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Most Serene Republic of Vedena

 * Government: Vedena is a Republic.
 * Governor (Leader of the Council): Bronislav Jovanovi (1198-1212), Vadim Husa (1212-nowadays). Elected by adult male landowners every 6-10 years.
 * Parliament: the Council, which consists of four major factions with their own goals
 * Christian merchants: 154. Stand for decreasing the bureaucracy and merchant taxes, and creating trade unions with the other countries.
 * Romans: 121. Stand for the Third Rome idea. (L'viv coalition)
 * Judaist merchants: 91. 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)
 * Nobility (Gentry): 76. Stand for the further stratification of society and developing the feudal system. (Povernentsi coalition)
 * "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.
 * Spreading trade like a plague: the trade unions of the Judaist Merchants are spreading outside the lands of Vedena, mostly in the major cities of Inkeri and Tuvan (Mongol) Empire, competing with the local traders. The advantage of Vedenian traders is over a thousand years of traditions and experience transferred from their ancestors and ties all across Europe made through centuries of trade.
 * Capitals: Lutsk and Chernobyl
 * Demographics (including occupied territories): 2'765k people
 * Rural areas:~2345k.
 * Urban areas: 420k; 15,2% live in urban areas.
 * Lutsk (and the nearest territories across it): 153k.
 * L'viv: 51k
 * Other (population over 2'500): 216k.
 * Culture: 53% are Vedean, 16% are Romans, 7% are Ost-Riken, 24% is the rest
 * Religion: 61% are Christians (17% are Orthodox, 13% are Catholic, 31% are local churches), 12% are Judaist, 8% are Roman pagans, 19% 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 put our differences down and act as a single entity, with a single heart, legs, hands, and head.
 * Avanland: we join the side of Avanland and march on the eastern possessions of the Kingdom of Prussia.
 * 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: ~56'000 (at high expense)
 * 36'000 are sent to Prussia.
 * 20'000 are in the East to protect the borders.
 * Events:
 * The Great Fire of Chernobyl: on the 23rd July 1214, a fire occurred in a local bakery in Chernobyl. The locals could not put out the fire and it spread all across the city, burning every wooden building standing on its way. A lot of local nobility and commoners could not escape the vigilante flames. Thus, in less than a few days, the great city of Chernobyl, its influence and legacy, have been completely wiped out of Earth. It was a mere coincidence. Wasn't it? There is a conspiracy theory among the members of the Romans and the Nobility faction that this fire was not just a coincidence, but a well-deliberate action made by the merchants of Lutsk to get the full access of the region and take over it completely. First of all, since the Sidewinter, the wooden walls and buildings of Lutsk have been being replaced with the stone ones. What's more, the tensions between Chernobyl and Lutsk were peaking as high as never before, and there was a fear that it could turn into a full-scale resistance.
 * 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 the World has never seen.
 * New times: We are all Vedenians. No matter where you have been born - in Lutsk, Volodymyr, L'viv or Young Volyn' (Young Volyn' is the name of brand-new acquired territory whereas Old Volyn' is Vedena) - you are still a part of us, Vedenians. We may not share common language, religion, but we share a common idea - the idea of originality and respecting traditions. This is what we have in common. It is time to rise up and destroy the enemies of our identity and shared ideas.
 * Tensions in the Council: the fire of Chernobyl caused the factions of Judaist merchants and Nobility to unite even closer to defend against the common enemy. On the other hand, the formerly leading Romans faction is declining and the Christians Merchants are to replace them. Such a power vacuum is quite noticed from the inside and outside and it is very unclear what will happen next.
 * 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.