Caputia

The Kingdom of the Union of Caputia
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Motto: Fier Et Combattant
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Capital	Zalae
Largest city	Zalae
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Demonym	Caputian
- Adjective	Caputian
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- Queen	Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth I
- Prime Minister	Christophe Landry
- Legislature	Parliament of Caputia
Establishment	25 October 2017
Area	Unmeasured
Population	15,817,299 (2017)
Active population	3 active citizens
Currency	Caputian Solar ($)
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National website	Caputian Website
National forum	Caputian Forums
National animal	Unicorn
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Abbreviation	CAP

Caputia, officially the Kingdom of the Union of Caputia, is a sovereign country in the continent of Keltia, with overseas possessions in Apollonia, Eura and Cibola. On Keltia, Caputia shares a border with the High Realm of Stormark and with the Greater Pallisican Trade Association. On Apollonia, Caputia shares a border with Jingdao. On Cibola, it shares a border with Treisenberg and Natopia. Caputia is the official successor state of the now defunct Commonwealth of Hamland.

Caputia is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy. The monarch is Queen Elizabeth I, who has reigned since the founding of the nation after the end of the Hammish Civil War. The capital of the Caputia is Zalae, now the largest and most populous city in the country. Other major urban areas include San Luis, Petrynsk, Keybir-Aviv, Gotfriedplatz, and Monoviaville. Caputia is composed of ten states - Hamland, Bridgemoor (formerly Skjargorod), Wakefield (formerly Scottania and Petrynsk), Northpass (formerly Schoenland), Anglia and Israat, the Isles of Caputia (formerly the Lordship of the Isles), Haifa, San Luis, Monovia, and Neo Patrova. It also has a Royal District for its capital city, the Royal District of Zalae. The largely uninhabited Elizabeth Isle in Eura is a Crown dependency with the Caputian Government directly responsible for its defense and international representation. Elizabeth Isle was ceded to Hamland, Caputia's previous incarnation, by Passio-Corum.

Before the Hammish Civil War, the country experienced a period of relative calm and renowned prosperity, driven by tourism, agriculture, commerce, and banking, with a population of 56,817,299. At the end of the war, Hamland was dissolved and Caputia was created to succeed it, with the new Queen beginning to work on reviving the economy and rebuilding the extensively damaged national infrastructure. In all, it is estimated that over 19 million people people were killed during the war, and another 1,746,000 permanently handicapped by injuries. Approximately 22,000,000 people, representing 38% of the pre-war population, were displaced from their homes, with at least 50% of the displaced resettling permanently elsewhere.

Etymology

The name of Caputia originates from its distant past, as the land it occupies was once part of an ancient nation called Caput Popularis. Use of the term "Caputia" rose from the many rebel groups during the Hammish Civil War, in an effort to differentiate themselves from the National Provisional Authority and the Council of State for the Salvation of Hamland which governed the country during the war.

Occurrences of the name have been found in different ancient texts prior to the founding of Hamland but after the collapse of Caput Popularis, when tribes of the Green continued referring to the area as "Caputia" in general.

History

For the history of Hamland, please see Hamland.

• The Hammish Civil War - massive famine, disease, Alexandrian flu, heavy casualties of war due to regular use of chemical and biological weapons by most sides.
• Geneva Peace Conference - results, rise of Regina Ravaillac, international support coalesces around her to lead Hamland.
• NPA begins to collapse, decimated by Alexandrian flu and the HRA offensive with support of Natopia and SANE.
• Collapse of CoFN peacekeeping mission leads to final thrust to eliminate the NPA, ceasefire comes right on time.
• Negotiations continue, Constitutional Convention called by rebels offers crown to Regina Ravaillac. She accepts the crown, but with a few conditions.
• Vision of Zalae, fast spread of a Bovinist cult centered around the Prophetess Melusine.
• Death of Gen. Eliphas, Declaration of Zalae, founding of the Kingdom of the Union of Caputia, the Queen's March.
• Rise of the Caputian technocratic elite, led by Alexandrian emigree Christophe Landry.
• New government begins to form, neutrality policy, clashes with Treisenberg in Cibola,