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|national_motto =    "Vapauteen yhtenæinen" {{small|({{wp|Finnish language|Velskish}})}}<br>"Sameint i fridom" {{small|({{wp|Norwegian language|Veranish}})}}<br>"[[United in Freedom]]"
|national_motto =    "Vapauteen yhtenæinen" {{small|({{wp|Finnish language|Velskish}})}}<br>"Sameint i fridom" {{small|({{wp|Norwegian language|Veranish}})}}<br>"[[United in Freedom]]"
|englishmotto =       
|englishmotto =       
|national_anthem =    "Lǫnd sunnan" {{small|({{wp|Old Norse language|Old Hallic}})}}<br>"[[Lands of the South]]"
|national_anthem =    "Musta ja punainen" {{small|({{wp|Finnish language|Velskish}})}}<br>"Svart og raud" {{small|({{wp|Norwegian language|Veranish}})}}<br>"[[Black and Red]]"
|other_symbol_type =  <!--Use if a further symbol exists, e.g. hymn-->
|other_symbol_type =  <!--Use if a further symbol exists, e.g. hymn-->
|other_symbol =
|other_symbol =
|image_map =          Velsken location map.png
|image_map =          Velsken location map.png
|map_width =          250px
|map_width =          300px
|map_caption =        {{map caption |location_color=dark green |region=the [[Hallic Commonwealth]] |region_color=green}}
|map_caption =        {{map caption |location_color=dark green |region=the [[Hallanic Commonwealth]] |region_color=green}}
|image_map2 =        <!--Another map, if required-->
|image_map2 =        Velsken location map UNOCHA.png
|alt_map2 =           <!--alt text for second map-->
|map2_width =         300px
|map_caption2 =      <!--Caption to place below second map-->
|map_caption2 =      <!--Caption to place below second map-->
|capital =            [[Thveiti]]
|capital =            [[Thveiti]]
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|languages2 =        <!--Languages of this second further type-->
|languages2 =        <!--Languages of this second further type-->
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|languages2_sub =    <!--Is the second alternative type of languages a sub-item of the previous non-sub type? ("yes" or "no")-->
|ethnic_groups =      <!--List/breakdown of ethnic groups within the country/territory-->
|ethnic_groups =      {{ubl |45.2% Velskish |38.1% Veranish |7.9% Tuskish |1.6% Catrish |1.4% {{nowrap|Other Hallanics}}| 5.8% Others}}
|ethnic_groups_year = <!--Year of ethnic groups data (if provided)-->
|ethnic_groups_year = 2019
|ethnic_groups_ref =  <!--(for any ref/s to associate with ethnic groups data)-->
|ethnic_groups_ref =  <!--(for any ref/s to associate with ethnic groups data)-->
|religion =          <!--Religion-->
|religion =          <!--Religion-->
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|upper_house =        <!--Name of governing body's upper house, if given (e.g. "Senate")-->
|upper_house =        <!--Name of governing body's upper house, if given (e.g. "Senate")-->
|lower_house =        <!--Name of governing body's lower house, if given (e.g. "Chamber of Deputies")-->
|lower_house =        <!--Name of governing body's lower house, if given (e.g. "Chamber of Deputies")-->
|sovereignty_type =  Independence from [[Tuskval]]
|sovereignty_type =  Formation
|sovereignty_note =  
|sovereignty_note =  
|established_event1 = [[Velskeni War of Independence|War of Independence]]
|established_event1 = [[Kingdom of Velsken]]
|established_date1 =  1923
|established_date1 =  881
|established_event2 = Independence recognised
|established_event2 = [[Principality of Velsken]]
|established_date2 =  1925
|established_date2 =  5 February 993
<!--......-->
|established_event3 = [[Edict of Tynejoek]]
|established_event13 = <!--(up to 13 distinct events may be included)-->
|established_date3 = 30 April 1486
|established_date13 =
|established_event4 = [[Edict of Tynejoek#Revocation|Revocation of the Edict]]
|established_date4 =  23 October 1715
|established_event5 = [[First Republic of Velsken|First Republic]]
|established_date5 =  1 June 1916
|established_event5 = [[Second Hallanic Wars#Aftermath|Independence]]
|established_date5 =  10 August 1929
|area_rank =  
|area_rank =  
|area =              <!--Major area size (in [[Template:convert]] either km2 or sqmi first)-->
|area =              <!--Major area size (in [[Template:convert]] either km2 or sqmi first)-->
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|currency =          [[Velskeni kolta]] (Ꝁ)
|currency =          [[Velskeni kolta]] (Ꝁ)
|currency_code =      VKO
|currency_code =      VKO
|time_zone =          <!--e.g. GMT, PST, AST, etc, etc (wikilinked if possible)-->
|time_zone =          {{wp|UTC}} ({{wp|Time zone|Hallanic Standard Time}})
|utc_offset =        <!--in the form "+N", where N is number of hours offset-->
|utc_offset =         
|time_zone_DST =      <!--Link to DST (Daylight Saving Time) used, otherwise leave empty-->
|time_zone_DST =      {{wp|Time zone|Hallanic Summer Standard Time}}
|utc_offset_DST =    <!--in the form "+N", where N is number of hours offset-->
|utc_offset_DST =    +1
|DST_note =          <!--Optional note regarding DST use-->
|DST_note =          <!--Optional note regarding DST use-->
|antipodes =          <!--Place/s exactly on the opposite side of the world to country/territory-->
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|calling_code =      <!--e.g. [[+1]], [[+531]], [[+44]], etc-->
|calling_code =      <!--e.g. [[+1]], [[+531]], [[+44]], etc-->
}}
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'''Velsken''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|ɛ|l|s|k|ə|n|}} {{respell|VEL|skən}}; {{wp|Finnish language|Velskish}}: ''Liiki'', {{wp|Norwegian language|Veranish}}: ''Velsken''), officially the '''Republic of Velsken''' ({{wp|Finnish language|Velskish}}: ''Liikin tasavalta'', {{wp|Norwegian language|Veranish}}: ''Lydveld Velsken''), is a {{wp|sovereign state}} in [[Hallania]]. Occupying the southernmost part of the islands, it borders [[Tuskval]] and shares a maritime border with ?. It covers an area of 107,083 km² (41,345 sq mi) and has a population of more than 4.8 million. Its capital city is [[Thveiti]] and its largest city is [[Tynejoek]], other important cities include 1, 2, and 3.
'''Velsken''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|ɛ|l|s|k|ə|n|}} {{respell|VEL|skən}}; {{wp|Finnish language|Velskish}}: ''Liiki'', {{wp|Norwegian language|Veranish}}: ''Velsken''), officially the '''Republic of Velsken''' ({{wp|Finnish language|Velskish}}: ''Liikin tasavalta'', {{wp|Norwegian language|Veranish}}: ''Lydvelden Velsken''), is a {{wp|sovereign state}} in [[Hallania]]. Occupying the southernmost part of the [[Hallania|archipelago]], it borders [[Tuskval]] to the north, and shares a maritime border with ? on mainland [[Gaia|Iraia]] through its {{wp|overseas territories}} of the [[Quatrines Islands]]. It covers an area of 107,083 km² (41,345 sq mi) and has a population of more than 4.8 million. Velsken is home to two main ethnolinguistic groups: the {{wp|Baltic Finnic peoples|Kansic}} [[Velskish]] and the {{wp|North Germanic|Hallanic}} [[Veranish]], along with a smaller [[Tuskes|Tuskish]] community.
 
Velsken has been inhabited since the end of the last {{wp|ice age}}, approximately 8000 BCE. From 1000 BCE onwards, {{wp|Foranic peoples}} from [[Dysia]], then from 500 BCE {{wp|North Germanic people|Proto-Hallanic peoples}} from the [[Erdara|mainland]] started settling the [[Hallania|archipelago]], relegating the native {{wp|Finnic people|Kansic people}} to the [[Upper Velsken|eastern part of the country]]. Velsken first appeared as an unified polity in 881, with the crowning of [[Olaf of Velsken|Olaf]] as [[Kingdom of Velsken|King of Velsken]], and reached its largest territorial extent under [[Rorek of Velsken|Rorek I]]. Increasing involvement with  the [[Tuskval|Tuskish realms]] culminated in the [[Edict of Tynejoek]] and the legal union of Velsken with Tuskval in 1486. Velskeni autonomy was abolished in the aftermath of the ''[[Hallanic Civil War]]'' in 1715, with the country becoming an integral part of the [[Kingdom of Tuskval]], that later evolved into the [[Kingdom of Hallania]].
 
After the [[Velskeni national revival]] in the 19th century and the aftermath of the Hallanic defeat in the [[Continental War (Gaia)|Continental War]], independence was proclaimed as the [[First Republic of Velsken]] in 1916 during the [[Hallanic Wars|First Hallanic Wars]], but the country didn't successfully become independent until the [[Second Hallanic Wars]] in 1929. A [[Velskeni Civil War|civil war]] erupted immediately after, and resulted in a victory of the [[Republican Party (Velsken)|Republican-Leftist]] forces over a [[Alliance for National Salvation (Velsken)|Conservative-Monarchist]] coalition. Under its first [[President of Velsken|President]] [[Kaarle Valen-Myllys]], the country took a distinctly {{wp|socialist}} character under a [[Republican Party (Velsken)|Republican]] ''de facto'' {{wp|single-party state}} that lasted until his death in 1949, after which Velsken adopted a policy of liberalisation and Hallanic reconciliation, culminating in being a founding member of the [[Hallanic Commonwealth]].
 
Velsken is a {{wp|federalism|federal}} {{wp|semi-presidential system|semi-presidential}} {{wp|republic}} of 9 constituent [[Velsken#Administrative divsions|lands]]. The economy remained predominantly based on {{wp|agriculture}} and {{wp|fishing}} until independence, after which a series of [[Four-year plans (Velsken)|four-year plans]] allowed widespread industrialisation, whose successes led to a {{wp|Income|high-income}} {{wp|mixed economy}} combining widespread {{wp|Worker cooperative|workers' cooperatives}}, {{wp|state-owned enterprises}} in strategic sectors, and a {{wp|private sector}}, allowing for an extensive {{wp|welfare state}}. Velsken performs well in numerous metrics of national performance, notably {{wp|civil liberties}}, {{wp|education}}, {{wp|healthcare}}, {{wp|quality of life}}, {{wp|standards of living}}, and is categorised as "very high" in the {{wp|Human Development Index}}.
==Etymology==
The Tuskish and Veranish word "Velsken" derive from the {{wp|Old Norse language|Old Hallanic}} [[wiktionary:valskr|valskr]], with the meaning of "foreign", a descendant of {{wp|Proto-Germanic|Proto-Germanic}} ''[[wiktionary:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/walhiskaz|*walhiskaz]]'', itself derived from the name of a {{wp|Celtic peoples|Forenic}} tribe known to the Proto-Erdarans as {{wp|Volcae|Volhaz}}. Following migration to the Hallanic archipelago, the {{wp|North Germanic people|Hallanics}} came to use the term to refer to the native {{wp|Finnic peoples|Kansics}} in particular.
 
Historically on the archipelago, the word was not restricted to modern Velsken but was used to refer to everything that Hallanics associated with the native inhabitants of Hallania, including non-Velskish Kansics and {{wp|Greenlandic Inuit|Alvers}}, though it became disused and was replaced for both those peoples. Nonetheless, it remained in use to designate first the ethnic Velskish lands, then by metonymy Velsken as a whole following its expansion after unification.
 
The modern day Velskish name for Velsken is "Liiki", deriving directly from the Old Hallanic word for the Velskish people, ''{{wp|Old Norse language|líkitr}}'', itself a descendant of the Proto-Hallanic ''{{wp|Proto-Germanic language|*wlikitaz}}''. While commonly believed to derive from the {{wp|Proto-Celtic language|Proto-Foranic}} ''{{wp|Proto-Celtic language|*wlikitā}}'', a term designating used to refer to the non-Foranic inhabitants of the archipelago. Multiple theories have existed regarding the origin of *wlikitā; currently, the most popular theory posits that it originates from a shortened form of the {{wp|Proto-Uralic|Proto-Sarnic}} term for the [[White Sea (Velsken)|White Sea]], reconstructed as ''{{wp|Proto-Uralic language|*wëlketa witi}}'' (whose current Velskish name, "Valkeavesi" is a direct descendant).
==Politics==
===Constituent states===
{{Velsken lands labelled map}}
[[Category:Velsken]][[Category:Gaia]]
[[Category:Velsken]][[Category:Gaia]]

Latest revision as of 17:44, 28 August 2022

Republic of Velsken
Flag of Velsken
Flag
Coat of arms of Velsken
Coat of arms
Motto: "Vapauteen yhtenæinen" (Velskish)
"Sameint i fridom" (Veranish)
"United in Freedom"
Anthem: "Musta ja punainen" (Velskish)
"Svart og raud" (Veranish)
"Black and Red"
Location of  Velsken  (dark green) in the Hallanic Commonwealth  (green)
Location of  Velsken  (dark green)

in the Hallanic Commonwealth  (green)

Velsken location map UNOCHA.png
CapitalThveiti
Largest cityTynejoek
Official languagesVelskish
Veranish
Ethnic groups
(2019)
  • 45.2% Velskish
  • 38.1% Veranish
  • 7.9% Tuskish
  • 1.6% Catrish
  • 1.4% Other Hallanics
  • 5.8% Others
Demonym(s)Velskeni
GovernmentFederal semi-presidential republic
• President
Kirsikka Kuoppala
Gudmund Anfinson
Karl Juve
LegislatureYlætinki/Høgasting
Formation
881
5 February 993
30 April 1486
23 October 1715
10 August 1929
Area
• Total
107,083 km2 (41,345 sq mi)
Population
• 2018 census
4,821,561
• Density
45.0/km2 (116.5/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2018 estimate
• Total
$208.546 billion
• Per capita
$43,253
GDP (nominal)2018 estimate
• Total
$173.224 billion
• Per capita
$35,927
Gini (2018)24.4
low
HDI (2018)Increase 0.942
very high
CurrencyVelskeni kolta (Ꝁ) (VKO)
Time zoneUTC (Hallanic Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+1 (Hallanic Summer Standard Time)
Date formatdd-mm-yyyy
Driving sideleft
Internet TLD.ve

Velsken (/ˈvɛlskən/ VEL-skən; Velskish: Liiki, Veranish: Velsken), officially the Republic of Velsken (Velskish: Liikin tasavalta, Veranish: Lydvelden Velsken), is a sovereign state in Hallania. Occupying the southernmost part of the archipelago, it borders Tuskval to the north, and shares a maritime border with ? on mainland Iraia through its overseas territories of the Quatrines Islands. It covers an area of 107,083 km² (41,345 sq mi) and has a population of more than 4.8 million. Velsken is home to two main ethnolinguistic groups: the Kansic Velskish and the Hallanic Veranish, along with a smaller Tuskish community.

Velsken has been inhabited since the end of the last ice age, approximately 8000 BCE. From 1000 BCE onwards, Foranic peoples from Dysia, then from 500 BCE Proto-Hallanic peoples from the mainland started settling the archipelago, relegating the native Kansic people to the eastern part of the country. Velsken first appeared as an unified polity in 881, with the crowning of Olaf as King of Velsken, and reached its largest territorial extent under Rorek I. Increasing involvement with the Tuskish realms culminated in the Edict of Tynejoek and the legal union of Velsken with Tuskval in 1486. Velskeni autonomy was abolished in the aftermath of the Hallanic Civil War in 1715, with the country becoming an integral part of the Kingdom of Tuskval, that later evolved into the Kingdom of Hallania.

After the Velskeni national revival in the 19th century and the aftermath of the Hallanic defeat in the Continental War, independence was proclaimed as the First Republic of Velsken in 1916 during the First Hallanic Wars, but the country didn't successfully become independent until the Second Hallanic Wars in 1929. A civil war erupted immediately after, and resulted in a victory of the Republican-Leftist forces over a Conservative-Monarchist coalition. Under its first President Kaarle Valen-Myllys, the country took a distinctly socialist character under a Republican de facto single-party state that lasted until his death in 1949, after which Velsken adopted a policy of liberalisation and Hallanic reconciliation, culminating in being a founding member of the Hallanic Commonwealth.

Velsken is a federal semi-presidential republic of 9 constituent lands. The economy remained predominantly based on agriculture and fishing until independence, after which a series of four-year plans allowed widespread industrialisation, whose successes led to a high-income mixed economy combining widespread workers' cooperatives, state-owned enterprises in strategic sectors, and a private sector, allowing for an extensive welfare state. Velsken performs well in numerous metrics of national performance, notably civil liberties, education, healthcare, quality of life, standards of living, and is categorised as "very high" in the Human Development Index.

Etymology

The Tuskish and Veranish word "Velsken" derive from the Old Hallanic valskr, with the meaning of "foreign", a descendant of Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz, itself derived from the name of a Forenic tribe known to the Proto-Erdarans as Volhaz. Following migration to the Hallanic archipelago, the Hallanics came to use the term to refer to the native Kansics in particular.

Historically on the archipelago, the word was not restricted to modern Velsken but was used to refer to everything that Hallanics associated with the native inhabitants of Hallania, including non-Velskish Kansics and Alvers, though it became disused and was replaced for both those peoples. Nonetheless, it remained in use to designate first the ethnic Velskish lands, then by metonymy Velsken as a whole following its expansion after unification.

The modern day Velskish name for Velsken is "Liiki", deriving directly from the Old Hallanic word for the Velskish people, líkitr, itself a descendant of the Proto-Hallanic *wlikitaz. While commonly believed to derive from the Proto-Foranic *wlikitā, a term designating used to refer to the non-Foranic inhabitants of the archipelago. Multiple theories have existed regarding the origin of *wlikitā; currently, the most popular theory posits that it originates from a shortened form of the Proto-Sarnic term for the White Sea, reconstructed as *wëlketa witi (whose current Velskish name, "Valkeavesi" is a direct descendant).

Politics

Constituent states

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