Lapody: Difference between revisions

====Loreseia====

The Grand Duchy of Loreseia was established out of the largely intact Loreseian Duchies, whose ruling house (Alessi-Galen) survived the [[Second Great War]] and [[Third Fratricide]] still in control, albeit with many concessions to democratic reform factions. The Loreseian Duchies were, accordingly, consolidated at the conclusion of the Fratricide to form a coherent nation. It was one of the only monarchies in the [[Deric States]] and the only surviving monarchy in Lapody. The House of Alessi-Galen continued their reign as the new Grand Dukes of Loreseia.

Unlike the other two portions of Lapody, the much of the Loreseian Duchies were outside of the influence of the Grand Duchy of Verecundia but were instead ruled by the same dynasty. The dynastic ties and shared cultural-linguistic tradition, rather than the political ideal, is what provided Loreseia's connection to the other Lapodian polities. Loreseia had an uneven relationship with Verecundia and Vorenia during the 20th century, only repaired significantly by the shared cultural identity movement of the late 20th and early 21st century. Accordingly, Loreseia was the least enthusiastic about the prospect of unification, and the national referendum prior to the unification held only 68% voting in favor, the lowest by far of the three states.  

====Verecundia====

The Verecundian Republic was established in the aftermath of the [[Third Fratricide]].  

The nucleus of its territory was the former Duchy of Upper Verecundia with additional mediatized Dericanian territories attached to it, forming the basis of modern northwest Lapody. The initial ruling party was an offshoot of the forces loyal to the [[Deric Republic]] called the Verecundian Unification Front. The VUF, a party to the [[Treaty of Corcra]], were moderate republican nationalists who concluded the peace with [[Urcea]] and [[Burgundie]] before spending most of the 1940s fighting left-wing insurrectionists. At the conclusion of the Third Fratricide which saw the moderates victorious over the socialists, the new state - which had been the Provisional Republic of Upper Verecundia - provocatively took the name of Verecundian Republic, signaling irredentist vision for the territory of Lower Verecundia (then joined to Vorenia) as well as a claim for leadership among the new [[Deric States]]. These positions, however, were more suited to a pre-war than post-war world, and the leadership of the new Verecundian Republic soon turned from ambition to rebuilding their wartorn country and facilitating better relations with [[Burgundie]] and their fellow Deric States.

====Vorenia====

The Federal Margraviate of Vorenia, also known as the Marchiorespublica, was established out of several preexisting Derian polities after the [[Second Great War]] in an effort to contain [[Burgundie]]. It was the largest of the [[Deric States]] both by area and by population.

Vorenia was immediately preceded by the Margarviate of Vorenia, a relatively powerful southern Deric principality that at one time had held control over the Duchy of Lower Verecundia and the dignity of Grand Duchy. The Margrave was forced from the country in the very early stages of the [[Second Fratricide]], but due to its position it was mostly occupied by forces of the [[Urcea|Urceo]]-[[Burgundie]] alliance by the time of the conclusion of the [[Treaty of Corcra]]. The Margrave was briefly reinstalled with a liberal constitution in [[1937]], but was once again chased from the territory in [[1939]] by socialist insurrectionists in the [[Third Fratricide]]. The Syndicate of Southern Dericania was briefly established as a socialist government in its place in late 1939. Moderate republican forces with allied support destroyed the Syndicate by mid-1940 and established the Vorenian Republican Margravate (VRM) as a provisional government in its place. The VRM remained in place until the final post-Third Fratricide settlement, when several terrtiories and small former principalities were added to it to create the Federal Margraviate. The Federal Margraviate functionally embraced the entire border with [[Burgundie]], acting as a shield between it and the other Deric States.

===Lapodard unification===