Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu, Arabic: الإمبراطورية العثمانية, Persian: امپراتوری عثمانی), also known as the Ottoman State (Turkish: Osmanlı Devleti) is a transcontinental, multinational, multilingual nation located primarily in Asia Minor. It is one of the largest nations in the world, one of the most populous nations in the world, and one of the most economically prosperous nation in the world, managing freedoms of religion, freedoms of speech, freedoms of commerce and freedoms of press. The decrees established by the Papers of Delimitation (Turkish: Sınırlarından Kağıtlar) promised a series of humane rights for the people and inhibited certain absolute abilities of the monarch.