Almania

The Almanian Empire (German: Alemannisches Reich), commonly known as Almania (German: Alemannien) is a located in Northeastern Europe. Bordered by the to the west, the  and  to the north,,  and  to the south and ,  and  to the south, Almania shares borderes with 8 nations. The country is considered an, with the Kaiser holding the executive and most of the juridical power. Almania is divided into 12, or provinces.

The history of Almania begins in 1806, when transformed into the Almanian Empire, with the leader of the anti-Prussian revolt, Eduard-Wilhelm Sreiche, being crowned Kaiser Wilhelm I. After several failed attempts to regain control over Almania, Prussia conceded ad signed the Treaty of Königsberg, recognizing the separatist region as a souvreign state. However, in 1830, following Wilhelm I's death, the Russian Empire invaded Almania, and annexed it as the Kingdom of Almania, an of Russia. However, on May 11th, 1848, Wilhelm I's cousin, Eduard, started an uprising against the Russian rule. After a bloody war of independence, lasting for over 6 years, Russia withrew from Almania, recognizing it as a souvreign state in 1854. In the following years, Almania became a prosperitous nation, gaining colonies in Africa in the 1860s. However, relations with Prussia, now transformed into the worsened, resulting in the Second Prusso-Almanian war, lasting for over 8 years. The war resulted in a, which led to the Treaty of Berlin, in which Almania recognized Prussia as the North German Confederation.

In, Almania sided with the , fighting alongside the , and. However, the war did not result in Almania archieving most of it's goals. Nevertheless, Almania initially stayed neutral in, but after it became invaded by  forces, in joined the. After standing against the North German invasion, the Almanian forces counterattaked and captured by 1943, thus ending World War II. Almania joined in 1949, and it was one of the founders of the.

Government
The Almanian Empire is officially an. Although the Reichstag, the Almanian imperial, has the and some  powers, most of the  and the  power lies by the Kaiser. The Chancellor of Almania, currently Sebastiann Webel, is appointed by the Kaiser. The Government of Almania is usually appointed by the Chancellor, however, it can be changed or dismissed by the Kaiser.

Politics
The politics of Almania are largely dominated by two political parties: The Conservatives (German: Die Konservative) and the Democratic Union (German: Demokratenbund). The Conservatives often have been described as the 'Ruling Party' of Almania, while the Democratic Union often fit the description of 'Opposition Party'.

Legislature
The legislature of Almania is the Reichstag. The Reichstag is a divided in the Ritterkamer (Upper House; Chamber of Knights) and in the Bundskamer (Lower House; Federal Chamber). 84 knights take seat in the Ritterkamer, while 136 deputees take seat in the Bundskamer.

Military
The Almanian Army, Almanian Navy, Almanian Air Force and Almanian Military Police collectively form the Almanian Armed Forces, under the direct command of the National War Council, presided over by the Kaiser.The Alminian military is based on. In 2017, the Vandaysian military had 725,825 personnel on active duty, of which 200,047 were Military Police. Total Almanian military spending in 2017 ranked fourth in the world, standing at $69.9 billion, equal to 4.8% of national GDP.

Air Travel
The national airline and flag carrier of Almania is Adler. The main hub of Adler is Königsberg Kaiser Eduard Airport (KAE). Other hubs of Adler are Warschau Friedrich Chopin Airport (WFC), Danzig Airport (DAZ) and Riga International Airport (RIX).

Culture
Almania has a multicultural, multilingual and multi-ethnic society. Each ethnic group has its own art, architecture and housing, cuisine, traditional dress, festivals, music, dance, tradition, ritual, myths, philosophy of life, and language. Almania currently holds 6 items of UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Almania has experienced lots of German influence throughout it's history, making German the sole official language in the Empire. However, the nation has 9 recognized regional languages, which include Polish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithaunian, Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Hungarian and Romanian. After German, Polish is the most spoken language in Almania.

Sport
The most popular sport in the country is football, while basketball and field hockey are the 2nd and the 3rd most popular sports.

The national team of Almania was founded in 1900.

Media
Most of the media corporations in Almania are state-funded, although there are some popular private broadcasters.

Television
The main broadcaster of Almania is the Imperial Almanian Broadcasting Corporation (German: Kaiserliches Alemannisches Funkgesellschaft), also known as KAF. Popular channels of KAF are KAF-1, KAF-2 and KAF-3. Other broadcasters are the Independent Broadcasting Corporation (German: Unabhängiges Funkgesellschaft), also known as UF and Polish Almanian Broadcaster (Polish: Polski Almanowski Nadawca), also known as PAN.

Public holidays
Almania observes holidays derived from events in Almanian history and Christian traditions.

Freedom Day celebrates the anniversary of the beginning of the Almanian War of Independence against the Russian Empire. It is generally celebrated by parades throughout the day and the shooting of fireworks at night. Black and gold, the national colors, are often seen throughout the day.

Nationally recognized holidays are as follows: