Vynichia
Vynich Republic Vyniská Republika | |
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| Motto: "Přes těžkosti ke hvězdám" "Through hardships to the stars" | |
| Anthem: My Homeland "Má Vlast" | |
| Capital | Letna |
| Official languages | Vynich |
| Recognised regional languages | Tengarian Amathian Soravian Lemovician |
| Ethnic groups (2019) | Soravians (64.3%) Amathians (21.6%) Tengarians (8.2%) Slirnians (3.8%) Lemovician (1.7%) Others (0.4%) |
| Demonym(s) | Vynich |
| Government | Unitary Semi-Presidential Constitutional Republic |
• President | Josef Žák |
• Vice-president | Antonín Kostelecký |
| Area | |
• Estimate | 265,171.42 km2 (102,383.26 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 13.41% |
| Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 10,693,939 |
• 2019 census | 10,422,738 |
• Density | 134/km2 (347.1/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $25,413 |
| Currency | Vynich Kruna (VYK) |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +32 |
| Internet TLD | .vy |
The Vynich Republic, also known by its short-form name, Vynichia, is a landlocked country in Southern Euclea of Kylaris. It is bordered by Tengaria to the south, Radushia to the west, Slirnia and Amathia to the east, and Tengaria to the south. The Vynich Republic has hilly landscape that covers an area of 265,171 kilometers (102,383 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate. It is a unitary semi-presidential republic.
The Kingdom of Vynikaj was historically recognized as the border state of the Solarian Empire despite having no direct relation with the empire. After the split of the kingdom in 850, the western Vynich kingdom shared an alliance with the Grand Principality of Tengaria, and following the establishment of the Empire of Tengaria in 1385, the two kingdoms were unified as the Principality of Veduria. The principality did not last more than three centuries, after its annexation by the Soravian Empire in 1650.
In the 19th century, the Vynich lands became more industrialized, becoming part of the Soravian Republic, following the First Soravian Civil War in 1857. After the two world wars, the Great War and Solarian War in the early 20th century, Vynichia became part of the Soravian Second Republic as the Vynich FSR. It was not until 4 February 1983 when the Soravian Second Republic dissolved following the Sostava War with its constituent states becoming the independent states of the Kantemosha, West Miersa, Radushia, and Vedmed. The Vynich Republic is a member of Samorspi, although it has been more leaning towards the EC since the Euclamesti Protest in 2009.
Vynichia today is a developing country with an advanced high social market economy, helped by its huge exports in heavy industry sectors such as machinery, automobile, as well as chemicals and medicaments. It also ranks high in the Human Development Index, with a relatively stable and safe community.
Etymology
The traditional name "Virilia" derives from Solarian "Viri lacus" which literally means "men of the lake", assigned to the tribes living in the east of the Lake Min. The current name of Vynichia comes from the Marolevic ethnonym associated with the area, which ultimately comes from the Vynich word "Vynikající". The name comes from the Marolevic tribe (Vynich: Vynik, Vynikaja) which can be traced back to the Proto-Marolevic root *Vyni, meaning "stand out", thus making it cognate to the Vynich word Vynikající (excellent) and Vynikat (stand out).
The country has been traditionally divided into three lands, namely Virilia (Vynikaia) in the west, Lucia (Luciu) in the east, and Vynich Minrovina (the smaller, south-western part of historical Minrovina, most of which is located within modern Miersa) in the northeast. A number of other names for the country have been used, including Vynich/Virilian lands, Vedurian Crown, Vynikaia, and Vynichia. When the country regained its independence after the Sostava War in 1983, the new name of Vynich Republic was coined to reflect the Vynich tribe, and the ancient Vynich kingdom reigning the Virilian land before becoming the Principality of Vedur in 1389.
After a constitutional reform in 2010, the Vynich Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommended the Estmerish name Vynichia, and the Vynich government approved Vynichia as the official short name in 2012.
History
Prehistory
The area of what is now the Vynich Republic was inhabited by humans as early as 10,000 BC where the early modern humans, who were hunter-gatherers settled in the surrounding the area of Lake Min, and few continued to explore to the western reaches of what is now Soravia. Around 4,000 BC, Satro-Euclean people migrated to Euclea and lot of them eventually settled in multiple parts of the continent, including the central and western part of the continent, gave birth to the Proto-Vynich people. Some of the early settlers later flourished as clans and tribes in the Vynian region, and started to conquer one another to gain influence and basic needs. The Vyniks, was one of the early tribe in the area to show their prominence and importance as the leading and strongest tribe, eventually conquered, unified the other clans and gave birth to the early proto-kingdom of Vynichs.
Kingdoms Era
It was not until the early 80 AD where Kingdom of Vynikaia was born, which controlled almost the entire area of the lake's east. Due to the strong influence of bordering Solarian Empire in the east around 300 AD, the Kingdom built a mutualistic relation with the empire, and was heavily relied economically, politically and socially to the empire, despite not being a vassal state. This resulted in a few cultural, religious and linguistic aspects of Solarian Empire having absorbed to the kingdom. With the fall of the empire in the 400 AD, the Kingdom continued as an independent state, though an internal conflict in the 857 AD made the kingdom split into Veduria and Pistia. Veduria gained a strong influence over the Vynich land by sharing an alliance with the Empire of Tengaria and latersuccessfully unified the whole area as one Principality of Veduria by 1389. In 1650, the Empire of Soravia and Union of Three Nations gained influence over western and southern Euclea, thus conquering the other existing Marolevic kingdoms, with the principality being no exception. The Vynich region was soon conquered, and was planned to be split in half between Amathians and Soravians, but the Soravians pushed the boundary to the east, leaving only a small piece of land for Amathia, which would later became the self-governing province of Luciu.
Soravian Rule
The Vynichs went under the reign of the Soravians as early as 1650, and the area was later called "Vynikaia" again by the Soravians. The area soon became the eastern border state of the empire, and intermarriages between noble families were frequent. With the fall of the Soravian Empire in 1861 and also the start of the era of Soravia as a republic, the Vynichs benefitted from the change and soon were heavily industrialized under the rule of Eduard Olsov. The Vynichs continued to be under the rule of Soravians, passing through various wars and events such as The Great Collapse and the two world war (The Great War and Solarian War), which, the Vynichs indirectly helped to end both wars under the flag of Soravia. The great events across the Euclean continent for centuries would later ignite the nationalism, and rebellion attempts in the mid 20th century, where the Vynichs became part of the Soravian Second Republic as the Vynich FSR. By 1979, Vynich nationalists sought independence after such oppression and iron fist rule of Vilem Gardos. They started to utilize the internal conflict inside Soravia as their advantage to gain full independence and break off from Soravia. As Soravia was divided between Constitutionalists and Partisans, the Vynichs started to form a militia to thwart Soravians from their land, along with Zalyks, Vedmedis, Lemovicians, Belonarodyns, and Ambrazkans which later caused the Sostava War. The urban warfare in Vynich cities caused a lot of casualties despite Vynich citizens were evacuated earlier to the eastern part of the country, and some even migrated to the surrounding countries in the east. The Vynichs finally gained independence as soon as the war ended in 5 February 1983 , and immediately joined the Samorspi.
Post-War Vynichia
The post-war Vynich Republic progressed into a new economical and political power in Euclea, mainly Southern Euclea, with its right-wing and free market economy. Despite that, in 2009, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Vynichia happened, as a result of corruption scandals done by government officials, including the president, Ludek Duras himself. It began on the night of 15 November 2009 with public protests in Náměstí Nezávislosti (independence square) in Letna. Ludek's government also decided a suspension in economic-cooperation with the EC, and showed a favor in federalizing the country and closer ties with Soravia, which made the scope of the protests widened, with calls for the resignation of President Ludek Duras and his government. In 2016, President Andrej Novacek said he expects Vynichia to be officially recognized as EC candidate in TBD, and will soon join the EC by TBD.