Tetenia

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Map of Tetenia

The **Republic and Principality of Tetenia** (Tetenian: *Tetény Köztársaság és Hercegség*; Maximaise: *Republique et Principalité Teténe*), often referred to as the **Republic and Principality**, the **RPT**, the **RP** or simply just **Tetenia**, is a sovereign state located around the Great Strait of Erventia, bordered by the continent of Ainu to the north, the continent of Erventia to the south, the Tetenian and Northern Oceans to the west and the White Sea to the east. With over 240 million inhabitants and with the world's hugest cities located in its territory (Flóraváros, Kardhágó, Istókhalma), Tetenia is the most populous and most densely populated country on the globe. Home to three main ethnic groups, the Tetenian, the Artorian and the Maximaise, the nation is further consisted of various other ethnicities.

The Republic and Principality is a parliamentary dualist mixed government due to its unique path to liberalization and democratization; it is often referred to as the "most democratic country on the planet," although some debate this and regard it as pro-Tetenian propaganda. The country has seven administrative regions (Frangepánia, Borsakopasz, Tájvidék, Babonics, Csákmáté, Kőszeg and Pusztalon) excluding the largest cities (Flóraváros, Kardhágó, Istókhalma, Kappanhágó, Ilusvár, Salamonvár, Deveer, Teténe), those are self-governing. The capital city and financial, cultural and political centre and focus-point is Flóraváros, with over 18 million citizens in its metropolitan area.

Tetenia has a rich history starting from the thassalocratic polis-system of hers in the antiquity to being a major colonial power from the 17th century on. Due to its fortunate location at the Great Erventian Strait, it was able to dominate world trade from as early on as the antiquity; later its wealth came from its colonial empire and its early and later real capitalism. Tetenia's main rival has been Arcadia, an another former great power, however after its final defeat in the Great War, Tetenia is left unrivaled, leading the Congress of Nations Council of Nations, the Global Strategic Territories and the Erventian Union.

Fiscally and financially, Tetenia is a free market capitalist, high-income powerhouse economy, serving as the world's number one economic superpower. The Tetenian private corporations Gaszton Oil and Energy Group, the Transerventian Interest Group, The Lons Group, Air Alabárd, Ninon Ltd. and the Kardhágó Banks all play highly significant, irreplaceable roles in world economy; Tetenia's national currency, the floréal is the most widely used currency in the world.

## Etymology

The ancient Theotonician city-states spoke the same language with dialects and worshipped the same gods, however they didn't think of themselves as one nation. Just after the Petalonian colonialism reached them did they start to unify. During their defense against the Petalonians, both people called each other 'barbarians', but the Petalonians invented a name for their enemy: Theotonician (theos-god; phoenix; 'god's phoenix), mocking their belief in them being the creations of divine phoenix birds.

The Theotonicians however embraced this new name of theirs and Tetenianized the word into 'Thethaen' or 'Tethaen', which words we can find in sources as early as in the 3th century BCE.

This was in usage until the 10th century CE, when new versions of the word as 'Tethén', 'Tetén' or 'Teteni' appeared. The final form of "tetény", which is the direct modern translation of Tetenian in Tetenian, appeared around the reign of Louis, the Great (13th century) as 'tetaeny', with ae meaning é.