Avelly

Avelly officialy the Republic of Avelly  is a country on the south coast of Europe, it's situated along the Alps in the north and west and the Mediterranean sea in the south. Bordered by Italy in the south-east, Veneto in the east, Switzerland in the north and France in the west. It has a population of 15 Million people estimate. Avelly is a parliamentary republic divided into 14 administrative regions. It is a member of EU and NATO

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History
Avelly was first formed as a small city in the Roman Empire through the name Avellia, during the collapse of the Roman Empire the city survived and fought against the Germanic invaders.

Principality of Avelly
In 1025 the Principality of Avelly was formed with Aures Gisappius as King Aures I, their language as formed as an altered version of Latin from the former Roman Empire.

Adoption of Christianity
Avelly officialy adopted Christanity thanks to help of the Papal States in 1030, willing to leave behind the old Roman ways.

Union with Piedmont
Avelly got on well with the Italian states, more so with Piedmont as the king was half-Avellian, In 1417 Piedmont made a joint union with Avelly.

Annexation by the French Empire
It all went well until 1812 when the French Empire declared war on Piedmont-Avelly, the war raged on for 2 months until the French Empire took over the capital and the royal family was exiled in Britain, most of the country was annexed and Avelly was made as a client state of the French Empire.

Recovery
In 1865 the country recovered from turmoil caused by the first French Empire, although Garibaldi offered Avelly to become a region of Italy, they declined. Reform occurred, ditching the monarchy and set up a parliamentary republic. The first president being Alessandriem Inspositius.

First World War
Avelly joined the Allies in WW1 in 1915, when they won Avelly gained land from Italy.

Second World War
In 1938, President Dantum Vistus as concerned about the rise of fascism and nazism, especially from neighbouring Italy. In 1940 (the beginning of WW2) they joined the Axis powers as they didn't want to risk invasion from Italy, well that and more land. They changed sides for the Allies in 1943.

Cold War
In 1945 Marco Giatullian was elected as presidium, through his policies Avelly gained extra land and a willing ally: Veneto, he knew relations with Italy would be sour, he personally told Italian president Enrico De Nicola. ''"We cannot be enemies forever." ''De Nicola understood what he meant, Avelly joined the United Nations in 1947

Avelly joined the Non-Aligned Movement in 1964 as it declared itself neutral, Avelly was a close ally to Yugoslavia, not much happened throughout the Cold War only that Avelly defended Cyprus against the Turkish invasion in 1974. Avelly joined the EEC in 1981.

In 1989, the Presidium at the time; Andri Bianciun took part in the celebrations around Europe (even in Avelly) to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain.

The 1990s
During the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars, Avelly terminated it's membership with the NAM and it's alliance with former Yugoslavia in 1992 and joined the new European Union in 1998 and in 1999 in New Year's Eve every person in every country in Europe partied... hard after the countdown.

The 21st Century
Brushing off the Y2K crisis (they dismissed it as a bug anyway) they paved the way for the new millenium ahead of them. Reluctantly joining NATO in 2006.

When the debt crisis came to Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and eventually Veneto, Avelly did what it could to prevent the crisis from elevating further.

This is still being worked on, watch this space

Regions
Avelly is divided into 9 administrative regions which are officially name Regione Administria

Thank you SconesandTeaMapping for the High Quality region map!

Politics
Political parties in the Senatus and Parliamentium, leading party in bold The government is divided into the Senatus (130 seats) and the Parliamentium (418 seats).

Laws
The laws in Avelly as follows.
 * Abortion is legal for victims of rape, incest and medical reasons that would cause the death of the baby and/or mother. Abortions programs for inadvertent teenage pregnancy is also available.
 * Marijuana is legal for medical purposes of relieving pain during terminal illness and only available via prescription.
 * Gay relationship and marriage is legal (Homosexuality has never been criminalized.).
 * Open displays of affection between homosexuals is legal.
 * Adoption by homosexuals is legal as well but they have to take the same tests and procedures as everyone else.
 * Viewing of pornography is restricted to requiring a card which notifies you are 18 (This also stretches to online requiring to type in a 6-digit number on the card.).
 * Gun ownership is illegal and is only restricted to hunting, target shooting, collection and museum display (Nevertheless you have to be 21 years or over and pass a mental health and psychology test and require an ID.) (This is why crime rates are low ;D).
 * Drug trafficking is illegal and will be shut down (From 1984-1997 Avelly had it's own War on Drugs which involved a crackdown on ~995,000 drug dealers over the course of these years).
 * Firearms have to be stored in a secured locked storage container (Failure to do so will prove disastrous consequences.).
 * Grey importing vehicles is legal as long as the vehicle is at least 10 years old.
 * Although free speech is legal. Hate speech isn't and will be tolerated as verbal abuse if prolonged.