Guttuli Protectorate
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| Motto: tzohet ïusamn pull together | |||
| Anthem: Froa at min Sȝod A Lord for my Nation | |||
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| Capital | Gatonia | ||
| Largest city | Mesior | ||
| Official language(s) | Præta | ||
| Official religion(s) | Cedrism | ||
| Demonym | Guttulinak, Guttulinin | ||
| - Adjective | Guttulinese | ||
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| - Duke | vacant | ||
| - Lord Protector | Ærek Murhin | ||
| - Legislature | Protectorate Military Council | ||
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| Time zone(s) | CMT-7 | ||
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The Guttuli Protectorate (Pr. Bimudanoï Guttuli) is a state developing at the mouth of the River Elwynn, following the Kalirion Fracture. It controls Musica, Alexandretta, and Lower Lunaris.
Government
The Guttuli Protectorate lacks a systematic constitution that outlines its governing structure. Instead, it is governed by an ad hoc network of overlapping authorities that possess incomplete power. With the Declaration of Spanpur, these interests were consolidated around the Protectorate Military Council.
Declaration of Spanpur
On 2.XII.1671 AN from the Ward of Spanpur, Legate Ærek Murhin went on the radio to issue the following declaration:
The Divine Order has willed that I should be placed in the position that I now occupy. I thank them for accounting me worthy for this task, lowly as I am. My entire life has been dedicated to the defense of this land, and now that the present emergency has come upon us, I must again act in its defense.
As such, I, Ærek Murhin, hereby decree the following:
- 1. In the name of the Duke, the lands of the Guttuli are now under my protection.
- 2. A Protectorate Military Council is formed. Its membership shall include:
- Legate Vernun Græffnklau
- Legate Salm Zoshurst
- Legate Ïorn Blost
- Legate Friþræk Sutnoþ
- Legate Domnik Vannurn
- Legate Ïoanne Poltan
- Legate Uï Hruthals
- Legate Garmin Hursus
- Legate Hurst Mennin
- Legate Aþræcz Dal
- Legate Þurn Selmæk
- Legate Sora Ullemni
- Legate Iago Damkermar
- Legate Roþus Riis
- 3. All military personnel and assets under the command of each of the aforementioned commanders, as well as my own, shall be reconstituted into a unified force named the Guttuli Corps.
- 4. For the duration of the present emergency, the Protectorate Military Council invested with absolutely authority to create law, issue directives to the civil authorities, requisition resources, and deploy armed forces for the purpose of re-establishing order.
- 5. As the constitutor of this state of protection, I shall bear the title of Lord Protector, and I shall oversee the activities of the Protectorate Military Council. I shall have the power to name and dismiss members of the Protectorate Military Council through my own will.
- 6. Communications with parties outside of the Protectorate shall be limited and monitored to prevent the coordination of terrorists and pillagers. To compensate for this, regular radio transmissions shall be provided, so that the public may be kept informed of decisions by the Protectorate Military Council and local authorities as well as of current events.
- 7. All denizens are recommended to comply with the directives of the Protectorate Military Council, to give aid to brave soldiers of the Guttuli Corps, and to deny aid to the servants of despair and disorder.
- 8. Denizens are instructed to register with their local municipality, so that adequate distribution of resources may be achieved.
May the Gods look favorably upon all of us, so that together, we may renew ourselves in the face of this crisis and restore the glory of old.
Issued on this day by Ærek Murhin, Lord Protector of Guttuli, with the unanimous approval of the Protectorate Military Council.
Protectorate Military Council
The Protectorate Military Council is an executive committee of senior military personnel, who as a body are empowered to create law, issue instructions to both civil authorities and the armed forces, and manage the economy. In addition to this collegial function, each member of the council has a portfolio of governing agencies that they oversee.
The council itself is overseen by the Lord Protector, who has the power to add and remove council members as well as to revise their portfolios at will.
Local Administration
Initially concentrated on the western bank of the Lower Elwynn, the Guttuli Protectorate has expanded significantly into southern Lunaris while consolidating its control over the County of Alexandretta and the City of Musica. The territory of the Guttuli Protectorate is presently organized into 27 Commands (Pr. Anvoda), over which has been appointed a senior officer of the Guttuli Corps. Those holding these positions are regularly rotated with those assigned to internal patrol duty and front-line duty.
On 16.V.1672 AN, Command Aïna was renamed Command Svalbarh, with a new urban center constructed on its southeastern shore, complete with port section and a trio of temples dedicated to the Sun. The daily radio announcement described Svalbarh as an opportunity to enact the guiding principles of the new order onto effectively virgin land, and that the work accomplished there would be the shape of things to come. Locally-sourced labor battalions, deployed from Command Meszor, were able to complete the first stages of construction in record time, with the Temple to the Unyielding Sun consecrated on 1.VI.1672.
Military
Guttuli Corps
The Guttuli Corps (Pr. ïa Guttulin-Uihmanz) the operational institution that organizes and directs military activity within and at the frontier of the Protectorate's territory. It is commanded by the Protectorate Military Council, which also functions as the Protectorate's governing body.
Membership within the Guttuli Corps, and with it the associated rank, assignment, billet, training, and service, is a requirement for participation in all political and most socio-economic activities.
Utnaræn
The Protectorate Military Council also maintains a paramilitary intelligence organization called the Utnaræn (Pr. "Outer Defense"). The Utnaræn recruits ethnic Brookshirans located outside of the Guttuli Protectorate's control, then organizes them into semi-autonomous action teams.
The head of the Utnaræn has a standing position on the Protectorate Military Council.
