Enjola
Federal Republic of Enjola Ye’īniyola Fēdēralawī Rīpebilīki | |
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Motto: Anidi Amilaki Anidi Hizibi (One God, One People) | |
| Capital | Magdala |
| Official languages | Enjolo |
| Ethnic groups (2023) | 75% Native Enjolan 11% White Ecrosian 7% Arab 6% Black Ecrosian 1% Unspecified/other |
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| Demonym(s) | Enjolan |
| Government | Federal Presidential Republic |
| Tewodros Tadesse | |
| Alexis Kontos | |
| Legislature | Congress |
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| Cantonal Assembly | |
| Formation | |
| 900 BC | |
| 681 | |
| 1257 | |
| 1939 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1974 | |
| 2006 | |
| Population | |
• 2023 estimate | 56.2 million |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
• Total | ₵113 billion |
• Per capita | ₵2,017 |
| Gini (2023) | 34 medium |
| HDI (2023) |  0.673medium |
| Currency | Enjolan Kruso (kr) |
| Driving side | right |
Enjola, officially the Federal Republic of Enjola (Enjolo: Ye’īniyola Fēdēralawī Rīpebilīki), is a nation located in the south of Ecros. It is situated north of the Romanyan Sea, south of New Illyricum, and west of Pavulturilor. Its capital city, and seat of its federal assembly, is Magdala. It is also its largest city by total population, with over 4 million residents. As of 2024, Enjola has a total population of 56 million.
Enjola is a multi-cultural nation with over fifty ethnic groups, most of which have settled within its modern borders since antiquity. Christianity is the country's most professed and widely practiced faith, with a smaller percentage of adherents of other Abrahamic religions. The country is rich in natural resources but has suffered from decades of rising income inequality, political corruption, and workers' exploitation, leading to widespread mismanagement of its development. Enjola's largest export is raw minerals, and the nation is Terraconserva's leading exporter of copper and cobalt.
The Enjolan government is a federal presidential republic with three branches: the Congress, the Cabinet, and Court. The Congress is divided into two assemblies: one composed of representatives of larger federal districts, and the other of smaller cantonal districts. The Cabinet comprises the President, the Vice President, and their council of advisors, who sign and veto legislation passed within the two assemblies. The Court serves as the judiciary, made up of nine judges who interpret the legality of the Cabinet's actions.
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Etymology
The name "Enjola" originates from njola, a title held by tribal princes competing for control over the ancient kingdom of Ad'am. This title typically referred to a class of land-holding warrior nobility of Afro-Romanyan descent. Scholars believe the modern usage of the name evolved from the Romanyan-era exonym "Eniolus", or land of the njola.
History
Prehistory
Human settlements in present-day Enjola began during the late Stone Age, marked by several archaeological sites that point to an agricultural society that built structures made of reinforced brick, and buried their dead with tools made of stone. These early peoples supplemented their increasingly sedentary lifestyle through trade and diplomacy with nomadic, cattle-herding tribes predominantly located in the easternmost areas of Enjola's present borders. The southern region near the Romanyan Sea became increasingly arid, forcing tribes to concentrate in the fertile areas in the region's center.
Antiquity
Historical records within the Tome of The Ancients establish the existence of a kingdom whose capital was centered in the old city of Ad'am. This capital city was reportedly abandoned, resettled, and rebuilt five times in its two thousand years of existence. Ad'am was the largest polity in terms of territorial size to have existed in the area before the Romanyan Empire's arrival in 30 BC. The kings of Ad'am were noted to be highly influential in controlling the region's flow of commerce, demanding tribute in gold from weaker city-states, and coordinating projects to establish networks of roads for trade. Ad'ami civilization is credited with creating South Ecros' first postal service, which organized couriers and caravaneers to travel under merchant's guilds. These guilds were often accompanied by groups of soldiers from local garrisons, tasked with the safe arrival of higher-priority messages and deliveries.
The first collapse of the city, and eventually the entire kingdom, is believed to have been caused by a series of invasions from the Sea Peoples. After enduring five waves of invasions by their warbands, the kingdom declined. Much of its infrastructure had already vanished by its final downfall, disappearing nearly a century earlier. Ad'am and its successor states fell into historical obscurity due to the destruction of many historical archives relating to the Bronze Age Collapse during the times of the Romanyans. By 100 AD, the tribes of the Enjolan region had largely integrated into Romanyan provincial rule. Their cultures often blended with those of the Romanyans, leading to the adoption and synthesis of polytheistic beliefs and, eventually, conversion to Christianity.
The fall of the imperial capital and the transfer of authority to the Savottan Empire in the 7th century created a power vacuum in the region, which enabled the rise of the kingdom of Batanga. This kingdom emerged from a military alliance between Enjolo, Kikuyan, and Na'abi tribes in the Batangan Valley whose male population was historically drafted into auxiliary legions under Romanyan rule. During the subsequent interregnum, the Batangans expanded their territory, establishing themselves as the successors of imperial rule through their conquest of several post-Romanyan rump states in the region.
Middle Ages
The overall history of the kingdom was marked with stability that was relatively unseen by its neighbors, attributed to its strict laws of inheritance to the throne. It thrived under dynastical succession, having each usually uncontested, followed by political and social reform to mitigate corruption left over by previous rule. This pattern of strong crown authority safeguarded against many attempts at overthrowing the established royal families, who kept each other in power whilst keeping both their political allies and rivals in check.
The kingdom experienced a decline in the late 10th century, losing its status as the cultural and commercial center of the region to the Abbasid Caliphate, largely due to increased raids on its trading routes. As a result, trading guilds relocated their operations further east, leading many denizens in the kingdom's eastern territories to convert to Islam. Within the kingdom's Christian hierarchy, a faction of zealots emerged, urging then King Yetmo to revoke the lands of all converted lords. This provocation ultimately sparked the Abbasid-Batangan War, a conflict over the secession of the eastern territories. Throughout the war, the Batangans lost most of the battles in the field, finding success only in defending their besieged cities. Ultimately, the kingdom negotiated a conditional surrender, agreeing to pay considerable tribute to the newly formed emirates.
Batangan rule came to an end in the 13th century following a series of succession wars triggered by the inheritance of the throne by Queen Ezarra, rather than by the closest male relative. Initially exiled from the capital, Ezarra fled the city but returned a year later with an army led by Iyesua II after visiting his court to fight an unknown male-line claimant. After six years of war, Ezarra married the chief of her armies, founded the Iniyolo Empire, and established a new Enjolan church that based its initial doctrine around Dacian Orthodoxy.
Late Middle Ages
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With the establishment of Enjolan Orthodoxy as the state religion, the early years of the empire saw a decline in Catholic influence within Iniyolo culture. Hereditary titles, including lordships, became inheritable by any gender, a policy also applied to the crown. Ezarra became the first Empress of a reformed Christian monarchy, with her husband serving as lord-consort and chief advisor. Their reign saw the empire's expansion, driven by a tolerance of other faiths and cultures. The imperial throne allocated newly vacant fiefdoms to individuals based on loyalty and merit, rather than previous political ties to the Batangans and the Romanyan church. During her rule, Magdala was designated as the new capital, and efforts were made to attract experts from various fields to overcome ideological barriers. By the end of her forty-year reign, the nation experienced a golden age comparable to its eastern neighbors during the height of the Islamic Golden Age. The construction of fifty-six churches and castles were commissioned during this period, many of which later expanded into centers of learning.
Empress Ezarra died in 1294 and was succeeded by her eldest son, Gabrel I whose reign saw the composition of detailed historical manuscripts of the his military campaigns against the various successor states formed after the fall of Batanga. Gabrel and his siblings expanded the empire's holdings through conquest, fully incorporating many of its vassal states as permanent fiefs under the crown, and waged war against the Abbasid Caliphate in 1301. His victories against the major Muslim polities in the area saw the shift of the region's balance of power in favor of the Christians for the next century. After more than doubling in territorial size and extracting tribute from its enemies, the empire entered into a period of isolation that saw the radicalization of the Enjolan church and the discrimination of pagans of all social classes.
Imperial Era
Modern Republic
Government
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Military
The Enjolan National Defence Force (ENDF) was established after the Imperial Army of Enjola was dissolved in 1973. It is divided into four branches, the Ground Force (EGF), the Air Force (EAF), the Naval Force (ENF), and the Reserve Force (ERF). All male citizens are legally required to sign up for the military's reservist branch upon turning 18, and must serve for 12-18 months upon being physically and mentally cleared for duty. This period of service can be deferred until the age of 27, and can be completed nonconsecutively upon evaluation. Full citizenship is granted to immigrants who complete their assigned service period.
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Federal Districts
Economy
The Enjolan economy heavily depends on its primary sector, with the extraction of copper and its byproducts accounting for more than half of the nation's total exports. This dependence on a single industry can be traced back to policies implemented during the Mwangist era in the 1970s, which dismantled many regulations and protections concerning child labor and worker conditions in small-scale, manual mining operations nationwide. The human rights organization Freedom From Tyranny describes the government-backed mining operations in the Batangan Valley as "modern-day slavery, where workers endure sub-human conditions with inadequate equipment, provisions, and oversight".
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Demographics
Enjola is a nation of about 56 million (as of 2023) people of various ethnic, cultural, and religious backgrounds. It is one of the fastest growing populations in Terraconserva due to its relaxed immigration and naturalization laws, and is home to a significant immigrant population numbering around 3 million permanent residents.
Government censuses are conducted every five years, which ask citizens to identify themselves within five racial groups. These groups as recorded in the 2023 Enjolan Census were Native Enjolan, at 75%, White Ecrosian at 11%, Arab at 7%, Black Ecrosian at 6%, and Unspecified/other at 1%.
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