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Free State of Vanhar Estado Livre de Vánhar (Luzelese) Fristaten Vänjer (Blostlandic)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Ditat Deus" "God enriches"
Capital and largest city	Aques
Official languages	Luzelese Blostlandic Hiyan
Religion	81% Sotirianity 50% Solarian Catholic Church 29% Amendism 2% Brethren Church 15% Irreligious 2% Native religions 2% Other faiths
Demonym(s)	Vanharian
Government	Unitary dominant-party state presidential republic
• President	Sérgio Lindahl
• Deputy President	Eva Alcantara
Legislature	National Legislature of Vanhar
Establishment
• Independence from Eldmark	1839
• Independence from the Asterian Federative Republic	1989
Area
•	284,623 km2 (109,894 sq mi)
Population
• 2022 census	10,874,498
Currency	Vanharian Real
Internet TLD	.vr

Vanhar (Luzelese: Vánhar; Blostlandic: Vänjer), officially the Free State of Vanhar (Luzelese: Estado Livre de Vánhar; Blostlandic: Fristaten Vänjer), is a sovereign country in central Asteria Superior. It is bordered by the Asterian Federative Republic to the north, Eldmark to the south, and Ardesia to the east. It's capitol and largest city is Aques, other major cities include Hannaholm, Saltes, Branco, De Castro, and Guldtorn. It has a population of 10,874,498 people and covers a total area of 284,623 square kilometers. It is made up of 15 Departments, one of them being the National Department of Aques.

The region of Vanhar was initially settled by Zapoyans, Odavli, and Hiyans for thousands of years. After the discovery of the Asterias by Assim Asteris. Blostlandic settlers arrived in the area and colonized the area as apart of modern-day Eldmark. The region eventually became settled by agricultural settlers from Euclea, the native population slowly began to be pushed back by colonists, the region became known as Vänjer.

After Eldmark declared independence from Blostland, Luzelese-speaking settlers from the Asterian Federative Republic began to settle south into Vänjer. Eventually the Luzelese population grew to become massive and eventually they declared independence from Eldmark as the Republic of Vanhar. Eventually they voted to join the AFR.

During the late 1800s, the Hiyan population and the government of the AFR fought the Hiyan War which saw the killings of much of the Hiyan nation. Afterwards, the discovery of oil in the north and central parts of Vanhar lead to massive rush of settlers into the area. The oil industry became massive and a major part of the AFR's economy.

After the Great Collapse in 1913, the economy of Vanhar became devastated, the 1916 Cervejaria de Poeira, a massive dust storm that destroyed the agriculture in the region as well. During the Great War, the Ardesian State invaded the AFR, Vanhar became a front for the war, the governor of Vanhar, António Lagerfeld, would collaborate with Ardesian functionalists. A resistance led by the socialist Edmundo Esteves would rise up against both Ardesia and the AFR. He was later executed by the AFR government for his rebellion. After the Great War, governor Vicente Rebelo Mata worked on reforms and rebuilding the state.

In the 1980s the economic downturns and military rule in the AFR lead to separatists, known as the Separas, to rise up in Vanhar. In 1989 under Bernardo Erhardsson, the government of Vanhar declared independence from the AFR alongside numerous other states. Afterwards the 1990s became full of turmoil as leftist guerillas persisted, and a peace deal in 1999 lead to the rise of the Broad Liberation Front under Geraldo Saldanha. Since 2000 the government has been ruled by the FAL party since, right-wing guerillas still exist in some parts of the country, many wanting to rejoin the AFR. Today Vanhar is lead by President Sérgio Lindahl, and is a part of the CN, LOPS, OAN, and FNPI.

History

Independence and 1990s

President Erhardsson with Paretian Premier Julío Pires, 1993

Leftist guerillas located in southwest Vanhar, 1995

21st century Vanhar

Saldanha (right), and Alcantara (left), both consolidated FAL rule in Vanhar

Government and politics

National Legislature in Aques

Sérgio Lindahl
President of Vanhar

Eva Alcantara
Deputy President of Vanhar

Logo	Party		Leader(s)		Vanharian National Legislature	Departmental Governorships	Ideology
		Broad Liberation Front Frente Ampla Libertação		Sérgio Lindahl	67 / 84	13 / 15	Estevismo Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism Sotirian socialism
		Vanharian Liberal Alliance Aliança Liberal Vánharenha		Jorge Olivas Aznar	6 / 84	1 / 15	Liberalism
		Social Sotirian Unity Unidade Social Sotiriano		Beatriz Dimas	5 / 84	1 / 15	Sotirian democracy Liberal conservatism Civic nationalism
		Get Up Levanta		Raúl Busch	2 / 84	0 / 15	Right-wing populism Conservatism Nationalism
		Popular Revolutionary Alternative Alternativa Popular Revolucionária		Félix Noronha	2 / 84	0 / 15	Social democracy Progressivism Democratic socialism
		Indigenous Force Força Indígena		Chooli Aguiar	1 / 84	0 / 15	Indigenous politics