Fjordland

## Realm of Fjordland

### Leaders

Hans Hátign, Konungr Vikan Aethelwulf (King)Hans Herra, Erkejarl Lavur Aethelwulf ("Archearl" \*Archduke)

## Government data

### Ideology

Constitutional Diarchy & Tribal Democracy

## Historical data

### Preceded by

Gostav Aethelwulf

The Realm of Fjordland, *Fjodrheim*, is a distinct land found in the parent-nation

of Frosmyre located in Eastern Sparwood.

## Fjorland general information:

Fjordland is a northeastern realm of 'viking-like' peoples. Historically a loose collection of earldoms and villages, Fjordland had to rapidly modernise with the rise of larger and competing nations, and so the eleven tribes of the Fjordlandic peoples voted in the Aethelwulf Dynasty from Kierkegaard, the largest tribe, to unite and lead the people of the Fjords against these expanding Empires around them. To ensure the new Realm's survival a national dogma was created, one of friction-less efficiency and organisation, and this would be implemented and upheld by the new 'Order of Iron', or colloquially known as 'Vikan's Order'. Although older and more rural residents of Fjordland question the modernisation under this new dynasty, and fear it may separate the people from their ancestral viking culture, but however, things are well for now, the largest of the tribes 'Kierkegaard' became the capital, located in the tundra planes of East Sparwood, and is rapidly expanding to become a shining gem amongst the blizzard snow, as more and more rural villages empty to join, making Fjordland easier to safeguard and secure by the Crown's Armed Services.

*But, the nations surrounding Fjordland are notoriously unstable and hungry for expansion, and as our Realm grows so too its valuability for Eastern Trade Routes, so will the Crown be able to defend the new realm and upheld its duty to the eleven tribes?*

*Will the Iron Order be able to ensure the Realm functions and doesn't fall apart by stagnancy or mischief like most other nations do?*

*Will the Crown Army be able to defend the now surrounding depopulated villages, and growing capital? The expanding Kingdom?*

### Realms leadership general information:

* *More information on the structure and organisation of Fjordland can be found, when appropriate, in our discord.*

1. King of Fjordland: Vikan
2. Duke of Fjordland: Lavur

The Crown Privy Council (CPC):

1. Crown Prime Courtier: N/A
2. Crown Minister of War: N/A
3. Crown Minister of the Interior: N/A
4. Crown Minister of Trade & Industry: N/A
5. Crown Minister of Foreign Affairs: N/A

**Noble Echelons of the Realm**

Crown Armed Services High Command (CMoW):

1. Field Marshal(s)
2. General(s)
3. Quartermaster General

Iron Order Executive Command (CMotI):

1. Department Captain
2. Department Lieutenant(s)

Crown Ministry of Trade & Industry & Crown Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

1. Department Captain
2. Department Lieutenant(s) *(General Information on Realmsrank Structure is continued in our Discord).*

### Realms branches & subsidiary groups:

* *More information on the structure and organisation of Fjordland can be found, when appropriate, in our discord.*

Crown Ministry of War:

* **Main Body: Crown Armed Services:**

1. First Field Army 'Kierkegaard'
2. Fifth Sharpshooter Brigade

    Crown Ministry of the Interior:

* **Main Body: Order of Iron ("Vikan's Order"):**

1. Department of Public Engagement & Community
2. Department of Public Security & Order

Crown Ministry of Trade & Infrastructure:

1. Department of Commerce
2. Department of Treasury & Finance
3. Department of Civil Construction

Crown Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

1. Department of Diplomatic Engagements
2. Office of His Majesty the King

## Realms geography:

Located in Eastern Sparwood, the Realm covers plains of Tundra, frozen rivers, and laced with giant Pine forests.

Jarldoms (Earldoms):

* **Kierkegaard (Capital) \*Name literally translates to "between two lakes" (frozen).**
* Grannfeld
* Solberg
* Merkielv

...and the seven other Jarldoms (apart of the eleven tribes of Fjordland) - yet to be built.

## Realms governance:

*Due to a blend of old tribal vikinglaw, and modernisation, the governance of Fjordland can be a little confusing, but it goes as follows;*

Fjordland is ruled by the Konungr (King), who under the constitution of the Fjordlandic peoples (made when the eleven tribes united), is elected by each of the Jarls, which form the Jarlenæmd (Earl's Council), Kierkegaard, the largest of the tribes, and therefore the capital, holds two votes on the King in this council, while the rest of the tribes hold one, this results in the Aethelwulf dynasty (from Kierkegaard) being the ruling family. The Erkejarl (Literally "Arch Earl", but is synonymous with Archduke) acts as the representative for the ten tribes aside Kierkegaard, who only get one vote for the King's throne. The Konungr and Erkejarl form the Crown, the ruling office of Fjordland.

The Crown: The Konungr & Erkejarl (Often members of the Aethelwulf Dynasty)

The Jarlenæmd (Earl's Council), lead by the Erkejarl, is elected by each Jarldom (Earldom's) population, and these representatives go onto vote for the Konungr, forming an indirect tribal-democracy.

The Crown Privy Council, \*except for the Prime Crown Courtier, is not elected, but appointed by the Crown, but who is indirectly elected by the Earl's Council.