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By the dawn of the 16th century, Diorisia was ruled by the House of Agreiter, a local family of nobles whose earliest history can be traced to the Duchy in the 11th century. The House of Agreiter remained loyal Catholics in the face of the rising {{wp|Protestant Reformation}}, and the Dukes became increasingly alarmed by the rise of Protestantism taking place in the neighboring [[Anglei#Kingdom_period|Ænglish Kingdom]]. Consequently, the Dukes readily participated in the [[Emperor of the Levantines]]' call for war against the Ænglish in the [[Nordmontaine War]]. At the end of that war, the Ænglish Kingdom was dissolved into its constituent duchies. The Duchy of Hollona, which neighbored Diorisia, was given to the House of Agreiter, creating a united Hollona-Diorisia polity. The Duke of Diorisia was created a member of the [[Collegial Electorate]] in [[1580]] by [[Leo III, Emperor of the Levantines]], replacing a defunct Protestant electorate elsewhere. From then on, the two duchies were ruled by an Elector. Over the next century, integrating two realms of roughly equal size (as well as dealing with the aftermath of the religious turmoil and subsequent [[Dragonnades]]) became the primary task to which the Dukes of Hollona-Diorisia set themselves. In the north-central [[Holy Levantine Empire]], the destruction of the Ænglish Kingdom created a power vacuum into which the Electorate stepped, and between [[1560]] and [[1817]] it was the predominant polity on the southeastern Vandarch basin region.  

====Moving the court to Rheydt====

===Fanerian domination===

In [[1817]], the final Elector of the House of Agreiter died without heir. Due to a series of marriages concluded beginning in [[1760]], Hollona-Diorisia fell to the King of [[Faneria]], [[Luthais Suthar-Màrtainn]]. The inheritance of the Electorate by the King (who styled himself Elector Luthair I) was welcomed by the [[Imperial Diet]], who sought a counterbalance to both [[Urcea]] and [[Fiannria]] within the context of the [[Recess of the Julii]]. The role of the Fanerian ruler in the Collegial Electorate was also envisioned to provide legitimacy and recognition to the office of [[Emperor of the Levantines]] and overall stabilize the Empire. Offering concessions to ensure the continued authority of the local nobility, the Diet ratified the succession on 4 November [[1817]]. The succession proved a major impetus for the [[Third Kin War]], which the Electorate's forces joined Fanerian forces in defeating [[Fiannria]]; the ensuing territorial settlement established the modern border between the Union State and Fiannria.

Early uprisings in the Derian revolutionary period of the war led the Elector of Diorisia to abandon the principality on May 18th, 1934, though not after attempting to make an anti-[[Urcea]]n, pro-Fanerian appeal. Following his flight, the territory was reorganized as the Vandarch Autonomous Area of the [[Deric Republic]], though in practice it became the domain of a loosely allied band of Derian nationalist warlords. Until the entry of [[Faneria]] into the war, the Vandarch Autonomous Area was largely an ignored theater of the war in [[Dericania]], but with the entry of Faneria and sudden need to resupply Fiannria with Levantine goods, the area became a top priority of allied planners. There was also significant concern that the Fanerians would attempt to restore their influence and control over the territory.  

====Post-Great Wars====

Hollona and Diorisia was a founding member of the [[Deric States]] organization which was established in 1953.

On March 8 [[2023]], Hollona and Diorisia formally informed the [[Levantine Union]] of its intention to leave the [[Deric States]] organization and become a standalone member of the Union, effective immediately. This decision triggered the first stages of the [[Dissolution of the Deric States]].

====Reform movement====

In the wake of the Union's secession from the Deric States, the idea of the Vandarchine culture became a centerpiece of popular media and public discourse throughout the 2020s. As part of this movement, significant public interest formed around reforming the state from a federation of two distinctive states into a single unified republic. "Vandarchine Polity", the popular name for this concept, became a rallying cry of activists beginning in [[2025]]. These activists argued that the two-state union was, like the Deric States, an anachronism that did not properly reflect the cultural unity and shared sense of self that Vandarchine people now held. These activists organized the States-Republican Party (SRP). The States-Republican Party won a surprising minority share of the Hollona States-Council in the [[2025]] elections, and although it was not in government it became the third largest party with about a fifth of all the seats in that body. It followed this with a result that shocked most pundits and observers in the [[2026]] Popular Assembly election, winning another large minority share of about 16 of 78 seats. The next year, it followed suit in the Diorisia States-Council election, though there it won a third of all seats; the governing Union National Party there formed a coalition with the SRP, putting it into government the first time. The coalition condition required 2 of Diorisia's 5 States Union Council members to be members of the SRP. Now entrenched in all four major legislative bodies, the SRP became the primary organization through which pro-unification activists organize, which it remains to this day. In the [[2029]] Popular Assembly election, it won 20 seats but was kept out of the majority by a Union National Party - Alliance for the Public Welfare rainbow coalition. It neither gained nor lost seats in the [[2030]] Hollona election, but its popularity forced the Union National Party to coopt the platform and begin an official study of the matter of unification. In the critical [[2032]] elections - held in both Diosiria and nationally - the SRP retained its status in Diorisia as a coalition partner and entered a coalition with the Union National Party in the Popular Assembly as well.

== Government ==

The politics and administration of Hollona and Diorisia take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy. The country is a federation and is governed under the Federal Agreement of [[1952]], which has statutory power as the country's constitution. The nation's construction as a federation has major implications on how the executive and legislative branches of government are shaped. The Union is divided into two entities, the Republic of Hollona and the Republic of Diorisia, which have significant self-governing powers and control over local policy.

The lower chamber, the Popular Assembly, is led by the Chair of the Assembly, and is the nation's chief legislative body, representing 78 proportionally-allocated electoral districts. Assemblymembers six year terms, coinciding with the terms of the Speaker-President. The Assembly considers virutally all matters of state that do not devolve to the constituent Republics, and it has the power to solicit the State Union Council on various legislative issues only under its own request. The Chair of the Assembly is elected at the beginning of each term of the Assembly and serves at its pleasure. The Chair of the Assembly is the {{wp|head of government}} within the Vandarchine system, and is responsible for formulating budgets, appointing cabinet ministers, and as the name implies is generally responsible for the conduct and legislative agenda of the Popular Assembly.  

===Republics and local governments===

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