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|national_motto = Vasemenmere et, vasemenet, a vasemennãu
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|largest_city = Saikyel City (3,435,100)
|official_languages = [[Sanain language|Sanain]]
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|government_type = Unitary Parliamentary Republic
|leader_title1 = Prime Minister
|leader_name1 = [[Erven Ogudek]]
|leader_title2 = President
|leader_name2 = [[Tomasy Maikanagisek]]
|legislature = Parliament of Sãikyel
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'''Sãikyel''' (/'saːj.kjɛl/, capital pronunciation /'sɑj.kjæl/), officially the '''Republic of Sãikyel''' ([[Sanain language|Sanain]]: ''Sãikyeley Hervesi'') is a small country in southeastern [[Uletha]]. In July of 2016, the population of Sãikyel was just over 11 million residents, with 30.5% of the population (3,435,100 residents) living in its capital city, [[Sãikyel City]].

==Etymology==
The current demonym of the country, ''sanain'', is supposedly descended from a combination of the Old Sanain words ''*soa'' and ''*nûjneg'' (modern standard Sanain ''sãya'' and ''nayunek''), together meaning "old farmer", or "original farmer". As of yet, very few links have been made connecting these terms logically, save for the presence of agriculture as a vital source of wealth throughout the history of Sãikyel. As for the name of the country itself, most probably deriving from OS ''*soa'' + ''*gyel'' ("old mountain", compare modern ''sãya + keyel'', speculations have been made by many top Sanain linguists that this term refers to the Urosedkeyelet hilly region in the south of the country.

==History==
===Early history===
There is evidence of continuous inhabitation of the area around the southwest of modern Sãikyel, overlapping with the province of Sayageyel and extending up as far as Navasy, starting in the late 5th century AD. There is attestation during this time of four closely related tribes inhabiting the area: the Fel, Ni, Huna, and Varva (or ''Warwa''). It is commonly accepted among Sanain anthropologists that these tribes settled in the low areas of the Sanain steppe and built permanent homes there. By the mid 6th century, however, these tribes had migrated further north, most probably along the course of the Niva and Oburb rivers, reaching the coast of the [[Darcodian Sea]] around 580-590 AD. [[Varvezyek]] (found in inscriptions as ''Warweθek'' or ''Warwazek'') was founded in 593.

Around this time, the Huna peoples spread eastwards, toward modern [[Hunuda]] along the Central Highlands of the Sanain steppe. They eventually reached the Nakisara mountain range, the boundary of the Ohan river watershed, to the east of Sãikyel's border with [[Supernia]]. Though some Huna villages remained around Vãikili in the traditional Huna homeland, interbreeding and tribal fights led to the greatest concentration of Huna ancestry today to be in the far east of the country.

Similarly, the Fel peoples left their residences in the southwestern region to migrate along the course of the Fel and Niva upwards towards Meigen and the present-day province of [[Burban]] in the northwest. Most of the hydronyms in the west of Sãikyel descend from the Fel dialect of Old Sanain, and [[Lake Felo]] and the Fel river both take their names from the tribe.

===Modern history===
Starting from the middle of the 19th century, the area today known as Sãikyel was divided into three independent states: The Principality of Sãikyel, the Principality of Nevensad, and the Kindgom of Hunuda. With much of the population and army might concentrated there, the Principality of Sãikyel was both the largest and the most powerful, and it was the only state with direct access to the coast.

The states were almost constantly in tension with each other, with border lands being constantly invaded and reclaimed. The decision of the Kingdom of Hunuda to invade the Principality of Nevensad in 1923 began an armed conflict between the two countries, into which the Principality of Sãikyel was introduced after the attack on the city of [[Hanbibi]] by Hunudan troops in 1926. Within a year of its involvement, the armed conflict escalated into a [[Sanain War|full-on war]] between the three small countries, with over 1 and a half million civilians and military troops dead by its end, which at the time was almost one-fifth of the population of the area. The end of the war came about with the [[Treaty of Sãikyel City]] in 1935, which passed most of the blame onto the Kingdom of Hunuda. While forced to sign the treaty, which contained provisions of demilitarization and eventual unification, the ten signatories from the belligerent states were unhappy with the treaty, and later campaigned extensively against it.
[[File:Republic of Saikyel Fragment.png|200px|thumb|The first recorded mention of the name "Republic of Sãikyel" appears on the Treaty of Sãikyel City, shown here in its Ingerish version.]]

The ultimate result of the Treaty of Sãikyel City was the retreat and conglomeration of all of the countries' armies, the establishment of an interim government, and the approval for unification of the lands in the Sãikyel area. From the Treaty was created the Republic of Sãikyel, as well as a new Constitution and a legal code. Since the War of 1923-1935, the country has been in no further armed conflicts, and retains a stance of peace and cooperation with surrounding territories. However, the country has a network of allies in the region, which could drag it into future wars.

==Economy==
===Banking===
Sãikyel has limited natural resources within its boundaries, leading to over 20% of its economy to be based off of banking. Seven of its giant banks, colloquially known as the "[[Big Seven]]" have a combined market capitalization of almost [[Unified standard dollar|USD]]350 billion. The largest bank in the country, and one of the largest in the continent, [[SãiBank]], employs about 1% of the entire Sanain workforce.

Banks have been an integral part of the Sanain economy since the nineteenth century, when the oldest of the Big Seven, the Nevensad and Tomogeyel Financial Cooperative (or NATOFCO), was established in Nevensad in 1875. Since then, its banks have expanded to service most of southern [[Uletha]]. The [[Sãikyel and Uletha Republic Bank]] was founded to aid in this endeavor.

One of the reasons that the country is banking-centered is that the government imposes few regulations on finance and business in the country; this was part of an initiative by the government to open up the Sanain market after the Sanain War, when the economy was practically ruined. Since then, banks have been established almost every decaded up to 2000.

==Culture==
===Membership in the UAC===
[[File:2009 Saikyel is in!.png|thumb|The Sãikyel Is In! logo celebrated the country's successful bid to be in the UAC in 2009]]
Sãikyel has been a member of the [[Ulethan Alliance for Culture]] since 2009, when it was nominated to become a member.

==Currency==
The currency of Sãikyel is the polotinka (S̊), with an exchange rate of [[Unified standard dollar|USD]]1.072 per polotinka. It is further divided into velaskat, each of which is 1/100 of a polotinka. However, only 1, 5, 10, and 50 velaska coins are minted.

==Infrastructure and transportation==
===Roads===
The national route system of Sãikyel is called the N-system (''N-syistema'') and spans the entire country. All roads that connect cities have numbers that are multiples of 5.

===Air travel===
The flag carrier of Sãikyel is [[Air Sanain]], which is a member of [[Geolliance]]. Air Sanain is only 50% government-owned, and is based out of [[Sãikyel International Airport]], the largest airport in the country.

==Politics and Government==
[[File:Saikyelgovernment.png|x100px|thumb|left|The emblem of the National Government]]
The government of Sãikyel (''Sãikyeley Keimanãkoned'') is a unitary parliamentary democracy based in the Government Quarter region of [[Sãikyel City]], its capital. The current Prime Minister, elected in the 2016 Parliamentary Elections, is [[Erven Ogudek]] of the United Social Democrats (OSD), serving under President [[Tomasy Maikanagisek]].

===Parliament of Sãikyel===
The legislature of the country, the Parliament (''Sãikyeley Harmegi'') is divided into a lower chamber, the [[House of the People]], ''Eremey Kudak'', and the [[House of the States]], ''Śtãtetey Kudak''. The House of the People has 281 deputies, while the House of the States has 90.

===Political administration===
The Republic of Sãikyel is divided into nine [[Provinces of Sãikyel|provinces]] (''hervesiervat''), which are further divided into numerous municipalities (''avyaktat''), most of them based around an urban nucleus and farming or other resources in the surroundings. Three of these provinces are [[Provincial-level city|provincial-level cities]] (Sanain: ''hervesiervasadat''): [[Sãikyel City]], [[Nevensad]], and [[Hanbibi]]. Provincial-level cities are not divided into municipalities, but boroughs (''ãibeset'') or neighborhoods (''kaldat''). Hanbibi and Nevensad also have independent settlements in them named autonomous urbanizations (''avtonomiurbanizãltat'').

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! !! Administrative <br/> Level !! Native Name !! Description !! Number !! Representation in Parliament
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| '''Sãikyel''' || 2 || Vara || The country || 1 || ''Constitutes''
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| '''Provinces''' || 4 || Hervesiervat || Major subdivisions of the country || 9 || Delegates apportioned per municipality count, 10 in the House of States
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| '''Provincial-level cities''' || 4 || Hervesiervasadat|| City-states || 3 || 10 in the House of States, proportional to population
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| '''Cities''' || 6 || Sadat || Urban collections of municipalities || 10 || Represented by municipalities
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| '''Municipalities''' || 8 || Avyaktat || Subdivisions of provinces || 50 || Make up provincial delegate count
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| '''Boroughs''' || 8 || Saddistriktet (in [[Sãikyel City]]), ãibeset || Divisions of provincial-level cities, or of municipalities within cities || Varies by city || Representation only in city legislature
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| '''Kaldet''' (rural or urban) || 9 || Kaldat || Village or town || Hundreds || Municipalities
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| '''Autonomous urbanizations''' || 9 || Avtonomiurbanizãltat || Villages within provincial-level cities || Roughly 10-20 per provincial-level city || Represented by boroughs in city legislature
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| '''Neighborhoods''' || 9 || Taigat || Subdivisions of city boroughs || Varies by city || Represented by boroughs in city legislature
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[[Category:Countries in Uletha]]
[[Category:Sãikyel]]

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