Uppmanland

Commonwealth of Uppmanland Uppmanlands edssamfund (Uppmanlandic)
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Capital	Vansta
Official language(s)	Uppmanlandic
Recognised language(s)	Common Tongue, Lakkvian, Amalandic
Official religion(s)	Church of Uppmanland
Demonym	Uppmanlander
- Adjective	Uppmanlandic
Government	Confederation
- Storting Speaker	Erik Åstad
- Chancellor	Lisa Andersdotter
- Legislature	Storting
Establishment	14.XIV.1758
Area	312,368 km2
Population	13,030,108
Currency	Skilling (ULS)
Calendar	Norton (AN)
Time zone(s)	CMT+3
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National animal	Älg (Moose)
National food	Senapssill (Mustard herring)
National drink	Äppelmust (Apple juice)
National tree	Gran (Spruce)
Abbreviation	UL

Uppmanland (Uppmanlandic: [ˈɵpːmanlan:]) is a country in western Keltia. It borders Amaland to the north, the Hexarchy to the southeast and the Pearl Sea to the south and west. With a population of 12.5 million, it is a mostly rural country, with a few larger cities including the capital Vansta.

Etymology

The name "Uppmanland" has the literal meaning "land of the uppman". "Uppman" (singular; plural "uppmän") is a term for people living above or uphill from somewhere, in this case the capital. While each landskap has its own demonyn, the "uppman" term is common for all residents of the country.

Geography

The mainland part of Uppmanland mainly consists of rolling fields of crops, with relatively narrow bands of forest delimiting regions and landskap. A few areas, especially in the west and northeast, have denser forests. There are several larger rivers cutting through the landscape, often having their source in the east and northeast. On the western peninsula there is a partly forested plateau reaching around 300 meters over sea level. From the central parts of the mainland, the elevation slowly rises moving east, with another plateau, also largely covered in forest, in the northeast, rising to above 500 meters. Here is also the highest point on the mainland, the flat ridge Himsås which reaches 548 meters above sea level.

The Dark Berry Islands (Uppmanlandic: Mörkbärsöarna) on the other hand have a much more varied elevation profile. The northern island, Askö (Common Tongue: Northern Island), is dominated by the foothills and peaks of the highest mountain in the country, Askeberg (Common Tongue: Mount Ascophosyna), rising up to 986 meters above sea level. The northeastern and southern parts are lower, covered in dense brushland. The southern island, Surö (Common Tongue: Southern Island) more closely matches the character of the lower parts of the northern island, but with the southern half consisting of a flat meadowland. In between the two large islands is Ellö (Common Tongue: Fyre Isle), dominated by the caldera and caldera lake of a dormant volcano.

Politics

Government

The Storting is vested with supreme legislative, executive and judicial power on the national level, and within the competences that the constitution mandates. The legislative mandate is exercised by the Storting in its entirety, for which it is organised into various committees. The speaker (Uppmanlandic: talman) serves as the head of state of Uppmanland and, when exercising that office, is titled Regent (Uppmanlandic: samfundsföreståndare). The executive power is delegated to the committee on government affairs (Uppmanlandic: samfundsstyrelseutskottet), whose chairperson is the head of government. The judicial power is delegated to the court committee (Uppmanlandic: domstolsutskottet), whose chairperson is considered the chief justice of Uppmanland. From these two committees, certain decisions can in certain cases be appealed to the Storting in its entirety.

Committee on Government Affairs

The Committee on Government Affairs is the de facto executive government of the confederal government, tasked with executing the laws and decisions made by the Storting. The committee is chaired by the Chancellor (Uppmanlandic: rådman), and the committee is colloquially called the Council (Uppmanlandic: Rådet).

Administrative divisions

The parish (Uppmanlandic: socken; plural: socknar) is the fundamental territorial, political, and communal unit of society. Originally centered on a parish church, the (civil) parish functions as both the primary unit of local government and the basis of collective popular sovereignty. Parishes in coastal areas are called skeppslag, while parishes where the main economic activity is some form of mining are called bergslag. The main activity in a skeppslag is usually fishing.

The institution traces its origins to the ancient church parish, which historically served as both an ecclesiastical and civil community. In the modern interpretation, the historical concept has been retained and expanded into the foundation of the constitutional order. New parishes may be established through the construction of a new parish church and the recognition of a new local community. The civil and ecclesiastical parishes are technically separate legal entities.

Sovereignty is held collectively by the people of each parish rather than by the state itself. Membership in the political community is established through the Parish Oath (Uppmanlandic: sockened), sworn by every adult citizen upon reaching the age of majority or acquiring citizenship. The oath is made to the other sworn members of the parish, creating a mutual bond of loyalty, solidarity and obligation. Sovereignty therefore exists as a network of mutual oaths rather than descending from a central authority.

Individual parishes entered into sworn alliances with neighboring parishes. Neighboring communities, often delimited by various geographic features, developed a common identity. These areas constituted the ancient provinces (Uppmanlandic: landskap), areas with a common identity and culture, but no common political or administrative structure. In 1757, the parishes within each traditional province entered into sworn relationships, finally formally forming the provinces. Unlike the parishes, the provinces are not the original holders of sovereignty. Instead, they derive their authority from the voluntary association of constituent parishes. Uppmanland was formed as a sworn alliance between the provinces.

Admission into a parish marks both political adulthood and inclusion within the local community. The ceremony traditionally combines civic and religious elements. Historically it took place at the local church, but in modern times most communities conduct the public oath at the local ting (assembly), allowing all residents to participate. Nazarenes usually take the oath in front of the parish priest and the ting as a whole. The exact form of the ceremony varies between parishes, reflecting local traditions.

The parishes hold an annual public gathering during the summer, immediately before the harvest season. New members are formally admitted, communal affairs are discussed, and preparations are made for the agricultural harvest. The timing symbolizes that every full member of the community shares in both its rights and its obligations.

The parish remains the principal source of local identity. While provinces preserve historical and cultural identities, everyday political life is centered on the parish and its assembly. The oath of membership is regarded as the defining rite of passage into adulthood and citizenship.

Cities constitute a historical anomaly within the constitutional structure. Since sovereignty resides with the people rather than with rural communities specifically, cities likewise form through collective oath relationships. The cities elect a representative city council, unlike the parishes where public power is exercised at the parish assembly, the annual meeting of all sworn residents.

Provinces

Uppmanland is divided into 27 provinces (Uppmanlandic: landskap). They are historical, geographical, cultural and administrative regions. Many of the provinces have their own distinct dialects and a few also have sizeable linguistic minorities, primarily speakers of Common Tongue, Lakkvian and Amalandic. Together with the cities, they federate to create Uppmanland. The cities are traditionally part of a province, but are all administratively separate from them.

Province	Capital	Population	Area (km2)	Density
Asköland	Bergsvik	579,672	27,176	21.33
Aspeland	Kyrkesund	509,261	15,840	32.15
Bergslagen	Tällberg	166,620	17,465	9.54
Dalsved	Fjärås	335,612	21,134	15.88
Danland	Vitalöv	926,428	6,243	148.39
Hammarland	Lödemark	94,889	11,773	8.06
Hedmark	Skana	182,019	9,968	18.26
Kullarna	Arvik	91,123	7,261	12.55
Lemland	Norrås	334,028	11,183	29.87
Lågland	Nyhamn	748,240	4,074	183.66
Nedreland	Johansstad	399,375	10,488	38.08
Norland	Nor	105,890	4,365	24.26
Nyland	Skärhamn	1,002,157	10,871	92.19
Rissland	Gräsvik	915,674	5,943	154.08
Roden	Falsterstrand	157,383	8,159	19.29
Skutungsland	Bälinge	231,460	8,249	28.06
Storveden	Skoga	70,420	10,236	6.88
Suröland	Garpsäter	484,287	35,272	13.73
Säterland	Bjursta	646,176	10,342	62.48
Söderland	Öreholm	246,732	7,691	32.08
Tjust	Sätra	96,434	8,703	11.08
Vattike	Tensta	1,435,090	9,890	145.11
Vittland	Annestad	731,081	14,038	52.08
Västerammark	Århus	288,678	8,203	35.19
Ångerland	Östervall	303,827	7,104	42.77
Ås	Älvby	429,088	14,675	29.24
Österammark	Esberg	183,757	5,375	34.19

Cities

The cities (Uppmanlandic: stad; plural städer) are organised on the same level as the provinces, but have more limited autonomy. Many of the regulations governing the cities are made by the Storting, although the actual enforcement and administration of those regulations are left to the individual city councils. Traditionally, the cities had a monopoly on trade and manufacturing, although this distinction is less pronounced in modern times. The borders between the cities and the surrounding provinces are also frequently adjusted when suburbs connected to the cities grow over the city limits. Disconnected suburbs are under the jurisdiction of the provinces though, constituting anomalies in the largely rural parts of the country.

City	Traditional province	Population	Area (km2)	Density
Vansta	Vattike	388,836	168.08	2,313
Ramstad	Aspeland/Nyland	342,524	136.43	2,511
Brosund	Lågland	232,686	74.37	3,129
Amsel	Västerammark	102,850	50.4	2,040
Västerborg	Rissland	87,441	68.99	1,267
Skaranäs	Säterland	61,871	51.16	1,209
Bergsvik	Asköland	58,574	43.53	1,346
Garpsäter	Suröland	32,577	27.08	1,203
Berga	Bergslagen	27,348	28.31	966

Demographics

Religion

The Church of Uppmanland (Uppmanlandic: Uppmanländska folkkyrkan) is a Reformed Nazarene church in Uppmanland and its state and national church. It is a descendant of the Norman Church of Amaland, but organisationally and doctrinally separate from it. Headquartered in Amsel, with around 10 million members, it is the largest Nazarene denomination in Uppmanland. The church consists of 14 dioceses (Uppmanlandic: kräkelhållardöme), divided into parishes (Uppmanlandic: kyrksocken), which outside the cities are coterminous with the civil parishes. The Primate of the church is the Archbishop (Uppmanlandic: överkräkelhållare) of Amsel. The church is considered to be conservative, in that it does not ordain women, support the ban on businesses being open on the last day of the week, and is critical towards abortion as well as some LGBTQ rights. However, there is a growing liberal movement within the church, primarily supported by women, students and people living in the cities.

Language

Approximately 85 percent of the population speak Uppmanlandic, a Hurmu–Norse language in the Normarkic group of the Pancontinental languages, as their first language. It is also the sole official language. There are two recognised minority languages, Common Tongue, spoken by about five percent as a first language, primarily in the Dark Berry Islands and by a large share of the population as a second language, and Lakkvian, spoken by less than five percent as a first language, primarily along the southern coast. A small group of speakers of Amalandic live in the provinces of Västerammark and Österammark. Around five percent speak various immigrant languages.