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Known as Fhainnlannacharean to its people, Fhainnarean is a centrally-run parlimentary republic situated in the northern reached of [[Levantia.]] Largely dominated by a [[Fhainnin Culture|Fhainnin]] population in the more densely populated southern regions along the [[Vandarch Sea]], the country possesses a significant Slavic minority along with smaller regional settlements of [[Latin]] and [[Aenglish]] origin. It is composed of 39 Territories inhabited by roughly 215 million people.
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Faneria ([[Fhasen|Fhs]]. ''Fhainnlannacharean'') is a unitary parliamentary republic situated in northern [[Levantia]]. Largely dominated by a [[Fhainnin Culture|Fhainnin]] Gaelic population in its more heavily populated southern regions along the [[Vandarch Sea]], the country includes Gothic, [[Coscivian]], and [[Anglei|Aenglish]]-origin minorities for a total population of over 351 million. It consists of twenty-nine metropolitan provinces, one overseas province, two territories, and two semiautonomous Republics which span roughly 1.9 million square miles; it borders Kiravian [[Scapa]] to the northwest by sea, [[Caergwynn]] to the north and east, and [[Fiannria]] to the east, as well as sharing maritime borders with several nations across the Vandarch. The national language is [[Fhasen]].
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|leader_name1                = [[Cían Walaerin]]
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|population_estimate        = 216,971,880
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|population_estimate_year    = [[2020]]
|population_estimate_year    =  
|population_census          = 214,781,113<br><small>199,846,102 citizens</small>
|population_census          = 351,252,312<br><small>216,846,102 citizens</small>
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|population_census_year      = [[2027]]
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|population_density_km2      = 117.98
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|population_density_sq_mi    = 305.58
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|GDP_nominal                = $9,884,253,539,750.00  <br><small>$9.8 trillion</small>
|GDP_nominal                = $18,117,332,411,669<br><small>฿23,914,878,783,403<br>₮9,290,939,698,292</small>
|GDP_nominal_per_capita      = $45,555
|GDP_nominal_per_capita      = $49738.41<br><small>฿65,654.71<br>₮26,450.90</small>
|Gini                        = .413
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|HDI_category                =
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}}
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==History==
{{Main|History of Faneria}}
===Prehistory===
===Antiquity===
===Early Feudal Age===
===Late Feudal Age===
===Early Kingdom===
===High Kingdom===
===Industrial Age===
===Revolutionary Period (1888-1942)===
===Reconstruction (1942-1980s)===
===Modern Faneria (1980s-present)===
==Geography==
===Geology===
===Climate and Hydrology===
===Ecology===
===Geographic Regions===
====Vandarch Basin====
{{Main|Vandarch Sea}}
The Vandarch Sea is one of the most defining features of Faneria, and is critical both to the history of its human habitation as well as its ecology and hydropshere. Nearly all rivers in southern Faneria drain into the Vandarch, and the Basin in its entirety spans roughly ninety percent of the Fanerian Vandarch coast, nestled between several major mountain ranges and the freshwater sea. Vandarch flora and fauna were and remain important in the iconography, diet, and rapid growth of the populations within the Basin, including the Vandarch's edible algae and seaweed blooms, prolific seafoods such as the [[Vandarch pike]] and Northern Blue Eel, and national symbols like the Whitegill Eel and George's Grenadier Conch.


=Landscape=
The Vandarch Basin is heavily wooded and broken up by hills in its western and northerly reaches, while the east extends into large arable fields and coastal cliff formations near and across the [[Fiannria|Fiannrian]] border in [[Costaban]]. The region recieves rainfall primarily from the [[Kilikas Storm Belt]] and [[Dericania]], with the former breaking apart on the mountains separating the Kilikas from the Basin and creating a climate which, while temperate, is occasionally subjected to harsh winter conditions in spite of the warming effect of the inland Sea. The resulting rivers are partially seasonal, and flood naturally in the western and central Vandarch in particular. As a result, freshwater plays a significant role in the culture of Faneria to the point where the largest early human structures are earthworks to control flooding, while modern-day Fanerian churches relate religion to rivers and dams, shipping locks, and dikes are a large feature of riverine art, city planning, and commerce and transit in the country.
==Map==
==Geographic Areas==
===Dùntath (Ninerivers Basin)===
Main Articles: [[Vandarch Sea]], [[Dùntath]]
===Vrael===
Main Article: [[Vrael]]
===Lyukquára===
Main Article: [[Lyukquára]]
===Deamhain Mountains===


=Cultures=
The Vandarch Basin is the undisputed geopolitical core of the country, with industry, trade, population, and political power orbiting around the region. The eastern Basin acts as a rye and barley breadbasket along with the so-called 'fish basket' of the Vandarch Sea and its tributaries, while the coastline and regions around the primary rivers leading to the Vandarch support the largest cities in the country. This population center has at every point in Faneria's history since the arrival of human inhabitants been the main center of political power in northern [[Ultmar]], leading to a perception among Fanerians of the region as the center of Fhainnin civilization.
==Culture Groups==
===The Fhainn===
Main Articles: [[Feinii]], [[Fhainnin Culture]]
Fhainn, Sheafhainn, Cascufhainn, Parvufhainn
===Ænglish===
Main Article: [[Aenglish]]
===Latini Peoples===
Main Article: [[Latins]]
===Slawe===
Main Article: [[Slavs]]
==Religions==
===Catholicism===
===Protestantism===
===Animism===
===Minor Faiths===


=History=
====Interior Mountain Ranges====
===Early Clan Eras===
====Kilikas Coast====
===Kingdom of Fhainnholdt and Northern Principalities===
{{Main|Kilikas Sea}}
old currency was Corinn - crowns - but replaced by Barran - measures
====Nordskan Coast====
===Fhainnic Empire===
{{Main|Sea of Nordska}}
===Republican Era===
====Transisthmus====
The Transisthmus is a region of Faneria separated overland from the bulk of the country by the Ereglasian Isthmus, which is currently split by the [[League of Nations]]-governed [[Vandarch Canal Zone]] since [[Treaty of Loughlin|1942]]. The region was primarily divided historically between the countries of Nieve and Culriocha, which were annexed by Faneria after the [[West Vandarch War]] in the 18th Century following a succession crisis engineered to copy the earlier success of the [[Saelish Partition]]. While the Namhevish gothic people were politically dominant in the region, settlement and the larger existing Culriochan gael population lead to the region being hotbed of repeated secession movements and rebellions until the beginning of the [[Transisthmus Peace Process]].


=Government=
The Transisthmus is relatively sheltered from the Kilikas Storm Belt by continental southern Ultmar, and is relatively flat with the exception of low hill ranges along its southern regions breached occasionally by smaller rivers. The climate, similar to the Vandarch Basin, is relatively temperate with occasional deep freezes, but with a more maritime climate and acting as a common recipient of the occasional rogue storm dissapating over the Isthmus or extreme west of the Vandarch Sea. Lake Prebha forms a large, shallow lake in the center of the eastern Transisthmus, and relatively dense groundwater coverage makes preservation of the freshwater and saltwater bodies to either side of the region important to maintaining the regional ecosystems.


National Popular Party, Federal Party (Cananachist and Modernist factions), Social Party, Thunderstorm Party, Old Ways Party
==Government==
{{Main|Government of Faneria}}
===Law and Legal Foundations===
===National Government===
====Directorate of the Republic====
{{Main|Directorate of the Republic of the Fhainn}}
====National Assembly====
{{Main|National Assembly of the Republic of the Fhainn}}
====National Audit Council====
{{Main|National Audit Council (Faneria)}}
====Economic Administration Board====
{{Main|National Economic Administration Council (Faneria)}}
===Offices of Government===
===Local Governments===
====Provincial Governments====
====County Governments====
====Municipal Governments====
===Politics===
{{Main|Politics of Faneria}}


==Federal Branches==


===Seat of the Despotate===
==Demographics==
Faneria's population was recorded as 374,252,312 persons as of the 2027 Annual Census, making Faneria the ninth most populous country in the world and the fourth most populous in [[Levantia]], just behind [[Burgundie]]. Population growth varies by region within the country, with an overall slight population growth year on year. Tax incentives in favor of 1-3 children families have contributed to population management since the 1980s.
===Human Geography===
Faneria's population can be broken into several major groups largely by geographic belts, with a great degree of subnational admixture between ethnic subgroups in the country making distinctive cultural regions difficult to accurately portray beyond generalizations. The majority of the population (roughly seventy percent) live within the Vandarch Basin, with another fifteen percent living in the Transisthmus and western coast; the remainder are spread into mountain communities and along the northern coasts, with marginal populations in the overseas territories.


Main Article: [[Seat of the Despotate]]
The country's largest city by population is [[Teindún]], a conglomeration of several cities north of the capital, [[Oirthidún]], both of which straddle the [[Rhydwel River]]. Its second largest city is [[Sethsport]], with [[Rihsport]] third, Oirthidùn itself fourth, and [[Leighlinbridge]] fifth. Rihsport and [[Hazelston-Dúnby]], the latter of which is located in the Transisthmus, are the largest cities by population and physical area outside of the Vandarch Basin.


The Despot is head of state, with the powers of the Head of Government resting nominally in the subordinate office of the Taoisteach. The Despotate is an elected position voted for by the Concord and supported by an administrative council, though the sitting Despot retains executive powers barring unusual circumstances.
===Ethnic Groups===
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===Joined Seats of the Concord===
The ethnic makeup of the country is fairly broad among nations in northern Levantia, with the primary ethnic group being the ''Marfhainn'', or Sea Fhainn (typically shortened to Fhainn). This group originates around the [[Vandarch Sea]] which gives it its name; Marfhainn and forms the cultural and linguistic core of the country, and a significant plurality of the country's population consist of ethnic groups related to the Fhainn. The Leufhainn in the eastern Vandarch basin and the Sheafhainn of western coastal Faneria descend directly from tribes related to the ancestors of the Marfhainn are only slightly distinct; others, such as the Saelish people, centered in [[Sorhaithe]], and the Parvefhainn and Cascufhainn, who live along the [[Kilikas Sea|Kilikas]] coast and the mountain belts of the interior respectively, have their own defined histories and cultures which to varying degrees have been diluted by Marfhainn hegemony. Among gaelic Fanerians, the Saelish and the Culriochan gaels are the least related to the Marfhainn aside from [[Caergwynn|Caeric]] and [[Fiannria|Faeskt]] populations near the northern and eastern borders.


Main Article: [[Joined Seats of the Concord]]
Significantly smaller in size but outsized in historic relevance are the non-gaelic peoples of Faneria. Werdachi, remnants of gothic invaders in the eastern Vandarch, and the Neitic goths of modern [[Namhe]] and western [[Culriocha]] exist in a social periphery with a number of historic insurrections and separatist movements which remained unaddressed until the beginning of the [[Transisthmus Peace Process]] in the 1990s. Other groups, primarily including the [[Ænglish people|Ænglish]], [[Coscivians]], [[Yonderre|Yonderrines]], and [[Derian identity|Derians]], have regional immigrant populations and contrubuted significantly to the development of language, technology, law, and history in the country.


The Concord is the primary legislative body of the nation. It is structured as a tricameral legislature, with a Council of the Peoples (seats apportioned on an ethnic basis), Council of the Ways (seats apportioned by local populations), and High Council (seats appointed on a party basis). Seated Members may hold seats within multiple Councils, and the legal power of the Council of the Peoples is generally considered inferior to that of either of its senior bodies.
===Education===
===Health===
Faneria's [[Office of Civil Services (Faneria)|Office of Civil Services]] has operated a basic public heathcare system since 1916, originally in the form of subsidies for medical operations. Since then, the healthcare system has expanded significantly, and now operates as a universal single-payer system with prices set by the government. Public healthcare in Faneria covers chronic conditions, basic services, and most non-elective surgeries in their entirety or majority, and works in cooperation with the large native medical production sector to maintain a high quality of service in exchange for consistent, guaranteed contracts. Initiatives in other areas, such as the particularly well-mixed diet enjoyed by many in the country, help alleviate costs and keep the system competitive with international healthcare, making the Fhainnin healthcare system marginally better ranked than [[Caphiria|Caphiria's]] at third place globally as of 2027, with the two countries exchanging places regularly since 2004. Faneria spends roughly 1.3 Trillion [[Talers]] annually on the healthcare system, equating to $3,490 per capita, 16.3% of the national budget, and 7% of GDP, which does not include medical research funds paid out by the [[Office of Commerce (Faneria)|Office of Commerce]].
===Wealth===


===Offices of Government===


The non-legislative functions of the government are organized into seven major Offices, each of which oversees the relevant Bureaus:
==Culture==
{{Main|Culture of Faneria}}
===Language===
{{Main|Fhasen}}
 
Faneria's de facto and legal language is [[Fhasen]], an administrative language developed in the 17th Century to circumvent regional dialects and create a national 'high culture' to cement the largely military gains made from the 15th Century onwards. Fhasen is the only mandatory language taught in public schools and is formally [[International Council on Fhasen Conventions|heavily regulated and standardized]]. Due to its nature as an artificial language, Fhasen is not mutually intelligible with other Gaelic languages such as Faeskt or Caeric. Informally, [[Aenglish]], Baland Coscivian, [[Kiravic Coscivian]] and Culoch Gaelic are the largest non-Fhasen languages in use, as well as Faeskt and Namhene being spoken in some localities. Many regional dialects of pre-Fhasen Gaelic exist in modernity as slang or regional accents, and are in rare cases spoken as dialects in small enclaves.
 
While the use of Fhasen is a binding cultural element within the country, most people speak a second language, typically Aenglish. The dialect of Aenglish developed in Faneria is relatively closely related to [[Julian Aenglish]] and is commonly a conversational or trade tongue, whereas Fhasen is the language of contracts, technical instructions, and law. In 2030, census records indicated a 73% rate of multilingualism among adults 20 or over, with approximately 24% of the population self-describing as speaking three languages or more on a conversational level, typically including both Fhasen and Aenglish.
 
Due to the manner in which subjugated or culturally assimilated peoples were historically renamed as Fhainnin subgroups, classification of peoples within the Fhainnin people group and the country more broadly has varied by period and defining metrics. Under monarchial rule, any group conquered by or invited to immigrate to Faneria were labelled with the suffix of -fhainn to enforce a singular national identity. Since republicanization, it has been increasingly understood under language-centric government policy that people who speak [[Fhasen]] are 'Fhainnin', whereas non-speakers are refered to solely as their original group name. As a result, a Saelish person who only speaks Saelish is considered Saelish, whereas a Saelish person who speaks fluent Fhasen, even if they use Saelish in the home, is 'Saelifhainn'. This distinction also follows for foreigners (such as permanent Coscivian populations becoming 'Coscivifhainn') to be 'adopted' into the culture group. In official documentation, 'Fhainnin' is used to refer to Marfhainn, Saelifhainn, Leufhainn, Cascufhainn, Parvefhainn, and Sheafhainn; Culriochans, Caeric and Fiannrian as well as other foreign gaels are listed as 'Non-Fhainnin Gaelic' on census data, and other ethnic groups are listed as their ethnic origin; however, language status is the primary factor in legal and social status.
rather than race, with Fha prerequisite to apply for public jobs, a vote permit, and plays a significant social role regardless of th
 
===Religion===
Faneria has a long history of religious toleration marred by periods of religious persecution, selective privileges towards groups such as Aenglish settlers, and reactive religious lockdown under the early Republic. Christianity was originally introduced to the country in the form of syncretic faiths, with mainstream Christian faith becoming a plurality within the Ninerivers region prior to the first local Crusades in the 12th Century AD, where faith was used mainly as a casus belli for larger lowlands states to subjugate highland clans. The Catholic Church was the predominant faith afterwards, though the country briefly switched between a lax Catholic monarchy and several state-supported Protestant sects during the [[First Princes' War|First]] and [[Second Princes' War|Second Princes' Wars]]. Afterwards, Catholicism was officially instated as the state religion, though exceptions would be created for Aenglish Protestants, who arrived in droves on the invitation of later monarchs, as well as a blind eye being turned towards the few pagan practices extant in the various interior mountain ranges of the country.


The [[Office of the High Courts]] manages the justice system and mediates intragovernmental disputes along with the Office of Political Security. It additionally liaises with the League of Nations International Court. It responds to the Concord, though it retains some sovereign power of its own.
Post-Revolution, the Fhainnin Popular Republic practiced a period of severe anticlerical activity during which baptisms, construction of new churches, public worship, and religious exemptions from all state functions and laws was observed. While intended to break the power of religion in the country, these policies proved extremely unpopular particularly in rural and semi-urban areas, leading to a relaxation of antireligious state policy. Since 1927 and the official establishment of the Republic of the Fhainn, the state has practiced a policy of {{Wp|Laïcité|Laicism}}, in which the state is considered a protector ''against'' religious involvement in public life. As a result, religion is typically considered a private affair, though increasing religious pushback has lead to the establishment of openly Christian-centric blocs within politics under the banner of 'traditional values'.  


The [[Office of Civil Services]] manages the bulk of day-to-day civilian services, from education to general infrastructure to utilities to business regulations and bookkeeping. It often reaches into areas normally under the auspices of other Offices and is easily the largest of the Offices in both form and function. Its function is technically overseen by the Concord, but it is common for a sitting Despot to interfere in situations deemed to be of 'immediate national interest'.
The country also retains small minorities of several Protestant groups, as well as a plurality of irreligious people. Other faiths exist to a lesser extent within the country but play a minimal role in social life, including pagan sects, which in spite of some growth due to population increases in the last century have been unable to reestablish themselves as notable social forces.  
===Cuisine===
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Faneria's cuisine incredibly diverse, with a primary Fhainnin diet existing alongside regional diets centered on the local Coscivian, Aenglish, Kilikas, and Ultmarine Gothic cultures. Faneria's agricultural industry is largely centered on ranching and mixed rye and vegetable farming, with several notable wheat, wine and fruit regions in the Vandarch basin supplementing local foodstuffs. Seafoods, including crabs, fish, eels, and several species of freshwater kelp and algae being relied on heavily throughout history. Aenglish and Ultmarine Gothic cuisine in Faneria tends to favor red meats and wheat breads, whereas Kilikas and Coscivian foods rely heavily on saltwater seafoods and potatoes. Medieval dishes such as pudding bread, various stews, and smoked meats remain popular in the country alongside processed snacks and candies, with the government using vice taxes to penalize several types of junk foods.


The [[Office of Political Security]] handles the mundane aspects of international relations, public relations, and cybersecurity, as well as its most widely known function of acting as an investigatory body with regards to the rest of the civilian government.
===Arts===


The [[Office of Trade and Travel]] deals in immigration, emigration, customs, tariffs, foreign aid, and exploration.
[[File:Eugène Boudin - Beaulieu, La baie de Fourmis.jpg|thumb|''On Gwyn's Bay'', by {{Wp|Eugène Boudin|Erich Burton}}]]
[[File:Clevelandart 1986.73.jpg|thumb|''Raye's Squadron'', by {{Wp|Eugène Boudin|Erich Burton}}]]


The [[Office of the Treasury]] runs the Central Mint and oversees most aspects of state investments and funding of private entities, along with tax collecting. It reports to the Concord and Despotate alike.
===Literature===
Famous Fhainnin writers include political theorists such as [[Johnathan Farrier]], writer of ''The Politics of Rifles'', [[Callac Cananach]] and other republican theorists,  and {{wp|Pellegrino Tibaldi|Tauge o'Firies}}, who compiled information on the legal codes, histories, and conflicts of city-states in the Vandarch Basin prior to the 1400s AD; however, Faneria has also produced a variety of fiction and entertainment writers such as Alice Auberke, who wrote one of the earliest science fiction novels, ''And the Sparrows Died'', as well as modern authors such as George Brandt and Mel Haeman.


The [[Office of the Federal Army]] manages the armed forces of the state, as well as the commissioning of materials and equipment for said forces. It answers directly to the Despotate.
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===Currency===
{{Main|Barra}}The ''Barra'' ({{Wp|English|Aen.}} Measure) serves as the primary form of legal tender in the Republic of the Fhainn since replacing ''Corrin'' (Crowns) in 1832, introducing a centrally-minted and fully {{Wp|Decimalisation|decimalized}} currency. Throughout its use, the Barra has seen several denomination scales, with the modern bills printed at ฿1, ฿5, ฿15, ฿60, and ฿300 denominations. The currency is represented either by a ฿ or Br. symbol and is currently theoretically backed by silver, though it cannot actually be redeemed for silver at most institutions and thus is functionally a fiat currency. Currency control as a matter of economic policymaking has played a critical role in political power struggles and market domination in Faneria's past to such a degree that the structure of Fhainnin government has a [[National Fiscal Council (Faneria)|fourth branch]] solely dedicated to the budget, financial policy, and control of the monetary supply.


=Economy=
Notably, the Barra was subjected to an intense and deliberate {{Wp|Deflation|deflationary spiral}} in the 1940s to raise its value relative to other global currencies; this allowed Faneria to more rapidly pay war debts through funding reconstruction and a majority of the cost of the [[Grand Vandarch Canal]]'s completion. These measures came at the cost of an economic depression that allowed the expansion of oligopolistic corporations, many of which remain strongly entrenched in the Fanerian economy as government contractors and industry leaders, as well as reintroducing state-owned companies into the economy for the first time since the [[Fhainnin Civil War|1906 Revolution]].
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*[[Fiannria]]
*[[Levantia]]
*[[Vandarch Sea]]


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