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Bylantia, also Belantia, official name until 1902, is a historic maritime republic on the Mediterranean Sea coast, in the extreme south of Bylantia Island, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Rullantino. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the region, a seaport and a financial centre. Its population was roughly 60 million in 2007 up from 47 million in 1987. In 2002 the majority of its citizens declared themselves ethnically Friulans, with 69.12% (2002 census). Since 1979, the historic centre of the capital city, Bylantia, has been unilaterally declared as a world heritage site.

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  • Republic of Bylantia
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  • Bylantia, also Belantia, official name until 1902, is a historic maritime republic on the Mediterranean Sea coast, in the extreme south of Bylantia Island, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Rullantino. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the region, a seaport and a financial centre. Its population was roughly 60 million in 2007 up from 47 million in 1987. In 2002 the majority of its citizens declared themselves ethnically Friulans, with 69.12% (2002 census). Since 1979, the historic centre of the capital city, Bylantia, has been unilaterally declared as a world heritage site.
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  • Bylantia, also Belantia, official name until 1902, is a historic maritime republic on the Mediterranean Sea coast, in the extreme south of Bylantia Island, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Rullantino. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the region, a seaport and a financial centre. Its population was roughly 60 million in 2007 up from 47 million in 1987. In 2002 the majority of its citizens declared themselves ethnically Friulans, with 69.12% (2002 census). Since 1979, the historic centre of the capital city, Bylantia, has been unilaterally declared as a world heritage site. The prosperity of the republic and the city of Bylantia has always been based on maritime trade. In the early Middle Ages, initially as the Duchy of the Byllantii and later as the Republic of Bylantia, it became the only Mediterranean city state to rival Venice. After the revolt against the Byllantii, supported by its wealth and skilled diplomacy, the fledgling city-state achieved a remarkable level of development, particularly during the fifteenth and sixteenth century. Bylantia was one of the centres of the development of the Friulan language and Friulan literature, home to many notable poets, novelists, explorers, mathematicians, and other scholars. Falling under Venetian influence, the island languished up until the Napoleonic wars, when it became the haven of fleeing aristocrats, priests and scholars. Finding itself free from foreign control after the annexation of the Venetian republic by Napoleon in 1797, the island was declared a free state so as to avoid Austrian Annexation, with a Council of Oligarchs installed; the power of the Council lasted until the declaration of the Most Serene Republic in 1902.
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