Florentia

Confederate States of Florentia Etats Confédérés de Florentie (Lysian)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Pour l'Empereur et la Liberté !" "For the Emperor and Liberty"
Anthem: "La Marche des Gens de Cœur" "Dans les bayous de Bayave" (unofficial, popular) Royal anthem: "L'Impériale"
Map of Florentia
Capital	Montcharmin
Largest	Belleville
Official languages	Lysian
Recognised national languages	Florentian creole
Recognised regional languages	Stillian
Ethnic groups (2022)	Lysian (69,4%) Natives (17,3%) Esonian (6,9%) Stillian (4,8%)
Religion (2022)	Orthodox (70%) Animism (16,7%) Agnostic (6%) Tocalic (4%) Other (3,3%)
Demonym(s)	Florentian
Government	Confederation of autonomous states within a Parliamentary Monarchy
• Emperor	Ambroise IV
• Confederal Chancellor	Hugo Lysandre Dellague
Legislature	Confederal Senate
Independance [from Lysia] in 1789
Population
• Estimate	26 223 000
Currency	Imperial Franc (IF)

Florentia, officially the Confederate States of Florentia, is a develloping country on Eurth, located in Eastern Alharu, on the Cashari Island. It has a population of approximatly 26 223 000 inhabitants and has a size of 325 747 km2. The political capital city is Montcharmin, while the economic capital city is Belleville.

Florentia is a confederal parliamentary monarchy, ruled by an Emperor and a Senate. A former Lysian colony, Florentia broke free in 1789. After an era of glory because of its high value agricultural products, Florentia slowly began to lose power and influence because of its outdated means of production (mainly the use of slavery). The head of state is Emperor Ambroise IV, while the head of the legislature, appointed by the Emperor among the 12 Senators, is the Confederal Chancellor Hugo Lysandre Dellague.

The Florentian economy is mainly based on high-quality agricultural exports, the main ones being cotton, tobacco and sugar cane. There is also a develloping mining sector in the northern states and small industries centered around tobacco products and textile. Tourism also holds an important place. Because of the presence of both de jure and de facto slavery in 8 of the 12 states, Florentia is subject to economic sanctions from numerous countries.

Etymology

Florentia has been named by the founders of Port-Rouge - the first lysian settlement on the Cashari Island - to honor the Lysian sailor Florent Bouvier who explored the Saint-Elme river and its delta.

Geography

Florentia has an area of 325 747 km2 and a population of 26 223 000 inhabitants (2020). Its capital city is Montcharmin but its biggest city is Belleville. While most of the country is very flat, dominated by forests, grasslands and bayous supplied by an important and complex system of natural waterways, the northern part of the country has hills and small plateaus where can be found the source of the two main rivers of the country, the Saint-Elme and the Borria. Because of the arid North of the Cashari Island, Northern Florentia occasionally suffers from small sandstorms, while Southern Florentia occasionally suffers from hurricanes.

Rivers, lakes and reservoirs

Florentia has thousands of small rivers and creeks, creating a complex system of natural and navigable waterways in all the country. The country also has numerous bayous along the Saint-Elme river, the Borria river and the coast. Those water ressources provide recreation, civil and freight transporation, fishing, hunting, crop irrigation and water for human consumption, and millions of Florentians are reliant on it.

Climate

Florentia has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa), perhaps one of the best examples of a humid subtropical climate in the wurld, with long, hot, humid summers and short, mild winters. The subtropical characteristics of the country are due to its low latitude, low lying topography, and the combined influences of the Cashari Sea and its waterways system.

Rain is frequent throughout the year, although from April to September is slightly wetter than the rest of the year, which is the country's wet season. There is a dip in precipitation in October. In summer, thunderstorms build during the heat of the day and bring intense but brief, tropical downpours. In winter, rainfall is more frontal and less intense.

Summers in southern Florentia have high temperatures from June through September averaging 32°C or more, and overnight lows averaging above 21°C. At times, temperatures in the 32–37°C, combined with dew points in the 24–26°C, create sensible temperatures over 49°C). The humid, thick, jungle-like heat in southern Florentia is a famous subject of countless stories and movies.

Temperatures are generally warm in the winter in the southern part of the country, with highs around Belleville, Mouvant and the rest of southern Florentia, averaging 19°C. The northern part of the country is mildly cool in the winter, with highs averaging 15°C. The overnight lows in the winter average well above freezing throughout the country, with 8 °C the average near the Sea and an average low of 3 °C in the winter in the northern part of the country.

Flora and fauna

Some of the most common animals found throughout all of the country include otter, deer, mink, muskrat, raccoons, opossums, rabbits, squirrels, nutria, turtles, alligators, woodcocks, skunks, foxes, beavers, ringtails, armadillos, coyotes and bobcats. Deer, squirrel, rabbit, and bear are hunted as game, while muskrat, snakes, nutria, mink, opossum, bobcat, and skunk are commercially significant for fur. Prized game birds include quail, turkey, woodcock, and various waterfowl, of which the mottled duck and wood duck are native. There are several endemic plants and animals in Florentia that are found nowhere else on Earth; an example could be the Florentia bluestar or the white leucistic alligator. The Borria river map turtle and the ringed map turtle are only found in Florentia.

While Florentia deeply lacks of protected national parks, most of the country remains untouched or almost untouched by human intervention. The only protected area is the National Park of the Saint-Elme Delta, under the jurisdiction of Bayave and Javiosia.

History

(WIP.)

• Lysian explorers found Port-Rouge along the Saint-Elme river, the 28 of May, 1587. Beginning of the Lysian colonization of actual Florentia. Natives are enslaved by setlers
• Lysia being a republic and Florentian being mostly monarchists, tensions grows. Lysia take some decision which would the straw that breaks the camel's back, and Florentia declare independance.
• War of independance (WIP).
• Election of the Emperor of Florentia : the second son of the King of Louvier is elected. The Emperor holds most of the power and the states have a little autonomy.
• 1850's-1860s : the imperial family die in a tragic incident and the Florentian crown goes to the King of Louvier. Thus, Florentia and Louvier become a personnal union.
• The Louvian King, pressured by natives, try to outlaw Florentian slavery. Nine of the twelve states secede from the Empire : beginning of the Florentian cival war with the slave states opposing Louvier and the anti-slavery states. The slave states win and abdicate the Louvian King from the throne of Florentia, installing his second son. The victorious states write the "Confederal Act", lightening a lot the power of the Emperor is very lightened while giving huge autonomy to the states.
• 1887 : Drafting of the "Charter of the Master and the Slave", guaranteeing the first rights to slaves and greatly limiting the punishments given by the masters. The charter is signed by five of the states.
• 2019 : One of the most severe states with regard to slaves undergoes a major slave revolt. The slaves managed to organise themselves and control part of the state, with no advances on either side. (WIP)
• 2022 : Florentia and the revolt sign an armistice, but are technicly still at war with each other. (WIP)

Politics

The Confederate States of Florentia are divided in 12 states which have an important autonomy.

List of the Florentian states

#	Name	Type of regime	State capital	Population	Leading political party	Flag
1	Javiosia	Kingdom (constitutional monarchy)	Belleville	9 103 000	Constitutionalist Union
2	Lasoda	Duchy (semi-constitutional monarchy)	Teldore	1 539 000	Coalition (Constitutionalist Union, Legitimist Stillian Party)
3	Nouvelle-Vendée	Kingdom (semi-constitutional monarchy)	Nouvelle-Ligomes	820 000	New-Vendean Party
4	Abalavier	Kingdom (absolute monarchy)	Mouvant	1 507 000	N/A
5	Bayave	Marquisate (semi-constitutional monarchy)	Port-Rouge	915 000	Popular Party
6	Nouvelle-Creuse	Kingdom (semi-constitutional monarchy)	Guéret	1 338 000	Legitimist Party of Nouvelle-Creuse
7	Rivière de Juillet	Kingdom (constitutional monarchy)	Baste	3 498 000	Constitutionalist Union
8	Yalme	Duchy (constitutional monarchy)	Rodaze	1 180 000	National Liberal Party of Yalme
9	Tyronie	Kingdom (constitutional monarchy under a military junta)	Vimbe	602 000	N/A
10	Narizonia	Republic (Unitary and presidential republic, authoritarian democracy)	Giol	2 293 000	Free Lysian Action
11	Saint-Isidore	Republic (Federal and parliamentary republic, full democracy)	Adèrnes	1 722 000	Republican Party
12	Coayard	Republic (Unitary and semi-presidential republic, full democracy)	Coeur	806 000	Liberty Union

Central government

The executive power is hold by the Emperor, although it is very small. Most of the power comes from the legislative one, incarned by Confederal Senate. It is composed of twelve senators, one per state. Senators are elected every two years, without limit to the number of terms, by the citizens of their respective states. Each senator has one vote, except the Confederal Chancelor, named by the Emperor, which has two votes.

States government

(WIP.)

Economy

(WIP. Employment. Exports. Energy. Transport. Media. Currency.)

The Florentian currency is the Imperial Franc, or "Franc Impérial" in Lysian.

Energy

The Ménilbaissant power station

Energy mix in Florentia.

  Coal (76%)

  Oil (9%)

  Hydro (9%)

  Solar (4%)

  Natural gas (2%)

Due to abundant coal supply from Garindina, since the early XIXth century, Florentia became more and more reliant on coal for its energy. The lack of centralised authority also compromised the creation of mega projects, most of them being abandonned because of the lack of fundings due to the inability of the states to collaborate. Until the 1950s, only Javiosia, the richest Florentian state, could afford mega projects. For example, in 1936, the Javiosian goverment inaugurated the Ménilbaissant power station. In 1940, 42% of the country was reliant on this power plant, 87% if we count only Javiosia, Tyronie, Bayave and Yalme. Even if the power plant lost in efficenciy through the time, it is still used and provides 15% of the Florentian energy.

Nowadays, the Florentian energy mix is less reliant on coal, with an augmentation from gas, oil and hydro energy. The Federal Republic of Saint-Isidore also began to exploit solar energy in the northern plateaus. For now, 76% of Florentian energy comes from coal, 9% comes from oil, 9% comes from hydro, 4% from solar and 2% from natural gas.

Agriculture

• Huge export-based agriculture economy
• One of the main exporter of tobacco, cotton
• Also produces some maize, wheat, soybean
• Use of slavery

Mining

• Important sulphur and magnesium ressources. Few natural gaz
• Exploitation of sand (one of the main exporter) and controversy over the progressive destruction of beaches

Industry

• Industry (textile, cigares) in Javiosie
• Developping industry in a few other states

Tourism

• Important tourism, despite a boycott due to the use of slaves
• Renown to be a "return to the past"
• Famous steam boats cruise on the Saint-Elme river

Demographics

(WIP. Ethnic groups. Language. Religion. Health. Education.)

Cultures

(WIP. Literature. Visual arts. Music. Cuisine. Sport.)

• Culture : Louisianian creole, natives

Traditionnalism

• Stuck in the past, glorification of the "good old time" in the late XIXth, start of the XXth.