Veltorina: Difference between revisions

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|capital                = Constantinopolis Borealis

|capital_exile          = [[Talionia|New Malavia]] (1953-2014)

|common_languages      = {{wp|Ecclesiastical Latin|Latin}}, {{wp|Koine Greek|Istroyan}}

|religion              = [[Catholic Church|Levantine Catholicism]] (1782-1864)<br>{{wp|Secularism|Secular}} (1864-1953)

Veltorina found its origin in the [[Messisorian Kingdom]], an [[Ancient Istroyan civilization|Ancient Istroyan]] polity in northeastern [[Sarpedon]] largely responsible for Istroyanizing and settling the area. The Kingdom was conquered by [[Caphiria]] during Antiquity. Beginning in the medieval period through the early modern period, the eastern provinces were sites of constant political, social, and religious upheaval and were home to the [[Veltorine people]]. Unlike other parts of the country, much of Veltorina retained a fierce devotion to the [[Catholic Church|Catholic Church]] after the adoption of [[Imperial Catholicism]], creating a vast religious divide between the eastern and western parts of the nation which enhanced the already extant cultural divides. The Catholic Church, though underground, retained a great deal of influence over eastern society. Those residing in the eastern provinces, additionally, were far more likely to have some partial degree of [[Ancient Istroyan civilization|Istroyan]] descent rather than the [[Latinic people|Latinic]] majority of western [[Caphiria]]. The social and religious divide was compounded by the distance of the provinces from [[Venceia]], which, in the pre-modern era, struggled with supply and reinforcement issues. As a result of all of this, Veltorina developed a national identity related to, but independent of, the Caphirian people.

Gaining independence from [[Caphiria]] after the long [[Veltorine War of Independence]] from 1769-1782. Established by the landed class of former eastern Caphiria, the nation was a largely rural and agricultural country for the first half of the 19th century, and contemporaries noted the excessive level of social stratification between the class of planters and serfs. The sudden [[Tyrian Revolution]] in 1864 seized control of the country, becoming the first {{wp|socialist}} state of its kind in the [[Occidental world]]. Following a period of rapid industrialization, which alarmed both [[Caphiria]] and [[Urcea]], the revolution came to a functional end and the state became stable with the creation of the office of State Basileus in 1882. A relatively modern and industrialized country, Veltorina was a {{wp|great power}} prior to the [[First Great War]]. Invaded by Caphiria during the conflict, it was ultimately annexed by [[Caphiria]] at the end of the war. Following its annexation, it became the modern provinces of [[Thessia]], [[Leonia]], [[Amarsia]], XX, and [[Sennium]], the so-called "Four New Provinces". The [[Veltorine government-in-exile]] continued to exist until 2026, and from 1950-2014 it enjoyed residency in [[Talionia]], where it attracted large hosts of Veltorine emigres. The [[Veltorine people]] later adopted [[New Veltorina]] as a new national homeland.

[[Category: Former countries]]