Karoleva

Other Articles: A List of Karolevian Leaders, History of Karoleva

Королевство Каролева (Karolevian)

Korolevstvo Karoleva (Translated)

The Christmas Revolt (1905)

**Karoleva** (Karolevian: каролева, tr. *Karoleva),* or the **Kingdom of Karoleva** is a transcontinental country located in east. Covering an area of 22,800,000 square kilometers (8,800,000 sq mi), it is the largest country in the world by area, spanning more than one-eigth of the world's inhabited land area, with a population of 136,305,900. Karoleva's capital and largest city is Belinsky; other major urban areas include St.Romovna and Ekaterinburg.

The House of Petrovna ruled Karoleva from 1505, after Nikolai I overthrew the former house through the 1505 Revolution. Karoleva would be ruled shortly by the House of Alexandrovna-Petrovna during the disappearance of the Royal Family during the Flight to St.Romovna, after the short control the General Gorchakov had over Karoleva.

Karoleva featured great diversity in terms of economies, ethnicities, languages, and religion.

## Etymology

Stems from the Karolevian word Koroleva which means Queen. Possibly meaning "belonging to the King" as the land of Karoleva is run by the King. A possible reason for the name coming from the word for Queen is the fact that countries are often referred to as female, and Karoleva belonged to the King, in the same way that the Queen is controlled by the King. Karoleva is often referred to as a "she" in speech and literature. The idea that the name has its origins as a feminine form of korolevstvo, meaning something like "Queendom" is highly unlikely given the strong patriarchy and the fact that females were excluded from inheriting the throne unless there were no male heirs, along with the fact that there were only a handful of female Queen Regnants of Karoleva. It also might mean "of Karol" and the -eva being feminine since possessive words often have a feminine ending.

(Came up with this in RP etymology, pulling this out of thin air right now)

## History

Nikolai I, a commoner, overthrew the former rulers of Karoleva on 21 December 1505 after the Revolution of 1505 and his descendants have been ruling Karoleva under the House of Petrovna since.

### Population

 1795
 1812
 1816
 1905

### Foreign Relations

Due to marriage alliances, Karoleva has alliances with Livadia, Eurova, Manturia, Corcisa, Cysia, and Coustellet. Karoleva made peace with Espana after a war, but was declared an enemy after Espana laid siege to Belinsky and after it was found out that the Christmas Revolt of 1905 was orchestrated by Espana to weaken Karoleva.

### 16th century

Main article: History of Karoleva

During the winter of 1505, Nikolai Petrovna overthrew the rulers of Karoleva and crowned himself absolute King of Karoleva.

### Early 20th century

In 1896, Frederik III succeed to the throne after the Train Crash of 1896, which killed Alexander II, Crown Grand Duke Alexei, the Grand Duke's wife, and his children. Frederik III moved from Kathrin Palace in Tsarskoe to the Romovna Palace in St.Romova.

### The Christmas Revolt of 1905

Main article: The Christmas Revolt of 1905.

Frederik III proved an ineffective ruler and he and his family were temporary overthrown by the rebellion caused by Erik Verraten. Frederik III was killed in a kangaroo trial and was shortly executed by Verraten, and Grand Duchess Tatiana was killed Bear Jenkins and Verraten. The rest of the ruling Petrovna family was captured and imprisoned. Members were able to escape or be rescued by the Royal Army and the Royal Army defeated the Rebel Army with Eurovan forces. Frederik's wife, Queen Alexandra, was made Regent of Karoleva during his son Nikolai II's minority. The capital of Karoleva was changed to Belinsky due to the Burning of St.Romovna.

### Restoration of Petrovna Rule (First Time)

Queen Alexandra served as Regent of Karoleva until 1907, when Nikolai II turned 20 years old. After the Seige of Belinsky, Nikolai II was assassinated by one of his generals Juste dan Renon with a poisoned knife. Grand Duchess Charlotte Petrovna was made Queen of Karoleva for three days until Nikolai came back to life. Shortly after Nikolai's revival, Juste dan Renon convinced the family to leave Belinsky in order escape Baron Magnus Vitori.

### Rule of General Gorchakov and Grand Duchess Ilsa Alexandrovna Petrovna

After it was found out the ruling Petrovna family had left Belinsky, General Gorchakov used his power as Head General of the Karolevian Army to put himself in charge of Karoleva to prevent anarchy. Gorchakov and the other royal ministers offered Grand Duchess Ilsa Alexandrovna Petrovna to come to Belinsky as Grand Duchess Regent until King Nikolai II returned. This rule over Karoleva mainly focused of rebuilding Belinsky and aiding the civilians.

## Territory

### Geography

Karoleva is bordered by Eurova and Livadia, and borders the sea. The former capital St.Romovna was situated near the Dvina river

## Government and administration

From its initial creation, the Kingdom of Karoleva was controlled by its King/Queen as an absolute monarch, under the system of an absolute monarchy under the title of King/Queen of All Karoleva. Karoleva is not called an empire despite it's size, though could be considered one.

### King/Queen

The title of the ruler of Karoleva was the *King/Queen of All Karoleva,* who ruled as an absolute monarch aided by a Royal Council and a Council of Ministers. The King/Queen and their consort must both belong to the Catholic Church, and he must obey the laws of succession.

### Council of Ministers

**Head General of the Royal Army:**

It seems that there is no general Minister of War in Karoleva. Only a Head General of the Royal Army and Head Admiral for the Navy. The Head General of the Royal Army also has the same function that a Minister of War has in other countries. Due to this, while technically equal in name, the Head Admiral is technically under the Head General. Due to this he is only responsible to the King or Queen of Karoleva. This also includes supervision of the military schools, Royal Guard, and any government run military newspapers.

Current Incumbent Prince and General Gorchakov

**Minister of the Court and Its Appanages:**

The Ministry of the Court and Its Appanages (or just the Ministry of the Court) was under the direct authority of the King or Queen. This includes overseeing of ceremonies, royal orders, general court financing, opera and other royal art institutions and societies, court owned hospitals, stables, libraries, court clergy, royal theatres, and some supervision of the Royal Guard. Though the lines become blurred since they reside and work in the palaces but are technically still under the Royal Army.

Current incumbent: Unknown

**Head Admiral of the Navy:**

Commander of all institutions and forces of the Navy.

Current Incumbent: Unknown

**Minister of Finance:**

Overseas all finances for the Kingdom of Karoleva including the control of state expenditures, control of state revenues such as taxes, control of internal or external customs, management of the national economy, control of manufactures and merchants, manager of most civil services and public infrastructures such as bridges and roads, etc.

Current incumbent: Unknown

**Minister of Internal Affairs**

The Minister of Internal Affairs oversaw state security. This includes leading local authorities such as the police, licensing, censorship, foreign religions, statistics, public charity, urban public administration, church societies, brotherhoods, and control of it's own Journal of Internal Affairs.

Current Incumbent: Unknown

**Minister of Land Use:**

Responsible for all agricultural production, soil conservation, rural development, etc.

Current incumbent: Unknown

**Minister of Communication:**

Responsible for all kinds of communications including telephones, railways, posts, and telegraphs.

Current Incumbent: Unknown

**Minister of Justice:**

In charge of all justice systems in the Kingdom including prisons. The various departments under the Ministry of Justice including the supervision of cases and judicial ruling, audits of judicial places and officials, judicial administration and accounting, etc. The Ministry of the Justice did not include the army, navy, or church courts. The Ministry of Justice also has their own monthly Journal of the Ministry of Justice and supervising their own School of Jurisprudence.

Current incumbent: Unknown

**Minister of Public Education:**

In charge of all all public schools in the country.

Current incumbent: Unknown

## Economy

See Main Article: The Karolevian Krohna

Karoleva's currency is the Karolevian Krohna. The word the same as the Karolevian word for 'crown''. In one Krohna there were 100 kusoks. Paper money existed but coins copper, silver, and gold is commonly used. Currency had the crest of the House of Petrovna, the face or monogram of the monarch, and the year it was minted.

## Infrastructure

### Railways

Train was a growing transport in the 19th century, and in 1896 the immediate royal family died in a train crash while travelling in the Royal Train.

## Religion

The Kingdom of Karoleva's state religion was Catholic. The King or Queen was not allowed to "profess any faith other than Catholic".

## Military

Main article: Military History of the Kingdom of Karoleva

The military of Kingdom of Karoleva consisted of the Karolevian Royal Army and the Karolevian Royal Navy. The Head General of the Karolevian Army is General Gorchakov who also has the same functions as Minister of War. The Navy is controlled by the Head Admiral.

## Society

The Kingdom of Karoleva is predominantly a rural society spread over the vast country, where 80% of the population were peasants. Due to immense poverty and oppression of the working class led to the Christmas Revolt of 1905 and later formed the Novaya Karoleva, a nationalist rebel group.

### Estates

Subjects of the Kingdom of Karoleva can fit into three classes such as the nobility, clergy, merchants, and peasants. The majority of the people belonged to the peasant estate and only a low percent belonged to the nobility, clergy, or merchant class. More than 88 million of Karolevian's were peasants.

### Peasants

Thousand of peasants lived in small villages with a highly patriarchal system. With the rise of industrialization, many peasants started to move to cities to work in factories.

### Media

The Crown controlled any media produced in Karoleva and censorship was heavy-handed. Newspapers were strictly limited in what they could publish.

### Education

Education standards were low and literacy rates were low among the peasant class, and lower for women. Though literacy rates increased with the rise of industrialization. Universities were set up in St.Romovna and Belinsky, but higher forms of education were reserved for a very small elite and most rich families still relied on private tutors. By 1900 there were 17,000 university students and 30,000 were enrolled in specialized technical institutes.