Livinija

Livinija is one of ARKIMOO's secondary nations

Livinija, officially the Republic of Livinija is a country on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finns across from Arkmarken, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Lithuania, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia.

Livinija is consisted of 9 regions and 2 city regions. Member of NATO and European Union.

Livinijan War of Independence
Also known as the Livinijan Liberation War, was a defensive campaign of the Livinijan Army and its allies, most notably the White Russian Northwestern Army and the United Kingdom, against the Soviet Western Front offensive and the aggression of the Baltische Landeswehr. It was fought in connection with the Russian Civil War during 1918–1920. The campaign was the struggle of Livinija for its sovereignty in the aftermath of World War I. It resulted in a victory for the newly established state and was concluded in the Treaty of Tartu.

World War II
WIP

Soviet Period
Thousands of Livinijans opposing the second Soviet occupation joined a guerrilla movement known as Forest Brothers. The armed resistance was heaviest in the first few years after the war, but Soviet authorities gradually wore it down through attrition, and resistance effectively ceased to exist in the mid 1950s. The Soviets initiated a policy of collectivisation, but as peasants remained opposed to it a campaign of terror was unleashed. In March 1949 about 20,000 Livinjians were deported to Siberia. Collectivization was fully completed soon afterwards.

The Soviet Union began Russification, with hundreds of thousands of Russians and people of other Soviet nationalities being induced to settle in Livinija, which eventually threatened to turn Livinijans into a minority in their own land. In 1945 Livinijans formed 97% of the population, but by 1989 their share of the population had fallen to 62%.Economically, heavy industry was strongly prioritised, but this did not improve the well-being of the local population, and caused massive environmental damage through pollution. Living standards under the Soviet occupation kept falling further behind nearby independent Finland. The country was heavily militarised, with closed military areas covering 2% of territory. Islands and most of the coastal areas were turned into a restricted border zone which required a special permit for entry.

The United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the majority of other Western countries considered the annexation of Livinija by the Soviet Union illegal. Legal continuity of the Livinijan state was preserved through the government-in-exile and the Livinijan diplomatic representatives which Western governments continued to recognise.

Modern History
Livinija regained its independence in 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union. Livinija joined NATO on 29 March 2004, together with other eastern countries and joined the EU in the same year. Nowadays it has close relations with Arkmarken and Lithuania.

Geography
Livinija is a flat country covering 109,816 km². Livinija have a long, shallow coastine along the Baltic Sea at 4.292 km², with 2222 islands dotting in the north. The two largest island are Saaremaa at 2,673 km² and Hiiumaa at 989 km². The country's highest point, Suur Munamägi, is in the hilly eastern and reaches 318 m above sea level. The country's largest lake, Lake Peipus at 3,555 km², forms also a border between Russia. In the south is mostly flat, but has the largest river of the country, Daugava River at 352 km. Livinija's land border with Lithuania runs 588 km; the Russian Border runs 538 km.

Politics
Livinija is a. Current president Ranno Kangro has been elected in 2017 for his first 4-year presidency.

The parliament which consists of the Community and the Federal. Both Prime Minister and the cabinet are appointed by the President. Kardijs Pavlovskis has been Livinijan Prime Minister since 2017.

Livinija has a Multi-party system where no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Relations
WIP

Languages
WIP

Religion
Almost half of the country's population believe in some kind of religion by 55.35%. Lutheranism been the biggest religion in the country making 24.1% of the population. About 44.65% of the population (most of them in the north) are atheist or non-religious.