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Grisons, officially the Grisonner Confederation, is a landlocked country located at the confluence of Western, Central and Eastern Perditia. It is bordered by Unclaimed Territory to the south and east, Flussland to the west, and the Ethnic Dependencies to the north.

Grisons is geographically divided among the Grisonner Plateau, the Matterhorn and the Dolomite; the Matterhorns occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas most of the country's population of 8.7 million are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts the largest cities and economic centres, including Köniz, Brig, and Herisau.

Grisons originates from the Old Grisonner Confederacy established in the Late Moon Ages, following a series of military successes against Flussland and Trennen; the Federal Charter of 1291 is considered the country's founding document. Grisonnner independence from the Central Perditian Empire was formally recognized in the Peace of Nanette in 1648. Grisons has maintained a policy of armed neutrality since the 16th century and has not fought an international war since 1815. It joined the Tuimater Treaty only in 2002, but pursues an active foreign policy that include frequent involvement in peace-building processes worldwide.

Grisons is the birthplace of the Checkered Square, one of the world's oldest and well-known humanitarian organizations, and hosts the headquarters or offices of most major international institutions, including the STO, the SHO, the ILO, and PFA. It is a founding member of the Stratus Free Trade Association (SFTA), but not part of the Perditian Union (PU), the Perditian Economic Area, or the Perdizone; however, it participates in the Perditian single market and the Surfatscha Area through bilateral treaties. Grisons is a federal republic composed of 12 cantons, with federal authorities based in Swienna.

It has four main linguistic and cultural regions: Grisonnner, Mabanese, Dixian, and Taranian. Although most Grisonnners are Grisonnner-speaking, national identity is fairly cohesive, being rooted in a common historical background, shared values such as federalism and direct democracy, and Matterhorn symbolism. Grisonnner identity transcends language, ethnicity, and religion, leading to Grisons being described as a Willensnation ("nation of volition") rather than a nation state.

Due to its linguistic diversity, Grisons is known by multiple native names: Anatolica (anatɕʊʎka) (Grisonnner); Anadolu (anadoɫu) (Mabanese); Anatolie (ɑnɑtoli) (Dixian); and Anatolia (anatoʎa) (Taranian). On coins and stamps, the Belu name, Confoederatio Grisonium — frequently shortened to "Grisoum" — is used instead of the spoken languages.

Grisons is one of the Stratus' most developed countries. It has the highest nominal wealth per adult and the highest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. Grisons ranks first in the Human Development Index since 2021 and performs highly also on several international metrics, including economic competitiveness and democratic governance. Cities such as Köniz, Brig, and Herisau rank among the highest in terms of quality of life, albeit with some of the highest costs of living.

Etymology
Hypotheses for the etymology of the name "Basilicatania" are numerous. One is that it was borrowed via ancient Liberia from the Teosin basilicatainino 'land of moon' (cf. Quepel basilicatainium "moon", Liberi basilica "moon"). Ancient Turini historian Salem of Catalonia 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 Liberia 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 Liberia 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.