Office of the Head of State conducted "Operation Shakedown" aimed at purging the MLE and MSA of corrupt officials using the V.A.F. and the Military Police. During the Battle of Mount Hope on the 17th, the former MSA Blyutanov was forced to flee after his hide-out was found. The Battle of Mount Hope was lead by (then sergeant) Barletty commanding a mere Platoon against 150 former Secret Agents & the cooperating Hafashashiri and Buggdi Clans. Blyutanov was found in Mount Tekar on the 24th by Tekar police forces, after which he was extradited to Viliakmon and sentenced to 40 years imprisonment and ending "Operation Shakedown" on the 26th of August. The cooperating criminal underground was mostly killed by other mafia Clans for breaking the Omerta Oath. The Pahsmeta Clan were massacred by molotov bombardment of their family house in Terkdo Street, Prilyep on the 10th. Two other minor families were killed in Sisli, Ikaranaraby the Vehsi Clan on the 11th and in Vailen, Emerald by the Lishnikoff Clan on the 12th. This lead to the underground "War of Ten Families" (10th of Aug-2nd September) in which 5 oath-breaking Clans (Simnovsky, Georrgivsky, Zoror, Khardin and the Prilyep Monastic Order) engaged in mafia warfare with 5 oath-keeping Clans (Xhani, Vehsi, Lishnikoff, Spota, Tamir). The only two entirely surviving Clans were the Vehsi and the Lishnikoff, with the Tamir, Khardin and Simnovsky barely surviving with 2-4 members left alive. The Prilyep Monastic Order was mainly excommunicated and killed by the rivaling "Order of the Metodos" Monastic group.

"Crash of the Black Market" (2nd September-14th September 2022): With most of the criminal underground killing itself off, the Black Market experienced a crash in production, delivery and supply. This put massive stress on the legal counterparts (namely low-credit-loaning banks, pharmaceutical companies and bureaucratic clerks) to fill in the demand. Despite resulting in the rise of the private market in Viliakmon, the Crash lead to the Executive Crisis.

"Executive Crisis" (14th September-30th September 2022): Dubbed 'the executive crisis', the events involved the Lishnikoffs receiving help from the Viliakmon state itself by creating a Private Military Company front which was to be used by Xander Sven in Emerald, in exchange for Lishnikoffs gaining influence in the territory. Then incumbent Minister of Armed Forces Barletty visited Kliegme with an investigative officer who was leading a case to solve the disappearance of the Minister of Secret Service, Emil Tamir. Upon returning to Viliakmon, Barletty allegedly got an order from the Minister of Law Enforcement to kill the investigator as to leave 'The CobWeb Conspiracy' and the Lishnikoff Plan a secret. Both Ministers were imprisoned on the 19th of September by the V.A.F. Chief of Command Zihexh and the Head Commander of the Military Police, Baablyuni after resisting arrest and causing gunfights on the streets of Ochridae between the MP & V.A.F. against their personal guardsmen. Upon arrest, all of the captured surviving guardsmen were killed in front of the doors to the Military Court before the eyes of both Ministers, on the command of CoC Zihexh. The crisis ended upon the return of MSS Emil Tamir to Viliakmon on the 30th of September.

"T.C.P. Crisis" (3rd of October-)

"Legislature Crisis" (29th of October-)

International:

Events

Event	Result
Capture of MSA Blyutanov	The August Accords signed with Tekarai
Domestic Rise of the Private Market	Trade Deal with Terelia, Prohibition of tariffs on Tekar, Techganetian and Karnetvorian imports, Minimalizing tariffs on League of Cordilia member-state imports.
Ryccia's invasion of Doge Land	Ceasefire between LoC and Ryccian Junta
Incorporating The Charter into Viliakmoni law	Joining the WF

Government:

The Constitution:

The Constitution of Viliakmon covers the basic legal framework and limits of the government.

Some important parts are outlined in Article III specifically; including:

"1. Viliakmon recognizes the DUTY of self-armament for it's citizens. (1a) All citizens who are capable and of adequate age will attend compulsory military service."

As well as;

"6. Viliakmon recognizes the PRIVILEGE to commit crime by their citizens, following the OMERTA rule. Citizens pledging OMERTA OATH are EXEMPT from the rule of law and thus any and all laws of Viliakmon. Should a citizen break the OMERTA OATH and not receive adequate punishment, they are to permanently lose PRIVILEGE of this Rule and be put to trial for all crimes"

Laws:

Passed Resolutions (General Laws):

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Date	Full Name
BPR1/OVR/98/99:	Resolution On The Number of Seats in the Clans.
BPR2/OVR/98/99:	Resolution On The Rotational Appointment of Ministries by the Clans and the Congress.
BPR3/OVR/98/99:	The Property Legislation.
BPR4/OVR/98/00:	Anti-Discriminatory Package Legislation.
BPR5/OVR/98/00:	Guideline On The Freedom of Assemblies with Educational, Religious or Scientific Content.
BPR6/OVR/98/01:	Resolution Regarding Courts and Trials.
BPR7/OVR/98/02:	Resolution On Limiting The Executive Regarding Fiscal Policies.
BPR8/OVR/98/02:	The General Civilian Defense Protocol Package Legislation.
BPR9/OVR/98/03:	The First Trade Act (DEFUNCT)
BPR9/OVR/98/03:	Anti-Pollution Package Legislation.
L10/OVR/98/05:	The Committee Forming Act.
L11/OVR/98/05:	Legislative Rules of Procedures Legislation.
L12/OVR/98/05:	Resolution Deregulating Exchange Rate Mechanisms (DEFUNCT)
L12/OVR/98/06:	The Anti-Trafficking Legislation.
L13/OVR/98/06:	Resolution Deregulating Media Restrictions.
L14/OVR/98/07:	The Freedom of E-Media Act.
L15/OVR/98/07:	Border Control Package Legislation.
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Passed Policies (General Laws):

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Date	Full Name	Ministry
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The Founder's Decrees:

• Decree 1 (1996): Deals with preparation for "The Long March".
• Decree 2 (1998): Announces a "New Age" for Viliakmon and formally enacts a policy of self-isolationism.
• Decree 3 (2001): Deals with reformation of the Clan infighting into the GCDP, enacting a detailed and extensive Conscription Program.
• Decree 4 (2006): Extensively formulates the Emergency Alarm System and outlines the plan for a professional military.
• Decree 5 (2013): Proclaims efficiency and officially announces the formation of Viliakmoni Armed Forces (V.A.F.) as the professional military.
• Decree 6 (2022): Fixes a loophole which lead to "Operation Shakedown" and government official favoritism in organized crime.

Economy:

Property Laws:

In accordance to "The Property Legislation" law passed by the Parliament bearing the official titling of "BPR3/OVR/98/00", the Associated Clans of Viliakmon officially recognize 8 "types" of property, each having their own procedural and essential rules. Citing the law in question, "The property type is presumptive unless put to question by (...) in which case, The High Court of Appeal is to give an opinion, which may be overruled by simple majority vote in the Lower House of the Parliament or by the Office of the Head of State".

The 8 types of property which Viliakmon officially recognizes as existing are:

1. Personal Property - (defined by court precedent in 2011) "that which belongs to one physical matter and may be either an inanimate object of whichever size, a reasonable amount of capital given the matter's profile or constructs sourced from the single physical matter to which it feels a connection towards"
2. Inner-Clan Property - undefined
3. Clan Property - undefined
4. Private Property - undefined
5. Local Public Property - undefined
6. State Property - undefined
7. Non-physical properties - (is currently a court case)
8. Properties owned by non-lucrative but registered assemblies of people - undefined.

Military:

Extensive Conscription:

GCDP:

Article III of The Constitution of Viliakmon obliges all citizens of all genders to attend military service for three years, initially ‘providing that they are under the age of 27’, though nowadays the conscription is always 18-21 years of age. The mandatory service could be divided into six different periods, each lasting six months and involving different categories.

The first six months of service are delegated to the trope of an boot sergeant who is to discipline the new enrolls through employment of strict timetables and daily duties. An assessment of standardization is conducted during these six months in order to later split the enrolls into different categories, each being tailored generation by generation as a challenge but nevertheless achievable. The first six months of service are conducted near the largest city of Aelbasan, providing newcomers the opportunity to experience and overcome a cultural shock in this diverse setting.

In the next six months, each conscript is assigned a different category with standards of fitness and discipline they must meet at the end of the first year. The programmes vary from free body exercises all the way to conducting weekly marathon runs, depending on the given category. This standardization is set in Monasteria, providing the challenge of an arid, warm climate with varying hill terrain.

Only in the second year does the service introduce firearm training. There is not much difference during the entire second year apart from the routine getting progressively physically more challenging while the firearms used for training go from standard pistols to bolt rifles. Second year is attended in Prilyep, providing very challenging mountainous terrain. Generally, the second year is considered an ‘eliminatory’ phase where two categories of conscripts are formulated for year 3.

The final year introduces ‘Category GCDP’ and ‘Category EFFR’. The former stands for ‘Category of General Civilian Defense Protocol’. Conscripts who fall into this category have at some point expressed alarming distress during the military training – either physical or emotional. The latter stands for 'Category of Efficient For Forces Regiment' - usually meaning that these conscripts have proven to be suitable for further training and education needed to join the V.A.F.

GCDP: Border Guard and Border Watchtower:

GCDP was enacted in 2001. whose main goal at the time was reforming the Clan loyalty and the unregulated gun culture of the Viliakmoni civilians into an organized national approach to defense. Nowadays, the Protocol is known by nearly everyone under the age of ~50. It is now the first line of defense on the borders of Viliakmon, furthermore the GCDP is to be very reliable for use by the Professional Ground Forces if the enemy is to break deep into Viliakmoni territory.

The training of Category for GCDP involves: practices for developing quicker physical reaction times; education for providing first aid to injured people; training involving the use of the Local Emergency Alarm System (LEAS); exercises conducted in the place of residence where that civilian comes from and might live in the future; education and war games involving the use of terrain against enemy invasions; education and war games involving street-to-street urban warfare; survival techniques in the event of food and water shortages and more.

The GCDP may, upon the last 6 months of service, file an application to permanently serve in: the Border Guard of Viliakmon; the Border Watchtower of Viliakmon; The Engineering Military Specialization of Professional Viliakmon Armed Forces; The Medicinal Military Specialization of Professional Viliakmon Armed Forces. These applications are examined by a collective of training officers who have been training the specific troops for three years.

Most of the applications for Border Guard and Border Watchtowers are accepted. Upon approval, these applicants learn the further use of the Local Emergency Alarm System (LEAS) and its’ infrastructural link to the National Emergency Alarm System (NEAS). They are taught alternative ways of launching the NEAS. Furthermore, they are taught how to recognize false alarms. Collectively, the EAS is commanded by a special institution unknown to the general public nor most government officials;

"Upon the NEAS being declared by the commander of EAS: the Ministry for Emergency Matters is appointed instantly by the Head of State; A nation-wide State of Emergency is declared wherein the Head of State and the Ministry of Emergency Matters guide the population through ‘Emergency Decree(s)".

GCDP: Engineering and Medicinal Groups:

Most of the applications for the Engineering and Medicinal Military Specialization are rejected, though the applicants may file an amendment to the Conscription Lieutenant. This amendment then proceeds to put the applicants through a university-level testing of their knowledge on military engineering and military medicine, whose questionnaire is constructed under the assumption that they have completed Year 1 of Bachelors’ in these areas. If the applicants pass the test, they are immediately accepted.

The Engineering and Medicinal Military Conscripts then enroll into the second year of Bachelors’ Degree for Military Engineering and Military Medicine. Simultaneously, they are sent on practice missions revolving situations where they will be in future needed. Upon completion of the Bachelor’s Degree, the Conscripts become part of the Viliakmoni Armed Forces. They are then assigned, based on their gradings and performance during the practice missions, the specific Military Operation Specialization (MOS) within one of the three conventional military branches (Army; Navy or Airforce). They are considered non-combatants during war but are high-value Prisoners of War. The Armed Forces of Viliakmon are well-aware of this.

Viliakmon Armed Forces (V.A.F.):

Civilian Control:

The highest Chain of Command holds the title of "Highest Commander", currently the Head of State. However, the HoS being the "Highest Commander" is not legally codified, as Iakov Xhuglini was bestowed this title by the troops at the end of "The Long March". Constitutionally, it IS codified that the HoS appoints the Minister of Secret Agency Service (recent change) directly, while the Bicameral Parliament appoint the Minister for Law Enforcement and the Minister for Allied Forces. All of these positions are a method of "civilian control over the military" and even during the "Operation Shakedown" crisis have proven to be efficient.

The Minister of Law Enforcement further appoints the "Chief Commander of Police Forces", who is held accountable for actions of his departments yet enjoys autonomy in how we structures his own departments. The Minister appoints the Commander of the Military Police, who is responsible not only for the Military Police in its' entirety but also serves as "The Chief of Staff of the GCDP" and is tasked with creating a "Chief of Conscription group", who then appoints among themselves the "Chief of Conscription", usually someone who held the rank of "Lieutenant" in the V.A.F. Army previously prior to serving as "Chief of Conscription".

The Highest Commander, the Minister of Law Enforcement and the Minister of Allied Forces then collectively appoint the Commander for Coordination, this position having insurmountable value to the whole country as he is to coordinate the: V.A.F.; Military Police; active GCDP (Border Control and Watch) when the National Emergency Alarm System is activated. Furthermore, the position is equal in authority to the V.A.F. Chief of Staff, who is usually also the Naval High Commander and is responsible for appointing the future Naval, Army and Airforce Commanders.

Ranks:

The V.A.F. creates a differentiation between "Officers" and "Recruits", the difference is displayed in insignia which their uniforms are decorated with. In practice, each branch is responsible for how these differences are handled as well as setting a broad criteria for advancing in each rank.

Army Recruits have the ranks of: Foot Soldier -> Private -> Army Corporal -> Army Sergeant.

Army Officers have the ranks of: Officer -> Master Officer -> Lieutenant -> Colonel -> General -> Major.

Navy Recruits have the ranks of: Seaman -> Sailor -> Petty Officer -> Greenwater Officer = Bluewater Officer. ^{Despite the name, they are not "Officers" in the V.A.F.}

Navy Officers have the ranks of: Naval Commodore -> Vice Admiral -> Admiral -> Grand Admiral.

Airforce Recruits have the ranks of: Airman -> Pilot -> Wingman -> Coordinant.

Airforce Officers have the ranks of: Group Commandant -> Vice Marshal -> Strategic Marshal = Tactical Marshal -> Grand Marshal.

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Organization:

1. ARMY

V.A.F. Army Supreme Superior Commander: Chief of Staff/Head Naval Commander

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Name	Number	Commanding Rank
Platoon	(50-100 Ground Units)	Commanding rank: Seargant
Company	(100-500 Ground Units)	Commanding rank: Army Officer
Regiment	(500-1000 Ground Units)	Commanding rank: Army Master Officer
Group	(1000-5000 Ground Units)	Commanding rank: Lieutenant
Division	(5000-10 000 Ground Units)	Commanding rank: Colonel
Corps	(10 000-100 000 Ground Unit)	Commanding rank: Army General
Army Group	(100 000 Ground Units)	Commanding rank: Major
Theater HQ	(250 000 Ground Units	Army Commander(s)

It's important to note that "Ground Units" refer to the physical amount of men.

2. NAVY

V.A.F. Navy Supreme Commander is Head Naval Commander who is also the Chief of Staff

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Name	Number	Commanding Rank
”Ship”	(1 small vessel)	Commanding rank: Naval Petty Officer/Head Captain
Task Unit	(5 small vessels)	Commanding rank: Naval Greenwater Officer
Task Group	(25 small vessels)	Commanding rank: Commodore
Task Force	(100-200 small vessels)	Commanding rank: Vice Admiral(s)
”Ship”	(1 capital vessel)	Commanding rank: Naval Petty Officer/Head Captain
Flotilla Group	(5-10 capital vessels)	Blue and Deep Water Officer
Flotilla Force	(10-50 capital vessels)	Commanding rank: Admiral
Strike Battlefleets	(1-2 Task Forces & 1-2 Flotilla Forces)	Commanding rank: Grand-Admirals
Armada	(3+ Strike Battlefields)	Commanding rank: Naval Commander(s)

It's important to note that "Strike Battlefields" are the first choice of deployment, while "Task Group" and "Flotilla Group" are used for patrolling the maritime zone. These differences exist for better coordination when "Strike Battlefields" are deployed.

3. AIRFORCE

V.A.F. Airforce Supreme Superior Commander: Chief of Staff/Head Naval Commander

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Name-Number	Commanding Rank
”Element” (10 aircrew, 1 aircraft)	Commanding rank: Pilot
Wing (30-50 aircrew, 5 aircraft)	Commanding rank: Wingman
Squad (50-250 aircrew, 10 aircraft)	Commanding rank: Coordinant
Wing Group (250-1000 aircrew, 50 aircraft)	Commanding rank: Group Commandant
Aerial Battallion (1000-5000 aircrew, 50-200 aircraft)	Commanding rank: Vice Marshal(s)

Unsortable positions:

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Tactical Aerial Force (varies; varies)	Commanding rank: Tactical Marshal
Bombardnment-Missile Aerial Force (varies; varies)	Commanding rank: Strategic Marshal
Central Coordination Committees	Grand Marshal(s)
Aerial Supremacy HQ	Airforce Commander(s)

Note: You will never see the organizations listed from "Wing Group" to "Aerial Force" used when attempting to achieve Aerial supremacy. "Squads" are usually used for patrol in conjunction with Naval "Task/Flotilla Groups".

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Equipment: *

Equipment of the Viliakmon Military

Spending, Active Duty, Reserves:

• Budget: 360 billion USD.

• Total Active Duty V.A.F.: 280,000

• Total Reserves: 19 million (including active GCDP units).

Major Cities:

Despite being home to many populated settlements, the ~21 million Viliakmoni citizens concentrate mainly around four major centers. The population either concentrates around the coastline, the river banks or sources of natural resources. The coastline districts are mostly wealthy, some being wealthier than the cities themselves. The wealth is dispersed disproportionally among the riversides districts due to previous history of clan warfare for control of the areas. Districts where natural resources are extracted from and refined retain a mostly proportional wealth-to-population ratio. Oddities to these rules are mainly the two largest cities of Ochridae and Aelbasan, though their growth will be explained in their respected segments.

Ochridae:

Ochridae or Ochridæ /əʊridˈdəeɪ/, is home to 1.2-1.5 million residents, according to the 1998. census. Ochridae is the Capital city of the Associated Clans of Viliakmon, gaining the status in 1998. It sits behind the hillside which divided Viliakmon and Tekarai, being some 20-50km away from the Barkan-Tekarai city of Peil. It has a flat terrain to its' left, though it's less than 5km away from the coast where another settlement was built. Although the settlement is pretty much Ochridaen in every way and it's expected that the srpawl of Ochridae will soon reach the port-settlement, they are still considered separate. To its' north lies the river of Zlartë, whose tide begins slowing down to create meadows as it enters the flat terrain and widening its' river banks. Finally Orchidae's east is a hill terrain that soon turns into an arid steppeland, even into a desert at some point. However, it is through this road that Ochridae is directly connected to Passan, the capital of Barkan-Tekarai.

From all this, you can gather that Ochridae's history is rich as a settlement. The geographical protections and proximity to the coast was a natural choice for people to settle in after the Nomadic period in Viliakmoni territories ended. However, despite the geographical protections, Ochridae was protected by thick, long walls upon its' inception. This didn't allow the city to grow much and the local chiefs rarely accepted incoming peasants; raiders quickly gave up trying to take it over; travelling merchants were annoyed at how closed off the city was. This lead to the same exact settlements being built around Ochridae, each having walls around it. It's believed that by 1900, "Ochridae" had a population of 5,000 people, while the entire Ochridae had a population of ~350,000 residents.

Finally, after the Total War of Aggression was over in 1944, Ochridae chose to actually unite into a single city. A lot of refugees from other parts of Viliakmon came to Ochridae due to its' reputation of security. During the Great War in Pacific, Ochridae grew even larger as refugees and asylum seekers from Tekarai came into the city to populate it. Although part of the city remains its' ancient-medieval vibe, most of Ochridae was built in the style of brutalism of the 20th century. The local chiefs made sure to create wide boulevards, tram lines and high residential buildings both standardized but different from each other. It was required until very recently (2018) that each residential or commercial area built in Ochridae also have at least 2 green blocks surrounding it - be it of trees, parks or grass.

Iakov Xhuglini wanted to move the capital from Aelbasan to Ochridae, this was done as he saw that a sprawl-city such as Ochridae which has many distinct districts in it, wide streets, ancient fortresses and a lot of parks was a strategically better Capital than Aelbasan. In order to accommodate Ochridae into the Capital, he had to construct official, national government buildings and large residential areas for incoming foreign officials. This enormous project began in 1998 already, the new district being named "State Square", representing the amount of nationally important architecture present in one area. These constructions were monumental in size - an average person nearly feels existential dread when he stands in front of say, the Bicameral Parliament, almost as if done on purpose. The size of residential "hotels" made to host foreign officials were made exaclt x1.5 bigger than the national ones, subconsciously telling any foreign official how miniscule they are now to Viliakmon as a whole. All of the buildings, including the flooring, used white marble. During summer, residents are warned that they need to wear sunglasses if they were going to be crossing State Square.

Aelbasan:

Aelbasan /aɪˈfɪibɑsʌn/, is the largest city in Viliakmon, sitting almost in diagonal opposite of Ochridae, which is fitting given that its' history and design are also contrary to one another. It's home to ~2.8 million residents according to 1998. census. Most of Aelbasan was made very recently, as it wasn't the state Capital until the Karwatini post-war era, gaining the status in 1956. Before that, Viliakmon didn't have an official Capital city, though Durrax was considered the most vital one. Karwatini chose Aelbasan as it was a settlement they've controlled since the Total War of Aggression started. Instead of opting for one of the riverside settlements, Karwatinis believed that Aelbasan's slope (as it is built on a hillside) and location of it being next to F.R.L. and the rivers of Senjo but across the high mountains from each would be preferable.

It was almost artificially constructed, companies which operated on the river banks were forced to move their production into Aelbasan, bringing with it workers. Karwatinis wanted a "modern business center", contrasting the old architecture which is still present in Durrax. Eventually, people did start settling into Aelbasan, mainly because it was mandatory that all commercial non-resource companies set their production there.

The two things which do give Aelbasan an upper hand is the fact that it's home to "one of the most esteemed Universities in South and West Cordilia", dating back to 600 C.E., which explains Iakov's choice of high education enrollment. The other thing is that the population, despite this architecture, are mainly working class people of the companies which were forced to settle here. The Aelbasani people are more hospitable than the Ochridaens, whose history made them very wary of strangers. Despite housing many lower-class residents, Aelbasan is far from Viliakmon's center of organized crime. That would be Prilyep.

Durrax:

Durrax or Dürrax /ðjurɑreks/, the third largest city and the busiest port of the West Cordilian Ocean, was believed to be the de facto Capital city of Viliakmon, with many still believing that it pretty much is. By 1998 estimates, the port-city has a population of around 1 million, though it's believed to have grown much larger. Archeologists and anthropologists are in agreement that Durrax was the first permanent settlement in Viliakmon, going back to ~100 B.C.E., almost a millennia before the nomadic culture of other Viliakmonis would come to end. It's built around an indent into the sea, where the river of Halakhaos flows into West Cordilian Ocean. It's because of this maritime connection that Durraxi were the most unaccepting of Abrahamic religions, today still retaining a very strong belief in The Primordial God of Chaos. An ancient port city, it grew to be one of the richest locations in Cordilia, as for a long time there would be no safe place for ships to dock into - from the Sea of Frost all the way across the western shore of the continent to the Gulf of Good Omen. This made even pirates passive towards it, as they were accepted into the port, exhausted from the journey. Trade naturally grew between various peoples who would use the Durraxi docks; eventually leading to the local chiefs mandating that each trade agreement had to give 10% of its' total value worth to the city. Combined with the docking costs, this gave the local chiefs enough finances to further expand the docks and the residential area.

The architecture of the city was kept restricted to low-height housing. Eventually, the local chiefs would employ a width-housing tax as well, in order to avoid making a sprawl. Houses would then be connected to one another, medium in height and very thin in width. Another restriction was imposed in 1700s, where the city underwent a renovation project. Each set of these housing blocks would need to choose a complementary pallet for each house and have their facade repainted. Despite the population, all of these projects lead to Durrax being small in size, especially when compared to Aelbasan or Ochridae. The docking areas take up 30-40% of the city size.

Being called a "free city" during this entire era until 1944, Durrax tolerated the practice of alchemy. Although not famous for any particular University, it is famous for having the Academy of Chemistry and Pharmaceuticals. Further inland, an industrial area was constructed involving research and production of these substances, dubbed "The Free Institute for Biochemical Research". Despite being almost 30 km away from the actual city, it's considered part of Durrax by district standards. Another development from the 19th century onwards was the construction of maritime military bases for Viliakmon as a nation. Today, Durrax houses military naval engineering facilities as well as their maritime bases - these facilities were also moved further away from the city as to not ruin the already growing tourism of Durrax - some 10km north.

Prilyep:

Prilyep or Prïlÿep /priˈljɑrˈep/, a mountainous fortress and probably the most ethnolinguistically homogenous city in Viliakmon where the Breggoderians are concentrated in, houses just under a million population by 1998. standards but researchers are SURE of the city massively growing since then. You see, when the 1998 Constitution was adopted, the "Omerta Rule" in Article III which allows crime, it was first tested in the Interregnum period 1996-1998 in Prilyep. This short time of testing made the mountainous City the center of Viliakmon's underground crime network.

Initially, this city grew because it was the source of the Halakhaos river, rich in gold and silver resources, soon to be found coal which is still exploited and refined to this day. Prilyep's bad criminal reputation actually helps it - a lot of migrants avoid it which makes the employment in the resource extraction and mining an easy task. It's a weird mixture - where it has 0.25-0.5% unemployment rate while also suffering from a lot of criminal deaths.

To top off all of these varieties in one City, it has a very rich history as a settlement. Despite the mountainous clans being the last to accept settlement, the terrain of Prilyep made it a perfect spot for monasteries to be built, overlooking the city. Even today, these monasteries require climbing to be reached, making Prilyep, very surprisingly, a tourist attraction for mountaineers. On these mountainous hills, the air is actually clean from all the pollution of coal and illicit goods production. Eventually, the 8 mountainous monasteries connected into a Brotherhood. These monasteries, despite requiring incredible physical effort to climb onto, have the strictest rules for initiation. For example, one must reside on these steep slopes for an entire year, surviving off of the land while having no right to talk with anyone, including others who are on trial for initiation. On year 2, the candidates may finally cooperate and talk to each other, surviving together but still off of the land. Only on year 3 does the monastery partially accept them - giving them the right to live in only one huge department of the monastery but placing them under the monastic timetable. On year 4, they may finally visit the entire monastery and speak to other monks. The initiation is complete on year 5.

What makes these desirable are their remote location as well as the fact that they are home to one of the most extensive libraries in the entire Southwest Cordilian region. These libraries do not only contain holy texts, but archives of events, various ponderings, academic works of monks as well as scientific research papers. With all this in mind, it would be an understatement to say that Prilyep and Durrax are very well connected infrastructurally, despite the difference in beliefs, values and mentalities.

Foreign Relations:

The Viliakmoni Approach:

Isolationism ended as an official foreign policy in 2022., though one could argue that Viliakmon had pursued isolationism for most of its' existence. The state government has remained silent about any alliances. Communication with the international community has mainly been done by private Viliakmoni actors - whether large corporations or the organized crime network. This has lead to some calling Viliakmon "a mobster state", to which the Viliakmon government responded by saying that "the black market is nothing more but the private market if it wasn't shy."

Viliakmon enacted a supposedly very extensive "Foreign Affairs Strategy & Goals" document, after the meeting with the head of state of Tekarai on the 18th of August 2022. It involves a balancing act around "Balance of the Rectangle" - where it seeks to provide equal footing of: the CE; U.S.I., the Ryccian Junta and the CCU. Furthermore, the agreement bound Viliakmon to "keep peace in it's surroundings and South Cordilia by granting the neighboring tribes a guarantee of their safety and the nations of South Cordilia a guarantee of their independence". On the 22nd of August 2022., the Parliament voted in a "Manifest of Independence and Sovereignty". Dubbed by the Office of the Head of State as "The Viliakmoni Approach" it revolves around balancing the world stage through incentivizing or discouraging large alliances and/or global powers as to avoid a unipolar state of affairs.

The World Forum:

Viliakmon is a member of the World Forum, their accession used a legal loophole of the Charter not requiring a "supermajority". However, this went unnoticed.

The Tarnian League:

Viliakmon is unsure whether it remains a member of the Tarnian League after Stoinia's foreign affairs office sent an informal protest note to every other member except for themselves and New Dacians.

Relations with Central Cordilian Union:

The Viliakmoni people see the Peony of Huawan in high regard, very likely as a byproduct of collective memory that it was the ruling Peony which encouraged Arnchow not to surrender. The people of Viliakmon, though, seem to hold an attribute of distrust towards other institutions in Huawan.

Bound by the "Manifest of Independence and Sovereignty", Viliakmon guarantees the independence of each individual country within the CCU, despite the fact that Viliakmon itself does not seem willing to join the CCU. This contradiction goes a step further when we consider that in the "Foreign Affairs Strategy & Goals" document, CCU represents one of the four global powers which Viliakmon is to balance.

Relations with Tekarai:

Viliakmon saw benefits in trade with Tekarai during the Great War. Their relations were mostly abandoned after capitulation of the Tekarai Nationalists and a possible exchange of the Nuclear Weapons Project. From 1960s, Viliakmon has a policy of accepting refugees and asylum seekers from Tekarai. From 2001. onwards, private commercial trade began rising as Tekarai mostly completed their reconstruction caused by the Great War. In 2022., the Heads of State met in Ochridae's "State Square" where a 12 hour long negotiation was held, resulting in a series of agreements being signed.

The Viliakmoni empathize with the Tekar population given their shared tribal structure and sent humanitarian aid during the Great War, seeing the Tekarai struggle for anti-colonialism as separate from that of Karnetvor. In the latter case, the people and government held a deep negative sentiment for, likely because of the Bregoder Nomads frequently engaging "people who speak our tongue in a broken manner". On the other side, Viliakmon prolonged it's self-isolation after seeing how the Allies occupied Karnetvor. The government at the time was favorable of the Sedunnic approach, slow rehabilitation; though it almost publicly condemned Ryccian annexation of what was to be a "peace-keeping territory". It was this multipolar view that would likely result in Viliakmon getting recognized as independent again in 1961, despite unilaterally declaring its' independence 17 years prior.

See also

Viliakmoni related international pages: Cordilia The World Forum The Tarnian League