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Sacred Republic of Sainterre
Motto: "Per Deum, Uindicem Nostrum" "Through God, Our Vindicator."
Anthem: "On Guard For Thee'"
Satellite Image of Sainterre and the Surrounding Countries. Satellite Image of Sainterre and the Surrounding Countries.
Region		International Democratic Union
Capital		Cavalry
Largest city		Augusta
Official languages		English
Recognised national languages		English, Kinglish
Demonym		Sainterran
Government		Federal constitutional republic
-	Chancellor	Jacob Varisty
-	Vice Chancellor	Edward Kotsiopolous
-	Speaker of the Senate	Philip Baerg
-	Chief Justice	Wyatt Leviston
Legislature		Senate
History
-	Voyage of Varisty and White	1745
-	Consolidation as the Democratic Kingdom of Sainterre	1769
-	Glorious Revolt	1791
-	Civil War	2017
-	Water (%)	5.2%
Population
-	2013 estimate	323,298,031
-	Density	35.4/km2 91.7/sq mi
GDP (PPP)		2017 estimate
-	Total	$208.4 trillion
GDP (nominal)		2017 estimate
-	Total	$208.4 trillion
Gini (2014)		0.210 low
HDI (2014)		0.9783 very high
Currency		Sainterran Dollar (SP)
Time zone		Sainterran Time Zone (UTC+2)
Date format		dd/mm/yyyy
Drives on the		right
Calling code		19
ISO 3166 code		NDES
Internet TLD		.sa

The Sacred Republic of Sainterre, commonly known as the Sacred Republic or simply Sainterre is country located the International Democratic Union. Sainterre is crowned republic composed of four ancient provinces, ten states, one capital district and two self-governing territories. The current Chancellor is Jacob Varisty. Sainterre is composed of three main islands, Saantair, Concordia, and Loceno. Sainterre has a population of 700 million and a land area of 3,198,093 square miles.

Prior to Western contact in 1676, Sainterre was composed of individual city states and because of the geographical tendencies of the islands, these city states never were in contact with each other. The Sacred Republic of Sainterre emerged from the four ancient provinces, Victoria, Royal Georgia, Alexandria and The Palisades, after the Wars of Independence. These wars were provoked by the tyrannical rule of pirates and finally came to an end in 1769 by the signing of the Royal Treaty of Fort McAllister. The first constitution, The Royal Charter on the Lands of Nation, adopted in 1769 in the capital city of Cavalry, established the form of government with the monarch, elected in a national election every eight years, as the head of state and government. However, after the Glorious Revolt of 1791, the powers of the now-hereditary monarch became mostly ceremonial and the powers were then transferred to the newly established elected position of Chancellor under the Second Charter on the Lands of Sainterre, the second constitution. In 2017, the Civil War concluded and the monarchy was exiled to Concordia under the terms of the Treaty of Fort Jackson and the Constitution of the Lands of the Nation.

The Sacred Republic of Sainterre is a powerful country, both in terms of international influence and economic output. The Sacred Republic ranks highly in economic freedom and its arms manufacturing and book publishing sectors are among the best in the world.

Etymology

"Sainterre" was first used by Lord Admiral Beckett Varisty, after conquering the islands he had discovered in 1745. The name, "Sainterre", comes from the French words, for "holy" and "land", "saint" and "terre", respectively. Before the adoption of the Royal Charter on the Lands of Nation in 1769, Sainterre had many differing names due to the spread out nature of the indigenous people. Such names included, Averoigne, Kolobia and Borderia. However, after the Wars of Independence, the name "Sainterre" was included in the Royal Charter and adopted by the 1st Royal Senate.

History

Pre-Contact Sainterre, Indigenous Populations

The first inhabitants of Sainterre arrived by way of boats approximately 15,000 years ago from an unknown land. Some of these indigenous people, like the proto-Cavalarians of the Blue and the People of the Southern Lords, developed grand and sophisticated societies despite being hundreds of miles away from each other. These civilizations, as well as the less developed city states spread throughout the mainland, thrived until the late 1600's when the first Westerners arrived.

First Western Contact, Age of Piracy

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