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Revision as of 20:54, 14 November 2023

United Commonwealths of New Piedmont
3 official names
Flag of New Piedmont
Flag
New Piedmont Coat of Arms.png
Coat of Arms
Anthem: Hail the Red Flag!
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CapitalNew Oshkosh
Largest cityWilliamstown
Official languagesColonial Burgwieser
Fluvan
Piedmontese
Recognised national languagesAutonomous Regional Languages
Vinn
Louisiana Creole
Umitaku
Yudipraha
Nonautonomous Regional Languages
Semharan
An-Naas
Yawathan
Qalawena
Odehen
Ethnic groups
(2022)
  • 40.5% Burgwieser
  • 14.8% Fluvan
  • 8.7% Vinns
  • 3.6% Umitaku
  • 2.6% Other
Religion
(2020)
Demonym(s)New Piedmontese
GovernmentFederal semi-presidential republic
• President
Paul Bettel
Jakob Fumori
Olaf Biskel
Sabine Esser
LegislatureUnion Parliament
Independence 
Summer 1801
1 December 1919
• Independence from Fluvannia
29 August 1953
1985
Area
• Total
182,056 km2 (70,292 sq mi)
Population
• 2022 estimate
7,850,000
• 2013 census
7,841,110
• Density
43.07/km2 (111.6/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)2022 estimate
• Total
Increase ₭225.5 billion
• Per capita
Increase ₭28,382 (12th)
Gini (2022)Positive decrease 21.1
low
HDI (2022)Increase 0.886
very high
CurrencyGalian Shekel ($) (NGS)
Date formatmm-dd-yyyy
Driving sideright
Calling code+911
ISO 3166 codeAL
Internet TLD.np

New Piedmont, officially the United Commonwealths of New Piedmont, is a country in Northern Galia, situated along the southeast coast of the Yawatha region. New Piedmont is bordered by Temelaeli to the north, Iodaia to the east, and Janolia and Louisiana to the west. To the south lies the Naossian Gulf, and the country shares maritime borders with Naossia. The country's capital is the inland city of Williamstown, but the largest city is the port of New Oshkosh. Other major cities include Angel City, Jacksonville, and Kexem.

The areas which are now New Piedmont were the last large habitable swaths of land to be settled by foreign colonies in Galia. In 1642, the Alaoyian explorer Abel Tasmanen became the first non-native to sight and record New Piedmont. Colonists, primarily Burgwiesers from Fluvannia, began arriving in the late 1700s and early 1800s, often pushing native populations out. Other Fluvan colonists, Gagians, and Iodaians arrived during this period. New Piedmont was confederated in 1919 and became fully independent in 1953, becoming an independent republic. New Piedmont escaped direct damage to its territory in the Second Great War, but did suffer from missile and bomber strikes during the Third Great War. After the Third Great War, New Piedmont partitioned Semhara with Iodaia and Louisiana. In contrast to its neighbors, New Piedmont has fully integrated much of its Semharan territory.

Today, the majority of New Piedmont's population is of Fluvannian descent, with native Galians being the largest minority, followed by Gagians and Jewish people. This ethnic and lingual heritage has made New Piedmont one of the most diverse countries on the planet, with twelve languages having more than 100,000 native speakers in New Piedmont, with seven of them having some official status in the country. The largest native language is Burgwieser, but Fluvan is understood by most people and in urban areas, serving as a common language for most of the country. A unique aspect of the Piedmontese dialect is the unique alphabet adopted in 1883. The alphabet is a simplified one of standard Fluvan and is entirely phonetic.

New Piedmont is a democratic and developed country with an advanced high-income economy. While its economy is the eighth largest in the region, its GDP per capita is third. A founding member of the Global Community, New Piedmont was the third member to join the North Galian Union and is one of three Shekel States, alongside Iodaia and Louisiana, and the Trans-Galian Partnership. It is also a member of numerous other international institutions, including the Galian Entente. New Piedmont has a unique cultural heritage, large tourism industry, and prominent shipping sector. The country's rich historical legacy is reflected in part by its many heritage sites and high diversity.

Demographics

Main Article: Demographics of New Piedmont

Language

New Piedmont has three national languages: the largest is the colonial dialect of Burgwieser (spoken natively by 31.6% of the population in 2013) in the central parts of the country; Fluvan (16.15%) in the south; and Piedmontese (11.8%) spoken in the southwest. In addition to the three primary languages there are four regional languages with special status: Vinn (6.34%); Louisiana Creole (4.0%); Umitaku (3.61%); and Yudipraha (1.7%). All laws and regulations must be published in three national languages and, if over a certain portion of the population (varying by context) speaks the recognized regional language the government must communicate and provide services in that language. The federal government is obliged to communicate in the official languages, and in the federal parliament simultaneous translation is provided from and into all three national languages automatically and for all four recognized regional languages on a case by case basis.

In addition, 24.8% of the population does not speak one of the seven languages with official status. These five languages do not have special status but have large numbers of speakers (over 0.5%): Semharan (10.1%); An-Naas (4.0%); Yawathan (3.3%); Qalawena (3.3%); and Odehen (0.8%). The government is not required to provide services in these languages.

Aside from the official forms of the respective languages, each language has its own variety of dialects and accents. The role played by dialects varies dramatically. For example, Umitaku dialects vary wildly city to city, including in spoken form, and Umitaku from Fluvannia report difficulties communicating with their Piedmontese counterparts. In contrast, Piedmontese dialects are all relatively similar with few written differences and their dialectal differences have almost disappeared. In still other languages, such as Colonial Burgwieser, the dialectal forms and standard forms are used interchangeably, with more casual dialects being used in family settings and casual conversation and more standarized forms used in business and formal communications.

The principal official languages have key difference to their colonial counterparts. Chief among these are the unique alphabet of New Piedmontese Fluvan, which uses an entirely phonetic alphabet. Other examples including differing key terms and the development of creoles (such as Piedmontese deriving with Burgwieser). As with dialectal differences, these differences range from near perfect intelligibility between the Fluvannian and New Piedmontese speakers of Fluvan to massive and sometimes mutually unintelligible dialectal differences with Umitakus.

Learning one of the other national languages is compulsory for all New Piedmontese pupils, with many citizens being at least partially bilingual. Because the capital lies in the Fluvan-speaking part of the country and the greater role Fluvan plays in world affairs, the most common language learned in New Piedmont is Fluvan. While the New Piedmontese dialect uses its own alphabet, schools are required to teach one of the two more common scripts. The preferred standard in New Piedmont is Furbish script.

Ethnicity

New Piedmont has a racially and ethnically diverse populaion. At the federal leve, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. Ethnicities are further divided into "national groups", categorizing specific ethnicities which are related to each other under a nationality, which is considered a tier above ethnicity and a tier below race. The New Piedmontese census recognizes five racial categories (White, North Galian, East Galian, Umitaku, and Other/Unknown). Nationality groups lie a tier below race and there are six (Sexish Fluvannian, Galian Native, Gagian, Umitaku, Jewish, and Other). Broader notions of ethnicity are recognized, with a total of twelve (some sources say thirteen) ethnicities with over 1% of the national population (roughly 78,500 people).

The largest racial category is White, which consists of Sexish Fluvannians (in turn consisting of Vinns, Fluvans, and Burgwiesers) and Gagians (which consists of Louisianians, Gagians, and Marchan). Whites are the majority in the south and southwest of the country, with Gagians more common in the west and Sexish Fluvannians in the south and east.

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