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Name - Rzeczpospolita Litewska (Polish) / Lietuvos Dažnasdalykas (Lithuanian) / Litoŭskaja Zvyčajnajasprava (Byelorussian)
Continent - Europe
Capital - Wilno [Vilnius]
Administration
Head of state - Grand Marshal -------
Head of government - Consul ------
Legislature - National Sejm
President of the National Sejm -
Form of government - Federal republic under a democratic
Form of law - Cambacérès Code
Demonym - Lithuanian
Geography
Area -
Largest cities
-Wilno
-Minsk
Demography
Languages - Polish, Lithuanian, Byelorussian
Population -
Density -
Symbols
National festival -
Anthem -
Motto -
History
-Grand Duchy of Lithuania formed by Heads of Russia > 1822-1827 Alexander out of Polonophilia
-consisting of Russian Partitions of Poland minus the first
-however, autonomy truncated by Heads of Russia > 1837-1898 Michael II
-no Sejm called
-when this leads to rebellion in 1859 officially annexed entirely into Russia
-post 1859 many Lithuanians flee
-more aristocratic "Whites" tend to flee to Prussia, more republican and anti-serfdom "Reds" to France
-and this reinforces itself in decades after as France sees growth of more militaristic organizations
-paramilitaries in France plot violent revolution
-and with many Lithuanians either working in France or going there for remittance it makes impact
-with French Wars > Fourth French War (1880-4) a lot of Lithuanians serve on French side
-despite defeat they then try a revolt in Russia that fails
-then comes Russia's Wars > Lithuanian War of Independence (1896-1902) and it breaks free
-creating a weird multilingual state
-with several cantons in federal system
-and Polish as lingua franca