Hergilsey

Palatinate of Hergilsey
Flag Coat of Arms
Anthem: "Herra vor, drottning vor" (fy) "Our Lord, Our Queen"
Map versions	16.8.4–
Capital and largest city	Fríða
Official languages	Istvanistani · Froyalanish · Eastmoorlandish
National languages	Valtian · Aspiranto
Ethnic groups
State religion	Church of Meckelnburgh
Religious affiliation
Demonyms	Hergilsian
Adjectives	Hergilsian
Country	Meckelnburgh
Government	Devolved parliamentary legislature within a semi-constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Ĉielero III
• Lieutenant-Governor	Sir Óðinn Gunnarsson, Bt.
• First Minister	Ealdræd Leofdæg
• Deputy Fist Minister	Isabel Safírsdóttir
• Speaker of the House	Salbjǫrg Oddrún
• Senior Judge	The Hon. Wynnstan Ælfswiþ
Legislature	House of Deliberation
Formation (Norton)
Meckelnburgh admitted by the Micras Cartography Society	13.V.1685
Current national constitution	2.XV.1697
Meckelnburgh Partition	1.X.1721
Area
• Total	23,580 km2 (9,104.2 sqmi)
• Water	negligible
Population
• 1722 AN estimate	332,760
• Density	14.11/km2 (36.55/sqmi)
Currency	Meckelnburgh rixdollar (Ʀ) (MBD)
Time zone	CMT-1 (MBT)
Calendar	Norton Calendar
Driving side	right
Abbreviation	MCK-HGY
Internet TLD	.mb

Hergilsey (/hɛr.gɪlz.eiː/ HEHR-gilz-ay), officially the Palatinate of Hergilsey, is an autonomous community of Meckelnburgh in northern Apollonian. Hergilsey sits alongside the Royal City of Alexandretta and the four geographic provinces to form metropolitan Meckelnburgh, a constituent unit of the Kingdom of Meckelnburgh. It has a total area of about 23,600 km² (9,100 sqmi) with a population of 333,000 as of 1722 AN. The capital and largest city is Fríða.

The palatinate encompasses the entirety of Glanurchy Island and the islet of Cuirfimid Báis to its north. The island sits in the Northern Sea, north of mainland Meckelnburgh across the Welk Strait, above the province of Brittnay. As part of the Ashintully Volcanic Belt, Hergilsey is continuously grown by volcanic activity from Mt. James, a stratovolcano on which the entire palatinate sits. The majority of the population lives in Fríða on the north shore and its second largest settlement, Hellani, on its south shore.

Etymology

The name of "Hergilsey" comes from the Froyalanish language, referring to a mythical island of magical qualities in that heritage.

History

Northern Meckelnburgh history
	Imperial Republic of Shireroth	7.0.3–7.0.6
	Grand Principality of Beaugium	9.1.0–9.5.0
	Kingdom of Lovely	10.5.0a
	Kingdom of Novatainia	11.3.0–12.3.0
	Confederation of Gralus	12.4.0–13.5.5
	Kingdom of Novatainia	13.6.0–13.8.6
	Kingdom of Toketi	13.8.7–15.7.4
	Humanship of Blepia	16.1.2–16.2.0

Meckelnburgh Partition

By the late 1710s AN, sectarian division escalated between mainland Meckelnburgh, inhabited principally by the Meckelnish, and the arctic peoples of the Britannics and Froyalaners, who lived in Hergilsey. These conflicts centered on the limited recognition that the regional minority peoples enjoyed under Meckelnburghish law, including limited access to speak the language of their peoples. Protests erupted in Hellani on 10 Mae/VI, 1720 AN followed by riots at the Stadium of Fire in Fríða.

Acknowledging the traditional rift between the mainland and northern Meckelnish peoples, Queen Ĉielero III decreed a referendum for Hergilsey autonomy under the Meckelnburgh constitution for the third week of Quintile/IX, 1721 AN. Residents of Hergilsey as well as all ethnic Britannics and Froyalaners in Meckelnburgh were eligible voters. On 15 Quintile/IX, 71.2% of voters agreed to the Meckelnburgh Partition and to create an autonomous community. The Palatinate of Hergilsey was enacted on 1 Sextile/X.

Climate

The Palatinate of Hergilsey is covered in "severely cold" boreal (Dd classification) and has only a few months with an average temperature above 10 °C, and reaches −38 °C in deep winter.