| Union of Poland Związek Polski Timeline: The Timeline of Principles | ||||||
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| Anthem: Warszawianka "The Varsovian" |
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| Capital (and largest city) | Warsaw | |||||
| Official languages | Polish | |||||
| Demonym | Pole • Polish | |||||
| Government | Federal syndicalist parliamentary republic | |||||
| - | President | Grzegorz Napieralski | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Włodzimierz Czarzasty | ||||
| Legislature | State Parliament | |||||
| - | Upper house | Sejm | ||||
| - | Lower house | Senate | ||||
| Establishment | ||||||
| - | Baptism of Poland | 14 April 966 | ||||
| - | Kingdom | 18 April 1025 | ||||
| - | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | 1 July 1569 | ||||
| - | Proclamation of the Union of Poland | 7 December 1915 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2023 estimate | 41,574,635 | ||||
| Currency | Złoty (PLN) |
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| Drives on the | right | |||||
Poland (Polish: Polska), officially the Union of Poland (Polish: Związek Polski), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia to the south, the Holy Roman Empire to the west, Belarus and Lithuania to the northeast, and Ukraine to the southeast. The capital and largest city is Warsaw.
Human activity on the territory of today's Poland dates back to around 10,000 BC. In the early Middle Ages, the territory became inhabited by the tribal Polans, who gave the territory its name. The emergence of statehood in 966 coincided with the adoption of Christianity by the Polans. The Kingdom of Poland was established in 1025 and in 1569, thanks to the long-term connection with Lithuania, the Union of Lublin was signed, creating the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The commonwealth used to be a great power, but this changed due to instability after several rebellions, which eventually led to the dissolution of the Commonwealth after World War I in 1917, creating the Union of Poland and the Republic of Lithuania.
Poland is a federal syndicalist parliamentary republic and a developed country. Poland is a member of the United Nations.
History[]
Early years of the syndicalist state (1915-1934)[]
Rozalia Luksenburg, the first President of the Union of Poland.
During the last phase of the First World War, a republican uprising led by Gabriel Narutowicz broke out in the city of Kraków in September 1915, where the Republic of Poland was proclaimed, which started the Polish-Lithuanian Civil War, which led to the decision of the Polish-Lithuanian government to surrender in the First World War. Meanwhile, the uprising gained popularity in the south of Poland and an attempt to suppress the uprising failed. Meanwhile, in December 1915, the socialist and syndicalist parties decided on their uprisings in order to establish a socialist state, which led to an uprising in the city of Lublin, where the Union of Poland was proclaimed. Rozalia Luksenburg became the first President of the Union of Poland, while Jędrzej Moraczewski became the first Prime Minister of the Union of Poland.
Polish Union Army during the Battle of Radom, 1916.
The King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund IV decided to abdicate on 19 December and go into exile with his family. Two days later, an uprising broke out in the Lithuanian city of Vilnius, where the Republic of Lithuania was proclaimed, which is considered the official abolition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Meanwhile, the government of the Kingdom of Poland, led by Władysław Wróblewski, expected the Kingdom of Poland to still exist and to be able to suppress republican and syndicalist uprisings. In January 1916, there were major battles in the territory of Galicia where the Republic of Poland managed to gain almost the entire control of Polish Galicia, while the Union of Poland managed to get under the control of the eastern part of Poland.
On 16 June 1916, the army of the Union of Poland managed to gain control over Warsaw, which abolished the Kingdom of Poland, but still did not end the fighting between the Polish Republic in the south and the Union of Poland in the northeast. The fighting between the Republic of Poland and the Union of Poland ended on 9 January 1917 after the army of the Union of Poland managed to capture Kraków, thus abolishing the Republic of Poland. After a failed attempt to create a syndicalist state in Lithuania in June 1917, the Polish-Lithuanian Civil War ended.
The first presidential and federal elections in Poland were held in August 1917. Rozalia Luksenburg won the presidential election while Jędrzej Moraczewski won the federal election. Later, Poland began to improve relations with its neighbors and also with the newly formed Western European Syndicate Federation. (WIP)
Government and politics[]
Poland is a federal syndicalist parliamentary republic. The head of state is the President (currently Grzegorz Napieralski). The executive power is represented by the government headed by the Prime Minister (currently Włodzimierz Czarzasty).
The State Parliament is bicameral, with the Sejm and the Senate.