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{{Infobox country

|conventional_long_name = Most Serene and Federative Republic of Lucrecia

|image_flag =        Flag of Lucrecia.svg

|alt_flag =          Flag of Lucrecia

|national_motto =    Libertas

|englishmotto =      ("Liberty")

|royal_anthem =      <!--in inverted commas and wikilinked if link exists-->

|other_symbol_type =  <!--Use if a further symbol exists, e.g. hymn-->

|leader_name1 =      [[Amadeo II, Grand Duke in Lucrecia|Amadeo II]]

|leader_title2 =      [[Consuls of Lucrecia|Consuls]]

|leader_title3 =      [[Edile of Lucrecia|Edile]]

|leader_name3 =      [[Eduardo de San Francisco]]

|leader_title4 =      [[Censor of Lucrecia|Censor]]

|leader_title5 =      [[Chief Pretor of Lucrecia|Chief Pretor]]

|leader_name5 =      [[Xulia Valladares]]

}}

Lucrecia is a {{wp|sovereign state|sovereign}} {{wp|federalism|federal}} {{wp|diarchic}} {{wp|directorial republic}} under a {{wp|semi-presidential|semi-presidential system}}. Although the highest rank in the country is that of the [[Grand Duke in Lucrecia|grand duke]], it should be noted that the title is purely ceremonial and cultural; it carries no authority nor designation as the {{wp|head of state}} (hence why the title uses "in" instead of "of"). Its federal structure is highly complex, consisting of both highly {{wp|autonomous}} [[Communities, cantons, and linguistic areas of Lucrecia|cantons]], of which there are four (the [[Emeritan Republic]], the [[Isurian Generality]], the [[Emerida-Presidential Canton]], and the [[Toledo-Administrative Canton]]), and linguistic communities, of which there are two (the [[Pelaxian Community]], and the [[Isurian Community]]). The Presidential and Administrative cantons are officially bilingual in Pelaxian and Isurian. This complex form of government, formed from linguistic diversity and sociopolitical conflicts, is reflected in the fact that there exists no less than [[List of governments of Lucrecia|seven different governments]] within Lucrecia.

==Etymology==

==History==

===Pelaxian suzerainty===

The establishment of Pelaxian suzerainty over the Republic saw the emergence of a pelaxianised Latinic culture within the span of fifty years as Emeritan elites took on Pelaxian customs, traditions, and even a [[Emeritan Pelaxian|new vernacular of the Pelaxian language]] with many Latinic loanwords. By the year 1554, the Emeritans had effectively became a Romance ethnic group, a far cry from when they had seen themselves as a Latinic ethnic group.

With the unification of the Emeritan Republic and the Isurian Generality being deemed official, the Emeritan elites began to dismantle the peasant-based system in the Generality, establishing new provinces, appointing new provincial governors, and integrating the populace into the low rungs of the social hierarchy. Some ambitious Isurians, in a desperate attempt to retain political relevance, have opted to convert to the Emeritan culture, adopting Emeritan customs, taking on Emeritan names, and pledging loyalty to the Consuls. These so-called "new Emeritans" were often given high positions of authority which made them obscenely wealthy at the expense of their former peers in the Generality. It is through these converted Isurians that the worst aspects of anti-Isurian rhetoric arose, with them deeming themselves to have been civilised and that they have accepted the natural hierarchical order while calling those who have not converted, that being the vast majority of Isurians in the new republic, as being incapable of having the ability to assert themselves in the new political sphere and rise above their peasant origins. Despite this rhetoric, the Isurians were for the most part allowed to keep speaking their language, but they would have to learn Pelaxian if they were to enter politics and have a successful career.

In the name of preserving the young republic, the consuls agreed, ironically, that they would need to look outwards and appoint a junior member of one of the Occident's royal families to serve as a permanent designated dictator, believing that a non-partisan dictator would serve the republic's best interests. After an extensive search, the consuls selected a junior member of the [[House de Weluta]], [[Neill I, Grand Duke in Lucrecia|Archduke Niall of Urcea]] to serve as Lucrecia's permanent designated dictator. This necessitated the creation of royal titles, which, to ensure commitments to republicanism and so as to placate their suzerain, would be purely ceremonial and not replace the consuls as Lucrecia's joint heads of state. The [[first Velucian dictatorship]] from 1685 until 1686 proved to be a tremendous success, with both main political factions eventually settling down and ceasing hostilities soon thereafter.

===Early 20th century===

Lucrecia stayed neutral throughout the [[First Great War|First]] and [[Second Great War|Second]] great wars. This was mostly to maximise profits during both conflicts by keeping trade open between the two factions, though some have argued that Lucrecia may have favoured Caphiria more when it came to trade, giving the Imperium some of the more generous trade deals during this time. During the later years of the interwar era, Lucrecia came under the rule of the [[National Fascist Party]], inspired by the form of [[Caphiric Fascism]] that was formulated by [[Galdo Bertocca]]. During the PNF years, Lucrecian nationalism veered heavily towards a highly nationalistic form of [[Emeritanism]], which originated in the 19th Century as a moralising mission in support of converting the Isurians of Lucrecia into Emeritans. This new form of Emeritanism doubled down on forcibly converting Isurians into Emeritans, with many Isurian intellectuals fleeing the country out of fear of being taken away by the secret police. With the end of the Second Great War resulting in a loss for Caphiria, fascism in Lucrecia quickly became perceived as being a sham by much of the populace. As the regime continued well into the mid-to-late 1940s, more and more people throughout Lucrecia began to demand a return to the democratic system, often resorting to acts of {{wp|civil disobedience}}.

===Popular Amendments of 1970===

===Present history===

==Geography==

Altogether, the three islands covers just over 181,998 km² of land, with Illa Herba Linda being the largest of the three and Illa Vitoria being the smallest. As a nation that solely consists of islands, much of Lucrecia's geography is predominately just above sea level, with Illa Herba Linda being the sole exception being home to the nation's sole mountain and highest point, [[Mount St. Andrew's]]. The lowest point of the country is [[Sextus's Crator]], an oddly-shaped valley located in Emerita that was long thought to have been the impact site of a {{wp|meteorite}} that struck the planet in the 2nd Century BC, though more recent analysis have since debunked this theory, stating that it is nothing more than a deep U-shaped valley that came to be due to glaciation from long before the supposed date of impact and that there have been no evidence to support that a meteorite had struck Emerita in the 2nd Century BC.

===Currency===

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===Regional wealth disparity===