Auvegrone

Auvegrone, officially the Commonwealth of Auvegrone (Caliantene: Communauté d'Auvegrone) is a sovereign nation located in southeast Larania governed as a constitutional monarchy, with the Caliantene Monarch as the head of state. The nation is bordered by Gelenian Eastern Larania to the north, the Mithran Ocean to the east, NATION to the west, and The Sea of Coral to the south. With a population of nearly 19 million people and a land area of LAND AREA, the nation is one of the largest on the continent in terms of population and land area. The nation is divided into twelve provinces, which are further divided into municipalities called Parishes. The federal government is headquartered in the capital and largest city, Port Henri, which is the nation's economic and cultural hub, though other major cities in the country include Bénnois, Ceves, and Claire.

Auvegrone was initially inhabited by humans beginning in the 8,000s BCE, when the Lahachee people arrived in the region from the west, according to archeological studies. It is believed they migrated into the region hunting game, and developed raised houses to shield their dwellings from the numerous floods that effected the low lying region. These Lahachee people divided into numerous clans and tribes with unique identities which all fell under the same cultural sphere. The Avanorans arrived in the region in the 1450's with the arrival of the Caliantene explorer Henri Bachelot in 1445, who preceded to found the settlement of Saint Henri, claiming the region for the Caliantene Empire. The settlement became apart of Caliantene Larania, a large colony which was focused on the trade of furs, agricultural goods, timber, and other raw materials. Many Caliantene settlers moved into the region and by 1549 they were the majority ethnic group in the colony. Saint Henri became an important port in the southern part of the Laranian continent, and became the administrative capital of the colony, though in the Southern Laranian War in 1697, several northern provinces were split off and given to Gelenia as compensation for the war, joining Buranica in 1699. The colony became highly metropolitan throughout the 1700s, with immigrants from Xinhao, Korasha, Avanor, and Asania arriving in the region and settling. This prompted the colonial government to enforce the Hugot Acts, which banned the teaching of foreign languages and required assimilation into imperial culture. In these laws, millions died as the government forced natives and foreigners off their lands and into the cities, where they lived in poverty or otherwise were homeless. Civil rights were expanded throughout the 1800s with the introduction of an elected assembly following the Edict of Calise in 1858 - when Auvegrone became a Commonwealth. With the discovery of oil off the coasts of Larania in 1859, the country became a major energy exporter for the empire, and was a major resource for Caliane in the Great War. Following the war, the nation became a major energy producer, while investing in public infrastructure. The nation became one of the leading figures on the continent, and further has worked on economic development - joining the Organization of Laranian Nations in 1891 and the Laranian Defense Pact in 1899. The nation in the modern era has become a thriving first world economy, with

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Etymology
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People from Auvegrone are called "Auvegronians".

Prehistory
The first humans to inhabit the lands we know today as Auvegrone migrated into the region during the 20,000s BCE according to archeological evidence. The

Government & Politics
Auvegrone is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a strong sense of the rule of law, which is governed under the provisions of the Constitution of Auvegrone. The constitution divides the government into three branches, the executive branch, legislative branch, and the judicial branch; each with extensive checks and balances over the other branches.

The legislative branch is comprised of the unicameral body known as the National Assembly, which is comprised of a total of 175 members, who are elected every three years through a system of proportional representation using ranked choice voting in multimember constituencies. The Constitution of Auvegrone endows the National Assembly with the powers of amending the nation's legal code through acts of legislation, electing and overseeing the actions of cabinet and the Prime Minister, passing the federal budget and overseeing state finances, approving or rejecting foreign agreements and treaties, as well as approving any deployment of the Auvegronian military. The National Assembly is chaired by a Speaker of the Assembly, who is elected from the members of the Assembly every legislative term. The National Assembly is seated in the National Assembly, which is located in the capital city of Port Henri. As a result of its proportional representative system, Auvegrone often has several parties seated in the Assembly, though the largest of these are the centre-left Social Democratic Party and the centre-right Conservative Party, with these two parties forming all of Auvegrone's governments in the post war era.

Despite this, coalition governments of one or two of the minor parties in Auvegronian politics are typical, with two predominant blocs having emerged in national politics since the beginning of the post war era. The Red Bloc is a coalition of centre left to leftist political parties, which has largely been led by the Social Democratic Party, with the Greens and Solidarity Bloc being the smaller partners in the bloc. The Blue Bloc is the centre-right coalition of parties, which is led by the centre-right Conservative Party, as well as the Liberal Party. Despite being on the right, the Poplaire! party has not formed a government with the Blue Bloc since its inception, though political commentators have, in recent years, lumped the party in with the right wing bloc.

The Judicial Branch is composed of the nation's Constitutional Court, which is appointed by an independent panel of Auvegrone's legal experts and top professors. The Constitutional Court has seven justices, each serving terms for no longer than 8 years, before either being required to undergo reappointment, or otherwise being dismissed from office. Under the Constitutional Court, there are three levels of courts within the Auvegronian legal system, which adjudicate the provisions of the Auvegronian Legal Statutes using a system of civil law.

The executive branch is composed of two offices, the office of the monarch, and the office of the Prime Minister. Due to its colonial past, Auvegrone has retained the Caliantene emperor as the largely ceremonial head of state. The Constitution of Auvegrone recognizes the monarch's right to appoint and dismiss Prime Minister's upon the advice of the National Assembly, as well as the right to be regularly consulted by the Prime Minister on matters of state. The Prime Minister is recognized as the official head of government, and is charged with the roles of the commander in chief of the armed forces, and the head of cabinet. The Prime Minister is additionally responsible for appointing and dismissing members of cabinet, drafting the federal budget and overseeing government expenditure, representing the nation's interests abroad, and steering general government policy.

Mathieu Cuvillier is the incumbent Prime Mnister of Auvegrone, and leads a coalition with his Social Democratic Party and the Bloc Solidaire. His current cabinet is the Cuvillier I Ministry, which was elected in Summertide, 1924.