Rivetania

## Location Map

**Rivetania**, officially the **Rivetanian Republic**, is a country in the G&C-verse. It is a unitary parliamentary constitutional republic, with a capital in Facciacqua, and the largest city in Giunone, Rivetania's ancient religious center. The island of its namesake is surrounded by the Eastern Ocean, but the province of Renzetti Campania in the Simian continent shares a border with Avalon to the south and Iedrain to the west.

## Languages

There are 10 languages spoken in Rivetania. Out of all of them, Italian and English are the most spoken, and the latter, Italian, is one of the official languages of the country. Alongside Italian and English, the following languages include:

* French
* Spanish
* German
* Dutch
* Arabic
* Persian
* Chinese
* Japanese

## Religion

The main religion for Rivetania was the Orders of the Seven Stars (aka Junonism), but despite this, the country is still religiously diverse.

* 94% Junonites
* 3% Christians (1% Catholic, 2% Protestant)
* 2% Muslims (1% Sunni, 1% Shia)
* 1% others

## Military

The Rivetanian National Army, Navy, Army Air Corps and Republican Guard collectively form the Rivetanian Armed Forces, under the command of the National Security and Defence Council, presided over by the President of Rivetania, as established by article 80 of the Constitution of Rivetania. According to Article 77, the Parliament has the authority to declare a state of war and vest the necessary powers in the government.

The Rivetanian Army is the national ground defence force. Its best-known combat vehicles are the Misaele infantry fighting vehicle, the Giunone main battle tank and the Costellazione tank destroyer, and among its aircraft the Zenobia attack helicopter, in the last years deployed in IUN missions. The Rivetanian Army dates back to the National Guard of the first Republic, who in 1896, was involved against the failed Royalist uprisings. In 1902, the National Guard was reorganized, giving way to the Army.

As of 2022, the Rivetanian Army Air Corps operates 220 combat jets, the majority of which are A-17 Stella Cadente fighters. A transport capability is guaranteed by a fleet of 40 Hawthorne H-130 and Toshimichi N-1 transport planes. The Air Corps was established as a component of the Army in 1910 by a series of military reforms following Reginaldo Achille's presidency.

The Rivetanian Navy is a blue-water navy. In modern times, being a Circum-Allied power, the Rivetanian Navy has taken part in many peacekeeping operations around the world. It was formed in 1897 from what remained of the Regia Marina ('Royal Navy', after the Republicans have ousted the Castellagna dynasty in 1895) after the end of the Royalist revolts in 1900. The Rivetanian Navy in 2019 operates 155 vessels in service, including minor auxiliary vessels.

An autonomous corps of the military, the Republican Guard are the gendarmerie and military police of Rivetania, policing the military and civilian population alongside the Rivetanian National Police Service. While the different Directories of the Republican Guard report to separate ministries for each of their individual functions, the Republican Guard in its entirety reports to the Ministry of the Interior when maintaining public order and security.