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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="3" ns="0" title="Republic of Yorkshire">
        <revisions>
          <rev contentformat="text/x-wiki" contentmodel="wikitext" xml:space="preserve">[[File:Banner.png|center|frameless|728px|link=]]

&lt;center&gt;
&lt;big style=&quot;font-size:2em&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The official website of the Republic of Yorkshire&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;
&lt;/center&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;clear:both;height:3em&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;width:30%;float:left&quot;&gt;
[[Image:Yorkshire logo.png|left|100px]] &lt;big&gt;[[History]]&lt;/big&gt;

Over a thousand years of events leading to where we are now. 
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;width:30%;float:left&quot;&gt;
[[Image:Yorkshire map.png|left|100px]] &lt;big&gt;[[Geography]]&lt;/big&gt;
We have three very different Ridings and a Federal Capital.
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;width:30%;float:left&quot;&gt;
[[Image:Yorkshire logo.png|left|100px]] &lt;big&gt;[[Governance]]&lt;/big&gt;

Find out more about our constitution and the way we run our country.
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;clear:both;height:2em&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;width:30%;float:left&quot;&gt;
[[Image:Yorkshire logo.png|left|100px]] &lt;big&gt;[[Tourism]]&lt;/big&gt;
See the sights of our beautiful country.
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;width:30%;float:left&quot;&gt;
[[Image:Yorkshire logo.png|left|100px]] &lt;big&gt;[[International]]&lt;/big&gt;

Our relationship with the British Isles and the European Union.
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;width:30%;float:left&quot;&gt;
[[Image:Yorkshire logo.png|left|100px]] &lt;big&gt;[[Transport]]&lt;/big&gt;

Our first-class publicly owned transport network is one of our proudest achievements.
&lt;/div&gt;</rev>
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>