Vinalia

Vinalia (Narodyn:Віналія) officially the United Republic of Vinalia (Narodyn:Об'єднана Республіка Віналія) is a sovereign state in Asteria Superior. It borders Chistovodia to the north, Nuxica, and Marirana to the West. With a total area of X, and population of x, Vinalia is the smallest country in mainland Asteria Superior. Vinalia has 2 capitals Orlavo in the north is the Legislative Capital, while Velkarichka in the south is the Executive and Judicial Capital. The planned city of Vinalinsk is to become the capital of all 3 branches in 2020.

Inhabited since antiquity by the native Vinakians, the Vinakians are the name given to a collective of 12 different ethnic groups, sharing characteristics with the Zapoyan's of Marirana, and the Úuchmáan's of Nuxica from where the Vinakian Language is believed to have originated from. The Vinakians usually came under control of larger and more powerful neighbouring states

United Republic of Vinalia Об'єднана Республіка Віналія
Flag
Motto: "Об'єдналися під одним загальним прапором" "United under one Common Flag"
Anthem: "The March of the Vinalian"
Capital	Orlavo(Legislative) Velkarichka(Executive and Judicial)
Largest city	Orlavo
Recognised national languages	Narodyn, Vinakian, Volynian
Ethnic groups	Vinalian 40% Narodyns 38% Vinakians 15% Polianians 2% Others 5%
Demonym(s)	Vinalian
Government	Federal Parlimentary Republic
• President	Ersnt Rupold
• Prime Minister	Omelyan Pavlov
Legislature	Vinalian Parliment
• Upper house	Senate of the Union
• Lower house	House of the People
Establishment
• Establishment of the 15 City Confederacy	not yet
• Narozalic Colonization	1720 ish
• Chisto-Vinalian state	1860s
• Independence from Chisto Union	1930's
• Reunification	1993
Currency	Vinalian Zolota (VZ)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	right
Internet TLD	.vn

Etymology

The name Vinalia comes from the Vinakian word Vinaki which means people. It's believed that upon contact with Narozalican traders who misunderstood the name believing it be the native name for the area which the Vinakians call Axakaqa (Red Bay) which named it after the reflection the sun gave to the water, instead of the name of the people Q'ij Vinaki (Sun people).

Government

Military

The People’s Defence Force is tasked with the defence of the Vinalian Sovereignty and interests, it’s divided into the People’s Army, People’s Navy, People’s Air Force, People’s Coast Guard, and the People’s Guard. The People’s Guard is a provincial level unit under the command of Provincial Governors. Although the Army has been fully professional since 1992, the People’s Guard relies on Conscripts to fulfill its role, this is to ensure that there will always be a 50/50 division between Northerners and Southerners, but Military Service is not required of those conscripted with civil duty jobs available. Vinalia has undergone rapid demilitarization from the Civil War going from around 750,000 between both Vinalia’s to some 100,000 plus 25,000 People’s Guard. By law expenditure may not exceed 1.5% of GDP in peacetime, unless approved by both houses of Parliament and the Constituent Houses.

Culture

Flag

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  Flag of Vinalia 1993-

The flag of Vinalia is based on the 15 City Confederacy flag, with Mount Vulna in the middle of a white flag. It combines the Orange of North Vinalia at the top, and the Red of South Vinalia at the bottom, also symbolizing the general geographic location of the two constituent states. The white is associated with the native Vinakians, Orange is associated with the native mixed Vinalians, while Red symbolizes the Narozalican descended.

Literature

Literature in Vinalia is rich with many renown authors the most notable of which are the Arturivna sisters Nina, and Oksana both world renown authors for their writings during the 2nd Civil War, their books "Winter in Bir", "A tale of 10 wife's", and "100 Leagues from you" are registered by the National Vinalian Museum of the Arts and are of mandatory reading in schools throughout the nation. Other important authors are Polina Myroslavivna, Nazar Leont, Ikal Peruski, and Chac Sulai. The National Museum of the Arts has over 1,350 books by national Authors, alongside 400 poems, it includes a small section of 30 books and 5 poems written by foreign authors or by exiled Vinalians, this include all of Ikal Peruski's literary work of 4 books which were written in exile.