Valencia

Region of Valencia Région de Valencia Región de Valencia Valencia Suyu
Region of  Nouvelle Alexandrie
Flag Coat of arms
Motto	Scientia et misericordia ("Knowledge and compassion")
Map of Valencia; 1759 AN.
Geography
Status	Region
Capital	Chambéry
Largest city	Chambéry
Other cities	Mayenne, New Franciscania, Lesve, Malonton, Trévoux, Méry
Demographics
Population (1758 AN)	22,375,759
Demonym	Valencian
Ethnic groups	Valenciano Alexandrian Martino
Languages	Alexandrian Martino
Religion	Alexandrian Nazarene Church (majority)
Government
Governor	Francesca Morel (Since 1750 AN)
• Party	Democratic Socialist Party (AJNA)
Legislature	Cortes Regionales de Valencia
• Total seats	90
Economy
GDP (1757 AN)	NAX€1.6 trillion (est.)
• Per capita	NAX€72,000 (est.)
HDI (1757 AN)	0.882 (Very High)
Currency	New Alexandrian écu (NAX€)
Main industries	Wine Natural gas Tourism Agriculture
History & Other
Established	1686 AN
Admitted to Federation	1686 AN
Preceded by	Kingdom of Valencia
Abbreviation	VAL

The Region of Valencia (Alexandrian: Région de Valencia; Martino: Región de Valencia; Wechua: Valencia Suyu) is a Region of the Federation of Nouvelle Alexandrie, in the far south of Keltia. Its capital and largest city is Chambéry, on the coast of the Captive Sea, and the Region had a population of 22,375,759 as of 1758 AN. Valencia is made up of two mainland peninsulas, each bounded by the Bassarid Dependency of Tanah-Baru and the sea, together with the offshore island of Port Cardozo; its western territory is the former island polity of Lostisland.

The Region descends from the historic Kingdom of Valencia, an Alexandrian kingdom and the homeland of the Valenciano people, whose capital was Chambéry. Valencia joined the Federation among its founding Regions in 1686 AN, and Chambéry remains one of the principal cultural centers of the Alexandrians and the site of La Alborada, a residence of King Sinchi Roca II.

Valencia is the leading wine-producing Region of the Federation, the source of the sparkling Mousseux de Chambéry, and its economy also rests on natural gas, tourism, and a broad agricultural base of olives, orchard fruit, upland sheep, and cork. Its early decades in the Federation were marked by the Great Skerry-Valencian Drought, and its recovery shaped much of its modern politics and land use.

Etymology

The Region takes its name from the Kingdom of Valencia, the kingdom from which it descends. The kingdom gave its name in turn to the Valenciano people, one of the Alexandrian peoples of southern Keltia, and the name has carried through successive polities to the present Region.

History

Valencia's roots lie in the Kingdom of Valencia, a historic kingdom centered on Chambéry that was a territory of the Victorian Empire and was later incorporated into the Empire of the Alexandrians before its lands entered Nouvelle Alexandrie. The layered history of that predecessor state is treated in its own article; the account below covers the Region within the Federation.

Accession and expansion

Valencia entered the Federation of Nouvelle Alexandrie in 1686 AN, among the Regions that formed the federal union in its earliest years. Its accession preserved Valenciano self-government within the federal framework, and the Region retained its own legislature and administration under a popularly elected Governor. The Region grew westward in 1726 AN, when the former island polity of Lostisland, also known as Western Valencia, was admitted as part of Valencia rather than as a separate Region under the Western Valencia Admission Act, 1726; its principal city, Méry, was constituted a special city within the Region.

Great Skerry-Valencian Drought

Between 1720 AN and 1728 AN the southwest of the Region endured the Great Skerry-Valencian Drought, a prolonged failure of the rains that brought crop losses across the southwest and, in late 1725 AN, severe wildfires around the Chambéry metropolitan area. The drought drove an influx of refugees from Lostisland and was among the causes of the Recession of 1726. Its long aftermath reshaped Valencian agriculture toward drought-resilient viticulture, olive cultivation, and cork.

La Alborada and the Spring Crisis

The palace of La Alborada, built near Chambéry between 1720 AN and 1722 AN as a wedding gift to the future King Sinchi Roca II and Adelaide Carrillo, became the monarch's favored private retreat. During the Spring Crisis of 1739 it served as the secure seat of royal authority, and the King delivered his address of 3.III.1739 AN from the palace. It remains a royal residence and one of the Region's principal landmarks.

Geography

Valencia occupies the southern edge of Keltia, a position that leaves its territory divided and gives it a temperate, rain-fed climate.

Location

The Region comprises two mainland peninsulas in the far south of Keltia, an eastern territory and a western territory (the former Lostisland), each lying between the Bassarid Dependency of Tanah-Baru and the sea, together with the offshore island of Port Cardozo. Chambéry stands on the Captive Sea coast of the eastern peninsula, from which most of the Region's commerce and population radiate.

Climate

Most of Valencia has an oceanic climate, with mild temperatures and rainfall spread through the year. The coastal districts around Chambéry are warmer and drier in summer, a micro-climate that has made the Chambéry appellation the heart of the Region's viticulture. Periodic drought remains a hazard in the far southwest, a legacy of the great drought that continues to shape water management and crop selection.

Environment

The Region's land rises from coastal lowlands and river valleys to interior highlands. Cork oak woodland is worked on a sustainable rotation across parts of the countryside, and the uplands carry the pasture that supports Valencian sheep farming. Conservation of the cork woodlands and of the coastal wetlands around Port Cardozo is managed under regional environmental law in coordination with federal authorities.

Administrative divisions

Valencia is divided into states, each named for its capital and subdivided into municipalities; the western territory adds the special city of Méry, formerly Montediszamble. The principal mainland states and their populations, recorded at the 1682 AN census, are set out below.

State	Capital	Population (1682 AN)
Chambéry	Chambéry	3,274,614
Mayenne	Mayenne	2,068,177
Lesve	Lesve	947,914
New Franciscania	New Franciscania	1,034,088
Cardozo and Malonton	Malonton	1,292,611

Government and politics

Valencia governs its internal affairs as a Region of the Federation, exercising the devolved powers reserved to the Regions under the federal constitution while sending representatives to the Cortes Federales. Its institutions combine an elected executive, a regional legislature, and a regional judiciary seated at Chambéry.

Regional Governor

The chief executive of the Region is the Regional Governor, an office established in 1686 AN and filled by direct popular vote for a five-year term. The Governor heads the regional administration, promulgates regional law, and represents Valencia in dealings with the federal government. The office has since 1750 AN been held by Francesca Morel of the Democratic Socialist Party, elected as part of the Alliance for a Just Nouvelle Alexandrie, who won the 1749 gubernatorial election with 62 percent of the vote. Her predecessors include Isabella Gonzalez (1729 AN to 1739 AN) of the Federal Consensus Party, Antoine de Valparaiso (1739 AN to 1744 AN), and Peter Montparnasse (1744 AN to 1749 AN).

Cortes Regionales de Valencia

The regional legislature is the Cortes Regionales de Valencia, a unicameral assembly of ninety members seated at Chambéry and elected alongside the Governor. It legislates on the matters devolved to the Region, including regional taxation, land use, agriculture, education, and the administration of the states, and it scrutinizes the regional budget. In recent terms the chamber has been led by a majority aligned with the Governor's Alliance for a Just Nouvelle Alexandrie, with the Federal Humanist Party as the principal opposition.

Judiciary

Justice in the Region is administered through the federal court system together with regional courts seated at Chambéry, which hear matters arising under regional law. The regional courts sit beneath the federal appellate courts and the High Court, to which appeals on questions of federal law lie.

Federal representation

Valencia is represented in the Cortes Federales, the federal parliament, through both the Federal Assembly, to which it returns deputies in proportion to its population, and the Chamber of Peers. The presence of La Alborada as a royal residence gives the Region a further, ceremonial connection to the institutions of the Crown.

Local government

Below the regional level, Valencia is organized into states and municipalities whose powers and structures are set by federal framework legislation, principally the Local Government Act, 1694 and the Regional and Local Government Organization Act, 1699. Each state is administered from its capital and is further divided into municipalities named for their seats, which deliver most local services.

Political culture

Valencia has long been a stronghold of the political left. Social-democratic organizations have commanded a solid majority for much of the Region's history, and the Region has been governed by the Democratic Socialist Party since 1739 AN, latterly within the Alliance for a Just Nouvelle Alexandrie, the one Federal Consensus Party governorship, that of Isabella Gonzalez, being the exception. The rural west and the capital alike return reliable majorities for the left, and the strains of drought recovery reinforced the Region's support for an active, redistributive regional government.

Economy

Valencia has a developed economy that rests on four main sectors: wine, natural gas, tourism, and agriculture. Its gross regional product was estimated at NAX€1.6 trillion in 1757 AN, or roughly NAX€72,000 per head. Regional economic policy and statistics are coordinated through the Valencia Chamber of Commerce and its research institute.

Wine

Valencia is the foremost wine-producing Region of Nouvelle Alexandrie. Its varied terroirs yield a wide range of still wines, but the Region's best-known product is the sparkling Mousseux de Chambéry, made by the bottle-fermentation method known as the methode chamberoise and served across the Federation as a celebratory wine. The Chambéry appellation was formalized in 1726 AN, in the aftermath of the great drought, and is regulated by a regional certification body that polices its boundaries and methods. The sparkling trade is dominated by Vignobles et Caves de Valence, the house that first developed the methode chamberoise and still accounts for most of the appellation's output, alongside the leading wine estates known collectively as the Cinco Castillos, among them Carciner and the makers of the Castillo del Sol chardonnay. Valencian cork, in turn, supplies bottling operations across the Federation, linking the Region's two signature rural industries.

Natural gas and energy

The Region is also a major producer of natural gas, drawn chiefly from fields off its Captive Sea coast, and the sector supplies both the regional economy and the wider federal market. Gas revenues, alongside wine and tourism, funded much of the Region's post-drought recovery and its public investment in transport and education.

Agriculture

Beyond the vine, Valencia produces olives and olive oil, orchard fruit (particularly apples), and vegetables. The interior highlands support sheep farming for wool and meat, and cork oak is harvested on a sustainable rotation, an industry Valencia shares with the Region of South Lyrica. Much of the modern pattern of Valencian farming, with its emphasis on drought-tolerant tree crops and livestock, dates from the reconstruction that followed the great drought.

Fishing

The island of Port Cardozo supports a coastal fishing industry alongside limited horticulture, contributing seafood and fresh produce to regional markets. Smaller fishing fleets work out of the mainland ports along the Captive Sea coast.

Tourism

Tourism is a leading sector of the Valencian economy. Chambéry draws domestic and international visitors to its Alexandrian heritage, its Captive Sea beaches such as Playa Soriano, and the setting of La Alborada, whose grounds include a small estate vineyard producing a rosé reserved for royal functions. The Region's wider vineyards and historic towns support a substantial wine-tourism trade built around the Chambéry appellation.

Demographics

Valencia had a population of 22,375,759 as of 1758 AN, the ninth-largest of the Federation's Regions, concentrated in the capital region around Chambéry and in the other state capitals.

Ethnic groups

The Region's majority population are the Valenciano, an Alexandrian people whose identity is rooted in the historic Kingdom of Valencia. They live alongside communities of other Alexandrian and Martino origin, and the metropolitan area of Chambéry hosts smaller populations drawn from across the Federation.

Languages

The principal languages are Alexandrian and Martino, reflecting the Region's Alexandrian heritage and the descent of the Valenciano people. Regional speech preserves distinctive Valenciano forms, particularly in the countryside.

Religion

The majority religion is the Alexandrian Nazarene Church, long established in the Region and closely bound to its civic and festival calendar.

Education

The Region's principal university is the University of Chambéry, founded in 1700 AN under the motto Praestantia in Diversitate by the universities of Cárdenas and Santander to give Valencia a university of its own. Its campus on the Colline Universitaire above Chambéry maintains long-standing ties to the Region's winemaking sector, including programs in viticulture and oenology.

Major cities

The largest city is the capital, Chambéry, one of the more populous cities of the Federation and its cultural anchor. Other significant urban centers include Mayenne, New Franciscania, Lesve, Malonton, Trévoux, Saint-Cloud, Isabella, and the western special city of Méry.

Culture

Valencia's culture is bound up with its royal heritage, its wine, and the life of its capital.

Architecture and heritage

Chambéry preserves a substantial architectural and artistic heritage from its long history as a royal capital, and the neo-Alexandrian palace of La Alborada, with its colonnade of pink Valencian marble, is the Region's best-known landmark. The old towns of the state capitals retain much of their pre-federal fabric.

Festivals

The Region's best-known celebration is the Fête du Mousseux, held at Chambéry in the first week of Crescentis (VII), which celebrates the Region's sparkling wine, draws large crowds, and crowns a festival queen. Religious and civic festivals of the Alexandrian Nazarene calendar are observed across the Region.

Cuisine

Valencian cuisine draws on the Region's produce: wine, olive oil, orchard fruit, upland lamb, and seafood from the Captive Sea coast feature prominently, and the Mousseux de Chambéry accompanies celebrations throughout the Federation.

Sport

In sport, the Region is represented by the football club Les Champions du Chambéry CF in the top division and by the baseball club Chambéry Stars, with further clubs including the Trévoux Knights.

See also

• Kingdom of Valencia
• Nouvelle Alexandrie
• Regions of Nouvelle Alexandrie
• Administrative divisions of Nouvelle Alexandrie
• Chambéry