Ruttland

Free State of Ruttland Ruttish: Nemokama Ruttųijos Valstybė Weranic: Freistaat Ruttland
Constituent Free State
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: O, brangioji giraitės medis Oh dear rowan tree
■ – Ruttland ■ – Werania
Country	Werania
Status	Free state within a federal monarchy
Annexation into Werania	1850
Free State	1986
Capital	Lipliškės
Government
• Type	Devolved parliamentary republic in a federal monarchy
• Body	Seimas
• Minister-Chairman	Žygimantas Navikas
Population  (2018)
• Total	10,792,847
Demonym	Ruttish
GDP
• Total	$399,140 million
• Per capita	$36,981
Area code	+893
Official languages	Ruttish Weranic

The Free State of Ruttland (Ruttish: Nemokama Ruttųijos Valstybė) is a constituent state within the Weranian Confederation. It borders Cislania to the east and has an international border with Kirenia to the west. It has a population of 10,792,847 and its capital is Lipliškės whilst its largest city is Šilokrautė.

The presence of Ruttish people in the area dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. Under the Solarians Ruttish tribes were never conquered rather existing as tribal, pagan societies that were not united under any single authority. In the 1000's Ruttland was united under the Kingdom of Ruttland which existed as one of the last major pagan sites in Euclea across both parts of modern day Werania and Kirenia. In 1254 King Vilimas I defeated the Rudolphine Confederation becoming its Emperor, but his dynasty would prove short lived. Parts of Ruttland would subsequently ruled both by the Kirenian Maritime League and Gallic North Sea Empire.

Ruttland continued to exist within the confederation as its most important non-Weranic member, even maintaining a small colonial empire, Aucuria. Fiscal mismanagement, and governmental instability weakened Ruttland over the 1700's. During the Ten Years' War Ruttland was one of the leaders of the anti-Cislania coalition but ultimately lost the war being annexed into Kirenia. Under Kirenian war Ruttland became one of the wealthier parts of the nation with a distinct Rutto-Kirenian culture emerging as a result.

After the War of the Triple Alliance the province of Ruttland ceded to Werania where it became the Kingdom of Ruttland which was in personal union with the Kingdom of Cislania, the main component of the Weranic state. Ruttland was ruled in an authoritarian manner in a period known as "Reichsstatthalter rule" which saw a programme of Weranicisation being carried out. This ignited the Ruttish national revival which at first attempted to secede Werania in the Jurgaitytė rebellion before focusing on cultural nationalism and attempting to achieve autonomy. An unrepresentative voting system that benefited ethnic Weranics compounded this sentiment, making the "Ruttish question" one of the defining political issues of the 1800's and early 1900's in Werania.

During the Great War Ruttland was the site of the collaborationist Lipliškės Government. Following the war the Weranic dominated landtag was dissolved being replaced with the seimas which subsequently implemented policies reversing Weranicisation instead emphasising religious conservatism to combat left-wing ideologies. The Kirenian-Ruttish War saw Ruttland lose the majority Weranian Zinngebirge Basin making the region more homogenous Ruttish as a result. The province would continue to agitate for a strong regional identity leading to in 1986 a successful push by the central government to devolve more power to the region and formally end the monarchy in Ruttland, with the province becoming a free state.

Famed historically for its large steel industry, since deindustrilisation Ruttland has suffered from higher unemployment and lower living standards than the rest of Werania. Ruttland has however undergone a cultural revival in recent years with its largest city Šilokrautė being considered one of the most vibrant cities in the country.

History

Kirenian Rule

Nida Jurgaitytė led the unsuccessful Ruttish Rebellion from 1838-1839.