Florentia

Most Serene Florentian People's Empire Sérénissime Empire Populaire Florentien (Lysian)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Pour l'Empereur et la Liberté !" "For the Emperor and Liberty"
Anthem: "La voix du peuple" "Dans les bayous de Bayave" (Anthem of the People's Action) Royal anthem: "Vive l'Empereur et la Liberté"
Map of Florentia
Capital	Montcharmin
Largest	Belleville
Official languages	Lysian, Florentian creoles, Esonian,
Recognised national languages	Florentian creoles
Recognised regional languages	Stillian
Ethnic groups (2022)	Lysian (69,4%) Natives (17,3%) Esonian (6,9%) Stillian (4,8%)
Religion (2022)	Orthodox (47%) Orthodox demonism (23%) Animism (16,7%) Shinshi (6%) Tocalic (4%) Other (3,3%)
Demonym(s)	Florentian
Government	Confederation of autonomous states within a Parliamentary Monarchy
• Divine Emperor of the Republic	Ambroise IV
• President of the Republic Guide to happiness	Hugo Lysandre Dellague
• First Guardian of the Constitution	Théodore de Montaubant
• Chairman of the Legislation	Nicolas Moreau
•	Eléanore Petit
Legislature	Imperial Assemblies
• Lower house	People's Tribunate
Independance from the Lysian Republic in 1771
Area
•	325,000 km2 (125,000 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate	26 223 000
GDP (nominal)	2023 estimate
• Total	279 694 518 000
• Per capita	10,666
Currency	Imperial Franc (IF)

Florentia, Most Serene Florentian People's Empire, is a develloping country on Eurth, located in Eastern Alharu, on the Cashari Island. It has a population of approximatly 26 223 000 inhabitants and has a size of 325 747 km2. The political capital city is Montcharmin, while the economic capital city is Belleville. It is bordered by Esonice via the treaty ports of Sademi and Mihura.

Florentia is a socialist federal parliamentary monarchy. A former Lysian colony, Florentia held from 1767 to 1771 the government-in-exile of the Kingdom of Lysia. In 1771, King Louis XI of Lysia, next to a referundum, is crowned Emperor of Florentia, ending the Lysian monarchy.

After an era of glory because of its high value agricultural products, Florentia slowly began to lose power and influence because of its outdated means of production (mainly the use of slavery). In august 2023, former Confederal Chancellor Hugo Lysandre Dellague held a referundum to vote for a new socialist and progressive constitution. After several days of intense political instability, the referundum was won with 92% of the voters in favor of the new constitution. The executive power is shared between an hereditary Emperor, currently Ambroise IV, and an elected President, Hugo Lysandre Dellague. The legislature, named the Imperial Assemblies, follow a tricameral system, divided between the appointed Constitutionnal Senate, the indirectly elected Legislative Body, and the directly elected People's Tribunate.

The Florentian economy is mainly based on high-quality agricultural exports, the main ones being cotton, tobacco and sugar cane. There is also a develloping mining sector in the northern states and industries centered around tobacco products and textile. Tourism also holds an important place. While slavery has been abolished, the previous economic sanctions heavely damaged the Florentian economy.

Etymology

Florentia has been named by the founders of Port-Rouge - the first lysian settlement on the Cashari Island - to honor the Lysian sailor Florent Bouvier who explored the Saint-Elme river and its delta.

Geography

Florentia has an area of 325 747 km2 and a population of 26 223 000 inhabitants (2020). Its capital city is Montcharmin but its biggest city is Belleville. While most of the country is very flat, dominated by forests, grasslands and bayous supplied by an important and complex system of natural waterways, the northern part of the country has hills and small plateaus where can be found the source of the two main rivers of the country, the Saint-Elme and the Borria. Because of the arid North of the Cashari Island, Northern Florentia occasionally suffers from small sandstorms, while Southern Florentia occasionally suffers from hurricanes.

Rivers, lakes and reservoirs

Florentia has thousands of small rivers and creeks, creating a complex system of natural and navigable waterways in all the country. The country also has numerous bayous along the Saint-Elme river, the Borria river and the coast. Those water ressources provide recreation, civil and freight transporation, fishing, hunting, crop irrigation and water for human consumption, and millions of Florentians are reliant on it.

Climate

Florentia has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa), perhaps one of the best examples of a humid subtropical climate in the wurld, with long, hot, humid summers and short, mild winters. The subtropical characteristics of the country are due to its low latitude, low lying topography, and the combined influences of the Cashari Sea and its waterways system.

Rain is frequent throughout the year, although from April to September is slightly wetter than the rest of the year, which is the country's wet season. There is a dip in precipitation in October. In summer, thunderstorms build during the heat of the day and bring intense but brief, tropical downpours. In winter, rainfall is more frontal and less intense.

Summers in southern Florentia have high temperatures from June through September averaging 32°C or more, and overnight lows averaging above 21°C. At times, temperatures in the 32–37°C, combined with dew points in the 24–26°C, create sensible temperatures over 49°C). The humid, thick, jungle-like heat in southern Florentia is a famous subject of countless stories and movies.

Temperatures are generally warm in the winter in the southern part of the country, with highs around Belleville, Mouvant and the rest of southern Florentia, averaging 19°C. The northern part of the country is mildly cool in the winter, with highs averaging 15°C. The overnight lows in the winter average well above freezing throughout the country, with 8 °C the average near the Sea and an average low of 3 °C in the winter in the northern part of the country.

Flora and fauna

Some of the most common animals found throughout all of the country include otter, deer, mink, muskrat, raccoons, opossums, rabbits, squirrels, nutria, turtles, alligators, woodcocks, skunks, foxes, beavers, ringtails, armadillos, coyotes and bobcats. Deer, squirrel, rabbit, and bear are hunted as game, while muskrat, snakes, nutria, mink, opossum, bobcat, and skunk are commercially significant for fur. Prized game birds include quail, turkey, woodcock, and various waterfowl, of which the mottled duck and wood duck are native. There are several endemic plants and animals in Florentia that are found nowhere else on Earth; an example could be the Florentia bluestar or the white leucistic alligator. The Borria river map turtle and the ringed map turtle are only found in Florentia.

While Florentia deeply lacks of protected national parks, most of the country remains untouched or almost untouched by human intervention. The only protected area is the National Park of the Saint-Elme Delta, under the jurisdiction of Bayave and Javiosia.

History

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Early history

• First humans coming from Mesothalassa

Cashari Invasions

• Invasion of Esonice by the Cashari horse-riding tribes

Colonial Era (1587-1771)

The colonial era in Florentia begins with the exploration of the Saint-Elme river's delta in May, 1587, by the Lysian explorator Florent Bouvier. In 1595, the "Décret Royal sur la Florentie" ("Royal Decree on Florentia") claims the Cashari Island as the rightful possession of the King of Lysia, and the Governorate of Florentia is created.

In 1748, Lysia buys the islander part of the Vice-Royalty of Cashar, renamed Lasoda, from Iberica.

Lysian monarchy in-exile and march towards independence

In 1767, the Lysian royal family flees the Lysian Revolution and come to Florentia, where the local authorities and the population are still loyal to them. In Montcharmin, Louis-Ambroise of Asmavie is crowned as Louis XI of Lysia. In 1770-1771, Lysia tries to take back Florentia but fails, despite superior numbers and equipment.

Realizing the impossibility to take back overcome the otherside, an armistice is signed between the Lysian Republic and the Kingdom of Lysia. Louis XI decides to settle the Lysian monarchy in Florentia and is elected by a referundum as Emperor Ambroise I of Florentia.

March towards progress (2023-nowadays)

• 1870's-1880s : the Emperor tries to outlaw Florentian slavery. Nine of the twelve states secede from the Empire : beginning of the Florentian cival war with the slave states opposing Louvier and the anti-slavery states. The slave states win and abdicate the Louvian King from the throne of Florentia, installing his second son. The victorious states write the "Confederal Act", lightening a lot the power of the Emperor is very lightened while giving huge autonomy to the states.
• 1887 : Drafting of the "Charter of the Master and the Slave", guaranteeing the first rights to slaves and greatly limiting the punishments given by the masters. The charter is signed by five of the states.
• 2019 : One of the most severe states with regard to slaves undergoes a major slave revolt. The slaves managed to organise themselves and control part of the state, with no advances on either side. (WIP)
• 2022 : Florentia and the revolt sign an armistice, but are technicly still at war with each other. (WIP)

Politics

The Most Serene People's Florentian Empire is made of 13 divisions under a restrictive federal system : 12 states and one independant city, the capital city Montcharmin and its suburbs.

List of the Florentian divisions

#	Name	Type of regime	Legal status	State capital	Population	Leading political party	Flag
1	Javiosia	Kingdom (constitutional monarchy)	State	Belleville	9 103 000	Constitutionalist Union
2	Lasoda	Duchy (semi-constitutional monarchy)	State	Teldore	1 539 000	Coalition (Constitutionalist Union, Legitimist Stillian Party)
3	Nouvelle-Vendée	Kingdom (semi-constitutional monarchy)	State	Nouvelle-Ligomes	820 000	New-Vendean Party
4	Abalavier	Kingdom (absolute monarchy)	State	Mouvant	1 507 000	N/A
5	Bayave	Marquisate (semi-constitutional monarchy)	State	Port-Rouge	915 000	Popular Party
6	Nouvelle-Creuse	Kingdom (semi-constitutional monarchy)	State	Guéret	1 338 000	Legitimist Party of Nouvelle-Creuse
7	Rivière de Juillet	Kingdom (constitutional monarchy)	State	Baste	1 415 000	Constitutionalist Union
8	Yalme	Duchy (constitutional monarchy)	State	Rodaze	1 180 000	National Liberal Party of Yalme
9	Tyronie	Kingdom (constitutional monarchy under a military junta)	State	Vimbe	602 000	N/A
10	Narizonia	Republic (federal and parliamentary council republic, democracy)	State	Libreville	2 293 000	Progressive Party
11	Saint-Isidore	Republic (Federal and parliamentary republic, democracy)	State	Adèrnes	1 722 000	Republican Party
12	Coayard	Republic (Unitary and semi-presidential republic, democracy)	State	Coeur	806 000	Liberty Union
13	Imperial District	Absolute Monarchy	Direct Imperial rule	Montcharmin	2 983 000	N/A

Imperial government

The central government is divided between the executive power, held by the Emperor and the President of the Republic, and the legislative power, held by the Constitutionnal Senate, the Legislative Body and the People's Tribunate.

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The executive power is very small compared to the legislative one. The Emperor of Florentia is, according to law, the most direct heir of Louis I of Lysia. Since the civil war, the Emperor's power on the central government is reduced to naming the Chancellor and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs. However, the Emperor of Florentia holds still absolute power over the Grand-Duchy of Montcharmin, usually nicknamed the Imperial District, and which corresponds to the capital city Montcharmin and its surroundings.

The Confederal Senate's role is to represent the states. It used to be the upper house of the assembly but, since the Confederal constitution of 1885, it is the only house of Florentia. It is composed of twelve senators, one per state. Senators are elected every two years, without limit to the number of terms, by universal suffrage in their respective states. Each senator has one vote, except the Confederal Chancelor, named by the Emperor, which has two votes. The Chancellor's role is to lead the debates and to organize the work of the Senate. He also has to name the government, except the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, who is named by the Emperor himself.

Tricameral Legislation

Legislative Body

List of the Chairmen of the Legislation of Florentia

People's Tribunate

List of the Tribune of the Tribunes of Florentia

List of Confederal Chancellors

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Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Political orientation/party	Appointed	Notable credit(s)
	Pierre Duchamp (1732-1809)	1771	1809	Paternalistic conservatism	1771	Successfully dealt with a famine and established regulations on the prices of basic products. Creation of the Imperial Navy and renovation of the Imperial Army Signature of the Friendship treaty of the Eternal Birds with Garindina.
	Louis de Narizonie (1741-1812)	1809	1812	Paternalistic conservatism	1809	Increased slave trade
	François de la Moulinette (1737-1830)	1812	1823	Enlightened despotism	1812	Established the Imperial University of Montcharmin Standardised education and scholar curriculums Numerous woman rights, including woman suffrage in senatorial elections
	Éloïse Rougeau (1798-1892)	1823	1885	Social Authoritarianism	1823	Created a system of social security (reduced medical fees according to the social class, primitive form of retirement wages) worker's rights protection and mandatory workers and farmers trade unions Creation of a proportionnal taxation system based on the revenue free and mandatory access to education creation of the Imperial Bank of Florentia financail regulation of banks and credits
	Camille de Raihac (1812-1902)	1885	1902	Reactionary	1885	Dismantled social security removed worker's rights protection and dismantled the Agrarian Union returned taxation on a land-based taxation aiming the rural folks removed the right to education for women and returned their status to legal guardianship Encouraged landowner's abuses Caused a major diaspora from Florentia
	Elme Marchait (1855-1940)	1902	1934	Paternalistic conservatism	1902	Tried to save the country from the impending economic and political crisis but failed Successfully contained the Wild North Revolution to the Northern states. Successfully avoided a coup d'état from the Imperial Army
	Célestin Lamar (1897-1960)	1934	1960	People's Action (social authoritarianism)	1934	Managed to get Florentia out of the economic and political crisis Managed to bring back a form of social security Was preparing a massive land redistribution and an extensive social program but died before
	Jerémiah Flérort (1913-1996)	1960	1964	Constitutionalist Union (neoliberalism)	1960	Dismantled the social policies of its predecessor, privitised the Imperial Bank of Florentia, tried to open Florentia to the international market, plunged Florentia in the country's biggest economic crisis and nearly caused another civil war.
	Louis-Philippe de Lémonchailo (1890-2002)	1964	1967	Paternalistic conservatism	1964	$Credit(s)
	Thieffen Dubois (1934-1986)	1967	1969	Constitutionalist Union (classical liberalism)	1967	$Credit(s)
	Jean Rhassist (1879-1973)	1969	1970	White supremacism	1969	Tried to force the abolitionist states to bring back slavery
	Guillaume Bernard (1931-1976)	1970	1973	Constitutionalist Union (social conservatism)	1970	$Credit(s)
	Aurèle de Javiosie (1929-still alive)	1973	1974	Constitutionalist Union (liberal-conservatism)	1973	$Credit(s)
	Constantino San Castellino (1935-1982)	1974	1998	right-wing populism	1974	Managed to calm the catastrophic economic situation
	Désiré de Belleville (1942-still alive)	1998	2023	Constitutionalist Union (liberal-conservatism)	1998	$Credit(s)
	Hugo Lysandre Dellague (1992-still alive)	2023	still in office	People's Action (national-syndicalism)	2023	$Credit(s)

States government

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Because of its extreme decentralization, Florentian states have a very extensive autonomy, often caracterized as "de facto independance" by foreign countries. For example, the Constitution of 1885 doesn't forbid the states from declaring war to other states, forming economic and/or military alliances (such as the Northern Lights, an anti-slavery economic union between Saint-Isidore, Coayard, Javiosia and Bayave).

It led to many effect, such as (but not limited to) the disorganization of the infrastructure network, the broad diversity of state government types and foreign countries treating directly with the states rather than with the central government.

Economy

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The Florentian currency is the Imperial Franc, or "Franc Impérial" in Lysian.

Energy

The Ménilbaissant power station

Energy mix in Florentia.

  Coal (76%)

  Oil (9%)

  Hydro (9%)

  Solar (4%)

  Natural gas (2%)

Due to abundant coal supply from Garindina, since the early XIXth century, Florentia became more and more reliant on coal for its energy. The lack of centralised authority also compromised the creation of mega projects, most of them being abandonned because of the lack of fundings due to the inability of the states to collaborate. Until the 1950s, only Javiosia, the richest Florentian state, could afford mega projects. For example, in 1936, the Javiosian goverment inaugurated the Ménilbaissant power station. In 1940, 42% of the country was reliant on this power plant, 87% if we count only Javiosia, Tyronie, Bayave and Yalme. Even if the power plant lost in efficenciy through the time, it is still used and provides 15% of the Florentian energy.

Nowadays, the Florentian energy mix is less reliant on coal, with an augmentation from gas, oil and hydro energy. The Federal Republic of Saint-Isidore also began to exploit solar energy in the northern plateaus. For now, 76% of Florentian energy comes from coal, 9% comes from oil, 9% comes from hydro, 4% from solar and 2% from natural gas.

Agriculture

• Huge export-based agriculture economy
• One of the main exporter of tobacco, cotton
• Also produces some maize, wheat, soybean
• Use of slavery

Mining

• Important sulphur and magnesium ressources. Few natural gaz
• Exploitation of sand (one of the main exporter) and controversy over the progressive destruction of beaches

Industry

• Industry (textile, cigares) in Javiosie
• Developping industry in a few other states

Tourism

• Important tourism, despite a boycott due to the use of slaves
• Renown to be a "return to the past"
• Famous steam boats cruise on the Saint-Elme river

Demographics

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Ethnicity

Ethnics diversity chart (2020)

  Lysian creole (69.4%)

  Cashari native (17.3%)

  Esonian (6.9%)

  Stillian (4.8%)

  Other (1.6%)

Florentia is a fairly diverse nation. While most of the country is populated by Lysian creoles, descendant of Lysian setlers, there is a significant amount of Natives, Esonians and Stillian creoles.

Cultures

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• Culture : Louisianian creole, natives

Cuisine

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Education

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Language

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Literature

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Music

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