{
  "g": "h,empire,europe",
  "ns": "empires",
  "name": "Principality of Wallachia",
  "now": "romania",
  "years": "1330–1859",
  "id": "wallachia",
  "index": "c/romania:1330",
  "title": "Banner of the Principality of Wallachia",
  "ratio": "2:3",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "white",
      "hex": "#ffffff",
      "note": "Field of the royal banner."
    },
    {
      "color": "black",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "note": "Royal eagle."
    },
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#c8102e",
      "note": "Orthodox cross."
    },
    {
      "color": "green",
      "hex": "#236f4f",
      "note": "Pine tree."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Principality of Wallachia (1330–1859) was a Romanian Orthodox state south of the Carpathians that for most of its history was an Ottoman vassal\n - **Construction:** a white field bearing a black heraldic eagle clutching a red Orthodox cross, perched above a green pine tree — an emblem combining Byzantine imperial and Romanian dynastic symbols\n - United with Moldavia in 1859 under Alexandru Ioan Cuza to form the United Principalities, the direct ancestor of modern Romania",
  "flag": "empires/wallachia.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Principality of Wallachia",
    "officialName": "Țara Românească",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "trivia": "- Voivode Vlad III Drăculea (\"Dracula\", 1448–1476) fought three wars with Mehmed II to preserve Wallachian autonomy\n - The Orthodox cross references Wallachia's allegiance to the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople\n - The name \"Wallachia\" derives from the Germanic **Walach**, the exonym for Romance-speakers in Eastern Europe",
  "_name": "Principality of Wallachia",
  "_namespace": "empires",
  "_namePart": "wallachia"
}