Neu Ludwigshafen

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Republik Neu Ludwigshafen
Flag of Ludwigshafen
Flag
Coat of Arms of Ludwigshafen
Coat of Arms
Motto: By Grace alone shall we prosper
Anthem: Schafe können sicher weiden
Location of Ludwigshafen
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Capital Neu Ludwigshafen
Largest city Neu Ludwigshafen, Felsental, Osthügel
Official language(s) Southern-Cibolan Saxon
Official religion(s) Ludwiggian Reformed Church
Demonym Ludwigger
 - Adjective Ludwiggian
Government Republic
 - Präsident des Parlements
 - Legislature Parlement der Republik
Establishment 1696
Area
Population 37,824 (1696 census)
Currency Neupfennig
Calendar
Time zone(s)
Mains electricity
Driving side
Track gauge
National website staat.rnl
National forum
National animal Sypyr blue whale
National food Salted whitefish
National drink Kräuterwasser
National tree Juniper bush
Abbreviation RNL

Neu Ludwigshafen was a short-lived antarctic state that was founded in 1696, as a nation for the Ludwiggian people. Most of its inhabitants were refugees from Sankt Ludwigshafen that fled the Ludwigshafener Civil War in 1693, most of which were living in the capital Neu Ludwigshafen. Other South-Cibolan Saxon people unrelated to Sankt Ludwigshafen lived in Osthügel and Felsental, they were usually from Walstadt or Licht. Around six percent of the population was not Saxon but of Alexandrian descendance, calling themselves Louisians, which is Alexandrian for Ludwiggians. Neu Ludwigshafen was a democracy, with all citizens over the age of twenty-five having the right to vote in parliamentary elections on city and national level, although no elections were ever held. The national parliament, the Parlement der Republik was the highest institution and its president, the Präsident des Parlements, was considered the head of state. Day-to-day government was in the hands of a cabinet of ministers that would have been appointed by the parliament, and whose meetings would have been presided over by a Minister-President. The state confessed to adhere to the Ludwiggian Reformed Church, but did not prosecute or oppress other religions.

Neu Ludwigshafen never appeared on the MCS map. It was founded in the summer of 1696, but the virtually all members of the colony perished in the following winter, after being unsufficiently unprepared for the extreme cold of the Micran antarctic region. In Spring 1697 an expedition was sent by the Stadtparlement of the Third Republic of Sankt Ludwigshafen to recover survivors and assets. Two-hundred survivors were rescued and valuable assets belonging to the Osthügel Motorenwerke were recovered and brought back to Sankt Ludwigshafen.