Acronia

Union of Acronian Kingdoms Union de Royaumes Acroniens
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity)
Anthem: Forefathers of Victory
Location in Atlas Location in Atlas
Capital	Lionsgate
Largest city	Defense
Official languages	French · English
Recognised regional languages	Cantonese • Dauphinois • Japanese • Occitan • Surin
Ethnic groups (2015)	68.7% White 10.1% Asian 9.2% Black 5.3% Mixed 6.7% Other
Demonym(s)	Acronian
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• King	Francis III a
• President	Jules Patry
• Vice President	Angus Duckworth
• Leader of the National Assembly	Didier Lazare
• Head of External Affairs	Leonard Elliott
• Head of Parliament	Bernard Cossney
• Head of Justice	Eden Santa Cruz
Legislature	National Assembly
• Upper house	Parliament
• Lower house	Chamber of Representatives
Establishment
• Grand Acronia	25 November 6 CE
• Grand Acronian Empire	24 January 920
• Kingdom of Acronia	15 April 1696
• Union of Acronian Kingdoms	23 June 1904
Area
• Total	1,057,408 km2 (408,268 sq mi)
Population
• 2016 census	208,525,213
• Density	197.2/km2 (510.7/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	2014 estimate
• Total	$9.6 trillion
• Per capita	$46,038
HDI	0.959 very high
Currency	Acronian Franc (AFR)
Calling code	+42
Largely ceremonial role

The Union of Acronian Kingdoms, commonly known as Acronia, the Acronian Union, the AU, the UAK, or the AK, is a unitary parliamentary republic and presidential constitutional monarchy in Atlas. Comprising 20 provinces further organized into 90 departments, mainland Acronia is situated on the Elysian subcontinent at the westernmost point of contiguous Vesperia, with its immediate island holdings jutting out westward from the Acronian Sea into the Fale Ocean. The Union also consists of 3 autonomous districts: Astonbury; Juk Long; and Valdiu, as well as the Acronian Far-East Territories, bringing the Union to a total of 21 provinces and 99 departments. The nation shares land borders with the Osotia to the northeast, Saizy to the east, Odentia and the Lyonine Empire to the southeast, as well as Chilokver via Juk Long. The nation is flanked by the Acronian Sea and the Fale Ocean to the west, the Carnegie Sea to the south, and the Mistral Sea to the north. Encompassing roughly 1.05 million square kilometers (approximately 650 million square miles) populated by 208.5 million people, Acronia occupies 5 time zones, possesses land on 3 continents, and is the 11th largest nation by area in Atlas. Possessing a diverse climate ranging from subtropical to tundra, Acronia is a highly mountainous country, with 70% of its territory above 1,000 meters above sea level. The Acronian Union's highest point is Aegran Ridge, which stands at an altitude of 6,828 meters.

Geography

The Free Union of Acronius's territory includes a group of four islands known as the Acronian Overseas Territories (also referred to as 'mini-Acronius by many Acronians) off the coast of the Neo Philippine Empire, as well as land in northwestern Strøltenheim (also referred to as 'the mainland' by many Acronians') separated into thirty different provinces. The mainland is split in half by the Anneau River, which historically served as both the border between the First Republic of Acronius and the Chancellory of Acronius, and continues to separate the two up to this day as an ethnolinguistic border between the Francophones and Anglophones in Acronius, and disgorges into the Fale Ocean.

Two principally mountainous regions exist within the Free Union. The Khionan Mountains dominate the northeastern area of the nation, with its culminant point of elevation being Aegran Ridge, which stands at 5,986 meters. Several major cities, namely Aiguebelle, Arleaux, Azemont, and Vaumont, are situated within the mountain range. The Flaxen Mountains are situated in the west of the nation, along the border with Adampia, and is one of the most mineral-rich areas on the continent, with minerals such as gold and emerald abundant and extracted from several mines owned and operated by various corporate entities. The Great Northwestern Tundra covers a large amount of the centre of Acronius, with Lake Bruxelles and Dead Sands covering most of the Free Union's eastern coastline. Forests and grasslands make up the remaining southeast areas of the nation.

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  Mont Grivois, a popular skiing destination amongst tourists in the Khionan Mountains.

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  Lake Bruxelles, in the province of Loraux.

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  Olive orchards in Vevai Island Territory.

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  Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest in Saint Stephen.

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  The Anneau River along the border between the provinces of Crosswood and Royal Banks.

Administrative divisions

Provinces and Departments of Acronia
Map	Flag	Region	Capital	Provinces
Montfort Gournésie Toussaint Aegrus Mistralie Cenis Ithaque Polverouse Corcyre Highlands Bruges Elysium Grand Coast Eden Pandora Maitland Sheridan Island Yeavering Islands Prospect Islands Carnegie Islands Provinces and Departments of the contiguous Union of Acronian Kingdoms File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Defense File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Lionsgate File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Redbanks File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Astonbury File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Delancey File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Fyrestone File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Olloix File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Sierre File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Thégra File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Alexandria File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Wressleville File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Copper Bluff File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Kingsmouth File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Vallandry File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Indiewood File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Olympus File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Montecristo File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Ravensmere File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Vaumont File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Warmwater File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Génépy File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Saint-Gervais File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Marrowfield File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Belvour File:16px-Red pog.svg.png Georgetown Designated Major Cities in the contiguous Union of Acronian Kingdoms	File:Aegrus flag.png	Aegrus	Copper Bluff	File:Concordia flag.png Concordia
				File:Flaxen Plains flag.png Flaxen Plains
				File:South Aegrus flag.png South Aegrus
				File:Ventress flag.png Ventress
	File:Carnegie Islands flag.png	Carnegie Islands	Carnegie Town	File:Grand Carnegie flag.png Grand Carnegie
				File:Parley flag.png Parley
				File:Teague Reef flag.png Teague Reef
				File:Warmwater flag.png Warmwater
	File:Cenis flag.png	Cenis	Thégra	File:Dauphiné flag.png Dauphiné
				File:Gapence flag.png Gapence
				Hilairie
				File:Montrésor flag.png Montrésor
	File:Corcyre flag.jpeg	Corcyre	Génépy	File:Bellevarde flag.jpeg Bellevarde
				File:Datcha flag.png Datcha
				File:Rogoney flag.png Rogoney
				File:Solaise flag.png Solaise
	File:Far-West Territories flag.png	Far-West Territories	Takigakure	File:Fū Island flag.png Fū Island
				File:Genbu Island flag.jpeg Genbu Island
				File:Hoshigara Island flag.png Hoshigara Island
				File:Kaiten Island flag.png Kaiten Island
				File:Kantō Island flag.jpg Kantō Island
				File:Mara Island flag.png Mara Island
				File:Rengedō Island flag.png Rengedō Island
				File:Sakumo Island flag.png Sakumo Island
				File:Shiranui Island flag.png Shiranui Island
				File:Tenchi Island flag.png Tenchi Island
	File:Mistralie flag.png	Mistralie	Olloix	File:Îles-Deloffre flag.png Îles-Deloffre
				File:Meurthe flag.png Meurthe
				File:Nanterre flag.png Nanterre
				File:Thauvy flag.png Thauvy
	File:Montfort flag.png	Montfort	Defense	File:Briante flag.png Briante
				File:Cancavelle flag.png Cancavelle
				Defense
				File:Îles-du-Nord flag.png Îles-du-Nord
				File:Malestroit flag.png Malestroit
				File:Torigne flag.png Torigne
	File:Pandora flag.png	Pandora	Marrowfield	File:Cape Hope flag.png Cape Hope
				File:Thousand Cuts flag.gif Thousand Cuts
				File:Three Horns flag.png Three Horns
				File:Three Horns Valley flag.png Three Horns Valley
	File:Polverouse flag.gif	Polverouse	Montecristo	File:Côte Brave flag.png Côte Brave
				File:Palame flag.png Palame
				File:Saint-Christophe flag.png Saint-Christophe
				File:Teriot flag.gif Teriot
	File:Sheridan Island flag.png	Sheridan Island	Lionsgate	Alexandria
				File:Greater Lionsgate flag.png Greater Lionsgate
				File:Lion's Coast flag.jpeg Lion's Coast
				File:Lower Ranskee flag.gif Lower Ranskee
				File:Ranskee Lake flag.png Ranskee Lake
				File:Upper Ranskee flag.gif Upper Ranskee

Politics

Military

Equipment of the Acronian Military Forces 1st Special Operations Group 5th Special Operations Group

Demographics

Major cities

The Free Union is a highly urbanized country, with its largest cities (in terms of metropolitan area population) in 2011 being Defense (25,850,073 inh.), Lionsgate (13,234,442), Aberdeen (11,171,442), Delancey (9,034,812), Scunthorpe (8,878,239), Olloix (8,634,812), Arleaux (8,007,652), Juilly (7,553,320), and Royston (6,788,239). Acronius also participates in the governance of it's highly autonomous city state, Astonbury, which is listed just ahead of Delancey in population, surpassing the 9.1 million mark. (Note: There are significant differences between the metropolitan population figures just cited and those in the following table, which only include the core population). Rural flight was a perennial political issue throughout most of the 20th century.

Religion

Religion in the Free Union of Acronius
Religion			Percentage
Church of Acronius			8.1%
Christianity			3.2%
Judaism			1.9%
Islam			1.2%
Other			2.9%

Acronius has a mainly atheist and agnostic population. According to a survey in January 2015, only 20.4% of the population described themselves as a person of faith, while only 17.3% of the population affiliated themselves with a specific religion (with the remaining 3.1% of the population identifying as deists), making the Free Union one of the most atheist nations in the region of Atlas. The most predominant religions are: Church of Acronius (8.1%), Christianity (3.2%), Judaism (1.9%), and Islam (1.2%). The First and Fourth Amendments of the Golden Edict guarantee religious freedom, and prevents legislation favoring any religion over another. In addition, discrimination based on religion is illegal, with the sole exception of hate speech.

Culture

Music

The Acronian rock band Genisys pioneered the rock movement in Atlas during the 1960s.

Cuisine

File:Cheese Fondue.jpeg

Cheese fondue, a typical Acronian dish.