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Most Serene Republic of Vedena and Chernobyl

 * Government: Vedena is a Republic.
 * Governor (Leader of the Council): Bronislav Jovanovi (1198-nowadays). Elected by adult male landowners every 6-10 years.
 * Parliament: the Council, which consists of four major factions with their own goals
 * Romans: 135. Stand for the Third Rome idea. (L'viv coalition)
 * Christian merchants: 121. Stand for decreasing the bureaucracy and merchant taxes, and creating trade unions with the other countries.
 * Nobility (Gentry): 83. Stand for the further stratification of society and developing the feudal system. (Povernentsi coalition)
 * Judaist merchants: 56. Stand for increasing the tariffs for the foreign merchants and aggressive approach in trade. In addition, they combat the idea of trade unions. (Povernentsi coalition)
 * Chernobyl': 43. Stand for status-quo of Chernobyl position in the commonwealth.
 * "Librarians": 22. Stand for increased patronage of arts and science.
 * Economy: mostly based on logging, agriculture, and trade.
 * Trade unions: the traders of Lutsk, L'viv, and other major centres run merchant guilds in each of the cities in order to maintain the influence of their factions in the Council and public life in general, promote their cause and protect the conditions of merchants. On the other hand, Judaist merchants oppose the creation of trade unions.
 * The Great Wall of Vedena: the Great Wall of Vedena is a series of walls all across the empire. First of all, this is the new wall of Lutsk, improved and modernised to keep up with the modern weapons. In addition, the walls of Chernobyl, L'viv and other major centres have been upgraded too. Same goes for the old Vedena Wall which was built centuries ago but is decaying now - it is time to revisit this structure too. Despite the extremely high costs, it must worth it in the future.
 * Capitals: Lutsk and Chernobyl
 * Demographics (including occupied territories): 2'750k people
 * Rural areas:~2314k.
 * Urban areas: 436k; 15,8% live in urban areas.
 * Lutsk (and the nearest territories across it): 143k.
 * L'viv: 54k
 * Chernobyl: 38k
 * Other (population over 2'500): 201k.
 * Culture: 47% are Vedean, 19% are Romans, 10% are Ost-Riken, 25% is the rest
 * Religion: 60% are Christians (17% are Orthodox, 13% are Catholic, 30% are local churches), 11% are Judaist, 9% are Roman pagans, 20% are the rest beliefs.
 * Wars and Conflicts: peace :3
 * Diplomacy:
 * Inkeri, Svearike, Kiev, Rostov: The Horseman of Conquest will never be satisfied. It is time to out our differences down and act as a single entity, with a single heart, legs, hands, and head.
 * Military:
 * Feudal armies: the sizes of feudal and mercenary armies are growing stable as a result of the gradual development of the feudal system.
 * Army size: ~50'000 (at high expense)
 * Events:
 * Chernobyl the abandoned city: since Chernobyl and Lutsk merged, it had become clear that the newly created commonwealth was not going to stay as decentralised. The centre of power, economy, trade, art, and science has shifted slightly towards Lutsk and L'viv, leaving the previously prosperous Chernobyl in quite a bad position. Although the local gentry is disappointed with the current state of affairs, there is nothing they can do. It seems Chernobyl get the "abandoned city" call.
 * Vedenian art: artists of Vedena explore new topics, style, and ideas. The formerly "Roman art" has "expired" and is considered as quite stale for many. Instead, it has become new tendency to mix the different (or even the opposites) in a single work of art; The most common style is combining local pagan and ancient aesthetics, bringing new shapes and images.
 * New times: "We are not Roman. We are not a nation of the God. But we are the people of the land that was given to us by our ancestors is what we need to take care of and respect. Let us not get divided even further but live together and flourish from mutual respect to each other", - the speech was given in the last gathering of The Council, declaring the end of the "Roman Times" and the beginning of a new era, an era of "Vedenians ourselves"
 * Tensions in the Council: it has become clear that the new times brought new issues. The former factions have become even more rivalrous to each other. The conflict between Judaist and Christian merchants still goes on. The Judaists are in quite a trembling state, thus they decided to acquire a new ally - the Nobility, which also loses power all across the empire.
 * Strangers from the East: because of the rising Tuvan threat, there is a vital need to improve the city walls and revisit the military institutions.