Lyncanestria

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Empire of Lyncanestria
Empire de Lyncanestrie
Flag of Lyncanestria Lyncanestrian Coat of Arms
Motto"For God, Emperor, and the Fatherland"
AnthemOnward Lyncanestria
Imperial Coat of Arms
Grand Coat of Arms Villeneuve-Lugarne.png
Lyncanestria in the Commonwealth of Kings
Location of Lyncanestria (green) in the Commonwealth of Kings (grey)
Capital
and largest city
Lyncanestria
Official languages EnglishFrench
Demonym Lyncanestrian
Government Federal Monarchy,
Parliamentary Democracy
 -  Monarch Emperor Samuel
 -  Prime Minister Luc Sonet (L)
Legislature The National Parliament
 -  Upper house House of Lords
 -  Lower house Chamber of Deputies
History
 -  Founding May 1635 
 -  First Kingdom September 26, 1672 
 -  French occupation July 12, 1689 
 -  Independence February 10, 1763 
 -  Republic Proclaimed October 3, 1793 
 -  Monarchical Restoration August 8, 1816 
 -  Empire Proclaimed October 27, 1864 
Area
 -  Total 3,885,042 km2
1,500,023 sq mi 
 -  Water (%) 1.17%
Population
 -  2014 estimate 1,809,185,000
 -  2014 census 1,809,179,684
 -  Density 465.7/km2
1,206.2/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2014 estimate
 -  Total $126.057 trillion
 -  Per capita $69,676.63
Gini (2013)42.1
medium
HDI (2013)Increase 0.804
very high
Currency Imperial Crown (₡) (LIC)
Time zone LIT (UTC-6)
 -  Summer (DST) LST (UTC-5)
12 March to 1 November
Date format dd/mm/yyyy
Drives on the right
Calling code +1908
Patron saint St. Stephen
ISO 3166 code LYN
Internet TLD .lyn
Lyncanestria (officially The Empire of Lyncanestria) is a sovereign state located in southeastern Commonwealth of Kings, bordered by Lalucia, Marasea, and The Royally United Provinces to the north. Originally an independent city-state, the nation was established as an independent kingdom in 1672 but was quickly overthrown by a French invasion in 1689. After almost one hundred years under French control, the country was reestablished as an independent entity along with other independent realms. After going through two civil wars and a number of unification conflicts, the country was established in its present Imperial state.

The current government is a federal monarchy under a constitution and parliamentary democracy. Its current monarch is the Emperor Samuel with the Rt. Hon. Luc Sonet acting as Prime Minister. Ever since the restoration of the monarchy in 1818, the government has emphasized primary concern with the upkeep of its armed forces, which is constantly safeguarding Lyncanestrian national interests. Other areas of major governmental spending are the administration, education and law & order. Health and social spending has also gained priority in recent years since the election of 2007 and the Liberal Party's new majority in the Parliament, who passed a new budget introduced in 2007, which will increase governmental healthcare coverage and maintain a welfare system beginning 2014. The national animal is the Golden Eagle and its national currency is the imperial crown.

Etymology

When settlers arrived in the area which is now central Lyncanestria, there were a great number of native tribes which lived in the area. Historians credit the name of Lyncanestria to a minor tribe, known to the French colonists as the Aoleqwen, who referred to the early settlement as "Lanquannehki" which was translated into French with the pronunciation "Lyncanestrie". The first document known to refer to the settlement as Lyncanestria is dated from 1654 in a letter of correspondence between a colonist and European. The name came into prominent use and the settlement's name was officially changed from Fort St. Frédéric to Lyncanestria in 1661 and has since kept the name.

History

Main article: History of Lyncanestria

Settlement and the First Kingdom

The Empire of Lyncanestria was founded as a small settlement on the banks of the Mississippi River in May 1635 by a group of shipwrecked French explorers. It was a very self-reliant community which produced its own harvest and traded with the other Lyncanestrian city-states. The town underwent a major population boom in the years between 1660 and 1670 after an influx of European migrants settled in the town. Up until 1672, the independent state had been a de jure part of France, having protection by its army and navy as part of the Lyncanestrian Trade League. In late 1671, French diplomats were forcefully expelled from the town after attempting to officially annex Lyncanestria as a French colony. The city declared itself an autonomous Kingdom and set itself as an independent kingdom, unanimously electing Philippe Villeneuve, a descendant of the settlement's founder, as their first monarch.

During the reign of Philip I, the kingdom saw the recognition of Lyncanestria as a sovereign state by foreign powers such as Spain, Portugal and Scotland, as well experience economic growth due to increased foreign trade and the encouragement of artisans and craftsmen. The Lyncanestrian army was founded during his reign to see combat against surrounding natives and expand the Lyncanestrian realm to encompass an area of about 40,000 square miles. Philip's reign was cut short in 1689 when the French, again trying to annex Lyncanestria, landed troops of the coast of Lyncanestria to take it by force. The initial campaign failed, and another one was launched within six months. The French army finally took Lyncanestria on 12 July 1689 and forced Philip to surrender Lyncanestrian sovereignty to the Kingdom of France.

Occupation Under France

Main article: French Lyncanestria During the years Lyncanestria was under the occupation of France, there were two unsuccessful uprisings against the French with population and productivity growth in between. The first rebellion began in the spring of 1690 but the rebel forces never fully organized and after a small skirmish in the outskirts of Lyncanestria, the rebellion dispersed. Between the end of the small revolt and the next in 1708, the city of Lyncanestria saw a tri-fold population increase, going from a population of 3,970 to having 13,700 by 1706.

In 1708, another revolt against French occupation began. Led by the second son of Philip I, Marc Villenueve, the rebellion rallied many supporters and won numerous victories against the French colonial armies in its first years. The first major victory of the war was at Fondain, a small village to the northwest of Lyncanestria. From 1708 to 1711, the rebel army would raid and fight without losing to the French. On June 21, 1711, the Lyncanestrian army met the last French colonial army near Budot during which battle Marc Villeneuve was fatally shot, causing the rebel army to rout and disperse, ending the rebellion.

War of Independence

Main article: Lyncanestrian War of Independence In 1756, the Seven Years' War broke out between Austria and Prussia and their respective allies. During this time, the Lyncanestrians saw an opportunity to try to achieve independence. Around 1758, insurgence began in Lyncanestria when an army of 7,000 Lyncanestrians took arms and expel the French garrison in Lyncanestria. After securing their hold over the city of , a provisional government was set up for an independent Lyncanestria, which sent delegates to Britain and Prussia to ask for help in training, arming and supplying their militia army against France. By the summer of 1760, the Lyncanestrian Independence Army was at 12,000 well-equipped and well-trained soldiers. Under their commander, General Eugène Dufay, the Lyncanestrians fought important military victories at Grebloue in October 1761 and at Tellemar in April 1762. Even though there was a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Antenfoy in December 1762, peace talks were already ongoing in Paris between representatives from Great Britain and France. On February 10, 1763, France agreed to the terms of peace that had been offered by Great Britain and Lyncanestria which would grant Lyncanestria independence from France.

Second Kingdom of Lyncanestria

After the recognition of Lyncanestrian sovereignty by France, the Second Kingdom of Lyncanestria was established. Immediately following their independence, an internal crisis arose regarding who was to be crowned as king. Two candidates, both descendants of Philip I, garnered an almost equal number of supporters that were backing them for the throne that the situation was on the verge of escalating to Civil War. In December 1763, one of the pretenders, Charles suddenly fell ill with pneumonia and died, allowing for François Auguste Villeneuve was then crowned Augustus of Lyncanestria the next year on 2 March 1764.

In the years that Lyncanestria was under the rule of King Augustus, the kingdom underwent massive modernization projects, including the building and expansion of roads, government buildings, palaces and universities. The King is noted to have written in his journal that he wished to "...match the grandeur of the grand European cities, lest we be not taken seriously and fall again into the realm of another occupier." Though there was massive improvement in Lyncanestria regarding society and technology, the country was becoming very much indebted to a point that it would be almost impossible to repay their loans. This era in history is known as the Lyncanestrian Golden Age because of the promotion of the arts and the encouragement of science and reason. However, this push for a "modern" and "enlightened" Lyncanestria would backfire in revolution.

It was not until the death of King Augustus in 1786 and the ascension of the incompetent Philipp II that a liberal, republican revolt erupted out to end the monarchy and institute a republic known as the Lyncanestrian Revolution.

Lyncanestrian Revolution and the Republic

In November 1787, a year into the reign of King Philip II, a radical Lyncanestrian paper, Gazette of the Citizen, spoke out violently against the monarchy after a dramatic increase in taxes. The newspaper was closed and its owners jailed. to the dismay of the people of Lyncanestria, who took to the streets in protest against the government. After a bloody confrontation in city square, the Royalists pushed the rioters out of the city and into the countryside. The rebellious army took to Grennai, where they declared it their provisional republican capital. From 1788 to 1790 the king made no real push to get rid of the rebels until 1791, when King Philip II assembled an army and marched on Grennai. After a battle in the outskirts of Lugarne, the Royalist Army was defeated and they retreated to the capital. The rebels followed them and after an eleven-month siege, the city surrendered. On October 3, 1793, the Lyncanestrian Republic was officially established.

After the establishment of the Lyncanestrian Republic, the new government was quick to adopt a constitution and elect a first consul. However, even though the republic was made in the hopes of an egalitarian government, the republican Lyncanestrian government made hardly any progress regarding reform, as the majority of their elected officials were conservative and the country was merely a corrupt puppet of Great Britain. There were several revolts during the early years of the republic as the populace did seem unsatisfied with the way that the republic was going and this discontent would cause the return of the monarchy in the Lyncanestrian Civil War.

Lyncanestrian Civil War

In England, a member of the royal family-in-exile, Prince William, who had fought under the British crown against the French in the Napoleonic wars, decided to travel overseas to retake the monarchy from the republicans. In 1813, the Lyncanestrian Royalists, along with the populace in discontent with the government, rose up in arms against the republican government. William proved to be an excellent strategist and demonstrated extreme capability on the battlefield, especially in the Battle of Argènne. The war was very destructive; the royalist army burned and pillaged towns in order to maintain supplies. The calculated damage in modern currency thought to have exceeded 12.8 million (NS $23.7 million).

On November 7, 1817, a decisive battle near the village of Ygrettes, the Battle of the River, was a crushing royalist victory which left the republicans crippled for the rest of the war. After another year of fighting, the republican forces were surrounded, where, after a bloody battle, the republican general, Antoine Paroule, surrendered on November 23. The monarchy was officially restored ten days later on December 4, 1818.

Monarchial Restoration

After the fall of the short-lived Lyncanestrian Republic, King William I (Anglicization of his French name Guillaume) assumed the throne with the reestablishment of the Lyncanestrian monarchy. Republican officials were executed and the nobility was restored. The reign of William I is seen as an age of prosperity both socially and economically due to its prolonged period of peace in contrast with the constant warfare and civil strife which had occurred under the former monarchic and republican governments.

In contrast with the other monarchies which had ruled over Lyncanestria previously, the reign of William I took a less autocratic approach to its citizens and instead had a more liberal form of government similar to the British crown at the time in contrast with the French monarchy of Louis XIV. The Chamber of Lords was established in which the peerage of Lyncanestria would gather to present their ideas and suggestions to the King, who still held the power of the government. This period, apart from mimicking the British monarchical system, also adopted more British culture which was brought to Lyncanestria by the monarch who had spent almost all his life in England. This period is known as the Lyncanestrian Anglicization Period in which the most significant change was the change of official language to English rather than the former French.

After King William I died in September of 1839, he was succeeded by his only son, George, who was ultimately crowned king in March of the following year. His rule, though seemingly peaceful at first, was interrupted with a revolt in 1842, relatively short in comparison to former rebellions in Lyncanestrian history, after which the Lyncanestrian Constitution was signed. The constitution effectively ended the monopoly that the crown had on governmental affairs and officially created a legislative branch which is today the National Parliament. The remainder of the rule of George I was marked by the greatest economic growth seen until the 1980's due to the advantages of the Industrial Revolution, Lyncanestrian business and industry boomed and became a big player on the international market.

After the death of George I and the succession of Philip III, Lyncanestria then became involved in the Second Burgoy-Lyncanestria War following the Crisis of 1859. The war began in Burgoy's favor, as they seized the major norhtern cities of Cozet-en-Fleuve in December 1859, Chaligne in January 1960 and Williamsville in March 1860. The war came to a short stalemate after the Burgoyard offensive was halted in the city of Fondain. After a successful counter-offensive in late 1862, the Burgoyard Army was pushed back into their territory and were surrounded and defeated at the Battle of Fort Maubagne on April 30, 1863. Following the crushing victory, the Lyncanestrians advanced east on the Burgoy capital of Jugny, seizing it in November of 1863. After two months of diplomatic deliberation, the Burgoy-Lyncanestria Peace Accords were signed in which Burgoy was annexed into the Kingdom of Lyncanestria. Later that same year, King Philip would officially elevate the status of the country and establish the Empire of Lyncanestria.

Modern-day Lyncanestria

After the World Wars, both of which did not see any Lyncanestrian involvement, the Empire of Lyncanestria has seen a very steady and healthy growth in its private sector as the national gross domestic product has increased threefold over the past fifty years as the country consolidated foreign investment and saw an increase in total exports and therefore larger annual revenues.

Government

Constitution

The first Lyncanestrian constitution was drafted in the summer and autumn of 1842 following the March uprisings in which George, King of Lyncanestria agreed to surrender the absolute monarchy and sign the constitution, which was done on November 9, 1842. The Constitution lays out the governmental foundation of the country, expressing the roles of the monarchy, outlining the duties of the Parliament and establishing a code of law to which both governmental branches are to follow in fulfilling their duties.

National Parliament

The National Parliament is the official legislative body of Lyncanestria responsible for drafting and passing laws in the Empire. The Imperial Prime Minister is chosen from among the members of parliament.

Monarchy

The Lyncanestrian monarchy, unlike a number of modern monarchies, still wields a significant amount of political legal power. Following the Second Burgoy-Lyncanestria War, a new constitution was officiated to serve as the constitution for the newly founded Empire. This present constitution gave back substantial monarchical power, unlike the 1842 constitution. Today, the Emperor has the power to dismiss the Prime Minister, as well as dissolve the Parliament at his discretion.

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Provincial Populations

City Populations

Cities in Lycnanestria are governed under a mayor and council with an imperially-appointed hereditary peer under a baron acting conjointly. In official terms, a Lyncanestrian city is referred to as a city-barony. The title of a city-barony is only given to townships over the population of one-hundred thousand inhabitants that have petitioned the national government.

Below are the twenty Lyncanestrian city-baronies over a population of one million.


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Antenelle
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Grennai
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Jugny
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Lugue
Rank City Province Population
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Fondain
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Budot
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Tellemar
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Liverny
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Chaligne
1 Lyncanestria City Template:Country data Lyncanestria Autonomous District 13,216,842
2 Antenelle Template:Country data Antenfoi 4,434,878
3 Grennai Template:Country data Lausanne 4,089,962
4 Jugny Template:Country data Burgoy 3,868,437
5 Lugue Template:Country data Lugarne 3,746,155
6 Fondain Template:Country data Yvagre 1,751,430
7 Budot Template:Country data Prusson 1,609,504
8 Tellemar Template:Country data Antenfoi 3,332,131
9 Liverny Template:Country data Langirot 2,215,817
10 Chaligne Template:Country data Montbeau 2,097,025
11 Valon Template:Country data Valonoi 1,040,443
12 Grebloue Template:Country data Cozet 2,073,046
13 Argènne Template:Country data Clermant 2,004,043
14 Saulliéry Template:Country data Pays-Riviere 1,787,344
15 Williamsville Template:Country data Norwick 1,699,103
16 Pelligale Template:Country data Clarence 1,320,029
17 Cedre Template:Country data Loges 2,073,046
18 Précy Template:Country data Tourraine 1,139,452
19 Tournay Template:Country data Prusson 1,087,533
20 Berthington Template:Country data Junois 1,010,006
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In Lyncanestria, cities began becoming a significant deal in the turn of the 19th century going into the nineteen-hundreds when the Industrial Revolution began placing an important role on factories. In this period, Lyncanestria underwent massive urbanization as a large majority of the population moved into urban centers. Today, 71% of the Lyncanestrian population live in one of the 288 city-baronies and 26% in a township denomination. Only 3% still live in rural areas.

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