State of Rovia

State of Rovia دولة ارض الروف
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: " افرح فأن وطنك عظيم" "Rejoice, for your country is great." (Arabic)
Anthem: "Rovia our beloved"
Map
Capital	Karaz
Official languages	Arabic
Official Regional Languages	Coptic, Greek
Foreign languages	English, French, Italian
Ethnic groups	Arabs, Turks
Religion	Islam
Government	Confederated constitutional republic with an executive presidency
• President	Mu'tazz
• Prime Minister	Dina D.
Legislature	Parliament
Independence from Egypt and Saudi Arabia
• Established	26 March 2022
• Joined the GUM as a full member	14 April 2024
Area
•	1.04 km2 (0.40 sq mi)
Population
• 2023 estimate	30
• 2023 census	32▲
• 2021 census	29
Currency	Egyptian Pound, Saudi Riyal
Microcode	RV

The State of Rovia is a self-proclaimed sovereign state, commonly known as a micronation by external observers. It is a North African and Middle Eastern country, and claims land in Alexandria, Egypt. The total area of the country is about 0.00139 km² or about 1390 m². Its capital is Laurens, which is the biggest city population-wise, as it is inhabited by nearly 42% of the country's population. Rovia is a confederal republic. The current and so far only president is Mu'tazz. The official language of the country is Arabic, with Turkish being a recognized minority language. Its national animal is the Chestnut Arabian Horse. Rovia is a member state of the OIM, and the MOF as a full member.

Etymology

The word Rovia is derived from the arabic word الروف (Āl Rāwf), which means peace and can also mean quite. The present English name comes from its Latin name, which added to ''Āl Rāwf'' the suffix -ia, however the English name changed the 'f' in ''Āl Rāwf'' to 'v', for easier pronunciation. The official name of the country remains the Arabic name, which is "The State of the land of the peace" (Ḏāwlāt ārd āl- Rāwf).

History

Prehistoric and Ancient Era

Radiocarbon dating of seashell fragments and lead contamination show human activity at the location of Laurens during the period of the Old Kingdom (27th–21st centuries BC) and again in the period 1000–800 BC, followed by the absence of activity after that. A small Egyptian fishing village named Rhacotis (Egyptian language: rꜥ-qdy.t, 'That which is built up') existed since the 13th century BC in the vicinity and eventually grew to be the Egyptian part of Alexandria, not far from Rovian Laurens. While east of Alexandria and Laurens (where Abu Qir Bay is now), there were in ancient times marshland and several islands. As early as the 7th century BC, there existed important port cities of Canopus and Heracleion. The latter was recently rediscovered underwater.

Greco-Roman Era

Laurens was part of Alexandria when it was founded by Alexander the Great in April 331 BC as Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexandreia), as one of his many city foundations. From now on, Laurens and Alexandria will be mentioned as one until the point where they diverge in the late 19th Century. After he captured the Egyptian Satrapy from the Persians, Alexander wanted to build a large Greek city on Egypt's coast that would bear his name. He chose the site of Alexandria, envisioning the building of a causeway to the nearby island of Pharos that would generate two great natural harbours. Alexandria was intended to supersede the older Greek Colony of Naucratis as a Hellenistic center in Egypt and to be the link between Greece and the rich Nile valley. A few months after the foundation, Alexander left Alexandria and never returned to the city during his life. After Alexander's departure, his viceroy Cleomenes continued the expansion. The architect Dinocrates of Rhodes designed the city, using a Hippodamian grid plan. Following Alexander's death in 323 BC, his general Ptolemy Lagides took possession of Egypt and brought Alexander's body to Alexandria with him. Ptolemy at first ruled from the old Egyptian capital of Memphis. In 322/321 BC he had Cleomenes executed. Finally, in 305 BC, Ptolemy declared himself Pharaoh as Ptolemy I Soter ("Savior") and moved his capital to Alexandria.

Although Cleomenes was mainly in charge of overseeing Alexandria's early development, the Heptastadion and the mainland quarters seem to have been primarily Ptolemaic work. Inheriting the trade of ruined Tyre and becoming the centre of the new commerce between Europe and the Arabian and Indian East, the city grew to be larger than Carthage in less than a generation. In one century, Alexandria had become the largest city in the world and, for some centuries more, was second only to Rome. It became Egypt's main Greek city, with Greek people from diverse backgrounds.

The Septuagint, the earliest extant Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible from the original Tanakh, was produced there. According to tradition, Ptolemy II Philadelphus sent seventy-two Hebrew translators—six from each of the Twelve Tribes of the people of Moses added it into the leading Hellenistic center of learning, the Library of Alexandria, which faced destruction during Julius Caesar's siege of Alexandria in 47 BC). However, it is likely that the Jews of Alexandria were likely to have been the writers of the Septuagint. By the time of Augustus, the city grid encompassed an area of 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi), and the total population during the Roman principate was around 500,000–600,000, which would wax and wane in the course of the next four centuries under Roman rule.

According to Philo of Alexandria, in the year 38 AD, disturbances erupted between Jews and Greek citizens of Alexandria during a visit paid by King Agrippa I to Alexandria, principally over the respect paid by the Herodian nation to the Roman emperor, and which quickly escalated to open affronts and violence between the two ethnic groups and the desecration of Alexandrian synagogues. This event has been called the Alexandrian pogroms. The violence was quelled after Caligula intervened and had the Roman governor, Flaccus, removed from the city.

The Lighthouse on coins minted in Alexandria near Rovian Laurens in the second century AD (1: reverse of a coin of Antoninus Pius, and 2: reverse of a coin of Commodus).

In 115 AD, large parts of Alexandria were destroyed during the Kitos War, which gave Hadrian and his architect, Decriannus, an opportunity to rebuild it. In 215 AD, the emperor Caracalla visited the city and, because of some insulting satires that the inhabitants had directed at him, he abruptly commanded his troops to put to death all youths capable of bearing arms. On 21 July 365 AD, Alexandria was devastated by a tsunami (365 Crete earthquake), an event annually commemorated years later as a "day of horror".

Christianity was brought to Egypt by Mark the Evangelist (who founded the episcopal see in Alexandria) in the 1st century. Diocletian's reign (284–305 CE) marked the transition from the Roman to the Byzantine era in Egypt when a great number of Egyptian Christians were persecuted. The New Testament had by then been translated into Egyptian. After the Council of Chalcedon in CE 451, a distinct Egyptian Coptic Church was firmly established.

In 618, the Sassanids began conquering Egypt and the rest of the Byzantine Empire, after The Persian Shah, Khosrow II, had taken advantage of the internal turmoil of the Byzantine Empire after the overthrow of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice by Phocas to attack the Roman provinces in the East and by 621 Egypt was Sasanian. However, in 628, the Byzantine Emperor after Phocas, Heraclius, trying both to recover Egypt and to sow disunion amongst the Persians, offered to help Shahrbaraz seize the Persian throne for himself. An agreement was reached, and in the summer of 629, the Persian troops began leaving Egypt and it remained part of the Byzantine Empire until 641 when it became a part of the Islamic Rashidun Caliphate.

Middle Ages

The first Arab governor of Egypt recorded to have visited Alexandria was Utba ibn Abi Sufyan, who strengthened the Umayyad presence there and built a governor's palace in the city in 664–665.

In 750, the Abbasid Revolution began, and eventually, the Abbasids successfully took control of almost the whole of the land of the Ummayads, excluding Morocco (Maghrib) and Spain (Al-Andalus). From 876 onwards many wars were waged between the Abbasids and the Tulunids of Egypt, who at one point gained control of the emirates of Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Hejaz. The power struggle between the Tulunid Governors and the Abbasids over the Hejaz and the Levant lasted for nearly 25 years, until the Tulunids finally withdrew from Arabia in 900 AD. In early 935, the Ikhshidids took over Egypt.

In 969 AD, the Fatimids from Algeria took control in Egypt from the Ikhshidid Governors of Abbasids and expanded their empire to the surrounding regions, including The Hijaz and Jeddah. The Fatimids developed an extensive trade network in both the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean through the Red Sea. Their trade and diplomatic ties extended all the way to China and its Song Dynasty.

Map of the World by Muhammad al-Idrisi displays the area of what is now part of Rovia

After Saladin's reconquest of Jerusalem in 1187, he proclaimed himself Sultan of Egypt, after dissolving the Fatimid Caliphate upon the death of al-Adid, thus establishing the Ayyubid dynasty. During their relatively short-lived tenure, the Ayyubids ushered in an era of economic prosperity in the lands they ruled and the facilities and patronage provided by the Ayyubids led to a resurgence in intellectual activity in the Islamic world. The Ayyubids also constructed numerous madrasas (Schools) in their major cities.

In 1254, following events in Cairo and the dissolution of the Ayyubid Empire, Egypt became a part of the Mamluk Sultanate.

Ibn Battuta arrived to Alexandria on April 5, 1326. He stayed there for a few weeks before continuing on his pilgrimage to the Holy House in Mecca. He praised the city's flourishing trade port and it's beautiful visual features, and went into depth about the city's architecture and notable individuals living there at the time, like Yaqut al-'Arshi, a disciple of Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi. Ibn Battuta also wrote about Abu 'Abdallah al-Murshidi, a religious man who was visited by many. Although al-Murshidi lived in seclusion, Ibn Battuta writes that he was regularly visited by crowds, high state officials, and even by the Sultan of Egypt at the time, Al-Nasir Muhammad.

About 1480 AD, the Circassian Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaitbay fortified the Citadel of Qaitbay (a defensive fortress that was being built over the last three years) as part of his coastal defensive edifices against the Ottomans, who were threatening Egypt at that time. He built the fortress and placed a mosque inside it.

Modern Era

Ottoman Rule

During the Ottoman–Mamluk War, Egypt was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in the Battle of Ridaniya and remained under Ottoman Rule until 1798.

French occupation

The land in what is now Rovia, due to being part of Alexandria, figured prominently in the military operations of Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1798. French troops stormed the city on 2 July 1798, and it remained in their hands until the arrival of a British expedition in 1801. The British won a considerable victory over the French at the Battle of Alexandria on 21 March 1801, following which they besieged the city. On 30 August, General Jacques-François Menou was compelled to accept eventual defeat, and his force of 10,000 left Alexandria for Europe on 2 September 1801. This was the termination of the French occupation of Egypt, as the French in defeat would never return to Egypt during Napoleon's rule

Entry of General Bonaparte into Alexandria, oil on canvas by Guillaume-François Colson, 365 cm × 500 cm (144 in × 197 in), c. 1800, Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles

Late Modern Era

Muhammad Ali, the Ottoman governor of Egypt, began rebuilding and redevelopment around 1810. During the 9th to 18th century, the land in what is now Rovia, and Alexandria as a whole, lost much of its former importance to the Egyptian port city of Rosetta, and it only regained its former prominence with the construction of the Mahmoudiyah Canal in 1820, thanks to Muhammad Ali's rebuilding and redevelopment projects. By 1850, Alexandria had returned to something akin to its former glory. Alexandria (along with the rest of Egypt) turned to Europe in their effort to modernize the country. Greeks, followed by other Europeans and others, began moving to the city. By the early 20th century, the city became a home for novelists and poets. During this period of European migration to the city, a cigarette factory owner moved into the city (in the 19th Century, no exact date found). The man was called Edward Lauren, and he owned a villa in a street named after him, Lauren Street. The street was later renamed to Muhammad Iqbal Street, named after Muhammed Iqbal who had had his poem sung by the famous Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum. Although the street was renamed, the name Lauren was not forgotten, as it became the name for the neighborhood in which he resided. Later on, in 2020, the neighborhood was claimed (and partly controlled) by Rovia and was elevated to city status.

Under the ambitious Khedive Isma'il Pasha, Alexandria and the rest of Egypt modernized in many aspects, however, modernization came with a price. Due to the excessive spending of the Egyptian Government, the government had to take a lot of debts. French and British concern over Egypt's mounting debts led to the establishment of a de facto Anglo-French condominium over Egypt which was still nominally part of the Ottoman Empire. Egyptian nationalism was sparked and, after a revolt by Egyptian troops in 1881, complete control of the government was held by Ahmed Urabi Pasha by February 1882. The rebellion expressed resentment of foreigners.

'Urabi organized a militia and marched on Alexandria. Meanwhile, the European powers gathered in Constantinople to discuss reestablishing the power of the Khedive and an Anglo-French fleet was ordered to the port of Alexandria. The Egyptians began reinforcing and upgrading their fortifications and the British House of Commons ordered ships to be temporarily dispatched from the Channel Fleet to Malta under Admiral Seymour's command.

On 20 May 1882, the combined Anglo-French fleet, consisting of the British battleship HMS Invincible, the French ironclad La Galissonnière and four gunboats arrived in Alexandria. By 5 June, six more warships had entered Alexandria harbour and more cruised off the coast. The presence of the foreign fleet exacerbated the tensions in Alexandria between the nationalist forces and the large foreign and Christian population. On 11 and 12 June ferocious riots erupted, possibly started by 'Urabi's supporters but also blamed upon the Khedive himself as a false flag operation. Over 50 Europeans and 125 Egyptians were killed in the fracas that began near thr Mehmet Ali Palace with British Admiral Seymour, who was ashore at the time, narrowly escaping the mob. Upon learning of the riot, 'Urabi ordered his forces to restore order.

The reaction by European countries to the disturbance was swift. As refugees fled Alexandria, a flotilla of over 26 ships belonging to most of the countries of Europe gathered in the harbour. By 6 July nearly every non-Egyptian had evacuated Alexandria. Meanwhile, the garrison had continued to fortify the various forts and towers with additional guns until Admiral Seymour issued an ultimatum to 'Urabi's forces to stop fortifying or the British fleet would bombard the city. That same day, the French Admiral Conrad, had informed Seymour that in the event of British bombardment, the French fleet would depart for Port Said and would not participate in the bombardment. The ultimatum, which was ignored amid denials of the defensive works by the Egyptian governor, was set to expire at 7:00 am on 11 July. At daybreak the gun-ship Helicon was dispatched into the harbour flying flags saying she was carrying a message from the Egyptian government to the city defenders.

At 7:00 a.m. on 11 July Admiral Seymour aboard HMS Invincible signaled to HMS Alexandra to commence firing at the Ras El Tin fortifications followed by the general order to attack the enemy's batteries. The city came under bombardment from British naval forces and was occupied, and the Urabi revolt was put down. After that, Egypt came under partial British military occupation and significant governmental supervision (including as an outright British Protectorate from 1914-22) and remained under British domination through the Second World War until the Monarchy was overthrown in 1952.

Drawing of the British fleet, the British fleet bombed Alexandria

Contemporary History

During the 1952 Revolution, King Farouk escaped to Alexandria. On 25 July, the army occupied Alexandria. With no escape, the king was forced to abdicate on 26 July in favour of his son Fuad II. Shortly afterwards in 18 June 1953, the Monarchy was abolished. In July 1954, Alexandria was a target of an Israeli bombing campaign that later became known as the Lavon Affair. On 26 October 1954, Alexandria's Manshiyya Square was the site of a failed assassination attempt on president Gamal Abdel Nasser. Europeans began leaving Alexandria following the 1956 Suez Crisis that led to an outburst of Arab nationalism. The nationalisation of property by Nasser, which reached its highest point in 1961, drove out nearly all the rest, although a considerable amount of Greek, Turkish, and Italian minorities still exist in Rovia and Egypt.

Rovia Secessionist Movement

The Rovia Movement was the catalyst for Rovia's founding; it was the movement that led to the nation's birth. President Motaz, the movement's originator, had begun to take on several roles in certain Micronational governments during this time, and those same nations were to become allies with Rovia after it was created. The Rovani language was developed for the first time after its original founding by locals in the area hundreds of years ago during the Rovia Rebellion. The movement came to an end when the lands of Rovia declared independence and when the delayed but inevitable formation of the Rovian government, as the movement's purpose had been achieved.

Nasser and RCC members welcomed by Alexandria in 1954

Kingdom of Rovia

The Rovia Secessionist Movement came to an end on 5 April 2021, when the president of the movement, Motaz, declared himself King of the established Kingdom of Rovia.

The Gartius League

The Kingdom of Rovia joined the multiple micronations that King Motaz I had previously served and established ties with most. Then, on 7 April, Rovia founded the Gartius League with 14 other micronations although the number would fluctuate as some officially joined while others remained observers. One of them, the UCCS, officially the United Communist Community of Singaporlando, would wage war with Rovia and the other league members after their delegate repeatedly promoted suicide.

Flag of the Gartius League, which Rovia founded on 7 April with 14 other members

The First and Second War of the Ousting

The UCCS would go on to support their delegate and declare war on Rovia and other member states of the league. However, some of the member states of the league managed to convince UCCS government officials to stop their operations and for peace to remain. However, this did not last long as a few weeks later, after the again continued promotion of suicide by the delegate of the UCCS, all members of the Gartius League, including Rovia, voted unanimously to kick the UCCS from the league. Again, another war was waged by the UCCS. This war never came to an end, but there have been rumors going on that the UCCS has been dismantled after it had been banned from using Microwiki, if that is true then the war had come to an end.

Creation of the Empire

After Rovia incorporated two colonies near what is now the sovereign state of Karaz , the Empire was founded unofficially. After a brief period as a colony, Viyeldty was raised to statehood status. Emperor Motaz I found the Greater Rovian Empire officially on 3 June 2021.

Emperor Motaz I commented on this later, stating that ''The Kingdom was the beginning, the Empire was the turning point in the gleaming history of our nation.''

Continued rise and expansion

A mini golden age began and lasted from 3 June until 22 July. Rovia enjoyed tremendous political success with its government, a revamping of its arts and technology, and diplomatic success among numerous micronations during this brief era. The Rovian government received a major boost when Prime Minister Esty Carpentieri chose his cabinet, which would govern the country for a year, marking the start of the expansion of political foundations in the country for the first time since the independence of the country. Jamasatnia, a vassal state of Rovia, likewise pledged its loyalty to Rovia.

Steady Decline

Jamasatnia declared independence from Rovia on 22 July. It experienced minimal change during the Empire's brief reign of control of the country and was somewhat cut off from the Empire. However, one triumph could be credited, which was the expansion of Jamasatnia's political foundations.

Tobey Wyles, who was chosen by Rovia, was appointed as Prime Minister of Jamasatnia.

Rovia tried to keep Jamasatnia under control, but in the end Emperor Motaz I declared Jamasatnia independent. The mini golden age came to an end with the end of Rovian expansion, as well as other political, technological, and cultural accomplishments.

The War of the Misapprehended

As Rovia continued to steadily decline, a nation-state by the name of Yeshilova tried to establish diplomatic ties with Rovia. Somewhere along the way, two delegates from different countries mistook each other's words for rude remarks. This caused outrage from both sides, and Yeshilova then declared war on Rovia. Emperor Motaz I quickly rallied the nation's online presence, as any cyber attack would have made Rovia's presence with the online world disappear. After a brief online meeting with Yeshilova's leader, both leaders agreed that their countries would no longer be in war and that both countries would establish diplomatic relations, and both agreed that what happened was a misunderstanding, hence the naming of the war: The War of the Misapprehended. After that both countries became allies.

Standard of the President

Dissolution

On the 15 October, Emperor Mo I met with the Rovani Government to discuss dissolving Rovia because of the number of wars that had exhausted the empire. The empire was dissolved as a consequence, and the empire's land was transferred in the following order: Vyeldty to Pinang, Parraesty to Kanazia, although Kanzia has not administered it and doesn't consider it part of their land. The land has since been returned to Saudi Arabia. And the remainder has also been returned to Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

On the same day, the Empire's demise was announced, and dissolution talks came to a conclusion. For half a year, the empire had dissolved, and all lands were receded back to the Egyptian, Saudi Arabian, and Italian governments.

This marked the start of Rovia's tumultuous period. And, despite the fact that the dissolving of the country was peaceful and that only the emperor himself proposed it (which was necessary since the nation could not have survived numerous times of crises and three wars), the prevalent sentiment regarding the empire's partition is one of sadness.

Second Rovian Empire

The Second Rovian Empire was established on 26 March 2022, by the Emperor and the royal family, with former government officials and former allies notified. On 22 November 2022, Rovia reformed the Gartius League and on 23 March 2023, Rovia joined the Grand Unified Micronational as an observer state. The second Prime Minister appointement took place on the 8th of August, 2023, with Prime Minister Sam. A retaining his position and a cabinet of 6 ministers (including the prime minister) chosen.

State of Rovia

On 8 January 2024, the Constitution of Rovia was made, declaring it to be a state and with the President as the ruler. New elections are set to take place in the following months and will be affected by the newly ratified constitution.

Politics

Foreign Relations

Rovia has always strived to make allies with nations from all across the world and strongly condemns the instrument of war as a way to solve diplomatic issues. As of 2024, Rovia has only signed Mutual Recognition Treaties with other micronations, however the policy set by the government might change in the future to include signings of treaties of cooperation with other micronations. As of 2024, these are the micronations with a valid Mutual Recognition Treaty with Rovia still in effect:

• Azameen
• Belcity
• Blazdonia
• Fraildenese State
• State of Hokoria
• Huai Siao
• Pinang
• Kanazia
• Würtige Empire
• Imruland
• Vishwamitra

Military

The Rovian Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of Rovia and it's Autonomous territories. It consists of: the Rovian National Army, the Rovian National Navy, the Rovian National Air Force, the National Special Forces, the Presidential Guard, and the Rovian National Police.

Demographics

Ethnic Groups

Polls conducted by the government in 2024 have proven that 71% of the population identify as Arabs and a considerable minority of 12% identify as Turks. The third largest minority would be the Italians at 9%.

Religion

Polls conducted by the government in 2024 have proven that 84% of the population identify as Muslim, while 16% identify as Christian.

Administrative divisions

Map	Name	Classification
Nasser Sadat Hadeed Turumay Victoria Nestor Raml Shutz Gianclis Greater Laurens Tharwat Maqar Egypt (Alexandria)	Trumay	Administrative District
	Greater Laurens	Administrative District
	Tharwat	Administrative District
	Gianclis	Administrative District
	Nasser	Administrative District
	Raml	Administrative District
	Hadeed	Administrative District
	Nestor	Administrative District
	Sadat	Administrative District
	Maqar	Federal Capital City
	Shutz	Administrative District
	Victoria	Administrative District

Geography

Rovia is located on the southern coast of the Mediterranean, in the Far West Nile delta area .It has a hot steppe climate (Köppen climate classification: BSh), virtually hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification: BWh). The prevailing north wind, blowing across the Mediterranean, gives the country a less severe climate than the desert hinterland. The country's climate is influenced by the Mediterranean Sea, moderating its temperatures, causing variable rainy winters and moderately hot and slightly prolonged summers that, at times, can be very humid; January and February are the coolest months, with daily maximum temperatures typically ranging from 12 to 18 °C (54 to 64 °F) and minimum temperatures that could reach 5 °C (41 °F).

Rovia experiences violent storms, rain and sometimes sleet and hail during the cooler months; these events, have been responsible for occasional flooding in the country in the past though they rarely occur anymore. July and August are the hottest and driest months of the year, with an average daily maximum temperature of 30 °C (86 °F). The average annual rainfall is around 211 mm (8.3 in) but has been as high as 417 mm (16.4 in). The highest recorded temperature was 45 °C (113 °F) on 30 May 1961, and the coldest recorded temperature was 0 °C (32 °F) on 31 January 1994.

Climate

Climate data for Laurens, State of Rovia (2014)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	33.3 (91.9)	32.9 (91.2)	40.0 (104)	41.0 (105.8)	45.0 (113)	43.8 (110.8)	43.0 (109.4)	38.6 (101.5)	41.4 (106.5)	38.2 (100.8)	35.7 (96.3)	31.0 (87.8)	45.0 (113)
Average high °C (°F)	18.4 (65.1)	19.3 (66.7)	20.9 (69.6)	24.0 (75.2)	26.5 (79.7)	28.6 (83.5)	29.7 (85.5)	30.4 (86.7)	29.6 (85.3)	27.6 (81.7)	24.1 (75.4)	20.1 (68.2)	24.9 (76.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	13.4 (56.1)	13.9 (57)	15.7 (60.3)	18.5 (65.3)	21.2 (70.2)	24.3 (75.7)	25.9 (78.6)	26.3 (79.3)	25.1 (77.2)	22.0 (71.6)	18.7 (65.7)	14.9 (58.8)	20.0 (68)
Average low °C (°F)	9.1 (48.4)	9.3 (48.7)	10.8 (51.4)	13.4 (56.1)	16.6 (61.9)	20.3 (68.5)	22.8 (73)	23.1 (73.6)	21.3 (70.3)	17.8 (64)	14.3 (57.7)	10.6 (51.1)	15.8 (60.4)
Record low °C (°F)	0.0 (32)	0.0 (32)	2.3 (36.1)	3.6 (38.5)	7.0 (44.6)	11.6 (52.9)	17.0 (62.6)	17.7 (63.9)	14 (57)	10.7 (51.3)	1.0 (33.8)	1.2 (34.2)	0 (32)
Average Rainfall mm (inches)	52.8 (2.079)	29.2 (1.15)	14.3 (0.563)	3.6 (0.142)	1.3 (0.051)	0.0 (0)	0.0 (0)	0.1 (0.004)	0.8 (0.031)	9.4 (0.37)	31.7 (1.248)	52.7 (2.075)	195.9 (7.713)
Average relative humidity (%)	69	67	67	65	66	68	71	71	67	68	68	68	67.92
Average rainy days (≥ 0.01 mm)	11.0	8.9	6.0	1.9	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	2.9	5.4	9.5	46.8
Sunshine hours	192.2	217.5	248.0	273.0	316.2	354.0	362.7	344.1	297.0	282.1	225.0	195.3	3,307.1
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Culture

Rovia is heavily influenced by Egyptian culture and Arabian culture. A recent survey conducted by the Rovian government showed that 100% of the population was able to speak both Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic, proving the ties the country has with Egypt and the wider Arab world.