Longinor

Imperial Republic of Longinor República Imperial da Longenória República Imperial de Longenoria Ronginō Teikoku Kyōwakoku Repubblica Imperiale di Longinoria Reichsrepublik Langenor
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Abençoados Sejam os Pacificadores" "Benditos sean los Pacificadores" "Beati gli Operatori di Pace" "Heiwa o tsukuridasu hitobito wa saiwaidearu" "Gesegnet sind die Friedensstifter" "Blessed be the Peacemakers"
Anthem: "Ode to the Atlantic"
Longinor, in the landmass of Bartoloterra
Location	Neotopia
Capital	Amarantina
Largest city	Entremorros
Official languages	English Portuguese Spanish Japanese German Italian
Ethnic groups (2021)	27.26% Luso-Longinorian 20.41% Anglo-Longinorian 12.29% German-Longinorian 10.42% Hispano-Longinorian 9.01% Italo-Longinorian 8.38% Afro-Longinorian 6.17% Nipo-Longinorian 6.06% Others
Religion (2021)	34.75% Athena-Nhamandu Followers (Official) 21.42% Roman Catholic 10.63% Lutheran 6.28% Pentecostal Christian 5.87% Spiritist 5.21% Eastern Orthodox 4.55% Other Religions 3.96% Non-theist 3.37% Afro-Diaspora Religions 2.5% Other Christian 0.89% Atheist 0.8% Judaism
Demonym(s)	Longinorian
Government	Federal parliamentary republic
• Grand-Matriarch	Cecília de Valverde
• Minister-President	Walter Lockwood
• Chief of Justice	Osmar da Silva Conceição
Legislature	Imperial Parliament
• Upper house	The Senate
• Lower house	The Forum
Independence from Portugal and Spain
• Declared	18 April 1812
• Recognized	5 May 1820
• Admission of Greyridge	10 June 1832
• The Athenian Revolution	12 March 1924
• Current Constitution	17 December 2002
Area
• Total	5,623,432 km2 (2,171,219 sq mi)
Population
• 2022 estimate	189,712,901
• Density	33.73/km2 (87.4/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate
• Total	$5.697 trillion
• Per capita	$31,458
Gini (2021)	38.9 medium
HDI (2021)	0.864 very high
Currency	Goldshield (GD$) (LDM)
Time zone	UTC-3 -2
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy (CE)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+593
ISO 3166 code	LO
Internet TLD	.lo

Longinor (Portuguese: Longenória; Spanish: Longenoria; Japanese: Ronginō; Italian: Longinoria; German: Langenor), officially the Imperial Republic of Longinor (Portuguese: República Imperial da Longenória; Spanish: República Imperial de Longenoria; Japanese: Ronginō Teikoku Kyōwakoku; Italian: Repubblica Imperiale di Longinoria; German: Reichsrepublik Langenor), is a country in the continent of Neotopia. It is the richest country in Neotopia and the second-largest in both area and population. Its capital is the former Portuguese colony of Amarantina, although the largest city is Entremontes, a multicultural city and one of the continents' few global cities. The country is composed of a union of 3 regions, subdivided into states. It is a multicultural country with no clear ethno-religious majority. The Imperial Republic is the only nation in the Neotopian Supercontinent to have Japanese as an official language.

Etymology

The name Longinor is the English translation of Longenória, a Portuguese toponym that means "Faraway Land". In fact, the name Longenória was adopted by the Portuguese colonists to refer to the Portuguese colonies located in the landmass of Bartoloterra (Bartolomeu's Land in Portuguese). In 1812, when Portuguese and Spanish settlers forged an alliance to expel Spanish and Portuguese loyalists, the Pombinhas Agreement led to the creation of the country of Longinor. Eventually, the former British colony of Greyridge would join the alliance, but Longinor kept its name unchanged.

History

Previous to the European disembark in Vespuccia in 1492, the landmass of Bartoloterra was inhabited by a plethora of native groups, namely the Amerindians, whose origins can be traced back to Mongol, Polynesian, and Japanese immigrants of the Ice Age; and the Amerafros, who immigrated from Africa approximately 3000 years ago. Among these groups, there were two important pre-Columbian civilizations: the Kawadans and the Ybapirangans. The Kawadans were one of the many Amerafros ethnicities, masters of the art of war and seafaring. The Ybapirangans, on the other hand, were skilled astronomers who mastered the art of craftsmanship. Both civilizations, just like the Han and the Mongols, were skilled in different areas and were always at odds with each other.

During 1400 and 1503 the Kawadans and the Ybapirangans engaged in a conflict named the Centurial War. Although the war was marked by a significant number of truces between the warring states, the conflict can be considered the bloodiest of the Pre-Columbian era in the Vespuccian Continent. Such a devastating conflict came to its conclusion in 1503 with the sack of the Kawadan capital, Musekuna. Most Kawadans were enslaved by the Ybapirangans, while its elite was put to the sword. In 1505 the first Europeans arrived in Bartoloterra. The men led by Portuguese explorer Nuno Marques de Souza became the first Europeans to disembark on the shores of Longinor, at the time named Narabatah by the Ybapirangans. Although the Portuguese were received by a friendly group of Ybapirangans, one of Nuno de Souza's captains, Fernão de Lisboa, saw the restlessness of the Kawadans as a potential source of conquest. By uniting forces with the Kawadan remnants against their Ybapirangan overlords, Fernão thought a conquest of the Ypabirangan Empire would be possible.

In 1507 the Portuguese returned, this time with a much larger fleet, composed of veteran sailors and soldiers. Upon disembarking on the northern shores of Narabatah, the Portuguese began sacking and plundering Ybapirangan cities, freeing their Kawadan slaves, who in turn joined the Portuguese ranks. After three years of fighting in the tropical plains of northern Longinor, the war ended with a conclusive Portuguese victory: the Ybapirangan Empire was no more, as their leadership was executed, most cities leveled and their riches transported to mainland Portugal.

The year 1510 is considered the beginning of the Portuguese colonization of Longinor. Over the course of four centuries, Portugal colonized the entirety of the Northern Shores all the way down to the Kakosa Mountain Chain, which divides northern and southern Longinor. Portuguese colonization was based on sugarcane plantations and gold extraction and is considered to be the model that served as the basis for the later colonization of Brazil, which effectively began in 1530. The Portuguese Colony in Longinor, named "Santa Cruz", was a collection of privately-owned settlements and territories under the supervision of the Portuguese crown. It was mostly an "exploitation" colony as defined by modern historians, although extensive settlement did occur in some regions.

In 1540 the Spanish began the colonization of the far-western tip of Longinor, a territory claimed by Spain according to the Treaty of Tordesillas. Unlike the Portuguese colonies, the Spanish colony was a vice-royalty under the direct control of the crown. Settlement of the territory was promoted, although slaves were occasionally imported from the Vice-Royalty of the Rio de La Plata. Unlike the Portuguese colonies, the Spanish Vice-Royalty of Tierra Verde had manufactories and a university. Tierra Verde also had its economy based on commerce with other Spanish colonies (it was dependent on the Spanish Vespuccian territories), while Portuguese Longenória was dependent on the European market.

By the end of the 16th century, Portugal and Spain were united under the Habsburgs during the Iberian Union, though the colonies in Bartoloterra remained under the jurisdiction of their previous overlord upon Portuguese independence circa 1640. Around the same period, England began the settlement of Southern Longinor, named Greyridge. The English pioneers were mostly refugees from the English Civil War of 1642-1651 alongside religious minorities. A handful of slaves were imported from Africa, but for the most part, the English colonization was one of settlement and not exploitation: the climate of Greyridge is temperate and, although the land was fertile, there was little interest in the establishment of plantations such as the ones seen in the Caribbean.

In 1718, silver and gold mines were discovered in Greyridge. The boom resulting from such a discovery attracted an influx of settlers from the United Kingdom, although it also attracted the prying eyes of the Spanish, who did not waste an opportunity to seize the gold mines amidst the Seven Years' War. During the conflict, the Spanish colony of Tierra Verde attacked both Santa Cruz and Greyridge, although the Santa Crucians resisted fiercely to Spanish advances and eventually pushed them back to the border. Greyridge, on the other hand, did not resist and succumbed to the Spanish. When the war ended, Greyridge became part of the Spanish Empire under the name of "Montana Dorada" (Golden Mountain in Spanish), although the English-speaking residents did not accept Spanish authority and began organizing a resistance movement against the invaders.

Upon learning of the American Revolutionary War, the Greyridgeans quickly acted to declare independence from the Spanish Crown. What began as a riot in the streets of Newbury, with the defenestration of the Spanish governor Tomás de Quiroga on 7 August 1778, evolved into a total war, with women and elders joining the ranks of the Greyridgean Revolutionary Army against the Spanish loyalists. The Spaniards, who were not used to the terrain of the region, were frequently ambushed by the revolutionary guerrilla of the Greyridgeans. However, the English-speaking revolutionaries were fighting alone, while the Spanish got backed by the French. The Spanish, however, eventually ran out of forces. They also were occupied fighting a rebellion in Peru, which was led by Túpac Amaru II. In 1785, after seven years of war, the Spanish left Greyridge for good, but not without heavily fortifying Tierra Verde's border with the former English colony.

Geography

Longinor is the second-largest country in Vespuccia and the fourth-largest in Neotopia. It occupies 5,623,432 km2, the entirety of the landmass of Bartoloterra. As such, it is surrounded by the South Atlantic Ocean and does not share land borders with any other country, although it does border the sea territories of Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Argentina. Longinor spans two time zones: UTC-3 in the western half (also the national time) and UTC-2 in the eastern half. Most of the terrain lies between 150 and 1000 meters of elevation; in the center, in the Kakosa Mountains, the highest elevation point is 4783 meters. Longinor possesses a complex system of rivers, the majority of them navigable. There are eight major drainage basins, and every single one of them drains into the Atlantic Ocean. Major rivers include the Terisó, the Santo Antônio, the Middlesrock, the Martiniano, and the Malaberga.

Government and Politics

Main article: List of Political Parties in Longinor

Longinor is defined by its 2002 constitution to be a federal parliamentary constitutional republic, where the rule of the majority is ensured but minority rights are enshrined in law. The constitution is one of the world's newest, being adopted in December 2002 following a coup d'état by a liberal sector of the Armed Forces, which opposed the Military Dictatorship. It is one of the world's oldest federations, in which power is divided among the federal government, the states, and the municipalities. The Longinorian government system features elements from the political systems of Brazil (Federalism, written constitution), the United Kingdom (an unelected upper house, nobility system), and Germany (a stable party system with strong party discipline).

Government

Main article: List of minister-presidents of Longinor

The legislative of Longinor is set up in a bicameral system, known as the Imperial Parliament. There are two chambers, The Senate (upper house) and The Forum (lower house).

The Federal government is divided into three branches: Legislative (the bicameral parliament, comprising the Minister-President, the cabinet, The Senate, and The Forum; the Executive, comprised of the Grand-Matriarch and the Federal Council; and the Judiciary, composed of the Supreme National Court and other federal courts.

The head of government is the Minister-President. The office is elected by the parliament, and usually, the party or the coalition with the most seats gets to elect their candidate and gets to exercise power through the Cabinet. Longinor's electoral system uses first-past-the-post voting for the lower house. Members of the upper house are appointed by the Grand-Matriarch, by the states, and elected through the Federal Councils.