Praetonia
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| Motto: Vox Populi, vox Dei | |||||
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| Spoken Languages - De-facto |
Latin, English, Composite Praetonian | ||||
| Capital | Praeton | ||||
| Monarch | Rex et Imperator Sarius I | ||||
| Prime Minister | Sir Tiberius Polax | ||||
| Area - Total - % water |
10,374,236 km² 17.23% water | ||||
| Population - Total (2005) |
3,535,364,530 (Haven: 17th) | ||||
| Establishment - Current Form - Original |
17th March 1761 Antiquity | ||||
| Government Type | Westminster System | ||||
| Constitutional Form | Constitutional Monarchy | ||||
| National animal - Official (Parliamentary) - Alternative (Royal) |
Praetonian Field Cat Lion | ||||
| GDP (2005) - Total (USD) - GDP/capita (USD) |
$151,669,002,019,666.28 (Haven: 12th) $42,904.95 (Haven: 4th) | ||||
| GDP Growth Rate: | 4.25% per annum | ||||
| Unemployment: | 2.55% (Haven 4th) | ||||
| Currency | 1 Praefeli (Pr) = 20 Shillings (s) = 5 Denarii (d) | ||||
| International Abbreviations | IMP, IP | ||||
| Naval Craft Classification - Imperial Navy - Imperial Merchant Navy - Royal Naval Flotilla |
PWS IMS RNS | ||||
| National Anthem | For Thee, Oh Pleasant Land | ||||
| Internet TLD | .ip | ||||
| Calling Code | +45 | ||||
The Democratic Imperium of Praetonia is a country located off the North-East coast of the central Haven continent. It is surrounded by the Vascian Gulf - a sea which encompasses Praetonian territorial waters and Her Economic Exclusion Zone. The sea contains numerous small islands claimed as Crown Dependancies, many of them housing small naval and INSFC bases.
Praetonia has no land borders and proposals to build a tunnel to nearby Feline have been consistently debunked due to national security concerns. Mainland Haven has proved unstable in recent years, but Praetonia has managed to avoid any unwanted involvement in these conflicts due to Her naval power and island status.
Praetonia has several colonies in a state of nominal union known as Commonwealth Realms. They pay no taxes to Praetonia except in times of war, but maintain very strong cultural and private economic links with mainland Praetonia, whose Government has ultimate power over all the local Parliaments. Praetonia also has strong economic and diplomatic ties with Sarzonia, Questers, Skinny87 and Scandavian States, as well as numberous others through the Woodstock Pact.
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History
Main article: History of Praetonia
Praetonia has been a nation since far back into antiquity and its origins are largely unknown. Records first emerged of a Feudal state which initially progressed rapidly, bringing all areas of Praetonia - even those outside the restrictive mountains surrounding the Praeton Peninsular - under a single central Government in Praeton by means of wholesale decentralisation of non-vital powers. This state produced a large intellectual class of poets, artisans and engineers.
The later Kingdom, however, began to stagnate and it is estimated that by 1200AD food production was at a lower level than it was in 920AD. The Fuedal Monarch's grip on power as also beginning to slip as the country became more and more divided, and the Praeton Peninsular more and more isolated once again. The nation could well have collapsed entirely, had explorers not arrived from foreign lands. These explorers attempted to colonise Praetonia, resulting in a series of pitched battles where Praetonian heavy cavalry and pikemen successfully pushed back foreign troops equipped with firearms through a serious of skilled strategic manouvers.
This period sparked a revival of the Praetonian national spirit and hearalded a short lived golden age in which the economy and prosperity of the nation as a whole improved greatly. This was followed by a swift collapse brought about by a series of bad harvests and inflated goods prices. This, combined with democratic ideas brought into the nation by foreign traders, sparked a civil war which ripped the nation apart and divided families between the Feudal Monarchy and Parliament.
The King was eventually defeated and Praeton largely burnt to the ground. During the course of the civil war, the outlying regions of Praetonia industrialised rapidly to produce copies of foreign firearms and cannon. In the wake of the civil war a small council of wealthy Patricians and Feudal Princes took control of the Government for a brief period. The Partricians then turned the peasants against the Princes and they and their families were wiped out.
The King was invited back to rule under Parliament's gaze and the nation entered its second golden age, lasting until the 1720s, at which point the nation started to decline as manufacturing was hit by a major recession which then became a depression. Protestors marched on Praeton and many were killed as troops fired into the grounds and cavalry were brought into action on 2 occassions to prevent Parliament being stormed.
In 1748, the King was expelled from Praeton a second time and nearly killed by Republican terrorists who threw a bomb at his carriage. The King escaped alive and the Partician Horseguards turned on Parliament, killing several Republican MPs. The army joined them and Praetonia was soon under the control of a military dictatorship. This ended in 1761 when the King, invited back to Praeton to rule over the nation in name, but under the Particians in reality. The King galvanised the army against the Horseguards and decimated their ranks. For 7 days, Praetonia was ruled under Absolute Monarchy before the King reinstated Parliament and agreed to rule in accordance with pre-1720 arrangements.
This has been viewed by many as the 'Second Civil War', although it is far more complex than that, and was the essential birthplace of modern Praetonia as a strong state with a small, professional and highly loyal standing army guarding over constitutional norms. Over the next few hundred years, Praetonia became heavily industrialised
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