Borland (Vasarden)

Republic of Borland Republiek Borland (Borish)
Flag State Seal
Location of Borland (dark green)
Capital and largest city	Anderveld
Official languages	Borish
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
• President	Sebastiaan Katenhorst
• Premier	Gustaaf Brants
Legislature	National Diet
• Upper house	State Council
• Lower house	State Assembly
Population
• 2019 estimate	22,957,594
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$1.232 trillion
• Per capita	$53,685
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$1.131 trillion
• Per capita	$49,244
Gini	30.1 medium
HDI	0.923 very high
Currency	Borish schat (ς) (BOR)
Date format	dd ˘ mm ˘ yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+51
Internet TLD	.bl

Borland, officially the Republic of Borland (Borish: Republiek Borland), is a country in central Patyria, with overseas territories in the Artalias. Flanked by the Savic Sea of the Cercian Ocean on its northern coast, Borland is bordered by Apelia to the west and Vierzland to the east. The country has a highly-urbanized population of 23 million people, who are mainly concentrated in the capital city Anderveld, as well as other cities such as Beringen, Strijsen, and Oosterum.

Borland's territory was settled by Vierzic tribes who were eventually subsumed by the !Roman Empire in the 100s AD, later gaining some autonomy under the Kingdom of Apelia. Borland was generally controlled by Apelia, Tierada, and the Vierz kingdoms until its war of independence in the early 1600s, when it gained independence from Apelia in 1609. The country moved to colonize the Artalias and Oridia, establishing a pervasive land claim in South Artalia - much of which was lost after Borland's defeat in the First Apelic War in 1766. Borland's defeat in that war provoked radical, revolutionary feelings that coincided with the eruption of the Apelian Revolution and the Second Apelic War, leading to the permanent disestablishment of the monarchy in the country.

Geopolitical conflicts in Patyria put Borland in a precarious position as the "Battleground of Patyria." During the Great War, Borland officially declared neutrality, but was invaded and occupied by Socialist Apelia in 1943; it was liberated from Apelian control in 1946 by the Vierz Empire and the Borish resistance. Borland was occupied by Vierz troops until 1949, after which it gained nominal independence as a satellite state of the Vierz Empire. During the ensuing Silent War, known as the Rentmeesterschap period in Borland, the country's government was a Vierz-aligned authoritarian state under the control of the Stadtholder. After a decade of socioeconomic troubles in the 1980s, the Anderveld Uprising of 1987 prompted the withdrawal of Vierz troops from the country and the dissolution of the pro-Vierz government.

Borland is a founding member of the Assembly of Nations and the Borish Confederation, as well as a full member of the Union of Patyrian States. Since 1987, it has been a democratic, constitutional, parliamentary republic with a comprehensive welfare state and market economy. Borland maintains one of the highest standards of living in the world, ranking highly in the metrics of quality of life, educational attainment, and safety.