{
  "g": "h,empire,europe",
  "ns": "empires",
  "name": "Grand Duchy of Lithuania",
  "now": "lithuania",
  "years": "1236–1795",
  "id": "lithuania-gd",
  "index": "c/lithuania:1236",
  "title": "Royal Banner of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania",
  "ratio": "3:5",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#c8102e",
      "cmyk": "0/94/89/8",
      "note": "Field of the royal banner."
    },
    {
      "color": "white",
      "hex": "#ffffff",
      "note": "The Vytis (mounted knight)."
    },
    {
      "color": "yellow",
      "hex": "#ffd700",
      "note": "Accents on the knight's harness and sword."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1236–1795) was one of medieval Europe's largest states, stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea at its height\n - **Construction:** a red swallowtail banner bearing the **Vytis** (\"Chase\") — a mounted armoured knight brandishing a sword, the heraldic emblem of the Lithuanian royal house since the 14th century\n - The Vytis remains on the modern coat of arms of Lithuania",
  "flag": "empires/lithuania-gd.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Grand Duchy of Lithuania",
    "officialName": "Magnus Ducatus Lithuaniae",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "trivia": "- After personal union with Poland (Krewo, 1386) and formal union (Lublin, 1569), it formed the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth\n - Grunwald (1410) saw joint Polish-Lithuanian forces crush the Teutonic Order, reshaping Central Europe\n - Lithuania was the last pagan state in Europe; Grand Duke Jogaila converted as part of the Polish union",
  "_name": "Grand Duchy of Lithuania",
  "_namespace": "empires",
  "_namePart": "lithuania-gd"
}