The People's Republic of Westavia / 伟思德维亚人民共和国
What if alcoholics made a country?
Wes-DAY-vee-a: the brown alcoholics.
A sandy country north of Fanton, south of Moreland, and west of Atlasia.
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Geography
Westavia is quite sandy, with some really hot basins surrounded by mountain ranges. Eastern winds don't blow this far into the continent, so the place is dry and desertic. The sunshine made the country suitable for planting grapes.
The closest geographical mirror to Westavia is Xinjiang and Central Asia.
Cities
Except for the capital, all cities and regions in Westavia are called "Area (number)." Most of the time, these cities had historical names, though referring to them by their historical name is punishable by detainment.
Government
Westavia is a socialist country, a dictatorship of the proletariat. There is a central government, and smaller local governments in each city. The governing party is called the Communist Party of Westavia, or often just "the party."
Agencies
- Suicide Prevention Force, the state security apparatus
Foreign relations
Westavia is on Moreland's side in the cold war against Bauhinia. That is the first thing they like to do.
The second favorite thing is accusing Moreland of being revisionist while denying Moreland's accusation that they are the revisionists. They are against Moreland's colonizing and exploitive actions in Sylvandia.
Society
Westavians are known for being passionate, hospitable, and friendly to guests. To visitors, they treat them to their best food and wine; to their neighbors, they trust each other so much that in villages, people hardly lock their doors. It helps that most of their living rooms don't have roofs, and is essentially just a yard with tables in it.
Wine culture
Westavians love making wine because they have way too many grapes. And raisins too1.
Wine culture is all too big in Westavia. People love drinking. Though the legal drinking age is still 18, kids would still drink, and simply mandating an ID check in stores won't work, because most people would have homemade wine right in their homes.
Kids drinking is a small problem. Westavian adults could drink a ton during gatherings, parties, and even local government meetings, to the point where people could die at the table. The central government had attempted some anti-excessive-drinking campaigns that went nowhere.
History studies
History — and especially Westavian history — is a hushed-up subject in the country. It is forbidden to study history outside of government-approved narratives. One most prominent example is the changing of all city names to Area [number] (People's Vanguard is also a changed name), while referring to their original names is punishable by detainment.
Despite this, there are still a number of secret historians who collect and archive information on Westavia's history under the threat of jail time. These people are persecuted by the authorities (obviously), frowned upon by ordinary citizens, and revered by dissidents of the Westavian government.
Trivia
- If Westavia were ever to have a theme song (not national anthem), it would be titled Commie Propaganda.
- Ironically, most of Westavia's propaganda efforts were directed at countering Bauhinian propaganda. The title was too good to pass up, though.