Normark

For the former micronation Normark (2010–2013), see Grand Kingdom of Normark

Autonomous Republic of Normark Den autonome republikken Normark
125px|Flag of Normark|frameless Flag 85px|Coat of Arms of Normark|frameless Coat of Arms
Motto: For Fedrelandet og Gudene ("For the Fatherland and the Gods")
Anthem:
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Capital	Elijah's Rest
Largest city	Nordiskehjem, Alattio, Dragevik
Official language(s)	Norse, Istvanistani, Reinish, Elw, Babkhi
Official religion(s)
Demonym	Norse
- Adjective	Norse
Government	Elwynnese autonomous republic
- Prince of Elwynn (Fyrste)	Frederik Haabye Truls
- Prime Minister (Statsminister)	Sigrid Årud
- Legislature	Nordisketing
Establishment	1563 AN (as the Grand Kingdom of Normark) 1656 (as a Natopian demesne)) 1678 (as an Elwynnese autonomous republic))
Area
Population	5,790,724 (1679)
Currency	Natopian natopo (₦)
Calendar
Time zone(s)	CMT +7
Mains electricity
Driving side
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National website
National forum
National animal	Unicorn
National food	Mutton
National drink	Mead
National tree	Oak (symbol of Einhorn) Conifers (symbol of the nation)
Abbreviation	–

The Autonomous Republic of Normark is an autonomous republic of the Elwynnese Republic, located in northern Keltia.

Before 23.IX.1678, is was demesnal union of Natopia, consisting of the Demesne of Normark Proper and the Demesne of Elijah's Rest. The Kingdom was established in 1656 as the spiritual successor to the Grand Kingdom of Normark (1563–1604), it follows the Einhornist ideology and culture of its predecessor. In 1678, after a referendum on the matter, Natopia ceded Normark to Elwynn.

Geography

Climate

Normark experiences cold winters and mild summers. Much of the coastline turns to ice in winter, and the average extent of the Arctic pack ice reaches the northern tips of Normark.

Political geography

See Bailiwicks of Elwynn

Bailiwicks of Normark

Normark is divided into fifteen municipalities or bailiwicks (Norse: fylke, pl. fylker). Most of them are rural but they are named after their largest city or settlement.

The Norse bailiwicks are:

Bailiwick	Population	Norse	Reinish	Istvanistani	Elw	Other
Aderstein	45,135	44	52	1	1	2
Alattio	60,85	52	47	0	0	1
Baldersborg	93,226	82	6	3	1	8
Boazodoalloguovlu	76,649	12	86	0	0	2
Dragevik	107,221	93	3	0	1	3
Drønderlag	45,689	86	9	0	0	5
Eikbu	207,056	92	2	0	0	5
Elkheim	174,072	90	4	0	1	5
Frystekapp	59,915	83	11	0	2	4
Hagbard	135,2	84	3	6	0	7
Høgmarken	44,668	87	3	4	1	5
Inver	55,419	91	3	2	0	4
Johansstrand	153,131	87	4	5	1	3
Kongsviken	254,525	89	2	4	1	4
Konungsheim Elieru (Elijah's Rest)	1,245,743	65	3	12	4	16
Mellomhånd	43,798	80	18	0	0	2
Mjøs	49,197	92	5	2	0	1
Nathansborg	294,398	78	8	8	1	5
Nordiskehjem	676,168	77	6	7	3	7
Riddersborg	176,439	68	14	9	1	8
Sandtun	68,75	45	53	1	0	1
Signe	80,725	85	8	4	0	3
Sjøsborg	384,418	93	2	2	0	3
Skrubbebør	45,791	94	4	1	0	1
Sårensby	509,187	92	3	3	0	2
Sørum	71,798	94	4	1	0	1
Tverland	259,286	94	5	0	0	1
Vestkote	57,975	95	4	0	0	1
Vidda	46,96	96	3	0	0	1
Åvik	171,999	97	2	0	0	1
Østersand	97,405	96	3	0	0	1

History

• 1563: Normark united and established by Johann I Einhorn
• 1582: Collapse of the Norse state, death of Johann I
• 1584: Restoration of the Norse state as the Nordic Union by Johann's son Tarjei Einhornsson
• 1592: The Nordic Union joins Elwynn
• 1598: Normark independence from Elwynn after the Jacobus Loki ceases power in Elwynn by electoral fraud, causing Tarjei Einhornsson to lose his rightful place as Prince of Elwynn. Tarjei dies shortly after, succeeded to head of state of Normark by his sun Amund.
• 1598: Normark hosts the funeral for Elijah Ayreon, erects his Tomb in what is now Elijah's Rest
• 1599: Normark hosts a state visit from Hurmu
• 1600: Normark's government collapses
• 1610: Amund Einhornsson found dead in Konungsheim.
• 1615: Athlon takes charge of Konungsheim and calls it Elijah's Rest, more expansions further on as Norse people begin to unite under a government
• 1649: The Elian Union is established as a Natopian super-demesne to include "City of Elijah's Rest, Normark, the Kingdom of Leng, the Viceroyalty of The Two Martyrs, and the Duchy of New Aquitane".
• 1655: War of the Harpy sees conflict erupt between the Natopian port of Elijah's Rest and the Haifan port of Jangsong, marking the spread of the War of Lost Brothers to northern Keltia.
• 1656: Natopia attempts to isolate the Haifan garrison in Jangsong by expanding further into the territories that once comprised the Grand Kingdom of Normark with the intent of blocking the northern exit to the Strait of Haifa - prompting a furious response.
  • Since 12.VIII.1656 the Natopian revival of Normark has been opposed by the Dragevik Insurgency, built from criminal networks operating out of Jangsong. Whilst Bassarid forces would continue to remain a threat in the eastern reaches of Normark and the Gulf of Jangsong the failure of the Natopian and Bassarid empires to agree as to the parameters of the conflict, still less to its conclusion, would see it remain - appropriately enough for the climate - a frozen conflict.
• 1657: Normark established as a demesne in Natopia.
• 1677:
  • 11.XIV.1677: The Nationalist and Humanist Party makes a pact with the Norse Reform Party and and the Reinherders' Association to push for a referendum to restore the Norse union with Elwynn (lasted 1592–1598), citing the close ethnic, cultural, religious, military, geographic and commercial links between Normark and Elwynn. Normark's ruling Norse Independence Party, along with the pro-Natopian Free Juice and Bagels Party, condemn the pact as treason against the Emperor, anachronistic ("the union only lasted 6 years some 80 years ago"), and an invitation to the Stripping Path to strip Normark from its path to prosperity.
  • 18.XIV.1677: The prime minister of Normark, Valdemar Olavsen, meets with the Queen's Executor (the officer who exercises the duties of the Queen during her minority, as under the Constitution), Prince Aldin. Mr Olavsen requests to be relieved of his office as Prime Minister. Prince Aldin grants Mr Olavsen's request on the condition that the relieving is suspended until the Nordisketing has confirmed a successor.
  • 20.XIV.1677: The Ayreonist Party, the Nationalist and Humanist Party, the Norse Reform Party, and the Reindeer Herders' Association announce that they have formed a proposal for a new minority coalition government in Normark with the view of holding a referendum on Normark's integration with Elwynn. After a few hours of horse-trading, the Bovic Brotherhood of Elijah's Rest agrees to support the coalition (without taking part of it) with promises of increased fundings for the various monastic orders in Elijah's Rest. The leader of the Ayreonist Party, Aud Laaland, is nominated as prime minister.
  • 21.XIV.1677: Prince Aldin, Queen's Executor, meets with Ms Laaland, Mr Olavsen as with the other parliamentary leaders. Finding that the candidacy of Ms Laaland will meet a plurality in the Nordisketing, he nominates her to Prime Minister of Normark.
  • 22.XIV.1677: The Nordisketing votes to elect and confirm Ms Aud Laaland to Prime Minister of Normark.
  • 23.XIV.1677: The new Laaland cabinet enters office.
  • 19.XVI.1677: The Nordisketing passes a bill to hold a referendum on the question of Normark's integration to the Elwynnese Republic. If the referendum passes, the government will be empowered to negotiate with the Natopian and Elwynnese governments a treaty of accession of Normark to the Elwynnese Republic. The referendum will be held on 19.III.1678. Eligible voters are Natopian citizens, 18 years and over on the day of the referendum, who are resident in the territory of the Kingdom of Normark, and who have a combined period of residency in Normark of at least three years.
  • 19.III.1678. Status referendum. The people voted first to change the constitutional status of Normark, and then to reunite with Elwynn.
  • 23.IX.1678. Normark transferred from Natopia to Elwynn.
• 1681: Normark is expanded with full annexation of the bailiwicks and islands of Aderstein, Gnu, Gråheim, and Nattøya.

Politics

Government

As a Natopian demesne

Normark is ruled, as a joint-venture by the constitutional authorities, deriving their mandate from the crown and the Elian Union in accordance with the articles of the Caprine Code, and the extra-constitutional forces whose contribution to the rule in Normark arose on an ad-hoc basis as necessitated by the conflict and the requirements for the maintenance of industrial and agricultural self-sufficiency in all areas where resource needs could not be met by the Boreal Air Bridge. The protracted period spent under Bassarid siege, especially after the loss of access to Caputian markets plunged the economy into a period of critical shortages, forced the government of Normark and Keltia Command to work side by side and fostered a symbiotic relationship between the civil and military spheres at the highest level.

• Queen's Executor: Prince Aldin
• Commander-in-Chief: Wilhelm Wartensleben
  • Combined Allied Staff
    • Military-Political Board of Control
      • Higher-Quartermaster-General's Office
        • Directorate of Operations
        • Directorate of Information
        • Directorate of Manning
        • Directorate of Ordnance
        • Directorate of the Commissariat
• Prime Minister: Aud Laaland, AP
  • Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Reunification: Eirik Mosø Dvalberg, NRP
  • Minister of Finance: Ola Valtatsjakk, RHA
  • Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs: Severin Sott, N&H
  • Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Hunting: Odd Djahkka
  • Minister of Fisheries: Dominik Andersen Myrbøl, N&H
  • Minister of Civil Services: Elsa Viktoria Sæter, AP
  • Minister of Municipal Autonomy: Stina Voldemark, NRP
  • Minister of Environment: Rasmus Vidergran, AP
  • Minister of Energy and Industry: Timothy Zabayek, AP
  • Minister of Labour: Thorbjørn Dyrkslak, N&H
  • Minister of Justice: Valentina Rosenland, N&H
  • Minister of Education: Kai-Peter Sinus-Bøy, AP
  • Minister of Health: Luna Eiderkopp, NRP
  • Minister of Social Services: Jesper Fjell-og-Dal, NRP
• President of the Commission for the Integration of Normark: Sigrid Årud, N&H/Tuktuvut Confederation

People and demographics

The total population of Normark is, as of the census 1679, 5,790,724 persons. In Normark, 80% have Norse as their registered native language, 7% have Reinish, 5% Istvanistani, 1% have Elw, and the rest another language.

During the Natopian days

Before Normark's accession to Elwynn, census registration was based on ethnicity. If one is a foreigner with a non-Natopian or non-Normark ethnicity, one is classed as "foreigner". A small proportion of the Norse population have nationality in Elwynn and enjoy the Raspur Pact rights of free movement in their ancestral homeland.

The Norse ethnicity constitutes a clear majority in all of Normark. They share their ancestral homeland with that of the Reinish people, also known as Reindeer Herders. The Reinish are a nomadic people, with only up to a quarter of its total population having urbanized.

The Norse people speak the Norse (det norske språk) and the Reinish speak Reinish, though most also speak Norse as a first or second language. Elw is the most common foreign language studied in schools.

	Elijah's Rest	Proper	All Normark
Norse	613 710	4 301 760	4 915 470
Reinish	5 846	83 923	89 769
Other Natopian	267 138	251 371	518 509
Foreigner	23 104	160 755	183 859
Total	909 798	4 797 809	5 707 607

Or as percentages:

	Elijah's Rest	Proper	All Normark
Norse	67.46%	89.66%	86.12%
Reinish	0.64%	1.75%	1.57%
Other Natopian	29.36%	5.24%	9.08%
Foreigner	2.54%	3.35%	3.22%

Education

Universities and colleges

• Elian Academy for Religious Studies (Det elianske akademi for religiøs danning), Elijah's Rest
• University of Konungsheim (Konungsheims universitet), Elijah's Rest
• University of Nordiskehjem (Universitetet i Nordiskehjem), Nordiskehjem
• University of Riddersborg (Universitetet i Riddersborg), Riddersborg
• Alattio College (Høyskolen i Alattio), Alattio
• Sårensby College (Sårensby høyskole), Sårensby
• Dragevik College (Drageviks høyskole), Dragevik