Kirghizia (World of Sultans)

The Sultanate of Kirghizia (Kyrgyz: Сұлтандығы Қырғызстан, Russian: Султанат Киргизию) previously known as Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country located in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, Kirghizia is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south west and China to the east. Its capital and largest city is Bishkek.

Kirghizia currently runs on an absolute monarchy. Its current Sultan, Almazbek Atambayev II has reigned since 2011, after the death of his father, Sultan Almazbek Atambayev I.

Ethnic Kyrgyz make up the majority of the country's 5.7 million people, followed by significant minorities of Uzbeks and Kazakhs. Most Russians migrated to the neighboring Kazakhstan when the sultanate became independant of Russian rule.

Currently, Islam is the predominant religion, as well as the country's official state religion. Its two official languages are Kyrgyz and Russian. While most of the population speakers Kyrgyz, which belongs to the Turkic group of languages. It is closely related to Kazakh and Uzbek. The overwhelming majority of people are also fluent in Russian as a second language, and Russian continues to predominante bussiness and education. During the early days of Sultan Atambayev II's reign, there had been unsuccessful attempts by Islamists to remove the official state of Russian, however Sultan Atambayev II stated that Russian will remain an official language.