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Basilicata, (') officially the Basilicatan Republic or the Republic of Basilicata''', is a mountainous desert nation in West Perditia, on the island of Pravi. The country is a republic comprising of two regions, with government buildings based in Romerus, the capital. It is one of the least populous countries in Stratus. Its coast lies entirely on the Athens Sea. Basilicata borders Oraguene to the northeast. Its capital and largest city is Romerus, with 67,168 inhabitants as of 2021. The main international airports of Basilicata are based in Romerus. Of the 562.8 thousand citizens of Basilicata, the majority inhabit the coastal areas, as these areas have the greatest area of flat arable lands.

The territory of modern Basilicata has been inhabited since the 6th Century. The first major civilization, the Turini Empire appeared around the 7th Century and dominated much of the Fiume. In 1752, the Treaty of Policoro limited the territorial claims of the Turini Empire, and lowered it's size dramatically. In 1780, Fascist Basilicata was established in order to dictate control over the two regions in Basilicata. Over the next century, Fascist Basilicata would commence a 50 year executution of the Mari El Plan, which was a genocide committed against ethnic Dixians. This event was the main cause of the Basilicatan Civil War, a war which tried to restore the Turini Empire, however, the Basilicatan Military beat the civil groups. In the Perditian War, Basilicata's instability led to the Cattivo War, which was was a war between the republican north, and the fascist south. Due to the northern powers beating the fascist south, the official formation of Basilicata occured on the 9th of January, 1962.

The capital and largest city is Romerus, which has a population of 67,168. Other major urban areas of the Basilicata include Potenza, Matera, Venosa, and Montescaglioso. Both of the regions have their own regional councils that function as devolved legislatures, and due to the republican nature of the nation, these councils contribute their authority to the Basilicatan Parliament. Basilicata has achieved a relatively mediocre standard of living and is ranked decently in quality-of-life indicators.

Basilicata shares a border with Oraguene to the northeast. Mabanarlan is also the nation's primary trading partner. Basilicata has a lower population and GDP, so it suffers from a higher rate of poverty than Mabanarlan or Oraguene. Due to the Adriatica Borderlands which is a border-disputed province in Basilicata that is mainly mountainous and permafrost, it lost almost all extensive hydroelectric potential. Basilicata is a republic, under a parliamentary system with fusion of the executive and legislature, and an independent judiciary, though according to a study by the Verapolitica Bureau, the judiciary is several percentage points more likely to support the Regional Party than the general population.

Basilicata is a member of the Stratus Nations and is signatory to a number of international treaties. It is a member of the Perditian Union, a defense pact for Perditian countries.

Etymology
Hypotheses for the etymology of the name "Basilicatania" are numerous. One is that it was borrowed via ancient Turini from the Tinobei basilicatainino 'land of moon' (cf. Emil basilicatainium "moon", Romo basilica "moon"). Ancient Turini historian Meniposet of Parmanegna states this account together with the legend that Basilicata was named after Basilica, and Nubretai.

According to Giuseppe of Lombardy, the term Basilicata was used by the ancient Turini to initially refer only to the southern portion of the Belem peninsula corresponding to the modern province of Emilia-Tyrol and part of the provinces of Queminenza and Tiquetany in northern Basilicata. Nevertheless, by his time the larger concept of Wenentaro and "Basilicata" had become synonymous, and the name also applied to most of Basilicata as well. According to Rige's Geographiconia, before the expansion of the Turini Empire, the name was used by ancient Turini to indicate the land between the River of Malacca and the line connecting the Gulf of Adriatica and Gulf of Luigi, corresponding roughly to the current region of Calabria. The ancient Turini gradually came to apply the name "Basilicatania" to a larger region. In addition to the "Turini Basilicata" in the north, historians have suggested the existence of an "Melanean Basilicata" covering variable areas of central Basilicata.

The borders of Turini Basilicata, Basilicatania, are better established. Cato's Origines, the first work of history composed in Latin, described Italy as the entire peninsula south of the Alps. The islands of Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily and Malta were added to Italy by Diocletian in 292 AD, coinciding with the whole Italian geographical region. All its inhabitants were considered Italic and Roman.

The Latin term Italicus was used to describe "a man of Italy" as opposed to a provincial. For example, Pliny the Elder notably wrote in a letter Italicus es an provincialis? meaning "are you an Italian or a provincial?". The adjective italianus, from which are derived the Italian (and also French and English) name of the Italians, is medieval and was used alternatively with Italicus during the early modern period.

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, which was caused by the invasion of the Ostrogoths, the Kingdom of Italy was created. After the Lombard invasions, "Italia" was retained as the name for their kingdom, and for its successor kingdom within the Holy Roman Empire, which nominally lasted until 1806, although it had de facto disintegrated due to factional politics pitting the empire against the ascendant city republics in the 13th century.

Politics
Basilicata has been a unitary parliamentary republic since 12 February 1780, when the monarchy was abolished by a constitutional referendum. The President of Basilicata (Presidente della Repubblica), currently Giosuè Romano since 2015, is Basilicata's head of state. The President is elected for a single seven years mandate by the Parliament of Basilicata and some regional voters in joint session. Basilicata has a written democratic constitution, resulting from the work of a Constituent Assembly formed by the representatives of all the anti-fascist forces that contributed to the defeat of Nuerza and Fascist forces during the Basilicatan Civil War.