Francia (Gladia)

Francia max territory

## Foundation

Francia was founded on the fifth of January by Zericef. Its capital and largest city was Burgundy. It was founded from the HRE region of Francia, modeled after the Frankish Empire. The foundation occurred after a referendum of Frankish mayors reached 7 mayors in favor, and 2 opposed, along with HRE consent. The primary reason for its foundation was to avoid participating in WWI. The vast majority of its players consisted of builders.

## Pre Foundation History

Francia began disunited, and split between several nations (Hispania, French Empire, HRE). Due to the efforts of Zericef, and lack of activity from the (then prominent in the region) French Empire, the HRE began to take towns outside the bounds of war. This would happen whenever a French town went 2 weeks inactive it was deleted, and the HRE remade it. Eventually, the HRE controlled all but 2 of the French Towns. The French nation then agreed to merge into the HRE. At this time the province of Francia consisted of all of France (besides San Sebastian), Belgium, and the city of Geneva. Francia then began to develop an internal government system. Soon, the signs of war began to show, and animosity grew within the Frankish citizens, who wanted to avoid a conflict. After a few concerns were brought up, Zericef began to make preparations for independence. Previous to its founding, its independence was guaranteed by the top 5 world powers. Due to the support of the Kiwis, and a donation of 10k from DeltaOrion, Francia was able to secede peacefully from the HRE just 1 day after its independence referendum passed.

## Independent Francia

Francia was officially formed on 1/5/20, with promises from every town in the HRE region of Francia to join (As well as San Sebastian). Due to its unexpectedly short life span, it never grew to include all of these towns. However, the town of Poitiers decided to revoke its plans to join Francia and create the nation of Antiquine. This was due to concerns of not being able to PvP. It was considered to be the only town in the region to WANT to engage in PvP. Francia also gained 2 unexpected towns, these were due to the mayors wanting to be peaceful, and also having more of a relationship to Zericef then the HRE. These 2 towns were Smol Burgundy (led by RemiRemi, originally a Burgundian resident) in Quebec, and Kardzhali (led by Stitch626\_) in Bulgaria and they both belonged to the HRE. On the 6h of January, the offer of joining a new and secret power was offered to Francia, that being Rome. On the 7th, after 2 days of independence, Francia merged into Rome, ending her independence. This decision was made concerning how this new power would geopolitics, the idea was that Rome would be so strong, that war wouldn't threaten Francia in Rome. Due to that, the independence of Francia was considered to be unnecessary, with more complicated reasonings to favor being Roman.

## Government

Francia's government was/is an absolute monarchy under the Caroline Dynasty and King Zericef. Any Frank is allowed to advise the King, though a special board of advisors was especially considered. For large decisions the Franks would be polled, although the results ultimately don't mean anything, its always up to the King whether to go with them. The board of advisors was an entity of 4, formerly 5, Franks, chosen by the King for their experience or diplomatic ability. The board was especially considered on opinions, and engaged in debates as well as being able to bring concerns to the King. The board consists of Salty\_Soap, ieorvian, DieTheVillain, Rainreck, and a Poitiers representative (That would be chosen by Poitiers, although they no longer have a seat on the board). Paris is also allowed to chose a representative, although they never have. This government type was considered ideal, as most of the Franks were newer players, or builders. They did not want to, or did not have the experience to engage in democracy, so all decisions were made on a higher level.

## Roman Province

Francia currently exists as a Roman province, with a very similar, but looser government as the nation had. It also exists in a more disjoined form, due to the controversiality of Rome. Reunification efforts are being undertaken by Zericef, Francia, and Rome, to reunify the region. As it stands, Poitiers is the only town in the region that is militarily opposed to Rome. Other towns are considered to be a diplomatic effort.