New Burgundy

New Burgundy, is a country located in the Western part of . It includes 8 constituent states, covers an area of 47,784 square kilometres. Its capital is , and other major metropolitan areas are , and .
New Burgundy is a . It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. New Burgundy has a long relationship with France and Switzerland, which both have had a significant impact on its economy and culture.
New Burgundy is a developed country and has the ranking in the Human Development Index. It ranks among the in the middle of the highest in international measurements of civil liberties, quality of life and economic freedom.
The economy of New Burgundy mostly depends on tourism. New Burgundy is the 20th most visited country by tourists in the world with 1 million international tourist arrivals. But the agriculture and industries have a great part of the economy of New Burgundy too.
== History ==
=== Middle Age ===
The Burgundians, who migrated into the Western Roman Empire as it collapsed, are generally regarded as a Germanic people, possibly originating in Bornholm (modern Denmark). (A fringe theory suggests that the Burgundians may have been the Βουρουγουνδοι Bourougoundoi later alluded to by the Aeolian historian Agathias, as a component of Eurasian steppe peoples, namely the "Scythian or Huns" (and, by implication, Turkic peoples like the Bulgars).
While they were dominated by the Huns for a time and adopted some of their cultural practices, Agathias may have confused or conflated the Burgundians with the Lombards, who apparently had more significant ties to the Huns and Bulgars.)
In 411, the Burgundians crossed the Rhine and established a kingdom at Worms. Amidst repeated clashes between the Romans and Huns, the Burgundian kingdom eventually occupied what is today the borderlands between Switzerland, France, and Italy. In 534, the Franks defeated Godomar, the last Burgundian king, and absorbed the territory into their growing empire.
The two kingdoms of Upper and Lower Burgundy were reunited in 937 and absorbed into the Holy Roman Empire under Conrad II in 1032, as the Kingdom of Arles. The Duchy of Burgundy was annexed by the French throne in 1004.
During the Middle Ages, Burgundy was the seat of some of the most important Western churches and monasteries, among them Cluny, Cîteaux, and Vézelay.
During the 12th and 13th centuries, the County of Burgundy emerged from the area previously within the Kingdom of Upper Burgundy. It became known as the Free County of Burgundy or Franche-Comté.
During the Hundred Years' War, King John II of France gave the duchy to his youngest son, Philip the Bold, rather than leaving it for his successor on the French throne. Following a personal union between the Duchy and the County of Burgundy, the 'Two Burgundies' soon became a major rival to the French throne. The Dukes of Burgundy succeeded in assembling an empire stretching from Switzerland to the North Sea, in large part by marriage. The Burgundian territories consisted of a number of fiefdoms on both sides of the (then largely symbolic) border between the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire. Its economic heartland was in the Low Countries, particularly Flanders and Brabant. The court in Dijon outshone the French court both economically and culturally. In Belgium and in the south of the Netherlands, a 'Burgundian lifestyle' still means 'enjoyment of life, good food, and extravagant spectacle'.
===Renaissance===
In 1477, at the battle of Nancy during the Burgundian Wars, the last duke Charles the Bold was killed in battle, and the Duchy itself was annexed by France. In the late 15th and early 16th centuries, the other Burgundian territories provided a power base for the rise of the Habsburgs, after Maximilian of Austria married the surviving daughter of the ducal family, Mary. After her death, her husband moved his court first to Mechelen and later to the palace at Coudenberg, Brussels, and from there ruled the remnants of the empire, the Low Countries (Burgundian Netherlands) and Franche-Comté, then still an imperial fief. The latter territory was ceded to France in the Treaty of Nijmegen of 1678.
===French Revolution===
With the French Revolution in the end of the 18th century, the administrative units of the regions disappeared, but were reconstituted during the Fifth Republic in the 1970s. The modern-day administrative région includes most of the former duchy.
===Modern Time===
Most of the area making up the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté used to belong to the former provinces of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, but it also includes a significant part of the former provinces of Nivernais (now Nièvre), Champagne (now the northern part of Yonne), Orléanais (now the southwestern part of Yonne), the Territoire de Belfort (the region of Alsace that remained French territory after 1871), and a small portion of Île-de-France (now the northwestern part of Yonne).
From 1941 to 1944 the regional prefecture of Vichy reunited Burgundy and Franche-Comté, as did the igamie of Dijon from 1948 to 1964. During the formation of the regions of France, Burgundy and Franche-Comté once again became two separate regions, first as public establishments in 1972, then as territorial collectivities in 1982.
===Independance===
On 14 April 2014, François Patriat and Marie-Guite Dufay (the presidents of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, respectively) announced in a press conference the desire for the reunification of the two regions, further to the declarations of Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who proposed a simplification of the administrative divisions of France.
On 2 June 2014 a map presented by President François Hollande showed the two regions as one. These two regions were the only ones to have voluntarily discussed a merger, and their alliance was the only one not needing revision by the National Assembly or the Senate.
But the two regions don't want to be associated as a regional identity but want to be represented as an independant nation. In January 2015, Burgundy isn't happy about different law and also about the security policy are judged bad by Burgundy and Franche-Comté.
After a month of contestation, France accepted the independance of Bourgogne Franche-Comté the 23 May 2015. The French government working in relationship with New Burgundian for work about the independance they have declared that the country will be totally independant the 1st April 2016.
By a referundum the name of the nation was found as "New Burgundy" in French: "Nouvelle Bourgogne".
==Geography==
Three main mountain ranges mark the landscape. The Vosges massif is located to the northeast, the highest point in the region is the Ballon d'Alsace (1,247 meters). The Jura extends over the entire eastern limit and culminates in the homonymous department at Crêt Pela (1,495 meters), the latter is also the highest peak in the region. The Vosges and the Jura meet in the Trouée de Belfort. The Morvan occupies a central place in the western part, its highest point is Haut-Folin (901 meters).
Other more modest massifs exist. Northeast of the Morvan is the Gold Coast, an escarpment created by the formation of a rift, which rises to an altitude of 641 meters. The Massif Central reaches the southern part of the region via the Mâconnais which is dominated by Mont Saint-Cyr (771 meters).
The New Burgundy, which results from the merger of two local authorities (Bourgogne and Franche-Comté) decided as part of the 2014 territorial reform, covers 47,784 km. It is the sixth of the thirteen regions of mainland France by area, and thus has a territory comparable in size to countries such as Slovakia, Switzerland or Estonia.
===Hydrographic===
The main navigable rivers are the Saône and the Doubs. The Loire crosses the southwest of the region near Nevers but it is not passable due to the sandbanks. The Seine also has its source in Côte-d'Or.
Part of the regional hydrographic network has its source in neighboring Switzerland (notably the Allan watershed).
The subsoil contains several resources exploited by Man, in particular iron ore and coal which is abundantly exploited in the southwest with the Blanzy coal mines formed from three main deposits: Blanzy, Épinac and Decize, to which s add the unexploited South Nivernais deposit and small deposits exploited in a more traditional way like that of Sincey. Bituminous shale is also extracted industrially in the Télots mine near Autun.
== Politics ==
New Burgundy is a , , republic. The is the president, whose position has become primarily a ceremonial office. However, the President still leads the nation's foreign politics together with the Prime Minister. The most powerful political figure is the Prime Minister, who is the head of government and exercises through their cabinet.
The main influence for the Neo Burgundian political system is the system of the United Kingdom, minster system. Westminster system is democratic, but it does not have a really distinct and executive power. Neo Burgundian political system differs from the Westminster system in that country is a federal state.
=== Parliament ===
The Parliament of New Burgundy exercises supreme authority in the country. The Parliament consists of the House of Commons and the Senate. The House of Commons has 450 members, and it is elected every four years. The 100-member Senate is elected every five years. The House of Commons has more power, as it is only able to make .
The Prime Minister and the Government have the . The President appoints the Prime Minister of the party that has won the highest number of votes in the federal elections. Generally, the party that won the election will be able to form a majority government. The remaining ministers will be appointed on the Prime Minister's recommendation. The current Prime Minister is leader Charles Landre, since May 2016.
=== States ===
See More Details: States of New Burgundy.
New Burgundy comprises height federal states. Each state has its own state constitution and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organization.
State	Capital	Area(km2)	Population(2016)
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
== Economy ==
== Demographics ==
New Burgundy 2016 Census named a total population of 2,820,940, an increase of around 3.5 percent over the 2010 figure. New Burgundy is the 34th most populous country in after the Armenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and ranks as the in the world. Its at 59 inhabitants per square kilometre (59 per square mile). The overall at birth is 78,8 years (78,8 years for males and 84.9 years for females).
=== Urbanisation ===
New Burgundy has a number of cities. There are one officially recognized in the New Burgundy and most of them are part of New Burgundy Megalopolis. The largest metropolitan area is the (385 400 in 2016).
== Culture ==
New Burgundy in Linguavision
== See also ==
*Europe
*New Burgundy-related articles
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