Behalavia

Behalavia (Behalavian: Бехалавиja, Behalavija), officially the United Socialist Provinces of Behalavia (Behalavian: Уједињене Cарадничке Покрајине Бехалавије, Ujedinjene Saradničke Pokrajine Behalavije), is a country located in Southeastern Zemlya. It is bordered by Trakia to the north, the Cozar Sea to the east, and Cestros to the south.

Etymology
Behalavia comes from Proto-Slavic bavьlna meaning cotton (v is often changed to h in Behalavian). Zrapovniks name has an unknown origin but some speculate it might come from Ancient Cestrosian. The name Lesah comes from Old Church Slavonic лѣсъ which means forest because of most of the terrain being forest.

Geography
For the longest of times Behalavia was a region made up of Zrapovnik, in the east, bordered by water to the east and mountains to the west, then we have Bah, the largest provnince, bordered by mountains in the east and a river to the west. Last but certainly not least, Lesah, the smallest of the bunch is made up of mostly forest but shares a river for a border with Bah and a lake up north. Behalavia was named for its great cotton farms due to the rivers from the mountains.

Waters
Zrapovnik has had a long history with water, setting a trade empire in its earlier days in the Cozar Sea. Lesah borders a lake and the capital is bordered on it. It's one of the major tourist destinations with its beautiful still waters, Bah uses only rivers coming from the mountains of which borders Zrapovnik which makes a basin good for farming, rich with minerals from the rivers. In fact farming is a major sector in the Bahian economy. But said farming had resulted in child labour which was only resolved with an act in the 70's from public outrage.

Government and politics
Behalavia is a Unitarian Parliamentary Republic but the constitution states all parties must be Socialist and only support communes and labour unions and never state owned businesses. This only applies to factory and manufacturing but not for single person jobs i.e. art, music, etc.

Public holidays
Public holidays include New Year, Saint Andrej's Day, Partisan Day, Victory Day, Saint Andrej's Day, and numerous unofficial Issian holidays.