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Vedena

 * Government: Vedea is a Trade Republic.
 * Governor (Leader of the Council): Vihren Dvorkin (1012AD-1021AD), Vojteh Vassiliev (1021AD-1028AD), Czeslaw Kruhlak (1028AD-nowadays). Elected by adult male landowners every 6-10 years.
 * Parliament: the Council, which consists of three major factions with their own goals
 * Merchants: 432. Stand for decreasing the bureaucracy and merchant taxes, and creating trade unions with the other countries.
 * Nobility: 276. Stand for the further stratification of society and developing the feudal system.
 * Romans: 68. Stand for a complete dissolvement of current traditions and religion and support "relatinisation". Currently, the fastest-growing faction in the Council.
 * "Librarians": 95. Stand for increased patronage of arts and science.
 * Economy: mostly based on logging, agriculture, and trade.
 * Capital: Lutsk
 * Demographics (including occupied territories): 3'483k people
 * Rural areas:~2'471k.
 * Urban areas: 1012k; 29% live in urban areas.
 * Lutsk (and the nearest territories across it): 302k.
 * Other (population over 1'000): 710k.
 * Culture: 84% are Vedean, 10% are Romans, 6% is the rest
 * Religion: 78% are Judaist/Christians, 15% are Roman pagans, 7% are the rest beliefs.
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Military:
 * Feudal armies: the sizes of feudal and mercenary armies are growing stable as a result of the gradual development of the feudal system.
 * Disbanding of the religious orders: Due to the failed 1021 coup of the Council by the Religious faction, the religious orders, in addition to the faction as a whole, have been banned since then. Thus, the military might is not as big as before.
 * Army size: ~40,000.
 * Events:
 * Rise of trade: the amount of internal and foreign trade has slightly increased during the last decades. The trade influence of Vedena in the region is also increasing as quickly as never before. In addition, huge faires are held every year in big trade centres such as Lutsk and L'viv. On the other hand, the instabiliy caused by the coup still shatters the system.
 * the 1021 Coup: Although Vedena is a very decentralised state, Lutsk still plays a major role in the life of every Vedean. The Council of Vedena in Lutsk, or just the Council, is the main political body in the state of Vedena. It is responsible for legislation processes and solving countrywide issues. The Council is divided among a few major factions. The most influential back then were the Merhants, the Religous, and the Nobility. Each faction has a certain goal. As for the Religious faction, they wanted to inrease the role of church in the state and everyday life. For instance, in 1002AD, they banned a few pagan religions. Through the time, they had been aggressively enacting different laws strenghtening the power of the christian church. On the other hand, the Religious encountered a lot of problems too: the other factions in the Council and in the local coucils too began declining proposals of the Religious faction; in public life, the priests were told to be evil and powerhungry. So, in 1021AD, Vihren Dvorkin, a former leader of the Council, who sympathised with the Religious, staged a coup and banned the other factions. A few hours later, the feudals and merhants with combined forces opposed the rule of religious military orders, and stormed the Council. After a long battle for Lutsk, the Religious were defeated and the stagers were publically executed. Soon, the Religious was banned as a faction and Vihren Dvorkin was replaced with Vojteh Vasiliev, a famous merchant of L'viv. A lot of instability has been caused that still crumbles Vedena to this day.
 * the Romans: since the 1021 Coup, the role of Christianity in society has been quiestioned. Many people rejected it, arguing "it almost destroyed Vedena we knew back then". Thus, they began looking forward to the ancient Roman culture and traditions. They adopted its pagan cults, aesthetics, and language. The Romans, a new faction in the Counil, stand for promoting ancient culture of the Roman Empire and "relatinisation". In additiln, they heavily oppose Christianity.