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|national_motto = "Patria și dreptul meu!"<br />{{small|"Патриа ши дрептoул меoу!"}} | |national_motto = "Patria și dreptul meu!"<br />{{small|"Патриа ши дрептoул меoу!"}} | ||
|englishmotto = (The Homeland and my right!) | |englishmotto = (The Homeland and my right!) | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Early history=== | ===Early history=== | ||
The earliest known settlements in what is now Volonia date back to the Bronze Age. Many of these settlements were inhabited by the indigenous [[Sarpic people|Sarpic peoples]], from which the Slavic peoples of today trace their ancestry back to. Not much is really known about the early Sarpic inhabitants of modern-day Volonia asides from accounts that were written by both [[Latinic people|Latinic]] and [[Suratian civilization|Suratii]] scholars and record-keepers. Most of these records tell of settlements that hug the three rivers that surround the desert frontier of what is now northern Volonia; settlements that have been confirmed to have existed from that time after archaeological evidence of the early Sarpic peoples were discovered in the early 20th Century. Many of these settlements would go on to form small petty kingdoms that throughout the years have expanded, shrank, unified, and split apart as ambitious agricultural landlords sought for dominance in the region, with the most successful of them being able to establish moderately-sized domains. | |||
===Slavic Silver Age=== | ===Slavic Silver Age=== | ||
Volonia was home to a period of Slavic political and cultural resurgence that arose against the advancing Caphiric [[Imperium_of_Caphiria#The_First_Imperium|First Imperium]] during the 5th and 6th centuries known as the Slavic Silver Age. During this period, Volonia was home to four major Slavic kingdoms, the names of which exist to this day as four of the five tribunates of the nation. The names of these kingdoms were as follows: the [[Kingdom of Costesti]], the [[Kingdom of Titu]], the [[Kingdom of Bradu]], and the [[Kingdom of Mizil]]. It was during this age that these four kingdoms would reach their cultural peak as many works of early Slavic art and poetry were created during this time. | Volonia was home to a period of Slavic political and cultural resurgence that arose against the advancing Caphiric [[Imperium_of_Caphiria#The_First_Imperium|First Imperium]] during the 5th and 6th centuries known as the Slavic Silver Age. During this period, Volonia was home to four major Slavic kingdoms, the names of which exist to this day as four of the five tribunates of the nation. The names of these kingdoms were as follows: the [[Kingdom of Costesti]], the [[Kingdom of Titu]], the [[Kingdom of Bradu]], and the [[Kingdom of Mizil]]. It was during this age that these four kingdoms would reach their cultural peak as many works of early Slavic art and poetry were created during this time. | ||
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==Culture and Society== | ==Culture and Society== | ||
===Education=== | ===Education=== | ||
As Volonia is a deeply religious society that maintains a close relationship with the Catholic Church, the vast majority of schools in the country have religious studies classes which are mandatory unless a student or their parents request to be opted out of those classes. This opt-out was a more recent addition, having been added in 1989 by the Justice and Progress Party government to strengthen religious freedoms, but subsequent governments have made the pre-requisites for an opt-out more stringent with the only reasoning that is consistently accepted being if the student in question is of a different faith from that of the Catholic Church. Irreligious and Protestant students (and their parents if said parents are also irreligious or Protestants) have reported having had their opt-out requests denied on the basis of perceived fraud, and some have even reported having never been given a follow-through on whether or not their opt-out requests have been accepted or rejected. Irreligious people, Protestants, and those among the political left have criticized this as the Volonian state enforcing the Catholic faith onto students, something which the Volonian government has vehemently denied over the years while the nation's Caphiric Catholic (save for larger cities that often do have religious studies classes for Caphiric Catholics alongside classes for Levantine Catholics) and Qustanti Muslim minorities have reported having had no issues with their opt-out requests being accepted with many even reporting how fast these opt-out requests are fulfilled. | |||
===Attitudes and worldview=== | ===Attitudes and worldview=== | ||
The attitudes and worldview that a Volonian citizen may hold depends entirely on a couple of factors, those being geopolitical beliefs and perceived cultural identity. In general, Volonian citizens see themselves as a Sarpo-Latinic fusion with elements from both the indigenous Sarpic peoples and some Latinic influences from the centuries under Caphiric rule. However, there exists a minority of Volonians who wish to purify Volonian culture of as many Latinic influences as possible, instead looking towards the Suratians of Chrobonsk for cultural inspiration; these people seek to distance their country from Caphiria in favor of closer ties with the Levantines. There are also those who, although they have no issue with the Latinic influences, wish to take in some influences from neighboring Romance cultures such as those of Pelaxia and Cartadania; they see Volonia's natural future as one that picks neither Caphiria nor the Levantines, but rather closer ties with UNESARP. The vast majority of Volonians, on the other hand, are content with the current cultural makeup of their society and their country's close ties with Caphiria. | |||
===Kinship and family=== | ===Kinship and family=== | ||
The heavy influence of the Catholic Church on Volonian society has put a great emphasis on the {{wp|nuclear family}} structure; young adults are expected to get married by the age of 21 and have at least two or more children by the age of 24. Unmarried young adults, unless they are somehow widowed, are deemed to be highly taboo and are expected to join a monastery or a nunnery if they are unable to get married and have children. Childless couples are viewed with suspicion unless one or both partners are infertile, and thus are encouraged to adopt. Adult offspring are expected to keep an eye on their aging parents' welfare, the idea being that they may have to take care of their parents someday if they are unable to take care of themselves; multi-generational households are seen as the end goal of the cycle of the proper Volonian family structure. The strong Catholic influence also means that the institution of {{wp|marriage}} is seen as being reserved for heterosexual couples; {{wp|same-sex couples}} may apply for a {{wp|civil union}}, but are unable to adopt. | |||
===Cuisine=== | ===Cuisine=== | ||
===Religion=== | ===Religion=== | ||
The [[Catholic Church]] is the official religion of Volonia and is officially represented in the House of Tribunes. The 1970 Constitution states that the Volonian people "are intrinsically and forever tied to the Apostolic Catholic Faith and forever sit in communion with the Pope. The Catholic faith, though it may not be enforced by law, is an indelible characteristic of the Volonian people and their state." Volonians have long been associated with Catholicism in [[Sarpedon]], and were subject to persecution for it during [[Caphiria]]'s control of the area in the midst of the [[Great Schism of 1615]]. | The [[Catholic Church]] is the official religion of Volonia and is officially represented in the House of Tribunes. The 1970 Constitution states that the Volonian people "are intrinsically and forever tied to the Apostolic Catholic Faith and forever sit in communion with the Pope. The Catholic faith, though it may not be enforced by law, is an indelible characteristic of the Volonian people and their state." Volonians have long been associated with Catholicism in [[Sarpedon]], and were subject to persecution for it during [[Caphiria]]'s control of the area in the midst of the [[Great Schism of 1615]] and most especially during the disastrous [[Ash War]] when the persecution was at its worst. | ||
===Arts and Literature=== | ===Arts and Literature=== | ||
===Sports=== | ===Sports=== | ||
===Symbols=== | ===Symbols=== | ||
==Economy and Infrastructure== | ==Economy and Infrastructure== | ||
===Major Industries=== | ===Major Industries=== | ||