Ventia

## Territories

A map of Ventia (dark red) compared to Europa (light red) and the rest of the world (gray).

## Information

### Leader

Monarch:Ferdinand II

Prime Minister:Robin MacDuff-Caldwell

### Official Languages

FrenchSpanish (Provincial)Gaelic (Provincial)German (Provincial)

### Driving Side

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Ventia is a country in the Eastern part of Europa, with 8 provinces composing its core territory. It has a square mileage of about 807,000 sq mi. It borders the countries of Rothburg, Ruthenia, Vallonia, Magna Hellena, Varnas and the Ceskan Republic. It's capital is La Citadelle, which boasts a population of 13 million people, and it's three largest metropolitan areas are Montparnasse, Nabelsbad, and Saint Saguenay.

## Prehistory & Antiquity

Due to its central geographic location in Europa and the Imperial Ocean, Ventia has historically been home to myriad peoples and culture, such as the Lycaeans, Roths, Highlanders, and Hellens. The Lycaeans formed The Imperium in the 4th century BC, which was an alliance of independent kingdoms and republic states in Central Ventia united under a single senate. The Imperium initially conquered and assimilated its neighbours in the nearby river valleys, eventually expanding and conquering parts of Europa and most of Anatolia. By the first century AD, the Imperium emerged as the dominant power in the Boreal Basin and became a leading cultural, political and religious centre, and would bring almost three centuries of unimpeded rule over the continent. Due to the massive size of the Imperium, it split into two kingdoms in 289 AD, the Eastern and Western Imperium, sometimes called the Northern and Southern kingdoms.

## Early Foundations

The Eastern Imperium, where Ventia is located, would endure sacking by united bands of northern tribes and southern tribes alike, culminating in the Fall of Lycaeus in 481 AD. The city was razed to the ground, and would never rebuild. The inhabitants instead fled North, following the major rivers and integrating into cities like Montparnasse and Saint Saguenay, then called Donalbain and Suigis respectively. The southern population similarly began to move towards coastal cities, which were either already fully under Tribal control or were better fortified, leading to a massive population density along the coastline. This resulted in a heavily sea-based economy, and the cities began to flourish with the money that was being brought in from trade. By the 8th century the Maritime Guilds of the independent city states banded together to form Ventia, named for the Ventosa Sea. It started as an economic alliance between the royal houses who led the coastal cities but soon evolved to a full pact of union.

## Middle Ages

In 789 AD the Ventian Principalities were founded when the last of House Hawthorn of Suigis, a duchess named Theodora, was married to the heir of Donalbain and House Parnassus, Augustus I. These were the two most populated city states in Eastern Europa at the time and this event marked a new era of unification for the region.

## Early Modern

1308, union of Ventia announces the goal to unify all territories within the region of Ventia

## Unification

By the mid-19th century, rising Ventian nationalism, along with other social, economic, and military events, led to a period of revolutionary political upheaval. After centuries of internal political division, Ventia was almost entirely unified in 1845 following a war of unification against the last of the Highland tribes, which ended with the Battle of The Ross. From the late 19th century to the early 20th century, Ventia rapidly industrialised, mainly in the central states, with the North being popular in the coal and iron mining industries. The southern provinces remained largely impoverished during this time and were excluded from industrialisation, fuelling a large and influential diaspora that continues to the modern era.