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The '''United Angle States''', also called '''Anglei''', is a country in [[Levantia]], located north of the Ionian Mountains and south of the [[Vandarch]]. It is a member of the [[Levantine Union]]. Ænglish people permanently settled the territory of modern Anglei during the 7th century, establishing a border {{wp|March (territory)|march}} under the [[Holy Levantine Empire]]. The March, later elevated to the Kingdom of Angla, enjoyed a place of prominence in central [[Levantia]] during the 14th and 15th centuries, but entered a period of instability and religious upheavel during [[The Anarchy]]. Becoming one of the first Protestant states following the {{wp|Protestant Reformation}}, Angla's mounting tensions witht he [[Emperor of the Levantines]] lead to the [[Nordmontaine War]], when the Kingdom of Angla was partitioned into its constituent duchies and divided into the [[Imperial Kingdom of Urcea]] and [[Kingdom of Dericania]]. Following the war and subsequent [[Great Confessional War]], Anglei was depopulated as many Protestant Ænglish people were deported abroad by the end of the 1500s. The divided country spent much of the next three centuries rebuilding and growing, only surpassing its pre-war population in 1780. The five independent duchies which previously made up the core region of Angla retained its strong [[Ænglish people|Ænglish]] identity and were eventually the home of Ænglish nationalism in the 19th century. The unification of the duchies were permitted by the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] in part due to rising sentiments of [[Burgophobia]], as many [[Derian people]] and Ænglish people alike believed a potential invasion of the duchies by [[Yonderre]] was imminent. The five duchies became the United Angle States in 1884 by the [[Concordat of Donnebourg]], which was affirmed by the [[Imperial Diet]]. The same year, Anglei became a free state within the Holy Levantine Empire. Anglei later joined the [[Levantine Union]] after the [[Second Great War]].