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{{Infocard
| name = Grand Duchy of Lany
| flag = Flag_Lany.png
| symbol = 
| symbol_caption =
| native_name = Wielikie Xięstwo Łanów
| native_language = Lanian
| polish_name = Wielkie Księstwo Łanów
| polish_language = Velitic
| capital = Basidwór
| population = 2,396,535
| population_year = 2018
| motto = 
| anthem = 
| latitude = 59.400
| longitude = 76.520
| zoom = 6
| relation = 43802
| intro =Lany is a country located in northern [[West Uletha]] and lies on the [[Great Rift]]. It has a coastline spanning over 1000 kilometers long. Country borders {{Geklinia-Dregolesia}} in the South and [[UL14d]] in the East. From the west, on the other side of the rift, [[Veliticia]] and [[UL13d]]. 
}}
{{Infobox country
|capital = [[Basidwór]]
|official_languages = Lanian, Velitic
|demonym = Lanian
|government_type = 
|leader_title1 = 
|leader_name1 = 
|leader_title2 = 
|leader_name2 = 
|legislature =  
|upper_house =  
|lower_house =  
|area_km2 = 34,544.08
|area_sq_mi = 13,337.54
|percent_water = 24.10
|population_census = 2,396,535
|population_census_year = 2018
|population_density_km2 = 58.084
|GDP_PPP = $119.743 billion
|GDP_PPP_year = 2018
|GDP_PPP_per_capita = $49,965
|HDI_year = 2018
|HDI = 0.818
|Gini_year = 2018
|Gini = 23.4
|currency = [[Nedelican/Lanian Universa]]
|currency_code = LNU, Ʉ
|cctld = .ll
|timezone = WUT+5
|drives_on_the = right

}}

==History==
===Prehistory===
=== Early History===
===Velitic colonization===
===Independence===
===Ingerention in Surian Revolution===
===Great War===
===Anti-Surian Union===
After [[1965 Dregolesian Revolution]], countries north of Suria decided to make an anti-Surian Union. Lany, [[Geklinia-Dregolesia]] and [[Dregovine]] signed a pact in Nedelica in 1967. Since then, cooperation with other pact members grew. In 1992 border checkpoints were taken down, allowing free travel between the three countries.
==Geography==
===Climate===

=== Landform ===
Lany has nearly 50 islands and islets and most of them are located further north. The largest island, [[Obława]], stretches for 135 kilometers and has an area of over 2500 km². Obława together with other islands lying on the western side of the [[Great Rift]], moves away from the shore by 2 cm every year. Following this pattern, the Obława began to break away from the mainland around <s>2500-4000 years ago</s>, and separated completely <s>1,500 years ago</s>.

==Government==
==Demographics==
===Minorities===
==Transport==
===Roads===
Lanian intercity road infrastructure is compiled of dozen national roads, several trunk roads and three highways A1, A2 and A7.
===Railways===
The country has a fairly dense railway network, facilitating the transport of passengers and goods from the east and south to the north and west. Ports dotted along the coast have transhipment hubs, enabling the transshipment of goods from trains to ships and vice versa in a Lo-Lo manner. The busiest ports for rail traffic are the ports in [[Basidwór]] and [[Kestrzanowo]], which have special rail terminals equipped with an efficient [[wikipedia:Roll-on/roll-off|roll-on-roll-off]] mechanism, where freight and passenger trains are pushed and board railway ferries without unloading, from where they sail to/from Veliticia or other countries in the region.

Train ferries are the only form of transporting trains across the Great Rift, although in February 2024 [[Geklinia-Dregolesia]] became interested in building an underwater tunnel in the narrowest section of the strait, but as it is still a site of tectonic movements, this idea remains on paper for now.
===Sea===

==Culture==
===Language===
The Lanian language is the progenitor of the modern Velitic language, <s>or is an early branch of it. However, it is not certain whether it appeared in the area of Łany together with Veliticians or before them.</s>
{| class="wikitable" 
|+ Alphabet
!Lanian
!A<br />a
!<br />ą
!B<br />b
!C<br />c
!Ć<br />ć
!Cz<br />cz
!D<br />d
!Dz<br />dz
!Dź<br />dź
!Dƶ<br />dƶ
!E<br />e
!<br />é
!<br />ę
!F<br />f
!G<br />g
!H<br />h
!Ch<br />ch
!I<br />i
!K<br />k
!L<br />l
!Ł<br />ł
!M<br />m
!<br />ḿ
!N<br />n
!<br />ń
!O<br />o
!Ó<br />ó
!<br />ø
!P<br />p
!R<br />r
!Rz<br />rz
!S<br />s
!Ś<br />ś
!Sz<br />sz
!T<br />t
!U<br />u
!W<br />w
!<br />ẃ
!X<br />x
!Y<br />y
!Z<br />z
!Ź<br />ź
!Ƶ<br />ƶ
|-
|respectively&nbsp;in&nbsp;Velitic
|A<br />a
|<br />ą
|B<br />b
|C<br />c
|Ć<br />ć
|
|D<br />d
|
|
|
|E<br />e
|<br />e~y
|<br />ę
|F<br />f
|G<br />g
|H<br />h
|
|I/J<br />i/j
|K<br />k
|L<br />l
|Ł<br />ł
|M<br />m
|<br /><center>-</center>
|N<br />n
|<br />ń
|O<br />o
|Ó<br />ó
|<br />ą~ę
|P<br />p
|R<br />r
| 
|S<br />s
|Ś<br />ś
| 
|T<br />t
|U<br />u
|W<br />w
|<br /><center>-</center>
|<center>-<sup><small>1</small></sup></center>
|Y<sup><small>1</small></sup>/J<br />y/j
|Z<br />z
|Ź<br />ź
|Ż<br />ż 
|} 
<sup> 1 </sup> <small>do not occur in words of native origin </small></br>
<sup> 2 </sup> <small>digraphs do not appear as letters of the Velitic alphabet </small></br>

There are 43 letters in the Alphabet. In addition, there are also trigraphs: <i>czi, dzi</i>.</br> The softened consonants <i>ḿ</i> and <i>ẃ</i> are becoming less common in everyday spelling, remaining only in some regions, names of towns and streets.</br>

===Traditions===
[[Category:Lany]]
[[Category:Countries in West Uletha]]