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The Maritime Republic of Pania (Panian Repubblica marittima di Pania, Lavarian República marítima de Paniá), was an independent state and a maritime republic that existed in southern Lavaria between 385 CE and 1462 CE. At the peak of its power, the republic incorported several cities on the northern coast of the Endotheric sea, several islands of the Erytherian island chain, the island of Saint Hubert of the Lilacs, and several colonies in northern Caphtora, as well as numerous smaller trading ports and colonies scattered around the Endotheric sea. The republic was centered around the city of Pania: located in a valley under the Pania rocks, the strategic location of the city made it the most important commercial and military centre of the Cambran empire. The republic grew into the dominant naval power during the High Middle Ages in the Endotheric sea, and controlled most of the trade between Berea and Eastern Pamira. The city preserved a lot of the governing traditions of the Cambran empire and even used Cambran as the main language for most of its early existence. (See more...)