Union of Republics
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Union of Republics | |
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 Flag
 Great Seal
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| Motto: "Ave Victoriam" "For Victory" | |
| Anthem: "The Stars Shine Forever" | |
 Union of Republics territory (dark blue) | |
| Capital | Marotta |
| Largest city | Vastecote City |
| Official languages | Venran |
| Recognised national languages | Venran |
| Recognised regional languages | Sakir, Volkish, Plantsae |
| Demonym(s) | Unitean |
| Government | Representative federal republic |
• President | Jackson Rich (U) |
• Vice President | Allison Lire (U) |
| Legislature | Assembly |
| Senatorial Hall | |
| Hall of Representatives | |
| Independence from Holy State of Venra | |
• Declaration | February 2, 1791 |
• Venran Surrender | March 19, 1794 |
• Treaty of Marotta | April 3, 1794 |
• Constitution | June 21, 1797 |
• Great Defining of Rights | December 30, 1797 |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,340,653 sq mi (11,242,240 km2) |
• Water (%) | 2.9 |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 392,560,000 |
• Density | 168/km2 (435.1/sq mi) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $18,396,914,000,000 |
• Per capita | $51,485.82 |
| Gini (2019) |  51.2high |
| HDI |  0.912very high |
| Currency | Union Dollar (Ū) |
| Date format | mm/dd/yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +1 |
| Internet TLD | .uor |
The Union of Republics (UoR), sometimes known as Unitea, is a nation spanning much of the continent of Alandria. It consists of 40 republics, a federal district and some minor possessions abroad. With a land area of 4,340,653 square miles, it stands as the largest nation in the world, several hundred kilometers ahead of Sargasso. With a population of over 392 million people, it is the second most-populous nation in the world, behind Kambukstan and ahead of Hazakura. The national capital is Marotta, and the most populous city Vastecote City.
Etymology
The first known documentary of a "Union of Republics" was written in 1797 in Frank Marotta's personal journal, where he first began to document his ideas of republicanism and a democratic federation in place of the Holy State of Venra. Marotta's entry stated, "My soul strives for nothing more than a federation of the Venran provinces in a Union of free and just Republics". The first publication of the term "Union of Republics" was during the Venran Collapse of 1786, in which a Vastecote newspaper used the term to describe the Venran Republic Army.
Alternatives to "Union of Republics"
A popular alternative to "Union of Republics" during the Venran Collapse was simply the term "Venran Republic", which was used much more frequently by the Venran Republic Army and Marotta's colleagues. Once it had been unanimously decided by the Republican Assembly that the nation they were to create would not use the term "Venra" in its official name, several other terms for the new nation were proposed, such as "Republic of Libertaria", "Republic of Alandria", and the poorly-received "Republic of Marotta". However, "Union of Republics" was seen as a much better way of portraying the federal-republican form of government that would soon be put in place by the Republican Assembly. The name "Union of Free Republics" was briefly supported before the drafting of the Unitean Constitution, but the term soon fell out of use as "Union of Republics" was written as the official name of the new republican state.
History
Indigenous peoples and pre-Vespuccian arrival
It is widely accepted that humans first moved into what would become the Alandrian continent around 16,000 years ago during the Ice Age, in which land bridges stretched from Sierran lands to Alandria. These indigenous people would slowly form into larger groups, primarily around the Hollister and Largas Rivers, forming large civilizations that would farm and settle across these rivers. The lack of domesticatable animals, however, prevented much of the continent from progressing to Andusan and northern Sierran levels of advancement. The largest settlement in the pre-Vespuccian era was a city situated upon the Hollister river named Kalkalkal, which literally translates to "Three Streams". Kalkalkal is believed to have had a population of over 450,000 people from all across the region, and the city showed progress and development comparable to a north Sierran settlement. Most of Kalkalkal's population would eventually leave the city, as diseases and looting significantly lowered the quality of life. What little population remained in the city was killed during the early Venran expansions.
Venran settlement
The first Venrans to arrive in Alandria landed on the shores of modern-day New Gretin in the year 1305, when religious settlers from the island of Gretin attempted to flee to the Kingdom of Czepedyeia to escape the destruction ongoing Third Maleczet-Szomakje War.