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'''Vitrea''', officially the '''State of Vitrea''' ({{lang-cd|Estado da Vitrea}}), is one of the thirty-eight federal entities, including [[Alahuela]], that together constitute [[Cartadania]]. It is the nineteenth-most populous Cartadanian state, with approximately 6.8 million residents, as well as the fifteenth-most extensive. The state capital is the city of [[Aguerica]], centrally located within the Valley of Sun and the second-largest arid climate city in Cartadania after [[Oasis Springs, Verona|Oasis Springs]], [[Verona]]. [[Santaluz]], is Vitrea's most populous city, with just over half a million residents, and its metro area is the most populous urban region in the state, with approximately 3.7 million residents.

The state's name literally means "stained glass", originating from the exposed {{wp|amethyst}} {{wp|outcropping}}s found in the state's interior, thought to have been created by the volcano that once stood there, now a caldera lake. Vitrea arose from the lands of southwestern Satheria, a rainforest periphery region that extends as far north as northern [[Loumara]]. Vitrea, though not as economically influential as some of the eastern states, became one of the earliest and most influential industrial powerhouses during the 19th century in Cartadania's southwest. The state's economy has become quite diverse over the years, although {{wp|healthcare industry|health care}}, {{wp|transport industry|transportation}}, and the government remain the largest sectors, and it remains relatively dependent on {{wp|natural gas}} production, as well as {{wp|tourism industry|tourism}}. The state government has an elaborate system of tax credits and technical assistance to promote job growth and business investment, especially in new technologies.

Vitrea has diverse terrain and landforms, and from east to west, contains a mix of cultural features characteristic of Etracian, Coastal, and Satherian regions. The [[Aegis Mountains]] along the eastern border reach some of the highest elevations in the country. The central part of the state is marked by the Korahanui desert and Lençois zone, while level, fertile plains define West Vitrea (except for the Aqutiak mountains separating the desert from the coast. The state is twice bisected by the [[Sargantana River]], and the [[DuQuesne River]] forms its northwestern border with [[Miraflores]]. On a more explicit basis, its economy is dominated by the health care, {{wp|music industry|music}}, {{wp|finance industry|finance}}, {{wp|automotive industry|automotive}}, {{wp|chemical industry|chemical}}, {{wp|electronics industry|electronics}}, and tourism sectors, and {{wp|cattle}}, {{wp|soybeans}}, {{wp|corn}}, {{wp|poultry}}, and {{wp|cotton}} are its primary agricultural products. Much of the state lies within the [[Valley of Sun (Cartadania)|Valley of Sun]], an arid bowl-like region that contains the Korahanui and is bordered by the Aqutiak and Aegis mountain ranges. The Aegis Mountains run through the confluence of the Etracian, Lusia, and Satheria regions in an area known as the Sargantana Ridge, where the state's highest point, [[Ponto Ellisstino]], can be found. The valley extends southwesterly until it meets the Aqutiak. Though the state lies in the tropics geographically, the majority of the state's interior experiences a hot semi-arid desert climate as a result of the rain shadows produced by the Aqutiak and Aegis ranges, which in turn formed the Korahanui Desert. Despite this desertification in the states interior, the land west of the Aqutiak is extremely lush, fed by the two rivers on either side and a heavy amount of rainfall.

Vitrea's early settlements and population centers clustered around rivers and other waterways that empty into the Kindreds Sea and tended to be more common outside of the state's interior. In 1881, Vitrea's current boundaries took form following the settlement of a border dispute with [[Loumara]] within the Korahanui desert as Vitrea became a state. Vitrea's moderately sized population and economy give it some influence in national politics, as it serves as a major battleground in presidential elections, most notably in 1984 and 1988.

Vitrea is thought to have been inhabited for the last approximately 4,000 years by indigenous groups descended from southern Taínean offshoots arising near modern-day Rumahoki. Well-preserved artifacts left by the Caleran people (for which Calexia is named) in the Valley of Sun depicting animals, people, and symbols were made over a time period of eight thousand years preceding the Iron Age, based on about 300,000 records. Although the demography of ancient Vitrea was multi-ethnic, including, for example, Tuscans and Linaca besides the Calarans, the latter were the dominant constituent. They inhabited and controlled much of the Valley of Sun and northwestern portions of the Etracia region as far south as parts of northern Calexia, Navarra, and Guanilu.

The arrival of Latinate people in the Valley of Sun is thought to have occurred around 926 A.D. and, due to the difficulty reaching the area across the Aegis Mountains and Tainean and Kindreds Seas separating Cartadania from the mainland, as well as the dense forests and large rivers of neighboring states, presence remained quite miniscule. Intermixing amongst the groups generated a local culture quite unique to the area, especially considering the desert landscape of the state. The part of today's Vitrea southeast of the DuQuesne river – together with the present state of Miraflores – became Regio Satheria (Miraflores and Vitrea), while modern Vitrea west of the Aqutiak Ridge was part of a separate territory.

Though Vitrea was not a state in 1697 when the [[Ano Vermelho]] initially got its footing, the upper-class that oversaw Verona and the other two states through monetary means and held control of the state's resources that were exiled used Satheria as a stopping block, whether trans-Aqutiak or via the various seas. As a result of early Cartadania being thrust into a civil war between the classes, Satheria, under the control of the lower- and middle-class, became a sort of base for many events being planned west of the greater Luson region. These individuals would eventually become an integral part of the state's history and economy. The Ano Vermelho is where the state gets it's motto, ''Semper Vigilans'', a Latin phrase meaning "always vigilant".

The federal official language in Cartadania is [[Cartadanian language|Cartadanian]], and as a result, the language of business, government, and instruction in Vitra is Cartadanian as well. Uniquely among the southern states, some 16% percent of the state is reportedly fluent in [[Loa Republic|Insuo Loa]], and another 15% speaks a language other than the two aforementioned. Approximately 39% of the population has reported speaking a {{wp|mother language}} other than Cartadanian at home in Vitrea, with the most common languages spoken in the state as of 2023 being [[Loa Republic|Insuo Loa]], [[Pelaxia]]n, [[Latin language|Latin]], [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]], and [[Kiravic Coscivian#Peripheral dialects|Svéaran Kiravic]].