Ruthenia

* Flag
* Coat of Arms

### Anthem

Державний Гімн РусеніяDerzhavnyi Himn Ruseniya "State Anthem of Ruthenia" (listen)

### Languages:

* Ruthenian (official)
* Polish, Russian, Yiddish (recognized)

### Government:

* Type: Unitary semi-presidential republic
* President: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
* Prime Minister: Denys Shmyhal

### Population:

* 2021 Census: 48,796,162
* Density: 122.91/km2 (197.81/mi2)

### Driving Side

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**Ruthenia** (Ruthenian: Русенія) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second largest country in Europe after Russia, which borders it to the east and north-east. Ruthenia also shares borders with Belarus to the north; Poland to the west; Wallachia, Moldavia, Moldova, Gagauzia, Crimea, and Transnistria to the south; and disputably UCP and the Ukrayinsʹka armed movement to the east, with Circassia being the de jure border to the east. They have a coastline along the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. It covers about 400,000 km2 (150,000 sq mi), with a population of about 48 million. The nation's capital and largest city is Kyiv. The official and national language is Ruthenian, and most people are also fluent in Russian, and a big portion is fluent in Polish.

Ruthenia was once a pioneer of Slavic culture during the Medieval Ages, being home to the Kievan Rus'. However, the Kievan Rus' would collapse, due to multiethnic conflicts and raids occuring. Ruthenia would be divided by many countries in the following years, including most prominently, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which is where Ruthenia would be given that name, over "Ukraine" beforehand. The Cossack Hetmanate emerged in Eastern Ruthenia, and the Don area, but got partitioned by Poland, and Russia in the 17th century. In 1691, the Ruthenians would fully united with Poland-Lithuania, creating the Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth. Throughout the following centuries, West Ruthenia would be dominated by Poland, while the east would be by Russia. Ruthenian nationalism would form, and during the Russian Revolution, Ruthenians in Russia, and Poland revolted, creating many warlord states in Ruthenia, with the most successful of which being the East Ruthenian Republic, but fell shortly in 1921, due to the Polish-Ruthenian War. Ruthenia would gain great autonomy in Poland, with the aforementioned East Ruthenian Republic becoming the "Ruthenian Hetmanate", a puppet of Poland. Ruthenia in World War II would be absolutely devastating, seeing around 3 million killed by French troops, and another 100k deported by Russia.

Following the end of WWII, Ruthenia would be divided half and half, with the Poles controlling the west, and the Soviets controlling the east. WWIII saw the deaths of around 2 million Ruthenian civilians, but after the Treaty of Frankfurt, Ruthenia would be granted independence by the end of the war, which occurred. Ruthenia would turn more to the west as time progressed, but in 2012, Byaloruss, backed by Russia, would annex the Brest-Litovsk voivodeship, despite a referendum beforehand not complying to Byaloruss. This sparked extreme nationalism in eastern Ruthenia, claiming that Ruthenia was failed, and that Ukraine needed to come back to show it's dominance. The Revolution of Pride occurs in Donetsk, kickstarting the Ruthenian Civil War. Ruthenia has seen much support by the West, with Poland, and Germany as the biggest supplier. In 2021, A pro-communist faction rose up in Luhansk.

Ruthenia, because of the ongoing civil war, ranks low in many statistics, with them having one of the lowest HDI scores in Europe, but because of their extreme fertile land, they were historically one of the biggest grain exporters in the world. Ruthenia has attempted to ally with the west, with them sending an application to the European Union.