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Overview of Romavia

Romavia (Romavian: Romāvia, Keltsvian: Romavá), is a self-governing region in Keltsvia, located in the central southern part of the country. Romavia consists of six provinces: Deseah, Glori Altak, Klimova, Osua, Rugita and Yershichki. The capital and largest city is Glori Altak. It is bordered by the United Provinces to the north, the east and the west, the LinkRussian Federation to the southeast and LinkBelarus to the southwest. The official languages are Romavian and Keltsvian.

Romavia
Romāvia (Romavian)
Romavá (Keltsvian)


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Anthem:
Disdandes dus nosus irmaus
(Far from Our Siblings)



Country: Keltsvia


Chronology
- January 2015: People's Republic of Romavia
- June 2015: Republic of Romavia (independent)
- December 2015: Invasion of Romavia (end of autonomy)
- January 2018: Statute of Autonomy (self-governing region)


Capital: Glori Altak
Largest City: Glori Altak


Government
- Type: Devolved government in a constitutional monarchy
- Body: Government of Romavia
- Legislature: Parliament of Romavia
- Governor: Pedru Aracongu (RF)
- Congress: 11 congresspeople (of 100)
- Senate: 10 senators (of 100)


Area: 9,304 km˛ (2nd)


Population: 172,083 (3rd)
-Density: 18.5 inhab/sq km


Demonym: Romavian
- romavianu,-ana (rv)
- teta Romavihi (kl)


Official languages: Romavian, Keltsvian

Etymology

The etymology of the word Romavian comes from "Romance speaking Keltsvians" and the land where "Romance speaking Keltsvians" live was named Romavia.

History

Romavians are originary from the Iberian peninsula. That area was inhabited by two main peoples the Iberians (in the Mediterranean zone) and the Celtics (in the Atlantic zone). The people of the centre of the peninsula were called Celtiberians and the ancient Keltsvians lived with them. Some scientists say that Keltsvians were living there before of the Celts. Anyways, the relationship between Celtiberians and Keltsvians was a cooperation relationship. There were many Keltsvian tribes and Urseg unified them to fight against Roman expansion, but he was defeated and forced to fight in the Roman side.

After the Roman conquest of Iberian peninsula, the inhabitants of that region were romanised (or latinised). Local leaders were admitted into Roman aristocratic class and Keltsvian soldiers were used as mercenaries in the Roman legions because they were fierce and loyal warriors. The Keltsvian aristocratic class started to talking proto-Romavian, a vulgar Latin variety that later evolved into a Romance language. The Christianity was introduced on the 1st century on Roman Hispania but Keltsvian people didn't left their pagan religion and they were sent to defend the Rhine river border of the Empire from Germanic tribes, and Keltsvians remained there until the end of the 5th century but Romavian-speaking Keltsvians (aristocrats) remained in the Peninsula.

On 1492, the Spanish kingdom of Castile expelled the Romavian Keltsvians due to their pagan faith, and they went to find the other Keltsvians in Poland-Lithuania, that was known as "Keltsvian reunification" but they didn't share the same language, in few years Romavian Keltsvians adopted Christianity to be assimilated to the rest of Keltsvians.

Keltsvians (in Polish Kelcwjański) in Poland-Lithuania were treated as farmers and remained as Catholic Christians. Keltsvian was not used as an intellectual language because of Polish influence and Romavian language started its decline. The status did not change until the Russian invasion.

Keltsvians were treated by Russians in the same way that they were treated by Polish. But they forced them to write their language with Cyrillic alphabet and to adopt Orthodox Christianity and Romavian language was prosecuted and punished. Most of them refused Orthodox Christianism as their religion.

Keltsvians during the age of the Soviet Union were divided between Russian and Belorussian Soviet Republics and their languages were not recognised. Some intellectuals during this age kept their language and their culture alive.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Keltsvians demanded their independence but the Russian and Belarussian military stopped the revolution and Keltsvia became an oblast in each country which capital was Mogilyov in Western Keltsvia (Belarus) and Smolensk in Eastern Keltsvia (Russian Federation). In their oblasts Keltsvian was a official along with the respective national languages. In 1992, Arme Luderom Kelcvá (Keltsvia Freedom Army) was founded and they attacked Russian government buildings and killed prominent politicians.

Russia and Belarus negotiated for giving permission to the Keltsvia oblast to reach its independence. The 15th of June of 2008, Keltsvia announced its independence and Keltsvia Freedom Army announced its dissolution.

On January 2014, the Communist Party won the parliamentary elections and one year later, the 3rd President of Keltsvia, Hlodveg Nagav, proclaimed the People's Republic of Keltsvia. The Communist government added Romavian as official language due to the large number of ethnic Romavian Keltsvians. Romavian speakers started some riots because they asked for autonomy in the country and the Government created the Federal People's Republic divided in two republics with autonomous governments.

At the end of 2015 it started a Civil War between anti-Communists, fascists and the Communists. The Armed Forces were containing the conflict until the fascists militias were formed. That situation provoked the split of the Communist Party members between the radicals leaded by Daňel Pakral and the moderates, leaded by the President Nagav. The inner conflicts of the government's party caused the split of the Armed Forces weakening the opposition to the fascists. The President Nagav was sent to the prison by Pakral. And Romavia proclaimed its independence, saying that they will support the legal government of Keltsvia. Few days later, fascists took the rule of Keltsvia and proclaimed a fascist state, the State of Keltsvia which later become a Kingdom, defined by the autarchy. The autonomy of Romavia was suspended during the fascist rule. After the sudden death of the Leader of Keltsvia, his successor, the King Joseph VI restored democracy in the form of a Constitutional Monarchy and Romavia became a self-governing region.

Geography

Romavia has an humid continental climate, characterised by not having any dry season and its warmest month has not an average temperature above 22ēC. The biomes of this climate include temperate woodlands, temperate grasslands, temperate deciduous, temperate evergreen forests and coniferous forests and has species like the spruce, the pine, the fir and the oak. Romavia is located in the Dnieper river basin. It is a very flat region with no important mountain ranges.

Politics

The Romavian Statute of Autonomy establishes that Romavia is organised politically through the Government of Romavia, conformed by the Parliament, the Governor of Romavia, the Executive Council and the other institutions created by the Parliament.

The Parliament of Romavia is the legislative body of the Government of Romavia and represents the citizens of Romavia. It is elected every four years by universal suffrage, and it has powers to legislate in different matters such as education, health, culture, internal institutional and territorial organization, election and control of the Governor and the Regional Government, budget and others, according with the Statute of Autonomy. The last Romavian election was held on 14 February 2021, and so the president of the Romavian parliament is not assigned yet.

The Governor of Romavia (in Romavian: Gupernande da Romāvia) is the highest representative of Romavia and is also responsible of leading the government's action. The Governor of Romavia is Pedru Aracongu.

The Executive Council (in Romavian: Consiyu Exequivu), is the body responsible of the government, it holds executive and regulatory power. It comprises the Governor, the Vice Governor and the Councilors (Consiyandes). Its seat is located in Glori Altak.

Security forces and justice

Romavia is allowed to have its own police force according to the approved Statute of Autonomy. When the regional Romavian police will be created, the national bodies will retain personnel within Romavia to exercise functions of national scope such as overseeing ports, airports, international borders, custom offices, the identification of documents and arms control, immigration control, terrorism prevention, arms trafficking prevention, amongst others.

Most of the justice system is administered by national judicial institutions, the highest body and last judicial instance in the Romavian jurisdiction, integrating the Keltsvian judiciary, is the High Court of Justice of Romavia. The criminal justice system is uniform throughout Keltsvia, while civil law is administered separately within Romavia. The civil laws that are subject to regional legislation have been codified in the Civil Code of Romavia.

Administrative divisions

Romavia is divided administratively into six provinces, the governing body of which is the Provincial Council (Romavian: Consiyu Brovinįāl). The six provinces are: Deseah, Glori Altok, Klimova, Osua, Rugita and Yershichki.

There are at present 68 municipalities (munisėpius) in Romavia. Each municipality is run by a local council (consiyu locāl) elected by the residents in local elections. The council consists of a number of members (consiyandes) depending on population, who elect the mayor (algalde). Its seat is the town hall (algaldia). The ten most populated Romavian municipalities are:

Glori Altak (Glori Altak), 50,870
Osua (Osua), 15,850
Klimova (Klimova) 15,208
Deseah (Deseah), 6,447
Rugita (Rugita), 3,921
Yershichi (Yershichki), 3,326
Belinkova (Osua), 2,439
Rodnenska (Klimova), 2,169
Timonova (Klimova), 2,112
Proletará (Osua), 2,065

Economy

Industry and agriculture are the most important economic sectors in Romavia. Cattle for milk and meat production is relevant as well as grain production. Industry is specialized in chemical and metallurgical production.

Demographics

The population of Romavia is 146,013 people and the population density is very low. The population in Romavia, as in the rest of Keltsvia is decreasing due to emigration to Western European countries. In Romavia, ethnic groups are mainly differentiated in their native language. The main ethnic groups are the Romavians (also known as Western Keltsvians). Here is the ethnic census of Romavia:

172,083 - Romavia
92.2% Western Keltsvians 158,660
3.9% Eastern Keltsvians 6,711
0.8% Russians 1,377
0.7% Belarusians 1,205
2.4% Other 4,130

Others include Ukrainians, Armenians, Gypsies, Polish, Jewish, Azerbaijanis, Tatars, Uzbeks, Moldovans, Georgians and Germans.

The Kingdom of Keltsvia

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