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| |micronation = <!--yes if a micronation--> | | | country = Puertego |
| |conventional_long_name = Most Serene Grand Duchy Yonderre | | |image = Panama-city-panorama.jpg |
| |native_name = ''Sérénissime Grand-Duché Yonderre'' ([[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]])<br>''Serenistische Großherzogtum Yonderre'' ([[East Gothic language|Gothic]]) | | |image_size = 300px |
| |common_name = Yonderre | | |caption = [[San Lina]], the {{wp|Financial centre|financial capital}} of Puertego |
| |status = <!--Status of country, especially useful for micronations--> | | | currency = [[Damillo]] (DMO, Đ) |
| |image_flag = Yonderre_Flag.png | | | year = {{wp|Calendar year}} |
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| |flag_border = <!--set to no to disable border around the flag--> | | | group = {{plainlist| |
| |image_flag2 = <!--e.g. Second-flag of country.svg--> | | *{{wp|Developing country|Developing/Emerging}} |
| |alt_flag2 = <!--alt text for second flag--> | | *{{wp|World Bank Lower-middle income economy|Lower-middle income economy}}}} |
| |flag2_border = <!--set to no to disable border around the flag--> | | | gdp = {{increase}} $1,108,410,624,000 (nominal, 2027 est.) |
| |image_coat = Shield_of_Joanus.png | | | gdp rank = {{plainlist| |
| |alt_coat = <!--alt text for coat of arms--> | | *[[List of countries by GDP|10th (nominal, 2028 est.)]]}} |
| |symbol_type = [[Shield of Joanus|Coat of arms]]
| | | growth = 9.2% (2027) |
| |national_motto = ''Nam Claritas Dei'' | | | per capita = {{increase}} $13,040 (nominal, 2027 est.) |
| |englishmotto = For the Glory of God | | | per capita rank = [[List of countries by GDP|6th (nominal, 2027)]] |
| |national_anthem = ''[[Yonderre notre terre]]'' ([[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]])<br>''[[Yonderre unser Land]]'' ([[East Gothic language|Gothic]])<br>([[Julian Ænglish]]: ''Yonderre our land'') | | | sectors = *{{wp|Primary sector of the economy|agriculture}}: 25% |
| |royal_anthem = <!--in inverted commas and wikilinked if link exists--> | | *{{wp|Secondary sector of the economy|industry}}: 66% |
| |other_symbol_type = <!--Use if a further symbol exists, e.g. hymn--> | | *{{wp|Tertiary sector of the economy|services}}: 4% |
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| |image_map = Yonderre Ortho.png | | | inflation = *12.5% |
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| |alt_map = | | | poverty = {{decreasePositive}} 36% living at or below $3.20 a day (2026) |
| |map_caption = Yonderre within [[Levantia]] | | | gini = {{increaseNegative}} 50.8 {{color|darkred|high}} |
| |image_map2 = Yonderre Counties.png | | | hdi = {{increasePositive}} 0.646 {{color|darkorange|medium}} |
| |alt_map2 = | | | labor = {{plainlist| |
| |map_caption2 = Mainland Yonderre divided in nine counties | | *{{increase}} 96 million (July 2028) |
| |capital = [[Collinebourg]] | | *{{steady}} 80% employment rate (July 2028)}} |
| |coordinates = <!-- Coordinates for capital, using {{tl|coord}} -->
| | | occupations = {{plainlist| |
| |largest_city = capital | | *{{wp|Primary sector of the economy|agriculture}}: 57% |
| |largest_settlement_type = largest city | | *{{wp|Secondary sector of the economy|industry}}: 33% |
| |largest_settlement = <!--Name of largest settlement--> | | *{{wp|Tertiary sector of the economy|services}}: 10% |
| |official_languages = [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]]<br>[[East Gothic language|Gothic]] | | *(2016)}} |
| |national_languages = <!--Country/territory-wide languages recognised but not necessarily in country/territory-wide law, etc-->
| | | unemployment = 1.2% (official numbers) 11.7% (estimated) |
| |regional_languages = <!--Languages recognised or associated with particular regions within the country/territory--> | | | average gross salary = Đ7,152,640 ($325.12) monthly (2027) |
| |languages_type = <!--Use to specify a further type of language, if not official, national or regional--> | | | gross median = |
| |languages = <!--Languages of the further type--> | | | average net salary = Đ4,770,920 ($216.86) monthly (2027) |
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| |languages2_type = <!--Another further type of language--> | | | industries = {{hlist|{{wp|machinery}}|{{wp|steel}}|{{wp|cement}}|{{wp|chemicals}}|{{wp|food processing}}|{{wp|lumber}}|{{wp|mining}}|{{wp|textiles}}|{{wp|construction}}|{{wp|alchohol}}}} |
| |languages2 = <!--Languages of this second further type--> | | | edbr = {{increase}} {{wp|Ease of doing business index#Ranking|Easy #76 (2027)}} |
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| |ethnic_groups = | | | export-goods = Tin, Natural Rubber, Sugar, Fish, Chemicals, Iron, Steel, Copper, Gold, Silver, Tobacco, Aluminum, Nickel, Zinc, Textiles, Machinery, Alcohol, Cement, Lithium, Paper, Diamonds, Refined Petroleum, Processed Food |
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| |religion = [[Catholic Church]]
| | | import-goods = Grains, Corn, Pharmaceuticals, Fertilizer, Livestock, Automobiles, Electronics, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Coal, Electricity, Broadcasting Equipment |
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| |demonym = Yonderian<br>Yond
| | | FDI = {{plainlist| |
| |government_type = Federal parliamentary elective constitutional monarchy
| | *{{increase}} $512 billion (31 December 2027 est.) |
| |leader_title1 = [[Grand Duke of Yonderre]]
| | *{{increase}} Abroad: $8 million (31 December 2027 est.)}} |
| |leader_name1 = [[Auguste IV de Somua]]
| | | current account = $37,033 million (2028 est.) |
| |leader_title2 = [[Steward of the Realm]]
| | | gross external debt = $1,086,181,153,981 (31 December 2027 est.) |
| |leader_name2 = [[Bertelis Arcaneaux]]
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| | | debt = {{decreasePositive}} 77% of GDP (FY 2027) |
| |leader_name14 = | | | balance = + 0.7% of CDP |
| |legislature = [[Yonderian Parliament]] | | | revenue = |
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| |established_event1 = [[Conquest of Joanusterre]] | | *BB |
| |established_date1 = 1458 | | *Outlook: Stable}} |
| |established_event2 = ''[[Treaty for the guarantee of Joanus' Land]]'' | | | reserves = $105.2 billion |
| |established_date2 = 1494 | |
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| |area_km2 = 1,261,724 | |
| |area_sq_mi = 487,154 | |
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| |population_estimate = 100,235,660 | |
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| |population_estimate_year = 2028 | |
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| |population_density_km2 = 79.4 | |
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| '''Yonderre''', officially styled as the '''Most Serene Grand Duchy Yonderre''' (Burgoignesc: ''Sérénissime Grand-Duché Yonderre'', Gothic: ''Serenistische Großherzogtum Yonderre''), is a nation in [[Levantia]]. Its capital and most populous city is [[Collinebourg]]. Yonderre consists of nine Counties that are divided into 72 Baronies, each of which further subdivides into munincipalities. The [[Yonderian Kestrel Isles|Kestrel Isles]] of the [[Vandarch]] Sea form a seperate Grand Barony directly under the [[Grand Duke of Yonderre]]. Yonderre neighbours [[Faneria]] and [[Hendalarsk]] across the [[Vandarch]] to the north via the [[Kestrel Isles]], [[Hollona and Diorisia]] to the east, [[Anglei]] to the southeast, [[Calinthia]] to the southwest and [[Eldmora]] to the west. Yonderre is a semi-landlocked country on the [[Vandarch]] south coast, having access to the [[Kilikas Sea]] via the [[Grand Vandarch Canal]] which is administered by the [[Marine Yonderre]].
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| Yonderre has been inhabited since at least 10,000 BC by [[Proto-Goths|proto-Gothic]] and [[Khovihnihk people|Khovihnihk tribes]]. The Bronze and Iron Ages were characterised by extensive contacts with other cultures in [[Catholic Levantia]] and [[Ultmar]]. Known as [[East Gothica]] to [[Great Levantia]], Yonderre became a crossroads of trade between [[Catholic Levantia]] and [[Ultmar]] around the late Bronze Age. The [[Great Gothic Migration]] which happened around the fall of the [[Great Levantia|Levantine Potentate]] in the late 6th century AD drove the [[Khovihnihk people|Khovihnihk tribes]] out of [[East Gothica]] in a matter of decades, afterwhich several attempts to form a centralized Gothic nation failed. The resultant wealth of independent or semi-independent Gothic nations coexisted mostly peacefully with its foreign neighbours albeit in a near constant state of internal turmoil until the latter half of the 15th century saw [[Conquest of East Gothica|East Gothica conquered by crusaders]] from the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], establishing Yonderre as an autonomous marcher realm under [[Joanus de Martigueux]]. Yonderre's legitimacy was solidified by the ''[[Treaty for the guarantee of Joanus' Land]]'' signed with the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] in 1494.
| | The economy of Puertego is a mixed socialist-oriented market economy with the private sector allowed to operate in much of the economy though state control still being common in many industries such as utilities and natural resources. The economy is one of the fastest growing on the continent with it consistently measuring 8-9% GDP growth every year with the economy showing no real signs of slowing in its growth any time soon unless a catastrophic event hits the economy unexpectedly. While the economy has seen rapid and continuous growth ever since 2008 there are still many people who critique many aspects of the economy such as the massive income inequality and poverty allowed to exist in it with Puertego having some of the worst income inequality in the entire world, there has also been criticism towards the countries heavy corruption in state run industries, lack of wage growth despite the growing economy, and the lack of a lot of social welfare commonly found in other countries. |
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| Despite a largely succesful transition from the [[East Gothic faith]] to [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]], settlers from the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] raised ethnic and cultural tensions throughout the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The chiefly [[Bergendii]] settlers established new villages or became wealthy burghers in the new cities settled by the crusaders, while the indigenous Gothic population were entrenched in serfdom under their new Levantine Catholic nobility. Following a number of smaller uprisings, this ultimately concluded in the [[First Potato War]] (1556-1557) and the [[Yonderian Peasants' War]] of the mid-1640s, widespread uprisings throughout Yonderre both of which ultimately failed. Yonderre was the main combatant of the [[Likedealers]] during the [[Golden Age of Vandarch Piracy]] in the late 18th century, policing the south [[Vandarch]]. Yonderre had its final civil war, the [[Second Potato War]], between 1787-1788, which resulted in relaxed taxation and granted more rights to the peasantry. Yonderre prospered throughout the 19th century in what is known as the [[Yonderian Golden Age]], a time of exceptional creative production in the fields of culture and science. Yonderre persued a strict policy of neutrality throughout the [[Great Wars]], although more than 1.5 million Yonderians [[Yonderian volunteers to Burgundie in the Great War|served in the Burgoignesc Foreign Legion as volunteers]]. Yonderre joined the [[Levantia and Odoneru Treaty Association]] in the aftermath of the [[Second Great War]] and the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] has partaken in numerous peacekeeping operations around the world since then, notably [[Operation Khyzer Rhykh]] and [[the Deluge]].
| | The Puertegan economy was formerly almost exclusively based on farming cash crops and selling them abroad with things such as sugar and rubber however in recent times the economy has been moving to a more industrialized one with the country making it very easy and profitable for companies to outsource their production to Puertego, in recent times Puertego has become a large producer of things such as steel, textiles, chemicals, various refined metals, and aluminum though natural resource extraction still remains a large sector of the economy with mining copper, tin, zinc, nickel and other minerals as well as farming sugar, rubber, and tobacco still being large industries in Puertego. Services are a small sector of the economy with the government prioritizing industry and the only real service jobs are in shipping, finance, or banking or government operated utility companies. Remittances are the last part of the Puertegan economy with the country receiving an estimated $70 billion back from the 14 million Puertegan working abroad often in [[Pelaxia]], [[Cartadinia]], and [[Caphiria]]. The economy of Puertego is largely export based with exports outnumbering imports on a scale of 12 to 1, the country is one of the world's largest importers of energy with them buying coal, oil, and natural gas from almost anyone aboard who will sell it to them as well as being a large importer of food. |
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| Yonderre is a middle power with a strong economy, having the world's third-largest economy by GDP per capita at $62,040.56. A highly developed country, Yonderians enjoy a high standard of living and the country offers social security and a universal health care system, environmental protections, and a tuition-free university education. Yonderre ranks highly in most metrics of national performance, including education, health care, protection of civil liberties, democratic governance and gender equality. [[Yonderian cuisine]] is famous worldwide, particularly for its [[Yonderian pastry|pastries]] and [[Beer in Yonderre|beers]]. Yonderre is a member of the [[Levantine Union]] and the [[Talerzone]] and was a member of the [[Levantia and Odoneru Treaty Association]] from 1958 until its dissolution and replacement in 2018 by the [[Levantine Union Defense Council]], of which Yonderre is a founding member.
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| ==Etymology and title== | | === Mining === |
| Yonderre takes its name from the ''[[Treaty for the guarantee of Joanus' Land]]'' wherein the lands making up Yonderre are mentioned as ''Joanusterra'', "Joanus' land" from Latin ''Terra'', in reference to [[Joanus de Martigueux]], the first Crusader Grand Count of Yonderre. The styling of the name was changed over time, with the more Burgoignesc-sounding ''Yoansterre'' appearing side-by-side with ''Joanusterra'' throughout the sixteenth century. The present spelling of the name is first documented in the early seventeenth century and is thought to have replaced the others almost entirely by time of the [[Yonderian Peasants' War]] in the 1640s. Yonderre has sometimes historically been referred to as ''Jondaar'' and ''Jonderd'' in the [[East Gothic language]] after the Conquest of Joanusterre, although this name has amost entirely fallen out of use in favour of the official style. Prior to the [[Conquest of Joanusterra]], present-day Yonderre was often referred to simply as [[East Gothica]] or Gothica. This was due to the nature of the plethora of independent or semi-independent Gothic nations that existed between the [[Great Gothic Migration]] of the late sixth century and the [[Conquest of Joanusterra]], effectively making the borders of modern Yonderre a geographical region.
| | [[File:Potosi Décembre 2007 - Industrie Minière.jpg|thumb|left|A mine in the eastern mountains of Puertego]] |
| | Mining has always been and remains a large part of the Puertegan economy with the country producing according to 2025 data 18,500 tons of tin, 1,400,000 tons of zinc, 270,000 tons of nickel, 24,500 tons of cobalt, 2,400 tons of lithium, 120 tons of gold, 4,160 tons of silver, and 45,000,000 tons of iron ore. It is estimated through official state numbers that 14% of the population is employed through mining with wages in the sector being barely below average for Puertego and all being employed in the state-run mining company with private companies in that sector being disallowed by law granting the state a complete monopoly on mining operations in Puertego. |
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| The title of ''Most Serene Grand Duchy'' was conferred on Yonderre by Pope Gregory XIII in 1574 following lengthy negotiations. The Yonderian nobility had wanted the nation raised to the status of a Kingdom but due to stipulations in the ''[[Treaty for the guarantee of Joanus' Land]]'', Yonderre could not be made a Kingdom as it was tied to the Crown of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] de jure, despite the treaty having made Yonderre de jure autonmous and de facto independent in 1494.
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| {{main|History of Yonderre}}
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| ===Pre-history and antiquity (before the 6th century AD)=== | |
| Archaeological digs around Yonderre indicate that much of Yonderre has been inhabited by humans since at least the paleolithic period, based in part on dating of shards of pottery. Burial mounds, some in excess of 5,000 years old, dot the Yonderian landscape. Different styles exist and are generally divided into three groups: [[East Goths|Gothic]], [[Ænglish people|Ænglish]] and [[Khovihnihk people|Khovihnihk]]. Studies of the genetic makeup of [[Stonne]]'s prehistoric inhabitants show a high frequency of the y-chromosome haplogroup G2g, a common genetic trait amongst the Gothic peoples, indicating that Goths, or perhaps rather proto-Goths, already inhabited what is today Yonderre before agriculture was developed in Gothica.
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| ===Gothic middle ages (6th–15th century)===
| | The manufacturing industry in Puertego has experienced rapid growth in recent years with the countries cities becoming heavily industrialized, manufacturing accounts for 2/3rds of GDP in Puertego and employs 1/3rd of the countries workforce. In 2030 the government of Puertego announced that the manufacturing industry had been completely privatized with the last few factories of the state-owned cement company being liquidated and the company being disbanded, growth in the sector remains extremely high with it experiencing a growth rate of around 14% yearly. The largest manufacturing sectors in Puertego are metallurgy, cement, chemicals, and textiles with smaller industries in arms, alcohol, machinery, food processing, and arms. In Puertego it's estimated that around 80% of manufacturing businesses are foreign owned with the 20% domestic owned ones almost universally being owned by high-ranking government officials in Puertego. |
| The middle ages began in Gothica with the [[Great Gothic Migration]] ocurring around the fall of the [[Great Levantia|Levantine Potentate]] in the late 6th century AD. The lands making up modern Yonderre had beforehand been home to [[East Goths|Goths]] but also [[Ænglish people]] and [[Khovihnihk people|Khovihnihk tribes]]. The [[Khovihnihk people|Khovihnihk tribes]] were driven out of [[East Gothica]] in a matter of decades while a rump of the Ænglish remained in the far east. [[Will of Wandsberg]] attempted to form a united Gothic nation in the late sixth century, securing much of eastern East Gothica but ulitmately failing. Several attempts to form a centralized Gothic nation followed and all ultimately failed, leading to endless infighting and wars between Gothic nobility. Gothic lords went by ''Höwding'', "Chieftain" (Literally "Headling"), until a general trend towards titles of nobility mimicking those of the [[Holy Levantine Empire|Levantine Empire]] occured around the late ninth century. | |
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| While written sources from early medieval East Gothica are few and far between (often attributed to a preference for oral tradition), the few available sources are able to shed light on East Gothic societies and tradition. One of the few examples of very early medieval sources available is in a {{circa}} 750 AD tome written by [[Opthéin of Canaery|Opthéin]], a monk of Canaery. Opthéin travelled through much of what today constitutes the [[Yonderian Counties]] [[Amarre]] and [[Montgebirre]] and recounted his tales in the ''Gesta Gothica''. The ''Gesta Gothica'' relates Gothic society and traditions and compares his findings with those of the [[Holy Levantine Empire|Levantine Empire]]. Opthéin paints a picture of the Goths as a type of noble savages, not un-cultured but still un-Christian, which Opthéin saw as one of their greatest failings. Opthéin also notes that while the cities of East Gothica were generally safe, the roads and woodlands between them were home to bandits and "{{wpl|Robber baron (feudalism)|robber barons}}".
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| [[Dan Lärdmann]] writes in his ninth century ''[[Chronica Gothica]]'' of advances to Gothic society made during the latter half of the century. A trend of approachment with the [[Holy Levantine Empire|Levantine Empire]] was in the Zeitgeist according to Lärdmann, and with it an interest in adopting new ideas from [[Catholic Levantia]], albeit without compromising Gothic identity. The late medieval period was characterized by further power struggles as Gothic nobles continued to attempt to unite [[Gothica]]. Impressive walled castles were constructed throughout Gothica and became prestigious status symbols outside of their obvious protective qualities while banditry continued to inhabit rural Gothica. Religious missions from the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] became more common during this period, but these were largely unsuccesful and more often than not were assaulted while travelling between cities and robbed, killed or captured and ransomed off, a trend that eventually became a leading factor in the [[Catholic Church]] calling for crusades into [[Gothica]].
| | Construction in Puertego has been a booming sector since the onset of the nation's rapid industrialization with the demand for new factories in the nation with the building of new factories and infrastructure to accommodate the countries rapidly growing industry as well as the governments large scale projects across the country. Construction in Puertego is privately owned with the state-run construction company being liquidated in 2019 with 4 large-scale privately-owned construction companies all filling its place almost immediately with the companies being owned by the current minister of Internal Security, two former members of the National Assembly, and a high-ranking general in the Puertegan army, however besides the big four construction companies in Puertego there are several much smaller privately owned construction companies which often operate on the grey market in an attempt to dodge taxes on their work with construction estimated to be the largest grey market industry in Puertego by far. |
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| ===Crusader conquest of Joanusterra (1458–1474)=== | | === Energy & Other Utilities === |
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| In the aftermath of the failed crusade of the Ænglish and Calinthians, Pope Callixtus III called for another crusade into [[Gothica]]. The call was answered by many [[History_of_Dericania#Late_Imperial_period|Deric]] lesser nobles who amassed with their retinues in [[Ænglasmarch]] in early 1458. The crusaders led by Count of [[History_of_Dericania#County_Palatine_of_Estia|Estia]] [[Joanus de Martigueux]] entered [[Gothica]] from the east by the [[Vollardic Mountains]], headed for the city of [[Koop]]. Proselytism and looting occured interchangably as the crusaders headed for [[Koop]], meeting no major resistance until encountering an amassed army of East Gothic lords and their levies in [[Willersthal]] under the leadership of King [[Widukind of Weferlingen]]. On the 23rd of August, 1458, in what became known as the [[Battle of Willersthal]], the numerically superior Gothic forces were destroyed, outmaneuvered and outclassed by de Martigueux's mounted heavy cavalry forces. The crusaders took the mercantile hotspot [[Willing]] largely unopposed, its lord Holger slain and soldiers killed or captured at [[Willersthal]].
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| Having wintered in [[Willing]] and received reinforcements from the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], the crusaders set out again in early 1459 and soon had much of modern [[Vollardie County]] under control. Major battles were few, much of Gothica's principal leadership having been killed or captured at Willersthal. Sieges were common, as Gothic lords attempted to hide out the conquest in their walled castles. Some Gothic lords like [[Eberhard the Sentinel]] and [[Markvart von Talerbeck]] were christened voluntarily and joined the ranks of the crusaders. The Order of the [[Knights of the Oblong Table]] was officially formed in 1462 as an inner circle of most trusted allies to de Martigueux. What is today the modern Yonderian [[Collinebourg County]] was conquered at around this time, and de Martigueux let his [[Collinebourg Castle|castle Collinebourg]] be built on a hill overlooking the [[Peritonne River]] in 1464, from which the future capital of Yonderre [[Collinebourg]] soon grew out.
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| In the period between the [[Conquest of Joanusterra]] and the [[Yonderian Golden Age]], Yonderre witnessed three major civil wars all of which were either based on or heavily influenced by cultural tension between the (typically) Gothic peasantry and the mostly Bergendii clergy and nobility. The first of these was the [[First Potato War]] which broke out in 1556. The war was named as such for the laws in effect at the time that forbade the growing of potatoes in Yonderre by the Gothic peasantry, but in reality the war is more likely an off-shoot of the concurrent [[Great Confessional War]]. The rebellion was struck down handily by the [[Knights of the Realm]] under [[Joanus II de Donne]] in 1557 who subsequently further limited the freedom and rights of the peasantry.
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| Yonderre's second civil war, the [[Yonderian Peasants' War]], was a widespread popular revolt that broke out in 1641 led by disgruntled [[Knight of the Realm|Knights of the Realm]] against the Yonderian nobility. The war began with separate insurrections in [[Donne]] and [[Kubagne]] and soon spread to [[Amarre]]. The revolt incorporated some principles and rhetoric from the Protestant Reformation through which the peasants sought influence and freedom, and much of the conflict echoed the [[First Potato War]] and as such the [[Great Confessional War]]. Though the rebels were initially succesful, the war ended in 1643 with the decisive [[Battle of Stonne]] in which the peasant army was soundly defeated by loyalist [[Knight of the Realm|Knights of the Realm]] and levies. The end of the Yonderian Peasants' War led to an overall reduction of rights and freedoms of the peasant class, effectively pushing them out of Yonderre's political life until the [[Yonderian Golden Age]]. As a direct result of the war, the [[Custodes Yonderre]] was formed in 1643 as a police force to maintain law and order in major cities, while the plans for a new system of armed forces were finalized the next Summer with the creation of the [[Yonderian Defence Force#Grand Ducal Army|Grand Ducal Army]].
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| ===Yonderian Golden Age (1820–1900)===
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| The Yonderian Golden Age ([[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]]: ''L'âge d'or Yonderresc'', [[East Gothic language|Gothic]]: ''Yondersche Goldalter'') is a name given by historians and sociologists to a period of exceptional societal, scientific and cultural advances that took place in Yonderre during the nineteenth century. Historians and sociologists disagree on the exact start and end dates of the period, but a widely accepted consensus is that [[Michael Falks]]'s book ''[[My Yonderre (book)|My Yonderre]]'' released in 1820 was the catalyst that started the period. End date is generally accepted as the start of the twentieth century, but are also variously given as 1890s and even up to the end of the 1900s with the beginning of the [[Great Depression]].
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| The creation of a singular [[Yonderian culture]] across the previous boundaries of [[Culture in Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] and [[East Gothic culture|Gothic]] cultures is often lauded as the greatest achievement of the Yonderian Golden Age. The 1820s and 30s were a period of major societal reform in Yonderre with the introduction of reforms for the peasantry, the signing of the [[Constitution of Yonderre]] in 1833 which brought with it the [[Yonderian Parliament]], reforms to the [[Custodes Yonderre]] and a common code of law across all [[Counties of Yonderre]]. Neo-classical architecture became the dominant style of the period, leaving a distinct look to major cities like [[Collinebourg]] and [[Gabion]]. Scientific advances were made in several fields by Yonderians including physicist [[Rachet d'Everard (physicist)|Rachet d'Everard]], chemist [[Eberhard Sass]], philosopher [[Hieronymus von Kähler]] and paleontologists [[Killian Lange]] and [[Thibaut d'Avignon]]. The period also brought with it major advances in the arts such as the prime of [[Anders von Necksee]] whose idealized paintings of rural Yonderre received international acclaim.
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| The [[Constitution of Yonderre]] was signed into power on June 10, 1833. The Constitution defined Yonderre as a constitutional monarchy, governed through a parliamentary system with executive powers wielded by the Grand Duke. It created separations of power between the [[Yonderian Parliament]], which enact laws, the government, which implements them, and the courts, which makes judgment about them. It also granted some fundamental rights to citizens of Yonderre including freedom of association and freedom of assembly. Most importantly for a united [[Yonderian culture]], the Consitution did away with distinctions of Gothic and Bergendii citizens, instead referring directly to Yonderians.
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| Universal manhood suffrage was introduced in Yonderre in 1903, allowing male citizens of Yonderre over the age of 25 to vote in [[Counties of Yonderre|Federal County]] elections while maintaining the [[Grand Vote]] for national elections. In 1915 voting rights were extended to eligible men 22 years of age, and in 1922 to women, a movement spearheaded by the [[Social Democrats (Yonderre)|Social Democrats]]. Yonderre pursued a strict policy of neutrality throughout the [[Great Wars]]. In the [[First Great War]], this included limiting exports and imports with warring nations, a policy that would prove to be a contributing factor in the 1909 [[Great Depression]] and its effects in Yonderre. The Great Depression briefly crippled the Yonderian economy and brought with it a long period of economic stagnation that lasted almost two decades until [[Grand Duke of Yonderre|Grand Duke]] [[Joanus X de Martigueux]] and the [[Social Democrats (Yonderre)|Social Democratic]] cabinet under [[Adolphe Heineau]] instituted major economic reforms in the 1920s that would prove succesful. Around the time of the [[Second Great War]] in the mid-1930s, Yonderian economic and industrial capacity was increasing, reaching pre-[[Great Depression]] levels again in the 1940s.
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| During the [[Second Great War]] more than 1.5 million Yonderians [[Yonderian volunteers to Burgundie in the Great War|served in the Burgoignesc Foreign Legion as volunteers]], representing more than 5% of Yonderian men and more than 2.5% of the total Yonderian population of 59.5 million (1940). At it's height in 1938, the Yonderian contingency of the [[Burgoignesc Foreign Legion]] numbered more than 300.000 men under arms, chiefly in frontline units. The volunteers became known as the ''[[Yonderian volunteers to Burgundie in the Great War|Volonderre]]''-movement and would have considerable influence on Yonderre during the [[Occidental Cold War]]. In the 1950s Yonderre began investing heavily in a socio-economic model including a comprehensive welfare state and multi-level collective bargaining based on the economic foundations of social corporatism, and a commitment to private ownership within a market-based mixed economy. Yonderre joined the [[Levantia and Odoneru Treaty Association]] (LOTA) in 1958, moving away from its pervious stance on neutrality largely thanks to the ''Volonderre''-movement. Yonderre invested heavily in nuclear energy in the 1960s to replace previous coal-powered power plants.
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| [[File:Yonderre Topo.png|thumb|Topographical map of mainland Yonderre and surrounding states, borders overlaid in black]]
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| Yonderre covers 1,261,724 km2 (487,154 sq mi) and is situated immediately on the historic border between [[Ultmar]] and [[Catholic Levantia]], because of which it has enjoyed a status as a mercantile crossroads between the two since at least the Bronze Age. The western border of Yonderre shared with [[Eldmora]] runs along the [[Donne River]], while the eastern border with [[Anglei]] is made up of the [[Avonne River|river Avonne]]. Yonderre shares a border southwardly with [[Calinthia]] across the [[Gebirre Mountains]]. The [[Yonderian Kestrel Isles]] constitute a Grand Barony directly under the [[Grand Duke of Yonderre]] and are situated immediately north of mainland Yonderre as part of the [[Kestrel Isles]].
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| The northernmost point of mainland Yonderre is the Pointe-du-Noque on the [[Vandarch]] coast, while the northernmost city is [[Famichez]] in [[Vandarcôte County]]. The southernmost point in Yonderre is Mont Carrie, a rocky outcrop on the border between [[Anglei]] and Yonderre, while the southernmost settlement is Adrienville, [[Montgebirre County]]. Yonderre's westernmost city is [[Tamagne]] of [[Kubagne County]] while the easternmost city is Ensing in [[Vandarcôte County]] bordering [[Hollona and Diorisia]].
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| The most prominent geologic-topographic feature in Yonderre, the [[Vollardic Mountains]], is mostly made up of granite and granitic-gneisses. The assemblage of its terranes is thought to have involved the closure of at least two major basins containing oceanic crust and marine sediments. This is reflected in the ophiolites, basalts, blueschists and eclogites that occur in-between terranes. Western Yonderre is dominated by gneiss and bunter sandstone. Excluding the [[Vollardic Mountains|Vollardic]] and [[Gebirre Mountains]], Yonderre is generally a country consiting of rolling hills and flat plains situated just around sea level.
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| Hydrographically, Yonderre lies at the end of the [[Vandarch]] sea where the salinity is at its lowest at 0.3%, thus being borderline-freshwater. The lack of salinity is due to the abundant freshwater runoff from the surrounding land (rivers, streams and alike). The water level is generally far more dependent on the regional wind situation than on tidal effects. Tides can reach 17 to 19 cm in the Gulf of [[Gabion]].
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| Northern Yonderre lies within the coastal climate afforded by the [[Vandarch]] Sea. The [[Counties of Yonderre|County]] of [[Vandarcôte]] and [[Yonderian Kestrel Isles|the Kestrel Isles]] have a broadly mediterranean climate, even categorized as tropic in certain places closest to the [[Vandarch]] like [[Gabion]] and [[Vandarcholme]]. The northern [[Counties of Yonderre|Counties]] [[Collinebourg County|Collinebourg]], [[Donne County|Donne]] and [[Moncheval County|Moncheval]] are generally classified as being of a humid sub-tropic nature. [[Vollardie County]], while geographically in northern Yonderre, experiences a more temperate climate owing to the [[Vollardic Mountains]], themselves a highland climate. Southern Yonderre, meaning the [[Counties of Yonderre|Counties]] [[Amarre County|Amarre]], [[Kubagne County|Kubagne]], [[Montgebirre County|Montgebirre]] and [[Somua County|Somua]] are generally temperate in nature, whilst the sourthwest of [[Montgebirre County|Montgebirre]] and parts of southeastern [[Kubagne County|Kubagne]] are dominated by a highland climate around the [[Gebirre Mountains]].
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| The Serene Grand Duchy Yonderre is divided into nine [[Counties of Yonderre|Counties]] and a [[Yonderian Kestrel Isles|Grand Barony]] that are further divided into a number of baronies, each of which further subdivides into munincipalities. The system of Counties and Baronies came about at the time of the [[Conquest of Joanusterra]] and remain largely unchanged since 1494 with the [[Treaty for the guarantee of Joanus' Land]]. The [[Counties of Yonderre|Counties]] and the [[Yonderian Kestrel Isles|Grand Barony of the Kestrel Isles]] are displayed in the table below:
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| ! County of Amarre
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| !Toubourg
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| !10,840,697
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| ! County of Collinebourg
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| ! County of Donne
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| ! County of Kubagne
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| ! County of Somua
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| ==Government and politics==
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| [[File:StormontGeneral.jpg|thumb|[[Guillaumebourg]] in central [[Collinebourg]], meeting place of the [[Yonderian Parliament]]]]
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| The Yonderian monarch is the [[Grand Duke of Yonderre|Grand Duke]]. Yonderre is an elective Grand Duchy with elections held immediately following the death of the incumbent Grand Duke. The resultant election is the traditional vote between the nine [[Counts of Yonderre]], one of which ultimately ascends to the status of Grand Duke. Below the Grand Duke is the [[Yonderian Parliament]], a unicameral national legislature headed by the [[Grand Steward of Yonderre]]. Established in 1833, it meets in [[Gillaumebourg]] in central [[Collinebourg]].
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| In accordance with the [[Yonderian Constitution]], legal power is split three-way in Yonderre; executive-, legislative- and judicious power. The executive power is wielded by the [[Grand Duke of Yonderre]], on whose behalf civil servants and the [[Custodes Yonderre]], the Yonderian national police force, maintains law and order. The legislative power is wielded by the [[Yonderian Parliament]]. Judiciary power is wielded by the courts of Yonderre.
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| The national police force of Yonderre is the [[Custodes Yonderre]]. As of 2026, the Custodes Yonderre employs 227,697 people, of which 174,256 are sworn in as officers and 53,423 are civillian employees. Custodes are [[Constitution of Yonderre#Custodes Yonderre|constitutionally]] empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order, as well as being responsible for border control. Officers of the Custodes Yonderre are referred to as "Custode" in [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] and "Kustode" in [[East Gothic language|Gothic]], and the Chief of Police is referred to as the "Supreme Custodian".
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| The [[Yonderian Defence Force]] is the military of the Most Serene Grand Duchy Yonderre. The primary arm of the Yonderian Defence Force is the ground force, which also operates the [[Army of the Air]] and the [[Marine Yonderre]]. The ground element of the Yonderian Defence Force consists of ten standing divisions divided into two corps, the [[Grand Ducal Guard Corps]] and the [[Second Corps of the Army]]. In adition, the Yonderian Defence Force also operates a further ten skeletonized divisions, brigade-sized units intended to be mobilized from reserves and combat ready within three days in case of national emergency. Yonderre's official policy states that a wartime military strength of 580,000 personnel constitutes a sufficient deterrent to exterior aggression. The army consists of a highly mobile field army backed up by local defence units. The army defends the national territory and its military strategy employs the use of the heavily forested terrain and numerous lakes to wear down an aggressor, instead of attempting to hold the attacking army on the frontier.
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| [[File:Børsen - The Stock Exchange (34621560292).jpg|thumb|Façade of the historic [[Collinebourg Bourse]], the primary bastion of Yonderian economy and mercantilism before the [[Collinebourg Stock Exchange]]]]
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| The economy of Yonderre is a highly developed social market economy with state-ownership in strategic areas. The service sector has come to play a significant economic role, particularly the Yonderian food industry and tourism, though the country remains one of the largest arms manufacturers on the planet. With a gross domestic product of $6.287 trillion, Yonderre possesses the 13th-largest economy worldwide and the fourth largest economy in the Levantine Union, while it's GDP per capita ranks 3rd globally, after [[Cartadania]] and [[Caphiria]], at $62,040.56, by far the largest in the LU. It is the richest country per capita to not border an ocean.
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| Once a predominantly agricultural country on account of its arable landscape, a liberalisation of import tariffs in 1788 following the [[Second Potato War]] marked the end of mercantilism and further liberalisation in the ninetenth and the beginning of the tweentieth century established the Yonderian liberal tradition in international trade that was only to be broken by the [[Second Great War]]. Even when other countries raised protection for their agricultural sector because of increased [[Urcea|Urcean]] competition resulting in much lower agricultural prices after 1870, Yonderre retained its free trade policies as the country profited from the cheap imports of cereals (used as feedstuffs for cattle and pigs) and could increase their exports of butter and meat of which the prices were more stable.
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| Yonderian partially-state owned heavy industry conglomerate [[AMY]] had a 2025 annual revenue of [[Taler|₮]]66 billion while companies like [[Primo Kino]] and [[FRY|Federation Rasslin Yonderre (FRY)]] represent international entertainment powerhouses with revenuse of several billion [[Taler|Talers]]. Other billion [[Taler|Taler]] companies include [[SuperNOVA]] (pharmaceudicals), [[Toubourg Brewery]] ([[Beer in Yonderre|beer and liqueurs]]), [[Chef Chev]] (restaurant), [[Willing Group]] (retail) and [[Banc Yonderresc]] (banking).
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| The population of Yonderre sits around 100 million people (2025), giving Yonderre a population density of 79.4/km<sup>2</sup> (205.6/sq mi). [[Yonderians]] are presently a largely homogeneous people culturally and ethnically despite the major influxes of chiefly [[Bergendii]] and other southern Levantine peoples from the middle of the fifteenth century. Although intially dividing society almost tribalistically between [[East Goths]] and [[Bergendii]] peoples, relations warmed up over time and finally with the [[Yonderian Golden Age]] of the nineteenth century, a common Yonderian culture, and thus people, emerged.
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| As of the 2025 census, 38.113.350 or {{circa}} 38% of Yonderians live in the ten largest cities in Yonderre or their surrounding suburbs, of which almost half or 16% of the total live in the two largest cities, [[Collinebourg]] and [[Gabion]]. The population being centred around the ten largest cities owes greatly to the population boom experienced by Yonderre after the [[Second Great War]], increasing from 59.5 million in 1940 to 100 million in 2025. The largest cities were more attractive to move to due to education and job opportunities and would also be better able to expand and thus to accomodate more people.
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| [[Gabion]] is projected by anthropologists to surpass [[Collinebourg]] and become the largest city by population in Yonderre by the mid-2040s or 2050s.
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| [[File:Dunapartlatkep4.jpg|[[Collinebourg]]|thumb|left]]
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| [[File:Montpellier vue sur Antigone.jpg|thumb|[[Gabion]]]]
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| |+ Most populous cities in Yonderre (2025 census)
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| ! Rank !! City !! County !! Population
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| | 1 || [[Collinebourg]] || [[Collinebourg County|Collinebourg]] || 8,230,000
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| | 2 || [[Gabion]] || [[Vandarcôte County|Vandarcôte]] || 7,842,000
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| | 3 || [[Donnebourg]] || [[Donne County|Donne]] || 3,638,400
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| | 4 || [[Sainte-Catherine]] || [[Kubagne County|Kubagne]] || 3,192,700
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| | 5 || [[Willing]] || [[Vollardie County|Vollardie]] || 2,965,250
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| | 6 || [[Famichez]] || [[Vandarcôte County|Vandarcôte]] || 2,885,500
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| | 7 || [[Toubourg]] || [[Amarre County|Amarre]] || 2,770,000
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| | 8 || [[Vandarcholme]] || [[Vandarcôte County|Vandarcôte]] || 2,410,200
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| | 9 || [[Vallonbourg]] || [[Somua County|Somua]] || 2,150,000
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| | 10 || [[Sainte-Cateline]] || [[Vandarcôte County|Vandarcôte]] || 1,930,300
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| ===Language===
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| The two official languages of Yonderre, as recognized by the [[Constitution of Yonderre]], are [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] and [[East Gothic language|Gothic]]. Determining the exact number of native speakers of each is dificult, but it is generally estimated that approximately 60% of Yonderians speak Gothic and 40% Burgoignesc as their mother tongue. School classes are taught predominantly in [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] or [[East Gothic language|Gothic]] depending on the school (or even individual class for larger schools), while the other language is taught as a seperate subject from the second class (third year) onwards. In 2019, 85.2% of self-reported native [[East Gothic language|Gothic]] speakers claimed to speak "good Burgoignesc", while 74.2% of native [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] speakers claimed the same for Gothic.
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| Despite the extent of schooling in both languages, Yonderre remains a bilingual country: television and radio programming from state-operated or state-financed media like [[Télévision 1 (Yonderre)|Télévision 1]] are required by law to be available in both languages. Some sociologists like [[Nicolas Boucault]] contend that the [[East Gothic language]] is "under attack" in Yonderre, claiming that many institutions of higher education are biased against native Gothic speakers because most classes are taught in Burgoignesc. Similarly, the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] requires all radio communication to be in the Burgoignesc language to avoid confusion, with provisions for communicating in Gothic if it is suspected beyond reasonable doubt that a Burgoignesc-speaking enemy may be listening in.
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| The Burgoignesc language spoken in Yonderre is sometimes referred to as Yonderian Burgoignesc and sometimes Yonderoburgoignesc. Yonderian Burgoignesc differs from modern Levantine Burgoignesc mostly by its use of Gothic loanwords. Yonderian Burgoignesc and Levantine Burgoignesc are mutually intelligible, with an estimated 95 to 98% shared lexicon and only few lexical differences between the two languages.
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| The Gothic language spoken in Yonderre is referred to as [[East Gothic language|East Gothic]] to prevent confusion with other Gothic languages like [[Hendalarskisch]]. Dialects of East Gothic are typically specific to the different regions where it is spoken. Since the popularization of radio, many dialects of East Gothic have been dying out and replaced with the ''Reichssprache'', the "language of the realm", a dialect bridging the gap between [[Gabion]] East Gothic and [[Collinebourg]] East Gothic, very popular in radio, television and with [[Yonderian cinema]].
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| ===Education===
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| [[File:Budapest Etnographical museum1.JPG|thumb|Façade of the [[University of Collinebourg]]]]
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| All educational programmes in Yonderre are regulated by the Ministry of Education and administered by local municipalities. Public schools cover the entire period of compulsory education, encompassing primary and lower secondary education. Most children attend public school for 10 years, from the ages of 6 to 16. There are no final examinations, but pupils can choose to sit an exam when finishing their last year. The test is obligatory if further education is to be attended. Alternatively pupils can attend a private school such as schools operated by the [[Prokopites|Order of Saint Prokop]].
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| The "popular school" introduced with the Schooling Law of 1808 encompasses the compulsive education of Yonderians from the age of six to sixteen over ten years referred to as "classes" from 0-9th. A further three-year secondary education must be attended and passed before a student can enter a university.
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| All university education in Yonderre is tuition free, covered by taxation. Students aged 18 or above may apply for state educational support grants that provides fixed financial support, disbursed monthly. Yonderian universities offer international students a range of opportunities for obtaining internationally recognized qualifications in Yonderre. The [[University of Collinebourg]] is Yonderre's largest and oldest university founded in 1479. The Academic Ranking of World Universities placed it 30th in the world in 2026. [[Gabion University]] is the second oldest and second largest university in Yonderre by number of students and typically ranks within the 100 best universities in [[Levantia]].
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| ==Culture==
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| {{main|Yonderian culture}}
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| Yonderre shares strong cultural bonds with [[Burgundie]] from which many settlers emigrated from the fifteenth century and throughout the early modern period. Culture and the arts thrive as a result of the proportionately high amount of government funding they receive, much of which is administered by local authorities so as to involve citizens directly. Thanks to a system of grants, Yonderian artists are able to devote themselves to their work while museums, theatres, and the film institute receive national support.
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| ===Northern Ideal===
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| [[File:Fire_and_air_(1914)_(14586262728).jpg|thumb|Print of [[Eberhard the Sentinel]] (1435-1509), a [[Knights of the Oblong Table|Knight of the Oblong Table]] often cited as the personification of the [[Northern Ideal]]]]
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| {{main|Northern Ideal}}
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| The Northern Ideal is a series of observations and concepts related to how the people of Yonderre view themselves and their history. Within the Northern Ideal, the Yonderian people view themselves as the direct inheritors of their crusading past, making the country a bastion of the Catholic faith as well as the chivalrous and orderly social mores of the Crusading knights. The aspiration to meet this standard permeates all levels of social, economic, and political life in Yonderre.
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| Since the [[Yonderian Golden Age]] of the 19th century, the Grand Duchy has undergone significant social and political evolution which moved it away from its traditional structures. Despite this, the Northern Ideal remains in place with little public notion of reimagining or reapplying it to modern life. The significant differences between the Ideal and modern Yonderian life has been the subject of significant study. For example, Yonderre was among the first nations to legalize pornography in 1969 and has comparatively loose abortion laws, a [[Ministry of National Security (Urcea)#Department for Northern Affairs|cause of concern]] for some neighbouring countries like [[Urcea]].
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| ===Cinema===
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| [[Primo Kino]] is the prime purveyor of [[Yonderian cinema]] to the world audiences, delivering such classics as ''[[How I (almost) accidentally started the Third Great War]]'', ''[[Dates for Monarchs]]'', ''[[A Man Called Pierre]]'' and ''[[Margherita]]''. The Yonderian movie industry is centered around [[Komeon Boulevard]] in [[Gabion]] on the [[Vandarch|Vandarch Coast]]. Some prolific and acclaimed actors like [[Jean-Yves Forvert]] or [[Edith le Fêvre]] each have hundreds of appearances in movies and TV shows.
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| ===Music===
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| Crooners like [[Dom Martinez]] and [[François Artanis]] took Yonderre by storm in the 1950s and 60s, having come up from shows in the clubs of [[Gabion]] in the 1940s with a blend of proto-stand up slapstick comedy and singing. A vivid rock music scene emerged in the 1970s that lead to a plethora of rock and music genres played throughout the 1980s, producing iconic bands like [[Crusaders (band)|Crusaders]] and [[Exception]]. [[Edith d'Alisse]] is an up and coming star in pop music, winning the [[WorldVision 2026]].
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| ===Sports===
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| The [[Yonderre national football team]] is among the best in the world, having been ranked in the top since the 1980s. The [[Ligue Yonderre|Yonderian football league]] is among the highest rated of all football leagues. The [[FRY|Federation Rasslin Yonderre (FRY)]] is one of the most watched purveyors of sports entertainment in the world since the 1980s, delivering professional wrestling and dramatic plotlines to worldwide audiences from weekly shows and special pay-per-view events.
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$1,108,410,624,000 (nominal, 2027 est.)
36% living at or below $3.20 a day (2026)
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