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'''Clenoncyg Vephrall''' (/ˌklɛˈnɑnsiɡ ˈvɛpfˌɹɑl/, [[English]]:  ''Commonwealth of Vephrall'') is a nation in [[Atlantian Oceania]].
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'''Clenoncyg Vephrall''' (/ˌklɛˈnɑnsiɡ ˈvɛpfˌɹɑl/, [[English]]:  ''Commonwealth of Vephrall'') is a nation in [[Atlantian Oceania]].  It is located on the region's southernmost continent, which it shares with [[Kura-Pelland]].
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Vephrall runs primarily a service economy, with the gambling and catering industries being major players in the market.  The government is very much focused on the well-being of its citizens, with healthcare and education generally being top priorities.
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The source of the nation's name is often disputed, with many claiming that it is named after [[Diindohtis Viivryl]], the founder of the first organized settlement in present-day Vephrall over 1700 years ago.  However, there is reliable evidence to suggest another origin of the name, a modernization of a Middle Vephra phrase meaning "Vēv union".  Of course, since the Vēv nation referred to here ultimately derives its name from Viivryl, it can be argued that Viivryl is the ultimate source of the nation's name after all.
  
 
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Clenoncyg Vephrall
VephrallFlag.png
Motto:
Map of Vephrall and Kura-Pelland
Region Atlantian Oceania
Capital Meice
Largest city Speilers
Official Language(s) Vephra, English
Government Constitutional monarchy
 - King of Vephrall Hahnea II
 - Prime Minister Chezlot Taratchy
Establishment Founding of city of Meice
 - Founding of Meice 13 November 1592 
Population 49,046,976 (1737 est.)
Currency len (VLEN)
Timezone AOTC±0000
 - Summer (DST) not used
Internet TLD .vf
Calling code +941
ISO Code VEPH
NS Sunset XML

Clenoncyg Vephrall (/ˌklɛˈnɑnsiɡ ˈvɛpfˌɹɑl/, English: Commonwealth of Vephrall) is a nation in Atlantian Oceania. It is located on the region's southernmost continent, which it shares with Kura-Pelland.

Vephrall runs primarily a service economy, with the gambling and catering industries being major players in the market. The government is very much focused on the well-being of its citizens, with healthcare and education generally being top priorities.

The source of the nation's name is often disputed, with many claiming that it is named after Diindohtis Viivryl, the founder of the first organized settlement in present-day Vephrall over 1700 years ago. However, there is reliable evidence to suggest another origin of the name, a modernization of a Middle Vephra phrase meaning "Vēv union". Of course, since the Vēv nation referred to here ultimately derives its name from Viivryl, it can be argued that Viivryl is the ultimate source of the nation's name after all.

Population

Historical populations
Census Pop.  %±
1650 2,023,524
1660 2,640,523 30.5%
1670 3,499,906 32.5%
1680 4,956,091 41.6%
1690 6,954,270 40.3%
1700 9,992,095 43.7%
1710 15,278,451 52.9%
1720 23,908,407 56.5%
1730 36,496,343 52.7%

According to the 1730 census, Vephrall had a total population of 36,496,343, with current (1738) estimates of closer to 50 million. The vast majority of the population (92.9%) is Vephra. Kura-Pellandis make up 4.3% of the population. Additional residents are immigrants from nearby nations such as Nedalia (1.1%), Hypocria (0.68%), and Bettia (0.43%), with most of the remaining 0.8% being originally from other nations in Atlantian Oceania.

Approximately 80.5% of Vephrall's population resides in one of the nation's 58 incorporated cities. The nation has approximately 0.996 males for every female. Historically, population growth in Vephrall has been unusually high due in large part to very liberal attitudes regarding sexual relations. Recently, however, the federal government has begun to recognize this as a problem, as national infrastructure is simply unable to support such rapid growth. The Contraceptive Act of 1736 has so far been a success, helping to drastically curtail population growth without inhibiting sexual freedom. Since the passing of the act, the annual population growth rate has fallen from 4.4 percent to just 1.3 percent.

Geography

Vephrall occupies approximately three-quarters of its landmass, with the remainder to the northwest being Kura-Pelland. Vephrall consists of a total of eleven states and one territory. Though most of the nation is relatively flat, there are hills (and some mountains) running vaguely north to south in western and northern Vephrall, largely just west of the National Road 9 corridor.

There are a total of fifty-six incorporated cities in Vephrall. Any "concentrated community" of greater than 1,000 people that is not already part of a city is eligible for incorporation, and national regulations require that all such communities must apply for incorporation before reaching a population of 5,000. The city with the greatest population at time of incorporation (not including the first city, Meice) is Jishmid, with a population of 4,973 when it incorporated on 26 February 1672.

In addition, there are six UCCs (unincorporated concentrated communities) in Darnai and the southern portion of the Northern Territory with populations greater than 1,000, most of which are within one hundred kilometers of the Kura-Pelland border.

States and major cities

Meice also serves as the national capital as well as the capital of the state of Bektys.

Based on 1737 estimates, the five largest cities in Vephrall are:

  1. Speilers, Sumbobor – population 5,158,324
  2. Meice, Bektys – population 3,620,529
  3. Solonds, Calamen – population 3,441,739
  4. Moje, Riestre – population 3,151,660
  5. Tuffir, Shentarong – population 2,756,577

Climate

Most of Vephrall has a tropical or subtropical climate, with somewhat colder temperatures persisting in the mountainous west.

  • Speilers, Sumbobor
    • July high: 84.2°F (29.0°C)
    • July low: 66.9°F (19.4°C)
    • January high: 73.6°F (23.1°C)
    • January low: 53.9°F (12.2°C)
  • Unee, Dettune
    • July high: 76.8°F (24.9°C)
    • July low: 51.6°F (10.9°C)
    • January high: 57.9°F (14.4°C)
    • January low: 35.6°F (2.0°C)
  • Cimnersog, Northern Territory
    • July high: 78.2°F (25.7°C)
    • July low: 60.7°F (15.9°C)
    • January high: 63.8°F (17.7°C)
    • January low: 41.1°F (5.1°C)

History

Initial civilization and tribal warfare

The first organized settlement in what is now Vephrall was founded by local tribesman Diindohtis Viivryl. The settlement, which at first consisted of just a few small houses, was given the name Myza. Over the course of some seven hundred years, the descendants of the first inhabitants of Myza explored their landmass, discovering other tribes in the surrounding areas. Some of the most important tribes in the area included:

  • the Lobarik tribe, west of Myza (main settlement Elola)
  • the Entruuga tribe, east of Myza (main settlement Flaarrikku). Diindohtis Viivryl was himself Entruuga, but had been cast out of the tribe six years prior to the founding of Myza.
  • the Eklotaktik tribe, northwest of Myza (main settlement Uni)
  • the Rasbih tribe, east of the Entruuga (main settlement Spe-grih)
  • the Iti tribe, southwest of Myza (main settlement Svektra)

The Viivra, as the inhabitants of Myza and the surrounding area were now called, lived in peace with these five tribes for nearly 700 years. Conflict finally came to the area in 679 when Lobarik leader Gunsig Kritunis became jealous of a large gold reserve in Eklotaktik land to the north. Kritunis was successfully able to pressure Viivra leader Bes Roness into an alliance against the Eklotaktiks. While the Lobarik tribe would have almost certainly been unable to invade Eklotaktik territory alone, help from the somewhat reluctant Viivra was enough to overwhelm the opposition. Eklotaktik main settlement Uni fell to the combined forces on 28 Tilep 686. Unfortunately, neither of the invading forces would allow the city to be ruled by the other. As a result, the Lobariks turned on their Viivra allies. The Second Battle of Uni was relatively brief by the standards of the period, and by 18 Figix of that same year the Viivra forces had been driven out of former Eklotaktik land all the way back to Myza. Defense of the Viivra capital was, by all accounts, rather weak, likely because the populace had never approved of the war in the first place. Myza fell on 11 Breceurs 688, after a lengthy siege. The war had gone much better than expected for Kritunis, as his army had conquered not only the Eklotaktiks, but the Viivra as well. Uni was renamed Junhī by the victorious Lobariks, and Myza became Mēz.

The people of Mēz were very unhappy under the oppressive Lobarik rule. But for many years, any attempts at resistance were very quickly crushed by one of the many tyrannical Lobarik rulers. However, the royal lineage began to weaken in the early 10th century, and a rebellious soldier from Mēz named Kilstim Sikanūt decided to take the opportunity to attempt to free his people from the Lobariks. Successfully gathering a force of nearly 120,000 men, Sikanūt marched westward directly to Elola. His army stopped about sixteen kilometers short of the city, and Sikanūt then proceeded to send a group of just five soldiers into the city. Such a small force was not noticed, and they were able to gain entry to Elola very easily. These soldiers were able to infiltrate the local defense force and sneak into the king's castle, where they assassinated the Lobarik leader. Without leadership, all of Elola went into a panic, and the remainder of Sikanūt's force was able to conquer the city with little resistance. Sikanūt proclaimed that the city of Elola would now be known as Sikanūstim in honor of himself, and Mēz was renamed to Mīs-ha, a more modernized spelling of its original name.

Death and rebirth

The new Vēv nation lived in peace for several centuries, but disaster struck in 1484 when a plague overtook the land, wiping out over eighty percent of the population over the course of fifteen years. The cities were abandoned, and all civilization in the area seemed to be lost. Eventually, on 9 Breceurs 1592, the city of Meice was founded on the old site of Myza, and the nation of Vephrall (from Middle Vephra Vēv-rell, "Vēv union") was established.

Early expansion

Not all of the six thousand settlers who founded Meice would be content to remain there. In just two short years, four more cities had been founded. These cities primarily drew their population from the few survivors of the great plague who roamed the land in desperate search of food, brought together by those who had left Meice. Some of these settlements were quite far away, including the coastal city of Tuffir over 160 kilometers from Meice. The locals near Tuffir told the settlers of bountiful fishing areas in the sea to the east and their inability to make use of them due to not having the necessary materials to construct boats. The settlers were overjoyed by this news and promptly sent out expeditions to determine whether these reports were true.

One day in May 1594, a group of nine fishermen were caught in a storm that sent their boats off course, causing them to sail east rather than back toward the mainland to the west. Three days later, this resulted in the discovery of Calamen Island. As the fishermen did not know how they would return to Tuffir, they instead created the settlement of Solonds at their landing site and claimed the island in the name of Vephrall. Again with help from the local tribesmen, Solonds grew into a full-sized city and was officially recognized by the Vephrese government on 7 September 1594 when a journey was successfully completed across the sea back to Tuffir, 150 kilometers to the west-northwest.

By 1597, the king of Vephrall recognized six cities and determined that the settlements were too far apart to be effectively managed entirely from Meice. As such, the land that had to this point been claimed by Vephrall was divided into five states, with each city being named the capital of a state (except for Netlas, which was placed in the state of Sumbobor along with its capital, Speilers). The limits of Vephrese claims at this time were denoted in part by the Prilizuas River on the east, the Brincubseny and Bleesarters Rivers on the west, and the Trirat River on the north.

The land to the east of the states of Shentarong and Riestre remained mostly unexplored at this time. However, an Oliverrian immigrant would change all that. Laurent de la Salle came to Vephrall in 1609 from Bettia, where he had lived for four years previously after leaving his homeland. The Oliverrian aristocrat was unhappy with life in Meice, where he lived from 1609–11, and finally left the capital to explore the eastern unknown. De la Salle spent nearly two years traveling this land, which measured about 250 kilometers from north to south and a similar distance from east to west. Seeing no apparent resistance, de la Salle claimed the land for his new home nation. The land would later be named Salle Territory in his honor, with its first settlement, Pallona, being founded in 1617.

During the 1620s, Vephrese expansion was mainly to the west. Rumors of fertile land suitable for farming beyond the mountains of northwest Sumbobor attracted many settlers. Dettune Territory, stretching west from Sumbobor and Bektys to the newly-discovered west coast, was organized in 1620 and granted full statehood just eight years later. This farmland was found to be even more plentiful than previously believed, stretching well over 200 kilometers to the south. As the southwestern half of Dettune began to be filled by farmers, new settlers started to go south, and with the founding of the trading post at Hyllesme in 1632, Seibeng Territory was officially formed.

After the creation of Seibeng Territory, there followed a period of decades with no additional territorial expansion. Throughout the 1630s and '40s, some of the formerly rural areas in the interior of the country began to congeal into significant settlements, many of which incorporated and became true cities in the eyes of the king and his state governors.

Depression and resurgence

In the summer of 1649, the vast farmlands of Dettune and Seibeng suffered a tremendous blow from a particularly severe drought. The farmers had no crops to sell, and in turn the rest of the nation began to suffer from a food shortage, with little to rely on besides the fish of Shentarong Bay. This sent all of Vephrall into an economic downturn that lasted for fourteen years. King Mopukest I seemed content to ride out the storm, certain that all would right itself in time. He died in 1659, the nation no better off than it had been a decade before. His son, Mopukest II, took the throne and did something as yet unprecedented, donating some of the royal family's fortune to the impoverished western farmers in the hope that this would allow them to bear the costs of returning to full functionality again. It did, and by the mid-1660s the nation was again booming.

The end of autocracy

With the death of King Mopukest II in 1671, the people of Vephrall began to grow uneasy. They felt that their nation had become too large to be ruled by one man, no matter how many state governors he appointed. The new city of Jishmid, founded in Seibeng (which simultaneously gained statehood) in 1672, refused to recognize the authority of the new king, Jehoepe I, demanding that the people be allowed to rule themselves. This idea quickly spread to the nearby city of Hyllesme, and from there along trade routes to the rest of the nation. Fearing an increasingly likely armed revolt, the king decided to compromise and relinquish a large portion of his power. The nation became, for all intents and purposes, a republic, with the new office of Prime Minister created to act as the head of government. The king did retain one very powerful weapon – the ability to veto any decision made by this new government, a power that was used quite often initially, though current king Hahnea II is known for only using this power very rarely and generally allowing decisions made by the legislature to stand.

Speocacks Tomprism, a cousin of the king, was appointed the first Prime Minister for the sake of convenience; since then, Prime Ministers have been elected in the same way as they are today (see below).

Paving the way

The western farmlands continued to be filled, and as such new development was pushed further south and west. The far southwestern flood plains were a considerably more dangerous place to settle than the grasslands to the north, but they were nevertheless an excellent area for growing various cash crops. All of the remaining land southwest of Vephrall's existing borders was organized into the Baseng Territory in 1684. On the other side of the nation, hunters found the lands north of Riestre particularly attractive, with food sources being plentiful there. The town of Cloohends was established in 1686 as a base of operations, and the surrounding land organized into the Till Territory. This finally left just one true frontier for the nation: the northwest. In nearly a hundred years of Vephrese existence, land claims had never advanced beyond the Trirat River.

By 1680, Vephrall's population had grown to nearly five million, but about 45 percent still lived outside the cities. There was an increasing need for the people to have high-quality routes to and between the cities, especially with the recent advent of the automobile. This resulted in the passage of the National Road Act of 1682, which set a goal of connecting all "centers of population of greater than five thousand inhabitants" with roads capable of safe travel at speeds of at least 50 kilometers per hour within the next twenty years. This goal was accomplished, with the last stretch of roadway, a portion of what is now National Road 13 and National Highway 413 between the southern boundary of the Darnai Territory and the city of Spess officially being opened to traffic on 11 June 1700. In 1707, the Ministry of Transportation opened the new Roads Bureau to oversee the maintenance of these roads. It was at this time that the roads were numbered for the first time; the Bureau identified twenty-four major routes covered by the National Road System, and assigned them numbers from 1 to 23. (Due to miscommunication within the Bureau, the number 19 was used for two different routes. This error was corrected in 1713 when route 6 was extended over one of them.)

The "twenty-sev'ners" and Kura-Pelland

The main economic activity in the state of Dettune during the first quarter of the 18th century was gold mining. By the mid-1720s, however, gold reserves in the Dettune mountains had been significantly depleted, particularly around the mining town of Unee, founded in 1703. Exploration of the vast wilderness north of the Vephrese states had surged throughout the 1710s and '20s, at last coming to fruition on 16 October 1726 when Menburid Taclik discovered gold in the Six River Mountains. News quickly made it back south, and the following spring saw a tremendous rush of settlers hoping to get rich quick as they made the trek several hundred kilometers north to the other end of the continent. The Vephrese government ambitiously laid claim to the entire northeastern quarter of the landmass, recognizing it as the Northern Territory. The "twenty-sev'ners", as the English-speaking people of Vephrall called all those who made the rush north, were quickly followed by the construction crews, who had the long road to the mining headquarters of Cimnersog complete in just six years. The mining operation in the Cimnersog area remains quite lucrative to this day.

On his way back from the Six River Mountains, Taclik, who had very little interest in gold mining himself, turned west in an attempt to begin exploration of the far northwest. He was understandably quite surprised when he happened to find a thriving city of over a million population. The city of Prangren, in the so-far unknown nation of Kura-Pelland, utterly bewildered Taclik, primarily due to the fact that Kura-Pellandi technology at this time was about sixty years ahead of that of the Vephrese. Diplomatic relations were quickly established, and the Vephrall–Kura-Pelland border was officially set.

Government and politics

Scathock Pranasik, the founder of Meice, proclaimed himself King Scathock I of Vephrall. The Pranasik family has continued to hold the throne ever since, though since 1672 the king has held only very limited governmental power, with the new office of Prime Minister acting as the head of government since then.

The Prime Minister is elected by the National Assembly. Elections are held under one of several conditions:

  • Five years have passed since the previous election.
  • The current Prime Minister resigns or dies in office.
  • The King dies. A bill appeared in the National Assembly in 1715 following the death of King Jehoepe I to end this practice, but was defeated.
  • (since 1717) The current Prime Minister has served for eight years. So far, no Prime Minister has reached this limit.

When a Prime Minister is elected, his term expires at the next "standard" or "five-year" election. It is possible for the Prime Minister to serve more than five years if the King dies during his term, as he may be re-elected in the resulting election.

Kings of Vephrall:

Prime Ministers of Vephrall:

* died in office ** resigned

Calendar

The Vephrese calendar consists of thirteen months (penchaat), all of which have 28 days except for the final month, which has 29. Numbering of years counts back to the founding of Myza. Unlike many other calendars, the Vephrese calendar does have a year zero (the year in which Myza was founded).

Years prior to zero are generally suffixed with "TM" (tregle-Myza "before Myza"). Sometimes years after zero are suffixed with "RM" (rone-Myza "after Myza"), but this is a fairly uncommon practice.

The calendar is based on the Entruuga calendar, which had 26 priirue of fourteen days each and one additional day that stood on its own. Each set of two priirue were combined into a pencha, and the final independent day was merged into the thirteenth pencha.

The penchaat are:

  1. Tilep (28 days, 29 in leap years)
  2. Tetokot (28 days)
  3. Sespo (28 days)
  4. Salloald (28 days)
  5. Figix (28 days)
  6. Orphruks (28 days)
  7. Prinad (28 days)
  8. Cunublis (28 days)
  9. Sirchismy (28 days)
  10. Dosphaiit (28 days)
  11. Trarrids (28 days)
  12. Breceurs (28 days)
  13. Sobra (29 days)

Since the nation emerged from isolation in the late 1720s, use of the Gregorian calendar has become much more widespread, and a telephone survey taken in 1735 indicated that approximately 65 percent of Vephrese now conducted their day-to-day affairs using the twelve-month Gregorian calendar.

Culture

Language

The most commonly spoken language in Vephrall is the native language, Vephra. 94.6% of the population claim to speak it fluently. English is the second most commonly spoken language, spoken by 81.6%. Most major newspapers print in both Vephra and English regularly. Vephrall's other major languages include Arabic (8.2%) and Welsh (2.3%), brought to Vephrall by Bettian and Nedalian immigrants. In addition, nearly one percent of the population is fluent in Pacitalian.

The modern Vephra language vaguely resembles the language spoken by the Entruuga in the tribal ages, but is also strongly influenced by the language of the Lobariks.

To pluralize a noun:

  • If it ends in y, simply add t.
  • If it ends in a vowel other than y, double that vowel and add t.
    • If it ends in a vowel that is already doubled, just add t.
  • If it ends in a consonant, double that consonant and add et.
    • If it ends in a consonant that is already doubled, just add et.

To transform a noun into an adjective, the general rule is to add er. In some words, letters at the end may be dropped prior to the suffix; alternatively, ending consonants might be doubled. A few words even involve vowel changes. There are no hard and fast rules regarding this; it is all done on a word-by-word basis.

Sports

As in many other Atlantian Oceania nations, football is one of the most popular sports in Vephrall. The first major competition, the Vephraller Kustriin e Foutbill (VKF, "Vephrese Cup of Football") first took place in 1595 as a competition between clubs formed in the nation's first five cities. As more cities and football clubs sprang up, the need for organization became apparent, and in 1607 the Vephraller Foutbiller Restritris (VFR, "Vephrese Football Association") was formed to oversee the sport. The first annual league competition, the Vephraller Tririsec e Foutbill (VTF, "Vephrese League of Football") began play in 1610 with fourteen member clubs. As of 1734, the VTF now consists of 198 clubs in ten divisions.

Communications

Telephone

Telephone numbers in Vephrall are ten digits long. The first three digits comprise the area code, with the remaining seven digits generally being assigned in chronological order within an area code. Area codes are generally assigned to large metropolitan areas or portions of states (or, in rare cases, entire states). The telephone numbering system was only recently standardized nationwide (in 1728) and many numbers are comprised in part of vestiges of the pre-1728 systems.

List of area codes

Area codes are listed in order by time required to dial (telephones in Vephrall are exclusively rotary). The original seventeen area codes were chosen so that more highly populated regions would take less time to dial. All area codes were in the original 1728 plan unless otherwise stated.

  • 101 – central Bektys (Meice)
  • 102 – city of Speilers
  • 201 – central Shentarong (Knolees/Gloem)
  • 103 – southern Shentarong (Tuffir)
  • 202 – east central Riestre (Moje)
  • 301 – western Sumbobor
  • 104 – Calamen
  • 203 – northern Bektys
  • 302 – Salle
  • 401 – southern Riestre
  • 105 – Seibeng
  • 204 – Darnai
  • 303 – Dettune
  • 402 – western/eastern Shentarong, including Nenbondle
  • 501 – Baseng
  • 106 – eastern Sumbobor (except Speilers) – split from 102 in 1738
  • 205 – southeast Bektys – split from 101 in 1738
  • 304 – Till
  • 502 – northern Riestre (Dostey/Siellal/Taeschand) – split from 202 in 1738
  • 601 – Northern Territory

International calls

To reach a Vephrese phone line from outside the country, one must first dial Vephrall's country code, which is 941.

Television

The first commercial television broadcast in Vephrall, Vephraller Televisios, began broadcasting to the city of Meice on 16 March 1733, and over the next three years television caught like wildfire throughout the nation. As of December 1735, there are three major television networks in the country:

Vephraller Televisios (VTV) 
Originally broadcast on channel 1 in Meice
Tociast e Vephrall (TeV) 
Translates as "Sight of Vephrall", Originally broadcast on channel 2 in Meice
Miixe Televisier Netwaark (MTN) 
Originally known as TeleSpeilers and broadcast on channel 1 in Speilers

VTV is the most widely available network, broadcasting in ten of Vephrall's eleven markets nationwide. TeV is available in six markets, including the Dostey area not covered by VTV. MTN is currently available only in the Meice-Speilers-Misedos and Solonds markets.

Markets

Here is a listing of Vephrall's eleven television markets and on what channels the three major networks are located in each market. Because some markets overlap, it is sometimes possible to receive the same network on multiple channels in certain locations. Channel numbers are assigned so that in no location do two stations attempt to broadcast on the same channel.

Market Name VTV TeV MTN
Fenstus 2
Netlas-Alloles 3 4
Meice-Speilers-Misedos 1 2 5
Flaarickug-Mersira 7 6
Gloem-Tuffir-Cenany 3 4
Knolees-Penuls 9
Solonds 2 1 5
Fekliir-Munturet 6
Pallona 3
Moje-Siellal 1
Dostey 2

Transportation

All Vephrese cities with populations over 5,000 are linked by the National Road System. This system consists of a total of 44 routes, numbered mostly in chronological order based on their dates of designation. Exceptions to this rule are National Roads 41, 43, and 45, which are numbered as extensions of the highway system in Kura-Pelland, where they carry the numbers A41, A43, and A45 respectively. No numbers greater than 45 are currently in use (nor is the number 44).

A recent addition to Vephrall's numbered highway network is a series of secondary routes that provide some of the less important connections between cities and serve the unincorporated communities in the north. These have three-digit numbers in the range of 100 through 219.

On 9 December 1735, Prime Minister Chezlot Taratchy announced that a plan for a motorway system in Vephrall, similar to that in neighboring Kura-Pelland, had been in development for several months. The original plan called for approximately 2,000 kilometers of motorway, all on new right-of-way, but throughout 1735, this plan was revised and expanded to upgrade existing roadways as much as possible, provide access to most areas of the nation, and add a second motorway route to Kura-Pelland. The version of the plan released by Taratchy includes a total of about 4,100 kilometers of motorway. Taratchy has set a goal of 1743 for completion of the system. The motorways have been given three-digit numbers beginning with 4, the last two digits of which are usually those of the route that the motorway has replaced or supplemented. On 4 February 1739, the Prime Minister officially cut the ceremonial ribbon at the interchange of Highways 401 and 122 (and, in the future, 431), officially completing an uninterrupted motorway route from the Vephrese capital to the Kura-Pelland border via Highways 401, 413, and 427.

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Main articles: Atlantian Oceania, AO QuickInfo
Nation pages: 95X, Acarionne, Amarenthe, Atheistic Right, Az-cz, Bazalonia, Bettia, Bostopia, Chacor, Crystilakere, Delesa, Demot, Falcania, Fmjphoenix, Geisenfried, Hypocria, Iizaarland, Khazaron, Kura-Pelland, Lamoni, Lontorika, Manhattan Prime, Maraque, Milchama, Morgrugyn, Nedalia, New Montreal States, Nojika, Northern Bettia, Nova Britannicus, NSWC Signups, Oliverry, Pacitalia, Quakmybush, Sarzonia, Schiavonia, Spruitland, Starblaydia, Tempalhiyon, The Islands of Qutar, The Lowland Clans, Turori, Ubundi, Unified Capitalizt States, Vephrall, Vilita, Walsallia, Western Afghanistan, Wulaishen
Regional info: Atlantian Oceania Regional Defence Organisation, Atlantian Oceania Regional Free Trade Organisation, Atlantian Oceania UN Voting, Lake Bekk, Major airports in Atlantian Oceania
Sports-related: AO Bowl, AO Champions League, Atlantian Oceania Cup of Association Football (AOCAF)
For more information or to see non-listed pages, please see Category:Atlantian Oceania.