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===Kalirion Fracture=== | ===Kalirion Fracture=== | ||
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As the hold of [[Shirekeep]] deteriorated throughout the Shirerithian Empire, the Imperial Democratic Party took control of the counties of Ran and parts of Ynnraile and Lunaris. During the nadir of Iron Company influence in Elsenar, the IDP reached high levels of support due to its well-established electoral strength and organization across all of Goldshire. | |||
As an emerging center for a large majority of Golshirian politics, the IDP built a political machine in Goldshire led by Sean O'Callaghan and a cabal of several Goldshirians from Ynnraile and Lunaris. As the IDP grew in strength across the Empire, its base became centered around Goldshire, Shirekeep, and Brookshire. The IDP came to command the support of a plethora of political interest groups, corps of supporters, and businesses. The IDP also built a vast network of local clubs that appealed to social activists and politically-minded people. O'Callaghan consolidated the latent power of the stricken Goldshirian masses and used it to force into being a disciplined program for revitalization. It later became a wonder of a world looking for the means to lift peoples from the stew of poverty and demagoguism, which has become so characteristic of Goldshire. He was the creator, as much as one man could be, of a new status for a whole people and a new relationship among political entities. | |||
The IDP at first emphasized loyalty to the rightful Kaiseress Salome, which meant remaining in the Imperial Republic. As Shireroth unraveled and the Guttuli Protectorate and the Iron Company expanded, the IDP called a series of Ransenari Congresses. These Congresses began preparing legislation and regulations to begin organizing a new Goldshirian order. The first Ransenari Congress met in Goldfield. The next two Congresses met in Goldshire Hamlet. | |||
Concerned about its vulnerability to the growing threats from the Guttuli Protectorate, the Iron Company, and the Revolutionary Army of Crisco, the 3rd session of the Ransenari Congress voted to proclaim the Kingdom of Ransenar, with Kaiseress Salome as a powerless figurehead, and a Lord High Steward as head of government selected by a popularly elected Ransenari Congress as its legislature. In 1673 AN, the long session of the 3rd Congress ratified a Constitution, inaugurated a Provisional Government and local militias. Ransenar joined the Raspur Pact, obtaining support and recognition by the Sovereign Confederation and the Black Legions. | |||
Ransenar entered an agreement with the Black Legions to guarantee the security of Ransenar and provide a garrison for the kingdom in return for 20% of the harvest for the next twelve years. The right to establish anchorages and aerodromes for its maritime and aerospace forces within the territory of Ransenar was also included. | |||
===Ransenari Independence=== | ===Ransenari Independence=== | ||
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| Kingdom of Ransenar | |||
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| Motto: Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine. Under the shelter of each other, people survive. | |||
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| Map versions | Update 16.5.5, and later updates. | ||
| Capital | Goldfield | ||
| Largest city | Goldshire Hamlet, Teldrin | ||
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| Demonym | Ransenari | ||
| - Adjective | Ransenari | ||
| Government | Royal Republic
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| - Queen | Queen Salome | ||
| - Lord Chief Steward | Séan O’Callaghan | ||
| - Legislature | Ransenari Congress | ||
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| Area | |||
| Population | 48,012,109 | ||
| Active population | 4 citizens | ||
| Currency | Ransenari Erb | ||
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| Abbreviation | RAN | ||
The Kingdom of Ransenar is a country located in eastern Benacia, consisting of 7 counties that border the Shirerithian Regency to the west and the south, Elwynn to the northwest, the Guttuli Protectorate to the south, and the Halberd Strait to the north and east. Together, these seven counties form Ransenar once formed the territorial core of the Shirerithian state of Goldshire. These are the counties of Ran, Elsenar, Syrelwynn, Holwinn, North Lunaris, Monty Crisco, and East Caverden. The official languages are Istvanistani and Praeta. In the city of Belmuliet, where a large population of Alexandrians and Caputians have settled, Alexandrian and Martino have official language status at a local level.
The five largest cities in Ransenar are Goldshire Hamlet, Teldrin, Syrelwynn, Goldfield, and Airle. Goldfield serves as the country's capital, while the judiciary, many of the government's administrative agencies, and the Bank of Ransenar are based in Goldshire Hamlet. The country is a member of the Raspur Pact. Ransenar is among the world's largest exporters of food and agricultural products, owing to its fertile soil and intensive agriculture.
Ransenar has been a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a unitary structure since it declared its independence from Shireroth during the Kalirion Fracture in 1673 AN. The country is deeply shaped by the philosophies and policies of the old Imperial Democratic Party, colloquially known as Aldricism.
Etymology
The name of "Ransenar" comes from the Rannish and Elsenari peoples, the native tribes of Ransenar at the time of the arrival of the Treesians to the continent of Benacia. These settlers established the counties of Ran and Elsenar. They became the territorial core of the state of Goldshire in Shireroth, the second of the original duchies of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth.
History
Pre-Independence History
Main articles: Ran, Elsenar, Ransenar, Elsyran.
Kalirion Fracture
Main article: Kalirion Fracture As the hold of Shirekeep deteriorated throughout the Shirerithian Empire, the Imperial Democratic Party took control of the counties of Ran and parts of Ynnraile and Lunaris. During the nadir of Iron Company influence in Elsenar, the IDP reached high levels of support due to its well-established electoral strength and organization across all of Goldshire.
As an emerging center for a large majority of Golshirian politics, the IDP built a political machine in Goldshire led by Sean O'Callaghan and a cabal of several Goldshirians from Ynnraile and Lunaris. As the IDP grew in strength across the Empire, its base became centered around Goldshire, Shirekeep, and Brookshire. The IDP came to command the support of a plethora of political interest groups, corps of supporters, and businesses. The IDP also built a vast network of local clubs that appealed to social activists and politically-minded people. O'Callaghan consolidated the latent power of the stricken Goldshirian masses and used it to force into being a disciplined program for revitalization. It later became a wonder of a world looking for the means to lift peoples from the stew of poverty and demagoguism, which has become so characteristic of Goldshire. He was the creator, as much as one man could be, of a new status for a whole people and a new relationship among political entities.
The IDP at first emphasized loyalty to the rightful Kaiseress Salome, which meant remaining in the Imperial Republic. As Shireroth unraveled and the Guttuli Protectorate and the Iron Company expanded, the IDP called a series of Ransenari Congresses. These Congresses began preparing legislation and regulations to begin organizing a new Goldshirian order. The first Ransenari Congress met in Goldfield. The next two Congresses met in Goldshire Hamlet.
Concerned about its vulnerability to the growing threats from the Guttuli Protectorate, the Iron Company, and the Revolutionary Army of Crisco, the 3rd session of the Ransenari Congress voted to proclaim the Kingdom of Ransenar, with Kaiseress Salome as a powerless figurehead, and a Lord High Steward as head of government selected by a popularly elected Ransenari Congress as its legislature. In 1673 AN, the long session of the 3rd Congress ratified a Constitution, inaugurated a Provisional Government and local militias. Ransenar joined the Raspur Pact, obtaining support and recognition by the Sovereign Confederation and the Black Legions.
Ransenar entered an agreement with the Black Legions to guarantee the security of Ransenar and provide a garrison for the kingdom in return for 20% of the harvest for the next twelve years. The right to establish anchorages and aerodromes for its maritime and aerospace forces within the territory of Ransenar was also included.
Ransenari Independence
- 3rd Ransenari Congress meets in Goldshire Hamlet again, establishes the Kingdom of Ransenar, Proclamation of Goldshire Hamlet.
- Ransenari Congress begins to draft a Constitution, invites the Kaiseress and the Regent to take possession of the Ransenari Throne (Canada-like arrangement).
- Ransenari Congress passes Constitution, requests that the Kaiseress visit Goldfield to swear Oath to Constitution, Congress appoints the Lord High Steward, who then makes a big speech basically "founding" the country and setting out his vision for an independent Ransenari state, Union of Ransenar (the pursuit of reunification of all of Ransenar by taking Iron-Company held lands).
The O'Callaghan Plan
Verionist Disaster in Elsenar
Chryste and the Amokolian War
After the Verionist evacuation of Chryste, the Verionists had the city ceded to Batavia. When the Batavian king, Arkadius, assumed all powers of the Batavian state under a little-known clause in the Batavian constitution, he immediately ceded the city of Chryse to West Amokolia (which then changed its name to the Frankish Empire). At the very same time, the Franks were threatening war with the Raspur Pact, of which Ransenar is a member. The Ransenar government did not take this cession lightly, calling it incredibly provocative. [Add something about the blockade and how it adds to the war]
Geography
Government
See: Provisional Government of the Kingdom of Ransenar.
Ransenar has a parliamentary system within the context of a constitutional monarchy. The reigning monarch is Queen Salome I. The Queen of Ransenar is also the Kaiseress of Shireroth. Both institutions and Realms are completely separate. A Regency is in place during the minority of the Queen, with Ruadh Aldric serving as Regent and Lord Protector.
The direct participation of the monarch in areas of governance is limited. In practice, the use of the executive powers is directed by the Cabinet, a committee of Ministers and Secretaries. The Cabinet is responsible to the elected Ransenari Congress and chosen and headed by the Lord High Steward, who serves as the head of government and has the capacity to act on behalf of the Kaiser in all Ransenari matters.
The Lord High Steward will usually be the individual who is the current leader of the political party that can obtain the confidence of a majority in the Ransenari Congress. The leader of the party with the second-most seats usually becomes the leader of the Loyal Opposition. The Loyal Opposition is expected to keep the government in power in check.
Ransenar is dominated by a political party called the Imperial Democratic Party (IDP), which had been among the largest parties in the Folksraad and the Adelsraad in the Imperial Republic of Shireroth. The IDP considers itself the heir of Aldricism, a pragmatic political ideology that comes from the beliefs and policy positions that Hartmut Aldric took while he served as Steward of Shireroth and held different noble titles in Goldshire and Brookshire.
During the collapse of central authority across Goldshire during the Kalirion Fracture, the political machinery and the societal institutions dominated by the IDP became the primary means of organization outside of roving criminal bands that began to ravage Goldshire. Maintaining order and stability with the support of the decrepit and powerless Imperial institutions in Goldshire, it began collecting Imperial taxes and keeping them in the party coffers with the eventual goal of establishing an independent state in Ransenar.
The Ransenari Congress is a unicameral legislature composed of 317 representatives, elected by simple plurality in a designated electoral district. General elections are called by the Queen, at least every 5 AN years. Elections can also be triggered by the Queen on the advice of the Lord High Steward or when the government loses a confidence vote in Congress. The electoral districts are drawn by an independent and impartial Constituency Design Commission, which employs technology and performs research to ensure fair representation and redistricting in every county, city, village, or local authority.
Her Majesty's Government makes payments to less wealthy or developed Ransenari counties to equalize their tax revenues and fund regional development. From 1675 to 1678, Elsenar, Monty Crisco, Holwinn, and East Caverden received R€15 billion. To date, Ran, the city of Goldfield, and Syrelwynn are the only counties to have never received equalization payments as they are net contributors to the national budget since the founding of the country.
Ransenari Monarchy
The Ransenari monarch, currently Queen Salome I of the House of Ayreon-Kalirion, is the chief of state. The Queen of Ransenar takes virtually no part in government, only taking on a ceremonial role intended to represent the history of Goldshire as a core part of the old Imperial Republic of Shireroth. The monarch and its appointed representatives in Ransenar occasionally may undertake various official, ceremonial, diplomatic, and representational duties. These, however, are largely limited to non-partisan functions.
Cabinet of Ransenar
| Office | Name | Party | Since |
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| Lord Chief Steward | Sean O'Callaghan | Imperial Democratic Party | 1673 |
| Minister of State | Willihard Cason | Imperial Democratic Party | 1673 |
| Minister of Defense and Security | Troy Lyon | Imperial Democratic Party | 1673 |
| Minister of Ransenari Reunification | Sean O'Callaghan | Imperial Democratic Party | 1673 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Sean O'Callaghan | Imperial Democratic Party | 1673 |
| Minister of Breweries and Tourism | Fiachna McGee | Imperial Democratic Party | 1673 |
| Minister of Trade and Finance | Soroush Karimi | Imperial Democratic Party | 1673 |
| Minister of Transportation and Communications | Archembald Murdock | Imperial Democratic Party | 1673 |
| Minister of Public Works and Construction | Shahrokh Darzi | Imperial Democratic Party | 1673 |
| Minister of Culture and Religion | Helmut Lennon | Imperial Democratic Party | 1673 |
| Minister of Social Solidarity and National Welfare | Averill Morris | Imperial Democratic Party | 1673 |
| Minister of Health and Sanitation | Sadeq Kersey | Imperial Democratic Party | 1673 |
| Minister of Shirerithian Affairs | Azad Teagan | Imperial Democratic Party | 1673 |
| Minister of Education and Technology | Jean Dumariel | Imperial Democratic Party | 1673 |
Ransenari Congress
| Color | Political Party | Seats | Seat Percentage | Leadership | Political Ideology | |
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Imperial Democratic Party | 210 | 62.4% |
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| Ransenari Liberation Party | 42 | 13.2% | Wilson Hart | |||
| Nationalist & Humanist Party | 28 | 8.8% | Fridwald Peter | |||
| Agrarian Party of Ransenar | 21 | 6.6% | Jameson Moore | |||
| Golden Order Coalition | 12 | 3.7% | Benedict Doherty | |||
| Buffalo Party of Ransenar | 9 | 2.8% | Rusty Milburn | |||
| Independents or Unaligned | 7 | 2.2% |
Foreign Relations
- Raspur Pact partnerships
- Relationship with Alduria, exports to Alduria
- An Imperial Constancian Embassy was established at Goldfield in 1676 [1]. This was nothing more than the diplomatic upgrading of the former Royal Constancian Consulate-General to the former Imperial Republic of Shireroth.
Military
Culture
See also
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