Savland

Savland (: Saven, ), officially the People's Republic of Savland (: Folkesamveldet Saven), is a located in northwest Zemlya. It is bordered by Bloodia to the south and Reismov to the northeast. Savland's population of over 21 million people largely live in urban areas, including the capital city of Skalla.

Savland is a,  ruled by the Savic Socialist People's Party. The state ideology is Savic socialism, a variant of, and there is a strong around the party and the country's supreme leader. As such, most public services are state-controlled or overseen and very little private enterprise exists. The country is intensely militarized, with one of the largest standing armed forces in Zemlya and a total military personnel count of over 1.2 million. Savland frequently ranks low or the lowest on indexes of human and economic freedom. The current supreme leader since 2015 is Magne Jensen.

= Etymology = The word Savland comes from the country's, Saven. Sav derives from the saiwiz, meaning "sea" or "ocean". This in turn descends from the ! word seykʷ-, to "moisten" or "filter". The modern Savic word sjø, meaning "sea", shares a common ancestry with sav. It is believed that the term developed due to the proto-Savic peoples' inhabitation of mainly coastal areas and their internal and external reputation as a seafaring people. "Sealand" is a common for the country.

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Sports
Sports are an integral part of Savic culture and are strongly promoted and controlled by the state to encourage citizens' natural fitness.

The most popular sports in Savland are, , , and such as , , and. The official summer sport is handball, while the official winter sport is ice hockey.

Handball and ice hockey are highly professionalized in the Savic sports system. Professional handball in Savland takes place within the Toppbandet, a national league with fifteen teams and a system. The Toppbandet usually plays its season from May until September. The Savland national handball team is one of the most successful in the world, winning two world championships and four Zemlyan cups. The highest level of Savic professional ice hockey is the Alsavisken ("All-Savic"), which consists of twelve teams from around the country. Similar to handball, the Savland national ice hockey team is very competitive at the international level.