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Burgundie, in its modern form, was founded as a series of Latinic trading posts in northern [[Levantia]] in the first century CE. Throughout history, it remained linguistically and religiously connected to Latinic roots, especially as the nations of [[Heku]] and [[Urcea]] formalized, but its social and economic culture is heavily influenced by the Gaelic and Germanic cultures it displaced and subsumed. The [[Isle of Burgundie]] remained the majority of the nation from its formation circa [[853]] until its explosive colonization of [[South Punth]] and southern [[Crona]] starting in the 16th century. During its [[War of Northern Aggression|war of independence]], Burgundie also came to encompass the [[Kingdom of Dericania]], the predominantly Gaelic lands between the [[Feradach Sound]] and the nations of [[Kistan]] and [[Kuhlfros]].

Since the establishment of permanent Latinic city-states in [[Burgundie (Electorate)|Ipar]] in the 3rd century BC, urbanization has been a part of the [[Bergendii|Burgundian]] mythos. It originally was a symbolic differentiation between the Latinics and the {{wpl|Picts|Impaxi}} and {{wpl|Basque|Levzeish}} tribes who were {{wpl|transhumance}} and only mildly sedentary, respectively. [[Burgundie]]'s population has always been concentrated in urban centers, due in large part to the creation of a protectionist society, build up around {{wpl|Oppidum|oppida}} to protect against attacks and raids from outsiders. This concept was originally expressed in the development of cities surrounded by large {{wpl|Latifundium|latifundia}} where each day the workers and their landlords would return to the safety of the security {{wpl|Oppidum|oppidum}} walls before returning to the fields each morning. This lead to a strong sense of connection between those in power and those simply working the land, a sense of {{wpl|commonwealth}} that remains to this day. This style of city and community building became crucial to the defense of [[Burgundie]] and its [[Bergendii|people]]in the [[History_of_Burgundie#Post-classical_Burgundie|middle ages]] by thwarting [[Kuhlfros]]' efforts to dominate [[Burgundie]] for over 300 years.

All political entities in Burgundie are governed through the concept that all government is local. The layered approach is an important part of Burgundian political culture, which makes it a unique case in the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], not as liberal as [[Kuhlfros]] and not as authoritarian as [[Urcea]]. The sense of civic engagement in government is high at the municipal level, moderate at the provincial level (usually this is run by a hereditary noble), and minor at the monarchical level. This not to say that the nobility are not held accountable, as they are bound by elected advisory committees, even the crown which is bound by the representatives of the [[Golden Council of Ten]].

The second largest group in Burgundie are the Gaels. They formed the group termed the proto-Burgundians and have a long history in northern Levantia. These groups also constitute large parts of the [[Kistan]]i and [[Kuhlfros]]i populations and as such share a cultural bond with those peoples. In the 1700 and early 1800s they were subjected to mild Burgundification efforts as Burgundian separatism from collapsing [[Kuhlfros]]i domination in the region. Modern Gaels are treated equally as ethnic differences became less important and the Princes of Burgundie focused on joining the nation together following independence in 1812. Power in the Gaedhealtacht (the electorates of Glenmoor, Solibris, as well as the [[principlaity of DunDrummin]]) is more devolved then in most other areas in Burgundie as the Burgundian government had been previously accused of not understanding Gaelic issues.