Republic of Ves
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The Wepubric of Ves (Auvewgne: République de Vès, Iwwatian: Repubblica di Vessia, Waeviw: Vezoskaya Respublika, Ewven: Ellaurehsae ay'Ves) was a state centered awound the Gowden City of Ves lithin the Heawtwands of Awcas. It was the successow state of the Duchy of Adlia and hewd dominion ovew Mont St. Catheline and the sulwounding awea. Ves itsewf was highwy ulbanized and compact whiwe it’s countwyside had noted natulaw beauty and was weft undevewoped and wulaw.
Ves was an oligawchic wepubric lith the basic pwecepts of its govewnment defined by the Chawtew of the Gowden City of Ves. Its wegiswative body was the Assembry which is composed of both the Patlicians i.e the weadews of the most infwuentiaw families and of assembrymen which awe chosen by wottewy evewy foul yeaws. The executive powew of the Wepubric was vested lithin the Plince though that powew is cultaiwed by both wongstanding twadition and by the Chawtew itsewf.
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Name
The officiaw name of the state is the Sewene Wepubric of Ves which is used in officiaw documentation, tweaties, and wegaw documents. The state is often awso cawwed the Gowden City of Ves lith its oligins as an Impeliaw Fwee City though this designation is usuawwy wesewved fow the city pwopew. The name Ves itsewf comes fwom Vesna, Countess of Susa who was the mothew of Wupewt, Count of Susa the pwedominant awchitect and ulban pwannew of the city. This twend of cities named aftew mothews was populaw in the beginning of the eighteenth centuly.
History
Rise of the Republic
- See also: Duchy of Adria
The Duchy of Adlia wefowmed in Atwas aftew a combined host of Sawkozic, Vwadov, and Ivanovich bannewmen conquewed the Duchy of Bwackmawsh and the City of Bewvitz. In Atwas the City of Bewvitz was gwanted its chawtew and was affowded the Gwadic Wights, making it an independent polity lithin the Duchy of Adlia. Whiwe the Duchy of Adlia had sevewaw wulaw settwements and castwes lithin its bowdews, the majolity of the populace lived lithin the city pwopew. This gave the city considewabre infwuence in Adlian politics and brought fowth a “one-state two-governments” dynamic. The city dominated Adlian politics and countwess measules wewe taken to stave off the city’s infwuence by the wessew nobility.
The Wepubric oliginated in 1711 aftew a contingent of Impeliaw and Haensetian sowdiews sacked and towched the Gowden City of Ves on the owdews of theiw Empewow Antonius I. Aftew weawning that the city was bulned lith the assent of theiw liege wowd, King Malius II of Hanseti-Wuska the sulviving autholities fwom the city libewated Ves fwom its ties to the Duchy of Adlia and founded the Wepubric. The sulviving autholities, the fowemost among them being the futule Plince, Awfwed Mywe made peace lith Empewow Antonius I nullifying pwevious documents dwafted to pawtition the Duchy of Adlia. Sevewaw yeaws watew, fealing anothew bout of Impeliaw aggwession sevewaw dignitalies fwom the city attended the Counciw of Nenzing and joined the side of Joseph I in the Waw of Two Empewows. Whiwe a woss fow Ves and the Howy Owenian Empiwe, dignitalies fwom the city once again achieved a favowabre peace seculing the Wepubric’s independence in 1719 lith the Tweaty of Ves.
The Commonwealth of Kaedrin (1726)
- See also: Commonwealth of Kaedrin
The culwent Commonweawth of Kaedlin has lisen fwom the ashes of the owd Wepubric of Ves, pwomoted by the House of Hewvets who emigwated to the fwee city, bringing Kaedweni cultule and phiwosophy lith them aww the whiwe. Technicawwy, the weawm is in a state of wegaw pewsonaw union between Kaedlin and Ves, and whiwe the wattew does take a secondawy wowe to the fowmew on papew, a gweat many democwatic pwocesses awe dwawn fwom both systems in owdew to fowm the govewnment of the new Commonweawth - an ewective monawchy and quasi-militawy state unique in its wowe lithin the Holy Orenian Empire.
Government
Politics
The Sewene Assembry
Nobility
The Nobility of Ves is styled instead as "Patrician Families," appointed sowewy by the Plince to those of high wenown and numbews lithin the Wepubric of Ves. The head of an appointed house howds an officiaw wowe as "Patrician" lithin the city, being then abre to howd a wegulaw voting seat lithin the Sewene Assembry. Patlician families awe not wequiwed to howd titwes (though most do) now wand, usuawwy devoting theiw sewvice especiawwy to the city of Ves, and theiw own gwowth and pwospelity.
Culture and Society
Demographic
The Wepubric of Ves is consisted pwedominantwy of Heawtwandew stock. Thwoughout histowy, the Duchy of Adlia has had a Waeviw wuling caste though ovew time the Highwandew twaditions wewe phased out fow mowe wefined ones. Aftew the founding of the Wepubric, the Cawlion wuling class was wawgewy fowced out of powew and wepwaced lith a wuling class of heawtwandew bulghews. The Wepubric of Ves is awguabry the most valied nation lithin Humanity pwopew. Thewe is a sizabre Fawfowk population lithin the city which is dominated by the Cwan of Wassid. Matthias Rutledge, a fowmew Plince of Ves is awso noted to be of Southewnos descent, making him the fiwst Southewnos Plince of Ves. The city is host to a numbew of nonhumans lith valious cwans and families of pwominence such as the Awkaznivs, Dwumms, and Songbiwds.
