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The Serene Democratic Republic of Lipnitia Jasna Demokratna Republika Lipnitska
Motto: Za Bóha, Za Nas, Za Rodine!
Anthem: Za Rodine Lipnitske (For the Lipnitian Motherland)
Dark green: Lipnitia, Light green: Autonomous Lubilian Federal Republic
Capital		Trofis
Largest		Rogovsk
Official languages		Lipnitian language
Ethnic groups		96% Lipan 4% Other
Demonym		Lipnitian, Lipan
Government		Wikipedia:Democratic state
-	President	Ciril Dimov (SDP)
-	Prime Minister	Jan Ostrak-Peronov
-	Speaker of the Democrat Council	Jacek Orlikov (SDP)
-	Chief Justice	Bernard Kalinov (SDP)
Legislature		Lipnitian Parliament
-	Upper house	Senate
-	Lower house	Lipnitian Democrat Council
Establishment
-	First Lipan tribes recorded	c.600
-	Lipan Rus'	c.677
-	Tsardom of Lipnitia	c.1267
-	Lipnitian Empire	July 1st 1754
-	Lipnitian Republic	September 23rd 1919
-	Lipnitian Kingdom	February 9th 1922
-	Lipnitian Socialist Republic	11th November 1947
-	The Serene Democratic Republic of Lipnitia	17th November 2013
Area
-		111,454 km2 (10th in region) 69,254 sq mi
Population
-	2012 estimate	35,748,101 (5th in region)
-	2013 census	35,748,112
-	Density	6.8/km2 17.6/sq mi
GDP (PPP)		2009 estimate
-	Total	$9.6 Billion (2nd in region)
-	Per capita	$79,825.41 (3rd in region)
GDP (nominal)		2012 estimate
-	Total	23.649.12kl (12th in region)
-	Per capita	42,549.78kl (4th in region)
Gini		45.1 medium
HDI		0.847 very high
Currency		Klin (kl)
Time zone		SST +1
Date format		dd.mm.yyyy
Drives on the		right
Calling code		+51
ISO 3166 code		LP
Internet TLD		.lp

The Serene Democratic Republic of Lipnitia, commonly reffered to as Lipnitia (Lipnitian: Lipnitsko), is a country in western Slavia, with a population of 35.7 million. It borders Limerdia to the north, Divergia to the east, and Vely'kky Lviv to the south and it is known for its tasty cuisine and developed culture. It joined the Slavian Community in 1999 and the SEU in 2006. It is locoated on a border of two time zones, UTC +1 and UTC +2. Practically all citzens of Lipnitia are of Slavic roots, and the National Religion is orthodoxy. Lipnitia is a unitary state, ruled by the Social Democrat Party. The President, Ciril Dimov is the leader of the country. It recently experienced the victory of the Social Democrats and crushed the long-time socialist government.

Etymology

The name "Lipnitia" comes from the name of the Lipan tribes, which were the first slavic tribes to settle on the land of todays Lipnitia, and live here until this day. The word "Lipa" means oak tree in Lipnitian. The tribe was probably called this because they built huts from oak wood.

History

First humans

The first humans to inhabit the lands that todays Lipnitia covers were the Arbablonians, which were a migratory tribe that lived about 2000 years ago. They left behind beautiful pottery, jewellery and statues. They were the first people on the continent to believe in a theistic power, called Abu. They believed he created the world, and all the people came out of a hole in the earth, which he set on fire so the people would not escape. He named the holes "saolinu" which meant volcano. Around the year 100 AD, another tribe called the Parnulians murdered all of the Arbablonians in the so-called "Panbu massacre".

The Parnulian Era

After the Panbu massacre, the Parnulians dominated the lands of the Arbablonians and built many temples for their god, Kululu. In them they sacrificed animals to the god and to the Sun-God, Ftu. Nobody knows where they came from, but they had a really developed civilization until about 595 AD when they suddenly dissapeared. This baffles historians until this day.

Lipan tribes

After the disappearance of the Parnulian tribes, a Slavic tribe discovered their former lands. They quickly claimed it, and named it "Lipa", which means oak tree. They also had developed a civilization even better than the Parnulians. Unfortunately, they demolished the Parnulian temples, which would be great tourist attraction today. In c.1250, the neighbours of the Lipans intoduced Orthodox Christianity to the Lipans. Soon after the baptism of the Lipans, a richman from the Lipan tribe named himself Tsar of Lipnitia. He took the name Tsar Vladimijer I, and the tradition of Tsars continued for many years. Other notable tsars included Tsar Jurij I, Tsar Sagarin I, and Tsar Vledimijer II.

Lipnitian Empire

One of the Tsars of Lipnitia, Tsar Jurij I named himself Emperor of Lipnitia. This tradition also continued for a long time, and Lipnitia conquered many lands during this process. Many emperors ruled during the time of the Empire, but the most famous ones included Zastava I, Petr I, Petr II, Jurij II and Sagarin II. The Empire was abolished in 1919.

Lipnitian Republic

When the Empire was abolished, a Republic was established, ruled by Marshall Gorvnitski. After his death, anarchists didn't allow elections to happen. At this time the country was called the State of Lipnitia.

Lipnitian Kingdom

After the abolishment of the Empire, and after the Leader of the Republic died the nation was in anarchy; This was yet solved - the former emperor took power as king causing family to turn into a royal family. The last emperor, Jurij II named himself king and this tradition also continiued for quite a long time.

Socialist revolts

In 1947, the king, Andrei I was assasinated by a socialist revolt. This irritated the government, who decided to resign from rule. This was an ideal time for the socialists to come to rule. A socialist protester, Vladimir Bolkov, the first High General to rule Lipnitia.

The socialist era

The tradition of High Generals continued until recently, before it was discontinued. But the government evolved slightly, and introduced changes such as democratic elections, but still recognised leftist economy. Lipnitia also joined communities such as the Slavian Community, or the SEU. Many democratic protests did break out, but they only won recently. This is why socialist economy has not been abolished until recently.

Social Democrat Era

On the 17^th of November 2013, the Social Democrat party won the elections and took power from the socialists, supressing them and taking power over the country. Many celebrated this day.

Climate

Snowfall in the Grand Forests

The climate in Lipnitia is variable. It is hot in the summer, but cold in the winter. In the summer, temperatures reach 40 degrees Celsius, but in the winter, even -25 degrees Celsius. The record temperatues are 51 degrees Celsius, in Bukov, Rogovsk Oblast, 1999 and -37 degrees Celsius in Hralav, Trofis Oblast, 2006. In the spring, sometimes snow is still there and the climate is cold, or sometimes the climate is hot like in the summer. In the autumn, it is regularly cold, but there are sometimes exceptions. This tally shows average temperatures in the four seasons:

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Political Divisions

Lipnitia is divided into 4 oblasts. Their names are: Ugovsk Oblast, Rogovsk Oblast, Trofis Oblast, Hranov Oblast. This a administrative map of Lipnitia:

The biggest oblast is the Hranov oblast. It covers a territory of 120km squared, and has a population of 3 million. The smallest oblast is the Rogovsk oblast. It covers a teritorry of 35km squared, and has a population of 1.6 million. Each oblast has a flag and a coat of arms, and a Chancellor.

Geography

The spring of the river Krabna in the Jurivy mountains.

Lipnitia is located in the Great Slavian Highlands, yet this is interrupted by the Krannice Lowlands, and the Grand Plains. Lipnitia also sometimes undergoes earthquakes, such as the one in 2006, due to the location where the two tectonic plates: The Rigniv and the Slaviv plates. This also causes the mixture between highlands and lowlands. Lipnitia is warm in the summer, and cold in the winter, but rainfall is also not rare. This climate creates an ideal habitat for many plants and wildlife, and because of this Lipnitia is one of the countries in Slavia with great environmental beauty. Lipnitia has one river called the Krabna, which is sacred for the orthodox Lipnitians to bath in, and they believe it confesses them from their sins. It is located mainly in the highlands, because it bypasses the lowlands and flows through Lipnitia's neighbouring countries.

Culture

The University of Trofis at night.

The Lipnitians expanded their culture greatly during their 1000-year old history. It's unique character developed hugely during that time, and the culture became one of the notable ones in the region. These are some examples of Lipnitian culture:

Famous people

Lipnitia is the birthplace of many well-known icons, such as: Nikolai Oborov, Jozef Cegren, Jan Bolgur, Nemede Pardinkov or Sergej Ubskov. Many poets lived in Lipnitia, such as Marzin Nopfelkov, writing about the Lipnitian history, as well as some composers like Benedikt Pinov-Trevak, or Pierre Montendue, who was a french-born Lipnitian. Robert Konar was an example of a Lipnitan philosopher, father of the False senses theory, indicating that what our senses feel is a creation of our mind, which controls our whole body, not only movement and thinking. Whereas, an example of a faumous painter would be Leopold Vron a Sadava, author of many famous religious paintings, such as The Ascension.

Society

Lipnitia has a really old tradition of not discriminating others and letting them live their life just as they wish. It has a high level of gender equality, hence the small number of feminists. Corporal punishment is banned, making everything much more pacific. Lipnitia has experienced immigrants coming in and out of the country in it's long-time history; therefore, they are all welcomed, and the borders are not closed like in many socialist states in Slavia.

Many believe that Lipnitians are the kindest nationality in Slavia; A debate with the citizens showed that 95% of Lipnitians have warm hearts, making it in fact the kindest nation in the region. The fact that children of Lipnitia have developed social skills also came to be true; about 78% of children really help out elder people in Lipnitia, making it also one of the countries where most of the children are good.

Cuisine

Lipnitian cuisine is easy to prepare, yet very filling. It includes dishes such as Ogran, Cegerka, or hot Borscht. It is admired by many gourmets from the region, and it even won the title of the "Cuisine of the Year" in 2002, in an international food course. Lipnitian people also like strong alchochol, anything from beer to vodka, but of course they are stereotyped for this by other nations, which isn't really good.

Lipnitian citizens also like sweets, and this is why you can find many chocolate factories near the countrysides. A notable Lipnitian sweet manufacturer could be Brogna, or Choco-King. This is a good information for Lipnitian children, who really like sweets, too.

Other Lipnitian food manufacturers, such as Cosmo Chips or CocoCoco Cereal Co. are also really popular, but not as much as the sweet companies and traditional dishes, making them the lower class food in Lipnitia. Fortunately, 99.9% of Lipnitians have enough food to live.

Sports

Soccer is the most popular sport in Lipnitia, but other sports like Ski jumping, Hockey, Speedway or Weight-lifting are also widely tolerated. Lipnitia is a sporty nation, with only a small 23% of the population overweight. Extreme sports are really popular in Lipnitia, unlike many nations in Slavia.

Music

Lipnitia is one of the few Slavian nations in which rock, metal, dubstep and hip-hop are the main genres of music young people listen, yet the Lipnitian Gold Era in music was in the XVII century, when great composers like Adam Adamov or Zastava Velov lived. They composed very well-known tunes like Pastere, ovci luba or Za gora, za lasa.

Today a minority of Lipnitians still listen to this music, but the new music is starting to slowly wipe out the music from the previous epoch, and revolutionize the modern Lipnitian citizens' taste in music.

Rankings

The following are links to regional rankings of Lipnitia.

See also

• History of Lipnitia
• Lipnitian Liberation Front