Lapivian

The Blue Teardrop Banner, Adopted 1613 as National Lapivian Flag

### Full name

Lapivian Republic (Official), Lapivian Empire (Government Recognized Secondary Name)

### Major cities

Zalkh, Lateos, Terrecopolis, Koala, Mickys, Nikolasberg

### Leader (Season 3)

President Lucien W. Chalamet

President Lucien W. Chalamet, Official Lapivian Portrait, 1930

### National Day

Republic Day/Independence Day (August 13th)

**Lapivian** *(Placeholder)*, officially the **Lapivian Republic** (*Placeholder),* commonly known as the **Lapivian Empire** *(Placeholder)* is a country located primarily in Southwestern Manaia. Lapivian consists of three states, and a singular Federal Autonomous Zone. Lapivian is a federal presidential republic with its capital located in Zalkh, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban areas include the Lapivian city of Lateos, the Terrecosssian cities of Terrecopolis and Koala, and the Tsarian Cities of Mickys and Nikolasberg. Lapivian is classified as a culturally diverse nation, and speaks four officially recognized languages, Lapivian, Terrecossian, Tsarian, and (*Placeholder).*

The earliest records of the areas that are now collected in the Lapivian state of Lapivian are all written in long forgotten languages of the several tribes that lived in the area. From 1021 BCE, it is known that large swathes of Eastern Lapivian was ruled by the nation of Latia, a nation ruled by a series of authoritative kings, who ruled from "Great Latia", the modern city of Lateos. Latia was a nation formed primarily by migrants from Eastern Manaia, albeit is unknown where exactly, modern estimates have traced the earliest records of them to be of origin from aregion of the former nation of Baviet. However, in Western Lapivian, there already ruled a nation referred to as Lazuviviats, a nation made up of migrants from Isernotaria that was formed in 891 BCE. The two nations immediately came into conflict. According to records, which must be taken with the knowledge there is very clear and apparent bias, due to the fact the records exclusively come from Lazuvivian, an ancient merchant republic. owing to the fact the modern language of Lapivian traces from Lazuvivian, and they were only able to decipher their records. Lazuvivian finally won their battle with Latia in 513 BCE, and promptly committed genocide, murdering all men above the age of fifteen, and remarrying their women to Lazuvivian leaders. Lazuvivian would later collapse under its own weight, In 300 BCE, Lazuviviats was couped by an influential merchant family, and was ruled as a kingdom until the collapse of Lazuviviats in 234 CE. the Kingdom of Lazuviviats was notable for the relatively progressive social standards and government of the time. Lazuviviats was not gender-restricted, and notably had several female Lazustrates, the leaders of Lazuvivian during the Merchant Republic, and several female Lazustresses (Masculinely, would be referred to as Lazusters.), the leaders of Lazuvivian during the Kingdom phase.

Prior to 1452, Lapivian was made up of a collection of states known as the "Congress of Lapivian", a collection of disunited kingdoms, duchies, princedoms and merchant republics. Several times the disunited states would come together to fight off invasions, diseases, and threats to the Congress of Lapivian. During these hard times, most states would collectively would band together under the strongest state. In the early days of the congress, the strongest state was the Kingdom of Reves, the largest kingdom in South West Lapivian. However, near the end of the Congress, the Kingdom of the Reves had fallen from standing, and most states collectively recognized the Merchant Republic of Kahntan to be the strongest state in the Congress. In 1453, Algonhawk was finally able to defeat the Congress of Lapivian with the help of Terrecos, leading to Lapivian being partitioned. The West went to Algonhawk, and the East went to Terrecos. The dividing line cut the small village of Zalkhlum in half.