Litunia

**Litunia** (Litunian: *Lietunja*), officially the **Republic of Litunia** (Litunian: *Republika Lietunja*), is a sovereign state in Northern Eurea, bordered by Eckland to the east and northeast, Lemuria to the east, and Helvaria to the south and southeast. Its capital and most-populous city is Varna, located in the east of the country.

The territory of Litunia was first unified during the 14th-century under the Kingdom of Litunia. After peaceful rule for over four centuries, the Kingdom was conquered by Forsland and incorporated as Forsish Litunia, with the monarchy disposed of. In 1803, Litunia along with the Forsish territories of Eckland and Lemuria were granted independence as the Letuvian Federation. This government was short-lived, being conquered by the Kashan Empire and becoming Kashan Letuvia just five years later. Kashan rule saw mass migration of Kashans to Letuvia in an attempt to "purify" the population that they deemed to be savages. The territory was ceded to Helvaria in 1845, becoming Helvarian Letuvia. Helvaria expelled most of Letuvia's Kashan population back to Kasha, and moved in numbers of Helvarians in their place. After growing nationalist sentiment in the three nations of Letuvia, Helvaria granted them independence in 1902.

Since being granted independence by Helvaria in 1902, Litunia has established itself as a parliamentary republic. Its head of state is the President, who holds no actual power in Litunian politics and serves as a mere ceremonial figurehead; the President's powers are merely acting as the chief international representative of Litunia, serving as the commander-in-chief of the Litunian military, and being able to veto legislation they deem "politically unacceptable or unconstitutional". The President is elected every five-years by popular vote in a two-round automatic run-off system; any one can declare their candidacy in the first round, with the top two vote-getters advancing to the second round, regardless of how much higher-placed the highest vote-getter was in the first round. The President can serve two terms, amounting to ten total years in office. The Prime Minister is the head of government, and holds the most political power and influence. They are typically the leader of the governing coalition in the Vūremas, and thus can form their own cabinet of ministers. The national legislature of Litunia is the Vūremas, a unicameral body. The Vūremas consists of 185 seats, with the seats distributed proportionately to the counties of Litunia; the legislature is led by the Speaker, who presides over debate and does not vote; the Speaker is a member of the governing coalition.

Litunia is an urbanized and well-developed nation. Of its population of about 3.8 million, about 57.5% of the population resides in either of its two largest metropolitan areas, while about 81.8% reside in an urban area. A unitary state, the nation is divided into six counties. The counties have little administrational power, each being represented by a County Administrator appointed by the Prime Minister, and an Executive Board elected via popular vote. Despite this, their power is miniscule. About 96.7% of the population identifies as ethnically Litunian, while about 2.1% identifies as Helvarian; the remaining 1.2% identify as other ethnic groups, primarily Lemurians and people of immigrant origin. The sole national and official language of Litunia is Litunian, a Letuvian language. While the Litunian constitution allows for the freedom of religion, most Litunians adhere to Northern Eurean Christianity, although the importance of religion has been in rapid decline in modern Litunian society; in 2017, 89.9% of people aged over 65 declared religion as "very important", while only 23.8% of people under the age of 25 agreed.

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### Administrative divisions

*Main article: Counties of Litunia.*

Litunia is divided into six counties. As a unitary state, the counties have very little administrative powers, and exist mostly for statistical purposes. Each county is centered around its capital city, and surrounded by smaller cities, towns, and villages.