Aryavarta (The Orange Outback)

Kingdom of Aryavarta Koninkrijk van Arjawartië (Dutch) आर्यावर्त का राज्य (Hindi) ਅਰੀਵਾਦ ਦਾ ਰਾਜ (Punjabi) ایریاوٹا ریاست (Urdu) د اریارټا ریاست (Pashto)
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Motto: यज्ञ, लचीलाता, तविषी "Sacrifice, Resilience, Strength"
Royal anthem: शाही मोर का मार्च "March of the Royal Peafowl"
Capitals	Lahore (royal) Karachi (political)
Official languages	Hindi Punjab Pashto Urdu Dutch English
Religion	79.3% Buddhist 10.5% Sikhism 7.2% Islam 2.1% Christianity 0.9% Hindi
Demonym(s)	Aryavarti Aryan
Government	Limited representative democracy under a constitutional theocratic monarchy
• Raj Aadarkarana II • President Zarsanga Ida Ayu Desak • Premier Parkash Krishna Singh
Legislature	Imperial Court
• Upper house	Royal Court
• Lower house	Chamber of Citizens
Independence from the Netherlands
• Independence	23 March 1953
• Current Constitution	11 October 1997

Aryavarta (Dutch: Arjawartië; Hindi: आर्यावर्त aaryaavart;) , officially the Kingdom of Aryavarta (Dutch: Koninkrijk van Arjawartië; Hindi: आर्यावर्त का साम्राज्य aaryaavart ka saamraajy), is a sovereign nation located in South Asia between the Hindu Kush and the Indus River Valley. Geographically, it is bound by the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean to the south and by the Karakoram to the north. Politically, it is bordered by United Hindu States to the east and Parthia to the west. 

The Indian subcontinent had long been home to various kingdoms and states. The early modern era saw the expansion of the Mughal Empire and eventually Dutch rule of the area that would become Aryavarta. The modern age saw the independence of India and Aryavarta and small wars would be fought between lands in the early years, before settling down in mid-1960s.

Today, Aryavarta is the largest and most developed economy in South Asia and is also the wealthiest. The country is highly modernized and has a high standard of living, with the average life expectancy being 83.5 for males and 91.7 for females. Aryavarta is a secular, unitary democracy under a limited theocratic monarchy and is administered in 12 states and 2 capital regions. It is a pluarlistic, multilingual, multiethnic, and multicultural society that is home to over 235 million people. 

Etymology 

The name Aryavarta originates from sanskrit word meaning "abode of the noble ones", which roughly corresponds the northern part of the Indian Subcontinent. The country itself lies in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent and spreads into western Asia, hence the chosen name of the country. 

History 

Dutch Colonial Era  

In the 1690s, the Netherlands was looking to expand control on the spice trade and looked into a partnership the Sikh Empire in the region. In 1695, the Sikh Empire, along with allied Dutch soldiers invaded Sindh and took it over with relative ease. The control would nominally be given to the Sikh Empire, giving them a port while as a Dutch protectorate. Critics feared that the Dutch would slowly strip the Sikh Empire of its suzerainty and take it as a colony, although no real protests occurred. The fears however, would come true with the Dutch takeover of Lahore and Karachi in 1711 and the dissolution of the Sikh Empire, thus creating the Indo-Dutch Kingdom. 

Initially, the area would be known as Dutch India and directly ruled by the Dutch East India Company. It would be directly ruled by an appointed Viceroy from the VoC. This would start to change in 1785, with widespread protests, leading to the VoC allowing the native workers more rights and better conditions. The would eventually give way to direct colonial rule by the Netherlands in 1790, which would later give rise to the Indo-Dutch Kingdom in 1812, which was ruled by a local monarch but still a Dutch protectorate. 

Independence 

On 23 March 1953, the Indo-Dutch Kingdom was officially granted independence from the Netherlands and the name Aryavarta officially adopted, although it had been known as Needaralaind-Aaryaavaart ka saamrajy since it became the Indo-Dutch Kingdom in 1812. The country would see the adoption of new laws, including womens' rights and refugee protection. New investments from China, Japan, and the UK would also come quickly, thus allowing the Aryavarti economy to boom and living standards to vastly improve. Public works projects were widespread in the first 10 years of the country's inception. The non-monarchic portion of the government would be deemed secular, and civil service exams were implemented to better choose government officials. 

The country would also fight several territorial wars with its neighbors such as the Kashmir War with the newly independent United Hindu States, which would see Jammu be ceded to the UHS but Kashmir affirmed as Aryavarti territory. Aryavarta would later join the United Nations and be a founding member of the Eurasian Trade, Defense, and Economic Cooperative (ETDEC) in 1965 and 1973, respectively. 

Government and politics 

Politics 

Aryavarta is a highly developed limited democracy under a limited constitutional theocratic monarchy. The country runs under one royal family and five officially recognized and sanctioned national political parties and at least twenty regional parties that run for spots in the Chamber of Citizens, the lower house of the Imperial Court as well as the positions of President and Premier. The three most prominent parties are the Aryavarta Progressive Party (APP), the Citizens' Party of Aryavarta (CPA), and the Buddhist National Congress (BNC), all of which lead their own political party coalitions. In the past, the now-defunct Aryavarta National Congress (ANC) was the most prominent party and won most elections throughout the 1970s and 80s. This would not last long as the progressive left-leaning wing of the ANC would split into the conservative Buddhist National Congress and the progressive Aryavarta Progressive Party, both of which would continue to dominate elections. In the 1990s, moderate conservatives and progressives came together to create the Citizens' Party, which also began to take votes from the BNC and APP and balanced out the Chamber of Citizens. 

For most of the 1990s and early 2000s, the government was largely dominated by BNC and CPA, with the APP lagging behind due to political turmoil from the nearby Hindustani Civil War, and the public's growing anti-refugee sentiment against the majority-Hindu refugees. This would change in 2007, when the first APP president was elected since 1989. In 2012, APP candidate, folksinger, and political activist Zarsanga Ida Ayu Desak was elected as president of Aryavarta. 

Government 

Aryavarta is a unitary state that hosts a limited multiparty parliamentary system under a limited constitutional Buddhist monarchy. All sections of the government abide by a system of check and balances. There are four branches of government in Aryavarta. 

• Royal- The royal branch of the Aryavarta government is comprised of the reigning monarch and his/her personal council of imperial advisers. The monarch represents the country in most foreign events and has limited power, with the ablilty to declare war, national emergencies, decree laws, and the appointment of government officials in extreme situations. All these powers can be countered by the Imperial Court with a slight majority vote. 
• Executive- The executive branch consists of the President, Premier, the Presidents' personally appointed cabinet. The president holds significant power as the head of government. The Premier is appointed by the President and is responsible for organizing the Imperial Court meetings. 
• Legislative- The legislative branch consists of the bicameral Imperial Court. They have the power to approve or veto laws with a slight majority vote and are also able to impeach the president or request the monarch to abdicate.  
• Judiciary- The judicial branch is the Supreme Court of Aryavarta and well as numerous state and regional courts. 

Administrative Divisions

All 12 states have their own subservient government that enforces the law and government system on behalf of the President. The two capital regions are direct governed by the central government. 

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