Hartford Republic

The Hartford Republic, colloquially known as the Republic, is a country comprised of 6 major regional provinces, the federally owned capital city of Hartford, as well as a bunch of smaller regional powers chartered to nobles. It is the second largest country by landmass, and with a population of around 1.87 million people, it was the second most populous nation, but became first after the demonic takeover of neighboring Columbia.

Not much is known before the detonation of the Source Meteor, as the mountains to the west were still too massive to scale, but the detonation allowed access for migrants from the Plateau Valley, most of whom are human. Villages and towns eventually sprung up all over the West, mostly concentrated on scattered segments of meteor. These towns and villages consolidated sometime around 1215 AD, and formed Columbia, with the captial city established in the city sharing the same name. In 1845, disagreements arose between the Capital and those in the second most populous city, Hartford, leading to the Hartford Revolution. With help from the Goddess Omera, revolutionaries established the Hartford Republic, seizing all territory east of the Bagen River.

The Republic religiously worship Omera. All politicians speak about their devotion to the goddess, all teachings revolve around her, and anybody that speaks ill of Omera is immediately shunned.

History
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Government
The Hartford Republic is a theocratic parliamentary democracy, in which citizens vote for a representative to serve in the name of Omera. The parliament consists of two houses, the House of Commons, and the House of Nobles. The position of Grand Cardinal, the Republic's Head of Government, belongs to any Nobel most likely to hold the confidence of the House of Commons.

Regional Provinces
The six regional provinces also have their own governments, each headed by a Cardinal. Any cardinal immediately has a seat in the House of Nobels. It is common knowledge that the regional provinces have more power than the government as a whole, as Nobels are not willing to give up power too easily.