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Commonwealth of Auratian Catholic States
Mancomunidad de los Estados Católicos Oratianos (Auratian)
Motto: "Quamdiu fecistis uni ex his fratribus meis minimis, mihi fecistis" (Solarian)
"Inasmuch as ye hath done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye hath done it unto me"
Anthem: El trueno debajo de noestros pies
(The Thunder Beneath Our Feet)
Auratia (dark green) and the Euclean Community (light green) in Euclea.
Auratia (dark green) and the Euclean Community (light green) in Euclea.
CapitalCienflores
Puerto del Rey
(Judicial)
Largest cityVilladad
Official languagesAuratian
Recognised regional languagesIustian
Ethnic groups
67% Oratiano
21% Iustian
5% Etrurian
3% Gaullican
2% Badawiyan
1% Bahian
1% other
Religion
98% Solarian Catholic
2% other
Demonym(s)Auratian
GovernmentFederal semi-presidential constitutional republic (de jure)
Parliamentary republic (de facto)
• President
Enrique Santos-Dominguez
Germán del Caserío
Piedro Probi
Víctor Paz
David de Salomón
LegislatureParliament
Senate
Assembly of the People
Establishment
• Monarchy
8 August 1573
• Republic
13 January 1820
28 June 1868
Area
• Total
240,886 km2 (93,007 sq mi)
• Water (%)
7.02
Population
• 2016 estimate
Increase 33,020,000
• 2010 census
Increase 31,882,946
• Density
137.1/km2 (355.1/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)2016 estimate
• Total
Decrease $820.21 billion
• Per capita
$24,840
Gini (2016)Positive decrease 26.1
low
HDIDecrease 0.781
high
Date formatdd.mm.yyyy
Driving sideright
Calling code+71
Internet TLD.au


Auratia (/ɔːˈrʃə/, Auratian: Oratia /oratja/), officially the Commonwealth of Auratian Catholic States (Auratian: la Mancomunidad de los Estados Católicos Oratianos), is a country comprised of eight states and one federal district located on the Auratian Penninsula in southern Euclea. It borders Gaullica to the northwest, Etruria to the southwest, the Sea of Assonaire to the north, and shares a maritime boundary with Emessa and Montecara to the south. The nation spans over 220,886 km2 and has an estimated population of roughly 33,020,000 people.

The Auratian Peninsula was first occupied by Tenic-speaking tribes who were subsequently conquered by and integrated into the Solarian Empire by 100 BC. The peninsula's position proved useful for the empire, serving as a jumping-off point for campaigns into central and northern Euclea and Coius. The Auratians were quick adapters of the Solarian Catholic Church, which still holds considerably sway in Auratian society today. After the fall of the Solarian Empire, the Auratian Peninsula was absorbed into the Verliquoian Empire, and the pensinsula was the focus of various invasion attempts by the Tagamics and Irfanic Heavenly Kingdom. By the turn of the millenium, the Auratian princes grew increasingly hostile towards Verliquoian rule, and many Auratian princes abrogated their feudal agreements with the Verliquoian emporers and broke away from Verliquoian rule. For the next five hundred years the peninsula was ruled by a loose, mostly leaderless confederacy of princedom, though the region was still mostly dominated by Verliquoian and later Gaullican political actors. It was during this period that two distinct linguistic identities formed: the Auratian-speaking Oratianos and the Iustians. Ever wary of the Iustians, various Oratiano princes signed the Compact of the Three Churches and formally created the Kingdom of Auratia, while the Iustians created the Kingdom of Iustia.

The Auratian Kingdom and the neighboring Iustian Kingdom were key players in the conquest and colonization of Asteria Superior in the 16th century, though almost all of the kingdoms' territorial possessions were lost to Gaullica. Discontent towards the monarchs of Auratia brewed quickly, compounded by ravenous famines that swept over the kingdom in the later 18th century into the 19th century. Anti-monarchist sentiment culminated in the Alzamiento uprising led by Doctor Pablo Obrador. The Alzamiento culminated in the overthrow of Christian X, the last king of Auratia, and the signing of the Constitution of Auratia and ascention of republicanism on Ascension Day on 13 January 1820. The Kingdom of Iustia would continue to exist, constituting a serious threat to the newly-found republic. The thirty-one-year-long War for Auratian Unification culminated in a victory for Auratia, and the Kingdom of Iustia was subsequently dissolved and its territroy absorbed into Auratia's states. During the Great War, the country was briefly taken over by the September Clan, a military junta, which was ousted during the Rose Revolution in 1936.

Auratia is officially a federal republic and representative democracy. Its traditional capital is Puerto del Rey, while its administrative capital is the planned city of Cienflores. The country is a member of the Euclean Community, the Community of Nations, the Aurean Forum, and the International Trade Organization. Auratia is a major tourist destination celebrated for its cultural wealth and history in art, literature, music, and architecture.

Etymology

"Auratia" comes from Solarian Terra Aurāta, literally "gilded land." Early Solarian traders who entered the Auratian Peninsula observed that Tenic tribe chieftans often bedecked their garments with gold. These traders brought back tall tales promising gold in the peninsula, and the potential for gold mining was the impetus of many military campaigns in the Auratian Penninsula. Ironically, little gold was found, as most of the peninsula's extant mine quarries were dried up during the Iron Age. It would take one thousand years for a new source of gold to be discovered on the peninsula. A popular belief among the Solarians was that, if translated and properly understood, ancient Tenic texts or etchings may lay bare the location of vast troves of gold. There is no indication that the Tenics withheld such information in their texts, however.

History

Prehistory and Solarian Empire

Verliquoian rule and independence

Warring Princedoms

Kingdom of Auratia and Colonial Period

Republican Auratia

Unification

Great War, September Clan, and the Rose Revolution

Geography and Climate

Government and politics

Law

Foreign relations and military

Administrative divisions

Economy

Agriculture

Tourism

Demographics

Ethnic groups

Language

Religion

Health

Education

Largest cities

Culture

Art

Literature

Cinema

Cuisine

Music

Dance

Media

Sports