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{{Infobox country

|micronation =        <!--yes if a micronation-->

|conventional_long_name = Most Serene Grand Duchy Yonderre

|common_name =        Yonderre

|status =            <!--Status of country, especially useful for micronations-->

|national_motto =    ''Nam Claritas Dei''

|englishmotto =      For the Glory of God

|royal_anthem =      <!--in inverted commas and wikilinked if link exists-->

|other_symbol_type =  <!--Use if a further symbol exists, e.g. hymn-->

|leader_name1 =      [[Auguste IV de Somua]]

|leader_title2 =      [[Steward of the Realm]]

|leader_title14 =      <!--(up to 14 distinct leaders may be included)-->

|leader_name14 =  

|sovereignty_type =  <!--Brief description of country/territory's status ("Independence [from...]", "Autonomous province [of...]", etc)-->

|sovereignty_note =  

|established_event2 = ''[[Treaty for the guarantee of Joanus' Land]]''

|established_date2 =  1494

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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]].

===Crusader conquest of Joanusterra (1458–1474)===

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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]].  

===Early modern period (Late 15th century–1820)===

====Wars of the early modern period====

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.  

Yonderre was the main combatant of the [[Likedealers]] during the [[Golden Age of Vandarch Piracy]] in the late 18th century, policing the south [[Vandarch]]. The Likedealers were a loosely organized guild of pirates whose operations greatly affected maritime trade in both the [[Kestrel Isles]] and on the coasts of the greater [[Vandarch]]. The scourge of the Likedealers was finally brought to an end in a battle in 1785 that became known as the [[Last stand of the Likedealers]], in which the [[Marine Yonderre]] managed to entrap and destroy the Likedealers' leadership. The battle proved to effectively be the end of piracy in the [[Vandarch]].  Just two years later, the last of Yonderre's civil wars, the [[Second Potato War]], ended with the rebelling peasantry soundly defeated in 1788, but unlike the previous [[Yonderian Peasants' War]] of 1641-43, [[Grand Duke of Yonderre]] [[Auguste III de Somua]] made concessions to the peasantry, abolishing the highly unpopular [[Potato Laws]] that had caused the war in the first place and clearing the path for a period of societal reform that came to be known as the [[Yonderian Golden Age]].

===Yonderian Golden Age (1820–1900)===

{{main|Yonderian Golden Age}}

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.

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.

==Geography==

==Government and politics==

===Government and law===

[[File:StormontGeneral.jpg|thumb|[[Guillaumebourg]] in central [[Collinebourg]], meeting place of the [[Yonderian Parliament]]]]

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]].  

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.

==Economy==

{{main|Economy of Yonderre}}

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.

==Culture==

{{main|Yonderian culture}}

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.

===Northern Ideal===

{{main|Northern Ideal}}

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.  

===Cinema===

[[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.

===Music===

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