Bonaventura
Bonaventuran Federation Vespasian: Federazione Bonaventurana | |
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| Motto: "Negare, combattere e triunfare" (Estmerish: To deny, to fight, and to triumph) | |
| Anthem: "Cuore dell'Aruciano" (Estmerish: Heart of the Arucian)  | |
 Location of Bonaventura in the West Arucian Sea in green. | |
 Detailed map of Bonaventura | |
| Capital and |  Sermoni |
| Official languages | Vespasian |
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| Demonym(s) | Bonaventuran |
| Government | Federative presidential republic |
• President | Vinicio Nardiello |
• Vice President | Liberio Ceci |
• President of National Assembly | Euseo Di Marino |
| Legislature | National Assembly |
| Formation | |
| Area | |
• | 40,015.36 km2 (15,450.02 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 3,299,035 |
• Density | 82.44/km2 (213.5/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $50,378,555,599 |
• Per capita | $15,271 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $26,368,659,217 |
• Per capita | $7,993 |
| HDI (2020) | 0.796 high |
| Currency | Arucian shilling (ſ) (ARS) |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +5 |
| ISO 3166 code | BON |
| Internet TLD | .bv |
Bonaventura (Vespasian: Bonaventura), also known as the Bonaventuran Federation (Vespasian: Federazione Bonaventurana) is a sovereign island nation located in the West Arucian sea, in between the continents of Asteria Superior and Asteria Inferior. Bonaventura has maritime borders with Ardesia to the north, Aucuria to the southeast, Eldmark to the west, and Imagua and the Assimas to the south, with whom Bonaventura has a territory dispute over the small Dunhelm Island. As of 2020, Bonaventura has a population of 3,3 million people, and a land area of 40,015.36 square kilometers, being the second biggest and second most populated of the Arucian islands. The capital and biggest city of Bonaventura is the city of Sermoni, located on the Womens' bay, in the southern coast of the island.
The island has been populated by the Natí people since 200 BCE and experience an increase in their population during 9th century CE. During the same time, the Zapoyan Empire landed in Bonaventura's northern coast, and quickly established the land as an important location for the seafare commerce in the Arucian Sea. While the Zapoyan influence in Bonaventura grew exponentially, many other Arucian people such as the Natí and the Marai could be found in the island, given it was the Zapoyan's main commercial point within the Arucian Sea. The island remained under the control of the Zapoyans until Assim Asteris and his expedition first harboured in Bonaventura. The Etrurian occupation of the Assimas Island also drove their attention to the Bonaventura. The first Etrurian settlement in Bonaventura was established in 1523, and the Insular War of 1536, led by Giacomo Borghese, put and end on the Zapoyan rule of the island and settled Bonaventura as the Etrurian colony of New Accadia.
New Accadia remained a colony until October 6th, 1946, when Etruria's defeat in the Solarian War put an end to their colonial empire. Eleven days following its independence, New Accadia was acquired and taken as part of the United Provinces of the Western Arucian Islands. The United Provinces remained united until the departure of Imagua and the Assimas, in 1948, and it dissoluted permanently in 1954, with the departure of Sainte-Chloé and Carucere after a constitutional crisis within the Union. New Accadia carried on the name of United Provinces for about 1 year and 3 months after its independence, when a popular referendum voted that the newly sovereign island would be named after the independence war hero, Quarto Bonaventura.
Bonaventura is a volcanic island that lays on the Arucian faultline, a divergent plate boundry between the .?.?.? and the .?.?.? plates. Such conditions have resulted in the formation of the Iacattuotili Valley, alongside the formation of Lake Attila, the biggest and deepest lake in the Arucian island. This geographic placement, however, has affected Bonaventura with many natural disasters including the 1804 Sermoni earthquake, and the 2020 Mount Micchiano eruption.
Bonaventura has the second biggest nominal GDP amongst the Arucian Nations at $26,3 billion, but the second lowest nominal GDP per capita at $7.993. The nation has experience in the service sector, with emphasis in the tourism and financial services. Bonaventura has been attractive to international investors due to its liberal economy and area size, however the 2020 Mount Micchiano eruption caused a tremendous shock to the national economy, and Bonaventura has been in an extensive economic crisis since then. Bonaventura is a member of the Community of Nations, the Organization of Asterian Nations, and co-founder of the Arucian Cooperation Organization.
Etymology
Bonaventura has gone through some name changes throughout the years prior to its current one. For instance, the first record of a name for the island was Chalma. According to linguists, the name is a reference to the Zapoyan term “Chalmecacihuatl,” which translated to the “Women from Chalmeca,” a Zapoyan deity who was worshiped by merchants as the sister of the merchant god, Yacateuctli, and also as the the goddess of “water and earth.” Following the fall of the Zapoyan Empire and the Etrurian conquest in 1536 saw the island being renamed to “New Accadia,” as a celebration to the several families natural from the Etrurian city of Accadia that arrived in the city of Sermoni in January 1538 to permanently populate the location. The colony would keep its name until October 17th, 1946, when the newley independent nation joined the United Provinces of the West Arucian Islands. The name was a reference to all of the Western Arucian islands that united to establish of the United Provinces.
The current name was a suggestion made by Ireneo Zaccaria, a former history professor in the Sermoni University, when the national government opened a contest to select three names for a referendum to change the name of the Island following the dissolution of the United Provinces in 1954. Amongst the over 100 names submitted, Bonaventura, alongside Nuova Cialma and Azzalia were the selected finalists. Ultimately, the name “Bonaventura” was the most voted and it was officially put into effect in January 1st, 1956. According to Professor Zaccaria, the reason for suggesting the name “Bonaventura” was a way to honor the image and doings of Quarto Bonaventura, a man seen by the people of the island as a war hero, a martyr, a liberator of Bonaventura during the Independence Wars, as well as the first President of Bonaventura. The Professor also explained that the name also has a linguistic meaning “land of good fortune,” as bona seems to be a variant of the Vespasian buona (good), and ventura seems to be a variant of the Vespasian fortuna (luck, good fortune). The Professor also added that the name “Bonaventura” is a reference to the Ship Bonaventura, one of the very first Etrurian expeditions to the island led by captain Benvenuto Viscuso, natural from the small Etrurian city of Paci, who’s patron saint is the catholic Saint Bonaventura. According to Zaccaria, "The history of this country is seen to be intertwined with this name, from pre-colonial times up to our modern history."
History
Pre-Euclean Era
Though scarce evidence of ancient life has been found on the island of Bonaventura, it is known to historians that the Natí people are the first civilization to settle in the land. An artifact, recovered in an archeological site near the village of Padua, State of Rittona, is the oldest evidence of Natí presence in Bonaventura, dating back to 200 BCE. However, the oldest inhabited settlement in Bonaventura is the city of Ixuappano, in the State of Iaitappia, with continous Zapoyan inhabitation dating back to 100-90 BCE. Historians generally agree that the Zapoyan migration down to Bonaventura, together with fit weather for agriculture allowed the rapid settlement along the northern coast of the island. In addition to that, Marai people simultaneously settled in Bonaventura at around the 2nd Century CE, in the Bassa Peninsula.
The three societies coexisted rather peacefully, as a lot of economical advantages emerged out of this three-way alliance. The economic and cultural hub of pre-colonial Bonaventura was the Iacattuotili Valley, the center of the island. The usage of lake Attila was vital for the local commerce, as it served as a passway from the southern coast onto the northern coast, connecting the Arucian islands to the Tzapotlan coast (modern day Ardesia). By the end of the 13th century, the Omatosciacappanno Canal was built connecting the XXXX river to the XXXX river. The canal is approximately 32,6 kilometers long, and it fomented the growth of the city of Omatoyac (modern day city of La Valla), the later capital of the Bonaventuran Zapoyan Kingdom. By the 14th century, the Zapoyans in Bonaventura decided to declare an independent kingdom that, though not related to the mainland empire, worked as a close economical ally to Tzapotla.
The Zapoyan Empire
The Zapoyan presence was permanently consolidated in Bonaventura by the beginning of the 14th century, as the Zapoyan Kingdom of Chalma was established. Unlike most of the loose Zapoyan confederations in the mainland, Chalma remained loyal to the crown until Etrurian colonization in the 1530s. The island's strategic position in the Arucian sea worked as a perfect gateway of commerce into the continental Zapoyan Empire, benefiting both Chalma and Tzapotla. King Zuma I of Chalma was the first crowned king of Chalma, and he promoted what came to be known as the "Chalman cooperation." Through the promotion of the adhesion of Natí and Marai people into government and economical roles, Zuma I granted that all people would benefit out of the commerce profits.
The success of the Chalman cooperation provided the island with a long lasting peace that was brought to an end when the Etrurian colonization attempted to decentralize the Chalman kingdom. In order to destabilize the central Chalman Kingdom, the Etrurians sided the Natí people at first, and encoureged them to claim their independence from the Zapoyans, which led to a series of clashes between the two people. King Xipil II of Chalma also responded with violence, which led to the beginning of the Fragmentation war, in June 1535. Giacomo Borghese, Etrurian general and colonizer, assisted the Natí with weapons and military strategies, which allowed the war to end quickly by August 18th, 1536, with the complete siege of Omatoyac, and the assassnation of the Zapoyan king. The empire collapsed and it allowed the Etrurians to officially colonize the island. Most of the Zapoyan war prisioners were enslaved or imprisoned by the colonizers, while the ones who escaped hid away in the jungles and mountains of the island, organizing themselves into small independent societies known as "Calpolli".
Etrurian Colonization
The first arrival of Etrurians in Bonaventura can be dated back to March 1535, when Benvenuto Viscusi, and his men on board of the Bonaventura ship, docked in a beach at the entrance of the Bay of Marzo, in modern day state of Rittona. Soon after, inland expeditions down south resulted in the first encounters between Etrurians and the native Natí people. This interaction is considered by historians to be fairly peaceful, as cooperation was seen between the Natives and the Eucleans. Given the success of Viscusi’s first expedition, the Etrurian interest to build ports along the island rapidly grew and, in November of 1535, Cabo di Marzo became the first official Etrurian settlement in Bonaventura. As the business between Eucleans and Natí people grew, the animosity coming from the Chairman kingdom grew towards the colonizers and on the natives, whom once shared a deep bond of economic alliance. As the natives began to disobey the Chalman crown and favor the Etrurians, King Xipil II organized an attack on the Porto Consenza, as a way to assert dominance and expel the Etrurians from the land. This attack backfired almost instantly against Chalma, as the superiority of the Etrurian army, led by Giacomo Borghese, allied with the Natí people, brought an end to the Fragmentation war within months.
By July of 1536, Etruria officially recognized the island as the colony of New Accadia. The capital was established in the port city of Riga, though most of the maritime business promoted by the Eucleans took place in the Women’s Bay, more specifically in the cities of Sermoni, Fava, and Porto Gamba. The north of the island was soon exploited as another valuable placement for Etrurian ports, as the discovery of the Omatosciacappanno Canal allowed Etrurians to run ships from one side of the island to another without having to circumvent it. Appano and La Valla became succeeding important economic centers for the colonizers, as the Bonaventurean commercial route became favored by many merchants wishing to trade into Asteria Superior or the East Arucian. The colony of New Accadia was also targeted as a plantation center, as the volcanic soil and the lush green plains along its territory was perfect for the plantation of coffee, sugarcane, and tobacco.
The United Provinces of the Golden Isles
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The admission of the newly free nation of New Accadia into the United Provinces of the Golden Isles was fast and almost instant following its independence on October 6th, 1946. Only 11 days past its secession from Etruria, New Accadia became an integral part of the United Provinces, after the Community of Nations determined its transfer and the Assimas Islands over to the sovereignty of the United Provinces. For the 11 days of independence, Evandro La Barca was elected by a party committee as the President of New Accadia, who would later become the Governor of the Province under the UP. In 1949, La Barca left the local office to become President Pierre Voloix's first Premier. He ruled the national parliament for one year when he returned to being New Accadia's governor until 1954. After the Chloeois Premier Raymond Rivière finished his mandate, Narciso Mastrogiacomo became the third Premier under Voloix, and the second New Accadian to take over the position.
When New Accadia was admitted into the union, it was granted 14 seats in the Chamber of Commons, only less than Sainte-Chloé. Though the representativeness of New Accadia was extensive within the political ground of the Union, the rise of a nationalist opposition, led by the newly formed All People's Nation Party (PNT), turned New Accadia into a constant headache to the pro-government coalitions. Though the New Accadian Premiers were all elected by the Republican Alliance (AR), most of the Chamber seats belonged to PNT members. Notably, Quarto Bonaventura, Giancarlo Riga, Erico Pezzella, and Ivano Colleta were amongst the leaders of the PNT in the Chamber of Commons.
The rise of the New Accadian nationalism was marked as one of the main events of the Arucian Naissance. During this time, leaders of the PNT, specifically Quarto Bonaventura, were looked up after by the people, as they preached for a nation broken away from Etruria, and unhinged by the Gaullophones of the Arucian. The colors of the New Accadian revolution started to rise again, and the people started to protest against the current government and to demand independence. Notably, the 1953 First March for Independence, as well as the 1954 Protests in favor of the constitutional reform were events strongly led by the PNT, and supported by the people. Quarto Bonaventura promoted a series of civil disobedience toward the policies of the UP, and started to plot up a coup d'etat to take over the island from the pro-voloix government. Due to these series of events, Quarto Bonaventura rose as an image of freedom and liberation of New Accadia, and became the face of the New Accadian revolts.
By 1954, Sainte-Chloé had voted to secede from the UP, following a massive constitutional crisis that took over the national government. Like that, New Accadia came to be officially the last nation called by the name of "the United Provinces." Voloix remained in power, and most of the Gaullophone and Estmerophone politicians that supported him were granted the right to live and exercise politics in New Accadia. Voloix's main goal was to live the legacy of the United Provinces, which diverged from the will of the local people, who yearned for a nation of their own. Pierre Voloix remained in power for the rest of the year of 1954 and for the majority of 1955. As the people of New Accadia started to demonstrate discontent with Voloix and his resistance to letting go of the United Provinces' identity, the current president proved to be rather stern and resistant to the adoption of a new national identity. The internal pressure over Voloix, summed with the lack of identification between the Chloeois president and the newly independent New Accadia caused him to resign as the Head of State and Government on April 3rd, 1955, and return to Sainte-Chloé. Most of the repatriated politicians that remained in New Accadia post-United Provinces were also forced to return to their original homes, with the exception of Camille Leon, and Yves Thomas, two Chloeois politicians who were highly approved by the New Accadian people and were able to remain in the country, acquiring, eventually, the New Accadian citizenship.
Independence and Modern Era
Following Voloix's resignation, Narciso Mastrogiacomo, former United Provinces Premier, took over the presidential chair and led the constitutional reform that would be eventually approved by the National Assembly on February 3rd, 1956. The main changes following the new constitution were the change of the official name of the country from the "United Provinces of the Golden Isles" into the "Bonaventuran Federation", as well as the adoption of new national symbols, and the reorganization of its administrative divisions into federative states as opposed to unitary provinces. The new constitution also set direct elections every four years, with the first-ever being held on October 14, 1956. By the end of the first national presidential election in the history of Bonaventura, Quarto Bonaventura was elected as the first democratic President of the nation. Unfortunately, President Bonaventura suffered from a severe brain tumor that led to a fatal stroke only one month after taking over the presidency. By protocol, Giancarlo Riga, Bonaventura's Vice President, ruled the nation until the end of his mandate on October 13th, 1960. While the opposition put up a good fight in the 1960 election, Riga was elected as the second President of Bonaventura, following his good job for the past three years. By the 1964 presidential election, Bonaventura, alongside all of the other Arucian nations, plumbed down in an economic crisis resulting from the 1964 Sugar Crash. The reelected President Riga suffered tremendously to keep the national economy steady during the crisis, and his approval index fell exponentially.
By the next election in 1968, the PNT decided to put a different candidate, and to present more radical ideas to settle the growing levels of poverty originated from the Sugar Crash of 1964. Romeo Calicchio and the PNT were elected, as he became the third Bonaventuran president on October 14th, 1968, and helped lift Bonaventura out of the mud economically. His land reforms, land distribution, and reinvestment into new crops allowed Bonaventura to dig itself out of the sugar dependency and allow more crops to be planted on the island. Crops such as cotton, tobacco, coffee, and rice became greatly cultivated on the various farms of the island. By the next election, Calicchio is reelected to run Bonaventura until 1976. Though sugar prices crashed again in the late 1970s, Bonaventura could support itself much more effectively, given its new exports and better usage of national funds by the government. During that time, many state companies came to be, as the government made itself involved in the people's affairs. So many services came to be provided for all, as well as land being redistributed and an economic rise in the value of the local agriculture caused the PNT to be elected again in 1976, with Giuseppe Di Paolo, in 1980, Giulio Senne, and in 1984, with Ireneo Pignato.
By the 1980s, the other Asterian nations were moving towards industrialization, while Bonaventura remained largely agrarian. The AR opposed fiercely the populism exercised by President Pignato and the PNT. Indeed, the lack of protection of the private sector and the clear favor of the government investments in agriculture led to a decrease of trust between private investors and Bonaventura. While agrarianism favored the working farming class of Bonaventura, the lack of development in other sectors of the economy resulted in the Bonaventuran Economical Slide. The Slide was a period of ten years between 1984 and 1994 where the Bonaventuran GDP receeded, national and international debt increased, and foreign investment in the island also decreased. By this time, the unemployment rate in Bonaventura rated 15,8%, the second all-time national record.
When the 1988 election came around, the AR advocated strongly in favor of the adhesion of Bonaventura into the Arucian Cooperation Organization, as well as the adoption of the Arucian shilling as the new currency. Mariano Lamendola, 1988 Presidential AR candidate, was the first right-wing candidate elected in the history of independent Bonaventture, and promptly signed the country into the newly created cooperation alliance of the West Arucian sea. The adoption of the Shilling also served to adjust the growing inflation, and more money was produced to encourage out loans and to spin the economy. While the PNT returned to power in 1992 with the election of Ponziano Mione, most of the former government's economic measures were kept.
In 1993, however, a corruption scandal outbroke in Bonaventura. Initially, members of the PNT were found guilty of bribing and money laundering, including the incumbent president and vice president, as well as two other former presidents. The scandal consisted of the governing presidents paying a monthly allowance to members of the National Assembly to buy their support when approving legislation and policies. By the beginning of 1994, President Mione, and his Vice President, Ventura Bernardino, were impeached from their roles in the government. Though the National Assembly was also under a stern investigation, the Assembly President and current temporary President, Giacomo Jacaruso, ruled the banishment of both parties of Bonaventura, and encouraged the establishment of new ones. By May of 1994, the National Assembly approved the Clean-Background Law; the Clean-Background Law makes it legally obligatory for politicians to run a background check, as well as provide the checking bodies with tax returns, and proof of income, amongst other fiscal documents. The intent of the law was to professionalize politics in Bonaventura, as well as bring financial transparency to the political process to avoid new massive corruption scandals. The suspension of the PNT and the AR, both deeply affected by the investigations, led to a decentralization of the political parties in Bonaventura. While the AR ceased to exist, the PNT merged with the Union of the Society of Workers (USL) to form a new liberal party called the United Nation's Party (PNU). Besides the PNU, other nine political parties emerged in the course of 6 years, in what became known as the Mass Surgency of Parties of Bonaventura.
By the 1996 election, many other parties had the chance to run for the presidency, which brought new points of view to the population, and refreshed the political air of the country. The second round of the 1996 elections was disputed between Otello Tortorice, PNU, and Pellegrino Di Donna, from the Social Democratic Party (PSD). Di Donna won the election by a close margin and ruled the country for one full term. Since then, Bonaventura has been through a period of political stability and cooperation between the executive and the legislative powers. The current president is Vinicio Nardiello, who has been having the tough task of leading Bonaventura forward past the Eruption of Mount Micchiano, in September 2020.
Geography
Jungle in the XXXX National Park, XXXX.
Lake Attila, the biggest lake in the Arucian Sea.
Mount Micchiano, the tallest point in the Arucian Sea.
The XXXX Falls, Nuova Croscia.
Faro degli Annegati Beach, Federal district.
Climate
Biodiversity
Demographics
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1765 | 44,883 | — |
| 1775 | 70,250 | +56.5% |
| 1800 | 155,426 | +121.2% |
| 1815 | 220,892 | +42.1% |
| 1832 | 350,051 | +58.5% |
| 1846 | 447,914 | +28.0% |
| 1860 | 583,308 | +30.2% |
| 1877 | 731,648 | +25.4% |
| 1887 | 798,565 | +9.1% |
| 1899 | 953,243 | +19.4% |
| 1910 | 1,118,012 | +17.3% |
| 1920 | 1,299,809 | +16.3% |
| 1930 | 1,543,913 | +18.8% |
| 1940 | 1,869,255 | +21.1% |
| 1950 | 2,210,703 | +18.3% |
| 1960 | 2,349,544 | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 2,712,033 | +15.4% |
| 1980 | 3,196,520 | +17.9% |
| 1990 | 3,522,037 | +10.2% |
| 2000 | 3,808,610 | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 3,725,789 | −2.2% |
| 2020 | 3,299,035 | −11.5% |
The population of Bonaventura, according to the 2020 census made by the Bonaventura Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGS), was 3,299,035 habitants (82.4 per square kilometer), with a proportion between men and women as 0.86:1 and over 80% of the population living in the cities. The population is strongly located in the southern region (Rivermouth region), home to over 2 million people, accounting for about 62% of the country's total population. The biggest urban areas of Bonaventura, according to the estimative made by IBGS as of 2020, are the metropolitan areas of the national capital Sermoni (857,732), Fava (392,663), Appano (184,651), Porto Gamba (167,045), and Riga (163,222).
Though Bonaventura is a country of emigration tendencies, immigration has played an important part in the nation’s current demographic makeover. Waves of Vespasians, Carinthians, and Novalians in the 19th century, as well as Carinthians and Novalians again in the 20th century, are amongst the biggest Euclean descendant populations in Bonaventura. In terms of other Asterian people moving into Bonaventura, Ardesia has been a historical point of departure to Bonaventura. For instance, the Zapoyan colonies of the 9th century were the first wave of Ardesian immigration into the island, followed by another mass Ardesian immigration wave between the 1940s and the 1960s. Despite that, Bonaventura has been an emigration country, meaning that it loses more population than it gets. For instance, the current immigration rate of Bonaventura is -1.01 migrant(s) per 1,000 inhabitants. Most of this diaspora is due to better life conditions in neighboring countries, specially in Asteria Superior.
The Bonaventuran population had a significant growth throughout the 20th century, with a significant deacceleration and decrease of population in the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. The low birth rate alongside the growing Bonaventuran diaspora has resulted in a recurring negative population growth since the beginning of the 21st century. Nowadays, the birth rate of Bonaventura is 7.5/1,000, amongst the lowest in the world. The life expectancy is of 78,28 years; the expected years of education for Bonaventura is 13.3 years, while the mean years of education is of 11 years; the GDP PPP per capita of Bonaventura is of approximately $15.3 thousands. The Bonaventuran HDI is 0.791, considered high and ranking as the second best in the West Arucian region.
Ethnicities
The island was first inhabited by the Natí people at around the 9th century CE. The Natí people were located mostly on the southwest plains of the Bonaventuran island. The Marai peoples were also seen to immigrate into Bonaventura, but in less numbers than the Natí. The Marai people concentrated their settlements in the southeast in the Bassa Peninsula. The Zapoyan people, on the other hand, migrated down from Ardesia into Bonaventura, and occupied all of of the Northern coast, as well as the west coast, and the Iacattuotili Valley. The establishment of the Zapoyan Empire in Bonaventura, and the promotion of the island as a commercial hub in the region, the Native Asterians coexisted fairly peacefully.
The arrival of the Eucleans in Bonaventura during the 16th century saw the introduction of White Euclean people in the current demographic layover of Bonaventura. Mostly concentrating their settlements in the southern and eastern coast, the Eucleans were rapid to rule out the native dominion of the land. This led to many native people being killed, dying of because of new diseases, or being enslaved. The Eucleans also introduced Black Bahians into the scene, as Bonaventura became an important point of commerce during the Transvehemens slave trade.
As the Euclean and Bahian populations grew, and the Native Asterians decreased, the birth of a Mixed race (Razza mista) came to be as all three major ethnicities started to coexist and reproduce. Nowadays, the Mixed ethnicity accounts for 37.6% of Bonaventura’s population, the biggest ethnic group in the island. Additionally, the White people account for 27.4%, followed closely by Black Bahians or Bahio-Ventureans at 26.3%, and Native Asterians, most of which are of Zapoyan origins, at 6.2%. Approximately 1.4% of the population is unspecified, while 1.1% are other ethnicities, more often Southern Coians including Senrians and Shangeans.
Religion
Languages
The official language of the Bonaventuran Federation is Vespasian. All government, media, and education are performed in Vespasian. Around 99,4% of the Bonaventura population speaks Venturean Vespasian as their first language. The variation of Venturean Vespasian can be seen between regions, with accents being easily identifiable. For instance, the most widely spread accent in Bonaventura is the Metropolitan accent, spoken in the Rivermouth region. Other widely spread accents in Bonaventura include the Lake accent, spoken by the Lake States population, the Fino accent, spoken mainly in the State of Santa Fina, the Croscian accent, spoken by inhabitants of Nuova Croscia, the Southeast accent, spoken by people from Bociba, Rittona, and Trinità, and the Bassano accent, spoken by the people of Spirito Santo state.
In terms of other national languages, Souther Zapoyan is the most widespread one, with approximately 213 thousand native speakers, mostly concentrated in the Lake Valley region. The Natí language is still sparsely spoken by a few hundreds of people in the Southwest region, most of who live in the countryside of their respective states.
Astapasian is widely spoken in the State of Santa Fina, where about 16 thousand people speak it as their native tongue. The Astapasian language developed in the region after masses of Ardesian people migrated to the flatlands of the northwest of Bonaventura, and settled in the region. The city of San Agostino is where the most amount of Astapasian speakers live, but the city of Clemenza di Sant'antonio is considered the cultural center of the Astapasian people.
Cartesian is another language that holds a status of a regional language, being spoken mainly in the State of Nuova Croscia. The waves of Carinthian and Novalian immigrants settled in the west coast of Bonaventura and brought the language to the region. Nowadays, Cartesian is spoken by about 11 thousand people natively, almost all located in Nuova Corsica. The city of Portovest is the cultural haven of the Cartesian language, as well as where the majority of its speakers are located.
Government & Politics
Vinicio Nardiello, the 14th President of Bonaventura
Liberio Ceci, the Vice President of Bonaventura
Armed forces
Crime and law enforcement
International relations
Sub-divisions
States
With the permanent dissolution of the United Provinces of the Golden Isles, and the Constitutional reform of 1956, Bonaventura became a federative republic, thus being subdivided into states as opposed to provinces. The first arrangement of the states in 1956 resulted in the creation of 15 states. In 1959, due to the increasing amount of population, political relevancy, and economic importance of the region, the Federal District was created by partitioning some municipalities belonging to the states of San Giorgio and Missioni, and assigning it under the city of Teravigo, the administrative center of the District, while the Federal Government is established in the city of Sermoni. The remaining four states were former national territories, but they were recently granted statehood due to their population passing 20,000 people; the order of admission is: Rittona in 1982, Spirito Santo in 1988, Mizzia in 1994, and Ximantuatti in 2000, becoming the 20th and the newest state in Bonaventura.
Cities and Municipalities
| Rank | State | Pop. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sermoni  Fava |
1 | Sermoni | Federal District | 857,732 |  Appano  Porto Gamba | ||||
| 2 | Fava | Missioni | 392,663 | ||||||
| 3 | Appano | Poveromo | 184,651 | ||||||
| 4 | Porto Gamba | Santa Croce | 167,045 | ||||||
| 5 | Riga | San Giorgio | 163,222 | ||||||
| 6 | Accapucchi | Montecalvo | 132,029 | ||||||
| 7 | La Valla | Setinattia | 109,937 | ||||||
| 8 | Iecattia | Conucco | 101,838 | ||||||
| 9 | Quattecchia | San Gaetano | 90,224 | ||||||
| 10 | Sacra | Attila | 67,882 | ||||||
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Celebrations and Holidays
| Date | Estmerish name | Vespasian name | Day off? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | New Year’s Day | Capodanno |  |
Marks the first day of the Gregorian calendar year. |
| January 6 | Epiphany | Epifania | |
Celebrates the revelation of God incarnate as Jesus Christ. |
| Feburary 10 | Nation's Day | Giorno della Nazione | |
Celebrates the Approval of the Constitution of 1956, that put an end to all ties between Bonaventura and the United Provinces of the Golden Isles. |
| variable | Ash Wednesday | Mercoledì delle Ceneri |  |
Marks the beginning of Lent. |
| variable | Good Friday | Venerdì Santo | |
Commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Soter. |
| variable | Easter | Domenica di Pasqua | |
Celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Soter. |
| May 1 | Labor Day | Festa dei lavoratori | |
Celebrates the international labor movement and the Bonaventuran working class. |
| variable | Pentecost | Lunedì di Pentecoste | |
Celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles. |
| August 15 | Assumption | Assunzione di Maria | |
Celebrates the ascension of the Virgin Mary to Heaven. |
| August 18 | All Peoples Day | Giornata di Tutti | |
Initially known as the Discovery Day (giorno della scoperta), or Borghese's Day (giorno di gorghese), the day celebrated the discovery of Bonaventura by the Etrurians, as well as the colonization of the island. The holiday has been recently changed to the All Peoples Day as a celebration to the pre-colonial people that already lived in the isle, alongside the Euclean settlers that later inhabited the nation and formed the Bonaventuran people as known today. |
| October 6 | Independence Day | Giorno dell'Indipendenza | |
Celebration of the proclamation of independence of the Colony of New Accadia from Etruria. |
| November 1 | All Saints' Day | Ognissanti | |
Commemorates all Sotirian saints, known or unknown. |
| November 2 | All Souls' Day | Giorno della Morte | |
Celebration of life and the lives of the deceased. On this day, it is common to salute the souls of the gone with placing offerings (offerete), altars, candles, and flowers. |
| December 24 | Nativity Eve | Vigilia di Natale | |
The day preceding Christmas. |
| December 25 | Nativity | Natale | |
Celebrates the birth of Jesus Soter. |
| December 31 | New Year's Eve | Vigilia di Capodanno (Festa di San Silvestro) | |
The day preceding New Year's Day. |