Veneda

Rzeń Wenedór
Kingdom of Veneda

Conventional short name:
Local:	Weneda
English:	Veneda
Motto: Dziew, Onórz, Potrza "God, Honour, Fatherland"
Subdivision of:	Republic of the Two Crowns
Languages:
Official:	Wenedyk, (in Galicia) Ukrainian
Others:	Low Saxon, Lithuanian, Prussian, Kashubian, German, Yiddish, Silesian, Slvanjek
Cities:
Capital:	Warsina
Other:	Łódź, Kordyn, Czytać Leoniór, Siodawa, Męć Rzegały, Męć Bowiny
Head of state:	His Elective Majesty King Witold IV Jagiełło
Prime minister:	Kazimierz Janać
Population:	44,950,507 inhabitants (2005)

Veneda is nowadays part of the Republic of the Two Crowns. Most of its inhabitants are Veneds, but it also has sizeable Low Saxon, Ukrainian, Kashubian, Prussian, Ruthenian and Silesian minorities. It consists of fourteen provinces, four of which together form the Ukrainian Autonomous Region of Galicia.

For centuries it was a separate country in personal union with Lithuania. In 1569 the Union of Liublin was concluded, and the two merged formally into one state, the Republic of Both Nations. During the Interwar period (1918-1939) Veneda and Lithuania were separated, and Veneda once again existed as an independent state. After the Second Great War the union with Lithuania was restored, giving birth to the Republic of the Two Crowns.

Veneda is IB's equivalent of Poland, but *there* the proto-Polish tribes were assimilated by the remnants of Roman population of former Roman Empire colonies (Boiohaemia and Panonia) and thus romanized (similarly to Rumanians and Slevans). Further significiant differences happened as late as 18th century and they belong to RTC's history.

The official language of Veneda is Wenedyk, in Galicia also Ukrainian. Several other languages exist as co-official languages on a regional level.

Administration

Administrative Divisions

Veneda consists of thirteen provinces. Go here for details.

Government

The state structure of Veneda is in many respects similar to that of the entire RTC. It has its own government that has almost the same authority as the central government, except that Veneda and Lithuania usually do not pursue their own foreign policy, do not have embassies abroad, etc. The elected king of the RTC is also the elected king of Veneda.

The government of Veneda responds to the parliament, called "Sejm", not to be confused with the Sejm of the RTC. Unlike the latter, the Venedic Sejm has 374 members. Half of the representatives (187 members) are elected according to a majoritarian system, the other half according to a proportional system. And unlike the Sejm of the RTC, these two halves never operate separately.

The last elections for the Venedic Sejm took place in September 2006. Its composition can be found here. The composition of the previous Sejm, elected in 2002, was as follows:

Party name		%	Prop. system	Maj. system	Total
UD-DS	Democratic Union	13.94	28	46	74
WWPS	Venedic Unified Socialist Party	13.24	27	41	68
BR	Republican Bloc	9.97	20	23	43
UNDO	Ukrainian National-Democratic Organisation	8.52	17	24	41
DN	National Democracy	6.84	14	12	26
OLD	Alliance of Democratic Left	5.05	10	5	15
WPP	Venedic Peasants' Party	4.08	8	3	11
BNSP	Neutral Bloc for the Support of Reforms	4.06	8	2	10
UŁ	Labour Union	3.73	7	1	8
UChN	Christian-National Union	3.08	6	2	8
PKRDK	Communist Party of the RTC	3.42	6	—	6
KRN	Confederation for an Independent Republic	2.76	5	1	6
SVP	Saxon People's Party	2.11	4	2	6
LiD	Freedom and Democracy	2.66	5	—	5
ORVIL	Organisation of Ruthenes in Veneda and Lithuania	0.95	2	2	4
DPWiL	Democratic Party of Veneda and Lithuania	1.51	3	—	3
WPG	United Party of Grand-Veneds	0.56	1	2	3
OC	Central Alliance	1.46	2	—	2
FUN	Front of Ukrainian Nationalists	1.44	2	—	2
SDPH	Social-Democratic Party of Galicia	1.37	2	—	2
PROB	Republican Party of Beer Friends	1.23	2	—	2
SOW	Self-Defense of Venedic Farmers	1.11	2	—	2
NG	Our Galicia	0.81	1	1	2
DSEP	German-Saxon Unity Party	0.69	1	1	2
SPB	Society of Baltic Prussians	0.49	—	2	2
Wierdzi	The Greens	0.96	1	—	1
PChD	Christian-Democratic Party	0.71	1	—	1
PKL	Liberal-Conservative Party	0.65	1	—	1
MPR	Movement for the Republic	0.63	1	—	1
FP	Free Premaria	0.32	—	1	1
DMŚ	Democratic Movement of Silesians	0.30	—	1	1
jałtrze	other parties	1.35	—	—	—
nieolgaci	Non-aligned	0.00	—	15	15
Total		100.00	187	187	374

For an explanation of the political parties, see: Political parties in the RTC. In this table:

     Conservative parties
     Nationalist parties
     Centre-right parties
     Centrist parties
     Centre-left parties
     Lefist parties
     Regional and minorities' parties.

As a result of the 2006 elections, the centre-left government of prime minister Floręć Drakoń (supported by UD-DS, WWPS, BR, BNSP, and UŁ) lost its majority. Subsequently, in October 2006 ŻŻŻ leader Kazimierz Janać formed a right-wing coalition government of ŻŻŻ, Demokracja Noconała, Sułodziefięca, Lista Liberała, Blok Rzejpybiełkany and BNSP, which is supported by a narrow parliamentary majority.

History

See the page about the History of the RTC.