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Most Serene Republic of Vedena

 * Government: Vedena is a Republic.
 * Governor (Leader of the Council): Guido "Sidewinter" Mista (1110AD-nowadays). Elected by adult male landowners every 6-10 years.
 * Parliament: the Council, which consists of four major factions with their own goals
 * Romans: 378. Stand for a complete dissolution of current traditions and religion and support "relatinisation". Currently, the fastest-growing faction in the Council.
 * Christian merchants: 301. Stand for decreasing the bureaucracy and merchant taxes, and creating trade unions with the other countries.
 * Judaist merchants: 283. Stand for increasing the tariffs for the foreign merchants and aggressive approach in trade. In addition, they combat the idea of trade unions.
 * Nobility: 231. Stand for the further stratification of society and developing the feudal system.
 * "Librarians": 65. Stand for increased patronage of arts and science.
 * Economy: mostly based on logging, agriculture, and trade.
 * Advanced trade: the amount of internal and foreign trade has slightly increased during the last decades. The trade influence of Vedena in the region is as big as never before and it keeps growing. In addition, huge faires are held every year in big trade centres such as Lutsk and L'viv. The traders of Lutsk and L'viv expand their trade influence across the lands of Central Europe and Central Roman Empire.
 * 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, the Judaist merchant oppose the creation of trade unions.
 * Capital: Lutsk
 * Demographics (including occupied territories): 1'344k people
 * Rural areas:~1135k.
 * Urban areas: 209k; 15% live in urban areas.
 * Lutsk (and the nearest territories across it): 80k.
 * L'viv: 20k
 * Other (population over 2'500): 109k.
 * Culture: 44% are Vedean, 35% are Romans, 21% is the rest
 * Religion: 56% are Christians (15% are Catholic, 12% are Orthodox, 26% are local churches), 15% are Roman pagans, 14% are Judaist, 15% is the rest beliefs.
 * Wars and Conflicts:
 * Volyn': the Council declares war on Volyn'. the Mobilisation has begun and our generals have sent a few feudal armies to take over the country.
 * Diplomacy:
 * Chernigov: Well, maybe you are right. It was very dumb of us to believe that you would voluntarily join as an autonomous state. Thus, we agree to create the confederacy of Vedena and Chenigov, marking the birth of the third Rome.
 * Altprussen: we would like to sign a trade pact and a treaty of friendship with you.
 * 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: ~30,500. (regular army: 18,500)
 * Events:
 * the Third Rome: Ancient Vedena was remembered as a great empire in the past. Many believed the trade nation will never be great again, but they were wrong. We shall make Vedena great again! The time has to come. Thankfully, every single faction agrees it is no use doing nothing. So, the new leader of Vedena, Guido Mista, also known as "Sidewinter", decided to do the unthinkable: reform the empire and expand. The Council and people cheered and he managed to get the public support.
 * Rise of art: It goes without saying that the aesthetics and art of antiquity have become relevant again. A variety of art forms reappear in the centres of culture such as the Great Library of Lutsk. In addition, the local cultures are enriched with new traditions and arts.
 * "Reject modernity, embrace traditions!": this slogan is very popular among the intellectuals in Vedena. More and more people begin embracing the culture of their ancestors. The majority is from the nomadic pagan tribes. Most of them reject Christianity and convert to local pagan beliefs, leading to further disjoint of society.