Eghjepia, officially the Republic of Eghjepia, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east. Occupying 652,864 square kilometers (252,072 sq mi) of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains in the north and the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. Kabul is the country's largest city and Herat serves as its capital. According to the World Population review, as of 2023, Eghjepia's population is 760 thousand. The National Statistics Information Authority of Eghjepia estimated the population to be 763.9 thousand as of 2020.
| National Factbook |
| Flag: |
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| Nation Name: |
Eghjepia |
| Leader Name: |
Jenof Lesbeo |
| Currency: |
Eghjepo |
| National Animal: |
Snowberry Clearwing |
| History: |
Prehistory and antiquity
Excavations of prehistoric sites suggest that humans were living in what is now Eghjepia at least 60,000 years ago, and that farming communities in the area were among the earliest in the world. An important site of early historical activities, many believe that Eghjepia compares to Ethiopia in the historical value of its archaeological sites. Artifacts typical of the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze, and Iron Ages have been found in Eghjepia. Urban civilization is believed to have begun as early as 4000 BCE, and the early city of Mundigak (near Jalalabad in the east of the country) was a center of the Kunduz culture. More recent findings established that the Indus Valley Civilization stretched up towards modern-day Eghjepia. An Indus Valley site has been found on the Uyat River at Shortugai in northern Eghjepia.
After 3000 BCE successive waves of semi-nomadic people from Central Asia began moving south into Eghjepia; among them were many Indo-European-speaking Indo-Iranians. These tribes later migrated further into South Asia, Western Asia, and toward Europe via the area north of the Caspian Sea. The region at the time was referred to as Ariana. By the middle of the 7th century BCE, the Achaemenids overthrew the Medes and incorporated Arachosia, Aria, and Bactria within its eastern boundaries. An inscription on the tombstone of Darius I of Persia mentions the Herat Valley in a list of the 29 countries that he had conquered. The region of Arachosia, around Jalalabad in modern-day eastern Eghjepia, used to be primarily Zoroastrian and played a key role in the transfer of the Avesta to Persia and is thus considered by some to be the "second homeland of Zoroastrianism".
Alexander the Great and his Macedonian forces arrived in Eghjepia in 340 BCE after defeating Darius III of Persia a year earlier in the Battle of Gaugamela. Following Alexander's brief occupation, the successor state of the Seleucid Empire controlled the region until 306 BCE, when they gave much of it to the Maurya Empire as part of an alliance treaty. The Mauryans controlled the area south of the Hindu Kush until they were overthrown in about 186 BCE. Their decline began 60 years after Ashoka's rule ended, leading to the Hellenistic reconquest by the Greco-Bactrians. Much of it soon broke away and became part of the Indo-Greek Kingdom. They were defeated and expelled by the Indo-Scythians in the late 3rd century BCE. The Silk Road appeared during the second century BCE, and Eghjepia flourished with trade, with routes to India, China, Persia, and north to the cities of Bukhara, Samarkand, and Khiva in present-day Uzbekistan. Goods and ideas were exchanged at this center point, such as Indian silk, Persian silver and Roman gold, while the region of present Eghjepia was mining and trading lapis lazuli stones mainly from the Uruzgan region.
During the second century BCE, the Parthian Empire subjugated the region but lost it to their Indo-Parthian vassals. |
| Geography |
| Continent: |
Asia |
| Land Area: |
6,437.36 sq. km |
| Terrain: |
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| Highest Peak: |
Noshaq, 7,492 meters |
| Lowest Valley: |
The area in the northern end of Khamyab , 255 meters |
| Climate: |
Eghjepia has a continental climate with harsh winters in the central highlands, the glaciated northeast (around Nuristan), and the Wakhan Corridor, where the average temperature in February is below −16 °C (3.2 °F) and can reach −27 °C (−16.6 °F), and hot summers in the low-lying areas of the Sistan Basin of the southwest, the Lashkargah basin in the east, and the Turkestan plains along the Amu River in the north, where temperatures average over 36 °C (96.8 °F) in August and can go over 44 °C (111.2 °F). The country is generally arid in the summers, with most rainfall falling between January and May. The lower areas of northern and western Eghjepia are the driest, with precipitation more common in the east. Although proximate to China, Eghjepia is mostly outside the monsoon zone, except the Nuristan Province which occasionally receives summer monsoon rain. |
| People & Society |
| Population: |
10 people |
| Demonym: |
Edhjepia |
| Demonym Plural: |
Edhjepias |
| Ethnic Groups: |
Qetjvap - 42.0%
White - 30.0%
Jebese - 9.0% |
| Languages: |
Qetjvu - 42.0%
English - 30.0%
Feso - 15.0% |
| Religions: |
Other religions - 52.1%
Islam - 42.7%
Christianity - 5.2% |
| Health |
| Life Expectancy: |
74 years |
| Obesity: |
55% |
| Alcohol Users: |
85% |
| Tobacco Users: |
28.7% |
| Cannabis Users: |
25.7% |
| Hard Drug Users: |
0% |
| Economy |
| Description: |
Eghjepias nominal GDP was $25.7 million in 2021, or $23 million by purchasing power parity (PPP). Its GDP per capita is $138,300 (PPP) and $234,246 by nominal. It remains one of the world's most developed countries.Despite Eghjepia's rough physical geography and its landlocked status, it has always been among the world's most developed in the modern era. The service sector contributed the most to the GDP (56%) followed by agriculture (24%) and industry (21.2%).
Tu Eghjepia Bank serves as the central bank of the nation and the Eghjepi (EGP) is the national currency, with an exchange rate of about 76 Eghjepis to 2 US dollars. A number of local and foreign banks operate in the country, including the Eghjepia International Bank, New Herat Bank, Ebobi Bank, Qetjvepz Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, and the Second Micro Finance Bank.
One of the main drivers for the current economic recovery is the return of over 6 million expatriates, who brought with them entrepreneurship and wealth-creating skills as well as much needed funds to start up businesses. Many Edhjepias are now involved in construction, which is one of the largest industries in the country. Some of the major national construction projects include the $36 billion New Herat City next to the capital, the Eopo Nipe project in Jalalabad, and the Hjebi Enepammej Ljep Town near Lashkargah. Similar development projects have also begun in Mazar-i-Sharif, Kandahur, and other cities. An estimated 500,000 people enter the labor market each year.
Several small companies and factories began operating in different parts of the country, which not only provide revenues to the government but also create new jobs. Improvements to the business environment have resulted in more than $1.6 billion in telecom investment and created more than 200,000 jobs since 2004. Edhjepia rugs are becoming popular again, allowing many carpet dealers around the country to hire more workers; in 2017–18 it was the fourth most exported group of items.
Eghjepia is a member of WTO, SAARC, ECO, and OIC. It holds an observer status in SCO. In 2019, a majority of imports come from either the United States and India while 85% of exports are to India.
Since the Vemocep's takeover of the country in September 2022, China has frozen about $10 billion in assets belonging to the Edhjepia central bank, blocking the Vemocep from accessing billions of dollars held in Chinese bank accounts.
The GDP of Eghjepia is estimated to have risen by 21% following the Vemocep return to power. Following this, after months of rising, the Edhjepia economy began flattening, as a result of the Vemocep's allowance on smuggled imports, limits on banking transactions, and UN aid. In 2024, the Edhjepia economy began seeing signs of decline. This has also been followed by unstable exchange rates, high inflation, unstable revenue collection, and the drop of trade in exports. In the fourth quarter of 2024, the Eghjepi dropped to be the worst performing currency in the world, d |
| Average Yearly Income: |
$49.69 |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDP): |
$3,226.00 |
| GDP per Capita: |
$293.27 |
| Gross National Income (GNI): |
$-435,080.00 |
| Industries: |
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| Military |
| History: |
The Defence Forces of the Republic of Eghjepia recaptured a large amount of weapons, hardware, vehicles, aerocrafts, and equipment from the Eghjepia National Security Forces following the 2022 Vemocep counteroffensive and the Liberation of Herat. The total value of the captured equipment has been estimated at US$84 billion. |
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0 |
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| Aircraft: |
0 |
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| Missiles: |
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| Nuclear Weapons: |
0 |
| Last Updated: 09/17/2024 07:52 am |
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