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Milan, officially the Commonwealth of Milan, is a state located on the island of Urlazio within Cartadania's Charente region. With 19.4 million residents across a total area of about 92375.7 km2, Milan is the fifth-most populous and twentieth-most extensive, but fourth-most densely populated state in Cartadania. The state capital is the city of Auvergne in central Milan, which is also the most populous city in the state. Greater Auvergne is the most populous urban region in the state, with 7.2 million residents spread amongst nine parishes.

Milan is the only state in Cartadania with a multi-lingual history, that being Charentais which is a regional variety of Burgoignesc, that originates outside of Cartadania (although Montecarlo has Charentais as co-official, this is due to Milanese migration). Most Milanese people are bilingual at minimum and many state signs also appear in Charentais. Milan was the first state to use the term parish instead of county for its first-level divisions and the second state, after Verona, to call itself a commonwealth.

Some Milan urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by a mixture of Burgoignac, Latin, Native Cartadanian, and Istroyan cultures that they are considered to be exceptional even in Cartadania. Before the Cartadanian control of the territory in 1711, areas of the current Commonwealth of Milan had been part of both a Burgoignac colony and for a brief period, a Caphirian one. In 1829, Cartadanian was for a time made the sole language of instruction in Milan schools before a policy of multilingualism was revived in 1904. There has never been an official language in Milan, and the state constitution enumerates "the right of the people to preserve, foster, and promote their respective historic, linguistic, and cultural origins," whether Cartadanian, Charentais, or otherwise.

History
Milan's history is quite unique in that, unlike the other states of Cartadania, its basis for exist, whether cultural or otherwise, is rooted in its origin as an early port for the Burgoignac in their maritime travels. Though not intended to continue as an entity of its own, the arrival of the southeast Levantines sparked the creation of a creole cultural (hence the nickname "Creole Commonwealth") region unlike anywhere else in Cartadania. Although Cartadania's complete control of the area did not occur until the early 1710s, Alahuela maintained a hands off approach to much of the northern portion of the commonwealth, where the Charentais culture began developing.

The name Charentais is from the region of Urlazio where this culture developed; the Charente. The area extends outside of Milan into the states of Aleira and Cambria, south into Acara and easterly slightly into Triessa, although Triessa and San Andreas are typically not included due to their more Latin-dominated cultures. Despite this, Milan has continuously been referred to as the birthplace of the culture. According to historians, the specific dialect arose around the early to mid-18th century from Milan's northern coast and spread southeasterly toward the Aurillac River. Although it is considered a dialect of Burgoignesc, due to it's standard Latin, Cartadanian, and native influences, it can be difficult for Levantine speakers to understand Charentais.

Though a Caphirian colony and eventual province for a short period, actual Caphirian influence in the region was minimal and the Latin influences seen in other states did not quite permeate Milan as heavily. Nonetheless, Venceia's impact on Milan can still be seen, mostly in the area of cuisine, where Milan's creole cuisine has a lot of pasta-based dishes more akin to border states (i.e., Triessa and San Andreas) and Hispania region.

Among many of the other notable features of Urlazio that Milan lacks is the cultural remnants of Istroyan civilization. Although there is evidence of their presence in Milan, the Istroyan structures known as "arxi" are not as abundant in Milan. Some historians believe that this may be due to lack of desire by the Istroyans to expand so far westerly, especially across the Aurillac River, in having to deal with other cultures and people groups, while others believe the structures may have been destroyed or dismantled by Latinic and Cartic peoples.