San Adriano
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| Motto: Strength in smallness | |
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| Region | Uhuhland |
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| Capital | San Adriano |
| Official Language(s) | Wymgani, Italian, English, Dutch |
| Leader | Princess Serena Eu |
| Population | 429 |
| Currency | sanadrianese lira |
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The Sovereign Village of San Adriano is a tiny landlocked nation entirely surrounded by the Imperial Autocracy of Uhuh-Topia. It is located both near the coast and near Uhuh-Topia's border with the Plutocratic Kingdom of Uhuh-Ropa. San Adriano has been a fully sovereign State for centuries, and its inhabitants are mainly of Italian, Wymgani and Uhuh-Topian descent.
San Adriano has a total surface area of 0.32 sq.km., making it one of the smallest countries in the world. There are no official languages, but Wymgani and Italian are spoken by most Sanadrianese, with English and Dutch, the languages of neighbouring Uhuh-Topia, coming close behind. The population is predominantly atheist, though there are a few Catholics, and a minute number of people who follow other religions; San Adriano has a single, multi-faith prayer building used by all.
The country's political system comes close to being a form of direct democracy, despite there being officially a monarchy; Sanadrianese politics are discussed below.
History
Until the late sixteenth century, the Ropa-Topian Empire is thought to have held sway over much of the southern coast of Uhuhland, though some areas remained autonomous or semi-autonomous. It was a loosely controlled area that a small group of Italian explorers reached, and colonised, in 1529. San Adriano, named after an earlier explorer, was founded as an Italian colonial village. It maintained itself as a community, mostly free from Ropa-Topian intervention, for about seventy years, then began to break apart as the settlers' descendants died or moved elsewhere. The colony's last links with its homeland was broken as vessels ceased to visit.
In the early and mid-seventeenth century, Wymgani explorers from the Ariddian Isles were voyaging through the continent, charting its coasts, journeying inland and making contact with continental natives. In 1639, Wymgani explorers discovered San Adriano, a forlorn, partly abandoned village, and some settled there with the consent of the villagers. Together, Wymgani and prior Sanadrianese rebuilt a living community and, in 1641, proclaimed San Adriano as a sovereign state. Various other small to medium-sized nations existed in the vicinity, and San Adriano began to establish formal contacts with several of them.
In 1723, the Empire of Uhuh-Topia was founded, when Delmer the Conqueror forcibly united a number of lands under his rule. San Adriano was not invaded, for reasons that are still speculated on today; some suggested that the mighty emperor was simply amused by the tiny village-State, and allowed it to endure for that reason. The village was, however, now completely surrounded by a major foreign power. Borders were formalised, and the two nations exchanged diplomatic representatives. San Adriano remained fully autonomous and independent.
In the early twentieth century, the region was rocked by two major conflicts, the two Ropa-Topian Wars, and San Adriano found itself on the front line of the fighting. Prince Federico promptly declared San Adriano to be a neutral State, and, remarkably, its neutrality was not violated by either side. In the second half of the twentieth century, the country's population continued to increase, very slowly, and successive governments remained stable and democratic. The nation's economy was fragile, but governments focused their efforts on social rights, even long before the advent of communism in Ariddia, the Wymgani homeland. San Adriano strengthened its diplomatic relations with Uhuh-Topia and with Ariddia, and remains a peaceful, stable nation to this day.
Geography & climate
San Adriano has a mostly temperate, often wet climate, leaning towards tropical. Its tiny area is relatively flat.
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