District of Moorland
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| Capital | Newhaven | ||
| Official language(s) | Istvanistani, Martino, Hurmu Norse | ||
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| Demonym | Moorlander | ||
| - Adjective | Moorland, Moorlandic | ||
| Government | Proposed district of Hurmu | ||
| - Resident | Temüjin al-Osman | ||
| - = Commissioner | Mantric, dun of Dunric (Green Einhorn) | ||
| - Legislature | TBD | ||
| Establishment | 1715 (de facto); 10.III.1716 (de jure) | ||
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| Population | c. 450,000 | ||
| Currency | Crown (HUK) | ||
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| Time zone(s) | CMT+9 | ||
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Moorland (in Martino: Tierra Pantanosa; Hurmu Norse: Myrland; Lakkvian: Soomaa; White Lontinian: Ezgüi Nutag; Blue Lontinian: Şöldi El; Arboric: بلد القفر, Balad al-Qafr) is a district of Hurmu. Newhaven is the main settlement, built in what was once Arevacía, on the north-eastern coast of Keltia. It borders Ostland in the north and west, and Anahuaco in the south. It includes also a trading station between the borders of Mercury and Ostland in the north of Taylor Bay.
The rationale behind the annexation of Moorland came from a Senatorial report into the conditions of the so-called Green Einhorns – descendants of Grand Marshall Amund Einhornsson living in the Green of Keltia in conditions, which the report described as "unsanitary", and [Ardy – plz help with suitable adjectives!]. The Green Einhorns constituted the nobility of the semi-nomadic communities, yet, they were mostly illiterate too. The report thus recommended setting up amenities for the members of the Order of the Holy Lakes in the Green of Keltia so that they might have access to health care, social care, and education. The cabinet of Patrik Djupvik expanded on this report to include all such persons living under the protection or vassalage of the Green Einhorns, and thus came the government proposal to annex Moorland (named after East Moorland of Nova English fame) as a District of Hurmu – so that the government of Hurmu and the Order of the Holy Lakes could share their social obligation in bringing peace, order, and good government to the Green Einhorns and the people under their rule, as well as liberate the people in vassalage from such feudal bonds, and establish a system for a society that would be based on the values of the Brida – equality, liberty, and solidarity.
The move was also helped by Hurmu's success in its mission to Ostland and building up relations with the strange fascist-like state that Hurmu – despite the many differences – managed to find cultural common ground with. Hurmu thus became Ostland's only officially non-humanist friend, which helped motivate Hurmu to set up trading stations on both sides of Ostland's eastern borders. Moreover, the government of Hurmu hoped Hurmu's annexation of Moorland would help deepen the relations between Hurmu and Anahuaco – both the Emperor and Prime Minister of Anahuaco are knights of the Holy Lakes, and Hurmu and Anahuaco have a free-trade regime through the Hurmu–Raspur Pact Free Trade Agreement. The settlement will also benefit from proximity to the long range transportation hub situated at Port Esther in the Warring Islands.
On 10.III.1716, the Senate of the Lakes ratified the government bill to annex Moorland and make it a district of Hurmu. The district is divided into two municipalities – Newhaven and The Camp (being everything outside Newhaven).
Problems...
On 1.IV.1716 AN, personnel from the 29th Harbour Defence Regiment of the Hurmu Peace Corps, garrisoned on Samhold Island, were re-roled as 29th Port and Maritime Regiment and placed at the disposal of the newly designated Commissioner for the territory, Temüjin al-Osman. To facilitate their deployment to the new settlement, the regiment was transported by HPC aviation assets via the Boreal Air Bridge, with the permission of the governments of the Benacian Union and Normark, as well as by the Keltian Continental Theatre Command of the Raspur Pact. By 8.IV.1716, the first contingents of HPC personnel arrived at Port Esther in the Warring Islands, hosted by the BUDF garrison whilst they awaited the means of their delivery to the designated site of Newhaven.
Resident Temüjin al-Osman had procrastinated the preparations for the arrival of the HPC personnel, citing problems of infrastructure, building of barracks and bases, and considered that there were more pressing matters to attend to, for example ensuring a proper government and well-oiled government machinery in the civil service. Temüjin's mission was to cause the district to be working functionally, he saw himself as a Messiah for the down-trodden Green Einhorns, and he hoped they would consider him their point of communication with the rest of the Einhorn clan, Normark, and Hurmu, and that he, eventually, might become an honorary (if not ordained) Chieftain of the Green Einhorns of Keltia.
As such, largely thanks to Temüjin's overtures with the Green Einhorns, Moorland had become been a land of opportunity for the Green Einhorns. The land was rich in resources, and the new privileged elite were always on the lookout for a group they could support to further their own interests – having learnt how to manipulate Temüjin for their own causes. The Knotarics, among the Confederacy of the Dispossessed, with their charismatic leader Knotaric, proved to be just the right fit. Their ideology of promoting the interests of the common people of the Green and challenging the status quo resonated with the disenfranchised Green Einhorn, who were only too happy to support them. They knew of their disprivileged status in their ancestral homeland of Normark, and found gleeful joy in seeing the Confederacy fight off the Norse invaders during the Siege of Dalen.
As the Knotaric sympathisers grew in strength in Moorland, their supporters in Moorland began to exert pressure on the Temüjin to concede to their demands. Eventually, the Knotaric–Green Einhorn alliance was able to gain enough influence to take control of the government in Moorland, when Temüjin appointed the Knotaric sympathiser and Green Einhorn leader in Moorland, Mantric, son of Dunric, the new Commissioner (chief executive) of the district. Mantric quickly set about implementing his agenda.
Garrison
- 29th Port and Maritime Regiment (Hurmu Peace Corps), Port Esther
