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| largest_settlement    = <!--Name of largest settlement-->
| largest_settlement    = <!--Name of largest settlement-->
| official_languages    = [[Mantellan]] <!--Languages recognised in legislation, constitution, etc-->
| official_languages    = [[Mantellan]] <!--Languages recognised in legislation, constitution, etc-->
| national_languages    = [[Lysia|Lysian]] (81,3%) </br> [[Cristinese]] (80%) </br> Florentian creole (45%) <br/> [[Mantellan]] (12%)  </br> [[Gaellicia|Gaellician]] (10%) </br> Baviak (5%)  <!--Country/territory-wide languages recognised but not necessarily in country/territory-wide law, etc-->
| national_languages    = [[Mantellan]] (90%) <br/> [[Cristinese]] (82%) </br> [[Lysia|Lysian]] (81,3%) </br> Florentian creole (45%)  <!--Country/territory-wide languages recognised but not necessarily in country/territory-wide law, etc-->
| regional_languages    = <!--Languages recognised or associated with particular regions within the country/territory-->
| regional_languages    = [[Gaellicia|Gaellician]] (10%) </br> Baviak (5%) <!--Languages recognised or associated with particular regions within the country/territory-->
| languages_type        = <!--Use to specify a further type of language, if not official, national or regional-->
| languages_type        = <!--Use to specify a further type of language, if not official, national or regional-->
| languages              = <!--Languages of the further type-->
| languages              = <!--Languages of the further type-->
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| sovereignty_type      = <!--Brief description of country/territory's status ("Independence [from...]", "Autonomous province [of...]", etc)-->
| sovereignty_type      = <!--Brief description of country/territory's status ("Independence [from...]", "Autonomous province [of...]", etc)-->
| sovereignty_note      =  
| sovereignty_note      =  
| established_event1    = War of independance from [[Mantella]] and establishment of the first Republic of Ocralia <!--First key event in history of country/territory's status or formation-->
| established_event1    = War of independance from [[Mantella]] and establishment of the first Ocralian Republic <!--First key event in history of country/territory's status or formation-->
| established_date1      = 1795-1797 <!--Date of first key event-->
| established_date1      = 1795-1797 <!--Date of first key event-->
| established_event2    = First Florentian invasion and establishment of the Kingdom of Ocraly <!--Second key event-->
| established_event2    = First Florentian invasion and establishment of the Kingdom of Ocraly <!--Second key event-->
| established_date2      = 1801 <!--Date of second key event--> <!--......-->
| established_date2      = 1801 <!--Date of second key event--> <!--......-->
| established_event3    = First independance from Florentia and establishment of the second Republif of Ocraly <!--(up to 13 distinct events may be included)-->
| established_event3    = First independance from Florentia and establishment of the second Ocralian Republic <!--(up to 13 distinct events may be included)-->
| established_date3      = 1878
| established_date3      = 1878
| established_event4    = Second florentian invasion and restauration of the monarchy
| established_event4    = Second florentian invasion and restauration of the monarchy
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===First independance and First Republic (1795-1801)===
===First independance and First Republic (1795-1801)===
In 1793, the Mantellan government attempted to tax the lucrative Ocralian wine, an exotic delicacy whose reputation was on the rise in Europa. This act greatly angered the Ocralians, since the Mantellan government was taxing them without representation. The 14th of September 1794, a group of Ocralian dockers secretly replaced the wine inside of the bottles by diluted vomit, which was discovered only when the shipement arrived in Mantella. Coincidence or not, one of the crates was intented for the King of Mantella.
The later, humiliated, demanded enormous reparations from the governor of Ocraly, Benvenutu di Paoli. Di Paoli refused, explaining that the Colony would otherwise go bankrupt. Neither side calming or escalating the tensions, the situation stayed idle while staying tense. However, in 1795, the Florentian government officially declared its support to Ocralian independance. Jumping on the opportunity, the Governor of Ocraly declared the independance of the Ocralian Republic.
While dissatisfaction wasn't new among the Ocralian settlers, many were still clinging to the Mantellan crown. The army of Ocraly was quickly split between loyalists and independantists. While the independantists were initially overwhelmed, the Florentian army defeated the loyalists and, in 1797, the Mantellan crown was forced to reckognise the new independant state.
The Constitution of 1780 established a restrictive democratic system : only land-owning citizens were allowed to vote, thus excluding the small farmers, labourers and urban middle class from political life. Furthermore, the executive and legislative powers weren't separate, with the President acting also as Prime minister. Finally, newly-elected President Benvenutu di Paoli attempted to enforce Mantellan as the primary language to force national unity. Indeed, while dominated by Mantellans, the colony was in majority Cristinese. These policies were met with uproar from most Ocralians. Protests were often dealt with violence.
In 1801, after Florentian imports of tobacco were allowed, Ocralian tobacco producers went on the verge of bankrupcy. Di Paoli enacted tarifs on Florentian tobacco. Angered, Florentia swiftly invaded the country, creating the first Kingdom of Ocraly.


===First Kingdom of Ocraly (1801-1878)===
===First Kingdom of Ocraly (1801-1878)===
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===Second independance and Second Republic (1878-1924)===
===Second independance and Second Republic (1878-1924)===


===Second Kingdom and republican governemnt in-exile (1924-1945)===
===Second Kingdom (1924-1945)===


===Digolla's era (1945-1983)===
===Digolla's era (1945-1983)===

Revision as of 23:54, 1 August 2024

Kingdom of Ocraly
Regno d'Acràlia
Flag of Ocraly
Flag
of Ocraly
Coat of arms
'Motto: '"Libertà, Uguaglianza, Fratellanza"
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
CapitalFangosa
LargestBellarossa
Official languagesMantellan
Recognised national languagesMantellan (90%)
Cristinese (82%)
Lysian (81,3%)
Florentian creole (45%)
Recognised regional languagesGaellician (10%)
Baviak (5%)
Ethnic groups
Lysian (38%)
Cristinese (37%)
Gaellician (8%)
Mantellan (7%)
Baviaks (7%)
others (3%)
Religion
Orthodoxy (59%)
Orthodox Demonism (20%)
Agnosticism (15%)
others (6%)
GovernmentUnitary constitutional monarchy
• King of the Ocralians
Louis-Charles of Asmavie
• Prime Minister
Leonardo Emaricci
LegislatureAssembly
Establishment
• War of independance from Mantella and establishment of the first Ocralian Republic
1795-1797
• First Florentian invasion and establishment of the Kingdom of Ocraly
1801
• First independance from Florentia and establishment of the second Ocralian Republic
1878
• Second florentian invasion and restauration of the monarchy
1924
• Second independance from Florentia and writing of the current ocralian constitution
1945
Population
• Estimate
14,340,000
GDP (nominal)estimate
• Total
353 000 000 000
• Per capita
24,622

Acràlia, also known as Ocraly, officially the Kingdom of Acràlia, is a small developped nation located on the Cashari Island, in Alharu. It has a population of approximatly 14,340,000 inhabitants. The capital city is Fangosa but the biggest city is Bellarossa, nicknamed "the Queen of Ocraly" or "the Passionate" (l'Appassionata). The size of the country is of 100,000 km2. It is bordered by Florentia at the West, and by the Borgiosa river at the North and the East.

A former mantellan colony, Ocraly got independant in 1797 thanks to Florentian interference. However, then, Ocraly suffered from political and economic stability because of florentian interference and occupations until its third independance, in 1945. Between the early 1950s and the early 1980s, Ocraly experienced a prosperous period of rapid economic growth and political stability, though at the cost of authoritarian measures despite the democratic nature of the government. In 1983, following the death of Prime minister Orlando Digolla and the collapse of the conservative-communist establishment, the Acràlian Communist Party took advantage of a country-wide strike to attempt to otherthrow the government. However, the revolution got violently repressed and the communist party was banned, definitly ending the ocralian establishment. The new establishement, a broad mix of center-left to center-right parties, enacted numerous socially and economicly liberal measures. While some allowed for social progress, such as the right to abortion, homosexual marriage, reckognition of transgender people, the extreme liberalisation of the economy led to a general decrease of the standard of living.

The Ocralian economy is primarly based on its secondary and primary sectors, with major profits from coal and sulfur extraction, as well as the chemical, metallurgical, heavy machinery and arms industries. Unlike other liberalised countries such as Seylos or Ahrana, Ocraly never switched to a tertiary based economy. Thus, its historically strong industrial sector greatly suffered, mostly from offshoring, which, added to an important Florentian immigration since the 1960s, increased unemployement from 2% in 1980 to 17% in 2020.

Etymology

Geography

History

Pre-colonial era

Mantellan colonisation (1523-1795)

First independance and First Republic (1795-1801)

In 1793, the Mantellan government attempted to tax the lucrative Ocralian wine, an exotic delicacy whose reputation was on the rise in Europa. This act greatly angered the Ocralians, since the Mantellan government was taxing them without representation. The 14th of September 1794, a group of Ocralian dockers secretly replaced the wine inside of the bottles by diluted vomit, which was discovered only when the shipement arrived in Mantella. Coincidence or not, one of the crates was intented for the King of Mantella.

The later, humiliated, demanded enormous reparations from the governor of Ocraly, Benvenutu di Paoli. Di Paoli refused, explaining that the Colony would otherwise go bankrupt. Neither side calming or escalating the tensions, the situation stayed idle while staying tense. However, in 1795, the Florentian government officially declared its support to Ocralian independance. Jumping on the opportunity, the Governor of Ocraly declared the independance of the Ocralian Republic.

While dissatisfaction wasn't new among the Ocralian settlers, many were still clinging to the Mantellan crown. The army of Ocraly was quickly split between loyalists and independantists. While the independantists were initially overwhelmed, the Florentian army defeated the loyalists and, in 1797, the Mantellan crown was forced to reckognise the new independant state.

The Constitution of 1780 established a restrictive democratic system : only land-owning citizens were allowed to vote, thus excluding the small farmers, labourers and urban middle class from political life. Furthermore, the executive and legislative powers weren't separate, with the President acting also as Prime minister. Finally, newly-elected President Benvenutu di Paoli attempted to enforce Mantellan as the primary language to force national unity. Indeed, while dominated by Mantellans, the colony was in majority Cristinese. These policies were met with uproar from most Ocralians. Protests were often dealt with violence.

In 1801, after Florentian imports of tobacco were allowed, Ocralian tobacco producers went on the verge of bankrupcy. Di Paoli enacted tarifs on Florentian tobacco. Angered, Florentia swiftly invaded the country, creating the first Kingdom of Ocraly.

First Kingdom of Ocraly (1801-1878)

Second independance and Second Republic (1878-1924)

Second Kingdom (1924-1945)

Digolla's era (1945-1983)

Liberal era (1983-2024)

Third Republic and ocralian civil war (2024-2025)

Politics

Economy

Demographics

Cultures