Auratia

Commonwealth of Auratian Catholic States Mancomunidad de los Estados Católicos Oratianos (Auratian)
Flag Coat of Arms
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.
Capital	Cienflores Puerto del Rey (Judicial)
Largest city	Villadad
Official languages	Auratian
Recognised regional languages	Iustian
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
Government	Federal semi-presidential constitutional republic (de jure) Parliamentary republic (de facto)
• President	Enrique Santos-Dominguez
• Prime Minister	Germán del Caserío
• President of the Senate	Piedro Probi
• National Ombudsman	Víctor Paz
• Chief Justice	David de Salomón
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Assembly of the People
Establishment
• Monarchy	8 August 1573
• Republic	13 January 1820
• Unification	28 June 1868
Area
• Total	240,886 km2 (93,007 sq mi)
• Water (%)	7.02
Population
• 2016 estimate	33,020,000
• 2010 census	31,882,946
• Density	137.1/km2 (355.1/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	2016 estimate
• Total	$820.21 billion
• Per capita	$24,840
Gini (2016)	26.1 low
HDI	0.781 high
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+71
Internet TLD	.au

Auratia (/ɔːˈreɪʃə/, 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.