{
  "g": "h,empire,europe",
  "ns": "empires",
  "name": "Republic of Ragusa",
  "now": "croatia",
  "years": "1358–1808",
  "id": "ragusa",
  "index": "c/croatia:1358",
  "title": "Flag of the Republic of Ragusa",
  "ratio": "2:3",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "white",
      "hex": "#ffffff",
      "note": "Field of the Republic."
    },
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#ce1126",
      "note": "Border and the LIBERTAS motto."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Republic of Ragusa (1358–1808) was a small but diplomatically adept Adriatic maritime city-state — today's **Dubrovnik** — that preserved autonomy for 450 years between Ottoman, Hungarian, and Venetian power\n - **Construction:** a white swallowtail banner with a red border and the motto **\"LIBERTAS\"** in red block capitals — the word carved on every Ragusan public building\n - Ragusa was the first European state to recognise American independence (1776) and abolished the slave trade in 1418",
  "flag": "empires/ragusa.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Republic of Ragusa",
    "officialName": "Respublica Ragusina",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "trivia": "- Its diplomatic mastery earned it a network of consulates across Europe, the Mediterranean, and the New World\n - Napoleon dissolved the Republic in 1808; Ragusa (Dubrovnik) became Austrian, then Yugoslav, then Croatian\n - Today's Dubrovnik city flag retains the LIBERTAS legend",
  "_name": "Republic of Ragusa",
  "_namespace": "empires",
  "_namePart": "ragusa"
}