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The '''Union State of Hollona and Diorisia''', also known by its unofficial name, the '''Vandarch Republic''', is a country in [[Levantia]]. It is located in the extreme northwestern region of [[Dericania]] and borders the Vandarch.  The Union State is unique within what was Dericania as having a lasting [[Anglei|Ænglish]] cultural influence, leading to the creation of a heavily Ænglicized Derian culture within the country and a national identity - the [[Derian_identity#Vandarchines|Vandarchine]] people - which largely views itself in contrast to the nearby [[Derian_identity#Rhotians|Rhotians]]. Though the united republic was established during the [[Second Fratricide]], the union of Hollona and Diorisia dates to the mid-16th century, when the former [[Anglei|Ænglish realm]] territory of the Duchy of Hollona was inherited by the Elector of Diorisia, giving the much larger territory of Diorisia access to the Vandarch. The two duchies were collectively inherited by the crown of [[Faneria]] during the 19th century, introducing significant Fanerian cultural influence to the territory and its possession made Faneria, for a time, the dominant power on the Vandarch. It remained under the Fanerian dynasty following the fall of the monarchy in that country before the Vandarchine monarchy itself was overthrown and replaced in the 1930s.