Saami

Saami, officially the Democratic Republic of Saami and abbreviated to DRS, is a country located on the Saami Peninsula. The region is mainly made of snow, with a wide coast. The country has 4 districts; the Greater Rovaniemi District (which holds Rovaniemi and Ivalo), the Nivala Mountains (which holds Nivala), Kemi (which holds Kemi), and Western Saami (which holds Salla). The nation is planning to create 3 other cities, Kittilä, Kuusamo & Sodankyle, however they are only in planning process.

Etymology
The name 'Saami' comes from the Finnish word 'Sami', but with 2 A's to differentiate the regions.

Early History
100 years ago, the Saami Peninsula was discovered by a group of tribalists who came from spawn island and were trying to find an isolated area which lived in extreme cold. The tribes would then divide themselves into 4 kingdoms. The Kingdom of Kemi (which held the east), the Kingdom of Saami (which held the south), the Republic of Lappi (which held the west) and the Tribes of Salla (which held the north). The kingdoms lived in peace for many years until the Kingdom of Kemi, who felt threatened by the ever expanding Tribes of Salla, attacked Salla. This triggered the Kemi-Salla War, which Kemi won and annexed all of Salla. Soon after the war Kemi made an alliance with Lappi to protect them from a possible attack from Saami. After unison over 10 years, Lappi and Kemi had a united attack against Saami, however it failed and Saami annexed all of Lappi and taking the former Salla lands from Kemi. A few months later Saami established the Democratic Republic of Saami which was controlled mainly by Saami but Salla and Lappi also had power over the decisions of Saami. 30 years later Kemi would eventually join Saami, which angered many of the citizens. This caused a mass migration to the Ivala Mountains, where the former Kemians would create an isolationists state. Soon after the annexation of Kemi, Lappi would rename itself to Kittilä.

Sitaku Establishment
After the declaration of the Sitaku Union the Democratic Republic of Saami was officially registered as one of the founding states. There is no definite date but the official estimate is June 6th, 2019. The state was set in the Saami Peninsula which has a mainly snowy theme, with mountains covering the center of the peninsula. The nation started with only Rovaniemi but soon after Ivalo (which had a name dispute between Ivalo and Ivola) was built, with an airport. The town would not exist until a few months later.

Expansion & Railway Projects
During this time, Saami created the expansion project. This added the cities of Salla and Kemi to the map as planning cities. The railway project also started, being a simple railway from Rovaniemi to Ivalo and vice versa.

1st General Elections
As the Saami Centrist Party (SCP) was newly developed, they decided to join the 1st General Elections of Sitaku. The SCP decided to go under economic union, as this could make Sitaku more economically stable. The SCP would go on to win Economic Union status which would also indirectly cause the Katahou Civil War as the loss of the elections had put the leadership of Katahou in question.

Declaration of Neutrality
A few weeks after the 1st General Elections Saami would declare neutrality. This is due to the harsh nature of war and Saami did not want their nation to be associated with it. The nation is still neutral to this day and will always be until someone declares war on them.

Construction of Nivala
As Saami had discovered a new town beside Ivalo they decided to name it Nivala due to the similar locations. Nivala has been built to host land marks like the Nivala Luge and the Dancing Water Fountain. Nivala is also a small area with interesting tradition which catches the eyes of tourists. However Nivala has now held the homes to Old Age Kemi Elitists who want to reunite their kingdom.

The ISO Controversy
After the construction of Nivala, the people got scared that their traditions would be replaced by Saami traditions. This led the newly created Isolationist Organization of Saami (ISO) fuelled by Kemi elitists and it gained more power than the SCP for 2 days. During this, Nivala was seperated as it's own district, Nivala Mountains, and Nivala was mainly separated from Saami due to isolation. This caused controversy under the parliament, however the SCP leaders decided to let ISO rule Nivala.

Renaming of Ivalo Airport
As Greater Rovaniemi district was founded, the people wanted to have more representation (as there weren't many landmarks in Rovaniemi at the time). This caused the parliament to host a vote, with a ratio of 14/6 for renaming the airport. Later the name was decided to be changed to Greater Rovaniemi Airport. This however caused some problems with Nivala, as majority of ISO did not agree. This led to the SCP keeping the name Ivalo Airport in Saamian (Iualo Lentakent).

Establishment of Kemi and Salla
On the 10th of December 2019, Kemi was founded as apart of the Democratic Republic of Saami. It was named the capital city of the Kemi province and was given a vote for who will have main influence over the area, where the SCP won by 65% (with 30% for ISO and 5% for LPS). This is quite surprising as Kemi usuallt has major support for IOS. Salla was also established less than a month later on the 27th of January 2020, with SCP winning again by 75% (with 20% for LPS and 5% for FFS).

Active Parties
Saami has 7 political parties. The SCP, the LPS, the IOS, the SSP, the SMO, the FFS and the IPS.