Vynichia

Vynich Republic Vyniská Republika
Flag Coat of Arms
Motto: "Přes těžkosti ke hvězdám" "Through hardships to the stars"
Anthem: My Homeland "Má Vlast"
Capital	Letná
Official languages	Vynich
Recognised regional languages	Tengarian Amathian Soravian Lemovician
Ethnic groups (2019)	64.3% Vynichs 21.6% Amathians 8.2% Tengarians 3.8% Slirnians 1.7% Lemovician 0.4% Others
Demonym(s)	Vynich
Government	Unitary Semi-Presidential Constitutional Republic
• President	Josef Žák
• Prime Minister	Antonín Kostelecký
• President of the Senate	Jaroslav Hloušek
• President of the National Assembly	Eliška Holakovská
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	National Assembly
Establishment
• Kingdom of Vynikaia	312 AD
• The Two Kingdoms	857 AD
• Principality of Veduria	1418
• Soravian Rule	1650
• Vynich FSR	1936
• Independence gained	4 February 1983
• Current Constitution	15 July 2011
Area
• Estimate	265,171.42 km2 (102,383.26 sq mi)
• Water (%)	13.41%
Population
• 2021 estimate	10,693,939
• 2019 census	10,422,738
• Density	134/km2 (347.1/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	$237,194 billion
• Per capita	$25,413
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$67,917 billion
• Per capita	$12,612
Gini (2020)	28.3 low
HDI (2020)	0.828 very high
Currency	Vynich Kruna (VYK)
Time zone	UTC-1
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+32
Internet TLD	.vy

Vynich Republic, also known by its short-form name, Vynichia, is a landlocked country in Southern Euclea of Kylaris. It is bordered by Tengaria to the south, Radushia to the west, Slirnia and Amathia to the east, and Tengaria to the south. The Vynich Republic has hilly landscape that covers an area of 265,171 kilometers (102,383 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate. It is a unitary semi-presidential republic.

The Kingdom of Vynikaj was historically recognized as the border state of the Solarian Empire despite having no direct relation with the empire. After the split of the kingdom in 850, the western Vynich kingdom shared an alliance with the Grand Principality of Tengaria, and following the establishment of the Empire of Tengaria in 1385 and the Iconoclast Wars, the two kingdoms were unified as the Principality of Veduria, a vassal state of Tengaria. The principality did not last more than three centuries, after its annexation by the Soravian Empire in 1650.

In the 19th century, the Vynich lands became more industrialized, becoming part of the Soravian Republic, following the First Soravian Civil War in 1857. After the two world wars, the Great War and Solarian War in the early 20th century, Vynichia became part of the Soravian Second Republic as the Vynich FSR. It was not until 4 February 1983 when the Soravian Second Republic dissolved following the Sostava War with its constituent states becoming the independent states of the Kantemosha, West Miersa, Radushia, and Vedmed. The Vynich Republic is a member of Samorspi, although it has been more leaning towards the EC since the Euclamesti Protest in 2009.

Vynichia today is a developing country with an advanced high social market economy, helped by its huge exports in heavy industry sectors such as machinery, automobile, as well as chemicals and medicaments. It also ranks high in the Human Development Index, with a relatively stable and safe community.

Etymology

The traditional name "Vynikia" derives from the Solarian phrase "land of the Vyniks", assigned to the area of the eastern part of Lake Min. The current name Vynichia comes from the Marolevic ethnonym associated with the area, which ultimately comes from the Vynich word "Vynikající". The name comes from the Marolevic tribe (Vynich: Vynik, Vynikaja) which can be traced back to the Proto-Marolevic root *Vyn, meaning "stand out", thus making it cognate to the Vynich word Vynikající (excellent) and Vynikat (stand out).

The country has been traditionally divided into three lands, namely Vynichia (Vynikia) in the west, Luciu (Lucitania) in the east, and Vynich Minrovina (the smaller, south-western part of historical Minrovina, most of which is located within modern Miersa) in the northeast. A number of other names for the country have been used, including Veduria, Vynikaia, Vynikia, and Vynichia. When the country regained its independence after the Sostava War in 1983, the new name of Vynich Republic was coined to reflect the Vynik tribe, and the ancient Vynich kingdom before becoming the Principality of Veduria in 1389.

After a constitutional reform in 2010, the Vynich Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommended the Estmerish name Vynichia, and the Vynich government approved Vynichia as the official short name in 2012.

History

Prehistory

The area of what is now the Vynich Republic was inhabited by humans as early as 10,000 BC where the early modern humans, who were hunter-gatherers settled in the surrounding the area of Lake Min, and few continued to explore to the western reaches of what is now Soravia. Around 4,000 BC, Satro-Euclean people migrated to Euclea and lot of them eventually settled in multiple parts of the continent, including the central and western part of the continent, gave birth to the Proto-Vynich people. Some of the early settlers later flourished as clans and tribes in the Vynian region, and started to conquer one another to gain influence and basic needs. The Vyniks, was one of the early tribe in the area to show their prominence and importance as the leading and strongest tribe, eventually conquered, unified the other clans and gave birth to the early proto-kingdom of Vynichs.

Kingdoms Era

It was not until the early 300 AD where Kingdom of Vynikaia was born, which controlled almost the entire area of the lake's east. Due to the strong influence of bordering Solarian Empire in the east, the Kingdom built a mutualistic relation with the empire, and was heavily relied economically, politically and socially to the empire, despite not being a vassal state.

The arrests of Vedurian nobles by Soravians

This resulted in a few cultural, religious and linguistic aspects of Solarian Empire having absorbed to the kingdom. With the fall of the empire in the 400 AD, the Kingdom continued as an independent state, though an internal conflict in the 857 AD made the kingdom split into Veduria and Pistia. Veduria gained a strong influence over the Vynich land by sharing an alliance with the Grand Principality of Tengaria and soon became heavily influenced by Iconodule theology during Tengaria's imperial era. As soon as Tengaria entered into a cultural and intellectual golden age by 1400, the eastern kingdom of Pistia slowly losing their influence and power, which, at the peak of Iconoclast Wars, with the help of Tengarian forces, Veduria was able to unify the whole Vynich area as the Principality of Veduria, a vassal state of Tengaria by 1418, and were soon indirectly involved in the war by sending support forces to aid the empire in the war.

In 1650, the Empire of Soravia and Union of Three Nations gained influence over western and southern Euclea, thus conquering the other existing Marolevic kingdoms, with the principality being no exception. The Vynich region was soon conquered, starting from the Soravian invasions in the northwest and Amathians from the southeast. Vynich nobles managed to flee the country, though few remained and resisted against the two-side invasion with a small manpower. The resistance was futile as Soravians and Amathians easily took control of the region by 1653, three years after the first invasion. Both the Empire of Soravia and Amathia reached into a halt in the middle of Vynich region between Thava river, planned to split the country in half between Amathians and Soravians. though, Soravians decided to push the boundary to the east, cornering Amathian forces into the the eastern region of Lucitania.

Soravian Rule

Detainees in the Zalin camp, near Letna

The Vynichs went under the reign of the Soravians as early as 1650, and the area became part of Soravia as Vynich Soravia, or Выниская Зоравський (Vyniskaya Zoravs'kyy). Vynich Soravia became the eastern border state of the empire, and intermarriages between noble families were frequent. With the fall of the Soravian Empire in 1861 and also the start of the era of Soravia as a republic, the Vynichs benefitted from the change and soon were heavily industrialized under the rule of Eduard Olsov. The Vynichs continued to be under the rule of Soravians, passing through various wars and events such as The Great Collapse and the two world war (The Great War and Solarian War), which, the Vynichs indirectly helped to end both wars under the flag of Soravia, especially during Solarian War when Soravia participated in the CN-led intervention in Etruria. The great events across the Euclean continent for centuries would later ignite the nationalism, and rebellion attempts in the since the early 20th century. And, as Soravia became Soravia Second Republic in 1936, the federalization of the republic transitioned the Vynich state to be Vynich FSR.

Photo of ambushed Soravian tank near Prostějčín, on the border with Tengaria

In 1979, Vynich nationalists sought independence as Vilem Gardos appointed himself as minister-president and assumed a de facto dictatorial role as both head of state and government. This situation caused a lot of internal conflicts inside the Soravian government, and gave the Vynichs a chance to utilize it as their advantage to gain full independence and break off from Soravia. As Soravia was divided between Constitutionalists and Partisans, the Vynichs formed an insurgency to thwart Soravians from their land, along with Zalyks, Vedmedis, Lemovicians, Belonarodyns, and Ambrazkans which later caused the Sostava War. The urban warfare in Vynich cities caused a lot of casualties despite numbers of Vynich citizens sought refugee to Tengaria, Amathia, and Eastern Euclean countries. Lots of buildings, mostly apartments and governmental buildings were heavily damaged, or destroyed. Only a few buildings built before 1983 survived until this day. The Vynichs used guerilla tactics by taking advantage of the mountains, and made successful ambush to fight off stronger Soravian beligerents. Following the Soravian Partisans' victory in 1982, the Vynichs finally broke off from Soravia, ended the ages of Soravian rule, and declared independence in 5 February 1983 as the Vynich Repubic. The government also immediately joined the Samorspi as soon as it was founded by Post-ZDR countries.

Post-War Vynichia

In 2009, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Vynichia happened, namely Euclaměstí Protest. It began on the night of 15 November 2009 with public protests in Náměstí Nezávislosti (independence square) in Letná. The protests were fueled by the perception of "widespread government corruption", "abuse of power", and "violation of human rights in Vynichia", although, it was more based on suspension in economic-cooperation with the EC, and Soravian-leaning policies done by Ludek Duras' government.

Protesters surround the Presidential Palace, Letná, March 2010

The situation escalated after the violent dispersal of protesters on 21 January 2010, leading to many more protesters joining. The protests led to the 2011 Constitutional Reform. During the Euclaměstí Protest, there were protests and clashes with police throughout Vynichia, especially at the Nezávislosti (central square) in Letná, which was occupied and barricaded by protesters, along with some administrative buildings, including Letná City State Administration.

Protests and clashes decreased in March 2010, following the 2010 Vynich Presidential Election. The political battle between Ludek Duras and Pavel Šíp was almost entirely fueled by protests held a year earlier, with most campaigns focused on Ludek and Pavel's policy towards the EC and Soravia. The presidential election ended with Pavel gaining the most votes and won the election by a landslide, with an impeachment trial held for Ludek's case years later. The trial resulted in Ludek Duras impeached, and his party officials removed from the parliament. The constitutional reform was held in 2011, further increasing the power of parliament and curtailing the presidential power to a 4-year term, with a term limits of two terms (totaling eight years). A political and economical cooperation agreement between the EC and Vynichia was also signed in the same year. In 2016, President Andrej Novacek said he expects Vynichia to be officially recognized as EC candidate in TBD, and will soon join the EC by TBD.

Geography

Vynichia is a landlocked country located in Western Euclea, bordering Tengaria to the south, Radushia to the west, Slirnia and Amathia to the east. It lies mostly between latitudes 43°N and 46°N. The nation is concentrated around Lake Min, one of the largest lakes in Euclea. The lake is renowned for its distinctive colours, ranging from turquoise to mint green, grey or blue. It receives water from numerous small streams that descend from the surrounding mountains. The country is one of the most water-rich in Euclea, with a dense river network, a rich aquifer system, and significant karst underground watercourses.

A third of the territory is covered by forest. Vynichia is surrounded by mountains and forested highlands: the Bohatý mountains form the northern border with Vedmed, and the eastern Gălbejit mountains on the border with Amathia. There are a number of deep caves in Vynichia, 25 of which are deeper than 250 m (820 ft), 7 of them deeper than 500 m (1.640 ft) and one deeper than 1.000 m (3.280 ft). The southern region opens up into flat fertile plains, traversed by major rivers such as Brava and Horva which lead to the southern Mazdan Sea.

Vynichia has a mainly continental climate, with hot summers with low overall humidity levels but frequent rain showers and cold snowy winters. The area around Lake Min that has a sub-Mediterranean climate and the north-western area that has an Alpine climate. The average annual temperature is 7,9 °C (46 °F). Temperature extremes are 42,9 °C (109 °F) on July 2016 at Návojná in the summer and −30 °C (-22 °F) on 13 February 1932 at Eš in the winter. The average high temperature in the summer is 22-27 °C (72-81 °F) and an average low temperature in the winter is -2 to -6 °C (28-21 °F). The average yearly rainfall is approximately 500 mm (19,7 in). A small, southern region of the country near Măgurele enjoys a reputation for a Mediterranean climate, but in reality, it is only slightly warmer than the rest of the country and still receives snow during the winter.