| Hungary | |
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| Flag of Hungary (1917-1988) | |
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| Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary (until 1917) | |
| Characteristics | |
| Capital | Budapest (until 1917) Debrecen (1917-1988) |
| Official language | Hungarian |
| Government | Monarchy (until 1917) Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic (1917-1988) |
| Historical era | Establishment of the Principality of Hungary - 895 Christian kingdom - 1000 Revolution of 1848 - 1848 Formation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire - 1867 Change of government to republic - 1917 Joined the European Union - 1956 European Union combined with the Commonwealth of Nations to form the United Commonwealth - 1968 Government of the United Commonwealth is federalised, absorbing the Bulgarian government - 1988 |
| Population | 10.5 million (1900) 14 million (1987) |
| Currency | Gulden (1867-1892) Krone (1892-1917) Hungarian forint (until 1956) Euro (1956-1968) Commonwealth credit (from 1968) |
Hungary was a human nation located in Central Europe on Earth in the Sol System. It bordered countries including Germany, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
The territory of Hungary was for centuries a crossroads for various 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 with the conquest of the Carpathian Basin by Hungarian grand prince Árpád. 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, it was partially occupied by the Ottoman Empire (1541–1699). Hungary came under Habsburg rule at the turn of the 18th century.
In 1867 the Kingdom of Hungary formed a union with the Austrian Empire, with the two nations establishing the Austro-Hungarian Empire. During the Great War, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was allied with the German Empire and fought against the Russian Empire, Great Britain and France.
In 1916 the Great War ended in a mutually-destructive exchange of orbital weapons and long-range rockets between the European powers, resulting in the destruction of many cities across the continent. Hungary was hit hard as a result of the exchange, losing its two largest cities of Budapest and Szeged to Allied orbital kinetic weapon attacks. In addition to several hundred thousand Hungarian soldiers who died in the conventional fighting between 1914 and 1916, an estimated two million Hungarian civilians died in the war. In total, Hungary lost nearly 20 per cent of its prewar population and more than 50 per cent of its prewar economic output. Discontent with the Austro-Hungarian Empire had been growing among its people due to the poor economic conditions the population was subjected to during the Great War, the military's relatively poor performance against the Allies in the conflict, and tensions among the many different ethnic groups in the Austrian-dominated nation. The destruction of the dual capitals of Austria-Hungary, Vienna and Budapest, created a power vacuum which led to the almost immediate collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Hungarian monarchy, and the establishment of a republic system of government in Hungary. The Hungarian capital was relocated to the city of Debrecen, which had escaped destruction by orbital strikes during the Great War.
Hungary became a founding member of the League of Nations in 1919.
Hungary joined the European Union in 1956. The European Union was merged with the Commonwealth of Nations to form the United Commonwealth in 1968.
In the wake of the start of the Allied-Cramori War and the Cramori Empire's attempted invasion of the Sol System in 1976, in 1988 the citizens of the member states of the United Commonwealth voted to give the United Commonwealth Parliament and the United Commonwealth Secretariat the powers of a federal government, effectively transforming the United Commonwealth from a supranational political and economic union to a single federal republic. It was thought that granting the United Commonwealth greater economic, political and military control over the resources of its constituent states would be more effective for planetary defence against the Cramori. The Hungarian government was therefore effectively absorbed into the United Commonwealth Government in 1988, and Hungary is largely regarded to have ceased to exist as a separate nation-state on that date.