Çerid Autonomous State

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Çerid Autonomous State Donetaghçeridkashan
State of  Alduria
[[File:|125px|Flag of the Çerid Autonomous State|frameless]] Flag [[File:|90px|Coat of arms of theÇerid Autonomous State|frameless]] Coat of arms
Location of the Çerid Autonomous State
Motto	Donetagh Kinramin ("We Stand Unrestrained")
Anthem
Subdivision	Autonomous region
Capital	Aladurkidal
Largest cities	Aladurkidal
Area
- Ranked
Population	2,183 (1704 AN)
- Ranked
Governor
Kalashegtin (Great Speaker)	Eghiri par Talim
Legislature	Takileshidgul (Assembly of Representatives)
Established	1699 AN
Languages	Çervelik, Alexandrian, Constancian, Babkhi
Local religion	Predominantly Taghlishen, some syncretism with Melusinianism, Alexandrian Nazarene
Abreviation
Time Zone	CMT+4

Name

Despite the terminology of the name, the Çerid Autonomous State is legally an autonomous region of Alduria. Its designation as "Çerid" is, simply enough, for the species inhabiting it. Its Çervelik name, Donetaghçeridkashan, is merely an approximate translation of the Micrasian name, though its literal meaning is more accurately rendered as the Unrestrained Çerid Household.

Geography

The territory of the CAS lies to the east of, and borders on, the lake of Lake Nerub in north-central Eura. It lies between the Aldurian state of Villalba to the north, and the Constancian territories of Molivadia to the east and Nouradin City to the south.

The CAS occupies lies mostly in a wide, shallow valley that it shares with the neighboring surrounds of Wahda in Villalba. The northeastern end of the CAS extends into shallow hills from which most of Lake Nerub's eastern tributaries flow through the valley, forming draws and gullies in a largely rolling landscape. The terrain becomes flatter and lower toward the south and particularly the west, adjoining the lake.

Climate

Though south of the rainforests of far northern Eura and rather drier, the CAS does not extend into the desert zones of central Eura; it consists mostly of tropical savanna in the west and tropical dry forests in the east.

Politics

Levels of government

In Çeridgul and other Çer-inhabited lands, government had traditionally been heavily decentralized to nonexistent. As part of the consultation process involved in planning the formation of the CAS, it was quietly made clear to the Çerid that some form of government empowered to create and enforce law and maintain order, encoded in the Statute of Autonomy, was going to have to be created - and acknowledged by those living in the territory. The result, while not as absent of centralized authority as previous structures, is an attempt to achieve what the Çerid consider a viable balance between a central and local authority.

The populated parts of the CAS are divided into kashangulid (sing. kashangul), sometimes referred to by humans as hundreds, parishes or communes. Kashangulid are local administrations responsible for maintaining infrastructure and local cleanliness.

Central bodies

Takileshidgul