Platina
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Platinan Republic  República Platina (Castellanese) Capital: Montedorado
Population: TBD (2024) Motto: « Dum vita est, spes » ("While there is life, there is hope") |
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Platina, officially the Platinan Republic (Castellanese: República Platina), is a sovereign state of West Uletha located in the central region of the Liberan Island. Covering an area of 138 094 km² (53 631 sq mi) with an estimated population of TBD million, Platina is an unitary state divided into twenty-three provinces. It is bordered by Alvorán to the northwest, Jarcón to the northeast, UL03t∈⊾ to the southeast and Xatãera to the southwest; as well as maritime boundaries with UL03m∈⊾ and UL03h∈⊾.
Platina is governed as a theocratic and hoplarchical parliamentary democracy, that is, under the leadership of the Order of the Holy Cross, an Orthotic military order who arrived to Platina in the early 13th century and established numerous settlements within the territory. The Order is headed by the Grand Master, who serves ex-officio as the head of state of Platina, with its membership organized into four branches and hierarchical administrations. The main seat of the Order is the Castillo Magistral de los Pobres∈⊾ in Lutos de la Santa Inquisición, the largest city of Platina; while the national government is seated in Montedorado, a former mining town which was rebuilt as a planned city in late 19th century.
Inhabited since prehistory, Platina has been at the crossroads of numerous cultures and civilizations, with a few Hellenessian and Romantish attempted outposts in a land mostly inhabited by Liberan tribes without a major sociopolitical structure. Its modern identity is rooted in centuries of migration waves from the Mesembric Sea∈⊾ since the 13th century, following the establishment of an agricultural land-leasing system by the Order of the Holy Cross with the support of the Ortholic Church, and the subsequent Ortholisation of the local tribes. The Order supported democratic reforms in Platina during the early years of the republic and supported the adoption of the 1848 constitution, which established a secular national government, formally known as the Platinan Council, headed by a president who exercises its role by virtue of the ability to command the confidence of both chambers of the legislative branch of government, the Congress∈⊾.
Platina is considered to be a high-income economy, with a strong manufacturing and extractive industry, which has recently diversified into the financial and tech services market. Likewise, there is a strong industry of intensive agriculture linked to the land-lease system dated back to the colonial period, as well as light industry in the urban areas. Platina is a founding member of the Liberan Union, which has established a common market and abolished border controls within the member states.
History
Prehistory and Antiquity
Colonial period
Early republican period
Recent republican period
Government and politics
Order of the Holy Cross
Government structure
Political system
International relations
Administrative divisions
Main article: Administrative divisions of Platina