Vestmont

Vestmont (Vestmontese: Vestmònt), officially the Republic of Vestmont (Vestmontese: Repùblic Federàl d' Vestmònt) is a federal republic located in Europe. The country borders France to the north, Spain, Galicia, and Portugal to the southwest. Covering over 247,000 square kilometers, Vestmont occupies the eleventh place of biggest countries in Europe, behind Italy and over the United Kingdom, and it occupies the eighty-first place behind Uganda and over Ghana. With a population of 17,826,533, Vestmont is the eleventh country with most populaiton in Europe, over Kazakhstan and behind Romania, and is the sixty-fourth country in the world, over Kazakhstan and behind Mali. It is also the country with the most Vestmontese-speakers in the world. Vestmont is a federation composed of 25 provinces and a capital district.

When it first got independence, it was from the Post-Fesirian Sicily, around the year of 50 B.C. In 217 A.D, Roma-Italia annexed Vestmont after the Roman-Vestmonese War, which lasted 6 years. The Roman-Latin Language was introduced to Vestmont and merged with the native tongues. During the next 500 years, the Vestmontese tongues were already latinized and the Vestmontese language we know today was formed. In 722 A.D, the Vestmontese-Roman general, Matéu Arnàt and his closest friend, Francésc Vàsc, declared the independence of Vestmont and managed to get an army of around 20,000 soldiers, defeating the Romans in the Battle of Barkinṓn (name that the Romans gave Arnat). After the death of Matéu Arnàt and Francésc Vàsc, the High Democrat Berní Salvaciò changed the name of the city of Barkinṓn to Arnàt and the largest city in that moment from Bromantia to Ída Vàsc.

Until 1701, when Màrc Falçò became President of the Republic, he decided to name himself King of Vestmont and to declare the Elective Monarchy of Vestmont. He died in 1758 during the Battle of Carcaçòns and a new king was elected, Joàn Jusép Òr, who decided to revert back to the Republic. In 1898, Víctor Cardénts was elected as President, and he started a dictatorship that continued until 1924, when it was overthrown by Cerdér dlas' Fontàins. Since 1924, the Third Republic of Vestmont has been governing the lands of Vestmont.

Etymology and Pronunciation
In the 1st Article of the Consitution, it dictates that the name Vestmont derivates from the 2 ancient words "Basacata" and "Morgtacors". The first word means "west", while the second one means "mountain" or "mountains". Both words were latinized by the Romans during the third to the eight century. During the latinization process, "Basacata" was changed to "Vest" and "Morgtacors" to "Mont".

In English, "Vestmont" is ussually pronounced /vᵻstˈmɒnt/, in Vestmonese /vɛstˈmɔnt/, and in Spanish /βest.mont/.

Sicilian Dominance
Vestmont was discovered by a group of Sicilian explorers that were led by Vartli Dors around the year of 350 B.C. Although it was already inhabited, the Sicilians brought the real civilization to Vestmont. The first port built was the city of Barkinṓn.

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