| Apostolic Kingdom of Hungary Magyar Apostoli Királyság Timeline: A Louis in America
OTL equivalent: Hungary, Slovakia, Zakarpattia, Transylvania | ||||||
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| Motto: Regnum Mariae Patronae Hungariae |
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| Anthem: Himnusz Royal anthem: God save, God protect Our King, Our Country! |
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| Capital | Budapest | |||||
| Other cities | Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs, Győr, Bratislava, Košice | |||||
| Official languages | Hungarian, Slovak | |||||
| Other languages | Western Romanian (OTL Romanian), German | |||||
| Religion | Christianity | |||||
| Demonym(s) | Hungarian | |||||
| Membership | United Nations, European Union | |||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | |||||
| - | King | Karl V of Hungary | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Viktor Orbán | ||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | |||||
| Establishment | Formation | |||||
| - | Principality of Hungary | 895 | ||||
| - | Kingdom of Hungary | 25 December 1000 | ||||
| - | Austro-Hungarian Empire | 30 March 1867 | ||||
| - | Regency Hungary | 5 September 1921 | ||||
| - | Hungarian People's Republic | 31 May 1947 | ||||
| - | Anti-communist revolution and Second Kingdom of Hungary | 8 March 1980 | ||||
| EU accession | 1 May 1999 | |||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 257.676 km2 99.489 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | Estimate | 23,276,627 | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $483.342 billion | ||||
| Internet TLD | .hu | |||||
Hungary, officially the Apostolic Kingdom of Hungary, is a landlocked country in central Europe. It borders Russia to the northeast, the United Thracian States to the south, Poland to the north and Germany and the Czech Republic to the west.
The territory of present Hungary was for centuries inhabited by a succession of peoples, including Celts, Romans, Germanic tribes, Huns, West Slavs and the Avars. The foundations of the Hungarian state were established in the late ninth century AD by the Hungarian grand prince Árpád following the conquest of the Carpathian Basin. His great-grandson Stephen I ascended the throne in 1000, converting his realm to a Christian kingdom. By the 12th century, Hungary became a regional power, reaching its cultural and political height in the 15th century. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, Hungary was partially occupied by the Ottoman Empire (1541–1699). The country came under Habsburg rule entirely at the turn of the 18th century, and later established a Monarchy with the Austrian Empire, to form Austria-Hungary, a major European power.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed after World War I due to cultural tensions. Austria joined Germany, while Hungary managed to retain most of the other territories. In WWII, Hungary was pressured into siding with Nazi Germany, which resulted in it being overrun by the Soviet Union after the war's end. This resulted in the establishment of the Hungarian People's Republic, whose oppressive regime caused two major uprisings. The first in 1956 failed and was brutally suppressed, while the second one of 1980, backed by the western powers and Louisiana in particular, was successful and Hungary became the second country, after Bulgaria, to liberate itself from the Soviet puppet regime. Following a referendum, the popular Otto von Habsburg was chosen as the new Apostolic King of Hungary and the newly independent country became a constitutional monarchy. Following Otto's death in 2011, his son Karl became the king and reigns to this day.
Hungary is considered a developed country with a high-income economy and a very high Human Development Index. Hungarians enjoy universal health care and tuition-free secondary education. Hungary's cultural history includes significant contributions to its arts, music, literature, sports, science and technology. It is the thirteenth-most popular tourist destination in Europe, drawing 15.8 million international tourists in 2017, owing to attractions such as the largest thermal water cave system in the world, second largest thermal lake, the largest lake in Central Europe and the largest natural grasslands in Europe.
Hungary's cultural, historical, and academic prominence classify it as a middle power in global affairs and regional power in European affairs.