Csardom of Korolia

Flag of the Csardom of Korolia

### Towns

Zlatoport, Rodinno, Krasni Zamek, Lipanovo-Ostrokochod, Rudina, Zelencin, Malostravna

### Religions

Ehwaism, Vjara Nebskoslavska, Azalithia, others

## Historical data

### Preceded by

Militarily Administered States of Korolia
Second Svalmarc Imperium

### Succeeded by

Lucid's Korolia

**Korolia**, officially the **Csardom of Korolia *(Csarstvo Korolskie*** *in Korolian**)*** is a Constitutional Monarchy located in North-Western Leifmyrr, formed after the reformation of the constitution and the disbandment of the temporary caretaker Militarily Administered States of Korolia, formed from the short-lived Republic of Korolia.

Its current Head of State is the Csar Slout V of the Korol dynasty, the namesake of the Korolian people, and its Head of Government is the Pjervod, a position currently held by Mateuš Kovařík of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats party. The capital city is Zlatoport, which has historically been the capital of the Korolian state for over a century and consistenly held the position of the nation's largest city. The nation is special for its strong national identity centered around the Korolian culture, and its long tradition of democracy, even if unstable.

## History

In the 1080s, following the unification of Svlarmarc and the 2nd United Commonwealth, the Korolian Republic was founded because of a referendum which saw a large majority of the people vote in favour of abolishing the Monarchy, sending the ancient Korol Dynasty into exile. The creation of the Republic was expected to be the end of a decades-long movement in favour of establishing a Republic. But, due to great instability and corruption in the Republic that traced back to the Orange Revolution, the Republic was overthrown by the military, who established an Interim Military Government.

The Military Government invited the remaining members of the Korol dynasty who resided in Korolia to re-establish the Csardom under a new democratic system, and a new Constitution was adopted with the help of the new Centre Union Party, which unified many members of the former political parties of Korolia and the United Commonwealth.

Upon the election of the Centre Union's majority government, the first years of the Csardom enjoyed relative stability to its predecessor states. But in the mid 1090s, the political situation began to again de-stabilize with the creation of several new political parties and a split in the CU Government.

## Politics

Korolia is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy where the Pjervod is the Head of Government acting under the direction and supervision of a Cabinet of ministers selected by them. The political system has three branches—legislative, executive and judicial, where the Legislative is known as the "Sejm" which currently has 6 members. Normally, the prime minister-elect is the leader of the party receiving the most votes in Sejm elections, although this is not always the case. The Sejm has the power to enact laws, approve the budget, select and dismiss the prime minister and other ministers, declare war, and ratify international treaties and agreements.

Korolia's political history is marked by instability, corruption, and outright betrayal of the nation, spanning all the way back to the 2nd United Commonwealth. The new Csardom has seen relative stability when compared to its predecessors, though, and is seen as the most exemplary of "multi-party democracy" of all the Korolian states.

### Political Scene

*Full Article: Political Scene of the Csardom of Korolia*

Korolia might be seen as the pinnacle of a multi-party democracy in Eldham. Not for anything worthy of praise except the amount of parties that are formed and dissolve each decade. Some might even joke that it has a record for "most parties to have led a dominant-party system" due to its predecessors having had a tradition of constantly electing overly dominant parties in the Sejm.

As of 1099, the Korolian political scene is dominated by four main political blocs: the League of Korolian Patriots, the Korolian National Restoration Party, the United Front, and the Indepedents. The LKP is a big-tent Conservative party that represents the centre-right to right-wing of Korolian politics which traces its roots back to the days of the Commonwealth where it was known as the League of Commonwealth Patriots, it is known for consistenly holding a powerful position in Korolian politics. The KNRP is a far-right ultra nationalist party initially formed by members of the former Centre Union to serve as an alternative to the LKP before it saw a radical shift to the right following the assassination of its leader Tomas Kovalski. The United Front is an alliance of the Far-Left National Agrarian Party, Korolia's oldest, and the Left-wing Socialist Labour Party, it is seen as the embodiment of the "New Left" movement in the nation thanks to its young generation leadership. Finally, the Independents do not share their ideologies, but are known for playing the Kingmakers in the Pjervodal elections.

## Administrative Division

### Division

The administrative division of Korolia goes as follows:

* Voivodeships (Provinces) - the highest tier of administrative division, usually comprised of one major region,
* Municipalities - the middle tier of division, usually a town with neighboring rural areas
* Settlements - towns, cities and villages

## Demographics

### Ethnicity

#### Korolians - 66%

Korolians are the dominant ethnic group in Korolia, the majority of which are comprised of the ancestors of those who ventured outwards from Nebskoslavia and landed on the shores here. This includes international Korolians, which in recent years have been flocking to the area to escape international persecution. The majority of these Korolians arrived on the boats "Freedom" and "Adventure". Korolia, as the only independent Korolian country is generally considered by Korolians as the "wild frontier", a place where opporitunity and safety for Korolians can be achieved.

#### Ryzanis - 13%

Alongside the Korolian population, the Ryzani population has always been a prevalent minority in country's society. The majority of Ryzanis came here in search of new occupational opportunities alongside Korolian immigrants.

#### Aureans - 4%

Aureans flocked into Svalmarc after their secession from the United Commonwealth.

#### Rodinnbrokans - 2%

The majority of Rodinnbrokans currently in the Republic's territory fled as refugees following the great devastation of the Rodinnbrokan homeland. Rodinnbrokans are concentrated in the northern regions, especially in the city of Devenburg/Rodinno, and some have joined up with the government.

#### Selidoarians (Azcorians) - 2%

The Selidoaran-Azcorian minority is one of the smallest in the nation, but a very important one politically, as prominent members of this minority group include former Pjervod and LCP founder Halprin Deitsch. Selidoarians are an ancient ethnic group that populated Ryzani lands (and constructed North Volkoreogrod) and later fled to Eldham and would found Azcoria. The Deitsch family is part of the founding leaders of the Free City of Selidoar, and subsequently the State of Azcoria, and the Republic of Nova Azcoria. Following the takeover of Azcoria, the Selidoarian-Azcorian population would remain in the territory, however some lower-class citizens would move to Zlatoport and Devenburg in search of industrial opporitunity. Some members of the once great Deitsch family would be alongside these immigrants. The community is connected to Horizonte and Prosperita through the "Selidarisch-Korulisch Buund", which is a citizens organization tying the Selidoarians to the national homeland.

#### Morlie - 1%

Morlie have been flocking to the area due to the instability of their homeland, and have established a solid minority in the region. Morlie primarily live in the eastern street blocks of Zlatoport.

#### Others & Natives - 12%

Regional native groups that existed before settling and countless other minority groups inhabit Korolia.

### Largest Cities:

#### (by population)

1. Zlatoport - 1 198 044
2. Rudina - 457 019
3. Lipanovo-Ostrokochod - 321 450
4. Rodinno - 153 531
5. Malostravna - 74 291
6. Krasni Zamek - 25 201
7. Fort Sojko - 10 012
8. Fort Rogovica - 9 011
9. Zelencin - 9 271
10. Ostrovka - 5 911

## Geography & Settlements

### Climate

The climate in Korolia varies depending on the place, Nova Zemja and Svalmarc have dry and extremely dry climate with savannas and deserts typical to the area, while the New Nebskoslav colony, in a staunch contrast is a cold tundra.

#### Nova Zemja & Svalmarc

In Nova Zemja there are 3 major zones, all have dry warm climate, with two deserts and a savannah strip in the middle, that's not to count the very thin savannah strip right next to the seaside.

#### New Nebskoslavia

The faraway isles of New Nebskoslavia have cold climate, featuring cold taigas and tundras.

### Cities & Towns

#### Zlatoport

Founding city of Nova Zemja, largest city in the country. Located on Novozemjan shore, the name after translation from Korolian roughly means Golden Port. It's house to almost a million people, being the largest metropolis in the country. It has many sights such as the Novozemjan flag tower, or the Vojtek Statue. Also home to many businesses such as KBrew Eldham and Zlatoport Laboratories. Zlatoport politically is an ideologically diverse city, with minor parties usually finding a way to obtain a solid voting bloc in the city. The city in the 1064 elections was a close contest between the DCP, ASD, and LCP. In 1066, the city was outright won by the LCP, due to left-wing vote splitting, and due to the majority of the new Korolian and Ryzani immigrants from the United Crowns of Syltor becoming a new solid voting bloc for the LCP, tipping the city in their favor.

#### Lipanovo-Ostrokochod

Widely regarded the most beautiful city of Nova Zemja, and possibly whole United Commonwealth, it's located in the centre of Nova Zemja, houses around 300 thousand people. Lipanovo-Ostrokochod is usually a fairly progressive light industrial city. The ASD in 1064 was able to secure a strong amount of votes in the city, and in 1066 the city was tightly contested between the ASD and NAP, both left-wing parties, with the LCP making very little headway despite having a landslide result in the same election. This makes some political pundits refer to Lipanovo-Ostrokochod as the "red city", considering they held off the "blue wave" that was the LCP's landslide result.

#### Rodinno

While LO is regarded the most beautiful, Rodinno, is the opposite. Regarded the poorest (especially noticeable in the Rodinnbrokan refugee slums in the northern parts of city), dirtiest, and plain ugliest city of United Commonwealth, is however home to few industrial businesses such as "Korolian Sailor", tasked with industrial production of fishing and sailing equipment. Rodinno citizens usually do not participate in elections to the same level as those in Zlatoport or Lipanovo. Rodinno was historically the heartland of PNU voters, however with the collapse of the PNU it has been more equally contested between parties.

*Note:* It wasn't originally named Rodinno, the original name was Geld, but now it's renamed into Rodinno as suggested by P. Letavski to commemorate Rodinnbrok, but also because Rodinno is similar to Korolian word "Rodyna", meaning "Family".

#### Rudina

Rudina is the capital of Svalmarc. After the Veridian Secession it experienced a population boom and grown from a relatively small town into the second largest one in the whole Korolian Republic.

#### Krasni Zamek

KZ is a small town oriented around a castle. The government intends to turn Krasni Zamek castle into a university to further public education. The soon to be college town has a fairly small population, which usually votes fairly moderate in most elections.

#### Fort Sojko

Fort Sojko was a military district ordered by the government to be formed on the border of Svalmarc in response to the secession. The fort was meant to stabilize the southern region of the Commonwealth from the rampant banditry that plagues the central region of Leifmyrr, alongside handling border issues with the secessionist government. The fort quickly grew and saw a major town build up around it, overshadowing the small town of Sirakawa.

## Economy

### Currency

Korolia's currency is **Krona** **Korolska** *(Korolian Crown)*, it's exchange rate is 1$=5,1 KKR

### Companies

Top 5 Companies in Korolia

1. Korolian Corporation (KNews, KBrew, KBank)
2. Zerkalo Trading Company
3. Ender's Cheese
4. Zlatoport Laboratories
5. NZA Incorporated

## Culture

### Folk Music

The Czervoslav cultural music is a folk-genre played with Violins and other acoustic traditonal instruments, The Czervoslav Boneflute is one of the traditional instruments which is doublesided flute made from a horses skull, And is played by two people at the same time. Often a Symbol of unity, the Czervoslavian boneflute was made as a symbol of unity with the native Svedi Population during the early days of Colonization.

### Food

In both Czervoslavia and Nova Zemja, seafood is immensely popular, as it's easily accessible. Novozemjan national dish is called "Mustard Spiced Salmon", which consists of a cooked salmon served with mustard seeds or sauce. Often served along cooked potatoes.

## Media

The media scene of the Korolian Republic is dominated by the media conglomerate KNews, operating several subsidiaries, but there are other outlets, such as The Legionnaire, Korolian Times or the VBC.

### KNews

The following outlets are operated by the media conglomerate Korolian News, which itself is part of KCorp.

#### Carthya Djennik

Carthya Djennik, is the main newspaper of the KNews, present in many regions around the world, including Korolia.

#### Ljudne Vjesti

Translating to "People's News", though contrary to name, which could imply it is party newspaper of NAP, it is in fact a KCorp newspaper oriented around Nova Zemja.

#### Primorski Djennik

Primorski Djennik is a regional paper oriented on the Primozan Voivodeship, ran by regional activists under the patronate of KNews. It was started in 1032 ACA. The string of newspapers has been called by the LCP as conspiracy theorists for questioning their landslide victory in 1066, but still is trusted by many citizens.

#### Korolian Broadcasting

Television started in Ryzan in 983 by KNews, operates in Korolia too.

### HT-Zlatoport

HT-Zlatoport, started in early 1060s, is a subdivision of the HT, oriented around the North Leifmyrr region was started due to the large amount of Hrab immigrants in what was back then the UC. HT-Zlatoport also capitalized on the will of more radical right-wingers in the Commonwealth to have their own media.

### The Legionnaire

The Legionnaire was founded by Adawulfa Sigrun, the leader of the hardline faction of the LCP. The Legionnaire is a paper reviewing societal subjects with an anti-nonsense and far-right perspective.

### Veridian Broadcasting Corporation

The VBC was the second television to enter the UC market, founded in Svalmarc in 1071, it entered the UC market in 1075, and immediately became a competition to KB, which until then was the only TV outlet to operate in the UC. Nowadays it's a minor contender to Korolian Broadcasting, with the share of the TV scene in Korolia being roughly: 90% in KB's hands and 10% in VBC's ones.

### Korolian Times

Korolian Times were started in 1080s, after the Republika Korolska was founded, and generally tend to have more leftist approach to events.

## Tourism

Korolia is a major tourism area. It's are in the first 30 most visited countries in the world, with around 25 thousands tourists yearly.

### Sights

#### Novozemjan Flag Tower

Novozemjan Flag Tower is the first ever building set up in the Colony of Nova Žemja. With around 2 centuries of history behind it, it's one of the most famous landmarks in Zlatoport. The tower itself is just a simple watchtower with a flag pole, but it's recognizable due to it's history.

#### Vojtek Statue

Vojtek Statue, which was moved around in Zlatoport, is the arguably most recognized landmark in Zlatoport. It was damaged due to forementioned move, with the polar bear pictured on the statue losing parts of it's face and the right-front leg. Vojtek is a polar bear.

#### Ignati Street

Ignati Street is the most picturesque street in Zlatoport, with it being decorated all the way with flags, banners and other decorations in Korolian colors.

It also features the **Zlatoport Laboratories,** the scientifical pride of Korolians.

#### Eye of Ehway

The Eye of Ehway, was the first cathedral built in NZ, which also makes it a historical sight.

#### New United Sejm

The new United Sejm building, built in 1030s is one of the famous sights of Zlatoport.

#### Lipanovo Cathedral

An old, abandoned church of a different faith, turned into an Ehwaist cathedral is the most famous sight of Lipanovo.

#### Royal Palace

Built in the suburbs of Zlatoport, is a part of the New Town district. It has blue and white walls.

### Anthem

Anthem, called "**March of Korolians**" was a patriotic song formed by exiled officers following the collapse of the I UC, dated on 910s ACA. It was used as an unofficial anthem as early as 1007 when the UC was reformed, but only in 1058 was it made official.

#### Lyrics in Travelers' Tongue:

Scattered across this whole world,

Called upon arms in foreign wars,

We've gathered for a reason,

Into one armed circle;

March, March, Korolians!

Our brave nation,

We shall rest after our work,

In our fathers' homeland.

We'll cross Nova Zemja,

We'll cross oceans

We'll rest down in Ignatava.

In the winter, with Nebskoslav wine,

We'll stop down in Welstone.

March, March, Korolians!

Our brave nation,

We shall rest after our work,

In our fathers' homeland.

From Welstone upon beaten path,

To Slouttawa we shall return.

What's left of the enemy that we'll encounter,

We'll throw head-first into the Vola.

March, March, Korolians!

Our brave nation,

We shall rest after our work,

In our fathers' homeland.

March, March, Korolians!

Our brave nation,

We shall rest after our work,

In our fathers' homeland.

March, March Korolians!

March, Korolia, March!