Holy Aventine Empire

Holy Aventine Empire Sacrum Imperium Aventium
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Antiquus quod Valens non Arescit" "Old that is Strong does not Wither"
Anthem: Laudes Imperiales "Imperial Acclamations"
Capital	Alpana
Largest city	Kyrona
Official languages	Alpanian
Recognized languages	!Greek !Bulgarian !Serbian
Ethnic groups	Alpanian- 29.1% Hellian- 28.9% Kosav-16.9% Nymerian- 16.0% Commigrati- 9.1% Other- 0.9%
Demonym(s)	Aventine
Government	Absolute Monarchy
• Imperator	Pius VII
History
• Alpan Republic Founded	500 BC
• The Christian War	370-375 AD
• Holy Aventine Empire Founded	375 AD
• Invasion Era	440-730 AD
• Reconquest Era	730-920
Population
• 1936 estimate	150,000,000
Driving side	right

The Holy Empire of Alpana' (Alpanian: Sacrum Imperium Alpanae), known as more commonly as theHoly Aventine Empire (Alpanian: Sacrum Imperium Aventium), is a large multi-ethnic major power in southern Cybelleum in the world of Verthandi. It was founded in 375 AD at the end of the Christian War, when [[ Petrus Aventinus was crowned Imperator of the Aplana by the Pope, replacing the old Pagan Alpanian Republic. The vast majority of the Empire's original territory was lost during the Barbarian Invasions of the fifth century, but the Empire has continued to survive and reclaim some of its lost land ans whether through the centuries. The Empire boasts the oldest continuous government in the world, having been ruled by the House Aventinus since its founding over 1550 years ago, although it has undergone a great deal of change over that time.

Demographics

Ethnic Groups

Alpanian- 28.1%
!Greek- 23.9%
Nymerian- 16.0%
!Bulgarians- 4.3%
!Lombard- 4.1%
!Serbs- 4.0%
!Illyrian- 3.0%
!East Saxons- 2.5%
!Gothic- 2.3%
!Croat-2.4%
!Bosnians- 2.3%
!Thracian- 2.0%
!Slovene- 1.9%
!Macedonians- 1.1%
!Albanian- 0.8%
Maghreb- 0.7%
!Montenegrins- 0.4%
Other- 0.2%

Languages

!Greek
!Romanian
!Bulgarian
!Serbian
Slovene language!Slovene
!Croatian
!Macedonian
!Bosnians
!Friulan
!Ladin
!Occitan
!Sardinian

Culture

Public holidays

Date	Name	Holiday	Notes
1 January	Feast of the Circumcision of Christ		New Year's Day
2 January	Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
6 January	Epiphany
2 February	Candlemas
22 February	Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter
19 March	Saint Joseph's Day
25 March	Feast of the Annunciation
movable Thursday	Maundy Thursday		The Thursday Easter Sunday
movable Friday	Good Friday		The Friday before Easter Sunday
movable Saturday	Holy Saturday		The Saturday Easter Sunday
movable Sunday	Easter Sunday		First Sunday after the Ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or soonest after 21 March
movable Monday-Saturday	Ebdomada Alba		Week following Easter
movable Sunday	Quasimodo Sunday		Sunday After Easter
movable Thursday	Feast of the Ascension		40 days after Easter
movable Sunday	Pentecost		50 Days after Easter
moveable Friday	Feast of the Sacred Heart		19 Days after Pentecost
29 May	Corpus Christi
31 May	Visitation
24 June	Nativity of John the Baptist
29 June	Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
15 August	Assumption of Mary
22 August	Immaculate Heart of Mary
8 September	Nativity of Mary
14 September	Feast of the Cross
1 November	All Saints' Day
2 November	All Souls' Day
21 November	Presentation of Mary
Movable Sunday	Feast of Christ the King		Last Sunday of October
21 November	Immaculate Conception
24 December	Nativity's Eve
25 December	Nativity
26 December	St. Stephen's Day
27 December	Feast of St. John