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An {{wp|archipelago}} of approximately 1,682 islands, Gran Aligonia's large main island is formally known as Aligonia, a name also sometimes given to the whole archipelago as the Aligonian Archipelago. Situated in the Periclean Sea approximately 282km from the shores of [[Mont]], almost all of Gran Aligonia possesses a Periclean climate with mild winters and hot summers, hotter in the inland areas. Rain occurs mainly in autumn and winter, with summer being generally dry. The islands are famous for their typcial morning mist. At the main island's highest point of Mont Moceno (3894 m), the climate becomes more temperate and even continental owing to the increase in altitude, providing a snowy peak which has occasionally been used for amateur skiing. Since 2002, however, Mont Moceno's peak and accompanying settlement have been seeing less snow due to {{wp|climate change}}, often only recieving 13cm of snowfall total yearly. | An {{wp|archipelago}} of approximately 1,682 islands, Gran Aligonia's large main island is formally known as Aligonia, a name also sometimes given to the whole archipelago as the Aligonian Archipelago. Situated in the Periclean Sea approximately 282km from the shores of [[Mont]], almost all of Gran Aligonia possesses a Periclean climate with mild winters and hot summers, hotter in the inland areas. Rain occurs mainly in autumn and winter, with summer being generally dry. The islands are famous for their typcial morning mist. At the main island's highest point of Mont Moceno (3894 m), the climate becomes more temperate and even continental owing to the increase in altitude, providing a snowy peak which has occasionally been used for amateur skiing. Since 2002, however, Mont Moceno's peak and accompanying settlement have been seeing less snow due to {{wp|climate change}}, often only recieving 13cm of snowfall total yearly. | ||
The average annual sea temperature is 20 °C, from 15–16 °C in February to 26 °C in August. The annual average relative humidity is high, averaging 71%, ranging from 65% in July to 78% in December. The islands are home to a wide variety of flora and fauna, particularly the Aligonian porpoise, which is a nationally and internationally protected species. Approximately 25% of Aligonian islands in the | The average annual sea temperature is 20 °C, from 15–16 °C in February to 26 °C in August. The annual average relative humidity is high, averaging 71%, ranging from 65% in July to 78% in December. The islands are home to a wide variety of flora and fauna, particularly the Aligonian porpoise, which is a nationally and internationally protected species. Approximately 25% of Aligonian islands in the archipelago are uninhabited and have been designated as nature preserves. Approximately 35% of Gran Aligonia is naturally forested, with lumber typically being imported. | ||
==Government== | ==Government== | ||
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Principality of Gran Aligonia Principado da Gran Aligonia | |
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| Motto: "Vi libertatis." "Force of Liberty." | |
 Location of Gran Aligonia in the Periclean Region | |
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| Capital and largest city | Villa Romera |
| Official languages | Aligonian |
| Ethnic groups (2018) | Aligonian (92.15%) Latin (4.44%) Yisraeli (3.31%) |
| Demonym(s) | Aligonian |
| Government | Semi-Constitutional Monarchy |
• Prince | Veremundo Abellán |
• Duke of Odigal | Verucio Abellán |
• Great Minister | Carlo Obleto |
| Legislature | Great Ministry |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,384 km2 (1,693 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 4% |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 968864 |
• Census | 2015 |
• Density | 221/km2 (572.4/sq mi) |
| Gini (2018) | 57.7 high |
| HDI (2018) | 0.821 very high |
| Currency | Florin (Ƒ) (GAF) |
| Time zone | BCT (+0) |
| Date format | YYYY/MM/DD |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +20 |
| Internet TLD | .ga |
Gran Aligonia, formally referred to as the Principality of Gran Aligonia (Aligonian: Principado da Gran Aligonia) or more rarely as Aligonia, is a sovereign country and microstate located in the Periclean Sea, approximately 282 km off of the coast of Mont, with which it shares a maritime border. Gran Aligonia's location in the Periclean Sea has made it a historically important stop on trade routes along the coastline, bridging Belisarian and Scipian shipping lanes, lending it the moniker of Gateway to the Periclean.
Located on the Aligonian archipelago, Gran Aligonia has an area of 4,384 km2 (0.780 sq mi), making it one of the geographically smallest nations in the world and the smallest nation in Scipia. With a population density of 221 inhabitants per km2 and a total population of 968,864, Gran Aligonia is also one of the smallest nations in the world by population.
Gran Aligonia is a principality governed under a form of semi-constitutional monarchy, with Prince Veremundo I as head of state. Although Prince Veremundo is a constitutional monarch, he wields immense political power and is often considered an absolute monarch. The House of Abellán rose to power 1949 after the end of Yisraeli occupation of the archipelago, in the Third West Scipian War of 1949. The official language is Aligonian, a Latinesque language, but Yisraeli Anglic, Montoise, and Latin are widely spoken and understood by different sections of the island's population. Despite Gran Aligonia's independence and separate foreign policy, its defense is the responsibility of Latium; the Latin Navy maintains a base at Sidora. However, Gran Aligonia also maintains a national gendarmerie and several national military units, including a small air force.
Since the rise of the House of Abellán, Gran Aligonia's temperate climate, scenery, and gambling facilities have contributed to the principality's status as a tourist destination and recreation center for the world's hyper-wealthy. Gran Aligonia has been one of the world's major banking centers since the mid-14th century and continues to treat the financial industry as one of its priorities. The nation has recently sought to diversify its economy into the services sector and small, high-value-added, non-polluting industries. Gran Aligonia has no income tax, low business taxes, and is well known for being a tax haven. Since Octover of 2019, the nation has been undergoing protests and subsequent reforms to its economy and political structure, leading to democratization, with the first round of elections planned for 31 January 2020.
History
Geography
An archipelago of approximately 1,682 islands, Gran Aligonia's large main island is formally known as Aligonia, a name also sometimes given to the whole archipelago as the Aligonian Archipelago. Situated in the Periclean Sea approximately 282km from the shores of Mont, almost all of Gran Aligonia possesses a Periclean climate with mild winters and hot summers, hotter in the inland areas. Rain occurs mainly in autumn and winter, with summer being generally dry. The islands are famous for their typcial morning mist. At the main island's highest point of Mont Moceno (3894 m), the climate becomes more temperate and even continental owing to the increase in altitude, providing a snowy peak which has occasionally been used for amateur skiing. Since 2002, however, Mont Moceno's peak and accompanying settlement have been seeing less snow due to climate change, often only recieving 13cm of snowfall total yearly.
The average annual sea temperature is 20 °C, from 15–16 °C in February to 26 °C in August. The annual average relative humidity is high, averaging 71%, ranging from 65% in July to 78% in December. The islands are home to a wide variety of flora and fauna, particularly the Aligonian porpoise, which is a nationally and internationally protected species. Approximately 25% of Aligonian islands in the archipelago are uninhabited and have been designated as nature preserves. Approximately 35% of Gran Aligonia is naturally forested, with lumber typically being imported.
Government
Gran Aligonia is a semi-absolute monarchy, with the Prince serving as the head of state and the head of the judiciary. However, the legislative branch of the country, the Grand Ministry, is organized separately along democratic lines; though both voting and running for parliamentary elections were restricted to wealthy male landowners for the majority of the Principality's history going back to the days of the Serene Republic, the 1956 Voting Rights Act expanded suffrage to every identification-bearing citizen of the country above the age of 16. Pro-democracy critics regard Gran Aligonia as an autocratic state; the Forum of Nations Democracy Index rated the Aligonian governing process as "partly free".
In the absence of national elections for the executive, politics in Gran Aligonia take place in two distinct areas: within the royal House of Abellán and its other noble peripheries, particularly the "Big Five" families, and within the more diverse field of the Grand Ministry, where pro-democratic, socialist, and other voices have been gaining traction in the last half-century.
The rule of the House of Abellánm, and the continuation of the existing "Big Five" power structure, faces political opposition from three major sources: Schraderist socialist activism; Fabrianism activism, typically also socialist in nature, and liberal democratic critics, typically those steeped in foreign business interests. Among the Gran Aligonian population, the socialist opposition, though fragmented, is generally perceived as the primary critic to the interests of the nobility, including the ruling House.