I used to play Cyber Nations, and I role-played a Christian ruler (Jarkko Hannu Salomäki) of an officially Christian nation (with tolerance of most religions) called Uralica, based around the Uralic people groups and languages. I've kind of changed it up a bit and thought I'd post it. I'll post OOC tags when I break character in the RP, but it's done mostly in the context of Cyber Nations. I'll start with a factbox and some quotes.   https://i.ibb.co/wLWVRNP/Uralica.png URALICA Size: 3 234 500 km[sup]2[/sup] (Molegov, Sergey, 2018 Uralican Geographical Overview)(OOC: slightly smaller than RL India) Population: 57.3 million (2017 Uralican Census) Capital: Syktyvkar (Russ. Сыктывкар, Finn. Sihtiukari, Hung. Sziktivár)(2018 UGO) Largest City: Yekaterinburg (Russ. Екатеринбург, Finn. Katariinanlinna, Hung. Katalinvár), roughly 7.3 million with an extended urban area of around 10.9 million. (2017 Uralican Census) Official National Languages: Russian, Finnish, English, Hungarian (source: Uralican Constitution Section 2 Clause 1: Concerning National Languages - amended to add Hungarian, 5 March 2009) Official State Languages: All other extant Uralic languages, Chuvash, Plautdietsch (source: Uralican Constitution Section 2 Clause 2: Concerning State Languages) Recognised Minority Languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Tatar, Bashkort (source: Uralican Constitution Section 2 Clause 3: Concerning Other Languages) State Religion: Christianity (source: Uralican Constitution Section 1: Rights and Freedoms, and Uralican Constitution Section 4: Further Concerning Religion) Tolerated Religions:"Christianity is the official state religion; other religions may be practiced and promoted subject to the terms of Section 4 of this document." Uralican Constitution Section 1: Rights and Freedoms "Any religion not founded on mockery of religion in general, or of specific religions, is allowed to be practiced in Uralica, and interfaith dialogue is encouraged." Uralican Constitution Section 4: Further Concerning Religion "Violent proselytisation and so-called "honour-killing" are strictly prohibited, regardless of religion. Anyone who practices this will be subject to criminal law as if the incident was non-religious in nature - assault is assault, rape is rape, murder is murder." Uralican Constitution Section 4: Further Concerning Religion "Any belief system that teaches that individuals who are sick, poor, or in otherwise bad circumstances are thus because of lack of faith, or that people can gain material wealth by 'sowing seeds' of money, are strictly prohibited. This is geared towards, but not limited to, those churches that preach the so-called 'prosperity gospel' or 'Word of Faith' teaching." Constitutional Amendment #6, passed 501-0 with no abstentions in response to Petition 3089 - Kudymov et al. Concerning "Prosperity Gospel", 28 June 2012. Major Religions (per 2017 census):Christianity 88%:Uralican Reformed Baptist Church 39% Presbyterian Church of Uralica 26% Uralican Reformed Apostolic Church (a split from Russian Orthodox) 20% Other Christianity 3%Lutheran Synod of Uralica and Novgorod Roman Catholic Diocese of Siberia West Reformed Church of Uralica Molokans (a charismatic sect of Eastern Orthodoxy Uralican Mennonite Brethren Uralican Pentecostal Church Judaism 4.4%Primarily Uralican Judaism (a branch of radical but nonviolent Judaism that rejects the authority of the Talmuds and Mishnahs as being equal to the Tanakh and has slightly messianic leanings) Small numbers of Hasidic Jews Islam 3.6%Almost exclusively Sunnis, with mere hundreds of Shias reported, most living in Yekaterinburg. Most Sunnis follow the Hanafi madhhab (which is the most common one amongst Tatars and Bashkorts) with the balance almost all following the Shafi'i madhhab (primarily landed immigrant workers with some ethnic Russians as well - the three largest Shafi'i mosques are in Yekaterinburg). The Shi'as are all immigrants, and literally 100% of them follow the Jafari Twelver madhhab, which is common in Persia. There is a tiny population of Ahmadis in Uralica, in Yekaterinburg, although most Uralican Muslims don't count them as Muslims at all even though they are recognized thus in Uralica. Indigenous Uralic religions - 1.2%Marla faith, a syncretism of Christianity and Mari indigenous beliefs and basically practicing monotheistic animism, is practiced by about a quarter of a percent of the population, all Mari. Considered "Christian derivative" by majority-Muslim nations. The "official centre" of the Marla Faith is not Yoshkar-Ola, but Sernur. Mordvin indigenous religion is the most-practiced "pure" indigenous religion Mari indigenous religion Samoyedic shamanism/animism Finnish neo-paganism Irreligious/secular - 1% Other - 1.8%Sikh Hinduism (exclusively in Yekaterinburg) Mahayana Buddhism (exclusively in Yekaterinburg) Druze (Lebanese refugees living in Viche Alan) Yazidi (Kurdish refugees living in Saransk) Ket indigenous religion (not Uralic so listed here) Tengrism (not Uralic so listed here - most live in Nizhnevartovsk) Baha'i (exclusively in Yekaterinburg) Government type: Unicameral nonpartisan quasi-presidential republic (Uralican Constitution Section 3: Concerning Government - completely overhauled section 3 passed 20 June 2011.)"The problem with political parties is that people in them get so hung up on towing a broader party line that constituencies' needs are often ignored." (President Jarkko Salomäki, 8 May 2011) "Our job as a representative is not to lord it over our constitutents but to serve their needs. We try to be more frugal, and not jet-set around in swanky private jets and live it up on taxpayer money. This is why government sessions are more frequent and longer in Uralica, and stuff actually gets done. No partisan politics. Very little mud-slinging, and what mudslinging does happen is put to a stop by the Speaker and/or the President in concise fashion. Uralican politics is about putting our heads together to figure something out that best suits the situation." (Vice-president Vaido Kuik, interview with Eerik Rantanen, 31 January 2013) Government name: Uralican High Council Electoral system: First past the post for both president and representatives. Vice-President and cabinet appointed by President out of representatives after election. Elections every five years. Maximum three terms for president and five terms for representative. Presidential hopefuls automatically run for representative as well, and if they lose on Presidency but win their riding, they are on High Council. "So here's how it works. There are 500 ridings. Not the most even number for the population, but it works. It's an average of roughly 115 thousand people per riding, give or take a few thousand, and since it is non-partisan, first past the post is actually the best electoral system, as a proportional system is better-suited to systems with political parties. Presidential hopefuls go on both the representative ballot and the presidential ballot. I remember last election when Mr. Salomäki won both! I know Yevgeny Hubertov was happy, since he got into Council for Sysola as a 'presidential lucky loser!' Anyway, Mr. President's two opponents, Andrey Semyonov from Cherepovets Centre and Alexey Kolpakov from Saransk North, both won their representative seats in spite of losing the presidential race, and Mr. Kolpakov was actually appointed to the cabinet as Secretary of Agriculture, as Mr. President thought he had some really good ideas and knowledge in that particular field." (Representative Dr. Ovdey Shlomov (Izhevsk South), on an interview with Artur Mendyshev, 12 July 2016) "You may think it strange that Muslims have representation in the government of an overtly Christian country, but they do, and the representative in question has been a stalwart in Uralican politics since day one. But this is why first past the post works for us, because each riding has its own character in ethnicity, and besides, even non-Muslims love the guy. He's been our only Secretary of Defence since Uralica was founded as a Neo-Tribal state. He's a national hero, really." Jarkko Salomäki about the Bashkort Muslim Akhmetkhan Gubaidulin, who represents Barda-Kuyeda riding in southern Permski Rayon, which has one of the largest populations of Muslims proportionally-speaking in Uralica. Ethnicities of Uralica: Mixed Russo-Uralic (40%), Finnish (19%), Russian (17%), Hungarian (15%), Tatar (3%), other Uralic (2%), Bashkort (2%), other (2%) (approximate figures from 2017 census)"I had to chuckle at the ethnic part of the census. The 'mixed Russo-Uralic' that forms the plurality of the population is only going to grow and the numbers in the Finnish, Russian, Hungarian, and 'other Uralic' are all going to shrink. That's how well we all get along! I mean, will the different constituent cultures be preserved? Absolutely. Our cultural centres and ethnographic museums will take care of that. There are great things about all Uralic cultures, and we teach people to embrace the good while leaving behind the bad or the worse-than. There are certain traits that bind all Uralicans, and then those distinctives of groups of cultures, or individual cultures. We're not gonna tell the Nenetses or Saami to give up herding reindeer if they don't want to. We've found ways to make that part of the economy." Dr. Kari Fisk, Secretary of Culture and Language, 23 April 2014 Highest Point: Mount Narodnaya (1894 m/6214 ft.) Lowest Point: Mean sea level