National language

The national languages in Metropotania today are Romanian and English.

History
The region has been, along its thousand year history, the home to people of 7 languages: Hungarian, German, Latin, Slavic languages (Russian and Polish), Romanian, English.

The Middle Ages
During the 11th and 12th centuries, there were about 20 villages in the Metropotanian area, the largest of which was Vereséglakás (hun. Vereség = defeat, lakás = place), close to today's Victorian district. All of them were Hungarian-influenced and spoke the rough form of the language.

After the Saxon colonization in Transylvania and the West of Metropotanian Kingdom (late 12th and early 13th centuries), many Saxon communities grew up and spread the German language 100 km to the East.

For the next half a millennium, attempted invasions by Poland, Lithuania, and the Tsardom of Russia, somehow created small villages of strictly Polish or Russian speaking inhabitants.

Independent Metropotania
In the late 18th century and 19th century, as a result of German, British, Dutch and French professors and scientists coming in the country to the three universities of the time, German became the most popular language and English, from non-existent, turned into often used (however, in science and diplomacy). French and Dutch did not have a major impact in this time.

After the first wave of rebellions in the Habsburg Empire, the Romanians in Metropotania seized the moment and drove off the Hungarian military, declaring the sovereignty of the country (therefor the new name "The United Sovereign Kingdom of Metropotania" or "Das Vereinte Souveräne Königreich von Metropotanie" or "Regatul Suveran Unit al Metropotaniei"). In 1849, three national languages were declared: German, Hungarian, Romanian.

1904-1945
As the 6 cities and 27 villages were finally united into one great city in 1904 and the new population had a great diversity, the national languages were sectioned as following: The secondary languages were "tolerated" ethnic minorities, and in the case of Hungarian, it was allowed to be used in public administration in some regions.
 * Primary: Romanian, German;
 * Secondary: Hungarian, Russian, English, French.

After World War II
As the Moscow-controlled Communist Party replaced the conservative Royal Party and the workers' Socialist Party in 1946, all languages except Romanian (now the only national lang.) and Russian were prohibited. A break was given to the German population four years later, when the Soviet Metropotanian friendship pact was signed. See the article for more information on early post-war Soviet-Metropotanian diplomatic relations.

A new age
"A new age" was the name given to the strange decision for the time of the government to make English a national language in 2004. Every one would be encouraged to learn English and integrate it into their lives (see Alfred Schiller).