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:''For other similarly-named entities, see [[Elwynn (disambiguation)]].''
:''For other similarly-named entities, see [[Elwynn (disambiguation)]].''


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|fullname = Elwynnese State <br> ''Riqi Elluenuuerssuarion'' <br> ''Dawlat Buzurgi Elwynn'' <br> ''Det elvynelandske storvelde'' <br> ''Velika Elvinska Država'' <br> ''Rijk d'l'Elwyjn''
|fullname = Riqi Elluenuuerssuarion  <br> ''Greater Realm of Elluenuueq'' <br> ''Dawlat Buzurgi Eluinshahr''
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|motto = ''[[Elwynn prevails!]]''
|motto = ''[[Elwynn prevails!]]''
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|religion = {{unbulleted list|[[Church of Elwynn]]|[[Zurvanism]]|[[Cedrism]]|Cedrozurvanism| Holodomatic Cedrozurvanism}}
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|headofstatetitle = [[Rulers of Elwynn|Princess]]
|headofstatetitle = [[Rulers of Elwynn|Szodan]]
|headofstate = [[Kamilla Winther]]
|headofstate = [[Jahangir Khan]]
|headofgovernmenttitle = Steward of the State
|headofgovernmenttitle = [[Rulers of Elwynn#Stewards of Elwynn|President of the Realm’s General Staff]]
|headofgovernment = [[Sigrid Årud]]
|headofgovernment = Aref Tavakkali
|legislature = [[Elwynn#Council_of_Eliria|Council of Eliria]]  
|legislature = [[Chamber of Guilds and Corporations]]
|estdate = {{Tooltip|1452|January, 2001}} [[AN]] (as a Shirerithian duchy) <br> {{Tooltip|1567|August, 2010}} (first independence, lasted till {{Tooltip|1600|May, 2013}}) <br> {{Tooltip|1671|April, 2019}} (second independence)
|estdate = {{Tooltip|1452|January, 2001}} [[AN]] (as a Shirerithian duchy) <br> {{Tooltip|1567|August, 2010}} (first independence, lasted till {{Tooltip|1600|May, 2013}}) <br> {{Tooltip|1671|April, 2019}} (second independence)  <br> {{Tooltip|1703|December, 2021}} (sovereignty ceded to the Benacian Union)
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|currency = [[Natopian natopo|Natopo]] (NAN; ₦) <br> [[Mark]] (EWM) (bonds from 1686, total replacement of natopo projected to occur in 1688)
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|abbrev = EW ([[List of two-letter country codes|two-letter]]) <br> ELW (''[[FMF abbreviation]]''); <br> {{Tooltip|EAH|Elwynn, Amokolia and Hurmu}} (''historical'')
|abbrev = <br> ELW (''[[FMF abbreviation]]''); <br> EW ([[List of two-letter country codes|former two-letter code]]) <br> {{Tooltip|EAH|Elwynn, Amokolia and Hurmu}} (''historical'')
|timezone = CMT-6 ([[Raikoth]]) <br> CMT-7 ([[SCAR]])<br> CMT-8 ([[AAR]], [[Congressional Counties|CC]]) <br> CMT-9 ([[Amokolia]]) <br> CMT+7 ([[Normark]])
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'''Elwynn''' ([[Languages of Elwynn#Elw|Elw]]: Еӆуенууеқ, ''Elluenuueq'' [əɬuənuːəχ]); [[Languages of Elwynn#Babkhi|Babkhi]]: Элвин, ''Elwin''; Norse: ''Elvyneland''; North Amokolian: ''l'Elwyjn'') officially the '''Elwynnese State''' (Elw: Риқи Эллуэнууэрссуарион, ''Riqi Elluenuuerssuarion''; see also [[Names of Elwynn]], until 1685 known as the '''Elwynnese Republic''') is a country in northern [[Benacia]], generally consisting of the land between the [[Elwynn (river)|Red and Blue Elwynns]], and the associated land northwards to [[Cape Farewell (headland)|Cape Farewell]], and thereafter extending eastwards and westwards. Since 1678, the Elwynnese State also includes [[Normark]] in northern [[Keltia]].
'''Elluenuueq''', historically known as '''Elwynn''' ([[Languages of Elwynn#Babkhi|Babkhi]]: Элвин, ''Elwin''; Norse: ''Elvyneland''; North Amokolian: ''l'Elwyjn'') officially the '''Riqi Elluenuuerssuarion''' (Elw: Риқи Эллуэнууэрссуарион, ''Greater Elwynnese State''; see also [[Names of Elwynn]], until 1685 known as the '''Elwynnese Republic''') is a constituent realm of the [[Benacian Union]], taking up a large northern chunk of the Benacian continent. Traditionally, Elluenuueq is considered to consist of the land between the [[Elwynn (river)|Red and Blue Elwynns]], and the associated land northwards to [[Cape Farewell (headland)|Cape Farewell]], and thereafter extending eastwards and westwards. Between 1678 and 1703, the Elwynnese State also included [[Normark]] in northern [[Keltia]], between 1681 and 1703 also the [[Sovereign Confederation]], and between 1690 and 1703 also [[Chryse]].


Elwynn has in its history been an in imperial state of [[Shireroth]] ({{Tooltip|1600|May, 2013}}–{{Tooltip|1665|October, 2018}} [[AN]]), an independent state ({{Tooltip|1567|August, 2010}}–{{Tooltip|1600|May, 2013}}), a Shirerithian duchy ({{Tooltip|1452|January, 2001}}–{{Tooltip|1588|May, 2012}}, {{Tooltip|1509|October, 2005}}–{{Tooltip|1562|March, 2010}}, {{Tooltip|1587|April, 2012}}–{{Tooltip|1600|May, 2013}}), barony ({{Tooltip|1488|January, 2004}}–{{Tooltip|1500|January, 2005}}, {{Tooltip|1504|May, 2005}}–{{Tooltip|1509|October, 2005}}), and a county ({{Tooltip|1500|January, 2005}}–{{Tooltip|1504|May, 2005}}). As an independent county, [[Union of Elwynn, Amomolia, and Hurmu|west Elwynn]] was a republic with an elected prince. Since rejoining Shireroth, Elwynn kept its independence-era government ({{Tooltip|1600|May, 2013}}–{{Tooltip|1607|December, 2013}}), then became the Coordinated State of Elwynn ({{Tooltip|1607|December, 2013}}–{{Tooltip|1612|May, 2014}}), the Democratic People's Republic of Elwynn ({{Tooltip|1613|June, 2014}}–{{Tooltip|1618|November, 2014}}), a transitional monarchy ({{Tooltip|1618|November, 2014}}–{{Tooltip|1623|April, 2015}}), and a [[Vanic era|Vanic]] state ({{Tooltip|1623|April, 2015}}–{{Tooltip|1651|August, 2017}}). Since the [[shire:Auspicious Occasion|fall of the Vanic State]], Elwynn's governing institutions were eroded by  [[Elwynnese Civil War|factional infighting and popular unrest]], culminating in an [[Fall Hagg-Ellen|Imperial intervention]] and the partition of Elwynn in {{Tooltip|1665|October, 2018}}. Parts of the previously partitioned Elwynn re-established itself as the Elwynnese Republic in a congress in Eliria in {{Tooltip|1671|April, 2019}}, and reunited fully in  {{Tooltip|1685|June, 2020}} with the acquisition of [[West Amokolia]], where it then changed its long-form name to the Elwynnese State.
Elluenuueq has in its history been an in imperial state of [[Shireroth]] ({{Tooltip|1600|May, 2013}}–{{Tooltip|1665|October, 2018}} [[AN]]), an independent state ({{Tooltip|1567|August, 2010}}–{{Tooltip|1600|May, 2013}}), a Shirerithian duchy ({{Tooltip|1452|January, 2001}}–{{Tooltip|1588|May, 2012}}, {{Tooltip|1509|October, 2005}}–{{Tooltip|1562|March, 2010}}, {{Tooltip|1587|April, 2012}}–{{Tooltip|1600|May, 2013}}), barony ({{Tooltip|1488|January, 2004}}–{{Tooltip|1500|January, 2005}}, {{Tooltip|1504|May, 2005}}–{{Tooltip|1509|October, 2005}}), and a county ({{Tooltip|1500|January, 2005}}–{{Tooltip|1504|May, 2005}}). As an independent country, [[Union of Elwynn, Amokolia, and Hurmu|west Elwynn]] was a republic with an elected prince. Since rejoining Shireroth, Elwynn kept its independence-era government ({{Tooltip|1600|May, 2013}}–{{Tooltip|1607|December, 2013}}), then became the Coordinated State of Elwynn ({{Tooltip|1607|December, 2013}}–{{Tooltip|1612|May, 2014}}), the Democratic People's Republic of Elwynn ({{Tooltip|1613|June, 2014}}–{{Tooltip|1618|November, 2014}}), a transitional monarchy ({{Tooltip|1618|November, 2014}}–{{Tooltip|1623|April, 2015}}), and a [[Vanic era|Vanic]] state ({{Tooltip|1623|April, 2015}}–{{Tooltip|1651|August, 2017}}). Since the [[shire:Auspicious Occasion|fall of the Vanic State]], Elluenuueq's governing institutions were eroded by  [[Elwynnese Civil War|factional infighting and popular unrest]], culminating in an [[Fall Hagg-Ellen|Imperial intervention]] and the partition of Elwynn in {{Tooltip|1665|October, 2018}}. Parts of the previously partitioned Elwynn re-established itself as the Elwynnese Republic in a congress in Eliria in {{Tooltip|1671|April, 2019}}, and reunited fully in  {{Tooltip|1685|June, 2020}} with the acquisition of [[West Amokolia]], where it then changed its long-form name to the Elwynnese State. In 1703, Elluenuueq merged with the [[Unified Governorates]] to create the Benacian Union, whereupon the Sovereign Confederation was promoted to equal member state with the other two (in gratitude for its loyalty in the [[Second Elwynnese Civil War]], and [[Normark]] was given its independence in an [[Amicable Grant]].


The name Elwynn comes from a [[Elwynn (goddess)|goddess with the same name]] who originally hailed from the [[Treesia|Treesian]] pantheon. The Elwynnese State is noted for its violent and complex history, its significant minority cultures, sometimes living in harmony with one another, sometimes brutally massacring one another.
The name Elluenuueq comes from a [[Elwynn (goddess)|goddess ''Elwynn'']] who originally hailed from the [[Treesia|Treesian]] pantheon. The Riqi Elluenuuerssuarion is noted for its violent and complex history, its significant minority cultures, sometimes living in harmony with one another, sometimes brutally massacring one another.


Elwynn is currently divided into five [[Autonomous countries of Elwynn|autonomous countries]] (called autonomous republics until 1685): the [[Alalehzamini Autonomous Republic]], the [[Upper Elwynn|Republic of Upper Elwynn]], the [[Sovereign Confederation]], [[Amokolia]] and [[Mishalacia]] on [[Benacia]], and [[Normark]] on [[Keltia]]. Between 1675 and 1676, the [[Northern Commonwealth]] constituted a short-lived [[Verionism|Verionist]] autonomous republic.
Elluenuueq, claimed [[Cimmeria and Hyperborea]] as integral parts of their sovereign territory, a situation that was later regularised by the incorporation of the islands into the Benacian Union as a special autonomous region.


== Geography ==
== Geography ==
: ''See also [[Islands of Elwynn]]''
: ''See also [[Islands of Elwynn]]''


The territory under the control of the Elwynnese Republic (as of 1683) covers the area between the [[Elwynn_(river)#Blue Elwynn|Blue]] and [[Elwynn_(river)#White Elwynn|White]] [[Elwynn (river)|Elwynn rivers]] (save for the city of [[Shirekeep]] under Shirerithian sovereignty), as well as the [[Northern Reaches]] (stretching from [[Wintergleam]] in the east to eastern [[Oleslääd]] in the west (about forty degrees longitude wide). Added to this is [[Trans-Elwynn]] and the [[bailiwick of Northern Tellia]] west of the Blue Elwynn. Elwynn also controls the [[Automatica]]n and [[Cimmeria]]n islands, [[Raikoth]], as well as most of the island of [[Leng]] (see [[Elwynnese Leng]]). The Elwynnese autonomous republic of [[Normark]] is located in northern [[Keltia]].
The territory under the control of the Greater Elwynnese State (as of {{AN|1707}}) covers the area between the [[Elwynn_(river)#Blue Elwynn|Blue]] and [[Elwynn_(river)#White Elwynn|White]] [[Elwynn (river)|Elwynn rivers]] (save for the city of [[Shirekeep]] under Shirerithian sovereignty), as well as the [[Northern Reaches]] (stretching from [[Wintergleam]] in the east to eastern [[Oleslääd]] in the west (about forty degrees longitude wide). Added to this is Amokolia, reaching as far west as Batavia. Elwynn also controls the [[Automatica]]n and [[Cimmeria]]n islands, [[Raikoth]], as well as most of the island of [[Leng]] (see [[Elwynnese Leng]]).  


[[File:Elwynnsea.png|thumb|Maritime areas of Elwynnese waters]]
[[File:Elwynnsea.png|thumb|Maritime areas of Elwynnese waters]]
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=== Borders ===
=== Borders ===


On [[Benacia]], Elwynn borders (clockwise) [[Ransenar]], [[Shireroth]], the [[Unified Governorates]], [[Kalgachia]], and [[Batavia]]. These borders are open for crossings. The island of [[Leng]] is divided between the [[Elwynnese Leng]] and the [[Iron Cult of Leng]]. This border is closed.
On [[Benacia]], Elluenuueq borders (clockwise) the [[Sovereign Confederation]], [[Ransenar]], [[Shireroth]], the [[Unified Governorates]], [[Northbloom]], and Shirerithian [[Batavia]]. By virtue of its land frontiers being with either subject realms of the [[Benacian Union]] or formal members of the [[Raspur Pact]], borders are open for crossings by meritorious subjects with the requisite exit visas.


Normark, on [[Keltia]], has land borders with [[Mercury]] and the [[Haifo-Pallisica]]n trading port of [[Jangsong]]. The border with Mercury is open and peaceful; Normark and Mercury cooperate on creating a [[Trans-Keltian Express|Trans-Keltia high-speed railway network]] between their countries. The border with Jangsong is closed. All Haifo-Pallisican ships entering Elwynnese waters are intercepted, their crew detained, and goods confiscated by the State.
=== Regions of Elluenuueq ===


=== Regions of Elwynn ===
The geography of Elluenuueq is rich and diverse.
 
The geography of Elwynn is rich and diverse.


==== Amokolian lands ====
==== Amokolian lands ====


The so-called [[Elwynnese Amokolia|Amokolian lands within Elwynn]], also known as [[East Amokolia]], are composed of the two [[Automatica]]n Islands (also known as Amokolian Isles) and Vattnaland. The Automatican Islands are cold, with a stable climate. Rich in forests of hardy wood, the economy is based on timber, paper, and construction. South of the islands, we find Vattnaland, a bread-basket of Elwynnese economy. Much agriculture is done here, with rye and potatoes being the main products. Grazing of cows and sheep is also a common sight in Vattnaland. The Elwynn river system, fed by the melting water from glaciers in the high north of Elwynn, provide a lush landscape that gives the soil high nutrition suitable for agriculture.
The so-called [[Elwynnese Amokolia|Amokolian lands within Elluenuueq]], also known as [[East Amokolia]], are composed of the two [[Automatica]]n Islands (also known as Amokolian Isles) and Vattnaland. The Automatican Islands are cold, with a stable climate. Rich in forests of hardy wood, the economy is based on timber, paper, and construction. South of the islands, we find Vattnaland, a bread-basket of Elwynnese economy. Much agriculture is done here, with rye and potatoes being the main products. Grazing of cows and sheep is also a common sight in Vattnaland. The Elwynn river system, fed by the melting water from glaciers in the high north of Elwynn, provide a lush landscape that gives the soil high nutrition suitable for agriculture.


==== Northern Reaches ====
==== Northern Reaches ====
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==== Agnesia and Wintergleam ====
==== Agnesia and Wintergleam ====


[[Agnesia]] and [[Wintergleam]] cover the north-eastern parts of continental Elwynn, and these regions' climate and geography also include the [[Asantelian]] region. Historically formed by receding ice from the last ice age, as well as glaciers, the Agnesian coast houses numerous fjords, the greatest of which is the Vijayanagara Fjord. While northern Agnesia is rocky, the central parts (around Dragonskeep) are covered in pine forests. The southern parts, bordering on the Eliria area, have fertile grounds, where grazing occurs, as well as some agriculture in the form of potatoes, wheat, rye, and vegetables.
[[Agnesia]] and [[Wintergleam]] cover the north-eastern parts of continental Elluenuueq, and these regions' climate and geography also include the [[Asantelian]] region. Historically formed by receding ice from the last ice age, as well as glaciers, the Agnesian coast houses numerous fjords, the greatest of which is the Vijayanagara Fjord. While northern Agnesia is rocky, the central parts (around Dragonskeep) are covered in pine forests. The southern parts, bordering on the Eliria area, have fertile grounds, where grazing occurs, as well as some agriculture in the form of potatoes, wheat, rye, and vegetables.


Wintergleam, to the east, is humid and fertile. Thanks to the Straylight Stream, the area is warmer than what would otherwise be indicated. This is the agricultural basket for Elwynn. The waters outside Wintergleam are particularly rich for fishing. The beaches south of Asantelian are said to be the best in Elwynn thanks to the southern latitude in interaction with the [[Straylight Stream]].
Wintergleam, to the east, is humid and fertile. Thanks to the Straylight Stream, the area is warmer than what would otherwise be indicated. This is the agricultural basket for Elluenuueq. The waters outside Wintergleam are particularly rich for fishing. The beaches south of Asantelian are said to be the best in Elwynn thanks to the southern latitude in interaction with the [[Straylight Stream]].


==== Iserdia ====
==== Iserdia ====


[[Iserdia]]'s name comes from an expression in a Nordic vernacular dialect, ''[[Íseirdia-la-Vraulalennir]]'', meaning "tundra and barren lands". This is an accurate description. The inland of Elwynn north of the Elwynn rivers' mouths is mostly barren, cold, with permafrost, tundra, and taiga.  
[[Iserdia]]'s name comes from an expression in a Nordic vernacular dialect, ''[[Íseirdia-la-Vraulalennir]]'', meaning "tundra and barren lands". This is an accurate description. The inland of Elluenuueq north of the Elwynn rivers' mouths is mostly barren, cold, with permafrost, tundra, and taiga. The land is suitable in parts for the growing of the hardy [[Leng cabbage]], but little else besides flourishes there.  


==== Araxion and Utasia ====
==== Araxion and Utasia ====


[[Araxion]] and [[Utasia]] are lush and fertile. However, they are on a higher ground than northern Elwynn, so there are glaciers in the north of these areas. They experience hot summers and cold winters. In Araxion there is some forest (cultivated, for the purposes of timber), while Utasia has more agriculture.
[[Araxion]] and [[Utasia]] are lush and fertile. However, they are on a higher ground than northern Elluenuueq, so there are glaciers in the north of these areas. They experience hot summers and cold winters. In Araxion there is some forest (cultivated, for the purposes of timber), while Utasia has more agriculture. The [[fishing cat]] is found along the [[river Elwynn]].


==== Alalehzamin ====
==== Alalehzamin ====


[[Alalehzamin]], Elwynn's southernmost region, has a rocky hilly, at times mountainous interior, and a fertile, lower-lying lands along the banks of the Elwynn rivers. The interior used to be one forest, but in the late 1400s all brought down. As such, grasslands and cold deserts cover the interior these days.  
[[Alalehzamin]], Elluenuueq's southernmost region, has a rocky hilly, at times mountainous interior, and a fertile, lower-lying lands along the banks of the Elwynn rivers. The interior used to be one forest, but in the late 1400s all brought down. As such, grasslands and cold deserts cover the interior these days. The [[kalitoskolon]], endemic to the White Elwynn, is famous in [[Alalehzamin]]. The [[fishing cat]] is also found along both the White and Blue Elwynn in Alalehzamin.
 
===== Trans-Elwynn =====
 
[[Trans-Elwynn]] is mainly covered by pine forests, except in the south of the region where there is a mountainous area.  


===== Leng and Raikoth =====
==== Leng and Raikoth ====


[[Leng]] and [[Raikoth]] have very similar geography, both are surrounded by an iceshelf, and there is little vegetation in both of them. Leng has, however, some vegetation in the form of endemic species of cabbage. Raikoth has a central mountain, Yaanek, 3273 metres above sea-level, which is also Elwynn's traditionally tallest mountain. However, Leng is more mountainous and has several taller mountains.
[[Leng]] and [[Raikoth]] have very similar geography, both are surrounded by an all encompassing ice-shelf known as the Boreal Wastes, and there is little vegetation in both of them. Leng has, however, some vegetation in the form of [[Leng cabbage|endemic species of cabbage]]. Raikoth has a central mountain, Yaanek, 3273 metres above sea-level, which is also Elluenuueq's traditionally tallest mountain. However, Leng is more mountainous and has several taller mountains.


Raikoth has several glaciers while much of Leng's interior is covered by ice shelf. Both of the islands have some barren lands, "ice deserts", where ground can be seen. The inner lands have very little life outside the human footprint. Southern Leng has an "archipelago" of islands with geysir, making the sea there sometimes visible for a few days at a time. This has brought many species of sea birds and marine mammals to the area, as well as fish.
Raikoth has several glaciers while much of Leng's interior is covered by ice shelf. Both of the islands have some barren lands, "ice deserts", where ground can be seen. The inner lands have very little life outside the human footprint. Southern Leng has an "archipelago" of islands with geysers, making the sea there sometimes visible for a few days at a time. This has brought many species of sea birds and marine mammals to the area, as well as fish.
 
==== Normark ====
 
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=== Time zones ===
=== Time zones ===
: ''See [[time in Elwynn]]''
: ''See [[time in Elwynn]]''


Elwynn is currently divided into five time zones. [[SCAR]] is in the CMT-7 timezone, while the [[Alalehzamini Autonomous Republic]] and the [[Congressional Counties]] (except [[Raikoth]]) are in the CMT-8 timezone. The [[Amokolian Republic]] is in the -9 timezone, and [[Raikoth]], further to the east than the rest of the country, is in the CMT-6 timezone. Normark, west of Benacia but across the international dateline, is in the CMT+7 timezone.
Elluenuueq is currently divided into three time zones. The [[Alalehzamini Autonomous Republic]] and the [[Congressional Counties]] (except [[Raikoth]]) are in the CMT-8 timezone. The [[Amokolia]]n region is in the -9 timezone, and [[Raikoth]], further to the east than the rest of the country, is in the CMT-6 timezone. Normark, west of Benacia but across the international dateline, is in the CMT+7 timezone.


To give an example:
To give an example:


*Elijah's Rest (CMT+7), 2 Silnuai 23:00
*Raikoth (CMT-6), 2 Silnuai 09:00
*Raikoth (CMT-6), 2 Silnuai 09:00
*Kingsgate (CMT-7), 2 Silnuai 08:00
*Ardashirshahr (CMT-8), 2 Silnuai 07:00
*Eliria (CMT-8), 2 Silnuai 07:00
*Anun (CMT-9), 2 Silnuai 06:00
*Anun (CMT-9), 2 Silnuai 06:00


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:''See [[History of Elwynn]]''
:''See [[History of Elwynn]]''


== Politics ==
== Governance ==
 
::''See the [[Constitution of the Elwynnese Republic]]''
 
The Elwynnese Republic established itself as an independent state during the [[Kalirion Fracture]], and was recognized as independent by Shireroth on 19.XIV.1672. In a congress in Eliria ending on 8.X.1671, consisting of delegates from the bailiwicks of the Northern Reaches, Akordionnyr, Raikoth, Leng, Vattnaland and the Amokolian Islands, as well as of political, social, academic, and military leaders of various fractions in Elwynn, the political organization of the new republic was decided. First of all, a transitional government would remain in place until the end of 1672. This transitional government is led by the Conducător of the Elwynnese Republic, Firdaus Abdollahi Mehr, of the Behsaz Elwynn party of Alalehzamin, and is tasked with ensuring that the new constitution could enter force upon 1.I.1673.
 
Elwynn returned to its republican principate – an elected Prince (Elw: ''Aran'') – and a disavowment of all monarchical and noble titles and hierarchies in Elwynn. A unicameral legislature, the Congress, was elected by the people on proportional party lists in all of Elwynn (excepting for the [[Alalehzamini Autonomous Republic]]) in the [[1672 Elwynnese congress election]], in which the [[National Vanguard of Elwynn|National Vanguard]] coalition (consisting of the [[Verionist Union]], the [[Ayreonist Independence Party]] and the [[Elwynnese Workers' Party]]) secured a majority and established an executive in Congress Elwynn. The next elections are planned for 1676.
 
=== North vs South ===
 
The compromise between [[congressional Elwynn]] (in the North of the country) and the [[Alalehzamini Autonomous Republic]] (AAR) was made to ensure the unity of the Elwynnese people in one state. The Alalehzaminis demanded an exceptionally high degree of autonomy, and the resulting compromise made it so that the Congress would have no power at all over the Alalehzamin. Instead congressional Elwynn and the AAR share a national government headed by the Prince. The Prince is elected every six years by the people of all Elwynn, and the Prince, acting through the Council of Eliria, has full legislative and executive power over matters of international relations, trade, commercial standards, borders, national defence and security, the enforcement and system of justice, taxation for the Republic's functioning ("national tax" as opposed to "congressional tax" in the North and the "Alalehzamini tax" in the South). In the North, the Congress legislates on all other matters – and the Prince appoints from the majority of Congress a Council of Ministers, headed by a Conducator (Elw: ''Kondukytoor''), who will execute all other matters of the Elwynnese law not belonging to the Prince. From 1672 to 1675 Stephen Lewis was the Conducator of the Elwynnese Republic, with authority over the northern regions subject to Congressional rule, until his defeat in a no-confidence vote and the appointment of an [[Nationalist & Humanist Party|N&H]] led caretaker administration to take the north into elections scheduled to be held in mid 1676.


In 1675, a third autonomous republic was established, the [[Northern Commonwealth]], with a largely Verionist government committed to Elwynnese unity. The next year it folded, and Elwynn yet once again had two autonomous republics until 1678, when Normark became the new third autonomous republic.


=== Council of Eliria ===


The [[Council of Eliria]] consists of the Prince, the Sardar (or Head) of Alalehzamin, the Nahust Vazir (Prime Minister) of Alalehzamin, the President of the Elwynnese Congress, the Conducator of the Elwynnese Republic, the Prime Minister of Normark, the Speaker of the Nordisketing, and the Premier and Adeile of the [[Amokolian Republic]]. In the absence of the Prince the senior-most member chairs the Council. From 1684 onwards, this member is [[Sigrid Årud]] från [[Normark]]. From 1671 until his retirement in 1684 at the age of 101, the senior-most member was [[Firdaus Abdollahi Mehr]]. Since 1687, each autonomous country also elects one member directly to the Council.
===Civil Executive===


The 19 members are as of 1687 as follows:
The Civil Executive is the governing authority with responsibility for the administration of the whole Realm of Elluenuueq.


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class=wikitable style="margin:auto"
! Title !! Name !! Party !! Seniority
|-
! [[Rulers of Elwynn|Princess of the Elwynnese Republic]]
| [[Kamilla Winther]] || [[Nationalist & Humanist Party|N&H]] || 1
|-
! Conducător of the Upper Elwynnese Republic
| [[Pedyr Mekaarveq]] || [[Elwynnese Workers' Party|EWP]] || 10
|-
! President of the Congress of the Upper Elwynnese Republic
| [[Nathaniel Ototoi]] || [[Elwynnese Workers' Party|EWP]] || 7
|-
|-
! People's Representative (Upper Elwynn)
! Office
| [[Maaqa Kalirion-Alnavion]] || [[NMHE]] || 19
! Rank
! Office Holder
! Portfolio
|-
|-
! Sardar of the Alalehzamini Automous Republic
|[[Rulers of Elwynn|Szodan of Elluenuueq]]
| [[Daniyal Aurangzeb Kalirion-Osman]] || [[Nationalist & Humanist Party|N&H]] || 9
|''Archon''
|Jahangir Khan
|{{unbulleted list|Head of State| President of the Civil Executive}}
|-
|-
! Nahust Vazir (Prime Minister) of the AAR
| [[Adam al-Osman]] || [[Nationalist & Humanist Party|N&H]] || 15
|-
|-
! People's Representative (AAR)
| colspan=4 style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#dddddd;"|<center>'''Civil Executive'''</center>
| Mara Alidokht || [[Nationalist & Humanist Party|N&H]] || 18
|-  
! Speaker of the Nordisketing
| [[Ola Valtatsjakk]] || [[Einhorn Society|EHS]] || 4
|-
|-
! Prime Minister of Normark
|[[Rulers of Elwynn#Stewards of Elwynn|President of the Realm’s General Staff]]
| [[Ethan Setsman]] || [[Free Juice and Bagels Party|FJBP]] || 11
|''Legate ''
|Aref Tavakkali
|{{unbulleted list|Vice President of the Civil Executive|Executive Bureau}}
|-
|-
! Normark (People's Rep)
|Commissioner for Internal Affairs
| [[Sigrid Årud]] || [[Einhorn Society|EHS]] || 2
|''Tribune''
|Asaf Khan
|{{unbulleted list|Education
|Health
|Local Government
|Protected Persons
|Re-education & Rehabilitation
|Unlawful Persons & Aliens|[[State Guard of Elluenuueq|State Guard]]}}
|-
|-
! Rep. of the SCAR Szodan (Ryker OS)
|Commissioner for Logistics
| [[Selardi Jen Daniyal]] || [[Party for Reunification|PR]] || 5
|''Tribune''
|Alfred Aberg
|{{unbulleted list|Agriculture
|Fisheries
|Five Year Plan
|Forestry
|Industry
|Infrastructure
|Mining
|Technology
|Transportation}}
|-
|-
! Ænst Szonst (SCAR Prime Minister))
|Commissioner of the Treasury
| [[Johen Rinsly Brines]] || [[Party for Reunification|PR]] || 6
|''Tribune''
|Robert Hassel
|{{unbulleted list|Fiscal Policy
|Revenues
|Finance}}
|-
|-
! People's Rep (SCAR)
|Commissioner for Public Instruction and Safety
| [[Talby Semerreck]] || [[Goldshire Conservative Bloc|GCB]] || 17
|''Tribune''
|Afrang Padshah
|{{unbulleted list|Communications
|Information Technology
|Media Coordination
|Coordination and Harmonisation|[[Public Order Forces of Elluenuueq|Public Order Forces]]}}
|-
|-
! Premier of the Union of Amokolia
| [[Benjamin Sluyjs]] || [[Amokolian People's Party|APP]] || 3
|-
! Adeile of the Union of Amokolia
| [[Katarina Esch]] || [[Elwynnese Unity Party|EUP]] || 14
|-
! People's Representative (Amokolia)
| Denner Branting || [[Conservative Monarchist Party of Amokolia|CMPA]] || 16
|-
! Prince of Mishalacia
| [[Slobodan Milošev]] || [[Mishalacian National Movement|MNM]] || 12
|-
! Chancellor of Mishalacia
| [[Mihail Bulatovič]] || [[Mishalacian National Movement|MNM]] || 13
|-
! People's Representative (Mishalacia)
| [[Antonin Vladimiroff]] || [[Mishalanski Party for Democratic Socialism|MPDS]] || 8
|}
|}


=== Court of the Prince ===
===Governorates===
 
The realm of Elluenuueq comprises of seven governorates, organised into two circuits. These being:
 
*[[Circuit of the Southern League]]: [[Governorate of Alalehzamin]], the [[Governorate of Araxion]], and the [[Mishalan Governorate]];
*[[Circuit of the General Government]]: the [[Governorate of Absentien]], the [[Governorate of the Automaticas]], the [[Governorate of Leng]], and the [[Governorate of Nordland]].
 
The [[Rulers of Elwynn|Szodans of Elluenuueq]] in the aftermath of the [[Second Elwynnese Civil War]], [[Adam al-Osman]] and then [[Daniyal Aurangzeb Kalirion-Osman]], struggled to effectively manage the relationship between the Civil Executive and the frequently disorganised and restive governorates, whose task ostensibly was to supervise the [[bailiwicks of Elwynn|bailiwicks of Elluenuueq]] and ensure that due tribute payments were exacted and then passed up to the Civil Executive for conveyance onwards to the [[Commission for the Sacred Treasury]] of the [[Benacian Union]]. Moreover, the frontiers between the reorganised governorates proved inexplicably difficult to finalise, with Absentien and Nordland [[Automatican conflict|frequently tussling]] over former [[Amokolia]]n bailiwicks which had been under the temporary control of the "Central Governorate" following the civil war.


The [[Court of the Prince]] constitutes the executive of the Elwynnese State. It was, aside from the office of Prince, originally more apolitical and technocratic than the [[Council of Eliria]]. The reason for the appointment of apolitical commissioners had their roots in the deep distrust between the Movement for National Salvation & Rights (headed by the Nationalist and Humanist Party) and the Ayreonist and Verionist parties in the North. The tradition of apolitical appointments ended during the reign of [[Frederik Haabye Truls]] and the purge of Verionist and Ayreonists from the civil service which began with the introduction of politically aligned commissioners brought in to ensure a civil executive operating in line with the dictates of the sovereign.
===Bailiwicks===
At a practical level therefore, the historic [[bailiwicks of Elwynn]], less those reclaimed by the [[Sovereign Confederation]] or lost to the [[Cult of the Sacred Detonation]], are run as self-governing municipal corporations controlled by the Court of Aldermen. A bailiwick in the [[Benacian Union]] is the lowest level of subdivision in any form of meaningful administrative relationship with the levels (Circuit > Governorate > Realm > Union-State) set above it. As a municipal corporation it meets the various needs of the populace whilst fulfilling the requisitions for manpower and resources, as well as for financial contributions, levied upon it by higher authority.


The commissioners and inspectors, are in charge of various departments, known as commissions and inspectorates. These departments are in charge of state authorities (for example [[Commission of Foreign Affairs|foreign affairs]], the postal services, taxation authority, immigration authority, courts, etc.).
The full title of the municipal corporation is always thus:


=== Political parties ===
{{quote|The '''Worshipful Municipal Corporation of the Aldermen of the Bailiwick of [insert name], Guarantors of its Ancient Liberties'''}}
There are 18 parties in Elwynn with legislative representation, and considerably more parties on the bailiwick level across the State.


{| class="wikitable sortable"
For the sake of brevity this may be shortened to the ''Bailiwick of [insert name]'' after the first usage of the full title. Similarly when discussing the governance of the bailiwick, the '''Worshipful Municipal Corporation''' may be shortened to ''the Corporation'' after the first instance.
! Party !! Abbr. !! [[Council of Eliria]] !! [[Elwynnese Congress|Congress]] !! [[Majles]] !! [[Nordisketing]] !! [[Miþuï]] !! [[Sænate]] !! [[RPPA]]
 
|-
====Court of Aldermen====
! [[Nationalist & Humanist Party]]
The Aldermen of the bailiwick comprise of the representatives of the chapters of the guilds resident in the bailiwick. This may include all recognised guilds established by ancient custom and usage, but must always include those guilds represented in the [[Chamber of Guilds and Corporations]] in [[Chryse]]. Also included are those appointed to represent higher authority in the bailiwick. Those who are to be considered aldermen and entitled to sit on the Court of Aldermen therefore include:
| N&H || {{ParlSeats|3|11|hex=#262626}} || {{ParlSeats|41|250|hex=#262626}} || {{ParlSeats|167|236|hex=#262626}} || {{ParlSeats|12|269|hex=#262626}} || {{ParlSeats|11|70|hex=#262626}} || {{ParlSeats|17|228|hex=#262626}} || {{ParlSeats|14|81|hex=#262626}}
*The Bailiff of the Bailiwick, appointed by the Governor of the Governorate with jurisdiction;
|-
*A Tribune, appointed by the [[Worshipful Guild of the Sacred Carnifices]];
! [[Democratic Socialist Workers' Coalition]] <br> <small> [[Elwynnese Workers' Party]] <br> [[Mishalanski Party of Democratic Socialism]] <br> [[Coalition 1660]]</small>
*A Commander of Cudgels, appointed by the [[Corps of the Gentlemen-at-Cudgels]];
| DSWC <br><small>EWP<br>MPDS<br>C60</small> || {{ParlSeats|3|11|hex=#e60111}} || {{ParlSeats|56|250|hex=#e60111}} ||  {{ParlSeats|19|236|hex=#e60111}} || {{ParlSeats|32|269|hex=#e60111}}  || {{ParlSeats|6|70|hex=#e60111}}  || {{ParlSeats|55|228|hex=#e60111}} || {{ParlSeats|17|81|hex=#e60111}}
*The President of the Worshipful Municipal Corporation of Aldermen of the Bailiwick (elected by the guilds);
|-
*An Intendent of Cargo & Customs, appointed by the Benacian Directorate of the [[Honourable Company]] in those bailiwicks without a ESB [[Resident (ESB)|Resident]] or Deputy Resident in place;
! [[Party for Reunification]]
*The Censor, appointed by the [[Benacian Censorate]], keeps registers of subjects and guild members, their service, their year cohorts, and their eligibility;
| PR || {{ParlSeats|2|11|hex=#2e2eb8}} || || || ||{{ParlSeats|30|70|hex=#2e2eb8}} || ||{{ParlSeats|5|81|hex=#2e2eb8}}
*A ''Fiþnan'' (captain) of the [[Benacian Union Defence Force]] appointed as liaison, usually a reservist or retiree in bailiwicks that do not host a bailiwick, responsible for maintaining and raising a militia (minimum 1% of the adult male population of the bailiwick) in times of war or emergency;
|-
*Masters of the Chapters of the Guilds present within the bailiwick (elected by their members, and the liveried companies of the bailiwick);
! [[Einhorn Society]]
*A Draconarius (Golsapbir) of the [[N&H]] Regional Sector Party, appointed by the N&H Regional Sector Party to be responsible for the discipline of the party cadre within the bailiwick;
| EHS || {{ParlSeats|1|11|hex=#03fcd3}}  || || || {{ParlSeats|61|269|hex=#03fcd3}} || || || {{ParlSeats|1|81|hex=#03fcd3}}
*A Vicar of the High Gods, appointed by the [[United Ecclesiastical Corporation of Benacia]] to ensure consistent spiritual conformity and harmony.
|-
! [[Amokolian People's Party]]
| APP || {{ParlSeats|1|11|hex=#003366}} ||  || || ||  || {{ParlSeats|35|228|hex=#003366}} || {{ParlSeats|1|81|hex=#003366}}
|-
! [[Free Juice and Bagels Party]]  
| FJBP || {{ParlSeats|1|11|hex=#80a000}}  || || || {{ParlSeats|19|269|hex=#80a000}} || || ||
|-
! [[Democratic Party of Elwynn]]
| DEM || {{ParlSeats|0|11|hex=#005b74}}  || {{ParlSeats|104|250|hex=#005b74}}  ||  {{ParlSeats|26|236|hex=#005b74}} || {{ParlSeats|45|269|hex=#005b74}}  || {{ParlSeats|8|70|hex=#005b74}} || {{ParlSeats|63|228|hex=#005b74}} || {{ParlSeats|23|81|hex=#005b74}}
|-
! [[Ayreonist Alliance]]
| AA|| {{ParlSeats|0|11|hex=#ffc024}} || {{ParlSeats|47|250|hex=#ffc024}} || || {{ParlSeats|23|269|hex=#ffc024}} || || {{ParlSeats|13|228|hex=#ffc024}} || {{ParlSeats|8|81|hex=#ffc024}}
|-
! [[Norse Reform Party]]
| NRP || {{ParlSeats|0|11|hex=#fc03a9}} || || || {{ParlSeats|60|269|hex=#fc03a9}} || || ||  {{ParlSeats|1|81|hex=#fc03a9}}
|-
! [[Reinherder Association]]
| RHA || {{ParlSeats|0|11|hex=#ad7736}} ||  || || {{ParlSeats|14|269|hex=#ad7736}}  || || ||
|-
! [[Behsaz-Eluin]]
| BEH || {{ParlSeats|0|11|hex=#992600}} || || {{ParlSeats|20|236|hex=#992600}} || || ||  || {{ParlSeats|7|81|hex=#992600}}
|-
! [[Goldshire Conservative Bloc]]
| GCB || {{ParlSeats|0|11|hex=#EEB200}} || || || || {{ParlSeats|8|70|hex=#EEB200}} || || {{ParlSeats|2|81|hex=#EEB200}}
|-
! [[Ecological Movement, Goldshire]]
| EMG || {{ParlSeats|0|11|hex=#b4ff46}} || || || || {{ParlSeats|6|70|hex=#b4ff46}} || || {{ParlSeats|2|81|hex=#b4ff46}}
|-
! [[Conservative Party of Amokolia]]
| AA|| {{ParlSeats|0|11|hex=#0070C0}} ||  || || || || {{ParlSeats|28|228|hex=#0070C0}} ||
|-
! [[Amokolian Freedom Front]]
| AFF|| {{ParlSeats|0|11|hex=#C00000}} || || || || || {{ParlSeats|17|228|hex=#C00000}} ||
|-
! [[Tellian Autonomous Republican Party]]
| TARP || {{ParlSeats|0|11|hex=#e60111}} || || {{ParlSeats|3|236|hex=#ab35de}}  || || || ||
|-
! [[Liberation Party (Northern Tellia)|Liberazione]]
| LBZ || {{ParlSeats|0|11|hex=#e60111}} || || {{ParlSeats|1|236|hex=#e60111}}  || || || ||
|-
! [[Bovic Brotherhood]]
| BB|| {{ParlSeats|0|11|hex=#5836ad}} || || || {{ParlSeats|3|269|hex=#5836ad}}  || || ||
|-
! [[Union of Truth and Beauty]]
| UTB|| {{ParlSeats|0|11|hex=#FFFFFF}} || {{ParlSeats|2|250|hex=#FFFFFF}} || || || || ||
|}


== Infrastructure ==
== Infrastructure ==


=== Roads ===
=== Roads ===
The roads of Elluenuueq had traditionally been neglected ancestral byways, and the thoroughs worn into the land by the centuries worth of passing herds, tribes of indigent peddlers, and the siege trains of innumerable feudal hosts. The sole metalled road of any consequence had been the Trunk Road leading from [[Ardashirshahr]] to [[Islus]], and thence up to [[Eliria]], but the point of that had been lost with the destruction of the last two of those three cities in the [[Second Elwynnese Civil War]]. The notoriously poor condition of the roads had been a contributory factor to the tediously slow progress of the opposing armies during the civil war, which had struggled to keep their own forces supplied whilst relying upon those clogged and fraying arterial networks, let alone to organise a swift and victorious advance.
The renaissance of the roads of Elluenuueq would begin, ironically enough, with the abrupt decision of [[Adam al-Osman]] in the third month of {{AN|1708}} to commence with the destruction of the realm's own decaying railway network.


=== Railway ===
=== Railway ===
[[File:Elwynn railway.png|300px|thumb|right|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">The Elwynnese railway network (in blue).</div> ]]
[[File:Elwynn railway.png|300px|thumb|right|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">The railway network of Elluenuueq (in blue).</div> ]]


Elwynn has an extensive high-speed magnetic levitation railway system. The magnetic levitation tracks are parallel to the original railway tracks which are also used, mainly for local mass-transit, freight, and for exclusive chartered railway (like the [[Orient Express]] before relations soured between Elwynn and [[West Amokolia]]).
In former times Elluenuueq was claimed to possess an extensive high-speed magnetic levitation railway system. The magnetic levitation tracks were purportedly parallel to the original railway tracks which are also used, mainly for local mass-transit, freight, and for exclusive chartered railway (like the [[Orient Express]] before relations soured between Elluenuueq and the then [[West Amokolia]]).


=== Air ===
It should be noted that, owing to the [[Second Elwynnese Civil War|civil war]] and the destruction arising thereof, the maglev services formerly provided were suspended indefinitely in [[Amokolia]] and [[Upper Elwynn]] at the termination of the conflict. Priority access to the legacy Imperial-era railway network was given to the [[Union Defence Force]] and later the [[Benacian Union Defence Force]], personnel and equipment assigned to reconstruction duties, and the requirements of heavy industry and agriculture. With much of the rolling stock and network outright destroyed or rendered inoperable as a result of the Scouring, the existing railway network, taken into public ownership as of {{AN|1697}}, is overburdened and as a consequence services are frequently late, cancelled, or overloaded when they do arrive.


Air travel is very common, especially in freight. Freight by air is exclusively done through airships. Passengers generally travel by aeroplane for speedier travel.
In the third month of {{AN|1708}} the order was given that all existing railway tracks and infrastructure was to be uprooted, demolished, and sold for scrap. Work parties of the [[Benacian Labour Reserve]], commencing from [[Ardashirshahr]] were to radiate outwards from the capital of the realm, along the course of the railways and to erase all trace of their existence.


=== Electricity ===
Such locomotive engines as had survived the civil war were to be broken up for the resale value of their scrapped metals, whilst the carriages and rolling stock were to be burnt under the supervision of the [[Corps of the Gentlemen-at-Cudgels]]. Former railwaymen were to be branded, placed under the discipline of the [[Guild of Dunporters]] and sent out into the fields of Alalehzamin to work as auctionable agricultural labourers for the tenant farmers of the bailiwicks there.


Elwynn (with the exception of Normark, Leng and Raikoth) is part of the [[Unified Power System of Benacia]]. Normark has its own power grid; local communities in Leng and Raikoth provide electricity for their installations and residents in ways best suited to the local environment, generally through petroleum and lithium cells (in winter) and solar power (in summer).  
The attempted destruction of the railways, focused primarily in the old region of Alalehzamin, occasioned much protest and open speculation within the regime as to the sanity of the Szodan. This doubtful and resentment-laden dissent was hardly lessened by the news, promulgated later in the same year of {{AN|1708}}, that rails for cargo transport would be housed in the central partitions of the guarded roads that would be the sole means of lawful travel permitted for meritorious subjects passing over the bounds between the bailiwicks that would henceforth be fenced and guarded.


Faced by widespread resistance, a wave of strikes and industrial actions matching only those seen in the immediate aftermath of the Scouring, and the unmitigated fury of the [[Chamber of Guilds and Corporations]] at the self-inflicted disrupted to a vital link in the supply-chains of the [[Benacian Union]], the fate of [[Adam al-Osman]] was sealed by the [[Congress of Chryse]] which obliged him to depart into exile at [[Teldrin]] in {{AN|1709}}.


== Foreign affairs ==
=== Air ===


: ''See [[Commission of Foreign Affairs]]''; ''[[Visa policy of Elwynn]]''
Air travel was once very common, especially in freight. Freight by air having been exclusively conducted through airships, while passengers generally travelled by aeroplane for speedier travel.


== Economy ==
With the destruction of [[Eliria]], [[Glenfiddich]], [[Kingsgate]], [[Islus]], [[Tephal]], and [[Vijayanagara]] during the course of a single day, known ever after as the Scouring (20.XIV.{{AN|1695}}), the air transportation network of Elluenuueq, already disrupted by the [[Second Elwynnese Civil War]], collapsed overnight. As of the year {{AN|1697}} no plans to reactive civil aviation exist, being a lower priority than reconstruction work and the needs of the [[Benacian Union Defence Force]].


Elwynn is a member of the [[Raspur Pact]]. As such, it is part of a zone of free movement of capital, goods and workers with [[Constancia]], [[Drak-Modan]], [[Eklesia]], [[Natopia]], [[Shireroth]], the [[Sovereign Confederation]], the [[Unified Governorates]], and the [[Wechua Nation]]. Furthermore, Elwynn is also party to a free-trade treaty with [[West Amokolia]] - although the operation of this free-trade area has been subject to frequent interruptions on account of the various disputes that have arisen between [[Brandenburg]] and [[Eliria]].
As of {{AN|1717}}, the airspace of the realm remained closed to international aviation, as well as domestic commercial aviation. Flights operated by the BUDF, as well as chartered services operated by the [[Honourable Company]] for the Civil Executive, [[N&H]], and the [[United Ecclesiastical Corporation of Benacia]], are permissible to [[Ardashirshahr]] and [[Araxion]] from [[Chryse]] and [[Merensk]], but must follow pre-approved flight plans along aviation corridors designated by [[Benacia Command]]. Deviation from an approved flight plan can result in an aircraft being engaged and brought down by interceptors or ground based air defence networks without prior warning.


Elwynn was formerly dominated by three main companies – the [[ESB Group]], the [[Iron Company]] and the [[Anzarolexion]] (the latter one mainly in banking, obligations, investment and insurances). These companies, regarding one another as mortal enemies, create good ground for competition. Furthermore, especially in northern Elwynn, there is a culture of small companies, start-ups, one-person companies in the services, consulting and construction sectors. It is relatively easy for any person to set up a joint-stock company, and most companies in Elwynn are incorporated in this form, though others exist. Such others are mainly in the form of foundations (such as the [[People's Academy of Elwynn]]) or cooperative ownership. Cooperative ownerships are most common in the manufacturing and agricultural sectors, where former communist-run were privatized at the end of communism during the reign of Prince Jonathan (1618–1623). Many of these, however, have converted into joint-stock companies as they have a reputation of being more profitable and easier to run. The fall of the Iron Company has however created a new space in the marketplace for independent operators ambitious enough to go up against the [[Honourable Company]].
In most instances, it remained safer to take the train.


In Northern Elwynn, health care is considered by many people to be a right. Although tax pays for basic health care for citizens (and legal residents), many people use private insurances to pay for quicker and higher standards of health care. Many labour contracts add for such insurances, as well as for pension funds.
=== Electricity ===


The economy of Elwynn was devastated in the twenty years following the Auspicious Occasion. The civil wars, lasting with little periods of peace 1660–1669, took their toll. However, the Vanic government's insistence of putting its paws everywhere meant that there existed a considerable paper trail for all legal persons, holdings, and deeds of titile. This meant that when reconstruction began in the late 1660s, there was cause for little dispute over such information. The civil wars did, however, cause destruction of infrastructure, agriculture, factories, as well as bombings of large areas of cities. Many people became jobless, homeless or both, with authorities struggling to find quick housing. As such, many suburbs in areas ravished by the civil war have a similar style of simple, cheap architecture.
Elwynn (with the exception of Normark, Leng) is part of, and a net contributor to, the [[Unified Power System of Benacia]]. Normark has its own power grid; local communities in Leng provide electricity for their installations and residents in ways best suited to the local environment, generally through petroleum and lithium cells (in winter) and solar power (in summer). Hydro-electric and natural gas power-stations predominate in [[Alalehzamin]] whilst thermal energy (obtained via boreholes) mark the contribution of [[Upper Elwynn]].  


During the Vanic era, Elwynn's economy was dominated by funds pumped in from Stormark and the Stormark-owned company [[shire:Sameinaða Erlendur Kaupsýsla Einokun Félagið|SEKEF]]. SEKEF held a monopoly on trade between Stormark and any other jurisdictions, and with regard to the Froyalanish financial status during this era, SEKEF was the richest company in Elwynn during this time. Its assets in Elwynn, and across Shireroth, were seized during the Auspicious Occasion and set into a fund held by the Imperial Government which was used for reconstruction in Elwynn in 1651–1660 and 1669–1671 (halted by the Elwynnese civil wars). After the independence and reunification of Elwynn in 1672, this fund has been frozen and is under dispute between the Elwynnese and Shirerithian governments. The matter is under negotiation, as Elwynn also seized all imperial-held infrastructure and assets in Elwynn during the struggle for independence.
Significant damage was inflicted upon the hydroelectrical infrastructure of the East Elwynn River during the ''Scouring'' of 20.XIV.1695, which saw the destruction of [[Eliria]], [[Kingsgate]], and [[Islus]]. The subsequent abandonment of [[Zoroaster]] owing to fallout, meant that many of the dams and sluices into which energy generating turbines had been installed, had first to be made safe by remediation crews before engineers could conduct damage assessments, structural surveys, and commence the repair works urgently needed to bring these sites back to full operating capacity.
 
==Economy==
{{Main|Economy of Elluenuueq}}


== Culture ==
== Culture ==
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: ''See also: [[Culture of Elwynn]], [[Elw]], [[Ethnic groups of Elwynn]]''
: ''See also: [[Culture of Elwynn]], [[Elw]], [[Ethnic groups of Elwynn]]''


Elwynn is a diverse country. The national identity is based on a civic Elwynnese identity that is enjoined with one's ethnic and/or regional identity. The largest ethnic groups are the [[Elw]] and [[Babkhi]] (plurality in the north and the south respectively) with other significant groups being the [[Tapferites]], [[Amokolia]]ns, Farewellish, Norse, Hyperboreans, Cimmerians, etc. However, people's regional identity, regardless of actual ethnic identity, is also a uniting measure. [[Cape Farewell (county)|Cape Farewell]]ers, for example, whether Elw or Farewellish or Amokolians, etc, have a strong sense of being Cape Farewellers, based on the area's particular culture, history, climate, and stories.  
Elwynn has been a diverse country, although efforts to correct this are ongoing. The national identity was once based on a civic Elwynnese identity that was enjoined with one's ethnic and/or regional identity. The largest ethnic groups are the [[Elw]] and [[Babkhi]] (plurality in the north and the south respectively) with other significant groups being the [[Tapferites]], [[Amokolia]]ns, Farewellish, Norse, Hyperboreans, Cimmerians, etc. However, people's regional identity, regardless of actual ethnic identity, were also once a uniting measure. [[Cape Farewell (county)|Cape Farewell]]ers, for example, whether Elw or Farewellish or Amokolians, etc, had a strong sense of being Cape Farewellers, based on the area's particular culture, history, climate, and stories.


Many people also have several ethnic identities due to intermarriage and cultural appropriation.
Many people also had several ethno-liguistic identities due to intermarriage and cultural appropriation, but they were ultimately forced to make the fateful choice as to which identity they ultimately belonged, as the realm unravelled into [[Second Elwynnese Civil War|civil war]] after the treachery of [[Amokolia]], [[Upper Elwynn]]. Indeed it was a choice that would prove fatal for many.


Since the Auspicious Occasion of 1651, the Froyalanish culture has almost completely disappeared from Elwynn, and using, displaying or propagating material or immaterial objects of the Froyalanish culture is considered taboo.
Following the [[Auspicious Occasion]] of {{AN|1651}}, the [[Froyalanish]] culture has wholly cleansed from Elluenuueq. Using, displaying or propagating material or immaterial objects of the Froyalanish culture was considered taboo and, after {{AN|1698}} would the wrath of the authorities.
 
Guidance from the [[Court of the Prince|Commission for Coordination]], issued via the [[People's Academy of Elwynn|Coordinating Offices of the Academy]] in {{AN|1691}}, had stipulated that artists desiring patronage from official institutions should focus upon cultural works that encourage contentment, patriotism, piety and private happiness instead of "negatively adversarial" political engagement. In all forms of art realism was to be preferred over "those forms of abstraction that tend towards the obscuration of meaning and wilful degeneracy". Successful artists were those who achieved an aesthetic unity between a realistic rendering of the subject matter presented and also the universal message of satisfaction of a contented [[Ethnic groups of Elwynn#Elw|Elwdom]], prosperous at home and triumphant abroad. The purpose of culture, in this sense therefore, was to encourage a deepening of community consciousness through a mix of music, art and performance.
 
All forms of cultural expression in Elluenuueq endured a long hiatus during which no official patronage was to be received on account of the war and the long bitter period of reconstruction that followed. It was ultimately not until late in the second decade of the eighteenth century [[after Norton]] that the subjects of Elluenuueq could gain the patronage of the [[Benacian Academy]], the permission of the [[Benacian Censorate]], and the forbearance of the [[Magisters-Carnifex]], to the extent necessary for them to be permitted to once more engage in a meaningful way with the cultural life of the ascendant [[Benacian Union]]. But even in {{AN|1716}}, twenty-years after the [[Scouring]], it would be a brave artist who dared to speak of Elwdom having a cultural identity worthy of celebration, and a suicidal one who spoke in any way that suggested a desire for the restoration of an independent Elwynnese nation.


=== Roqpin ===
=== Roqpin ===
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''Roqpin'' refers to the two summer months in the [[Elw calendar]], Araroqpin (IX, "old roqpin") and Elroqpin (X, "new roqpin"). The summer months are, especially in the Congressional Counties, Utasia, and the Northern Commonwealth, a period where society more or less closes down. Factories go on low, agriculture (while generally automated) is in growth awaiting the harvest after the end of Roqpin, schools are closed, many workplaces close. The Roqpin months are characterized by rest, pleasure, and going out in nature. Different social mores apply to the Roqpin months than the rest of the year. This is exemplified by sexual promiscuity, recreational drug use, extraversion (Elw people are generally introverted in their culture for the rest of the year), and the abandonment of cares. Many people go to the countryside to special camps where there is no modernity. Although this tradition is originally Elw in origin, predating the Shirerithian and Treesian days, it is observed by many non-Elw Elwynnese, particularly the Tapferites, the various Norse groups (the Froyalaners, when part of society, being a noticeable exception). It is observed, in a less intense form, by Amokolians in Elwynnese Amokolia. It is generally not observed by the Babkhi community. The Babkhi community, however, takes part of it by a flood of summer workers to hospitals, farms, factories, infrastructure placements, etc, giving a boost to the Babkhi economy.
''Roqpin'' refers to the two summer months in the [[Elw calendar]], Araroqpin (IX, "old roqpin") and Elroqpin (X, "new roqpin"). The summer months are, especially in the Congressional Counties, Utasia, and the Northern Commonwealth, a period where society more or less closes down. Factories go on low, agriculture (while generally automated) is in growth awaiting the harvest after the end of Roqpin, schools are closed, many workplaces close. The Roqpin months are characterized by rest, pleasure, and going out in nature. Different social mores apply to the Roqpin months than the rest of the year. This is exemplified by sexual promiscuity, recreational drug use, extraversion (Elw people are generally introverted in their culture for the rest of the year), and the abandonment of cares. Many people go to the countryside to special camps where there is no modernity. Although this tradition is originally Elw in origin, predating the Shirerithian and Treesian days, it is observed by many non-Elw Elwynnese, particularly the Tapferites, the various Norse groups (the Froyalaners, when part of society, being a noticeable exception). It is observed, in a less intense form, by Amokolians in Elwynnese Amokolia. It is generally not observed by the Babkhi community. The Babkhi community, however, takes part of it by a flood of summer workers to hospitals, farms, factories, infrastructure placements, etc, giving a boost to the Babkhi economy.


=== Literature ===
===The old literature ===


[[File:Asmalarborburned.png|100px|thumb|right|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">An Elw translation of Beets Rutherford's ''As Malarbor Burned''.</div> ]]
[[File:Asmalarborburned.png|100px|thumb|right|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">An Elw translation of Beets Rutherford's ''As Malarbor Burned''.</div> ]]


Elwynnese literature is rich and diverse. The main languages of publication are Istvanistani, Elw and Babkhi. Elwynnese-published books are generally translated to these languages by routine, while translations to Amokolian, Norse and other Elwynnese language is rarer.  
Elwynnese literature was rich and diverse. The main languages of publication were Istvanistani, Elw and Babkhi. Elwynnese-published books were generally translated to these languages by routine, while translations to Amokolian, Norse and other Elwynnese language were rarer.  


The [[Book of Orchids]], although written in [[Treesia]], is a collection of narratives which detail the Creation of the Universe and the History of the World focusing, aside from some mention of Treesian and Micran heroes, on the Treesian Gods and other supernatural beings of the Treesian Unorthodox faith. In Elwynn, especial focus is on the relationship between Goddess Elwynn and her twin brother Lest. In Elwynn, the Book of the Orchids is nowadays universally considered by any and all members of the Elwynnese Nation to be authentically and eternally Elwynnese – in spite of there being no shortage of evidence to the contrary. It is one of the ancient writings which provides the Elwynnese Nation with a common, overarching culture for the quite disparate country that Elwynn, and therefore unquestionably an inherent part of the Elwynnese cultural canon.
The [[Book of Orchids]], although written in [[Treesia]], was a collection of narratives which detail the Creation of the Universe and the History of the World focusing, aside from some mention of Treesian and Micran heroes, on the Treesian Gods and other supernatural beings of the Treesian Unorthodox faith. In Elwynn, an especial focus was on the relationship between Goddess Elwynn and her twin brother Lest. In Elwynn, the Book of the Orchids became considered by a broad constituency within the Elwynnese Nation to be authentically and eternally Elwynnese – in spite of there being no shortage of evidence to the contrary. It was one of the ancient writings which provided the Elwynnese Nation with a common, overarching culture for the quite disparate country, and therefore became an inherent part of the Elwynnese cultural canon in the brief second period of Elwynnese independence ({{AN|1672}}&ndash;{{AN|1703}}.


In the field of fiction, famous Elwynnese authors include [[Soreaa Isurui]] and [[Rai Avon-El]]. Further, authors in popular science and history include [[Irijah Prosper Arturion]] and [[Ander Avon-El]].
In the field of fiction, famous Elwynnese authors included [[Soreaa Isurui]] and [[Rai Avon-El]]. Further, authors in popular science and history include [[Irijah Prosper Arturion]] and [[Ander Avon-El]].
 
The era of a genuine "Elwynnese" body of literature came to end with the [[Second Elwynnese Civil War]] ({{AN|1692}}&ndash;{{AN|1696}}). So many works, once near universally acclaimed, were consigned to the bonfires for their part in stimulating the growth of that [[Ayreonism|Ayreonist treason]] which had born the poisonous fruits of rebellion which had been so nearly fatal to the nation as a whole. The [[Magisters-Carnifex]], assisted enthusiastically by the [[Benacian Censorate|censors]], the [[Corps of the Gentlemen-at-Cudgels|cudgellers]], and the ever-vigilant eyes of [[Commission for the Panopticon|Panopitcon]], continue their work of uprooting the last vestiges of that literary corpus which had proved so harmful to the common-weal of the realm.


=== Religion ===
=== Religion ===
* [[Treesian Unorthodox Church]]
* [[Treesian Unorthodox Church]] (extinct)
** Cult of Elwynn
** Cult of Elwynn (extinct)
*** Church of Elwynn
*** [[Church of Elwynn]] (covenanted)
*** Free Elwynnese Church
*** Free Elwynnese Church (prohibited)
** Remnant Church of Treesian Unorthodoxy
** Remnant Church of Treesian Unorthodoxy (prohibited)
* Ibrahimi
* ''Ibrahimi''
** Nazarene
** ''Nazarene''
*** [[Amokolian Orthodox Church]]
*** [[Covenanted Nazarene Church of Benacia]]
** Umraid
** Umraid (prohibited)
* Norse Old Ways (not to be confused with the [[Vanic religion]])
* Norse Old Ways (not to be confused with the [[Vanic religion]])
* [[Zurvanism]]
** [[Covenanted Church of the Ancient Ways]]
**Cedrozurvanism
* ''[[Zurvanism]]''
* Cedrism
**Cedrozurvanism (covenanted)
**Holodomatic Cedrozurvanism
* ''[[Cedrism]]''
**Holodomatic Cedrozurvanism (covenanted)
 
=== Mass media ===
 
Films and programmes for viewing via the Benacian Data Network, were commissioned under the Second era of Coordination, proclaimed after the second election victory of Kamilla Winther in {{AN|1691}}, so as to give preference to those which promoted cosiness, peace of mind, and a sense of belonging and well-being springing from social acceptance. The [[media of Kalgachia]] was held up as an example of indoctrination through jollity that ought rightly to be emulated. With the result that out of work Kalgachi actresses, scriptwriters, crew hands, and directors, found themselves assiduously courted by Elwynnese production companies seeking to procure their talents.


=== Art and film ===
The entertainments industry was widely disrupted by the [[Second Elwynnese Civil War]]. As normalcy gradually resumed, the media landscape in Elluenuueq came to be dominated by the [[Benacian cinema|studio system]] of the [[Guild of the Lotus]].


==== Froyalanish television ====
==== Froyalanish television ====
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[[File:Elwynn_bailiwicks.png|thumb|right|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Bailiwicks of Elwynn.</div> ]]
[[File:Elwynn_bailiwicks.png|thumb|right|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Bailiwicks of Elwynn.</div> ]]


Elwynn is divided into 182 of bailiwicks, 91 in the [[Congressional Counties]], 57 in the [[Alalehzamini Autonomous Republic]] and 34 in [[Normark]].
Elwynn is divided into a circuit of three governorates subordinate to the [[General Government (Elluenuueq)|General Government]], the [[Mishalan Governorate]], and the directly administered [[Central Governorate (Elluenuueq)|Central Governorate]]. The governorates are further subdivided into bailiwicks.
 
The population of the bailiwicks range from 8,591 persons in the smallest ([[Gråheim]]) to 5,720,846 persons in the largest ([[Ardashirshahr]]).
 
Twenty-six bailiwicks have a population over a million people, namely:
 
{| class="wikitable"
| [[Ardashirshahr]] || 5,720,846
|-
| [[Eliria]] || 2,971,748
|-
| [[Elwynnese Mishalan|Mishalan]] || 2,745,840
|-
| [[Mindon Araxion|Araxion]] || 2,739,029
|-
| [[Northern Tellia (bailiwick)|Northern Tellia]] || 2,707,458
|-
| [[Islus]] || 1,946,522
|-
| [[Echo]] || 1,842,036
|-
| [[Babran]] || 1,821,214
|-
| [[Allswell]] || 1,804,627
|-
| [[Naubandar]] || 1,803,064
|-
| [[La Terre]] || 1,637,276
|-
| [[Zoroaster]] || 1,599,921
|-
| [[Asantelian]] || 1,588,195
|-
| [[Arsalani]] || 1,444,425
|-
| [[Mariyechelân]] || 1,436,583
|-
| [[Konungsheim Elieru|Konungsheim–Elijah's Rest]] || 1 281 756
|-
| [[Ventura]] || 1,265,093
|-
| [[Ismailabad]] || 1,263,450
|-
| [[Varpur]] || 1,134,953
|-
| [[Jazâ'ir ul Zjandariyah]] || 1,112,655
|-
| [[Tephal]] || 1,105,092
|-
| [[Dragonskeep]] || 1,093,287
|-
| [[Anun]] || 1,089,976
|-
| [[Vijayanagara]] || 1,032,298
|-
| [[Ryventemple]] || 1,014,919
|-
| [[Faizabad]] || 1,009,398
|}


== Demographics ==
== Demographics ==
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The Alalehzamini Autonomous Republic meanwhile decided to collect full details of their citizens ethnic, cultural, religious, and political identities as [[shire:Panopticon|''full-spectrum information awareness'']] was a key tenet of the AAR's [[Nationalist & Humanist Party|governing ideology]].
The Alalehzamini Autonomous Republic meanwhile decided to collect full details of their citizens ethnic, cultural, religious, and political identities as [[shire:Panopticon|''full-spectrum information awareness'']] was a key tenet of the AAR's [[Nationalist & Humanist Party|governing ideology]].


=== Languages ===
The cataclysm of the [[Second Elwynnese Civil War]] made the repopulation of Upper Elwynn and Amokolia a priority for the [[Benacian Union]], almost on a par with the collective punishment of the former rebel population and the exacting of reparations from the conquered bailiwicks of the north. Accordingly most forms of abortion were prohibited in the aftermath of the conflict.


: ''See also [[Languages of Elwynn]]''
During {{AN|1700}} and {{AN|1701}} the [[Guild of Magisters-Carnifex]] detained and interrogated a sample of the unmarried youths living in Elwynnese cities between the ages of 18 and 26. It found that 44% of its female respondents did not intend to get married, with a sizeable 25% of the survey's male respondents answering likewise. In consequence, the [[Congress of Chryse]] prepared the [[1701 Edict on Family Planning]] which increased the fines associated with individuals who remained childless past the age of 30, via an escalation factor, and introduced a blanket prohibition on the sale and distribution of contraceptives in rural bailiwicks so as to offset the inherent decadence and dysfunction of the urban population centres.


The Elwynnese people have no majority language. Rather, different languages are dominant in different areas. Elwynnese law commands that any government division where more than 20% of the population speak a given language, that language shall be an official language of that division. A division is allowed to bring any other language to official status too. Istvani is a general working language throughout the entire Republic. Other official languages of the Republic are Elw, Norse and Babkhi.
=== Languages ===


In the entire republic, Elw is the registered native language of 25% of the population, Babkhi 31%, Norse 11%, North Amokolian 7%, Mishalanese 4%, Istvanistani 7%, Præta 6%, Agnesian 3%, and 1% for each other language.
{{main|1699 Edict Concerning Permissible Languages in the Benacian Union|Languages of Elwynn|}}


In the Alalehzamini Autonomous Republic, 56% have Babkhi as their registered native language, 21% Elw, 6% Præta, 6% Istvanistani, 3% Norse, 2% Agnesian, and all other languages 4%.
As a subject realm of the [[Benacian Union]] the officially sanctioned languages of Elluenuueq are [[Army Crandish]], [[Babkhi]], [[Elw language|Elw]], [[Istvanistani]] and [[Praeta]], with the last two being the official administrative languages of the [[Benacian Union]]. Agnesian, Ashkenatzi, Mishalanese, Norse, Suthric, Tapferite, and Wintergleamish are also tolerated and permitted for use in private and commercial settings.


In the Congressional Counties, 31% have Elw as their registered native language, 14% have North Amokolian, 9% Mishalanese, 11% Babkhi, 9% Norse, 7% Præta, 8% Istvanistani, 4% Agnesian, 2% Cimmerian, and other languages 4%.
Of the other languages not otherwise permitted or authorised for use in the realm of Elluenuueq, the expressly prohibited languages include Cimmerian, Elfinshi, Frankish, Kadhamic, Kalasperin, and North Amokolian.  


In Normark, 80% have Norse as their registered native language, 7% have Reinish, 5% Istvanistani, 1% have Elw, and the rest another language.
Whilst Lengish was not formally prohibited, there being no Leng-born subjects available to interrogate at the time of the drafting of the relevant edicts in {{AN|1699}}, the entire indigenous culture of [[Elwynnese Leng]] is suspected to be tainted with daemonic influence. As such the whole culture is likely to be exterminated in the near future, rendering the classification of its language a moot point.


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For other similarly-named entities, see Elwynn (disambiguation).
Riqi Elluenuuerssuarion
Greater Realm of Elluenuueq
Dawlat Buzurgi Eluinshahr
Flag of Elluenuueq
Flag
Coat of Arms of Elluenuueq
Coat of Arms
Motto: Elwynn prevails!
Anthem:
[[|250px|Location of Elluenuueq|frameless]]
Map versions
Capital Ardashirshahr
Largest city Ardashirshahr, Echo
Official language(s) Elw, Babkhi, Istvanistani, Norse, Amokolian, Mishalacian (all official)
See Languages of Elwynn
Official religion(s)
Demonym Elwynnese
 - Adjective Elwynnese
Government Realm of the Benacian Union
 - Szodan Jahangir Khan
 - President of the Realm’s General Staff Aref Tavakkali
 - Legislature Chamber of Guilds and Corporations
Establishment 1452 AN (as a Shirerithian duchy)
1567 (first independence, lasted till 1600)
1671 (second independence)
1703 (sovereignty ceded to the Benacian Union)
Area
Population 99,942,285 (1723 AN)
Currency
Calendar
Time zone(s) CMT-8 (AAR, Upper Elwynn)
CMT-9 (Amokolia, Mishalacia)
Mains electricity
Driving side right
Track gauge
National website
National forum
National animal White Stag, Hangover Owl (all unofficial)
National food Desert Berries (unofficial)
National drink Tea (unofficial)
National tree Pine tree (unofficial)
Abbreviation
ELW (FMF abbreviation);
EW (former two-letter code)
EAH (historical)

Elluenuueq, historically known as Elwynn (Babkhi: Элвин, Elwin; Norse: Elvyneland; North Amokolian: l'Elwyjn) officially the Riqi Elluenuuerssuarion (Elw: Риқи Эллуэнууэрссуарион, Greater Elwynnese State; see also Names of Elwynn, until 1685 known as the Elwynnese Republic) is a constituent realm of the Benacian Union, taking up a large northern chunk of the Benacian continent. Traditionally, Elluenuueq is considered to consist of the land between the Red and Blue Elwynns, and the associated land northwards to Cape Farewell, and thereafter extending eastwards and westwards. Between 1678 and 1703, the Elwynnese State also included Normark in northern Keltia, between 1681 and 1703 also the Sovereign Confederation, and between 1690 and 1703 also Chryse.

Elluenuueq has in its history been an in imperial state of Shireroth (16001665 AN), an independent state (15671600), a Shirerithian duchy (14521588, 15091562, 15871600), barony (14881500, 15041509), and a county (15001504). As an independent country, west Elwynn was a republic with an elected prince. Since rejoining Shireroth, Elwynn kept its independence-era government (16001607), then became the Coordinated State of Elwynn (16071612), the Democratic People's Republic of Elwynn (16131618), a transitional monarchy (16181623), and a Vanic state (16231651). Since the fall of the Vanic State, Elluenuueq's governing institutions were eroded by factional infighting and popular unrest, culminating in an Imperial intervention and the partition of Elwynn in 1665. Parts of the previously partitioned Elwynn re-established itself as the Elwynnese Republic in a congress in Eliria in 1671, and reunited fully in 1685 with the acquisition of West Amokolia, where it then changed its long-form name to the Elwynnese State. In 1703, Elluenuueq merged with the Unified Governorates to create the Benacian Union, whereupon the Sovereign Confederation was promoted to equal member state with the other two (in gratitude for its loyalty in the Second Elwynnese Civil War, and Normark was given its independence in an Amicable Grant.

The name Elluenuueq comes from a goddess Elwynn who originally hailed from the Treesian pantheon. The Riqi Elluenuuerssuarion is noted for its violent and complex history, its significant minority cultures, sometimes living in harmony with one another, sometimes brutally massacring one another.

Elluenuueq, claimed Cimmeria and Hyperborea as integral parts of their sovereign territory, a situation that was later regularised by the incorporation of the islands into the Benacian Union as a special autonomous region.

Geography

See also Islands of Elwynn

The territory under the control of the Greater Elwynnese State (as of 1707 AN) covers the area between the Blue and White Elwynn rivers (save for the city of Shirekeep under Shirerithian sovereignty), as well as the Northern Reaches (stretching from Wintergleam in the east to eastern Oleslääd in the west (about forty degrees longitude wide). Added to this is Amokolia, reaching as far west as Batavia. Elwynn also controls the Automatican and Cimmerian islands, Raikoth, as well as most of the island of Leng (see Elwynnese Leng).

Maritime areas of Elwynnese waters

Borders

On Benacia, Elluenuueq borders (clockwise) the Sovereign Confederation, Ransenar, Shireroth, the Unified Governorates, Northbloom, and Shirerithian Batavia. By virtue of its land frontiers being with either subject realms of the Benacian Union or formal members of the Raspur Pact, borders are open for crossings by meritorious subjects with the requisite exit visas.

Regions of Elluenuueq

The geography of Elluenuueq is rich and diverse.

Amokolian lands

The so-called Amokolian lands within Elluenuueq, also known as East Amokolia, are composed of the two Automatican Islands (also known as Amokolian Isles) and Vattnaland. The Automatican Islands are cold, with a stable climate. Rich in forests of hardy wood, the economy is based on timber, paper, and construction. South of the islands, we find Vattnaland, a bread-basket of Elwynnese economy. Much agriculture is done here, with rye and potatoes being the main products. Grazing of cows and sheep is also a common sight in Vattnaland. The Elwynn river system, fed by the melting water from glaciers in the high north of Elwynn, provide a lush landscape that gives the soil high nutrition suitable for agriculture.

Northern Reaches

The Northern Reaches, constituting the northern-most coastline of Elwynn (Cape Farewell and Illumination) stretching from Vattnaland in the west to the Cimmerian islands in the east, are cold and humid. As they are low-lying, they are however shielded from the winds from the continent's inner highlands. The local wildlife consists mainly of marine mammals (such as seal, polar bear, walrus, narwhal, whales) along the coast, some of which in the sea and on land, as well as penguins, and flying migratory birds. Despite the harsh climate, thanks to Hyperborean hotspot technology throughout the past two centuries (drilling below the crust to create tiny controlled hotspot volcanoes for energy and heat), the area has hosted a larger than expected population. The far east of the Northern Reaches have a forest, the Phoenix Forest, created in the late 1400s, by Halluci refugees, using the hotspot technology. The Phoenix Forest is famous for a protected habitat of the hangover owl (Strigida crapula). The hangover owl's behaviour is special because of its fervent, loud and bizarre nightly activity, while in day-time the bird is often seen walking (almost penguin-like) on the ground from tree to tree, looking for quick high-energy foods such as nuts.

The inland Cape Farewell and northern Illumination have some glaciers of note.

Cimmeria

A subregion of the Northern Reaches is Cimmeria, a group of five rocky volcanic islands. Thanks to hot springs (geysir), they are warmer than their latitude would otherwise indicate. A few endemic species in the fauna, little mammal life outside livestock.

Agnesia and Wintergleam

Agnesia and Wintergleam cover the north-eastern parts of continental Elluenuueq, and these regions' climate and geography also include the Asantelian region. Historically formed by receding ice from the last ice age, as well as glaciers, the Agnesian coast houses numerous fjords, the greatest of which is the Vijayanagara Fjord. While northern Agnesia is rocky, the central parts (around Dragonskeep) are covered in pine forests. The southern parts, bordering on the Eliria area, have fertile grounds, where grazing occurs, as well as some agriculture in the form of potatoes, wheat, rye, and vegetables.

Wintergleam, to the east, is humid and fertile. Thanks to the Straylight Stream, the area is warmer than what would otherwise be indicated. This is the agricultural basket for Elluenuueq. The waters outside Wintergleam are particularly rich for fishing. The beaches south of Asantelian are said to be the best in Elwynn thanks to the southern latitude in interaction with the Straylight Stream.

Iserdia

Iserdia's name comes from an expression in a Nordic vernacular dialect, Íseirdia-la-Vraulalennir, meaning "tundra and barren lands". This is an accurate description. The inland of Elluenuueq north of the Elwynn rivers' mouths is mostly barren, cold, with permafrost, tundra, and taiga. The land is suitable in parts for the growing of the hardy Leng cabbage, but little else besides flourishes there.

Araxion and Utasia

Araxion and Utasia are lush and fertile. However, they are on a higher ground than northern Elluenuueq, so there are glaciers in the north of these areas. They experience hot summers and cold winters. In Araxion there is some forest (cultivated, for the purposes of timber), while Utasia has more agriculture. The fishing cat is found along the river Elwynn.

Alalehzamin

Alalehzamin, Elluenuueq's southernmost region, has a rocky hilly, at times mountainous interior, and a fertile, lower-lying lands along the banks of the Elwynn rivers. The interior used to be one forest, but in the late 1400s all brought down. As such, grasslands and cold deserts cover the interior these days. The kalitoskolon, endemic to the White Elwynn, is famous in Alalehzamin. The fishing cat is also found along both the White and Blue Elwynn in Alalehzamin.

Leng and Raikoth

Leng and Raikoth have very similar geography, both are surrounded by an all encompassing ice-shelf known as the Boreal Wastes, and there is little vegetation in both of them. Leng has, however, some vegetation in the form of endemic species of cabbage. Raikoth has a central mountain, Yaanek, 3273 metres above sea-level, which is also Elluenuueq's traditionally tallest mountain. However, Leng is more mountainous and has several taller mountains.

Raikoth has several glaciers while much of Leng's interior is covered by ice shelf. Both of the islands have some barren lands, "ice deserts", where ground can be seen. The inner lands have very little life outside the human footprint. Southern Leng has an "archipelago" of islands with geysers, making the sea there sometimes visible for a few days at a time. This has brought many species of sea birds and marine mammals to the area, as well as fish.

Time zones

See time in Elwynn

Elluenuueq is currently divided into three time zones. The Alalehzamini Autonomous Republic and the Congressional Counties (except Raikoth) are in the CMT-8 timezone. The Amokolian region is in the -9 timezone, and Raikoth, further to the east than the rest of the country, is in the CMT-6 timezone. Normark, west of Benacia but across the international dateline, is in the CMT+7 timezone.

To give an example:

  • Raikoth (CMT-6), 2 Silnuai 09:00
  • Ardashirshahr (CMT-8), 2 Silnuai 07:00
  • Anun (CMT-9), 2 Silnuai 06:00

History

See History of Elwynn

Governance

Civil Executive

The Civil Executive is the governing authority with responsibility for the administration of the whole Realm of Elluenuueq.

Office Rank Office Holder Portfolio
Szodan of Elluenuueq Archon Jahangir Khan
  • Head of State
  • President of the Civil Executive
Civil Executive
President of the Realm’s General Staff Legate Aref Tavakkali
  • Vice President of the Civil Executive
  • Executive Bureau
Commissioner for Internal Affairs Tribune Asaf Khan
  • Education
  • Health
  • Local Government
  • Protected Persons
  • Re-education & Rehabilitation
  • Unlawful Persons & Aliens
  • State Guard
Commissioner for Logistics Tribune Alfred Aberg
  • Agriculture
  • Fisheries
  • Five Year Plan
  • Forestry
  • Industry
  • Infrastructure
  • Mining
  • Technology
  • Transportation
Commissioner of the Treasury Tribune Robert Hassel
  • Fiscal Policy
  • Revenues
  • Finance
Commissioner for Public Instruction and Safety Tribune Afrang Padshah
  • Communications
  • Information Technology
  • Media Coordination
  • Coordination and Harmonisation
  • Public Order Forces

Governorates

The realm of Elluenuueq comprises of seven governorates, organised into two circuits. These being:

The Szodans of Elluenuueq in the aftermath of the Second Elwynnese Civil War, Adam al-Osman and then Daniyal Aurangzeb Kalirion-Osman, struggled to effectively manage the relationship between the Civil Executive and the frequently disorganised and restive governorates, whose task ostensibly was to supervise the bailiwicks of Elluenuueq and ensure that due tribute payments were exacted and then passed up to the Civil Executive for conveyance onwards to the Commission for the Sacred Treasury of the Benacian Union. Moreover, the frontiers between the reorganised governorates proved inexplicably difficult to finalise, with Absentien and Nordland frequently tussling over former Amokolian bailiwicks which had been under the temporary control of the "Central Governorate" following the civil war.

Bailiwicks

At a practical level therefore, the historic bailiwicks of Elwynn, less those reclaimed by the Sovereign Confederation or lost to the Cult of the Sacred Detonation, are run as self-governing municipal corporations controlled by the Court of Aldermen. A bailiwick in the Benacian Union is the lowest level of subdivision in any form of meaningful administrative relationship with the levels (Circuit > Governorate > Realm > Union-State) set above it. As a municipal corporation it meets the various needs of the populace whilst fulfilling the requisitions for manpower and resources, as well as for financial contributions, levied upon it by higher authority.

The full title of the municipal corporation is always thus:

The Worshipful Municipal Corporation of the Aldermen of the Bailiwick of [insert name], Guarantors of its Ancient Liberties

For the sake of brevity this may be shortened to the Bailiwick of [insert name] after the first usage of the full title. Similarly when discussing the governance of the bailiwick, the Worshipful Municipal Corporation may be shortened to the Corporation after the first instance.

Court of Aldermen

The Aldermen of the bailiwick comprise of the representatives of the chapters of the guilds resident in the bailiwick. This may include all recognised guilds established by ancient custom and usage, but must always include those guilds represented in the Chamber of Guilds and Corporations in Chryse. Also included are those appointed to represent higher authority in the bailiwick. Those who are to be considered aldermen and entitled to sit on the Court of Aldermen therefore include:

  • The Bailiff of the Bailiwick, appointed by the Governor of the Governorate with jurisdiction;
  • A Tribune, appointed by the Worshipful Guild of the Sacred Carnifices;
  • A Commander of Cudgels, appointed by the Corps of the Gentlemen-at-Cudgels;
  • The President of the Worshipful Municipal Corporation of Aldermen of the Bailiwick (elected by the guilds);
  • An Intendent of Cargo & Customs, appointed by the Benacian Directorate of the Honourable Company in those bailiwicks without a ESB Resident or Deputy Resident in place;
  • The Censor, appointed by the Benacian Censorate, keeps registers of subjects and guild members, their service, their year cohorts, and their eligibility;
  • A Fiþnan (captain) of the Benacian Union Defence Force appointed as liaison, usually a reservist or retiree in bailiwicks that do not host a bailiwick, responsible for maintaining and raising a militia (minimum 1% of the adult male population of the bailiwick) in times of war or emergency;
  • Masters of the Chapters of the Guilds present within the bailiwick (elected by their members, and the liveried companies of the bailiwick);
  • A Draconarius (Golsapbir) of the N&H Regional Sector Party, appointed by the N&H Regional Sector Party to be responsible for the discipline of the party cadre within the bailiwick;
  • A Vicar of the High Gods, appointed by the United Ecclesiastical Corporation of Benacia to ensure consistent spiritual conformity and harmony.

Infrastructure

Roads

The roads of Elluenuueq had traditionally been neglected ancestral byways, and the thoroughs worn into the land by the centuries worth of passing herds, tribes of indigent peddlers, and the siege trains of innumerable feudal hosts. The sole metalled road of any consequence had been the Trunk Road leading from Ardashirshahr to Islus, and thence up to Eliria, but the point of that had been lost with the destruction of the last two of those three cities in the Second Elwynnese Civil War. The notoriously poor condition of the roads had been a contributory factor to the tediously slow progress of the opposing armies during the civil war, which had struggled to keep their own forces supplied whilst relying upon those clogged and fraying arterial networks, let alone to organise a swift and victorious advance.

The renaissance of the roads of Elluenuueq would begin, ironically enough, with the abrupt decision of Adam al-Osman in the third month of 1708 AN to commence with the destruction of the realm's own decaying railway network.

Railway

The railway network of Elluenuueq (in blue).

In former times Elluenuueq was claimed to possess an extensive high-speed magnetic levitation railway system. The magnetic levitation tracks were purportedly parallel to the original railway tracks which are also used, mainly for local mass-transit, freight, and for exclusive chartered railway (like the Orient Express before relations soured between Elluenuueq and the then West Amokolia).

It should be noted that, owing to the civil war and the destruction arising thereof, the maglev services formerly provided were suspended indefinitely in Amokolia and Upper Elwynn at the termination of the conflict. Priority access to the legacy Imperial-era railway network was given to the Union Defence Force and later the Benacian Union Defence Force, personnel and equipment assigned to reconstruction duties, and the requirements of heavy industry and agriculture. With much of the rolling stock and network outright destroyed or rendered inoperable as a result of the Scouring, the existing railway network, taken into public ownership as of 1697 AN, is overburdened and as a consequence services are frequently late, cancelled, or overloaded when they do arrive.

In the third month of 1708 AN the order was given that all existing railway tracks and infrastructure was to be uprooted, demolished, and sold for scrap. Work parties of the Benacian Labour Reserve, commencing from Ardashirshahr were to radiate outwards from the capital of the realm, along the course of the railways and to erase all trace of their existence.

Such locomotive engines as had survived the civil war were to be broken up for the resale value of their scrapped metals, whilst the carriages and rolling stock were to be burnt under the supervision of the Corps of the Gentlemen-at-Cudgels. Former railwaymen were to be branded, placed under the discipline of the Guild of Dunporters and sent out into the fields of Alalehzamin to work as auctionable agricultural labourers for the tenant farmers of the bailiwicks there.

The attempted destruction of the railways, focused primarily in the old region of Alalehzamin, occasioned much protest and open speculation within the regime as to the sanity of the Szodan. This doubtful and resentment-laden dissent was hardly lessened by the news, promulgated later in the same year of 1708 AN, that rails for cargo transport would be housed in the central partitions of the guarded roads that would be the sole means of lawful travel permitted for meritorious subjects passing over the bounds between the bailiwicks that would henceforth be fenced and guarded.

Faced by widespread resistance, a wave of strikes and industrial actions matching only those seen in the immediate aftermath of the Scouring, and the unmitigated fury of the Chamber of Guilds and Corporations at the self-inflicted disrupted to a vital link in the supply-chains of the Benacian Union, the fate of Adam al-Osman was sealed by the Congress of Chryse which obliged him to depart into exile at Teldrin in 1709 AN.

Air

Air travel was once very common, especially in freight. Freight by air having been exclusively conducted through airships, while passengers generally travelled by aeroplane for speedier travel.

With the destruction of Eliria, Glenfiddich, Kingsgate, Islus, Tephal, and Vijayanagara during the course of a single day, known ever after as the Scouring (20.XIV.1695 AN), the air transportation network of Elluenuueq, already disrupted by the Second Elwynnese Civil War, collapsed overnight. As of the year 1697 AN no plans to reactive civil aviation exist, being a lower priority than reconstruction work and the needs of the Benacian Union Defence Force.

As of 1717 AN, the airspace of the realm remained closed to international aviation, as well as domestic commercial aviation. Flights operated by the BUDF, as well as chartered services operated by the Honourable Company for the Civil Executive, N&H, and the United Ecclesiastical Corporation of Benacia, are permissible to Ardashirshahr and Araxion from Chryse and Merensk, but must follow pre-approved flight plans along aviation corridors designated by Benacia Command. Deviation from an approved flight plan can result in an aircraft being engaged and brought down by interceptors or ground based air defence networks without prior warning.

In most instances, it remained safer to take the train.

Electricity

Elwynn (with the exception of Normark, Leng) is part of, and a net contributor to, the Unified Power System of Benacia. Normark has its own power grid; local communities in Leng provide electricity for their installations and residents in ways best suited to the local environment, generally through petroleum and lithium cells (in winter) and solar power (in summer). Hydro-electric and natural gas power-stations predominate in Alalehzamin whilst thermal energy (obtained via boreholes) mark the contribution of Upper Elwynn.

Significant damage was inflicted upon the hydroelectrical infrastructure of the East Elwynn River during the Scouring of 20.XIV.1695, which saw the destruction of Eliria, Kingsgate, and Islus. The subsequent abandonment of Zoroaster owing to fallout, meant that many of the dams and sluices into which energy generating turbines had been installed, had first to be made safe by remediation crews before engineers could conduct damage assessments, structural surveys, and commence the repair works urgently needed to bring these sites back to full operating capacity.

Economy

Main article: Economy of Elluenuueq

Culture

See also: Culture of Elwynn, Elw, Ethnic groups of Elwynn

Elwynn has been a diverse country, although efforts to correct this are ongoing. The national identity was once based on a civic Elwynnese identity that was enjoined with one's ethnic and/or regional identity. The largest ethnic groups are the Elw and Babkhi (plurality in the north and the south respectively) with other significant groups being the Tapferites, Amokolians, Farewellish, Norse, Hyperboreans, Cimmerians, etc. However, people's regional identity, regardless of actual ethnic identity, were also once a uniting measure. Cape Farewellers, for example, whether Elw or Farewellish or Amokolians, etc, had a strong sense of being Cape Farewellers, based on the area's particular culture, history, climate, and stories.

Many people also had several ethno-liguistic identities due to intermarriage and cultural appropriation, but they were ultimately forced to make the fateful choice as to which identity they ultimately belonged, as the realm unravelled into civil war after the treachery of Amokolia, Upper Elwynn. Indeed it was a choice that would prove fatal for many.

Following the Auspicious Occasion of 1651 AN, the Froyalanish culture has wholly cleansed from Elluenuueq. Using, displaying or propagating material or immaterial objects of the Froyalanish culture was considered taboo and, after 1698 AN would the wrath of the authorities.

Guidance from the Commission for Coordination, issued via the Coordinating Offices of the Academy in 1691 AN, had stipulated that artists desiring patronage from official institutions should focus upon cultural works that encourage contentment, patriotism, piety and private happiness instead of "negatively adversarial" political engagement. In all forms of art realism was to be preferred over "those forms of abstraction that tend towards the obscuration of meaning and wilful degeneracy". Successful artists were those who achieved an aesthetic unity between a realistic rendering of the subject matter presented and also the universal message of satisfaction of a contented Elwdom, prosperous at home and triumphant abroad. The purpose of culture, in this sense therefore, was to encourage a deepening of community consciousness through a mix of music, art and performance.

All forms of cultural expression in Elluenuueq endured a long hiatus during which no official patronage was to be received on account of the war and the long bitter period of reconstruction that followed. It was ultimately not until late in the second decade of the eighteenth century after Norton that the subjects of Elluenuueq could gain the patronage of the Benacian Academy, the permission of the Benacian Censorate, and the forbearance of the Magisters-Carnifex, to the extent necessary for them to be permitted to once more engage in a meaningful way with the cultural life of the ascendant Benacian Union. But even in 1716 AN, twenty-years after the Scouring, it would be a brave artist who dared to speak of Elwdom having a cultural identity worthy of celebration, and a suicidal one who spoke in any way that suggested a desire for the restoration of an independent Elwynnese nation.

Roqpin

See also Roqpin

Roqpin refers to the two summer months in the Elw calendar, Araroqpin (IX, "old roqpin") and Elroqpin (X, "new roqpin"). The summer months are, especially in the Congressional Counties, Utasia, and the Northern Commonwealth, a period where society more or less closes down. Factories go on low, agriculture (while generally automated) is in growth awaiting the harvest after the end of Roqpin, schools are closed, many workplaces close. The Roqpin months are characterized by rest, pleasure, and going out in nature. Different social mores apply to the Roqpin months than the rest of the year. This is exemplified by sexual promiscuity, recreational drug use, extraversion (Elw people are generally introverted in their culture for the rest of the year), and the abandonment of cares. Many people go to the countryside to special camps where there is no modernity. Although this tradition is originally Elw in origin, predating the Shirerithian and Treesian days, it is observed by many non-Elw Elwynnese, particularly the Tapferites, the various Norse groups (the Froyalaners, when part of society, being a noticeable exception). It is observed, in a less intense form, by Amokolians in Elwynnese Amokolia. It is generally not observed by the Babkhi community. The Babkhi community, however, takes part of it by a flood of summer workers to hospitals, farms, factories, infrastructure placements, etc, giving a boost to the Babkhi economy.

The old literature

An Elw translation of Beets Rutherford's As Malarbor Burned.

Elwynnese literature was rich and diverse. The main languages of publication were Istvanistani, Elw and Babkhi. Elwynnese-published books were generally translated to these languages by routine, while translations to Amokolian, Norse and other Elwynnese language were rarer.

The Book of Orchids, although written in Treesia, was a collection of narratives which detail the Creation of the Universe and the History of the World focusing, aside from some mention of Treesian and Micran heroes, on the Treesian Gods and other supernatural beings of the Treesian Unorthodox faith. In Elwynn, an especial focus was on the relationship between Goddess Elwynn and her twin brother Lest. In Elwynn, the Book of the Orchids became considered by a broad constituency within the Elwynnese Nation to be authentically and eternally Elwynnese – in spite of there being no shortage of evidence to the contrary. It was one of the ancient writings which provided the Elwynnese Nation with a common, overarching culture for the quite disparate country, and therefore became an inherent part of the Elwynnese cultural canon in the brief second period of Elwynnese independence (1672 AN1703 AN.

In the field of fiction, famous Elwynnese authors included Soreaa Isurui and Rai Avon-El. Further, authors in popular science and history include Irijah Prosper Arturion and Ander Avon-El.

The era of a genuine "Elwynnese" body of literature came to end with the Second Elwynnese Civil War (1692 AN1696 AN). So many works, once near universally acclaimed, were consigned to the bonfires for their part in stimulating the growth of that Ayreonist treason which had born the poisonous fruits of rebellion which had been so nearly fatal to the nation as a whole. The Magisters-Carnifex, assisted enthusiastically by the censors, the cudgellers, and the ever-vigilant eyes of Panopitcon, continue their work of uprooting the last vestiges of that literary corpus which had proved so harmful to the common-weal of the realm.

Religion

Mass media

Films and programmes for viewing via the Benacian Data Network, were commissioned under the Second era of Coordination, proclaimed after the second election victory of Kamilla Winther in 1691 AN, so as to give preference to those which promoted cosiness, peace of mind, and a sense of belonging and well-being springing from social acceptance. The media of Kalgachia was held up as an example of indoctrination through jollity that ought rightly to be emulated. With the result that out of work Kalgachi actresses, scriptwriters, crew hands, and directors, found themselves assiduously courted by Elwynnese production companies seeking to procure their talents.

The entertainments industry was widely disrupted by the Second Elwynnese Civil War. As normalcy gradually resumed, the media landscape in Elluenuueq came to be dominated by the studio system of the Guild of the Lotus.

Froyalanish television

See also Froyalanish television

During the Vanic era, Froyalanish-produced television series were made popular among the Elwynnese population. Although the popularity was not, as the Vanic elite intended, to stimulate a sense of adoration for King Noah and the Vanic revisionism of Elwynnese history, they became popular, especially among the youth of the nation, for their perceived tackiness.

Administrative divisions

See Bailiwicks of Elwynn
Bailiwicks of Elwynn.

Elwynn is divided into a circuit of three governorates subordinate to the General Government, the Mishalan Governorate, and the directly administered Central Governorate. The governorates are further subdivided into bailiwicks.

Demographics

Population per bailiwick of Elwynn (Leng, Normark and Raikoth not shown) according to the 1672 census.

The population of the Elwynnese Republic is, as of the Census of 1679, 99,805,325 inhabitants (up from 87,678,127 persons in the Census of 1672). Before the Auspicious Occasion in 1651, King Noah's government in Elwynn divided up the population in what was called the Twelve Peoples of Elwynn. This division was, according to scholars after the fall of the Vanic state, made in order to weaken Elwdom by encouraging the minority population groups within the Elwynnese Nation to privilege their own identities over that of the prevailing national culture. In so doing, the Elwynnese monarchy, an instrument of the disguised occupation of Elwynn by Stormark, was able to advance its own cultural practices and belief systems. After the Auspicious Occasion, despite the many problems facing Elwynn in terms of civil wars, economic mismanagement, food and fuel shortages, and civil unrest, the people of Elwynn began uniting as an Elwynnese nation, not divided up in distinct ethnicities, but having fluid identities. The transitional government, established during the Kalirion Fracture and basing its data from the governments of the now defunct duchy of Akordionnyr and the Northern Reaches, decided not to collect any data on ethnic or cultural identities, but rather only linguistic, in order to provide appropriate social services.

The Alalehzamini Autonomous Republic meanwhile decided to collect full details of their citizens ethnic, cultural, religious, and political identities as full-spectrum information awareness was a key tenet of the AAR's governing ideology.

The cataclysm of the Second Elwynnese Civil War made the repopulation of Upper Elwynn and Amokolia a priority for the Benacian Union, almost on a par with the collective punishment of the former rebel population and the exacting of reparations from the conquered bailiwicks of the north. Accordingly most forms of abortion were prohibited in the aftermath of the conflict.

During 1700 AN and 1701 AN the Guild of Magisters-Carnifex detained and interrogated a sample of the unmarried youths living in Elwynnese cities between the ages of 18 and 26. It found that 44% of its female respondents did not intend to get married, with a sizeable 25% of the survey's male respondents answering likewise. In consequence, the Congress of Chryse prepared the 1701 Edict on Family Planning which increased the fines associated with individuals who remained childless past the age of 30, via an escalation factor, and introduced a blanket prohibition on the sale and distribution of contraceptives in rural bailiwicks so as to offset the inherent decadence and dysfunction of the urban population centres.

Languages

As a subject realm of the Benacian Union the officially sanctioned languages of Elluenuueq are Army Crandish, Babkhi, Elw, Istvanistani and Praeta, with the last two being the official administrative languages of the Benacian Union. Agnesian, Ashkenatzi, Mishalanese, Norse, Suthric, Tapferite, and Wintergleamish are also tolerated and permitted for use in private and commercial settings.

Of the other languages not otherwise permitted or authorised for use in the realm of Elluenuueq, the expressly prohibited languages include Cimmerian, Elfinshi, Frankish, Kadhamic, Kalasperin, and North Amokolian.

Whilst Lengish was not formally prohibited, there being no Leng-born subjects available to interrogate at the time of the drafting of the relevant edicts in 1699 AN, the entire indigenous culture of Elwynnese Leng is suspected to be tainted with daemonic influence. As such the whole culture is likely to be exterminated in the near future, rendering the classification of its language a moot point.