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Antrium

Flag of Antrium
Motto: "Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est"
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Region	International Democratic Union
Capital	Sivaris
Official Language(s)	English, French, Alvésin
Leader	Prime Minister Aranti Devaléra
Population	over 1,180,000,000
Currency	Verino
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History

The American Federalist Crisis

Antrium was founded August 12, 2005, in the International Democratic Union by refugees from the former state of American Federalist. American Federalist failed on August 11, 2005 after a war in January of that year, when the eastern provinces of American Federalist, North Hiel and Ituri, who had earlier supported the Federalist Party, took up arms against them. This may have been caused by a 2004 genocide in Ituri led by militants from IDU Unknown Lands. The government did not contain these militants. The Federalist Party stayed in office because of intervention by Domnonia, Hiel, and Keeslandia. The President was later assassinated.
The failure of American Federalist pushed hundreds of thousands of Federalists to leave the country. Many left to surrounding Malabra, Keeslandia, and Domnonia. A militia called the Nationalist and Integrationist Front killed 9,000 Federalists at this time, and caused approximately 270,000 to flee the country.
After this, many Federalists in the mid-southern part of American Federalist, wanting peace and order, considered starting a new state.

(For more information, see American Federalist/Riconiaa Refugee Crisis)

The Founding of Antrium

After a few local political groups got involved, they drafted a Declaration of Independence for the new state, which would be called Antrium. They formed a new democratic government, which allowed them to regain electricity and water, and when order was gained, they had their first elections.
There were only two candidates in this election, Nàkàro Ventalīz, a conservative from the eastern provinces of former American Federalist, and Arànti Devaléra, a liberal from the central areas of Antrium. Devaléra won and immediately started setting up a Parliament and appointing government jobs.
Antrium was then split into four provinces (Norato, Esto, Soréto, and Véo) and Sivaris was chosen as its capital (and has its own province, The District of Sivaris), because of its central location.

The Annexation of Alvés-Navlan

In September 2005, the Antrium Red Cross found a group of refugees from the American Federalist crisis living in a region southeast of Antrium, called Alvés-Navlan, for the two groups of people living there: the Alvesis and the Navlanis. After a relief effort by the ARC and the Grey Nuns of Listeneisse, power and water was restored to the area. The citizens of the area decided to vote on whether to become independent or to become a province of Antrium. On December 3rd, they voted for becoming a province of Antrium, 68% to 32%. The province's capital is Marnezjalis.

Recent Events

Antrium joined the United Nations and on September 22, 2005, the Antrium UN ambassador, Jokwero Manīzca wrote and passed Antrium's first UN resolution, Labeling Standards.

For more recent events, read the Antrium Beacon-Times Online.

Geography

Provinces

Alvés-Navlan

Esto

Noràto

Sivaris District

Soréto

Véo

Culture

Language

Antrium has three official languages, but many more are spoken in small numbers throughout the country. Its official languages are:

English

English was Antrium's first official language, adopted when the country was founded. According to the most recent census results, 96% of Antrians speak English fluently, making English the most spoken language in Antrium. It is required in all government-funded schools in all provinces, and is spoken widely in almost all places in Antrium.

French

French was Antrium's second official language, adopted in early September 2005, when the Antrium Parliament voted in favor of it, 79-21. French is spoken by an estimated 64% of Antrians. It is the second most widely spoken language in Antrium. French is the primary language in most of Véo and southern Norato. It is now required in all government-funded schools in all provinces.

Alvésin

Alvésin is a tribal language spoken by a group called the Alvési, who live mostly in southeastern Soréto and in Alvés-Navlan. It is the most spoken language in Alvés-Navlan, and the third most in Antrium. It became an official language of Antrium in late September 2005, when Parliament voted in favor of it, 58-42. 19% of Antrians can speak Alvésin. It is now gaining more speakers as it is required in all government-funded schools in Soréto, and is also taught in some schools in Esto and Sivaris. Some of the leaders in Alvés-Navlan want to create an academy similar to French's Académie française, to preserve the language. Many place names in Antrium are in Alvésin, such as the province names, and many city names. Sivaris means "city of rivers", "siva" meaning city, and "ris" meaning rivers.

Government Officials

Current Antrium government officials are:
Prime Minister: Aranti Devaléra
Assistant Prime Minister: Kenima Kwīstàrmejàn

UN Ambassador: Jokwero Manīzca
President of the Antrium Red Cross: Dérgrino Blantī
President of the Antrium Mint: Mīrros Valso
President of the Antrium Space Agency: Ramoro Elaksim

Other Information

Antrium was recently named the Minister of Immigration for the International Democratic Union.

Antrium's national animal is the Antrian Hare.

More information to be added soon.