Vassfforcia
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National motto: Tres Pueblos; Una Nación Three Peoples; one Nation | |||||||||
Region: The Heartland | |||||||||
Capital | Vassfforcia la Serenísima (Vassfforcia City) | ||||||||
Largest city | Puerto Nuevo | ||||||||
Oldest City | Dohendor City aprox. est. 200 b. C. | ||||||||
Official languages | Spanish, Hyarmendorean | ||||||||
Main Languages | Spanish, Hyarmendorean, Catalan, Occitan and French | ||||||||
Government - Grand Duke -Chancellor |
Federal Aristocratic Republic HMSH Don Claudius V Dácil Montajìque HE Doña Ericqa Buchani | ||||||||
' -Commercial Outpost of Bas Força - Commercial Consulate of Vassfforcia - Most Serene Republic of Vassfforcia |
October 19th 1105 January 1st 1311 August 17th 1478 | ||||||||
Area - Total - % water |
5'089'722 km² 3% | ||||||||
Coastline | 6'735 kms | ||||||||
Boundaries - Total - with Breen Tribes - with Dashake - with Virginia Nova |
5'600 kms 2'233 kms 2'600 kms 767 kms | ||||||||
Population - Total NS - Total RP - Density RP |
5.7 billion 170 million 29.5/km² | ||||||||
GDP (PPP) - Total - per capita |
ARA 192.273 billion ARA 33,190.6 | ||||||||
Religion | no official religion Catholic majority | ||||||||
Currency | Arra [Ar] 1Ar = 100 piastras [pts] | ||||||||
Currency Code | ARA | ||||||||
Time zone | UPT +0 & -1 | ||||||||
Nation Code | VSF | ||||||||
Internet TLD | .vsf | ||||||||
Calling Code | 1337 | ||||||||
International Sport Code | VSF | ||||||||
National game | Football | ||||||||
National Animal | Dolphin |
Vassfforcia (Spanish: Vassfforcia, Hyarmendorean: Ísea'forstá) is a country located in northeastern Alcedonia in the Southwest District of The Heartland, bordered at the west by the Breen Tribes, at the southwest with Dashake and at the south with Virginia Nova. It is the easternmost country in Alcedonia.
The official name is Serenísima República de Vassfforcia (on Spanish), Formóhr'sámh Poblacht Ísea'forstá (on Hyarmendorean) and Res publica Serenissima Bas Forsiænsis on Latin.
According to Joan Coromines, the name Vassfforcia comes from the name Bas Força (lower Fors) and makes reference to the fact that the original name of Vassfforcia la Serenísima was Port du Bas Força (Port of Lower Fors), as the surounding region was called Lower Fors by the Forsians. Then, as in that time the /s/ sound was written in Spanish “ss” and the /ʋ/ sound does not exist, the spelling changed to Bassfforça and when “ç” disappeared from Spanish it was changed to “ci”. It is unknown why “b” was changed to “v”, but by 1300 the name was already written on its modern form, Vassfforcia.
Contents
History
main article History of Vassfforcia
Government
main article Government of Vassfforcia
The Most-Serene Republic of Vassfforcia is a Federal Aristocratic Republic ruled by the Grand Duke (executive; in Spanish, Gran Duque; in Hyarmendorean Maërga Dyucq), the Grand Senate (legislative; in Spanish, Gran Senado; Hyarmendorean, Maërga Séanad) and the Supreme Magistrature (judicial; in Spanish, Magistratura Suprema). It is an aristocratic republic because still on the 21st century Vassfforcian Patrician Houses, the Montajìque, the Mádasi, the Buchani, the Berenguer, the Giocco, the Montajìque do Sul, the Hälvenbosch and the House of Vercingetorix have great power within the country and have certain political rights commoners don't.
The current Grand Duke is Don Claudius V Dácil Montajìque, elected on 2005 after the removal of his predecessor in a corruption scandal. The current Chancellor is Doña Ericqa Buchani, ex-Grand Duchess herself (she resigned for health reasons only to be back to politics a couple of years later). Buchani and Montajìque rule is based on a parliamentary alliance of the PCD (Montajìque’s party) and the PaSoDe (Buchani’s party)
Subdivisions
main article Subdivisions of Vassfforcia
As a federal republic Vassfforcia is conformed by 14 states and the Autonomous Republic of Dohendor [ARD] (divided into two more provinces), which makes a total of 16 states; from which 6 are principalities, 8 (counting Dohendor) are provinces and 2 are city-states. All of them have the same constitutional status and rights for representation before the Grand Senate, but each kind of state has different laws for local government. The government of each state is based on the federal government, with power division between the legislative, executive and judicial. The government bodies and titles vary in each kind of state.
1 | Septéntrion, Province of |
2 | Vilnia, Province of |
3 | Umperia, Principality of |
4 | Vassfforcia la Serenísima |
5 | Vassfforcia, Province of |
6 | Letia, Province of |
7 | Montaura, Duchy of |
8 | West Vassfforcia, Mark of |
9 | Progreso, Province of |
10 | Puerto Nuevo |
11 | Dohendor, Province of ( ARD) |
12 | Rhûnorod, Province of ( ARD) |
13 | Ibportia, Mark of |
14 | Hilvenídica, Queendom of |
15 | Plenfia, Province of |
16 | Tirritidivá, County of |
Geogaphy
</div>Vassfforcia's total area covers 5'089'722 square kilometers. Vassfforcia has a coastline of 6'735 kilometers on the north and the east. Of the western boundary, the northern half (2'233 kilometers) is with Breen Tribes, and it is artificially defined on the plains and with the Numenórod in the region of Dohendor. The other half of the western boundary is with Dashake (2'600 kilometers) and most of it is defined by the Hälven River. The southern boundary, with Virginia Nova (767 kilometers) is also defined by the Hälven River.
Regions
Geographically Vassfforcia is divided into four regions, the North, which is mostly covered by plains (with the exception of the Mount Súlfur near Zulfía, the Mount Ajìque and Mount Aura in Montaura). The Central Mountains, which are part of the Central Alcedonian Massif, the Plenfias which are the plains which cover southern Dohendor, Plenfia, Hilvenídica and the southwestern part of Tirritidivá. The last region is the Coastal Plains which cover the eastern coast from the Zulfía River to the northern half of Tirritidivá.
Rivers
The main rivers in the country are:
- Bólguer River which crosses northwestern Vassfforcia from Vilnia to Vassfforcia City and is boundary between the provinces of Vilnia and Western Vassfforcia and between Umperia and the Province of Vassfforcia.
- Defors River which runs from Lake Fors to Vassfforcia la Serenísima and is the western boundary between Letia and the Province of Vassfforcia.
- Zulfía River runs from Lake Súlfur to Puerto Nuevo. The Northern Channel runs from Lake Súlfur to the Bólguer River and also marks the boundary between Umperia and the Province of Vassfforcia.
- River Silaldia runs from Forloch in Rhûnorod and flows into the Zulfía River in Progreso:
- River Plenfia runs from Cormgwal’loch in Dohendor to the south, crosses the Plenfias and then flows into the Hälven Ríver.
- Hälven River originates from two springs in the Dohen mounatins and one more in Dashake to become one of the widest rivers in Alcedonia. It runs south and then east and marks the international boundaries between Vassfforcia and Dashake and Vassfforcia and Virginia Nova.
Demography
(main article Demography of Vassfforcia)
</div>The size of the Vassfforcian population is around 170 million and is increasing by 1.0 3% per year (as of 2005). Vassfforcia is mainly a urban country with around 76% of the population living in communities of more than 10 thousand people.
Ethnically most Vassffocians are Hispanics (Bas Forsians or Gwymáliad), Dohen and Hälven; thus the country’s motto “three peoples, one nation”, as the Vassfforcian federation is conceived as a union of these three peoples. In recent years immigration has grown, mainly because of the civil war in the Breen Tribes. As of 1 January 2005 about 2 million Breen had enterd to Vassfforcia, mainly to the big cities in the north.
Approximately 75% of Vassfforcia’s inhabitants are Catholic, however, these numbers might not reflect actual faith of the population as Vassfforcians are not renowned for being pious. The Christian rites of passage such as baptism, marriage and burial have a strong traditional standing in Vassfforcia, and many people are members to be able to use these ceremonies in spite of not being regular churchgoers or believing in the teachings of the church. Moreover, the Christian calendar is always respected; Vassfforcians celebrate Christmas, have Spingbreak during Easter and make huge carnivals in the ports before Lent.
Other Christian denominations total about 9% (Calvinists and Cathars). Among other religions, NeoPaganism (mainly Wicca) and Islam are the largest in Vassfforcia with around 2% each, and other religions comprise about 4% in total (including Judaism, Buddhism and Floydism). Around 9% do not adhere to any established religion or are atheists.
According to the UN rankings Vassfforcia is among the least religious nations of the NS world.
Vassfforcia has two official languages at the federal level, Spanish and Hyarmendorean, but there are also many minority languages which are also considered official in their respective regions, Catalonian in large areas of Umperia, Vilnia and Montaura, Occitan in Tirritidivá and various other French dialects in Hilvenídica and Plenfia. Hyarmendorean is mainly spoken in Hilvenídica, Dohendor and Rhûnorodtal. Because of this, Vassfforcians are forced by law to be fluent speaker of at least one of the official languages and have basic knowledge of other language spoken in the country and English.
Further Reading
Vassfforcian Government Official Website
NS Tracker
Vassfforcian Football League