Nusafi Confederation

The Nusafi Confederation is a transcontinental country. Alongside Rishabha, it is one of the two global superpowers in the world and one of the largest countries by land area and population.

In its current form, the Confederation was formed between several smaller states sharing a vision of nationalist democratic socialism and based on the ideology of Nusafi nationalism. The majority of the territory of the country is located on the continent of Saharal, sharing borders only with Zawam and one other country.

Notably the Nusafi Confederation does not include all territory regarded by the Confederal government as being part of the Nusafi homeland as well as including large ethnic minority populations, particularly in its southern regions. The island of Jazara is regarded as being part of this territory but is currently divided into four separate states. Three of these are opposed to unification while East Jazara has been prevented from unification by geopolitical factors emerging from the Jazaran Civil War of the late 1940s.

In constitutional terms, the country is organised as a confederation of independent states who have voluntarily entered into a unifying agreement and ceded control over aspects of foreign policy, the military and the economy. As a consequence of this, the various states that constitute the Confederation retain extensive powers over most areas of public policy.

History and politics
For over half a century, the Confederation has operated according to the political philosophy of Yusufism based primarily on the political thought of Khalid Hanif Yusuf. In the early 20th century, Yusuf led a group of states to victory in the Nusafi Wars to form a socialist and republican confederation after emerging victorious in an internal political struggle in the Second Nusafi Republic.

In the late 1960s, widespread student uprisings led to a programme of domestic political reform in the Confederation and various democratic reforms were introduced under new leadership. Yusufism has had a global impact and has become the dominant force for socialism in the international context. Various countries aligned with Yusufist principles have organised in the International Community of States.

In recognition of the confederal structure of the government, the country has no single official capital and the institutions are spread throughout major cities in each of the Confederation's constituent states. Zarma on the western continent hosts the executive branch, Taminayem hosts the legislature and El Khroutaf hosts the judiciary. Various major offices of government are located in other cities and states.

At present the country is composed of nine states, each with significant political autonomy. Seven of these states are located in Saharal and two are located in Haritan. Each of these states corresponds to historical administrative divisions in the region with the exception of Onakia, which was created as a specific state for the Onaki people to preserve their autonomy.