Venland
Soviet Socialist Republic of Venland | |
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Motto: "Horizons of Unity" | |
Anthem: Hymn of the People  | |
| Capital and largest city | Minsk |
| Official languages | English |
| Demonym(s) | Venish Ven |
| Government | Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party presidential socialist republic |
• General Secretary | Kropanin Arkadiy Stepanovich |
• Chairman | Pomelov Vyacheslav |
• Premier | Nelli Yakovna |
| Legislature | Congress of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Venland |
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| Establishment | |
• Revolution | 25 April 1920 |
• Constitution | 14 November 1924 |
| Population | |
• 1945 census | 63,503,426 |
| Currency | Lind Ruble (₽) (LIR) |
| Date format | dd ˘ mm ˘ yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +09 |
Venland, officially the Soviet Socialist Republic of Venland, VSSR, or Venish SSR is a Marxist-Leninist sovereign state in Anea, located within Strangereal. The country is bordered by Heulia and Guyomartand to the south, Yelacapeva to the south-east and Lotion to the north. Venland's government and economy are highly centralized, the country is a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of Venland (CPV) with its capital in Minsk, the nation's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. With a population of 63.5 million and a land area of AREAkm2.
The Soviet Republic had its roots in the 1920 April Revolution, when the Proletariat, led by Georgy Sokolov, overthrew the monarchist provisional government which had replaced the last Empress Katia Voroninova. Following Sokolov's death in 1924 and a brief power struggle, Kropanin Arkadiy Stepanovich came to power in the mid-1920s. Stepanovich committed the state's ideology to Marxism–Leninism and constructed a command economy which led to a period of rapid industrialization and collectivization.
Etymology
The word "Soviet" is derived from a Russian word сове́т (sovét) meaning council, assembly, advice, harmony, concord and all ultimately deriving from the proto-Slavic verbal stem of vět-iti ("to inform"), related to Slavic věst ("news"), English "wise", the root in "ad-vis-or" (which came to English through French), or the Dutch weten ("to know"; cf. wetenschap meaning "science"). The word sovietnik means "councillor".
The traditional English name "Venland" derives from Latin "Venimia", which means "home of the Vens". The name comes from, according to legend, their leader Venn, who brought the tribe to settle the region.