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|conventional_long_name = Republic of Rhotia | |conventional_long_name = Republic of Rhotia | ||
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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
Rhotia is a landlocked country in central [[Levantia]]. | Rhotia is a landlocked country in central [[Levantia]]. Rhotia has a climate zones, with its southern half having a mostly {{wp|tropical}} dry climate. The center of the country has a climate transition area, with the north-center of the country having a more {{wp|humid continental climate}}. Rhotia's population density is roughly arrayed in a gradient running from north-to-south, with the north having large farmlands, cities, and suburbs, and the south having relatively isolated cities around streams and oases in an otherwise arid region. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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Rhotia emerged from [[Dericania]], a region in east-central Levantia long associated with the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] and with the [[Latinic people|Latinic]] heartland of [[Great Levantia]] before it. The northern portions of Dericania shared a common language, Rhotian, which emerged from Latin in a distinct form by the 9th and 10th centuries. The Rhotian-speaking lands were divided into hundreds of feudal units that were part of the Holy Levantine Empire until the 19th century, when a process known as mediatization - which included both diplomatic consolidations and significant warfare - began to gradually reduce the number of constituent parts of the Empire. During this period, Rhotians became associated with [[Derian identity]], a nationalist concept which claimed a common nation of Dericania. Nationalists of the Derian movement launched a major uprising that began the [[Second Great War]] in Levantia. Rhotia was briefly part of a nominal [[Deric Republic]] established by the nationalists before they were ultimately defeated. Following the defeat, a conflict known as the [[Third Fratricide]] divided Dericania between moderate nationalists, who enjoyed international support, and socialist insurrectionaries. Out of the wake of that conflict, five states were established in what is today Rhotia. The five - Allaria, Corcra, Orclenia, Kronenia, and Vineisa - all were established as new states which formally consolidated many predecessor Imperial subject entities. All five adopted Rhotian as a national language, beginning the cultural process of Rhotianization, or the dismissal of the notion of a Derian identity in favor of a Rhotian identity. | Rhotia emerged from [[Dericania]], a region in east-central Levantia long associated with the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] and with the [[Latinic people|Latinic]] heartland of [[Great Levantia]] before it. The northern portions of Dericania shared a common language, Rhotian, which emerged from Latin in a distinct form by the 9th and 10th centuries. The Rhotian-speaking lands were divided into hundreds of feudal units that were part of the Holy Levantine Empire until the 19th century, when a process known as mediatization - which included both diplomatic consolidations and significant warfare - began to gradually reduce the number of constituent parts of the Empire. During this period, Rhotians became associated with [[Derian identity]], a nationalist concept which claimed a common nation of Dericania. Nationalists of the Derian movement launched a major uprising that began the [[Second Great War]] in Levantia. Rhotia was briefly part of a nominal [[Deric Republic]] established by the nationalists before they were ultimately defeated. Following the defeat, a conflict known as the [[Third Fratricide]] divided Dericania between moderate nationalists, who enjoyed international support, and socialist insurrectionaries. Out of the wake of that conflict, five states were established in what is today Rhotia. The five - Allaria, Corcra, Orclenia, Kronenia, and Vineisa - all were established as new states which formally consolidated many predecessor Imperial subject entities. All five adopted Rhotian as a national language, beginning the cultural process of Rhotianization, or the dismissal of the notion of a Derian identity in favor of a Rhotian identity. | ||
===Third Fratricide and pink tide=== | ===Third Fratricide and pink tide=== | ||
{{Main|Third Fratricide}} | |||
The Third Fratricide was a conflict between liberal-nationalist coalitions in [[Dericania]] and socialist revolutionaries that occurred immediately following the end of the Dericanian phase of the [[Second Great War]], known in Dericania as the Second Fratricide. Moreso than Lapody, the Fratricide had a specific, long-lasting political and cultural impact on Rhotia; it was affected by longer lasting socialist rule throughout various parts of its constituent states. This phenomenon, known as the "pink tide", saw more than half of modern Rhotia's land area being part of socialist governing authorities during the conflict. These influences significantly affected Rhotians' ideas about economic and social organization. Workers cooperatives established by the socialist provisional governments were partly effective and very popular especially among rural workers in sectors other than agriculture. Though socialists only ruled in Rhotian areas for a maximum of about a decade, it significantly altered expectations by peasant and working classes about the economy. It created, throughout Rhotia, an emphasis on collaborative organizations responsible for both capitalizing and laboring on a project; many of the cooperatives that make Rhotia's economy distinctive today are direct descendants of 1940s-era collaboratives. As liberal-nationalist and allied forces gradually gained the upper hand throughout Dericania and brought the Fratricide to a close, the newly created states they controlled were careful not to disrupt elements of the new economic and social order; this decision not only gave Rhotia stability but imparted on it a unique and long-lasting social character. | |||
===Pre-union states=== | ===Pre-union states=== | ||
====Allaria==== | ====Allaria==== | ||
The Republic of Allaria was established out of a number of different polities within the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] in [[1946]]. | |||
[[File:Flag of Santa Margarida de Montbui.svg|thumb|left|200px|Flag of the Republic of Allaria.]] | |||
Of all of the [[Deric States]], Allaria had the least historic precedent of all of the new countries, and unlike the other eight Deric States it did not have a direct antecedent to which it could point to. Principally, the Republic was comprised of four different duchies of roughly equal size (Cauga, Asisa, Raganz, and Lente) and standing as well as a number of peripheral lands from various smaller entities, almost all of whom had been under socialist rule for the first half of the 1940s. The name Allaria was taken from a [[Great Levantia]]-era tribe of [[Gothic people|Goths]] which occupied the area, the ''Allards''. Given its construction, the state had significant cohesion problems throughout its early existence. The state was the primary ideological enemy of [[Derian identity|Derian nationalists]], who viewed it as something of an abomination and half-step on the way to full Deric nationalism. In [[1963]], the state was subject to a coup by Deric nationalists in the military, who were subsequently removed from power by a joint [[Urcea|Urco]]-[[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] military operation. From 1963 onward, the state was functionally disarmed. Relative domestic harmony only came in the [[1980]]s, as a full generation of Allarian-born nationals began to take positions of authority and cultural influence. Nationbuilding was weakest of all in Allaria, as almost all of the residents immediately began to cling to a Rhotian-language based identity in the [[1990]]s and early [[2000]]s due to the complete lack of a shared "Allarian" national history. Allarian delegates, despite their enthusiasm for joining together in a Rhotian state, were more reluctant than the Corcrans, who were first, largely because of their own previous experience with amalgamating a state from unrelated parts. | |||
====Corcra==== | ====Corcra==== | ||
{{Further|Corcra (City)}} | {{Further|Corcra (City)}} | ||
The Republic of Corcra was established out of a significant amalgamation of territories, a vast majority of which were previously [[Emperor of the Levantines|Imperial estates]], four major abbeys, and most importantly the Imperial City of [[Corcra (City)|Corcra]]. | |||
[[File:Deventer_vlag.svg|thumb|right|200px|Flag of the Republic of Corcra.]] | |||
Corcra and its environs were always unique among the territories of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], as it and the Imperial estates which surrounded it were always directly held by the [[Emperor of the Levantines]], passing from Emperor-to-Emperor. The general Corcra area was known as the "Imperial fief", and when the Republic was established, it had the fewest major land owners as well as the fewest ''[[Cort de Antics]]'' claims against it due to its origin. As a result of its history, Corcra had the least successful experience of any Deric State with respect to nationbuilding; the cosmopolitan city residents considered themselves first to be Rhotian-speaking Derics (not [[Derian identity|Derian]]) and, eventually, Rhotian-speaking citizens of the [[Levantine Union]]. Although constructed more conservatively in terms of private property and economic structure than most other states due to limited socialist presence during the [[Third Fratricide]], Corcra generally had among the more progressive political cultures due to its cosmopolitan and anti-nationalist background. The Republic was the most eager of the five Rhotian-speaking states to abandon the old political system and join together as a single Rhotian country within the Levantine Union. | |||
====Orclenia==== | ====Orclenia==== | ||
The Republic of Orclenia was established in [[1961]], succeeding the liberalized and mediatized Duchy of Orclenia established during the [[Second Great War]]. | |||
[[File:Flag of Hemmen.svg|thumb|left|200px|Flag of the Republic of Orclenia.]] | |||
Orclenia had been an [[Collegial Electorate|Electorate]] in the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] and was ruled by the long-standing House of Osset, who had ruled the original Duchy since [[1341]]. Duke Leo V (1894-1961) ruled the Duchy during the Second Great War and in [[1934]] to reach an accomodation with local liberal-nationalist forces. This settlement set forth that, upon the Duke's death, the state would become a Republic; as Leo had no heir of his own body, this agreement was viewed to be suitable despite protests from cousins and Osset cadets. As the [[Third Fratricide]] commenced, Orclenia was viewed as a source of significant stability among the liberal-nationalist side, and at the end of the war it was given significant additional territories as part of the broader effort to mediatize the [[Kingdom of Dericania]]. Leo was compelled in the later years of his reign to begin the transition to a republic. Additional powers were transitioned to the legislature and the newly empowered office of Prime Minister, including judicial and military appointments. In [[1958]], having given away most of his powers to other institutions, Duke Leo decided to appoint a regent on the advice of the government and functionally retired, spending the remainder of his life outside the corridors of power and enjoying his title at various social engagements as well as on vacation. Upon his death in 1961, his last will and testament bequeathed the Duchy and other holdings "to the Orclenic nation". The regent immediately transitioned to President, completing the transition to a {{wp|parliamentary republic}}. Orclenics had a kind of civic nationalism, taking pride that their country had been a source of stability during the 20th century and that they had bloodlessly transitioned to democracy. Orclenia was most hesitant to join the new Rhotian nation, as the impression of their state as civil and orderly and the other Rhotian speakers as quasi-anarchic remained in the public imagination through the 21st century. | |||
====Kronenia==== | ====Kronenia==== | ||
The State of Kronenia was established out of the lands held by the Kronenian Duchy with only limited additions in [[1944]]. | |||
[[File:Drapeau ville fr Boulogne-sur-Mer.svg|thumb|right|200px|Flag of the State of Kronenia.]] | |||
As a Duchy, Kronenia was initially a constituent part of the [[Kingdom of Angla]] before being reassigned to the [[Kingdom of Dericania]] after the [[Nordmontaine War]]. Though the Duchy of Kronenia proper retained [[Gothic people|Gothic]] history and cultural influences through its [[Ænglish people|Ænglish heritage]], the polity that took its name was decidedly Rhotian in terms of culture and population. After the War and Dragonnades, the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] House of Velelli, previously minor nobles, were given the Duchy. They quickly took advantage of weak neighbors in northern Dericania and established roughly the modern state's borders by [[1634]]. The original Duchy of Kronenia underwent significant Rhotianization while the Dukes of the realm carefully threaded together the legal, economic, cultural, and infrastructure systems of the states they had conquered. Though Kronenia was partitioned several times among heirs, the realms remained largely connected until they were unified by an act of the [[Imperial Diet]] in [[1819]]. Of all of the states that emerged from the [[Third Fratricide]], Kronenia was the most cohesive of the Rhotian-speaking states, only gaining peripheral cities, bishoprics, and counties into a pre-existing state core. | |||
====Vinesia==== | ====Vinesia==== | ||
The State of Vinesia was formed in [[1945]] through the appending of nine counties and free cities to the Duchy of Vinesia, all of whom shared a historic relationship. | |||
[[File:Flag of Boskoop.svg|thumb|left|200px|Flag of the State of Vinesia.]] | |||
Vinesia was largely culturally distinctive from the rest of the Rhotian-speaking states. Though it remained in the [[Deric States]] throughout that organization's entire existence, it had cultural reservations similar to those of [[Hollona and Diorisia]]. Vinesians, though Rhotian-speaking, were largely genetically and ethnically more similar to [[Fiannria|Fiannans]] than other Rhotian speakers, making it an outlier among the Deric States. In the [[1950]]s and [[1960]]s, Vinesia remained largely aloof from the Deric States and pursued closer relations with Fiannria. However, the [[Levantine Union]]'s open borders allowed significant cultural exchange between all of its members that had previously not existed, even within the [[Holy Levantine Empire]]. Gradually, Vinesians began to cling more to their other Rhotian-speaking neighbors, and Vinesia fell out of Fiannria's cultural orbit and into Corcra's during the 1980s. Politically, Vinesia was the smallest member of the Levantine Union and Deric States, and it began to side more closely with other small Rhotian-speaking states on the global stage and in the [[Levantine Union Diet]] to protect its interests. Though the Vinesians could not relate to the newly emerging solidarity between Rhotians, it definitely identified distinctive elements of their culture in the early internet era that drew Vinesians into contrast with both Lapods and Fiannans. | |||
===Rhotian unification=== | ===Rhotian unification=== | ||
{{Main|Dissolution of the Deric States}} | {{Main|Dissolution of the Deric States}} | ||
Between the 1950s and late 1980s, the new five Rhotian-speaking states began a process of domestic nation-building that focused on national, not linguistic, ties - meaning creating a distinct national identity of Allarian, Orclenian, and so on. These processes were largely a failure, but all five nations emphasized their use of the Rhotian language as a distinguishing social characteristic, and in this respect a greater social and scholarly appreciation for the language took root by the 1970s. As greater affinity for the [[Levantine Union]] spread throughout the continent in the post-war years, a new type of social identity emerged - that of "Rhotian-speaking Levantine", with individuals identifying themselves as citizens of the Levantine Union sharing a common language who happened to be part of five distinct countries. This conceptualization was greatly enhanced during the 1980s with the rise of the internet, allowing [[Derian_identity#End_of_Derianism|Rhotian speakers to discover their shared common culture and the differences they have with Lapods]], a process which led the [[Derian identity]] to enter terminal decline. Rhotians began to identify themselves as "Rhotians" by the 1990s, though this still had a cultural rather than nationality-related meaning. | Between the 1950s and late 1980s, the new five Rhotian-speaking states began a process of domestic nation-building that focused on national, not linguistic, ties - meaning creating a distinct national identity of Allarian, Orclenian, and so on. These processes were largely a failure, but all five nations emphasized their use of the Rhotian language as a distinguishing social characteristic, and in this respect a greater social and scholarly appreciation for the language took root by the 1970s. As greater affinity for the [[Levantine Union]] spread throughout the continent in the post-war years, a new type of social identity emerged - that of "Rhotian-speaking Levantine", with individuals identifying themselves as citizens of the Levantine Union sharing a common language who happened to be part of five distinct countries. This conceptualization was greatly enhanced during the 1980s with the rise of the internet, allowing [[Derian_identity#End_of_Derianism|Rhotian speakers to discover their shared common culture and the differences they have with Lapods]], a process which led the [[Derian identity]] to enter terminal decline. Rhotians began to identify themselves as "Rhotians" by the 1990s, though this still had a cultural rather than nationality-related meaning. | ||
In the 2000s and 2010s, Rhotian identity became a preeminent social force in the country, though Rhotians lagged significantly behind neighboring [[Hollona and Diorisia]] in the process of the [[Dissolution of the Deric States|dissolution of the Deric States]]. When the Vandarch Republic left the organization in [[2023]], it caused significant anxiety and social confusion within the five Rhotian-speaking states, accelerating the process of consolidation. Unlike the Lapod state-led process of unification, in Rhotia the process was largely activist-driven. Calls for unification among social groups, particularly [[Dissolution_of_the_Deric_States#Activist_efforts_prior_to_2020|21MEDNOW]], were resisted by some of the governments, particularly those of Orclenia, Kronenia, and Allaria. In these countries, a concerted effort beginning in [[2028]] led to no-confidence motions suceeding against government leaders in early [[2029]]. | |||
The pace of what would come next surprised most international observers and scholars alike. Snap elections were called in all three countries, returning majorities in all three for the 21MEDNOW-aligned Rhotian Nationalist Party (RNP). Following the final victory on 2 September 2029, the RNP issued a proclamation of a Rhotian nation, swiftly adopted by all three countries and Corcra soon after by the end of September. On 4 October, the four countries signed an agreement bringing themselves together as a single sovereign federal entity called the Rhotian Provisional Republic. The legislative bodies of all four countries sent half of their members to serve as a provisional National Assembly with the remaining half serving as provisional provincial governments. Issues relating to the legal status of the city of [[Corcra (City)|Corcra]] emerged almost immediately, with legal memos passing between the new Provisional Government and the [[Levantine Union]] due to that city's status as seat of the Union. Resolving the Corcra situation became the top priority of the government, and in [[Dissolution_of_the_Deric_States#Status_of_Corcra|February of 2030]] a small portion of the historic core of Corcra was ceded to the Union with the vast majority of the city becoming part of Rhotia. The Corcra issue being resolved removed most of the controversy and uncertainty regarding the Levantine Union's view of the new state, and consequently Vinesia agreed to join Rhotia as the fifth province on 1 March [[2030]]. | |||
For a time, Rhotia was not recognized by the [[Deric States]] organization, whose representatives were primarily pre-no-confident government appointees. During [[2030]] and early [[2031]], Rhotia drafted and adopted a federal constitution, holding its first full elections on 14 January [[2031]]. The Deric States was compelled to recognize Rhotia, along with the new neighboring state of [[Lapody]], in February 2031. Both states attempted, for a time, to remain bound together as a two-member organization in a strategy called the [[Dissolution_of_the_Deric_States#The_"middle_course"|middle course]]. However, the organization failed to expand beyond its original redundant scope and was dissolved on 17 January 2032. Rhotia took its place as a full equal of the other Levantine Union states at that time, and a millennia of history came to an end as no formal Dericania-wide organization or polity existed, ending a string of realms dating to the establishment of the [[Eastern Levantine Kingdom]] in [[917]]. | |||
==Government== | ==Government== | ||
[[File:Congrès de l'Utah.JPG|thumb|left|250px|All-States Palace outside of [[Corcra (City)|Corcra]], previously the Imperial Chambery, serves as the seat of Rhotia's government. The traditional government structures within the city serve presently as the seat of the [[Levantine Union]].]] | |||
Rhotia is a {{wp|federal republic|federal}}, {{wp|constitutional republic}} with various democratic values. It is governed by the Fundamental Statute of 2030, which serves as the Republic's {{wp|constitution}}. In style, and particularly in nomenclature, it is based partly on the [[Fiannria#Government_and_politics|government of Fiannria]], the oldest democratic republic in [[Levantia]], although in form it resembles a more straightforward {{wp|presidential republic}}. Rhotia is relatively unique among members of the [[Levantine Union]] in that its {{wp|head of state}} and {{wp|head of government}} are the same office, eschewing both the semi-presidential model of [[Fiannria]], the [[Julian republic|Julian]] form of governance, as well as the more conventional {{wp|constitutional monarchy|constitutional monarchical systems}} employed by states like [[Lapody]] and [[Anglei]]. | Rhotia is a {{wp|federal republic|federal}}, {{wp|constitutional republic}} with various democratic values. It is governed by the Fundamental Statute of 2030, which serves as the Republic's {{wp|constitution}}. In style, and particularly in nomenclature, it is based partly on the [[Fiannria#Government_and_politics|government of Fiannria]], the oldest democratic republic in [[Levantia]], although in form it resembles a more straightforward {{wp|presidential republic}}. Rhotia is relatively unique among members of the [[Levantine Union]] in that its {{wp|head of state}} and {{wp|head of government}} are the same office, eschewing both the semi-presidential model of [[Fiannria]], the [[Julian republic|Julian]] form of governance, as well as the more conventional {{wp|constitutional monarchy|constitutional monarchical systems}} employed by states like [[Lapody]] and [[Anglei]]. | ||
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===Politics=== | ===Politics=== | ||
At present, Rhotia is governed by a {{wp|national government}} of all political parties within the All-Rhotian Assembly in conjunction with a provisionally elected non-partisan President of Rhotia, Alexandru Lash. Rhotia, as a new country comprised of five former countries, has | At present, Rhotia is governed by a {{wp|national government}} of all political parties within the All-Rhotian Assembly in conjunction with a provisionally elected non-partisan President of Rhotia, Alexandru Lash. Rhotia, as a new country comprised of five former countries, has one political party and three primary "coalitions" rather than political parties; these coalitions are made up of the various local political parties of the five states. All four coalitions have committed themselves to reforming into centrally organized political parties by 2035. The Rhotian Nationalist Party (RNP) is the only organized national party which controls a majority in both houses of the government. The three coalitions, by order of size within the Assembly, are the Post-Deric Front ({{wp|left wing|left}}), the Coalition of Patriotic Democrats ({{wp|big tent}}/{{wp|populist}}), and the Coalition for the Right Governance of the Kingdom of Dericania ({{wp|far right}}). | ||
==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
A distinctly Rhotian cultural identity - and what traditions, mores, and practices define Rhotian cultural life - is a new concept. It is still being defined by its practitioners and studied by scholars, but its basic outlines came into view [[Derian_identity#End_of_Derianism|in the 1980s with the rise of the internet]], as Rhotian speakers identifies the practices and traditions common to them as opposed to those of the people of [[Lapody]]. To most Rhotes, the Rhotian language is their major source of pride and main identifying point of what identifies a Rhotian as opposed to any other ethnic group. Accordingly, a public effort has been made to distinguish Rhotia historically as a center of poetry, writing, music, and general use of the written and spoken word. In addition to this focus on language, scholars have also identified [[Fiannria|Fiannan]] heritage influences as another central part of Rhotian life, as significant parts of the Fiannan music and written tradition (be they songs, common tropes, or other elements) are present throughout Rhotian arts. This is true in common practices in Rhotia; as an example, Rhotian cuisine is more similar to [[Fiannria#Cuisine|Fiannan]] cuisine in style, ingredients, and presentation than Lapodard cuisine. | A distinctly Rhotian cultural identity - and what traditions, mores, and practices define Rhotian cultural life - is a new concept. It is still being defined by its practitioners and studied by scholars, but its basic outlines came into view [[Derian_identity#End_of_Derianism|in the 1980s with the rise of the internet]], as Rhotian speakers identifies the practices and traditions common to them as opposed to those of the people of [[Lapody]]. To most Rhotes, the Rhotian language is their major source of pride and main identifying point of what identifies a Rhotian as opposed to any other ethnic group. Accordingly, a public effort has been made to distinguish Rhotia historically as a center of poetry, writing, music, and general use of the written and spoken word. In addition to this focus on language, scholars have also identified [[Fiannria|Fiannan]] heritage influences as another central part of Rhotian life, as significant parts of the Fiannan music and written tradition (be they songs, common tropes, or other elements) are present throughout Rhotian arts. This is true in common practices in Rhotia; as an example, Rhotian cuisine is more similar to [[Fiannria#Cuisine|Fiannan]] cuisine in style, ingredients, and presentation than Lapodard cuisine. | ||
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