Vinalia

Vinalia (Narodyn:Віналія) officially the United Republic of Vinalia (Narodyn:Об'єднана Республіка Віналія) is a sovereign state in Asteria Superior. It borders Chistovodia to the north, Nuxica, and Marirana to the West. With a total area of X, and population of x, Vinalia is the smallest country in mainland Asteria Superior. Vinalia has 2 capitals Orlavo in the north is the Legislative Capital, while Velkarichka in the south is the Executive and Judicial Capital. The planned city of Vinalinsk is to become the capital of all 3 branches in 2020.

Inhabited since antiquity by the native Vinakians, the Vinakians are the name given to a collective of 12 different ethnic groups, sharing characteristics with the Zapoyan's of Marirana, and the Úuchmáan's of Nuxica from where the Vinakian Language is believed to have originated from. The Vinakians usually came under control of larger and more powerful neighbouring states

United Republic of Vinalia Об'єднана Республіка Віналія
Flag
Motto: "Об'єдналися під одним загальним прапором" "United under one Common Flag"
Anthem: "The March of the Vinalian"
Capital	Orlavo(Legislative) Velkarichka(Executive and Judicial)
Largest city	Orlavo
Recognised national languages	Narodyn, Vinakian, Volynian
Ethnic groups	Vinalian 40% Narodyns 38% Vinakians 15% Polianians 2% Others 5%
Demonym(s)	Vinalian
Government	Federal Parlimentary Republic
• President	Ersnt Rupold
• Prime Minister	Omelyan Pavlov
Legislature	Vinalian Parliment
• Upper house	Senate of the Union
• Lower house	House of the People
Establishment
• Establishment of the 15 City Confederacy	not yet
• Narozalic Colonization	1720 ish
• Chisto-Vinalian state	1860s
• Independence from Chisto Union	1930's
• Reunification	1993
Currency	Vinalian Zolota (VZ)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	right
Internet TLD	.vn

Etymology

The name Vinalia comes from the Vinakian word Vinaki which means people. It's believed that upon contact with Narozalican traders who misunderstood the name believing it be the native name for the area which the Vinakians call Axakaqa (Red Bay) which named it after the reflection the sun gave to the water, instead of the name of the people Q'ij Vinaki (Sun people).

History

Second Vinalian Civil War

Prelude

Following the un easy peace of 1957, both sides settled into a tense peace. The North held a considerable advantage over the south following their defeat at the Battle of Voly Na, granting the North the high grounds over Nazica should war commence again Northern Artillery could bombard Nazica with ease. The Southern Government following the 1957 defeat at Voly Na underwent a period of Military rebuilding, with the Southern Airforce growing in size do to the acquisitions from foreign countries, the North for it's part sought to overcome it's logistical problems which had plagued it's 1957 Offensive, and reached a breaking point at Voly Na, to remediate the issue a large scale infrastructure project called the Road and Concrete Initiative constructed over 75 km's of Roadways and investing 2 Billion Zolotan's into it's auto industry primarily Red Bay Motors.

Renewed tensions rose in October 1961 following Northern maneuvers in Voly Na, and the Tziran Desert. This promptly motivated Southern maneuvers in the Tziran, which on the 15th of October 1961 border clashes in the Tziran left 50 dead primarily Southern soldiers this started minor Southern shelling in the Tziran, and reinforcement of the garrison there. This actions would not go un noticced as Northern forces briefly shelled Nazica prompting massive evacuations and reinforcement of the city, despite warnings from the military, Northern ships briefly entered into the disputed 455 Zone the 17th to enforce it's ban on Southern fishing. The South promptly retaliating by increasing it's Aerial patrols in the region. Fearing war both sides began to cut back on their aggression, with Northern ships leaving the 455 Zone the 19th, with Southern planes leaving it the day after.

On the morning of the 23rd of October another incident in the Tziran left 10 Southern soldiers after shelling on a forward position, it is disputed whether this incident was caused by the North or through friendly fire. The incident had come at the calming of the situation and kickstarted a Southern general mobilisation, promptly followed by Northern mobilisation, both nations still not ready for war desired to backdown. On the 25th of October, a series of friendly fire incidents throughout the Bin River region had left 15 soldiers dead, which only increased tensions. Northern generals fearing that a Southern bombing campaign could be launched against a weaker Northern air defences, supported the idea of bombing the Nazican airport to keep Southern planes from utilizing both it's runways, and would prompt a Southern reaction where they would be seen as the aggressors, shelling of both runways began the following morning to bad results.

The shelling of the previous morning had made the Southern army anxious at the Northern intentions and supported launching a bombing campaign against the North, Southern President Unio Ulba which had been sidelined since the 21st do to a sudden heart attack, approved the bombing betting on their superior airforce to overwhelm the Northern air defences, and force Northern backdown.

The November War

Beginning on the morning of the 28th of October limited bombing of the North took place, as expected by Northern commanders their missile systems were promptly over run, and the airforce was scrambled to Northern airfields with some reports of Northern planes landing in Chistovodian airfields to prevent their destruction. The Southern bombing although relatively harmless had proven that Southern forces could penetrate deep into the North without much resistance. Premier Pedro Vulsinio demanded a general shelling of Nazica to test Southern resolve.

Following the bombing of Nazica throughout the 28th forced Southern planes to bomb Voly Na the next morning, Southern generals renewed by positive results the previous day advocated for further testing of Northern resolve just as they were in Nazica. Northern generals seeing relative soft resistance in the Bin river advocated for a limited Northern offensive against the region to quickly secure land in a 3 day campaign before seeking peace now with the upper hand. Shelling of Nazica was reduced for the next 2 days as Northern aircraft prepared to launch a strike from Chistovodian airfields to paralyze the Southern airforce for the 3 day campaign. Southern generals noticing the lack of Northern aggression promptly backed down, as they believed the retreat of aircraft further north a sign of backing down.

The morning of the 1st of November shelling in the Tziran and Voly Na prompted Southern fears, when it was reported that Northern aircraft had penetrated deep into Southern airspace and bombed military targets around the Bin river, with a limited offensive of some 7,000 Northern soldiers was launched in thee Bin River. The Southern forces in the region which had seen their numbers diminish as the garrisons further north were reinforced, were caught completely of guard with Northern troops having great breakthrough through the region. Unio Ulba still recovering from the heart attack 11 days prior, upon receiving the news suffered another heart attack and died, further reducing Southern reaction time.

Northern attacks the 2nd of November only furthered the success, and brought renewed confidence to the Northern command as the idea of attacking Nazica directly grew, the Southern army in disarray do to the death of Ulba, and a general defeatist feeling endangered the Southern Army with collapse, this only furthered paralyzed their reactions. By the morning of the 3rd Southern forces were in full retreat in the Bin River, although Northern generals remarked the need for further pushes, at the behest of the International community a ceasefire line was established. The 3 Day Offensive had left some 1,314 Southern soldiers dead and 3,742 injured, while the North only suffered 800 total casualties. Although no official war declaration was ever issued, both states were in a de facto state of war.

Government

Military

The People’s Defence Force is tasked with the defence of the Vinalian Sovereignty and interests, it’s divided into the People’s Army, People’s Navy, People’s Air Force, People’s Coast Guard, and the People’s Guard. The People’s Guard is a provincial level unit under the command of Provincial Governors. Although the Army has been fully professional since 1992, the People’s Guard relies on Conscripts to fulfill its role, this is to ensure that there will always be a 50/50 division between Northerners and Southerners, but Military Service is not required of those conscripted with civil duty jobs available. Vinalia has undergone rapid demilitarization from the Civil War going from around 750,000 between both Vinalia’s to some 100,000 plus 25,000 People’s Guard. By law expenditure may not exceed 1.5% of GDP in peacetime, unless approved by both houses of Parliament and the Constituent Houses.

Culture

Flag

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  Flag of Vinalia 1993-

The flag of Vinalia is based on the 15 City Confederacy flag, with Mount Vulna in the middle of a white flag. It combines the Orange of North Vinalia at the top, and the Red of South Vinalia at the bottom, also symbolizing the general geographic location of the two constituent states. The white is associated with the native Vinakians, Orange is associated with the native mixed Vinalians, while Red symbolizes the Narozalican descended.

Literature

Literature in Vinalia is rich with many renown authors the most notable of which are the Arturivna sisters Nina, and Oksana both world renown authors for their writings during the 2nd Civil War, their books "Winter in Bir", "A tale of 10 wife's", and "100 Leagues from you" are registered by the National Vinalian Museum of the Arts and are of mandatory reading in schools throughout the nation. Other important authors are Polina Myroslavivna, Nazar Leont, Ikal Peruski, and Chac Sulai. The National Museum of the Arts has over 1,350 books by national Authors, alongside 400 poems, it includes a small section of 30 books and 5 poems written by foreign authors or by exiled Vinalians, this include all of Ikal Peruski's literary work of 4 books which were written in exile.