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Welcome to the national thread for the Federal Union of Persephonia, better known as just Persephonia. This is the fifth incarnation of our national thread (because our leaders like to completely revamp everything every now and again) and covers BJSC 88 and onwards. To find previous Persephonian news, contest summaries and full rankings, end of year countdowns etc. if such things interest you, feel free to browse our previous national threads here, here, here and here. Although I'd avoid at least the first two and maybe the start of the third if you don't want to see my horrendous old posts.

The Persephonian News Bulletin will post in this thread news about our latest BJSC entries and how well we did in the BJSC as well as their famous rambling summaries of the final results of each contest and Persephonia's full rankings of the final (and our semi-final if applicable). Lots and lots of words. Read them if you want, and feel free to leave a comment in here if you have anything to say about the great nation of Persephonia. *.*

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About Persephonia

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The flag of Persephonia is a composite of the state flags of, from left to right, Far Island Autonomous Region, Sargia State, Murraii State, Lauhun State and Carellisia State, representing the unity of the continental states and Far Island (see below for more information). All of the flags have the national symbol, the colourful Decastar, in their centre. Our flag finished 17th in the great Flag Rate of 2015. Should have won tbh. Or at least come 2nd to N DNTN.

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Country profile

The current President of Persephonia is Lillian T. Chombo, the leader of the Carellisienne People's Congress (CAPECO) party, which has won all national elections by wide margins since the end of the Civil War. Chombo was elected in a snap election on 3rd September, 2016 following the resignation of previous party leader and President Izzy Azergla. The Federal Union of Persephonia comprises three broad regions: continental Persephonia, Far Island and Persephonian East Allecian (shown separately and to scale above).

Continental Persephonia is located in the southeast of the continent of East Twikande and has land borders with Caerfyrddia in the west, Séyetana in the north and Daehun in the northeast. It also has a direct link to close ally nation Jadakissnia via the underwater high-speed rail line, the Bradestar. It is home to the vast majority of the country's population. It is subdivided into four states and a special autonomous region roughly corresponding to the main homelands of the five ethnic groups of the region. Carellisia State is the most populous and contains the national capital of Carellis (two-and-a-half-time hosts of BJSC, in editions 68 and 75 plus the semi-finals of 89) in the southeast. al-Robāt, host of BJSC Re:LOADED IV, is also found in Carellisia, further to the west. The next most populous state is Sargia State, home to the former capital Persephonia City, now known as Altpersefonstatt and still largely in ruins following the Persephonian Civil War, with New Persephonia City to the north serving as its state capital. Within Sargia is the Designated Native Egabbaci Sargian Territory (DNEST), in light grey on the map, controlled as a special autonomous region under the remains of the native Egabbaci population from the ancient city of Tolae-Kili, the original capital of the state when it was a monarchy called the Pristine Kingdom of Egabbac / D.O.O.G. Egabbac (BJSCs 19-28). The city of Kobbar, host of the BJSC Instrumentals spinoff, is also located in Sargia State. Sandwiched between the two largest states is Murraii State (capital Ji'ma'), largely uninhabited desert apart from fertile regions around the River Alexis, while the least populous state is Lauhun State which is almost entirely uninhabited mountainous regions, but with a population centre in the remote and inaccessible state capital city of Jungyu most famous for co-hosting BJSC 62 with Yamatopori, Daehun.

Far Island is found off the east coast of the mainland and was colonised by the country under its old Egabbaci monarchy, leading to its sparse population being majority ethnically Far-Egabbaci (the offspring of Egabbaci settlers and the native Far people). Following the collapse of the monarchy and the rise of the Republic of Persephonia, Far Island was largely neglected by the mainland's government. The islanders were happy to distance themselves from the authoritarian Republic and the ensuing Civil War, and initially reluctant to accept re-integration under the new government. The new post-war president Salim Zosimus struck a deal with the islanders to allow them to maintain semi-independence while remaining in association with the mainland, becoming the Far Island Autonomous Region. The country was then briefly officially named the Persephonian-Carellisienne Union of Persephonia and Far Island before adopting its current official name. The region's most notable exercise of its autonomous powers was during BJFestivalen III; the Persephonian BJSC Committee officially boycotted this contest but Far Island funded an entry to ensure the nation's representation, under the name Persephonian Farspøk for political reasons. Farspøk is the capital city of the region and home to most of its population (much of the rest of the island is heavily forested).

Persephonian East Allecian is the most recent and controversial addition to the Federal Union of Persephonia. It is located hundreds of miles away on the continent of Miskantha and is internationally recognised as a part of New Lexico, however it is controlled by Persephonian military occupants and local rebels who have sworn allegiance to Persephonia, following a botched attempt at a full land invasion of New Lexico (then called Allecian). The region is still wartorn especially along the de facto border with New Lexico and in the south, where the city of Ghlágh and surrounding regions (light green on the map) has been counter-occupied for some time by New Lexico's army. However, further to the east it is much more stable, especially in its regional capital of New Carellis. Persephonian East Allecian also has land borders with Aesthetica in the south and the state currently known as Elëdan (subject to frequent political instability and name changes) in the east.

The official languages of Persephonia are English (spoken by most of the population), Persephonian and Carellisienne. Regional languages include the native Egabbaci, its island dialect Farspøk, Murraii'i' and Lauhunese. Significant immigrant populations from the continental land borders speak Welsh (Caerfyrddians), Séyetan (Séyetans), Korean and Japanese (Daehunese). Following the brief coup d'état by the country's feral ostrich population (leading to it briefly being known as Land of Ostriches, competing under this name in BJSC 59), the bird language of Ostronian has also become a recognised regional language. The national anthem is 'Cry For Freedom' (adopted in September 2017 following a referendum to replace the old anthem 'Viva Persephonia' after people realised it didn't actually exist) and the currency is the persep (Ᵽ), with 100 egabs (ɇ) to 1 persep.