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.

After the war
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.

World War II
In 1939, while Funtenia was occupied by Nazi Germany, the rest of Luciania got occupied by the Soviet Union.

During the war, there was conflicts between the Nazi-occupied Funtenia and the Soviet-occupied Luciania; as a consequence, over 300,000 slavs (90% of which were communist) were killed in Funtenia and sent to concentration camps, mostly in the Funtenian capital of Mirkana.

Felipist 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, Funtenia was governed by Rudolf Voss, a former SS member.

During that time, a lot of censorship occurred, mainly with political opinions, with Felipe discovering and killing people who hated him. 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.

Transition to democracy


In November 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 has 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 Central 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, 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 does not recognize Funtenia as an independent country, nor was it recognized by 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. Some monuments and buildings were being repaired by the Lucianian Peace Foundation.

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; 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 Chile, Australia, 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.

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 5 to 15 were required by law to go to school.

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

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 and from Australia since 1921.

On March 4, 1938, another technological advancement occurred: its first TV station, Tele Luciania, launched. It used the CCIR System M standard.

In 1939, Tele Luciania was rebranded to Tele Felipe.

In 1979, color TV broadcasts started with the NTSC-M standard; before that, they were available from the Chile since 1978 and from Australia since 1967, the latter using PAL.

On January 6, 1980, Max TV started airing as the first privately-owned TV station in Luciania, broadcasting on UHF channel 14 in Hebin. Eventually, 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.

In 1988, the .ln ccTLD was registered.

On April 5, 2010, digital TV broadcasts started with the ISDB-T standard.

On August 7, 2022, Tele Felipe was rebranded to PlumberMouse TV. Said rebrand resulted in different programming, leading to the launch of NacionalTV, with programming similar to Tele Felipe.

In November, 2022, PlumberMouse TV was rebranded to Luciano Channel.

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.