Beloladania

Republic of Beloladania Република Белоладанија
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Onamo namo
Capital and largest city	Belo Brdo
Official languages	Beloladanian
Recognised regional languages	Kaikavian, South Miakian Dialect
Ethnic groups (2013)	98% Beloladanian 2% Others
Demonym(s)	Beloladanian
Government	Unitary presidential constitutional republic
• President	Milan Nedeljković
• Prime Minister	Jovan Nikolić
Legislature	Sabor
• Upper house	Senat
• Lower house	Narodna skupština
Formation
Population
• 2012 estimate	20,229,846
GDP (PPP)	estimate
• Per capita	$45,775
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Per capita	$42,878
Gini	0.45 low
HDI (2015)	0.902 very high
Currency	Kruna (BLK)
	(DST)
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy
Driving side	right
ISO 3166 code	BL
Internet TLD	.bl

Beloladania (Beloladanian: Белоладанија), officially the Republic of Beloladania (Beloladanian: Република Белоладанија) is a sovereign state in southwest Estere, located on the planet of Eordus. It borders Ithalia to the north and Thessalia to the south. The capital Belo Brdo is one of the largest cities in Southwestern Estere. Beloladania has around 20 million people living in it, most of which are adherents to the Orthodox Vsobogism, but there are also significant populations of Trinitarianists and Bogumil Vsobogists respectively. The official language of the country is Beloladanian but people also speak Kaikavian and the South Miakian dialect.

Inhabited since the Old Stone Age, the territory of modern-day Beloladania faced Ladanic migrations to the Southwestern Estere between the third and fourth centuries, establishing several regional states during the early Middle Ages. Various Ladanic tribes have inhabited the Northwestern parts of Estere since classical antiquity, particularly in the Westesterian Lowlands. The first incursions of Ladanians into Eastern Estere and the Tiburnian Empire started happening around 2BC. The major migrations of Ladanians, which were one of the causes for the fall of the Western Tiburnian Empire, started in early 4th century. The White Ladanian tribes formed many small regional states from which later emerged the three main historical White Ladanian states - Kaikavia, Miakia and Ledavia. By the 6th century a cult stemming from the Ladanian Folk Religion became prominent among White Ladanian states, and was soon accepted by many other Ladanian rulers in order to battle the influence of the West and Trinitarianism which most of the Ladanian lords despised. By the 8th century this cult became the Vsobogist religion and quickly spread throughout other Ladanic lands. This caused a division between the White Ladanians among which the Kaikavians and Miakians are Vsobogists and the Ledavians are followers of the Trinitarian faith . This division was the cause of many religious wars, and still has an influence on Beloladanian politics.

The Ladanian states have endured throughout the ages sociopolitical collapse and numerous invasions, but by the 10th century, numerous rival duchies and maritime city states and voivodeships, rose to great prosperity. Beginning in the 11th century Zhupa Confederation was formed which was a loose confederation of White Ladanian states. The number of these states gradually declined as the Miakian Kingdom, Ledavian Banate and the Kaikavian Voivodeship rose to prominence and absorbed other small states. This centralisation of power in the confederation caused numerous conflicts including the Great Beloladanian War which effectively ended the confederation in 16th century. The war ended in a peace treaty which guaranteed sovereignty to Miakia, Ledavia and Kaikavia and was meant to make their borders permanent.

The spread of Pan-Ladanian ideas caused the Beloladanian Spring which was key in the forming of the current Beloladanian state. The Beloladanian spring caused a coup in Miakia which later on became the core of the Beloladanian Unification Movement. In 1825 the Pan-Ladanian organisations made a revolution in Kaikavia, the Miakian army supported this effort and entered Kaikavia to help the Pan-Ladanian revolutionaries. These events are better known as the Bloodless Revolution as not a single person was injured during it, instead the Kaikavian army greeted the Miakian one as brothers. The Woiwode of Kaikavia abdicated his throne and the Kaikavian parliament voted to unify with Miakia thus making the Miak-Kaikavian Kingdom. The newly created kingdom was the corner stone of the future Beloladanian unification, this of course was seen as a threat in the East, in Ledavia which started a war with Miak-Kaikavia known as The Beloladanian War of Unification. In 1848, the Kingdom of Beloladania was proclaimed, dominated by Miakia.

Etymology

The name Beloladania is a composite word made up of belo and Ladania. The Ladanic word belo means 'white' while Ladania denotes the 'land of the Ladanic peoples'. Therefore a translation would be White Ladania which denotes that it is the land of the southern Ladanians - The White Ladanians.

History

Medieval times

The first waves of Ladanic migrations happened between the third and fourth centururies CE. According to Tiburnian historians and their 6th-century writings, the the first Ladanian permanent settlements in what is today Beloladania formed in the late fourth century. The Ladanics moved deep in south of the Haemus peninsula, settling even in moder day Thessalia. The turning point in Ladanic migrations is the decree of Emperor Tiberius Claudius which was written in 551. It formally allowed Ladanics to live and own land in the Tiburnian Empire in exchange for their participation in the Imperial wars and conquests. The first White Ladanic dukedoms were formed in late seventh century when Tiburnian provinces in the Haemus were given to White Ladanian custody. This is considered to be the time when the first White Ladanic states were formed. At that time the three White Ladanian dukedoms were formed - Miakia, Kaikavia and Ledavia, these which started Beloladanian history throughout the late Middle Ages and further on up until the unification period. Along with them many more regional states were fromed such as Ladonia,

Around the year 600 the Cult of Vsobog started to grow within within the White Ladanian states and was supported by some of the major Ladanian states as its lords saw it as solution to stop the spreading of !notCatholicism which was already present in Ledavia. In 647 the lords of a number of Ladanic states decided to unify under Miakia which was the largest of the Ladanic states and to sever all ties with the Tiburnian throne. This marks the forming of the Beloladanian Empire and the beggining of Haemus Religious Wars which were a number of conflicts between the Tiburnian Empire and White Ladanian states, mostly the Beloladanian Empire. These wars lasted until the Concords of Zhupa were signed in 771 between Tiburnians and Beloladanians, a document which guaranteed religious freedom for !notCatholic Ladanians in the Beloladanian Empire, but also recognised the Beloladanian Empire as a separate entity from the Tiburnian Empire

By the end of the 8th century Vsobogism became the dominant religion of Ladanians not just on Haemus but also in other Ladanian states in Estere. The teachings of the Vrbovo Patriarchate became the official religion of Beloladania and as such Vsobogism.

Throughout its existance, the Beloladanian Empire had many phases of its existance. The Empire because it was formed from many states was in its early days was mostly an electoral monarchy. Every lord had a right to choose and propose an heir to the throne. This period where Miakia was mostly a confederation of smaller states with a few regional powers is better known as the Electorate Era which lasted roughly for about 300 years and ended in 1054. when the Consolidation Era begins. The Consolidation Era was characteristic for smaller and weaker electorate states becoming a part of the big three

.Eventually two dukedoms were formed—Duchy of Shumadia and Duchy of Rashka, ruled by Svetolik and Svetoslav. According to Fiorentine historians the Alydianisation of Beloladanian Leonics began in the 7th century, but the claim is disputed and generally Alydianisation of North Leonics is associated with the 9th century. The first native Beloladanian ruler recognised by the Pontiff of Laterna was Duke Vojislav, who received papal recognition from Pontiff TBA on 3 March 851. Dragoslav was the first king of Beloladania, then known as the Kingdom of Shumadia. During his family's reign the medieval Beloladanian kingdom reached its peak in the 11th century, and during the reigns of Dragutin II (1044-1059) and Svetopluk VI (1059-1080) the Kingdom of Shumadia started waging wars against the Chokashian Siches, most notably Polom. In the late 14th century, the Kingdom of Shumadia started declining as the Chokashian states unified into a single one and in 1479. Shumadia was forced to become a vassal state.

Early Modern Period

Main articles:Zhupa Confederation

Politics

Military

Main article: Beloladanian Armed Forces