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''The Grand Thalassocratic Republican Principality of Burgundie and her Commonwealth'', commonly known as the ''Thalassocray of Burgundie'', the ''Thalassocracy'', or ''Burgundie'', is a nation composed of 4 constituent countries, four self-governing territories, and four colonial possessions. At almost 760,000 square miles (1.9 million km2), Burgundie is moderately sized country. With a population of over 380 million people, Burgundie is a very densely populated nation with 365 people per sqaure mile (141 people/ km2). The capital is [[Vilauristre]], and the largest city by population is [[NordHalle]]. The capital country of the [[Isle of Burgundie]] is located just off the coast of southeastern [[Levantia]] across the [[Feradach Channel]]. The country of [[Burgundie]] is located along the southeastern coast of [[Levantia]] bound by the [[Sea of Istroya]] in the south and east, the [[Latinic States]] in the north [[Urcea]] in the west. [[Flordeterra]] is in south central [[Crona]], bound by [[COUNTRY]] in the north, [[Pauldustllah]] in the east, the [[Cronan Sea]] in the south, and [[NATION]] in the west. The four self-governing territories are [[Port de Vent]] in the [[Berhan Strait]] west of [[Ixnay]], [[Ayermer]] in the [[Pukhtun Sea]] south of [[Corumm]] in [[Punth]], [[Wintergen]] in the [[Kilikas Sea]] north of [[Levantia]], and [[Sudmoll]] in the [[Okatian Sea]]. Burgundie’s five colonies are [[Antilles]] in the western [[Gulf of Kandara]] between [[Audonia]] and [[Punth]], [[Nauta Normand]] in the [[Coscivian Sea]] north of [[Kiravia]], [[Levantx]] and [[Medimeria]] in the [[Levantine Ocean]], and [[Argea]] in the [[Sea of Capelan]] south of [[Punth]]. Burgundie and its territories stretch across 19 of the 24 time zones from [[Novilla]] in UTC -9 to [[Argaea]] in UTC +10. The extremely diverse [[Geography of Burgundie|geography, climate, and wildlife]] of Burgundie and its possessions make it one of the world's megadiverse countries.

Burgundie is a {{wpl|thalassocracy}} meaning that it considers itself primarily a maritime empire whose land holdings are secondary in importance to its maritime claims. This posture leads Burgundie to take [[Burgundian Security Forces|enforcement]] of open and fair trade across the waterways very seriously and personally. The nation’s head of state, and its executive branch the Court of St. Alphador, is a {{wpl|Grand prince|great prince}}, a term that recognizes that the Prince of Burgundie is superior in authority all other provincial leaders, including the princes of [[Flordeterra]] and [[Faramount]], both constituent principalities within the Thalassocracy. Because it is a {{wpl|Crowned republic}} its hosts a parliament called the Citizens Court of the National Assembly ([[Burgundian Language|Burg]]: ''La Assemblee de Ciutadans de l'Assemblee Nacional'', ACAN). The Assembly is the unicameral legislative body of the nation with representatives from the citizenry, the [[Levantine Catholic Church|Church]], the nobility, and the Royal Family. Each member of the council is afforded one vote and the great prince is legally bound to represent the decisions of the Council. The country's third branch of government, the judicial branch, is called the Lazarine Court, the nation's supreme court.