Asturies-Llión (roleplay)
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Asturies-Llión, officially the Asturllionese Federal Socialist Republic (República Federal Socialista Asturllionesa) is a country located in the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Cantabrian Sea (Atlantic Ocean), to the west by Portugal, and to the north-west, east and south by Spain. It is a member of The Leftist Assembly.
República Federal Socialista Asturllionesa | |
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Motto: Paz y Trabayu (Peace and Work) | |
| Capital and largest city | Uviéu |
| Official languages | Asturllionese and Castilian |
| Demonym(s) | Asturllionés (Asturllionese) |
| Government | Worker's Councils Republic, non-partisan democracy |
| Legislature | Federal Assembly |
| History | |
• Republic of Workers and Peasants of Asturias | 5 October 1934 |
• Sovereign Council of Asturias and León | 24 August 1937 |
• Asturllionese People's Republic | 2 March 1947 |
• Asturllionese Federal Socialist Republic | November 1956 |
| Area | |
• Total | 97,935.5 km2 (37,813.1 sq mi) |
| Currency | Morabetinu |
| Driving side | right |
| Internet TLD | .as |
Etymology
Asturies-Llión is used as an oversimplification of the name of the country, due to its recent formation. The official name is Asturllionese Federal Socialist Republic, in which "Asturllionese" comes from the Asturllionese language. Asturllionese and Asturies-Llión are the result of the conjunction of two names of different territories: Asturies and Llión.
Asturies
The term Asturies receives the name of its ancient settlers, the Astures, primitive inhabitants of the banks of the Astura River (Esla). The name of Astures encompassed not only those of the Meseta (cismontanos), but also those to the north of the cantabric mountains (transmontanos).
Astura must have taken the root of Celtic; stour, which means "river." This toponym appears in Brittany, where Pliny speaks of the river "Stur"; today there are three Stour rivers in Kent, Suffolk and Dorset. At the mouth of the Elbe there is another river Stör, formerly called "Sturia". Also, in Piedmont the Celtic tribe of the Esturi and a river Stura were located. The same root persists even today in Gaelic and Breton in the words ster and stour, meaning "river."
Llión
The origin of the name of this comes from the Latin word legio, which refers to the legion that founded the city in its current location. This thesis, commonly accepted, is reinforced with the still valid name "legionense" to refer to the inhabitants of the city. The evolution from Legio to Llión is easily explained, because in classical Latin, the gi is pronounced as if it were a gui, so the pronunciation of Legio would be Leguio, something that ended up leading to Leio or Leionem, which in turn ended in the current name of Llión.
Llión is the name of the city, but its name was extended to the Llionese Region after the medieval Kingdom of León.