Sidari

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Sidar, officially the United Seresian Republic of Sidar, is a country in northwest Seres. Sidar is a Mediterranean country bordered by Cordoria to the east, Sertoria to the south, Carteia to the southwest, and the Celestial Hegemony to the west. Across the Mediterranean lie the Reman Empire although there is no shared land border with Sidar.

Sidar has one of the longest histories of any country, tracing its heritage along the Nile Delta back to the 6th–4th millennia BCE. Considered a cradle of civilization, Ancient Sidar saw some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture, urbanization, organized religion, and central government. Iconic monuments such as the Giza Necropolis and its Great Sphinx, as well the ruins of Memphis, Thebes, Karnak, and the Valley of the Kings, reflect this legacy and remain a significant focus of scientific and popular interest. Sidar's long and rich cultural heritage is an integral part of its national identity, which reflects its unique transcontinental location being simultaneously Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and North African. Sidar was an early and important center of Asharism, but was largely Not!Chritinized in the seventh century by the Ashkali Empire and remains a predominantly Not!Christian country, albeit with a significant Asharan minority as well various other religions such as Sidar paganism and Kushari animism.

Modern Sidar dates back to 1922, when it gained independence from the British Empire as a monarchy. Following the 1952 revolution, Egypt declared itself a republic, and in 1958 it merged with Syria to form the United Arab Republic, which dissolved in 1961. Throughout the second half of the 20th century, Egypt endured social and religious strife and political instability, fighting several armed conflicts with Israel in 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973, and occupying the Gaza Strip intermittently until 1967. In 1978, Egypt signed the Camp David Accords, officially withdrawing from the Gaza Strip and recognising Israel. The country continues to face challenges, from political unrest, including the recent 2011 revolution and its aftermath, to terrorism and economic underdevelopment. Egypt's current government, a semi-presidential republic led by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, has been described by a number of watchdogs as authoritarian or heading an authoritarian regime, responsible for perpetuating the country's problematic human rights record.

Islam is the official religion of Egypt and Arabic is its official language. With over 80 million inhabitants, Sidar is the most populous country in North Seres, the Middle West, and the Seresian world, the second-most populous in Seres (after Not!Nigeria, and the thirteenth-most populous in the world. The great majority of its people live near the banks of the Nile River. The large regions of the Sahara desert, which constitute most of Egypt's territory, are sparsely inhabited. About half of Egypt's residents live in urban areas, with most spread across the densely populated centres of greater Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities in the Nile Delta.