Arietta

County of Arietta
Flag Coat of Arms
Motto: "Og skógar syngja að eilífu" ("And the forests sing eternally")
Anthem: '
Regional Capital	Hrísar
Official language(s)	Germanian, Froyalanish
Government
- Type	county
- Leader
Area
Population	16,831,064
Time zone(s)	CMT-3

Arietta, officially County of Arietta, is a county within the overseas crownland United Government around the Northern Sea, a part within the Frankish Empire. It is located on the Apollonia continent and belongs to what is called "Francia Orientalis".

Francia got hold of Arietta after the transfer of Mittlere Stadt to Elwynn. Only the island with the city of Hrafnkelsðalur is already under the flag of Senya.

Geography

The forests of Arietta

Arietta is bordered on the north by the Northern Sea. Only 60 km (37.28 mi) is between the north cape near Elðgrímskaupstaður and the Storish island of Vinland. On the south side, Arietta borders on the Green. That border is marked by border posts, despite the heavily forested area concealing the transition from Arietta to the Green.

The island of Álsey is Arietta's only major island, located north of Hrísar.

History

Arietta was originally a Landingbergish principality that around 1517 was vested in the Storish High King Harald Thorstein as Prince of Arietta. As such, it is, along with the peerages of Duchess of New Aquitane (held by Kaiseress Salome, currently located in Senya) and Duke of Lükanborg (held by Emperor Nathan II, currently located in Senya) the only remaining Landingbergish landed peerages in existence.

In 1624, Harald Thorstein transferred the principality, including the title Prince of Arietta, to his grandson Thorstein Noah, then Prince (later King) of Elwynn. As such, Noah was now Prince of Arietta, too. At the same time, Noah's father, Hallbjörn Haraldsson, who ruled as regent of Elwynn (as Noah was too young), decreed that all members of the Elwynnese royal family would be titled Counts or Countesses of Arietta.

As part of Elwynn, Arietta, then also known as Sørvinland ("Southern Wine Land" or "South Vinland"), was located far away from the rest of the Elwynnese kingdom. It was regarded as a calm and peaceful bastion of Froyalanism. In 1635, it participated in the Elwynnese assembly elections. The election saw Arietta returning 16 delegates, of which 10 were for the pro-Vanic monarchical party Royal Union, 3 for the oppositional Democratic Alliance, and thereafter 1 each for the oppositional Ayreonist Independence Party, the pro-government Elfinshi Fury, and 1 for the oppositional Nationalist and Humanist Party.

In the year after, Arietta recorded a population of 8,360,025 inhabitants, of which 95.74% were marked as Froyalanish. The largest minority were Elw (2.04%).

During the Elwynnese administration, Arietta consisted of 5 bailiwicks:

• Álsey
• Elðgrímskaupstaður
• Hrafnkelsðalur
• Hrísar
• Veiðilendur

When this period ended through the Froyalanish genocide in 1651, Arietta was transferred to Imperial Shirerithian control. Shireroth began decolonising the area (1651), and evacuated the non-Froyalanish population from the territory. Similarly, Liv Dravot, the Imperial Mother and Steward for Kaiser Ayreon IV, renounced Ayreon's claim on Arietta, both territorially and titularly (1653).

Since 1680 AN, Arietta has been under the Frankish flag. Many liberated Froyalaners were given the chance by the Frankish Kaiser to populate Arietta. And many took that opportunity. In 1685 AN Arietta was placed under United Government around the Northern Sea together with the Duchy of Frisiæ.

Princes and Counts

Prince of Arietta

• c. 1517–1624: Harald Thorstein, Prince of Arietta
• 1624–present: Thorstein Noah (since 1651, according to the Froyalan Tribunal), Prince of Arietta

Note that Shireroth and Elwynn dispute the claim of Thorstein Noah on Arietta since 1651, arguing that the title was held by Vilhjálm, as King of Elwynn, 1651–1653, and after 1653, becoming suppressed.

Consorts

• 1528–1546: Asa (first wife of Harald, until her death), Princess of Arietta
• 1553–1624 : Sigrid the Brave, (second wife of Harald, until Harald's transfer of the title)
• 1633–1650: Noor as-Salaam (wife of Noah, until her death in 1650), Princess of Arietta

Counts

Name	From	To	Relation to the Prince	Comment
Audun Joel	1624	1651	twin brother	died during the Auspicious Occasion
Hallbjörn Haraldsson	1624		father
Fjǫrleif Hallbjörnsdóttir	1624		half sister
Mirza Jonathan Merlingsson	1624	1629	stepbrother
Rostam Job Cashmaiel	1633	1639	stepson	murdered by Adam
Zahir al Din Benjamin Rai	1633		stepson	not claimed title since 1651; status of his family (wife, children, grandchildren, etc) with regard to title is unknown, they have a possible claim to the title
Arn David Shapur	1633	1639	stepson	murdered by Adam
Adam Anushiruwân Hilding	1633	1644	stepson	removed from the title by decree due to conviction of murder
Geirbjörg Gefialdrsdottir	1635		father's mother
Vilhjálm Daniel Gudrödar	1635		son and eldest child	under Elwynnese law until 1651 when he became Prince of Arietta until 1653
Esther Fatima Gudrid	1638		daughter and youngest child
Inga Hallbjörnsdóttir	1642		adopted sister
Liv Djupvik	1644	1651 or 1663	sister in law	title renounced by holder in 1651, renunciation not accepted by King Noah, Liv died in 1663
Vidar Salim Livarson	1645	1653 or 1671	nephew	title renounced by his mother in 1653, not accepted by King Noah, Vidar died in 1671; status of his husband and children with regard to title unknown
Æsileif Haraldsdóttir	1650		father's sister
Arkadius Frederik Gustavus des Vinandy	1679		brother in law
Frederik Harald	1682		nephew
Ærinndís Theodora	1682		niece