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Popular Republic of Vegania República Popular do Vegânia
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Surgir a Pátria Socialista" "Arise Socialist Homeland"
Anthem:  Marcha da Resistência March of the Resistance
Capital	Porto de Outubro
Largest	Diadema
Official languages	Lusitan
Recognised national languages	Marchenian
Ethnic groups (2019)	Mestiço 39.5% White Euclean 26.5% Black 24.4% Indigena 9.6%
Religion (2019)	Solarian Catholic 55.5% Atheism 40.1% Spiritism 3% Other 1.4%
Demonym(s)	Veganian
Government	Unitary single party socialist republic
• Eternal Comrade Commander	Julio Edgardo Vega
• First Secretary	Tristão Cão Teixeira
• State Counsellor	Ferdinando Maldonado
Legislature	Popular Assembly
Independence from TBD
• May Declaration	13 May 1789
• Constitution	3 February 1790
• Landless Revolution	10 May 1947
• Socialist Constitution	19 October 1960
Population
• 2021 estimate	30,982,000
• 2016 census	26,777,580
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	$317.627 billion
• Per capita	$10,252
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$274.190 billion
• Per capita	$8,850
Gini (2020)	33.3 medium
HDI (2020)	0.711 high
Currency	Veganian vega (VEG)

Vegania, officially, the Popular Republic of Vegania (República Popular do Vegânia), is country located in southern Asteria Superior. It shares land borders with Eldmark to the west, Marchenia to the north and XX to the east. It shares a maritime border with Maracao to the south. It has a total area of XX, making it the Xth largest country in Asteria Superior and Xth largest in the world. 30.98 million people live in Vegania, making it the Xth largest in Asteria Superior and Xth largest in the world. Its capital is Porto de Outubro and its largest city is Diadema.

Vegania has been inhabited since 30,000 BC, being home to numerous hunter-gatherer societies until the emergence of sedentary, city-dwelling civilisations by 3,000 BC. These civilisations were deeply influenced by the XX, XX, XX civilisations in Marchenia, adopting numerous traditions and architectural styles. In 1448, Lorenzo Scipio di Asteri of Povelia discovered the region of modern day Vegania and XX and proclaimed the region as a territory of the Exalted Republic. Povelian and Etrurian explorers, traders and settlers soon arrived to establish XX. In 1545, however, conflict between Povelia and XX resulted in the former’s defeat and the ceding of western XX to XX, who named the territory Costa Sur. XX rapidly developed Costa Sur, linking the southern Asterian coast to its colonies in Marchenia, displacing vast numbers of indigenous peoples. Euclean diseases and societal chaos resulted in the widespread death of indigenous peoples, and the establishment of a stable and centralised settler-society.

Inspired by the Marchenian declaration of independence in 1764, Costa Sur nationalist sought to follow suit, however, a rapid crackdown by the Etruro-XX elite denied any organised process from beginning. XX reinforced its position within Costa Sur, fearing Povelia would seek to capitalise on its colonial struggles to restore control over Costa Sur. This coupled with the earlier crackdown on independence minded groups would maintain colonial control for a further twenty years. This came to an end in 1789 when the Etrurian Revolution resulted in XX’s annexation into the Etrurian First Republic. With the colonial motherland under foreign control, the Etruro-XX elite lost their sole patron and nationalism resurfaced, aided by Marchenian materiel and financial support. The 1789 May Declaration was followed by the official recognition of independence by the Etrurian First Republic in early 1790. This was followed by the adoption of a new constitution, which established a presidential republic, though it empowered the Etruro-XX elite, at the expense of the Lusitan settler majority, the indigenous and Bahian slaves. Costa Sur would be governed by this landed colonial elite through various long-serving governments and each time it appeared the elite would be facing the loss of political power through Lustian actions, the country fall under the rule of Caudillos or military strongmen, inherently linked to the Etruro-XX elite.

In 1873, under intense pressure from the Lusitan working class and abolitionists, the Costa Sur elite was forced institute reforms aimed to steadily ending the slave trade within the country and expanding suffrage. However, the process was overthrown by Juan Sotirios di Crixatuno, an Etruro-XX general, in a coup. In response, Lusitan activists and Bahian abolitionists rose up in revolt against the Caudillo, sparking the 1874 Revolution, which succeeded in overthrowing Di Crixaturo and establishing the Second Costa Sur Republic. The slave trade was abolished, and suffrage was extended to all literal Lusitan and Freemen males. The Second Republic while successful in expanding democracy, failed to protect the system from strongmen and authoritarians, who often abused power for their personal network of clients and patrons. [Instert Great War Stuff Here]

Following the Great War and the Chistovodian Revolution, the far-left in Costa Sur was dramatically emboldened. Having exploded in membership, popular support and entrenched strongholds in the north of the country, the far-left united around the Socialist Party of the Landless Workers under Julio Edgardo Vega. Tensions over the treatment of agricultural workers by the “planter oligarchy” led to the outbreak of violence and occupations on 10 May 1947, dubbed the Landless Revolution, the harsh militarised response by President Juan Diego Guevara left hundreds dead and radicalised the SPLW and Vega, who called for the overthrow of Costa Sur’s government. Beginning in 1950, the Costa Suran Civil War would last eight years and leave over 35,000 people dead. The SPLW, backed by Chistovodia, defeated the Guevara government using guerrilla tactics and capture the capital Santa Ana del Sur on the 18 June 1958. On the 19 October 1960, the provisional government under Vega, formally established the Popular Republic of the Costa Sur, as a single-party socialist state. In 1966, Vega was assassinated by a descendant of the former Etruro-XX elite and was succeeded by Damião d’Andrade, who led the effort into immortalising Vega. On 1 January 1967, the country was officially renamed to Vegania and Vega himself, was declared the Eternal Comrade Commander (Eterno Camarada Comandante) and Marchenian was banned from being spoken or written anywhere in the country, elevating Lusitan as the sole national language. D’Andrade then sought to “socialise” the economy, instituting wide ranging property seizures and a poorly executed land redistribution plan. These causes severe disruptions to the economy and food shortages, devastating Vegania’s economy during the 1970s and 1980s, made worse by the 1970s Oil Shock. D’Andrade was removed by a bloodless coup led by the National People’s Army in 1982. The Popular State Administrative Council under General Helio Junqueiro instituted reforms to repair the economy, promoting a limited form of private enterprise and enabling the owning of property. The Junqueiro Miracle, resulted in rapid economic growth and development, though it failed to confront the gross inequality between the south and north, where the latter became a stronghold for drug producers and traffickers, as well as anti-government insurgent groups. The PSAC Junta responded in the 1990s with a harsher security environment, leading many to described Vegania as a totalitarian police state. In 2005, the PSAC dissolved itself and returned power to the People’s Socialist Unity Party. The economic and security policies of the Junta have been maintained.

Vegania as a socialist state enjoys a close relationship with Chistovodia and Maracao and is a member of XX. The country’s economic reforms of the 1990s have provided the country strong continuous economic growth and development, however, poverty and poor infrastructure continue to harry vast regions of the country. It consistently ranks as unfree and one of the most repressive societies in the world according to numerous studies and indices. It is a member of the Community of Nations and the Association for International Socialism.