Dróstsiśtsi
| Dróstsiśtsi | |||||||
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| Capital city | Birchtree City/Tteśbirtśe | ||||||
| Demonym | Metdróstsiś | ||||||
| Government | De jure: Republic De facto: Communist one party state | ||||||
| Official languages | Kośtsiśtsi, Taqồpaq | ||||||
| ISO-3166-1/2 | DT | ||||||
| ISO-3166-1/3 | DTT | ||||||
| Official religions | none | ||||||
Dróstsiśtsi ([dros.tsɯʃ.tsɯ]), officially the People's Republic of Dróstsiśtsi, is a country west of Latium Regnātum in the Land of Chaos. It lies around the Rose Gulf(Dziktśikpós); the capital of Tteśbirtśe lies on an island on the north of the bay, while the village of Dzefxal lies near the southern end of the gulf.
History
The country was founded by accruenewblue on April 7th 2025. Initially only directly surrounding the Rose Gulf,[1] the provinces of Tteśbirtśe and Dzefxal, it expanded its borders soon after to the east with Dzigźil Tśigźóś, and later to claim the Tagga and Ǵuśese provinces.[2]
Geography
The main territory of Dróstsiśtsi is entirely temperate plains, forests, and ocean, plus a bit of snowy taiga and frozen ocean in its colony. The country is divided into five provinces; Tteśbirtśe (Birchtree) on the northern Cave and Tteśbirtśe islands, Dzefxal in the south of the bay, Ǵuśese/Ruxese to the south of that, Dzigźil. Tśigźóś. (Sunflower Island) to the east, and Tagga Province in the far west.
Settlements
The most urban province is Ǵuśese, with four settlements: Ǵuśese on a hill in the northeast, the capital of the Ǵuśese province, Xóksebi just northeast of that along the shore, Xaźamuǵ to the west of Ǵuśese, and Dzevdduńróf south of Lake Ǵuśese. The only two other settlements are Dzefxal and Tteśbirtśe, the capitals of their respective provinces. The two provinces without settlements are ruled directly from the capital Tteśbirtśe.
Transportation
Birchtree City lies above the Forest Line and has a stop on it, and Ǵuśese also connects to the Mountain Line and to a stop to the southeast (former Wealdwick). There is also two local lines; the Rose line(Dlaździktśix) from Birchtree to Ǵuśese, and the Mitosis line(Dlaźguś, literally "divide line"), connecting a number of local stops in the south of the province.
The main road in Birchtree City is the Portal Road, which connects most of the way from the Rose Gulf to the portal on Cave Island. Boating is a common transportation method, with water separating much of the region, most notably with Tteśbirtśe.
Language
The main language in government usage is Kośtsiśtsi (KTT), although English is commonly used as well due to its status as the main interŋational language. Both KTT Latin and the logographic KTT symbols are co-official. The government allows different local languages to be designated regional languages with some protections, but so far this has not happened. Place names in Dróstsiśtsi are officially named in Kośtsiśtsi, with non-native words adapted to Kośtsiśtsi phonology, such as by appending an x to vowel initial words. In local usage the names of other places are also adapted to KTT phonology, such as Sirenguard as Saǵrengar.
Taqồpaq is also spoken, primarily in Dzefxal and Sunflower Island provinces, and is considered co-official, although at a lesser status than Kośtsiśtsi. Linguists often classify it as two separate but closely related languages, without mutual intelligibility due to their distinctly separate phonologies(East Taqồpaq has almost twice the possible initial consonants, less finals, and a separate tone pattern on separate words). Despite this, it is typically considered one language in non-linguistic circles, particularly among native speakers, who will often take claims of Taqồpaq being two separate languages as an attempt to "divide and conquer" the people and further the status of Kośtsiśtsi speakers at their expense.