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'''Urcea''', officially the '''Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea''', is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Monarchy Constitutional Monarchy] in [https://ixwiki.com/wiki/Levantia Levantia]. It occupies a position in the southern half of [https://ixwiki.com/wiki/Levantia Levantia], and it neighbors, among others, [https://ixwiki.com/wiki/Kuhlfros Kuhlfros] to the north. The Kingdom's historic borders have largely sat between the [https://ixwiki.com/wiki/Ionian_Highlands Ionian Mountains] and the [https://ixwiki.com/wiki/Odoneru_Ocean Odoneru Ocean], though its modern borders includes territories beyond both of its "natural borders", a concept that developed in the 17th century. Urcea has the [https://ixwiki.com/wiki/List_of_Nations world's largest population], and the world's largest [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/metropole metropole] depending upon one's definition of that term. Urcea's economy is either the largest or second largest in the world, with a nominal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gross_domestic_product gross domestic product] exceeding $64 billion.

Although Urcea's roots as a semi-[https://ixwiki.com/wiki/Latinic_people Latinic] nation stretch back to the early foundation of [https://ixwiki.com/wiki/Adonerum Adonerii] settlements in the Urce river valley, a recognizable Urcean civilization came into being in the chaotic period following the collapse of [https://ixwiki.com/wiki/Great_Levantia Great Levantia] and the coalescence of cities and areas into early medieval polities. It was during this period that the earliest roots of modern Urcean culture was established as a fusion between the settled Latins and native [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts Celts], a duality that defines Urcean national identity. It was a major part of the [https://ixwiki.com/wiki/Holy_Levantine_Empire Holy Levantine Empire] from its foundation, and its history is shaped by that institution, and has its historical origins as unions of several of the Empire's constituent parts. At times, Urcea came to dominate the Empire, but ultimately played a major role in its downfall throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. The [https://ixwiki.com/wiki/Levantine_Catholic_Church Catholic faith] has proved to be a major factor in the development of the Urcean state, and the Apostolic Kingdom played a pivotal role in the [https://ixwiki.com/wiki/Great_Confessional_War Great Confessional War] and the entrenchment of Catholicism in Levantia. Urcea's closeness with Catholicism is one of its best known characteristics worldwide, and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papacy Papacy] resides in [https://ixwiki.com/wiki/Urceopolis_(City) Urceopolis] under Urcean temporal protection. The nation and its government are officially [https://ixwiki.com/wiki/Levantine_Catholic_Church Catholic], and much of the nation's policy decision-making revolves around [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/distributism distributist] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_social_teaching Catholic social] principles, including [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/subsidiarity subsidiarity]. The Catholic faith proves to be one of the defining characteristics of the country; the great [https://ixwiki.com/wiki/Kirav Kiravian] scholar P. G. W. Gelema once stated that "if [https://ixwiki.com/wiki/Caphiria Caphiria] is an army with a state, than it should very much be said Urcea is a Church with a state".