Vegno

Republic of Vegno
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Capital	Cossa (624.024 ab. /1705 AN)
Official language(s)	Vegnian (related to Gaian language)
Official religion(s)
Demonym	Vegnese
- Adjective	Vegnese
Government	Semi-Presidential Republic
- President	Antonio Visciglia
- Prime Minister	Luca "Lo Zar" Zarrella
- Legislature	Assemblea Nazionale
Establishment	1705 AN
Area
Population	1 857 345
Active population	12
Currency	Rino
Calendar
Time zone(s)	CMT +2 / +3
Mains electricity
Driving side	Right
Track gauge
National website
National forum
National animal	Cormorant
National food	Pizza
National drink
National tree
Abbreviation	VEG

Vegno (/ˈveɲɲo/), officially the Republic of Vegno, is an independent nation in the northeast of Apollonia. Vegno declared its independence in 1705 AN as a semi-presidential republic with the simultaneous composition of a constituent assembly to draft the first Constitution of Vegno. The capital is located in the city of Cossa, overlooking the gulf of Cantor.

History

The "Costituzione del Vegno" signed by the Seven Founding Fathers of the Republic.

Birth of the Vegnese Republic

The Republic of Vegno was founded in 1705 AN with the drafting of the "Costituzione del Vegno" (Constitution of Vegno), signed by the seven members of the Constituent Assembly. Cossa was chosen as capital, since it was the largest city in Vegno, while the other big cities of Mhazar, Agropl, Murgione and Sancrus were named chief towns of their provinces.

The Constitution of the Republic of Vegno is the fundamental law of the State, which occupies the top of the hierarchy of sources in the legal system of the Republic: it is composed of 12 articles written and published in 12/1705 AN by the Seven Founding Fathers of the Constituent Assembly of Vegno.

The seven members of the constituent assembly were, at the time, the most important offices of the Republic of Vegno, pending the appointment of an official President and a Prime Minister; these members were:

Salvatore "Shalva" Mancuso, Michelangelo Levati, "P." Antonio Visciglia, Luca "Lo Zar" Zarrella, Marco "M.M" Munno, Haldi Rinaldi "Pane" e Peppe "Freeda" Cantore.

The National Unity Government

The first general elections were held in 1706 AN.

After the second round, Antonio Visciglia was elected as president with the support of Forza Vegno and Vegnese People's Party, in addition to his party.

Given the post-election situation and the need to lay the foundations of the nation, Visciglia urged the formation of a national unity government and appointed Luca "Lo Zar" Zarrella as the prime minister. The latter opened to an agreement with the first party of the parliament, the Vegnese Nationalist Party, also involving the other party remained, the ecologists of The Greens - Peppe Freeda. Each party got a seat in the cabinet and therefore the totality of parliament made up the majority.

On 1706.13 AN, following the favorable opinion of the Assemblea Nazionale, Visciglia ratified the General Membership Treaty and therefore Vegno officially joined Micras Treaty Organization.

1707 Internal Lands Referendum

Main article: 1707 Vegno's Internal Lands Annexation Referendum

During 1706 AN, the first year of independence and the formation of the Repubblica del Vegno, numerous requests were received by the population of the hinterland in wanting to become part of the Republic.

The initial territory of Vegno, declared independent in 1705 and recognized internationally in 1706, did not in fact include those areas between the current territory of Vegno and the neighboring Lac Glacei and Angsax, because they are too close to the latter and do not risk a diplomatic crisis.

After the international recognition of Vegno and after the Treaties between Vegno, Lac Glacei and Angsax, the populations of these territories have once again expressed their desire to become part of Vegno. The Government of Vegno then approved with a parliamentary motion in the early months of 1707, the institution by the government bodies of a referendum in the internal territories between Vegno, Lac Glacei and Angsax, to formalize the requests received from these cities.

At the end of the counting, despite considerable protests by a slice of the local population, the turnout was very large, even reaching 83% of those entitled to vote. The victory of the YES was overwhelming with 78% of the preferences, with the result that these territories officially become part of the Republic of Vegno, as part of previous regions or as totally new regions.

Etymology

According to the Vegnese Ministry of Culture, the term "Vegno" derives from gaian "Regno", whose meaning is kingdom.

This theory is supported by historical documents according to which the first settlers suffered from rhotacism. A well-known legend within the nation tells that the first settler who set foot off the coast of Cossa exclaimed: "Questo savà il nostvo Vegno!" ("This will be our kingdom!"), mispronouncing the term "Regno". Although the nation was configured over time as a republic, the name did not change.

The term was also associated with money, friendship and the welfare of the nation for unknown reasons.

Geography

Regions

With Legge 2 1706 AN "Territorial powers and establishment of the Regions", the Government established for the Republic of Vegno the formation of 11 Regions, with their respective capitals.

The 11 Vegno Regions Territory

This territorial distribution also represents greater autonomy on the part of the individual territories, slightly decentralizing the power of the central government. These powers assigned concern in particular health care, local public order and a part of the territorial economy.

N°	Name	Capital
1	Cossa	Cossa
2	South Coast	Murgione
3	Largoprato	Scanzata
4	Bassovento	Villanova
5	Compare	Pescevilla
6	Mhazar-Campoasciutto	Mhazar
7	Buonriposo	Capolanza
8	Caponord	Agropl
9	Falange	Sancrus
10	Falangina	Monsaltus
11	Falangetta	Extremum

Largest Cities

Autostrade of Vegno

The territories of Vegno are flat in their entirety and include three large cities (Cossa, Mhazar and Sancrus) and two small towns (Agropl and Murgione). A peculiarity of the nation is that it straddles one of the parallels of Micras; a part of its territories are in fact with CMT+2 (the cities of Murgione, Mhazar and Agropl), while the other part is CMT +3 (The capital Cossa and the city of Sancrus).

The western borders are towards the continent of Apollonia while the eastern part faces entirely the sea.

In the northern area of ​​Vegno there are three islands of progressively smaller size, in the first of which there is the great city of Sancrus.

The cities on the mainland are connected by the national motorway system known as the Autostrade.

City	Population
Cossa	624 024
Mhazar	420 845
Sancrus	389 456
Murgione	53 298
Agropl	22 756

Cossa

Cossa is the capital city of Vegno. It is the most populous city in the nation and the seat of the main institutional bodies, such as the presidential palace, the seat of the government and the seat of the Assemblea Nazionale. The city has a large port and is served by the only intercontinental airport, the Aeroporto Internazionale di Cossa (VECO). Cossa is also the main financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Vegno, mainly due to its geographical position within the state.

The capital has a humid continental climate with mild, rainy summers and cold, snowy winters. Winters are cold, but mild for its latitude, owing to its coastal location. During the winters, temperatures tend to hover close to freezing and snowfall is common.

Mhazar

Mhazar is the second largest city of Vegno and also the second largest city in the central region. The city is especially known for its football tradition represented by the two official teams playing in the Campionato Vegnese di Calcio; the Mhacompare Arena is one of the newest stadiums built in Vegno and has already established a seat expansion.

As regards travelling, the main way to go in the other zone of Vegno is by train; the “Stazione Centrale di Mhazar” is where the so-called "FrecciaArancio" high-speed trains depart to all Vegno’s continental cities.

Sancrus

Sancrus is the largest city in the north. It is located on the island of Falange, the largest island in the northern archipelago.

The city has the most important fishing port of Vegno. Secondary to fishing, the University of Sancrus is a center for Arctic research. Many cultural activities take place in Teatro Casalnuovo, including concerts by the Vegnese National Orchestra and operas. Moreover, Sancrus is the seat of the Festival di Sancrus, officially the Vegnese Song Festival (vegnian: Festival della canzone vegnese), the most popular Vegnese song contest and awards ceremony. Aeroporto Sancrus-Falange "Stella del Nord" (VESF) is located in the city.

Sancrus experiences a boreal climate as winter temperatures are just cold enough to qualify and the summer season is short. However, precipitation amount and pattern, with maximum precipitation in autumn and winter, as well as lack of permafrost, are atypical for subarctic areas and more typical for oceanic climates. The snowfall pattern of the city is quite erratic and varies substantially between different winters.

Murgione

Murgione is the largest city in the south. It is located on the gulf of Peppozzo.

Agropl

Agropl is a small city in the north.

Agropl Is esteemed as the first settlement in the region, as the historical evidences point its original foundation to the first Vegnese communities. Unfortunately, the cold weather and internal government disagreements led to a progressive migration of the inhabitants to the Cossa and Sancrus regions. However the city still helds a strong position in the Vegnese cultural landscape, harboring the main archaelogical research center of the nation, the M&M Historical Fondation (MMHF), from the names of the two founders, Nicoshalva Mancusos and Peppemarcos Munno.

Politics

State Ordering

The Constitution of the Republic of Vegno, approved and promulgated by the Constituent Assembly (provisional highest office of the state) in 12/1705, is the fundamental law of the state.

Vegno is a Semi-Presidential Democratic Republic, in which the Parliament and the President of the Republic are the two istitution to hold the representation of the popular will.

The major institutions are:

• Parliament: consists of Assemblea Nazionale ("National Assembly"), exercises legislative power and votes for confidence in the Government.
• President of the Republic: he is the head of state and represents national unity; he is elected by the citizens according to the norms of the constitution and appoints the Prime Minister and, upon his proposal, the ministers. He can dissolve Parliament.
• The Government: exercises executive power, is composed of the Prime Minister and the ministers, who form the Council of Ministers.
• The Judiciary: exercises judicial power (both investigating and judging) and is independent from any other power, autonomous and governed by the Superior Council of the judiciary.

Elections

After the first elections of the Republic of Vegno in the year 1706 AN (March 2022), according to the modalities established by the Constitution, the new President of the Republic is Antonio Visciglia, while the main three parties elected in the Parliament are the Vegnese Nationalist Party (30 seats), Forza Vegno (23 seats) and Democratic Constitutional Party (21 seats).

Foreign relations

Main article: Foreign relations of Vegno

Vegno is a member of the Micras Treaty Organization.

In 1706 AN, the President Antonio Visciglia, the Prime Minister Luca "Lo Zar" Zarrella and the Minister of the Foreing Affairs Haldi Rinaldi have signed 3 treaties with the other countries of Micras: Sanama, Lac Glacei, Confederation of the Phineonesian Nations

Culture

Science

Space

The Vegnese Space Agency (VSA; Vegnian: Agenzia Spaziale Vegnese) is a government agency established in 1706 AN to fund, regulate and coordinate space exploration activities in Vegno. The agency doesn't have any active missions yet.

Medicine

The Sistema Sanitario Vegnese (SSV) ("Vegnese National Health Service") is a universalistic public system which, as established by the Constitution of Vegno, guarantees the right to health and health care for all citizens, financed through general taxation and direct revenues, received by local health companies, deriving from health tickets (i.e. the shares with which the assisted contributes to the costs) and paid services.

Technology

After the approval of the Legge 3/1706 AN, Vegno embraced nuclear energy policy and has planned the construction of a nuclear power plant in Buonriposo.

Sports

Football

Football is the most popular sport in Vegno and is regulated by the Federazione Calcistica del Vegno (FCV) ("Vegnese Football Federation").

The top series of the Vegno Football Federation is the Campionato Vegnese di Calcio ("Vegnese Football Championship") and will see its first edition in March 2022 (1706 AN) with the participation of 8 football clubs.

Basketball

The Vegnese Basketball Association is the only professional basketball league in the country.

Motorsport

The FVM (Vegnese Federation of Motorsport), was established in 1706 AN, and it’s planning to build the Formula Vegnese Championship, the first and high level of 4–wheel motorsport in Vegno. Politics is very involved in this process, proponing to build national circuits in the main Vegnese cities.

Millitary

Coat of arms of the Vegnese Armed Forces

Main article: Vegnese Armed Forces

The Vegnese Armed Forces consist of land forces, navy, and air force. A fourth branch of the armed forces, known as the Gendarmi, take on the role as the nation's military police. There is no compulsory draft, although some parties of the current government push for its introduction. The nation does not currently cooperate with any other foreign state from a military point of view.

The only military operation carried out by the armed forces was the Securing of Nation in 1705 AN, when the army guaranteed the defense of the territory while the constituent assembly met for the foundation of the Republic. There were no protests during this event and the military's task was limited to patrolling the main streets of the capital and thwart any terrorist attacks.

The armed forces swear allegiance to the head of state and the constitution.

Economy

A coin of 1 Vegnese Rino, official currency of Vegno.

Currency

The Vegnese Rino is the official currency of Vegno; it's divided into "CantoRino" and its multiple banknotes "Rinaldone".