Ovetta

Ovetta (Banlieueregis Ovetta), is a Province of Caphiria located on Caphiria's portion of the island Urlazio. Ovetta is landlocked, sharing borders with the provinces Icasta and Netharra to its northwest and northeast, Canterra to its southwest, and Narico to its south. Ovetta is a cultural and tourist haven with things like Coriovallum University as well as being a center for food and automobile production, naval construction, fishing, wine making, and the manufacture of aeronautical equipment, armaments, maps, paper, tobacco, printing, shoes, and electronic equipment. Antalepis is the capital of Ovetta.

Ovetta is also notable for its many ruined towers, called Arxi, which are some of the only physical remains of the Adonerii civilization. Ovetta has the most preserved Arxi in the Imperium and possibly the world as Caphiria takes preservation of ancient cultures - notably related to Latinic culture - incredibly significant and crucial.

History
The original inhabitants of Ovetta were two tribes, the Olvucchorso and Lomincori, who would eventually join the Adonerii League and become part of the Adonerii civilization in the 14th century BC. The capital of Adonerum, Antalepis, was on Ovetta and served as the infrequent meeting place of the various tribes and city-states to discuss trade and politics. Over time, other city-states from Adonerum and local tribes from Sarpedon would vie for control of the area which led to the development and use of the Arxi, military protective towers.

By the 600s BC, a series of natural disasters had ruined Antalepis and crippled Adonerum which led to a power vacuum and dozens of smaller tribes like the Agaro, Visustrati, and Camplectați broke out for control over the territory. This led to the fall of the once-thriving urban population centers in the area and the resurgence of scattered rural villages and small independent city-states. The largest of these was the citystate of Luridarinis, one of the smaller tribes that originated from the Adonerii League that had managed to survive the fall of Adonerum. The leader, Avonatepes of Luridarinis, engaged in a series of wars against the Visustrati and Camplectați known as the Luridarian Conflict. Eventually, Avonatepes had defeated all of his rivals at the expense of depleting virtually all of his city-state's resources in the process. With no more than a few dozen men, Avonatepes made an incredible gamble and sailed south until he reached the mainland with the rationale being that he couldn't go north to Levantia or east/west where the ocean seemed endless.

To his surprise, Avonatepes stumbled onto the Latinic people who seemed to be the regional hegemon. Even more surprising was the fact that Avonatepes was able to communicate with the Latins with no translator and realized that their cultures had significant overlap. A deal was made in that Avonatepes would be given the resources needed to ensure that Luridarinis would survive on the condition that Luridarinis would be the first line of defense against any hostile foreigner or peoples that did not speak their language.

This deal remained intact for close to two centuries until the successors of the Latinic people, the Republic of Caphiria, went through a period of rapid expansion and conquest. During this time, Luridarinis had remained a relatively small city-state that Caphiria valued for its pastures and rich countryside. The Caphirians continued to honor the deal of their ancestors until an ambitious senator, Commonesius Valianus, passed a bill that allowed Luridarinis to remain independent with some autonomy as a civitas foederata (allied state). In theory, this didn't alter the longstanding deal but in practice it meant that Luridarinis was under Caphirian control and they were in no position to try to argue this as it would have been foolish to try to go to war.

Within a few decades of Valianus' bill, Luridarinis was a full-fledged part of the Caphirian Republic. It had been "promoted" to the status of province, had been renamed to the more Latinic-name of Ovetta, and its new capital was named after its ancestral capital, Antalepis.

Administrative divisions
Ovetta is divided into 5 regions and 19 prefectures, and the capital is Antalepis. Its Praetor, Machus Elvorena, was elected in 2020 and is in his second term.

Culture
The culture of Ovetta is rich with a vast array of culture and history. The Adonerii civilization were among the first to colonize the land and their legacy and influence is found across the entire province. The Adonerii were well known for construction of Arxi, a kind of tower-fortress, and over 79 of these are still intact across Ovetta. Ovetta also has the most Adonerii temples and ruins have within Caphiria and a lot of the modern culture is shaped around this cultural heritage.

In the 18th century, Castra Osaniovo was the last city to be visited by philosophers who created the "Grand Tour" which was the big touring voyage to visit all the important cultural sites of the Sarpedonic continent.

Contemporary and modern arts
The so-called "School of Liccio" and "School of Fazzucisi", dating from the late 19th to early 20th centuries, included painters such as Gilo Melini, Zolisi Maciusobel, Malviti, Clerra Dianaracci, and Casio of Suro.

Ovettan artists, actors, playwrights, and showmen included Ocleria Vescaratino, Zinius Monoè, Caliussa D'Ardon and Berreo Paratto. Julio Bucchiproni produced Diperondà, one of the most important comedians in Ovetta during the 20th century.

Opera singer Vaccio Bala was also a native of Ovetta. In the 20th century, the music genre canticum Ovetta (traditional Ovettan music) song became popular worldwide, with songs such as "O sole mio", "Estri", "En Câmbare", "Tentero Tentero", and "Amare Eloveto".

Sports
Ovetta is home to several national football, water polo, volleyball, basketball and tennis clubs.

The fencing school in D'odio is the oldest in the country and the only school in Caphiria in which a swordsman can acquire the title "master of swords", which allows him or her to teach the art of fencing.

The Circolo Caviza and Canottieri Pigiambide sailing clubs are among the oldest in Caphiria and are known for their grueling regattas. These are also home of the main water polo teams in the province. Rowers Pigo Pragorcinna and Biace Apifertorio were born in Magius and are four times rowing world champions and Olympic gold medalists.