Tribloom and Toastytop Mondoregion
| Tribloom and Toastytop Mondoregion | |||
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| Hymn: Mondolied | |||
| Headquarters | Ermingander Village | ||
| Official language(s) | Istvanistani | ||
| Type | Cross-border region | ||
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| - Prince | Mondo Etzeterra | ||
| - Chair of DICTAT | Gerard Spooner Petra Skuryova-Spooner | ||
| - Main assembly | DICTAT | ||
| Establishment | 1735 AN | ||
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Abrek Lieutenancy The Tribloom and Toastytop Mondoregion is a cross-border region comprising the Mondosphere constituent state of Northbloom and the northern Kalgachi lieutenancies of Abrek, Jollity and Katarsis. It is named for the three surviving portions of the former principality of Highbloom- Northbloom, Southbloom (Abrek) and Westbloom (Katarsis)- and the neighbouring province of Toastytop (Jollity).
History
During the Minarborian era, Northbloom, Abrek and Katarsis had been part of the Principality of Highbloom, the personal demesne of the Princess Royal, Octavia Rossheim. After the collapse of Minarboria around 1649 AN, the latter two had become incorporated within Kalgachia, while the former had emerged by 1660 AN as an independent statelet under the leadership of Princess Octavia's posthumous offspring, Mondo Etzeterra.
In the wake of Operation Penitent, Mondo established a benign protectorate over Abrek and the neighbouring lieutenancy of Jollity, the latter corresponding to the old Minarborian province of Toastytop; Katarsis meanwhile remained under local administration as part of the so-called "Free Zone", that part of the Garden as yet unoccupied by the Benacian Union or Mondosphere. Amid growing tensions between the Benacian Union and Shireroth, the former opted to liquidate the Free Zone in 1730 AN, and Katarsis was subsequently incorporated within the Mondosphere occupation zone.
For the first time in nearly eighty years, the greater part of the former Principality of Highbloom was under a common administration, and as the situation in Benacia continued to deteriorate, unofficial efforts to strengthen cooperation across the region began to gather pace. Ermingander Village was keenly aware that the outbreak of a shooting war between Shireroth and the Benacian Union- as now seemed increasingly plausible- would leave Northbloom dangerously isolated, while for their part, many Kalgachi were increasingly concerned that they would inevitably be drawn into the expected conflict by their Benacian protectors. In 1732 AN, the militaries of Northbloom, Abrek, Jollity and Katarsis combined to form the Tribloom Defence Force; three years later, the Domestic Integration Council for Tribloom and Toastytop (DICTAT) was established to coordinate policy between Ermingander Village and the three lieutenancies, an act that heralded the formal foundation of the Tribloom and Toastytop Region.
Government
Although the three lieutenancies remain de jure subject to the Kalgachi government in Oktavyan, de facto authority is increasingly represented by the Domestic Integration Council for Tribloom and Toastytop (DICTAT). This body is comprised of:
- The Mayor of Ermingander Village;
- The Lord Lieutenant of Abrek;
- The Deputy Lord Lieutenants of Jollity and Katarsis;
- The Deputy Director of Public Works for Abrek, Jollity and Katarsis;
- The Deputy Director of Labour and Economic Planning for Abrek, Jollity and Katarsis;
- The Deputy Director of Health and Public Welfare for Abrek, Jollity and Katarsis;
- The Chief of the Tribloom Defence Force Combined Staff;
- The Vice-chancellor of Ermingander Village University.
The council is co-chaired by the mayor of Ermingander Village, Sir Gerard Spooner, and the lord lieutenant of Abrek, Baroness Skuryova, who is the former's sister-in-law. Jollity and Katarsis are both represented by deputy lord lieutenants, standing in for Lord Toastypops (perpetual Lord Lieutenant of Jollity) and Mondo (acting Lord Lieutenant of Katarsis since 1735 AN), who have yet to attend in person.
