Vistulzka

This article is about the country. For other uses, see Vistulzka (disambiguation).

Orthodox Republic of Vistulzka Prawosławna Republika Wiślańska (Vistulzkan)
Flag
Anthem: Na zawsze! "Forever!"
Capital	Włocławek
Official languages	Vistulzkan
Ethnic groups (2020)	87.1% Viswe 6.3% Hetumogyars 5.1% Nassauvians 1.5% Other
Religion	X% Gregorianism X% Presterist X% Northern Cathedralist X% other Gregorians X% no religion X% Tahir X% others
Demonym(s)	Viswe
Government	Unitary semi-presidential republic
• President	Józef Wojciechowski
• Marszałek	Leszek Jędrychowski
Legislature	National Legislature
• Upper house	Sejm
• Lower house	Sejmik
Formation
• Three Duchies Era	c. 850
• Grand Duchy of Lechia (Gregorianisation)	922
• Lechian-Hetumoger Kingdom	953
• First Noble Republic	1211
• Second Duchy of Vistulzka	X
• First Republic	X
• Second Noble Republic	X
• Second Republic	X
Area
• Total	396,297 km2 (153,011 sq mi)
• Water (%)	1.1%
Population
• 2024 estimate	X
• 2024 census	X (Xth)
GDP (PPP)	2023 estimate
• Total	$X billion (Xth)
• Per capita	$X
GDP (nominal)	2023 estimate
• Total	$X billion (Xth)
• Per capita	$X
Gini (2023)	27.2 low
HDI (2021)	0.871 very high
Currency	X (X, VIS)
Time zone	UTC+1 (Western Calesian Time, WCT)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (CE)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+X
Internet TLD	.vz

Vistulzka (Vistulzkan: Wiślańska), officially the Orthodox Republic of Vistulzka (Vistulzkan: Prawosławna Republika Wiślańska) and often times called the Orthodox Republic, is a sovereign country located in Western Calesia. Consisting of 54 states called Voivodeships, it is the third-largest country in Calesia, covering over 396,297 km², and the fourth-most populous with over X million inhabitants. Additionally, Vistulzka holds two island overseas territories within Galania: Casimir and Nowa Kosciuszko.

Vistulzka has been inhabited since the Last Glacial Age with various sets of artifacts dating back to the Lower Paleolithic period when the area was dominated by various hunter-gatherers cultures. Vistulzka in late antiquity was a mix of various tribes that were described as Lechites. By the time of the 800s, the area of Vistulzka had been controlled by three various paganistic duchies: Wełnica, Lechia and the Mazowszanie. Under the banner of the Duchy of Lechia, whose leadership had converted to Presterist Gregorianism, conquered the other two duchies with the assistance of the First Kingdom of Hetumoger and the Duchy of Vossenburg. At the time, the Duchy of Lechia was the dominant power in Western Calesia. In 953, Lechia unified with the First Kingdom of Hetumoger, creating the Lechia-Hetumoger Kingdom. In 1211, Lechia-Hetumoger entered the Atalan Heropleven, a cultural revival that marked a change of internal politics of the kingdom. This change was uniquely liberal where the kingdom transformed into the Lechia-Hetumoger Noble Republic, a political system that utilized the idea of a noble Republic and promulgated Calesia's first constitution. In 1479, the political situation in Lechia-Hetumoger had transformed vastly and the two countries no longer held semblance and collapsed. The collapse created two separate noble classes in each country, the Nemesseg in the Second Kingdom of Hetumoger and the Szlachta in the Noble Republic of Lechia.

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Vistulzka has a developed market and is considered to be a regional power alongside X. Officially, Vistulzka is still considered to be an "orthodox Gregorianic" nation. However, Vistulzka provides both freedom of religion and over high standard of human rights. Vistulzka is a founding member of the United Congress, and the X.

Etymology

Main article: Name of Vistulzka

History

Main article: History of Vistulzka

Antiquity

Vistulzka has been inhabited since the Stone Age by modern homo sapiens with archaic tools and artifacts being dates as far back as 20,000 years ago. It is believed that while Vistulzka alongside some neighboring countries have been inhabited since the Last Glacial Period, the climate conditions made the area inhospitable to permanent habitats. Archaic humans are believed to have began permanently settle Vistulzka in the 11,000 years ago with the rise of the neolithic Wełnica culture. Agricultural prospects in the area were meddling and as such, Vistulzka did not see any form of agriculture until 5,000 years ago. Before that, Vistulzka was dominated by various hunter-gatherer societies.

Agriculture and more formative tribal identities emerged in around 4,000 years ago where tools suitable for agriculture emerged. Wełnican tribes and settlements were aware of the Hernician Empire, and several settlements were on the Minervan Trail that crossed through Western Calesia from Central Calesia. Unlike the hostile tribes that inhabited Cheruscia in modern day X, X; the Wełnica openly traded with the Hernicians.

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Three Duchies and Gregorianism

In the 9th century, three major powers emerged in modern-day Vistulzka: the Duchy of Wełnica, the Duchy of Lechia and the Duchy of Mazowszanie. All three of these duchies were paganistic in nature and tended to enter into small wars with each other in the Three Duchy Wars. The three duchies followed Western Calesian paganism until 851 where the breakup of the First X Empire began. During the breakup, Gregorianism entered the region through refugees fleeing the Second Duchy of Vossenburg into Wełnica. The Duke of Lechia, Ziemomysł I converted to Gregorianism and sought to unite the other two paganistic countries under his banner. The Duchy of Lechia and the Duchy of Wełnica unified into the Grand Duchy of Lechia after a peace treaty was signed between Ziemomysł I and Mieszko II of Wełnica, the Duke of Wełnica, in 922.

The Duchy of Mazowszanie initially rebuked the idea of conversion. TBD

Geography

Main article: Geography of Vistulzka

Vistulzka is located in Western Calesia, bordered by the countries of X (X km; X mi) to the east, X (X km; X mi) to the west, and X (X km; X mi) to the southwest and south. Vistulzka is the single largest country within Western Calesia and the third-largest country in Calesia proper.

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Government

Main articles: Government of Vistulzka and Politics of Vistulzka

Józef Wojciechowski
President
since 2020

Leszek Jędrychowski
Marszałek
since 2020

Helena Jodłowska
Kasztelan
since 2020

The Orthodox Republic of Vistulzka is a unitary semi-presidential republic that is governed on the basis of multi-party democracy that utilizes a "Common Government", a form of government that emerged during the Atalan Political Heropleven. Its government is codified by the 1921 constitution which is considered to be the governing principle and establishing document of Vistulzka. Vistulzka's government takes several ideas from Orthodoxist Republicanism, one of the many new political ideas formed during the Political Heropleven. Vistulzka utilizes three branches of government, both "separate but intertwined" government where all branches of the government were intertwined with each other.

The Legislative Building of Włocławek, the seat of the Viswe national government.

Officially, the Office of the President is elected within the Sejm, where the members of the Sjem elect members of their own. The powers of the president are executive in nature and are split between the office and the Sjem. The office of the President is designed by the 1921 constitution to be the simultaneous head of state and head of government, and is reponsible for the the appointment of the Marshal and the Ducal Council, the executive branch's cabinet. The Marshal and the Ducal Council are responsible to answering to daily affairs to the Sjem. The President of Vistulzka is considered to have a more ceremonial role if the Marshal and the Ducal Council are able to function and hold support within the Sjem. However, if the Sjem initiates a censure vote, the powers of the Marshal and the Ducal Council are significantly diminished. Under this, the Sjem can create a Council of Confidence which will vacate the office of the Marshal and place those responsibilities on the Ducal Council.

Vistulzka has historically been a hotbed for political organizations with three parties making up the dominant block since 1925. The New Republican Coalition (NKR) have ruled Vistulzka since the end of the Second Cuthish War, and is comprised of three dominant parties: the Orthodoxist Republican Party (PPR), the Janssian-Orange Republican Party (PRJP) and the Blue Movement Party (PBR). All three of these parties were founded in the immediate aftermath of the Recession of 1924.