Rome

**Rome** (roʊm, Latin: Roma), officially the **United Federative Roman Republics** (UFRR, Latin: Concordis Res Publicae Foederae Romanae) and in Rome commonly simply as the **Union** (Latin: Unio), is a country primarily located in Southern Europe, Western Europe and Southeastern Europe. Metropolitan Rome, known as Terra Patria (Latin: "Paternal Fatherland"), is situated around the Mediterranean and Black Seas, known as Mare Nostrum (Latin: "Our Sea"), and extends from the Vosges to the Atlantic, from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and from the Black Sea to the Carpathians. Rome also comprises of oversea territories that include the  FRR Canaria et Madeirae in the Atlantic, the  FRR Guiana in South America, the  FRR Indica in the Indian Ocean and the  FRR Polynesia in Oceania, while it also has a condominium shared with  Atlantis (Zarexium), the  C-FRR Freta, and a tridominium shared with both Atlantis (Zarexium) and the  Anglo-Celtic Commonwealth, the  T-FRR Calpe Magna. Rome borders  Maghreb in Africa,  Atlantis (Zarexium),  Egypt,  Hellas,  Intermarium and  Turkey in Asia,  Basque Country,  Bulgaria,  Burgundy,  CECN,  Dutchland,  Germany,  Hungary,  Intermarium again,  Romandy,  Russia,  Switzerland,  Tessin and  Yugoserbia in Europe, and  Brazil, as well as  Dutchland again, in South America.

The UFRR covers an area of 1,850,801 km² and with a population of around 261 million, Rome is the most populous country in both Europe and the  European Union, and the 5th most populous overall. Due to its several coastal territories, the Union has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. The nation's capital and cultural and religious center Rome, also known as the Urbs Aeterna (Latin: "Eternal City"), is the country's 7th most populous city, while Constantinople, formerly Istanbul, is Rome's largest city. Other major urban areas include the financial and revolutionary center of Paris, Madrid and the republican center of Barcelona.

The Italian Peninsula was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italics and Etruscans, while the rest of modern Rome was mainly inhabited by Celtic tribes. The Latins, native of central Italy, formed the  Roman Kingdom in the 8th century BC, which eventually became the  Roman Republic with a government of the Senate and the People. The republic initially conquered and assimilated its neighbors on the Italian peninsula, eventually expanding and conquering parts of Europe, North Africa and Asia. By the first century BC, the  Roman Empire emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean Basin and became a leading cultural, political and religious center, inaugurating the Pax Romana (Latin: "Roman Peace").

During the Early Middle Ages, the territory of modern Rome endured the fall of the  Western Roman Empire, the Barbarian, Byzantine and Umayyad Invasions, and the rise and fall of empires. By the 11th century, numerous Italian city-states and maritime republics laid the groundwork for modern capitalism by prospering and becoming highly autonomous from the  Holy Roman Empire. In the meantime, the  Kingdom of France emerged, Romanians managed to achieve autonomy from their respective overlords, and the Christian kingdoms of Iberia gradually completed the Reconquista, eventually uniting  Spain in 1492. The Renaissance began in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe with Italian explorers discovering new routes to the Far East and the New World, helping to usher in the European Age of Discovery. In the meantime,  France,  Portugal and  Spain formed colonial empires spanning several continents, while Italy's commercial and political power waned significantly because centuries of infighting and external interference left the region politically fragmented.

Rising nationalism led to  Italy being almost entirely unified in 1861 by the Savoyards following wars of independence. Despite being one of the victorious allied powers in World War I,  Italy entered a period of economic and social turmoil, giving rise to a fascist dictatorship in 1922. The participation of  France and  Italy in World War II on the Allied side ended in military success, granting both vast territories. Starting with the Fall of France,  Italy contested the Cold War against the democrats as the leader of  ANFC.  Italy unified the European Latin countries in the 3rd Great Latin Congress of 1983 by founding the  Fascist Empire of Rome. Following economic collapse after the independence of their Sub-Saharan colonies and the Exodus, the Balkans and Basque peoples, Carlist  Spain and the  2nd Paris Commune declared their independence. This started the Roman Wars in which the  Republican Movement grew strong and fought both fascists and separatists. After the  National Salvation Front had liberated Rome, the country abolished the monarchy and fascism, although subsequently becoming a military dictatorship, known as the Consulate. After the Finance Crisis of 2008, the Roman Revolution broke out that transformed the  Roman Federation into the UFRR, establishing a federal parliamentary republic with elements of direct democracy under the leadership of Carlo Mele.

Rome has an advanced and unique Meleist economic system, known as socialist market economy, having the third-largest nominal GDP in the world and ranks highly in employee participation because of social corporatism and elements of anarcho-syndicalism, life expectancy, quality of life, social security, as well as universal healthcare and education. The country is a great power, and it has a significant role in regional and global economic, military, cultural, and diplomatic affairs. The UFRR is recognized as a nuclear power and has the largest standing army in the world with a total of 6,059,000 soldiers. Rome is a leading member of both the  Civitatum Confoederatio Romano and the  European Union and a member of numerous international institutions, including the  United Nations,  United Nations Security Council,  Black Sea Coalition,  Čakovec Pact,  Defensive Council of Independent Nations (DCIN), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the G16, the  Latin Union, Schengen Area and  Third Rome Agreement. The source of many inventions and discoveries, the country is considered a cultural superpower. It has the world's largest number of World Heritage Sites (184), and is the world's most visited country.

## Etymology

According to the Ancient Romans' founding myth, the name *Roma* came from the city's founder and first king, Romulus. However, it is possible that the name Romulus was actually derived from Rome itself. As early as the 4th century, there have been alternative theories proposed on the origin of the name *Roma*. Several hypotheses have been advanced focusing on its linguistic roots which however remain uncertain:

* From *Rumon* or *Rumen*, archaic name of the Tiber, which in turn is supposedly related to the Greek verb ῥέω (*rhéō*) 'to flow, stream' and the Latin verb *ruō* 'to hurry, rush';
* From the Etruscan word 𐌓𐌖𐌌𐌀 (*ruma*), whose root is *\*rum-* "teat", with possible reference either to the totem wolf that adopted and suckled the cognately named twins Romulus and Remus, or to the shape of the Palatine and Aventine Hills;
* From the Greek word ῥώμη (*rhṓmē*), which means *strength*.