Liutpert

Commonwealth of Liutpert Res Publica Liutperti
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Si Deus Nobiscum, Quis Contra Nos?" "If God be for Us, Who Can be Against Us?"
Anthem: Salva Nos, Domine "Save Us, O Lord" Royal anthem: Rex Rei Publicae "The King of the Commonwealth"
Capital	Agio
Largest city	Sanctus Christophorus
Official languages	Alpanian
Recognized languages	Auvernian
Ethnic groups	Cybellean- 60.4% Commixtus- 35.9% Native- 3.1% Other- 0.6%
Religion	Alpanian Catholic- 76.2% Auvernian Catholic- 12.7% Hellian Catholic- 8.3% Other- 0.8%
Demonym(s)	Liutpertan
Government	Aristocratic Elective Monarchy
• Rex	Louis II
• Vicarius	Carolus Redonus
Legislature	Diet of Liutpert
• Upper house	College of Electors
• Lower house	College of Princes
History
• Colonial Charter Granted	1532
• Colonial Era	1532-1740
• War of the Princes	1740-1744
• Commonwealth Established	1744
• Formal Independence Granted	1803
• The Contested Election	1854
• War for the Crown	1854-1857
• Reign of Thomas I	1857-1877
• Populist Uprising	1877-1879
Population
• 1932 estimate	3,750,000
Currency	Aureus
Driving side	right

The Commonwealth of Liutpert (Alpanian: Res Publica Liutperti), known as more commonly as Liutpert, is a sovereign state in northern Aestia in the world of Verthandi, bordered to the west by the Despotate of Nikeaneon, to the east by the Jaconian Aestia, and to the south by the Pan-Cavado Republic. After successful colonial attempts had been developed in the new world by the Holy Aventine Empire, in 1532 the Emperor granted a charter for Imperials from the Commigrati Kingdoms to settle in the region then called Sanctus Christophorus. Settlement went well, and Liutpert proved quite the successful colony, soon changing the name of the colony from Sanctus Christophorus to Liutpert. The settlers got along well with the native populations, and began to mix in and interbreed. Local nobility were raised or offshoots of noble Houses were brought over from the Empire. The Aristocracy soon became well established in Liutpert, and soon wielded control of the colony. Rather than having the Imperial Vicar in Vespera send a Governor, they wanted to have their own leadership manage the affairs of the colony. Tensions began to boil until 1740, when the aristocrats rose up in a revolt known as the War of the Princes. Forces from Vespera were unable to defeat the forces of the Princes, and after four years of stalemate, the Emperor intervened and granted Luistia the right to have the nobility rule. They formulated the Res Publica or Commonwealth, which consisted in the formation of a Diet, of which the Princes of Liutpert were electors, who were responsible for the election a King, and the general Aristocracy formed a legislature known as the College of Princes. This situation pleased the Princes quite well, and although they were still nominally a colony and answered to the Emperor directly. After the Clementine Wars resulted in the fall of Imperial Hestaica, the College of Princes sent a formal request to the Emperor to become sui juris, or functionally independent, which was granted. The parting was amicable, and the Commonwealth did not fall into chaos as some of the other Imperial colonies in Hestaica did. It helped to stabilize and support some of its neighbors, and helped to fund and protect the Polity of Sophia and Grand Priory of Demoran from Nikeaneon. It was stable for several decades following the collapse, until the growth of factions amoungst the nobility began to plague the Diet. In 1854, the Electors could not make a decision as who was to be King. The result was a three year Civil War which spread across Liutpert, eventually resulting in the victory of Thomas I, a Prince popular with the people but not with the nobility. He tried to curb the rights of the nobility, and circumvented the power of the Diet on multiple occasions, although his actions were loved by many. Thomas's death in 1877 saw the Election of a staunchly pro-nobility Prince to the throne. Thomas's son, Thomas "II", lead a popular uprising against the nobility in what became known as the populist uprising. Thomas briefly took the throne after a successful coup, but his policies ended up angering his populist base, who deposed him and restored the elected King to power. After this, the Populist movement lost its support, and the affairs of the Commonwealth settled. However, in recent years, the Populist movement has been growing again, this time demanding that the people have their own legislature or more radically to abolish the nobility.