Litcht

"Eal Libadimon, Eken Vellen A Indurar."

The Armed Republic of Litcht is a relatively large and heavily militarized nation on the continent of Ispekitsa. It holds a permanent seat on the Forum Inter Gentes' Inner Council, having been the original founding nation of the FIG. It has a semi-autonomous colony, Iesin Av Forteron, on an island off the coast of Rammazro. Bordering Litcht to the south is the Republic of Pir Nicea, a nation that, until an independence referendum in early 2021, used to be a protectorate of Litcht. It shares it's northern and western land borders with Denmany and Eastern Islania respectively, and borders the ocean to the southwest and northeast.

The nation's capital and largest city is Pride, located within the state of Oscaria. Iesin Av Forteron is separately governed in the city of Forteron in the province of xxxxxx.

Political Divisions
The Armed Republic of Litcht is subdivided into thirteen states, twelve on mainland Ispekitsa and the thirteenth as an island chain west of Denmany. States are typically further divided into counties and municipalities. Each state holds representatives in Conclave, the total number proportional to state population. In addition, each state is represented by presidential electors equal to their number of Conclave representatives.

Iesin Av Forteron's provinces gets representatives in the Conclave through the same proportional system, however as their executive branch is independent of Litcht's they do not gain presidential electors. Thus, Litcht citizens who reside in Iesin Av Forteron do not vote for the Litcht president.

Litcht citizenship is granted at birth in all states and Iesin Av Forteron. Prior to January 2022, it was granted on request to those born in Pir Nicea.

Litcht States (Ordered Alphabetically)

Iesin Av Forteron Provinces (Ordered Alphabetically)

Foreign Relations
The Armed Republic of Litcht regularly takes part in foreign relations. As the founding state of the Forum Inter Gentes, it gets permanent representation within the Inner Council. Iesin Av Forteron does not independently participate in the Forum Inter Gentes.

Litcht exercises supreme authority and defense responsibility alongside Rammazro over Therovralia and solely over Pir Nicea and Iesin Av Forteron.

Military
The Litcht Armed Forces are the combined military forces of the Armed Republic of Litcht. It also continues to serve the Republic of Pir Nicea until January 2023. It consists of the Army, Navy, and Air Force as well as non-branch-specific special forces. They are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense with chief command from the current Grand Marshal, Steven Roxwell.

National Highway System
The National Highway System is a network of tolled and toll-free controlled-access highways that spans continental Litcht, Iesin Av Liba, and Iesin Av Forteron. It is a numbered highway network managed by strict federal regulations and maintained by the state or province. The construction and maintenance of the network is funded by tolls augmented with federal funding as required.

The NHS in continental Litcht consists of a nine highway grid of single-digit major freeways, known as the "Major 9," and 26 two-digit secondary routes. Auxiliary routes and spurs are numbered with three digits, the latter two matching their parent route. The Major 9, numbered N-1 through N-9, are arranged such that even-numbered routes run coast-to-coast (SW-NE and labeled eastbound/westbound) while odd-numbered routes run parallel to the coasts (SE-NW and labeled northbound/southbound). The Major 9 are numbered such that the smallest numbers are typically farther south. Thus, both N-1 and N-2 begin in Erivale and both N-8 and N-9 terminate in Teswoyze. Secondary routes, auxiliaries, and spurs do not follow a standard arrangement for numbering.

Iesin Av Liba's highways under the NHS are prefixed with L and are always two- or three-digit. Iesin Av Liba's two-digit routes may begin with a leading zero unlike the rest of the network (e.g. "L-02"). Iesin Av Forteron's highways are prefixed with an F and are either two- or three-digit with exception to the single major route F-1 that runs along most of the colony's coast.

All major routes are tolled using a closed toll system. Secondary routes and spurs may be tolled, but all auxiliary routes in the NHS remain toll-free.

Religion
Litcht Polytheism is a widespread religious belief within Litcht and Pir Nicea. Much of it's pantheon and myths are shared with related religions, such as Rammazrian Paganism.