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| Capital | Babylon (Al-Musayyib) | ||||||
| Largest city | Babylon | ||||||
| Other cities | Kish (Al-Hillah), Nippur (Al Diwaniyah), Sippar (Tel Abu Habbah) | ||||||
| Language official |
Aramaic | ||||||
| others | Arabic, Persian | ||||||
| Religion main |
Chaldean Catholic Church | ||||||
| others | (In order, besides the Chaldean Catholics) Sunni Islam, Shiite Islam, Assyrian Catholic Church, Syriac Church of the East, Nestorian Christianity, Zoroastrianism, other | ||||||
| Ethnic Groups main |
Chaldean | ||||||
| others | Arab, Syriac, Assyrian, Persian | ||||||
| Demonym | Chaldean | ||||||
| Government | Semi-constitutional monarchy | ||||||
| King | |||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||
| Area main |
km² | ||||||
| water (%) | neglible | ||||||
| Population | over 3,000,000 inhabitants | ||||||
| Independence | from Ottoman Empire? Iraq? | ||||||
| Annexation | to Achaemenid Empire | ||||||
| date | 536 B.C.E | ||||||
| Currency | Chaldean Dinar | ||||||
| Time Zone | GMT +3 | ||||||
| summer | GMT +3 (not observed) | ||||||
| Calling Code | +990 | ||||||
| Internet TLD | .kc | ||||||
Chaldea is a landlocked nation in Central Mesopotamia. It is considered by much the "centre of culture on the Middle East", as historical re-builtment and the Modern Renaissance are stronger there than on any other place of Mesopotamia (the re-builtment of Babylon, including the Ishtar Gate is a great example of that). It also is on constant struggle with the nearby rump Republic of Iraq (since Baghdad is owned by them in an awkward peninsula that stretches into Chaldean territory), and Shiite Persia, (because of it's treatment of Zoroastrians, an important minority of Chaldea, and because the Shiites own the area of Sumer, which Chaldea claims).
History
Geography
Administrative Divisions
Chaldea is divided into administrative divisions, called and that are:
It also has a Capital District (Babylon or Al-
Sumer
Sumer is a region on southern Mesopotamia, part of Persia. The historical cities of Kish, Nippur, Ur, Uruk and Eridu are located there, and it once gave the area of Mesopotamia access to Arabia and the Persian Gulf. Chaldea claims it as an integral part of it's history and religion. However, the Shiites also have a reason to own Sumer. This is that the two holiest cities on the whole Shiite Islam (Mosul and Karbala) are located there. Several