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====Allaria====

The Republic of Allaria was established out of a number of different polities within the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] in [[1946]].  

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====

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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====

The Republic of Orclenia was established in [[1961]], succeeding the liberalized and mediatized Duchy of Orclenia established during the [[Second Great War]].

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====

The State of Kronenia was established out of the lands held by the Kronenian Duchy with only limited additions in [[1944]].  

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====

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.

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.