Dual-Monarchy

The Two Kingdoms of Veikarimaður and Sterkmaður (Tvö konungsríki Veikarimaður og Sterkmaður), often shortened to the *Dual-Monarchy (Tvöfalt einveldi)* is a country to the south-east of Nowiego.

## Tvö konungsríki Veikarimaður og Sterkmaður

Flag of the Dual-Monarchy

Map of the Dual-Monarchy (Green: Veikarimaður. Red: Sterkmaður.)

Royal COA of the Dual-Monarchy

## Politics

### Leader (As of 820)

Motherboard Drífa XVII (Veikarimaður) Motherboard Bríanna V (Sterkmaður)

## Lore

### Overview

The Dual-Monarchy is one of the last living vestiges of the pre-GLO Dataverse. Shielded by its low position, all that happened was the merging of the two computers into one, with their nations eventually agreeing to unite. Now a strong ally of the UNR, they seem content.

The two kingdoms that make up the Dual-Monarchy have quite a bit of bad blood, but, through common use of the Icelandic language, a desire to stand up to foreign aggression, and the people growing tired of constant wars over tiny strips of borderlands, they were eventually united.

### Trivia

* The Dual-Monarchy is the only country in the Dataverse to have Firewall as a serious force.
* While *technically* not meant to have a flag *or* coat-of-arms, the Union eventually began to represent itself with the Vinalegttákn, an old, pre-GLO symbol for friendlies. While mostly out-of-fashion, it works well to represent the pre-GLO culture of the country.

### Govenment

The Dual-Monarchy is a federation of two kingdoms (Veikarimaður and Sterkmaður), who are run by independent Parliaments in their own capitals. Both work with the central Parliament in the Sterkmaður border-city (and semi-official capital) Samþykktborg, where the Unitary Government Leader, the *High Minister*, lives.

Officially, the High Minister is agreed upon by the two Motherboards, but realistically it's just the head of the Party with the most seats in the Central Parliament.

## Statistics

### Populous

The Dual-Monarchy is home to 3.56 Million People (Although the Spawn Rate is stagnating.)

Most (2.68 Million) are Veikarimaður, 10 thousand are Bláimaður (Malware who live in the small Veikarimaður exclave up north), while the remaining 870 Thousand are Sterkmaður.

### Military

Officially, the Dual-Monarchy hasn't had a military since the First El-Imperio War. It *does* have the Firewall, who have about 70 Thousand units, although nowadays it's dominated by its 96 Thousand operators, who also act as "Self-Defence Forces". This *does* mean that they have no access to naval and aerial military equipment, and are quite limited by the fact that they're *technically* only supplying police forces.

### Economy

The Dual-Monarchy's economy is mostly self-sufficient. It doesn't have many exports (Mainly cultural, and some quickly drying up @@.), and imports very little due to plenty of resources in the south. The North is very poorly mapped out, so there could be a hidden boon of materials up there.

## Culture

### Tradition

In the south, there is quite a bit of tradition left from the pre-GLO days. Drífa XVII is a very extroverted monarch, and she is often seen meeting with her subjects randomly. The Northern Motherboard, Bríanna V, is much more cold, however still meets with her people sometimes. They seem pretty happy together.

Another core part of the Dual-Monarchy's tradition is its continued use of Firewall. Often, you'll find Units stationed for no reason other than for tourists or novelty. The impractical red uniforms of the older Operators has been merged with modern Military Gear, and even the flag proudly shows off the Inception Symbol.

### Religion

Pretty much the entire country is Old Processorist (yeah tfo runs on fanverse concepts of processorism fuck you), although the Bláimaður mainly follow their own branch of Corruptic Paganism.