Kingdom of Romania

Romania, officially the Kingdom of Romania, is a nation located in eastern Europe, with around a fifth of the country being located in the Balkan peninsula. The country's modern history is usually considered to be the aftermath of the first world war, starting in 1918.

History:

The Kingdom of Romania was part of the winning side after the first world war, joining the allies to fight against the Austro-Hungarian empire in 1916. This meant that Romania would gain a lot of land, which they got in the form of Moldavia and Transylvania.

Romania became allied with Czechoslovakia and France in 1922, as part of the little alliance, which also included Yugoslavia until it broke up in 1933. Romania however, was eventually taken over by the Iron Guard Fascist regime, which left the alliance shortly after Prime Minister Ștefan Codreanu came to power in February of 1935.

The Kingdom eventually signed the tripartite pact on the 20th of November, 1940, which made it officially allied with Nazi Germany. The nation would go to war with the Federal Kingdom of Yugoslavia soon enough by March of 1941, but the attention would turn to the Soviet Union after the start of Operation Barbarossa in June of 1941.

Romania found itself at war with two different nations, but mostly relied on their ally in the war, Bulgaria, to hold the front with Yugoslavia until the Soviet Union could be defeated. Under the Fascist Iron Guard regime, the Romanian army committed vile acts against Ukrainian and Russian Jews living in Odessa, parts of Crimea and even as far as Dnepropetrovsk.

After the defeat of the Germans at Stalingrad in February of 1943, the Eastern front started turning in the favor of the Soviet Union. The Romanian army was forced to retreat across Ukraine and eventually, the Kingdom of Bulgaria switched sides on the 9th of February, 1944, which sent the government of Romania into a panic.

Eventually, a coup led by the King himself put an end to the Iron Guard regime in early November of 1944. Romania eventually managed to get a seat in the victors table and after pressure from the UK, US and France towards the Soviet Union, Romania was allowed to keep the Moldavia region in their nation.

The nation eventually went into revolution after left-leaning soldiers of the army staged a coup in Bucharest, supported by the Soviet Union on the 7th of January, 1955. The king ended up fleeing and the nation became a Communist regime under Brigadier General and politician Nicolae Ceaușescu.

Eventually, the Socialist state of Romania threatened the borders of the Kingdom of Bulgaria by sending supplied Bulgarian communists over the border with unclear objectives in March of 1957. The Kingdom of Bulgaria ended up declaring war on Romania on the 30th of March, 1957. The disorganized and underfunded Romanian People's Army was quickly drived back all the way to Bucharest by June of 1957, when Michael I decided to return to the capital.

Michael then took charge of the army and pushed the Communists out of Romania by August of 1957, with Ceaușescu going over the border to the Soviet Union. Romania tried to exchange Ceaușescu for 100 Soviet volunteers that were captured, but negotiations failed and Ceaușescu was never captured.

The economy of Romania after the war was completely bankrupt, which caused them to apply for NATO and EU membership on the 24th of December, 1957, with them being accepted in to the alliances on the 12th of January, 1958. Romania started selling much of their oil to the USA and other countries in NATO and the EU, which caused their economy to eventually recover in 1971 and living standards to start becoming higher.

The Romanian economy could never fully recover from the wars however, which caused the country to declare it's neutrality in all future conflicts on foreign soil in May of 1980. Eventually, a new constitution was written by Michael and his cabinet in July of 1983, which limited the powers of the king and gave more power to the parliament.

Demographics:

The Kingdom of Romania has a population of 28.53 million people, making it the 51st largest country ranked by population. The Kingdom of Romania's territories are mostly Romanian, except for Transylvania and the southern part of Moldavia. These are the following ethnic groups in the kingdom:

* Romanians (70%)
* Ukrainians (9.4%)
* Hungarians (4.6%)
* Others (16%)

List of largest cities in the nation:

1. Bucharest (population: 2 315 173)
2. Odessa (population: 1 015 826)
3. Chisinau (population: 779 300)
4. Iași (population: 500 668)
5. Timișoara (population: 468 162)
6. Cluj-Napoca (population: 411 379)
7. Brașov (population: 382 896)
8. Craiova (population: 356 544)
9. Constanta (population: 317 832)
10. Galați (population: 249 432)

Government:

The Kingdom of Romania, as the name might suggest, is a constitutional monarchy and has been so ever since the July 1983 constitution written by Michael I and his cabinet. The current king, Michael II, is the direct son of King Michael I and was born on the 13th of August, 1947. The king has only a ceremonial role in the government with very limited powers.

The only two powers the king has is handling taxation laws over his own palace and drafting up new policies, which 105 out of the total 200 parliament deputies have to accept in order for it to become a state policy. The king lives in the Royal Palace of Bucharest, a palace which was built back in 1812 as a mansion for an Ottoman noble family.

Geography:

The kingdom has a large coast on the Black sea, where most of the trading occurs, mostly to the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Soviet Union. The kingdom is bordered by the Soviet Union to the north and the east, Hungary to the north west, Serbia to the west and Bulgaria to the south.

The kingdom is surrounded by the Carpathian mountains in Transylvania while in the east, there is also a mountainous range just a few kilometers westwards from the coast at Constanta. The tallest peak in the kingdom is Mt. Moldoveanu, which is around 2 544 meters high and is located in the southern Carpathians.

The Kingdom of Romania is around 295 049 square kilometers in area, making it the 73rd largest country in the world ranked by area, being larger than Ecuador but smaller than the Philippines.

Religion:

Romania is relatively mixed when it comes to religion, but the majority religion in the nation is Orthodox Christianity, with 72% of the country hearing to the religion. Another 7% of the nation hears to the Catholic church and around 4% hearing to the Protestant church. The last 17% are of various religions such as Islam and Judaism.

Administrative regions and divisions:

The kingdom is divided into 7 administrative divisions, these are the following divisions in order:

1. Wallachia (Romanian: Vlach)
2. Transylvania (Romanian: Transilvania)
3. Western Moldavia (Romanian: Vestul Moldovei)
4. Moldavia proper (Romanian: Moldova propriu-zisă)
5. Pridnestrovia
6. Northern Dobruja (Romanian: Dobrogea de Nord)
7. Banat