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Wendlandish is the official and national language of Wendland — natively ''Vinnurlond'', "the Wendlands" —, officially the Soviet Republic of the Wendlands (''repuvlik savjetska Vinnurlandana''), a sovereign state in Northern Europe, bordering in the west and south with Germany (''Þysklond'') and in the south and east with Poland (''Sløvjænlond''); it has a long coast on the Baltic Sea (''mær Vinnurlandana'', Sea of the Wendlands), which divides it from Denmark (''Danmork'') and Sweden (''Sværikur'').<br/> | Wendlandish is the official and national language of Wendland — natively ''Vinnurlond'', "the Wendlands" —, officially the Soviet Republic of the Wendlands (''repuvlik savjetska Vinnurlandana''), a sovereign state in Northern Europe, bordering in the west and south with Germany (''Þysklond'') and in the south and east with Poland (''Sløvjænlond''); it has a long coast on the Baltic Sea (''mær Vinnurlandana'', Sea of the Wendlands), which divides it from Denmark (''Danmork'') and Sweden (''Sværikur'').<br/> | ||
The capital and largest city, with 980,000 inhabitants, is ''Vænfjørðin''<ref>In real world Poland, on the banks of the Dziwna river, partially on the island of Wolin and partially on the mainland.</ref>. Other major cities are '' | The capital and largest city, with 980,000 inhabitants, is ''Vænfjørðin''<ref>In real world Poland, on the banks of the Dziwna river, partially on the island of Wolin and partially on the mainland.</ref>. Other major cities are ''Þyskarhøjfn'' (pop. about 75,000) in the west, on the coast opposite the country's largest island, ''Rygn''<ref>Real world Rügen.</ref>; and ''Løgurðurp''<ref>In real world in northern Szczecinek county, West Pomeranian voivodeship.</ref> (pop. about 98,000) in the east; most of the country is rural, with more than 70% of the population being concentrated in and around Vænfjørðin (the second-largest city is actually ''Praljetarski'', just north of Vænfjørðin, with about 160,000 inhabitants). | ||
The population of Wendland, at the last census (2014), amounted to about 1,600,000 people; the total number of native Wendlandish speakers is slightly higher, with at least 100,000 people of Wendlandish origin living in other former Soviet countries and a small community in southern Denmark, mostly descendants of people who escaped from Wendland during Soviet times. | The population of Wendland, at the last census (2014), amounted to about 1,600,000 people; the total number of native Wendlandish speakers is slightly higher, with at least 100,000 people of Wendlandish origin living in other former Soviet countries and a small community in southern Denmark, mostly descendants of people who escaped from Wendland during Soviet times. | ||