Qaristan

Islamic Republic of Qaristan
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Motto: "Də Qaristan Islāmi Imārat"
Anthem: "Notos Qaristan"
Map versions	17.5.0
Capital	Reezal Ain
Largest city	Khorramahad
Official language(s)	Daau Matabese Baatharzi Yewlang
Official religion(s)	99.9% Islam
Demonym	Qaristani
- Adjective	Qaristani
Government	Unitary totalitarian theocratic Islamic emirate
- Supreme Leader	Hameed Al Shukuur
- Prime Minister	Mohammad Shahari
- Legislature	Wilayat Qaristan
Establishment	30 September 2026
Population	33,124
Active population	1
Currency	Qari (QR)
Time zone(s)	CMT +4
Driving side	right
National animal	Eagle
National food	Kibabi
National drink	Coke
National tree	Palm Tree
Abbreviation	QAR

Qaristan, officially the Islamic Republic of Qaristan, is a landlocked and largely unrecognised state in northern Mataba, on the north-western fringe of Daau in southeast Eura. It is the successor polity of the de-facto emirate raised by the Wilayat Qaristan during the Qaristani Independence Conflict (also called the Second Matabese Civil War). The name is taken from the Qaris Jamid Mosque in Reezal Ain, the religious centre of the northern Matabese Islamic faithful.

Daau recognised Qaristan as an independent landlocked state under the Treaty of Bingkok (1758 AN), with formal standing restated in 1760 AN. Recognition outside the Dauian system remains thin. The state holds the inland ground it occupied at ceasefire: Basagrande, Tuh Payah, Pafle District, Pulau Pahmer and Bingkok. Daau retained Inner Mataba, Jaran Besor and Pulau Ringgang. The Pafle Tunnel is the principal crossing; walls stand on the Gunung Hajelu.

The government is a unitary totalitarian theocratic Islamic emirate. Supreme Leader Hameed Al Shukuur is head of state. Mohammad Shahari, formerly of the Basagrande Youth Wing, serves as Prime Minister. The Wilayat Qaristan is both ruling council and legislature. Shahadat Sulayat remains the central organisational figure of the Wilayat after the treaty settlement.

Etymology

The name Qaristan is derived from the Qaris Jamid Mosque in Reezal Ain, the village whose raid by the Royal Mataba Corps in 1748.5 AN opened the independence war. In local usage the suffix -stan marks the land claimed by the congregation and by the Wilayat that grew around it. The official motto, Də Qaristan Islāmi Imārat ("The Islamic Emirate of Qaristan"), is used on seals and radio IDs even though the external style of the state is "Islamic Republic".

Other names

Foreign and Dauian sources have used Wilayat Qaristan, the Qaristani Emirate, and, pejoratively during the war, the Reezal Ain pocket. Daau's People's National Assembly first condemned the territory as an illegal armed administration rather than a state. After Bingkok the Dauian government accepted the short form Qaristan for border and customs papers.

History

Main article: Qaristani Independence Conflict

Geography

Qaristan occupies the inland north of historic Mataba. It does not hold a recognised seacoast. The Gunung Hajelu range and associated ridges separate much of Pafle from the Matabese region and form the fortified line facing Dauian Mataba. The Pafle Tunnel under that line is the ordinary civilian and commercial gate.

The state is assembled from five named holdings:

• Reezal Ain
• Khorramahad
• Haj Bahraj (Basagrande)
• Sarjan (Tuh Payah)
• Pafle District
• Istanfan (Pulau Pahmer)
• Bingkok

Climate follows the north: hot dry seasons inland, cooler air on the Hajelu slopes. Farmland that survived the burned corridor is thin. Water is taken from mountain catchments and from wells around Khorramahad and Tuh Payah.

Climate

Interior basins run hot for much of the year. The Gunung Hajelu slopes are cooler at night. Rain is seasonal and unreliable; the Wilayat treats cistern repair as a religious as well as a civil duty.

Government and politics

Military

The Dauian People's Home Guard (DPHG)

Demographics

Ethnic groups

Name of Group	% of population	Example surnames
Qaristani	96%	Hayzary, Musawi, Akirah, Cohen, Mottaghaian
Matabese	2%	Cauyong, Pinto, Hafeez, Colaco, Halid
Dalay	1%	Khan, Shah, Zakaria, Afiq, Syafiq
Jooris	1%	Al Bashir, Rahman, Al Doohary, Al Hakeem, Al Bakri

The Qaristani people are the majority ethnic group

Culture

Sports

The Wilayat takes heavy interest in sports and has pledged war funds into the development of Qaristani football and basketball. The Qaristani Mountain League is the nation's premier semi-professional football league, while the Qaristani Basketball League is the sole amateur basketball competition.

See also

• Qaristani Independence Conflict
• Daau
• Mataba
• Basagrande
• Matabese Civil War
• Treaty of Bingkok