Edrea

Edrea (/ɛdˈriːjʌ/ ED-REE-AH, Edrean/Swedish: /ɛdre:a/), officially the Principality of Edrea, is a constitutional principality located in Northern Europe around the Baltic Sea. Edrea is located in the temperate climate and is covered with taiga. The country's population is over 16 million people. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm; other major urban areas include Åbo, Visby, Uppsala and Umeå.

Edrea has been ruled by both Sweden and Russia during their history, but in 1916 Edrea declared its independence.

In the end of 20th century, Economy of Edrea has raised much and has world's 11th best GDP per capita. Edrea is one of the most developed countries in the world with a very high standard of living sustained by a skilled and productive society. It sustains a social security and universal health care system, environmental protection and a tuition-free university education.

Edrea is a member of the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the European Union, the Nordic Council and it's one of the founders of the Northern Economic Union along Finnorus Federation.

Etymology
The name Edrea originates from the national hero Edvard Kronberg 's name who fought for the freedom of Edrea during the 1830's when the first Edrean uprising occurred.

History
The History of Edrea stretches back to the Viking Age when the Vikings brought Slavic people from Russia back to Sweden. The Slavs were used as slaves back at the farms in Sweden.

In the 1300's slavery was abolished in Sweden and the Slavs (still seen as trash by the ordinary people) developed their own culture and their own language besides the Swedish ones. They later formed the cities of Stockholm, Umeå and Åbo as free-zones for the oppressed people.

In the Swedish-Russian War many Slavs from Sweden were forced to fight for the Swedes. It resulted in starvation and death amongst the Slavs. Many Slavs switched side during the war and fought for the Russians instead.

The first Edrean Uprising
Fast forward to 1828 and the "Stockholm Act" is signed. It states that all Slavs living in the mainly Slavic areas were forced to move out to the countryside, this was met with mass-protests by the Slavs who refused and on the 13th of November 1830, the Slavs took total control over the city of Stockholm and managed to kidnap Swedish officers which were taken as hostage. The Swedish parliament, afraid of the Slavs getting too powerful, then decided to remove the Stockholm Act at the 5th of February 1831.

It was during this conflict that the Swedish-Slavic farmer Edvard Kronberg managed to leak Swedish information to the Slavs who later could surprise the Swedish army when they planned to attack. He's also famous for dressing up as a Swedish soldier, going to one of the Swedish bases and kidnapping officers. He is today seen as a national hero and the Swedish-Slavs got their name from him; Edreans. The whole conflict ended at February the 7th 1831.

World War I
Sweden decides to support the central powers in WWI, leading to hundred thousands of deaths. Once again, the Edrean population suffers even harder, they don't have the right to vote, they don't get any food and 95% of their men is gone fighting for the Swedes. This lead to more than 60,000 Edreans migrating to Russia and small uprisings and riots breaking out every other day. Edvard Kronberg is dead since a long time back. On the day celebrating Edrean control over Stockholm, a guy named Peter Sjobeska stands up on Stortorget in Stockholm and declares an independent Edrea. He claims all the land the Swedes had “stolen” from them and the areas with a majority of Edreans living in it. Two days later a government is formed.

The Swedish Government is not too happy about the declaration of independence, they are now having nearly all of their troops down in Germany so they answer with 10,000 men, who easily got crushed by the Edreans. Edrea got internationally recognised really fast and fought for the Allies in the remainder of WWI.

World War II & The Cold War
Edrea managed to stay neutral during WWII but supported the Allies with resources and weapons. But WWII still damages the people in the still undeveloped Edrea who got to starve during the whole period of time.

When the war finally ended Edrea got American aid to build up the country.

Edrea sided with the west in the Cold War and hosted many military practices after joining NATO in 1953. Although supporting America, Edrea still came along well with their Slavic ancestors and was the only NATO-member to have good relations with the Soviets and during the 60's, the communist party of Edrea was the second biggest party. Edrea was also one of the few western countries competing the the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

Geography
Edrea is located in Northern Europe, around the Baltic Sea. It's 61th largest country in the world. The country's total area is 365354.181 square kilometers. The highest point of Edrea is Norra Sytertoppen, located in Västerbotten.

Climate
Edrea belongs to the temperate zone, so the country has all seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter. During winter, temperatures falls at -5°C to -20°C and in summer, it rises up to 19°C or 27°C. The climate is suitable for cereal farming are the best in the southernmost regions.

Politics
The Head of the State is the Prince, the Head of Government is the Prime Minister and The Head of Congress is Chairman. Edrea is a member of the European Union which is an economical and political union.

Riksdagen
The parliament of Edrea is one of the main bodies in Edrea's political system. The parliament votes and proposes laws, votes on the national budget and is the body with the responsibility of keeping democracy in Edrea.The parliament is directly elected by the people on a national level and they are elected for a four-year term. The speaker of the Riksdag is from the biggest party.

The Prime Minister and the Government
You do not vote directly on the PM, but the biggest party's leader is asked by the speaker of the Riksdag if he/she wants to be the Prime Minister of Edrea. If he/she accepts, he/she will form a government, alone or in a coalition. The Prime Minister gets to decide who gets to be in the government. The current PM is Håkan Vitjslav; he took office after the latest election in 2015 as the new leader of the Centre Party (C).

Edrean Counties (Län)
Edrea is divided into 14 läns, of which two are autonomous. The läns are responsible for certain tasks and missions such as public transport and culture. All läns are further subdivided into municipalities (kommuner) who takes care of the roads, elderly care, health and environment, urban planning and other local issues.



Media
Edrea's press has been rated one of the freest in the world according to the Press Freedom Index. Today, there are around 650 active newspapers and 200 radio channels. The major broadcaster in Edrea is Edreas Nationella Mediastation (ENMs). Another popular broadcaster is TV4 which is broadcast in neighbouring Sweden as well.

Each year, around 52,000 books are published and 29 million records are sold. Edrea currently has two major "national" newspapers: Edreanen and Dagens Nyheter.

Population
As of 2017, Edrea has and estimate of 16,236,000 inhabitants. The distribution of the population is widely uneven. The most densely populated areas are the urban areas of Stockholm, Göteborg and Åbo.

Religions
Edrea has no official state religion. The largest religion in Edrea is Christianity with supporters of 67%. 80% of Christians are Lutherans, 20% Orthodox and 10% are Catholic. 29.5% of the population is non-religious. 0.7% of the population are Jewish and 2.8% are Muslims.

Languages
The official languages of Edrea are Edrean and Swedish. 81.2% of the population uses Edrean as mother tongue and about 13.6% uses Swedish, mainly in the south. The different Sami languages and Finnish are official minority languages with about 1.1% of the total population speaking it.

Flag
The Edrean flag consists of a blue background with one white and one yellow Nordic cross.

The blue stands for the sky and for the water separating the country. The white stands for peace and equality. The gold stands for the golden grains of Edrea and the sun.

Realations with other nations.
With countries:
 * Finnorus Federation - trade and military

Alliances: Pending:
 * Geronian Confederation - trade and military
 * Kronalea - trade
 * Kingdom of Inkami - trade and military
 * Canavia - trade and military
 * European Lviv Pact
 * Nordic Economic Union
 * United North Union

Edrea in other languages:
Edrea in other languages: (Add what you know) Edrea in Official Nation languages: (Add you own ON language)
 * Bavarian: Édrin
 * Danish: Edrea
 * Dutch: Edunie
 * English: Edrea
 * French: Édrée
 * Greek: Εδρέα
 * Italian: Ederona
 * Latvian: Edreija
 * Lithuanian: Edrėja
 * Norwegian: Edrea
 * Poland: Erania
 * Spanish: Edréa
 * Swedish: Edrea
 * German: Edrien
 * Alexandrian: Édriling, Kinèkrišk fof Édriling
 * Edrean: Edrea
 * Näspish: Redvendo
 * Finnorussian.: Увкуф
 * Canavian: Edrea, kongdom av Edrea
 * Svenskan: Edåréä, Rike älf Edåréä
 * (American) Perrystonic: Ehdrehneschtlund
 * Inkamian: Edrenško
 * Trondjamtish: Edeerena
 * Fyorrian: Edriea
 * Vladimirastokan: Ėᴆяisʞa, 𐌐яiиć sʞi π ał Ėᴆяisʞa