Valorea

Valorean Republic Valorean Republic Repubblica Valoreana
Flag
Motto: Per Valore e Gloria! For Valor and Glory!
Position of Valorea in Asteria Inferior
Phyisical Map of Valorea with major cities and internal subdivisions shown
Capital and largest city	Porto Cervo
Recognised national languages	Vespasian
Recognised regional languages	Native Languages
Demonym(s)	Valorean
Government	Unitary Parliamentary Republic
• President of the Republic	Cesare Mezzarin
• Prime Minister	Viviana Rastaga
• Upper house	The Senate
• Lower house	The Chamber
Establishment
• Discovery by Povelian Merchants	1522
Area
•	476,108.03 km2 (183,826.34 sq mi)
Population
• 2019 census	10,869,349
• Density	23.22/km2 (60.1/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$312,645,954,636
• Per capita	$28,764
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$129,051,780,677
• Per capita	$11,873
Gini (2017)	39.7 medium
HDI (2019)	.801 very high
Currency	Valorean Florin (VFL)
Time zone	+15
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy
Driving side	right
Internet TLD	.val

Valorea, officially Valorean Republic (Vespasian: Repubblica Valoreana) is a sovereign country in Asteria Inferior. It's only neighbouring nation is Caluchia to the south-west, while bordering the West Arucian Sea to the north-west and the Lumine Ocean to the north and east. The Republic is organized in 7 regions, which are further divided in Counties. Valorea is a Unitary Parliamentary Republic with Porto Cervo as it's capital, which is also the largest city, both by economy and population. Other major cities include Mailana (the first city founded in the country), Spezia (a major tourist destination) and San Siro (a major industrial center).

Politics

Military

See also: Valorean Armed Forces

The Valorean Armed Forces are the armed forces of Valorea, with the President of the Republic as its commander-in-chief. They are divided into four Arms: the Valorean Republican Army (Vespasian: Esercito Repubblicano Valoreano), the Valorean Republican Navy (Vespasian: Marina Militare Repubblicana Valoreana), the Valorean Republican Airforce (Vespasian: Aeronautica Repubblicana Valoreana) and the Arm of Carabineers (Vespasian: Arma dei Carabinieri). Complementing the four arms, there are also two Independent commands under the Joint Armed Forces Command: the Medical Support Brigade, which with it's field hospitals can intervene in military conflicts as well as help the civilian population in case of natural calamities or other emergencies, and the ISTAR-[[Wikipedia:Electronic warfare|]] Brigade, which provides the Valorean Armed Forces varied intelligence assets as well as electronic warfare equipment and personell.

The Armed Forces are controlled by the Ministry of Defence, with the Carabineers falling under joint control of the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, since it acts as the State Police Force as well. The commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces is the President of the Republic (currently: Cesare Mezzarin), which has as it's disposition the Joint Armed Forces Command. The Command is formed by the President, the Minister of Defence, the Chief of Staff of each Arm of the Armed Forces, the Director (or a delegate of his) of the Valorean Intelligence Service and a Joint Chief of Staff.

Valorea has an estimated defence budget of 3.742.501.639, which is 2.9% of the National GDP. The Armed Forces are heavily reliant on imported military equipment, since defence industries are negligible and only produce limited quantities of equipment. Most of the equipment is imported from NVO and ECDTO.

Valorea is an NVO associate, meaning that the Valorean Armed Forces get easier equipment import agreements with the member nations, can participate in international training programs (some of which run in Valorean Territory) and take part in NVO joint Missions, while not being part of the Mutual Defence Agreement. That has given acces to the Valorean Armed Forces to a higher standard of training compared to the Asteria Inferior counterparts, and to fairly modern equipment despite the small budget.