Gregoria

**Gregoria** (Gregorian: *Griga*), officially the **Gregorian Republic** (Gregorian: *Grigaroszág*), is a sovereign state in Southern Eurea, bordered by Karsylvania to the north and east, Regia to the south and west, and Losaco to the northwest. Its capital and most populous city is Ilsa, located in the south of the country.

First unified under the Karsyl-Gregorian Empire in the 13th-century, Gregoria functioned as one of the two leading kingdoms within the nation. Often seen as the dominant force within the Empire, Gregoria went on to become a political and economic powerhouse within the region, wielding much influence within Southern Eurea and globally. Following fracturing relations with the Karsylvanians during the 18th-century, the Karsyl-Gregorian Civil War erupted, resulting in the independence of Gregoria as the Kingdom of Gregoria in 1735. Unlike the now-independent Kingdom of Karsylvania, Gregoria managed to maintain much of its former power as an independent nation. After the establishment of the Kashan Union in 1899, the Kingdom faced increasing pressure and threats from the Union, but did not submit to its influence, instead closely aligning itself with Regia. Following a referendum in 1973, Gregoria rewrote its constitution, peacefully stripping its constitutional monarch of power in favor of becoming a republic. The constitution was successfully rewritten the following year, establishing Gregoria as a parliamentary republic.

Since the rewriting of its constitution in 1974, Gregoria has established itself as a parliamentary republic; its head of state is the President, who is a ceremonial figurehead elected through a combination of popular vote and votes from legislators. Candidates can stand in the election, where a popular vote selects the top two candidates. These two candidates then stand in a second election amongst legislators, who elect the President for a six-year term that cannot be renewed. The President holds few powers; they can veto legislation (although this is rarely done), are the commander-in-chief of the Gregorian military, and can propose referendums. The head of government is the Prime Minister; the Prime Minister holds all real power within the executive branch of government. They are traditionally the leader of the governing coalition in the legislature, and thus can form their own cabinet of ministers. The national legislature of Gregoria is the Grigaromagüraszágyi, a unicameral body. The Grigaromagüraszágyi contains 185 seats and elects members via proportional representation at-large; the legislature is led by the Speaker, who serves as a non-partisan, non-voting member elected by the other members at the start of each session to preside over discussion.

Gregoria is a centralized, unitary state, with about 53.8% of its population residing in the Ilsa metropolitan area. The nation is divided into six regions, which exist purely for statistical purposes and hold no administrative power. Approximately 94.2% of the population identifies as Gregorian, while 4.2% identifies as Karsylvanian or Muldanian, and the remaining 1.6% as other ethnic groups, primarily of immigrant origin. Most Karsylvanians in Gregoria have resided in the nation for generations, living in regions along the border with Karsylvania since the era of the Karsyl-Gregorian Empire. The sole national and official language of Gregoria is Gregorian, an Udmursh language, which is spoken natively by about 95.2% of the population. While the Gregorian constitution allows for the freedom of religion, most Gregorians adhere to atheism, agnosticism, or Gregorian paganism, an ancient folk religion that has since seen reemergence. Until the 1980s, a majority of the population adhered to Eurean Catholicism, but numbers of Eurean Catholics in Gregoria has dwindled in recent years.

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*Main article: Regions of Gregoria.*

Gregoria is divided into six regions. As a unitary state, the regions have no form of government and exist purely for statistical purposes. Each region is based primarily on cultural heritage and dialect.