Sacrania

Sacrania (Sacranian: Sacrania), officially the Kingdom of Sacrania (Sacranian: Regno di Sacrania) is a country in Southern Europe. Sacrania covers an area of 381,478 km² (147,289 sq mi) and has a largely temperate climate; due to its shape, it is often referred to in Sacrania as lo Stivale (the Boot). With 71 million inhabitants, it is the 2nd most populous EU member state. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Sacrania shares open land borders with Francia, Switzerland, Austeria and Slovenia.

Since ancient times, Greek, Etruscan, Celtic, and other cultures have thrived on the Sacranian Peninsula. Rome ultimately emerged as the dominant power, conquering much of the ancient world and becoming the leading cultural, political, and religious centre of Western civilisation. During the Dark Ages, the region suffered sociopolitical collapse amid calamitious barbarian invasions, but by the 11th century, numerous rival Peninsular city-states and maritime republics rose to great propserity through shipping, commerce, and banking, and even laid the groundwork for capitalism on the northern part of the Sacranian Peninsula. These independent city-states and regional republics, acting as Europe's main port of entry for Asian and Near Eastern imported goods, often enjoyed a greater degree of democracy in comparison to the monarchies and feudal states found throughout Europe at the time. There was one exception: a country centered around Turin, bordering nowadays Francia, the Kingdom of Sacrania. Southern Sacrania was in a similar state too: they remained largely feudal until the 16th century, partially as a result of a succession of Spanish