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Arpitania is a releasable formable of 
Valdosta, It is located in Europe 
. It requires taking 
Savoy and 1 city from 
Switzerland.
Background[]
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Arpitania (Arpitan and Italian: Arpitania, French: Arpitanie) is a term which denotes the purported ethnic or cultural unity of the Western Alps, represented by speakers of Franco-Provençal (termed Arpitan).
The terms Arpitan and Arpitania (Arpitanie) are neologisms coined in the 1970s by Joseph Henriet (born 1945), a Communist school teacher who was influenced by the 
Basque activist Federico Krutwig. In his Garaldea (published 1978), Krutwig names the Basques "Garalditans", a purported Neolithic race which he claimed existed thousands of years ago. Looking for racial or linguistic remnants of the "Garalditans", he moved to the Aosta Valley in 1970, constructing Basque etymologies for local placenames.
In Aosta, Krutwig befriended the young Maoist activist Joseph Henriet. Influenced by Krutwig, Henriet declared the local patois the descendant of the Neolithic "Garalditan language". He later replaced the term garalditan with harpitan, a conflation of the patois words arpa "alp", arpian "one who works on an alp", and the Basque etymology Basque harri-pe "under the rocks" proposed by Krutwig.
Around 1980, Harriet dropped the Basque-inspired initial h-, now proposing an "Arpitan confederation" (Confédération arpitane) uniting Savoy and the Valais (but not including the patois-speaking Vaud). With the failure of his Arpitan political movement, he retired to private life.
The term arpitan since the 1990s has found usage beyond the immediate sphere of Henriet's activities, especially driven by online use. Pichard (2009) suggests its newfound success was due to the happy rhyme with 
Occitan and the unwieldiness of the alternative francoprovençal. The alternative term patois, while viewed with affection in Switzerland, has a condescending or "humiliating" connotation in 
France. An Aliance Culturèla Arpitana was founded in 2004.
Base Statistics[]
Economy[]
Arpitania has a base income of approximately $98,389, With all income being from tax.
Military[]
Arpitania starts with no manpower, but the manpower cap is 60,000 with TBA coming from manpower gain.
| Base Manpower Capacity of Arpitania per Conscription Law | |
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| The following columns below present the manpower capacity from lowest (Disarmed) to highest (Required). RP stands for "Recruitable Population". | |
| Disarmed [1% RP] |
60,000 |
| Volunteer [2% RP] |
60,000 |
| Limited [5% RP] |
60,000 |
| Extensive [10% RP] |
60,000 |
| Required [25% RP] |
60,000 |
Resources[]
Arpitania doesn't extract any resources.
Detailed Resource Count[]
| Resources of Arpitania |
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Geography[]
Biomes[]
Arpitania is not affected by any biome(s), but experiences Mild Winter in December, and it continues until February, at which it becomes temperate again.
Terrain[]
Arpitania is entirely Mountainous.
Cities[]
Arpitania only has 3 cities, with Aosta being the capital. The other 2 are Annecy, which is the biggest out of them, and Sion, the smallest.
Border[]
Arpitania borders 3 countries and 4 releasables.
Threats[]
France wanting to expand or gobble you up for the Frankish Empire or Napoleonic Empire.- Italy expanding or wanting to form the Roman Empire or other formables, or their new mission, Patria Italiana. (SUPER COMMON)
- Switzerland attacking you to take back lost land or to expand for money and resources.
- Any of the releasables mentioned over at the Borders area.
Strategy[]
Starting Moves[]
Play as 
Italy, justify an liberation war at 
Malta, (make sure to only release Valdosta) and play as Valdosta and wait your manpower to be full, build one electronic factory and sell to AIs, and develop your land to tier 6.
Annexation[]
Build many troops as possible, and declare at Savoy if France is collapsed or they liberated themselves. After this, justify at Switzerland and declare and annex them but train your troops to Mountain Specialization, and annex them with your troops, cure if necessary.
Conclusion[]
After taking them, you formed 
Arpitania. Congrats!
Trivia[]
- It is the only formable that has three cities.
- This is also the one of the easiest formables in the Europe , but some threats are needed to handle.
