Luciania

Luciania (/lusiˈɑniə/), officially the Federated States of Luciania (: Estados Federados de Luciania, : Sfederowane Stany Lucianii, Luciani: Stados Federados de Luciania), is a federal country in Dischia, bordered to the east, north and south by the Pacific ocean, and to the west by Josesia and the landlocked Funtenia, the latter of which being a former fascist state that wasn't recognized by Luciania, nor by the European Union, Israel, the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth of Nations, the NATO or the United Nations, until transitioning to democracy; both of these countries gained independence during the 2023 Lucianian coup d'état attempt. The country is a federal unit owned by a democratic left-wing government. The country gained independence from the Spanish empire in 1813, and was occupied by the Soviet Union during World War II, therefore forming Felipist Luciania after the war, with a dictatorship that lasted until 2022 during the country's return to democracy; additionally, in 1936, its then-state Funtenia was the first territory to be annexed by the third Reich, with a fascist dictatorship that continued until its transition to democracy in 2023.

Luciania is the largest country in the entire continent of Dischia, even after being split, being populated by 15,750,000 people. Spanish and Luciani are chosen as official languages, although some Lucianians also speak English and Polish; the latter became popular after many Poles immigrated to Luciania during World War I. During the Felipist dictatorship, some Soviet immigrants also came to the country, forming Russian as a minority language in the country.

Etymology
The name is derived from the emperor Lucian IV, who goberned the Lucianic Empire during the 19th century before becoming a republic. The "-ia" is a very common suffix in country names, such as India, Bolivia, and Colombia.

Prehistory
In Hebin, back in the 15th century, conquistadors discovered dinosaur fossils from 100 million years ago.

Ancient times
During the ancient times, a group of indigenous people began appearing in what is now Luciania, named the Machupa. They have their own language.

Romans entered the country during the 3rd century, exporting goods from the Roman empire.

Middle age
During the 12th century, vikings came from Scandinavia and began exporting medieval suits for warriors.

Annexation by the Spanish empire
In the 15th century, Cristobal Colón came to a Machupa town after conquering America and as a result got annexed by the Spanish empire.

During its Spanish times, the indigenous population lowered from 10 million to 3 million in 300 years.

As a result of the annexation, many indigenous people began hiding to avoid getting discovered by the Spaniards.

Additionally, Spanish was also implemented as an official language.

Lucianic Empire
In 1809, the country gained independence from the Spanish empire and instead formed its own empire, the Lucianic Empire.

During the imperial times, Lucian IV governed the country as an emperor.

The empire was split into several territories.

In 1811, British immigrants came to the country, resulting in English becoming a very popular language in the country. Additionally, the country also featured many support for the then recently-founded United States of America.

In the empire's last years, the Lucianian revolution ocurred.

Independence
In 1813, after the Lucianian revolution, Luciana became a federal republic and its territories became states.

After independence, many indigenous populations were going out of their homes and taking care of themselves. Notably, some people began supporting the Machupa population.

In 1853, an earthquake ocurred in its capital state of Hebin, killing 15,000 people and 5,000 being lost (a few of which were actually found years later).

World War I
During the first World War, Luciania began having many immigrants, mainly including soldiers. Notably, several immigrants came from Poland, so the Polish language began becoming widespread, therefore forming the state of Bakar.

Great Depression
In 1936, its then-state Funtenia was annexed by Nazi Germany; the nazis came there using an airplane and began claiming it as part of the German territory. During the Nazi occupation, over 500,000 jews died in concentration camps. Fearing that the rest of the country might get occupied, was declared persona non gratta in Luciania.

World War II
In 1939, while Funtenia was occupied by Nazi Germany, the rest of Luciania got occupied by the Soviet Union. During the occupation, the persona non gratta restriction given to Hitler expanded to nazis in general.

During the war, there was conflicts between the Nazi-occupied Funtenia and the Soviet-occupied Luciania; as a consequence, over 300,000 slavs (including 270,000 communists) were killed in Funtenia and sent to concentration camps, mostly in the Funtenian capital of Mirkana.

Communist dictatorship
After World War II ended, a communist named Felipe Chávez began governing the country, turning it into the People's Republic of Luciania. Before that, he lived in the USSR. Additionally, the State of Funtenia was governed by Rudolf Voss, a former member of the, the paramilitary force of Nazi Germany.

During that time, a lot of censorship occurred, mainly with political opinions, with Felipe discovering and killing people who hated him, as well as banning mediums that either mocked or detested against communism. Some Soviet immigrants also came to the country, forming Russian as a minority language in the country.

On February 6, 2005, Felipe Chávez died of a brain tumor, causing him to be replaced by his son Ignacio Chávez, who kept his father's political power, therefore continuing the dictatorship.

Transition to democracy
On November 27, 2022, Ignacio Chávez got shot by a soldier and as a result, the country transitioned to democracy with its new president, Luciano Aguilera.

On December 27, 2022, a coup d'état attempt occurred in the country. The attempt however failed.

On January 15, 2023, a war started with Yanoland, which occasionally resulted in Hebin getting bombed.

Separation
Initially, the country had Josesia as a region cosisting of 9 states: Northwest Josesia, North Josesia, Northeast Josesia, East Josesia, Southeast Josesia, South Josesia, Southwest Josesia, West Josesia and Middle Josesia.

However on March 22, 2023, a military group in Josesia has starting to attempt a coup d'état in the country and started a small war, although Luciania lost; as a result of the loss, the country was split into three: the West-located Luciania, the East-located Josesia, and the smallest and only landlocked country in Dischia, the National Socialist Republic of Funtenia.

Whereas Luciania and Josesia are democratic states, Funtenia isn't, instead remaining the Nazi ideologies leftover during World War II, so it is governed by a neo-nazi, named Funolf Timwig, whose parents were former SS members. Luciania didn't recognize Funtenia as an independent country, nor did the European Union, Israel, the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth of Nations, the NATO or the United Nations. Additionally, Luciania has banned pro-Nazi imagery in non-historical contexts, which therefore made most Funtenian material illegal.

On April 10, 2023, soldiers from the Funtenian cities of Redia and Mirkana began bombing Hebin. Afterwards, soldiers from Josesia and Gabesia also came in and started another war. As a result, the country of Luciania was bombed and as a result, killed 1,500,000 people (including 100,000 children), as well as 900,000 being missing, 300,000 children being orphaned (80,000 of which died of innutrition the following week) and 200,000 homeless people, plus the extinction of a few animal species. Some monuments and buildings were being repaired by the Lucianian Peace Foundation. Additionally, this temporarily led to inflation due to taxes being higher in order to build more hospitals (as the unaffected ones had been full), leading to the poverty increasing by 25%.

On June 30, 2023, Zacken, a city that originally belonged to southwest Funtenia, was annexed by Luciania, therefore becoming a state and ending the fascist dictatorship there.

On September 29, 2023, after Funtenia transitioned to democracy, with a new left-wing and more lenient president, Luciania began recognizing it as an independent state. That same day, the country started sanctions with Josesia and Gabesia after said countries began protesting against Luciania, and are therefore no longer recognized as independent countries by the Lucianian government, and establishing a new law that banned imports of goods from both countries; both Josesia and Gabesia in turn were affected by a coup d'état, starting a dictatorship in both aforementioned countries.

Politics
Luciania is a federal country. Its current president is Luciano Aguilera, with its vice-president being Gustavo Michelini.

Law and criminal justice
The Court of Luciania is composed of two judges: one by the president, and the other by the vice-president.

Foreign relations, defence and security
The country often has relations with, , Sakaria, and El Kadsre.

Geography
The country is divided into several states.

It is the largest country in Dischia.

Economy
Hebies are used as the main and official curreny.

Demographics
The country has a population of 15,750,000 people.

The most spoken languages are the both-official languages of Spanish and Luciani, although English and Polish are also very well spoken in the country. The former was adopted as an official language in New Sydney, and the latter in Bakar. Russian was also spoken a bit, especially during the communist dictatorship, as well as German as an official language in Zacken, due to, prior to its annexation by Luciaina, originally belonging to Funtenia, which also has German as its official language.

Its biggest religion is Catholicism, although Orthodoxy and Protestantism were also common. Jews were also prevalent, although a majority of them died after Funtenia gained independence, in which the Funtenian Nationsozialist Party sent these jews to concentration camps, most of which were later freed after said country's return to democracy.

Education
Children from 4 to 18 were required by law to go to school.

The country has some well known universities, which also invested in media:
 * University of Luciania: The first ever university in Luciania, founded in 1815. It manages the TV station UDL TV, which became one of the most viewed TV channels in Luciania, and most notably has the Lucianian televison broadcast rights to the BuzzFeed web series Chikn Nuggit, leading to its major Lucianian popularity.
 * Catholic University Of Luciania: Founded in 1893, it is a somewhat major ally of the . It manages the TV station UCDL TV, which similarly also tends to export programs from, due it being formerly owned by the aforementioned Chilean university, with the most popular in Luciania being .

Transport
The country has ports to go to other countries, such as Chile, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and many other countries.

Currently, the country doesn't allow trips to Josesia or Gabesia, due to sanctions against these two countries, and additionally, communist or dictatorial countries, such as the, and  requiere a visa, whereas countries that are currently in war, such as , ,  and , are once again disallowed.

Media and telecommunications
There are several newspapers in Luciania: the most popular newspaper in the country is Luciapaper.

In 1919, the country's oldest movie theater opened in Hebin, named the Carlos theater. During its first year, it attracted over 1 million people, to the point where movie tickets were selling out very fast.

In 1925, the country started its first radio transmissions, through the Luciania Radio network. Before that, radio transmissions were available from Chile since 1923 (carryable in what is now Josesia) and from Australia since 1921.

On March 4, 1938, another technological advancement occurred: its first TV station, Tele Luciania, launched. Its first transmissions were made with the.

In 1939, Tele Luciania was rebranded to Lusianiyskoye Televideniye in 1939, and then Tele Felipe in 1945. That same year, Lucianska Telewizja Polska became the first privately-owned and regional TV station in the country, airing on UHF channel 14 in Bakar, as well as the first on the UHF band. In 1941, Lucianian TV networks switched to the 525-line standard, providing a higher-resolution image.

Due to complaints of Tele Felipe being deemed unreliable and fabricating news about society at the time, the second publicly-owned channel, as well as the second to launch on the VHF band, was UDL TV on September 9, 1945, owned by the University of Luciania. It became the most-viewed channel in Luciania with the rise of television during the 1950s.

The third publicly-owned channel, and the third to launch on the band, was UCDL TV, owned by the Catholic University of Luciania, starting its broadcasts on November 23, 1953.

In 1979, color TV broadcasts started with the NTSC-M standard; before that, they were available from the Chile since 1978 (carryable in what is now Josesia) and from Australia since 1967, the latter using PAL. Alongside that, the was also launched in Luciania, as well as Sony's Lucianian distributor exporting  videotapes and recorders. During that time period, was being used more frequently, with the soon-to-be-defunct Dolphin Productions from New York making idents and bumpers for UDL TV, which during its transition to color, rebranded, although one ident was used even before the introduction of color television, hence two variants: the original 1977 version, with the 1945 logo, and the 1979 version with the rebranded logo. The former was only televised in black and white, although a color version with the 1945 logo was seen in a Dolphin Productions demo reel.

On January 6, 1980, Max TV started airing as the first privately-owned TV station in Luciania, broadcasting on UHF channel 14 in Hebin, and later expanding to other states through different frequencies. Eventually and before that, more privately-owned TV stations started showing up, albeit regional and UHF-only, as the VHF channel space was already completely occupied by publicly-owned channels (at least until 2022, when the privately-owned Luciano Channel launched in the VHF band). That same day, Tele Felipe was renamed to TVL (Spanish: Televisión de Luciania, Luciani: Televisión da Luciania) to make it sound less ambiguous, as well as to easily identify itself as a state-owned channel.

By that time, JVC's Lucianian division also started distributing tapes and VCRs, which quickly surpassed sales of Betamax thanks to its longer tape length, as well as the equipment being less heavy and therefore cheaper to produce. In 1984, VHS Hi-Fi was quickly adopted by most major distributors, as so did VHS HQ in 1985 and eventually, in 1987, was widely adopted, which by 1995, would hit one million Lucianian households, making it even more popular than everywhere else.

In 1986, Luciania Telecom became the first cable provider to operate in Luciania, firstly with cable television, followed by internet connections in 1996. By 1994, it had two million subscribers.

In 1988, the .ln ccTLD was registered. The first TV channel to have a website, UDL TV, launched the udltv.ln domain on December 21, 1996, just in time for its summer-themed rebrand.

On April 5, 2010, digital TV broadcasts started with the Japanese standard.

On August 7, 2022, TVL was rebranded to PlumberMouse TV. Said rebrand resulted in different programming, leading to the launch of NacionalTV, with programming similar to Tele Felipe. NacionalTV itself replaced UCDL TV, therefore moving said channel to NacionalTV's third signal and making it digital-only, as analog television lacked support for multiplex signals.

On November 27, 2022, PlumberMouse TV became a feed of Luciano Channel, which unlike PlumberMouse TV and its predecessors, is a privately-owned channel, owned by Luciano Holdings.

On April 10, 2023, after the country got bombed, the old TV transmitters were damaged, so as a result, the government scheduled the analog TV shutdown for September 5, 2023, which took effect nationwide excluding Zacken, which had it delayed to 2025 as a result of the poverty coming from when the state was still a city from the then-dictatorial Funtenia. The same thing happened to old radio transmitters, therefore scheduling the AM radio shutdown for January 7, 2024, as well as introducing digital radio transmissions with the Japanese standard. A few days before the analog TV shutdown, sales of converter boxes, TV sets with built-in ISDB-T support, satellite dishes and cable subscriptions skyrocketed.

During the aforementioned bombings, some digital video recorders stopped working, and due to the increased poverty and inflation, some people went to buy VCRs instead (mostly with S-VHS support) in order to save money, resulting in increasing demand and the release of new pre-recorded tapes (including one for Chikn Nuggit, a series that premiered over a decade after the format went obsolete). This therefore resulted in digital video recorders having price drop and eventually being re-popularized after analog TV transmissions shut down in almost all of Luciania.