Uralica

Official Names

 * English - Tribal State of Uralica
 * Finnish - Heimovaltio Uralikkan
 * Russian - Племенной Государственный Уралики
 * (More to be added as linguistic database grows)

Official Short Names

 * English - Uralica
 * Finnish - Uralikka
 * Russian - Уралика
 * (More to be added as linguistic database grows)

About Uralica
Uralica is a relatively new nation on PlanetBob, and is a proud member of the Christian Coalition of Countries, an alliance its leader KingJarkko agreed to join mere hours after its official declaration of nationhood on 18 March 2008.

With the present existence of Finland, Estonia, and Hungary, and the growing impingement of external societies upon the remainder of the Uralic peoples, Jarkko Salomäki, an ethnic Finn from Canada, began gathering together other members of the Uralic-speaking nationalities into a neo-tribal society, based on the principles of Christianity and commonalities in Uralic culture. The Christian leanings attracted the remnants of Mennonite societies in Russia as well. What resulted was a nation of astounding linguistic and racial diversity, united by a the common cause of a Christian life free from the shackles of any imperialistic influences. Salomäki eventually became KingJarkko, the first Tribal Chief of Uralica.

It is infamous for the fact that there are more official languages in this nation than in any other on Planet Bob, however the people tend to use Finnish, Russian or even English when communicating between ethnic groups. Still, all Uralic languages as well as English, Russian, and the historic language of the Mennonites, Plautdietsch, all have official status.

One criticism of Uralica is that there are very few Hungarians who reside in the nation, however KingJarkko factors this down to their relative isolation from the rest of the family (due to historical issues) and has extended invitations to any who are willing to join. Once at least 200 Hungarians join, King Jarkko will bestow two Tribal Council seats upon the ethnic group and give the Magyar language offical status.

The Tribal Chief
(Fin. Heimopäämies, Rus. Племенной Начальник)

The Tribal Chief is elected directly by all the people, who have a single vote, and there is no ethnic division in voting. The term, as agreed via plebiscite, is for life, which is the main reason for the "neo-tribal" term coined to describe Uralica's modern spin on an ancient form of government.

The Tribal Council
(Fin. Heimovaltuusto, Rus. Племенное Совещание)

In accordance with KingJarkko's original vision of "unity in diversity," each ethnicity, or "tribe," has two seats on the High Council, a number which will grow by one per every 2000 citizens. Before Uralica's foundation, the intelligentsia of the Uralic ethnicities spent much time deciding what these Uralic Tribes would be. The final setup looked something like this:


 * Finns (including North American, Tornedalen, and Kven)
 * Estonians
 * Karelians
 * "Livonians" - speakers of Livvi, Ludian, and Veps
 * Khanty-Mansi
 * Komi (including Permyak)
 * Mordvin (Moksha-Erzya)
 * Udmurts
 * Mari (East and West)
 * Eastern Saami (from Russia and Finland)
 * Western Saami (from Sweden and Norway)
 * Nenets
 * Samoyeds (Nganasan and Selkup)
 * Mennonites
 * Hungarians
 * note: this will come into effect should at least 200 Hungarians be registered as citizens in Uralica. Until then they vote under the category of their closest linguistic relatives, the Khanty-Mansi.

Often, the term "The Uralic Tribes" is used to refer to the people of Uralica collectively. (Fin. "Uralilainen Heimot," Rus. "Уралскые Племи")

Military in Uralica
Although a Christian nation, Uralica isn't known as a nation to shy away from war, as long as squares with the Charter of the Christian Coalition of Countries. This young nation has been involved in two conflicts thus far, and before these it was very nearly involved in a third.

The "LUA-Raid Phony War"
Although from the League of United Armenians' standpoint, this war actually did happen, as a member of the larger Knights of Christ bloc, the CCC wanted to try and help their allied alliance when one of their members was attacked by a rogue named Lord Dangit. KingJarkko was all too eager to send the Uralic Tribes to war, but when Uralica's Nation strength went too high for him to do so, he backed off. The name "The LUA-Raid Phony War" is used mainly in Uralica.

The Ionized-Jelly War
Uralica's first real war happened when a rogue nation from a micro-alliance attacked CCC member Giant Jellyfish and his nation of Jellyfishia on 27 March 2008, without provocation. This rogue, named Ionizer, was allegedly once a member of the infamous /b/ alliance but was at the time of the attack a member of a much smaller alliance, one of only nine nations. His alliance's charter forbade the attack, and he was given specific orders not to attack anyone, however these were both disregarded, for this reason: "I hear you don't like mudkips."

The Tribes jumped headlong into the fray, pounding Ionizer with aerial and ground assaults that all but wiped out the nation. However, the opponent proved to be much more tenacious than was expected, and the war would drag on for three more days, including an attack on the then outer-rim settlement of Pazhga. However, two other nations, Project Earth (led by Invincible) and the German Empire (led by Emperor Kristoph), joined the attack on 29 March 2008, while Uralica's resolve surged. Project Earth and Uralica became fast friends and orchestrated a crippling assault that brought his numbers down considerably before a cease-fire was declared 30 March 2008.

After numerous insults hurled at CCC alliance government members as well as KingJarkko, and four days of war of attrition, the conflict was over. The initial war was named 3 April 2008. Uralica was praised for its efforts, and KingJarkko was awarded a field promotion to Captain of his nation group, The Knights Templar, while his two fellow defenders were given commendation. The original attacked nation, Jellyfishia, was also commended by the CCC, and praised in particular by KingJarkko, who compared Jellyfishia's tenacity under siege to that of the Maltese during World War II.

Ionizer would, however, continue to haunt both the CCC and his former alliance. In violating the cease-fire and allegedly having a hand in a DoS attack on his former alliance's headquarters, Ionizer had set himself up for another run, but this would be short-lived thanks to four devastating and completely unexpected ground assaults by Invincible's Project Earth which reduced Ionizer's nation, Ionicion, to an anarchistic, bombed-out mess.