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|official_languages = [[wikipedia:Finnish language|Vesienvällic]]
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|ethnic_groups = Lupine 89%<br />Ursine 8%<br />Human
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|demonym = Vesienväller
|government_type = [[wikipedia:Federation|Federal]] [[wikipedia:communism|Communist]] [[wikipedia:one-party state|one-party]] [[Wikipedia:republic|republic]]
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|leader_name2 = Antero Koskinen
|leader_title3 = Chairman of the Federation Defense Commission
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Lupine settlement in the area dates to at least two thousand years before the present. When they reached the area, they encountered ursines migrating eastward, believed to have ultimately originated in [[Asendavia]], who had been present for some centuries already and were moving eastward. These ursines would eventually settle primarily what is today [[Lunaeria]]. There was some violence between lupines and ursines during this period, and while the two species generally kept to their own communities, evidence of interaction is indicated by linguistic similarities between Vesienvällic and modern Asendavian. Ursines generally elected to continue migrating rather than remain in what is now Vesienväl, although there are still significant ursine communities today in the far northeast, near the border with Lunaeria. The ursines brought with them their [[Ademarism|Ademarist]] faith that did influence some lupine communities; however, the traditional Vesienvällic lupine animist faith remained predominant.
Over the course of time, lupine tribes consolidated into competing petty kingdoms. Some time near 1000 CE, the various lupine petty kingdoms in the area united under the banner of the Kingdom of Vesienväl, led by the monarchs of House Korhonen. The name of the country is believed to come from a Vällic language (the predecessor of modern Vesienvällic) term for "between the waters," referring to the Norsian Sea to the north , Lake Etala to the south, and the various smaller lakes to the east. Historical records from this era are incomplete and the exact date of the establishment of the Kingdom is unclear. The prevailing theories date the Kingdom to as early as 950 CE and as late as 1120 CE, depending on when the unification of the various petty kingdoms could be considered "complete." In any case, by the 12th century, the Kingdom's power over the entirety of the region was consolidated and would remain unchallenged until the 20th century.
The power of the Vesienvällic monarchy grew and waned variously over time, but as in the case of most monarchies, the office of the monarch eventually lost power as an elected legislature grew in power. In 1805, a constitution was ratified that codified the supremacy of the ''maapäivät'', or Parliament, over the King. The maapäivät consisted of two houses: a lower chamber of elected representatives and an upper chamber consisting of the landed nobility, whose titles were hereditary and granted by the monarch. Originally in 1805, only men could vote in elections. A suffrage movement for women began in the early 20th century, with women granted the right to vote in 1930 after more than two decades of concentrated political effort and many marches and other public demonstrations by women and by men. The primary impediment had been the upper house of Parliament, whose membership was significantly more conservative than the lower house and the population as a whole. While more leftward parties, focused on improving conditions for the working class, began to gain power in the lower house, the upper house remained solidly conservative because it was unelected.
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The Kingdom of Vesienväl hosted the 1947 edition of the International Winter Aldanic Games in the capital, Vällilä. The Conservative Party government at the time believed the games would strengthen the economy and bring the country international prestige. The general public, however, broadly opposed the games due to the overwhelming cost. The winters of 1945 and 1946 were particularly harsh in Vesienväl, and in both winters there were fuel shortages. The government declined to reallocate funding from the games to provide aid to people who were having difficulty heating their homes. There were several riots leading up to the games, but in November 1946, the national gendarmerie was ordered to shut down any protest regarding the games by any means necessary. Hundreds of people were arrested on charges of sedition, and dozens of people were injured by the police. These events led a groundswell of opposition to the government and support switching to the Communist-backed Liberal Party.
[[File:Vesienval kingdom flag.png|250px|left|thumb|The flag of the Kingdom of Vesienväl prior to the revolution, used 1819-1948. A previous version without the traditional woven stripe was flown from the 16th century.]]
In the elections of March 1948, the Liberal Party won a supermajority of the lower house of the maapäivät, 205 out of 300 seats, on a platform that decried the games and echoed the socialist goals of improving workplace conditions, reducing hours, making factories safer, and reducing the power of the King and the nobility. They also proposed that the government provide free heating fuel to citizens. However, after the results, the King ordered that the Liberal Party be declared retroactively ineligible to stand because of the socialist element in party leadership, and also stated that their platform of reducing royal power amounted to treason. Royal guard troops sealed the doors of the lower house to physically prevent the Liberals from taking their seats. The upper house passed a bill, called the Treason Act of 1948, retroactively disbanding the Liberal Party and Arvo VI, the reigning King, accepted it as a law, stating that the upper house was the only legally constituted house of the maapäivät at that time.
These actions were enormously unpopular and led to riots in every major city in the country. Significant portions of Pohjoinen were destroyed by a fire started by protesters, and the King was evacuated from the capital by military plane.
[[File:Budapest 1945, Castle District, war damage Fortepan 105833.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The remains of the Royal Palace in Välillä, destroyed in April of 1948. It was abandoned and unoccupied at the time.]]
Fighting occurred across the country for several weeks, but by-and-large, the socialists gained and held power over most of the country. Most of the military eventually began taking orders from the socialist maapäivät. On May 1st, the King was arrested by soldiers in Järvi.
The Queen, Hilja, and the three royal children were apprehended attempting to flee Järvi by car later that night. On the 5th of May, the Royal Family was executed on live television by firing squad, with the King going first and the youngest prince, eight year old Prince Timo, going last. Unlike the others, Timo's execution was not pictured on television. His body was shown, from the back, lined up with the bodies of the King,
Almost immediately after the execution of the King, the socialists governing the country collapsed into in-fighting between various factions, and the country descended into civil war. Between 1948 and 1951, various claimed governments took power and were removed from power, nearly all of them backed and then defeated by various factions of the military. Loyalties changed frequently between the political factions and the military factions. In 1951, the various factions agreed to a ceasefire and a provisional socialist constitution while they worked out a power-sharing agreement between the factions. In 1954, a permanent constitution was ratified. This constitution established that the country was to be governed by "collective leadership," with the powers of head of state split among three different offices that would lead the country together in what is called a "troika." The name of the governing party was changed from the Worker's Party to the United Workers' Party to reflect this aim of unity and cooperation. This structure remains in place to the current day.
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===Osavaltio and Yhteisöjä===
[[File:Vesienval provinces.png|right|thumb|300px|A map of the
The Constitution of Vesienväl establishes nine ''Osavaltio'', translated into Staynish-Codexian as "states." Eight were established in 1982, but the Constitution was amended in 1985 during the second round of Rakennemuutos reforms to split what was then the state of Sydämessä, which comprised a large section of the interior, into two states: Länsimaalla and Itäosassa. The Constitution states that "the power of the states shall be inviolable." Across all the states, there are a total of 340 yhteisöjä. Each state determines the boundaries of its yhteisöjä.
The most fundamental unit of Vesienvällic governance is the Party Committee at the yhteisöjä level. The sorts of issues these committees are responsible for include things like road and infrastructure maintenance, emergency/first responder services and police, land use planning and zoning, and public housing and public transportation. Each local committee also sends a number of delegates to the state committee based on their population. Since these delegates from the yhteisöjä make up the entirety of the state committee, they have significant influence on state policies. State committees are largely responsible for setting state economic priorities, although the central economic plan is enacted at the federal level.
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