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State of Emessa Istadu de Imisu (Sorianu) | |
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 Flag | |
| Motto: De parícius únu (Sorianu) "Out of many, one" | |
| Anthem: Sa pèrela de su mari sorianu (Sorianu) "The Pearl of the Solarian Sea" | |
| Capital and largest city | Lyria |
| Official languages | Sorianu |
| Recognised national languages | |
| Recognised regional languages | |
| Demonym(s) | Emessan |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary republic |
| Lisandrina Orunesu | |
| Xandru Grixti | |
| Costantinu Pulixi | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Independence from Etruria | |
| 17 July 1943 | |
| 31 October 1946 | |
| 7 April 1949 | |
• Independence | 1 January 1950 |
| Area | |
• Total | 22,487 km2 (8,682 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 3.1 |
| Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 6,369,584 |
• Density | 283.3/km2 (733.7/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $139.831 billion |
• Per capita | $21,953 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $79.696 billion |
• Per capita | $12,512 |
| Gini (2019) | 36.7 medium |
| HDI (2018) |  0.779high |
| Currency | Emessan lira (EML) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (EEST) |
| Driving side | right |
| ISO 3166 code | EM |
| Internet TLD | .im |
Emessa (/ˈɛməsə/ E-mə-sə; Sorianu: Imisu [ˈimisu]), officially the State of Emessa (Sorianu: Istadu de Imisu [isˈtaðu de ˈimisu]) is a Northwest Coian island country consisting of the eponymous archipelago in the Solarian Sea. It lies 94 km (58 mi) southeast of Florena, 100 km (62 mi) west of Tsabara and 179 km (111 mi) east of Etruria. Emessa's location at the crossroads of the Euclean and Coian continents has shaped its rich history and shaped a national identity of religious and ethnic diversity. The official language is Sorianu, generally considered the closest descendant to Solarian, with the Shasites Badaviu and Atudite languages enjoying the status of national languages.
Emessa has been continuously inhabited since the Paleolithic age. Owing to their strategic location in the middle of the Solarian Sea, the islands have been contested and ruled by a succession of powers including the Sanians, Atudites, Piraeans, Solarians, Arasanids, Verliquoian, the Heavenly Dominion, Crusaders, Florenans, Etrurians, and Gaullicans, all leaving their mark on the islands's ancient culture. Independent principalities called vicariates emerged between periods of foreign domination, and became the main powers on the archipelago from the 13th to the early 19th century, with Emessa being a centre of piracy in the Solarian Sea and beyond during that period.
Etruria invaded and captured the port city of Lyria in the name of an anti-piracy operation in 1814, gradually expanding their rule over the entire archipelago and concluding in 1839 with the Emessan War. The islands saw fighting during the Battle of Emessa in the Great War and again in the Solarian War, also called War of Independence in the country. Emessa became a joint trust territory, and achieved independence in 1950, shortly after the Catherby Conference. A military triumvirate assumed power in the name of restoring stability during a period of religious strife from 1959-1964, and a second triumvirate came to power in 1980 during a conflict with Tsabara and disbanding six years later with the fall of Tsabara's communalist régime.
Today, Emessa is a parliamentary system democracy with confessionalist characteristics, with power being shared between the islands' religious communities: Sotirianity, Irfan, and Atudism. Despite periods of troubles, the country has remained fairly calm and prosperous, with a upper middle income economy driven by the tertiary sector, notably tourism and banking, and a high human development index. Emessa is a member of the Community of Nations, the International Council for Democracy, the International Trade Organisation, and the Global Institute for Fiscal Affairs. Historically neutral and maintaining a policy of armed neutrality, the country has nonetheless moved closer to the Euclean Community since the Alban War, with accession negotiations being underway since 2012.