Elluenuueq

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For other similarly-named entities, see Elwynn (disambiguation).
Elwynnese Republic
Flag of Elwynn
Flag
Coat of Arms of Elwynn
Coat of Arms
Motto: Elwynn prevails!
Anthem:
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Capital Eliria
Largest city Ardashirshahr, Islus, Echo
Official language(s) Elw, Babkhi,Istvanistani
Official religion(s)
Demonym Elwynnese
 - Adjective Elwynnese
Government Republic
 - Prince Vacant
 - Conducător Firdaus Abdollahi Mehr
 - Legislature Council of Eliria
Congress of the Republic
Establishment 1452 AN (as a Shirerithian duchy)
1567 (first independence, lasted till 1600)
1671 (second independence)
Area
Population
Active population 85,876,026
Currency Natopian natopo (₦)
Calendar
Time zone(s) CMT-8
Mains electricity
Driving side
Track gauge
National website
National forum
National animal White Stag, Hangover Owl
National food Desert Berries
National drink Tea
National tree
Abbreviation ELW

Elwynn (Elw: Еӆуенууеқ, Elluenuueq [əɬuənuːəχ])) officially the Elwynnese Republic (Elw: Еӆуенууех енуеқавеқ, Elluenuueh enueqaveq [əɬuənuːəh ənuəqaβəχ]) is a country in northern Benacia, generally consisting of the land between the Red and Blue Elwynns, and the associated land northwards to Cape Farewell, and thereafter extending eastwards and westwards.

Elwynn 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 county, 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, Elwynn'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.

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

Geography

The territory under the control of the Elwynnese Republic (as of 1671) 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). Elwynn also controls the Automatican and Cimmerian islands. Aside from the territories of control, Elwynn claims the islands of Leng and Raikoth, calling the Boreal Kingdoms' presence there an illegal occupation. The Boreal Kingdoms also claim patches of land along the Cape Farewell peninsula and the coast of the Northern Reaches

Regions of Elwynn

The geography of Elwynn is rich and diverse.

Amokolian lands

The so-called Amokolian lands within Elwynn are composed of the 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 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. 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.

Cimmeria

A subregion of the Northern Reaches is Cimmeria, a group of five volcanic islands.

Agnesia and Wintergleam

Iserdia

Araxion and Utasia

Alalehzamin

Trans-Elwynn

History

See History of Elwynn

Politics

The Elwynnese Republic established itself as an independent state in [TBA], and was recognized as independent by Shireroth in [TBA]. In a congress in Eliria on [TBA], 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, will be elected by the people on proportional party lists every four years (with the exception of Alalehzamin and territories outside the control of the Republic which will have no representation in the Congress). The people will elect the Prince in a national election every six years. The Prince will be head of state, and will be responsible for immigration, defence, foreign affairs, and the law and justice systems of the Republic (police, security, courts, etc.). The Congress will legislate on all other matters – and the Prince will from the majority of the Congress appoint a Council of Ministers, headed by the Conducator (Elw: Kondukytoor), who will execute all other matters of the Elwynnese law not belonging to the Prince.

The Council of Eliria will be the executive committee of the Prince. The Prince will appoint 2 members. The Government of Alalehzamin will have two representatives, the Council of Ministers will have one representative (the Conducator), and the Congress will have 1 representative (the President).

The Elwynnese Republic will under its new constitution function as a unitary state, with the exception of Alalehzamin, which is granted autonomy from the Congress (and hence will not be represented in Congress). Congress laws will not bind Alalehzamin without the consent of the Alalehzamini legislature (only laws made by the Prince will apply).

Foreign affairs

Economy

Culture

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, Amokolians, Farewellish, Norse, Hyperboreans, Cimmerians, etc. However, people's regional identity, regardless of actual ethnic identity, is also a uniting measure. Cape Farewellers, 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.

Many people also have several ethnic identities due to intermarriage and cultural appropriation.

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.

Administrative divisions

See Bailiwicks of Elwynn
Bailiwicks of Elwynn (Leng and Raikoth not shown).

Elwynn is divided into a number of bailiwicks. The southern bailiwicks (53) are joined together to the Alalehzamini Autonomous Republic. The other bailiwicks may or may not be grouped in circles or counties, depending on the decisions of the first congress. As for now, all counties are disestablished by the Transitional Elwynnese government.

Demographics

The population of Elwynn, 85,876,026 according to the Census of 1672, is divided somewhat equally between the northern congressional territory and the Alalehzamini Autonomous Republic. 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.

Languages

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 and Babkhi.

Proportion of native language in Elwynn, Congress Elwynn, and the Alalehzamini Autonomous (AAR).

Elwynn Congress AAR
Babkhi 34% 12% 56%
Elw 28% 35% 22%
North Amokolian 8% 15% < 1%
Norse 7% 11% 3%
Istvani 6% 7% 5%
Præta 5% 5% 6%
Agnesian 4% 5% 2%
Other 4% 3% 4%
Mishalanese 2% 4% < 1%
Cimmerian 1% 2% < 1%
Raikoth < 1% 1% <1%
Lengish < 1% <1% < 1%