Horvatia

**Horvatia** (Horvatian: *Hrvati*), officially the **Republic of Horvatia** (Horvatian: *Respublika s Hrvata*), is a sovereign state located in Southeastern Eurea, bordered by Chusia to the north, Slaveria to the northeast, Lorbia to the east, Vitrospebia to the southeast, and Snubia to the northwest, with a maritime border with Venutia to the southwest. Its capital and most-populous city is Sepliki, located in the northwest of the country. Horvatia has a population of about 8.7 million inhabitants.

Organized civilization first began in the territory of modern-Horvatia in the 7th-century, with the establishment of numerous small city-states. By the 12th-century, these city-states had unified, resulting in the Kingdom of Horvatia. The Kingdom functioned as one of the most dominant states in Southeastern Eurea, until its unification with the neighboring Kingdom of Lorbia to create the Kingdom of Alaslavia, due to the marriage of their respective monarchs. The Kingdom of Alaslavia became one of the most politically powerful states in the region, conquering the neighboring Snubian Protectorate from the Lungarian Empire in 1867. In the 20th-century, a *coup d'état* occurred, deposing of the monarchy and imposing a fascist regime in a similar vein to the Kashan Union, referred to as the Federal Republic of Alaslavia (FR Alaslavia). Civil liberties and freedoms were greatly diminished in the era of FR Alaslavia, although not to the extreme extent that they were in the Kashan Union. FR Alaslavia disbanded in the 1990s, amidst mounting international pressure following the disbandment of the Kashan Union several years prior, and the state broke up into several independent nations, with Horvatia receiving their independence in 1994.

After its independence, Horvatia first established itself as a unitary parliamentary constitutional republic. Its head of state is the President, who is directly elected through a popular vote for a five-year term that can be renewed once. The President is largely a ceremonial position; they are tasked with formally appointing ministers, serving as the formal commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and they possess veto power over passed legislation, although their veto may be overridden by a simple majority vote in parliament. Most political power is vested in the Prime Minister, who serves as the head of government. The Prime Minister is most often the leader of the governing coalition in parliament, and they thus serve as the chief legislator of the nation. The Prime Minister is tasked with implementing their own policy agenda through legislation and leading a council of ministers. The parliament of Horvatia is the Lorban, a unicameral 235-seat legislature.

Of Horvatia's population of about 8.7 million, approximately 88.2% identifies as ethnically Horvatian, while a further 4.5% identifies as Gorniak, 3.5% as Lorbian, and the remaining 3.8% as other ethnic groups, primarily originating from nearby countries such as Asbania, Regia, Travenia, Venutia, and Vitrospebia. The national and sole official language of Horvatia is Horvatian, a Slavoric language. Horvatian is nearly identical to the Gornian, Lorbian, and Vitrospebian languages, to the point where most linguistics identify them all as closely related dialects of a shared Alaslavian language. All four languages are mutually intelligible, with only minor differences, and the languages were broken apart primarily for political reasons. Approximately 91.5% of the population identifies their native language as Horvatian, while 4.2% identifies it as Lorbian, 2.9% as Gornian, and 1.4% as other languages. The primary religion of Horvatia is Eurean Catholicism, with 83.5% of the population identifying themselves as adherents of the religion. A further 4.1% adheres to Eastern Eurean Christianity, 3.7% to Eurean Islam, 1.2% to other religions, and the remaining 7.5% identify as atheist, agnostic, or irreligious. Despite the high percentage of Christians, overall religiosity is relatively low, with only 20.5% of Horvatians attending religious services at least weekly.