Victoria

## Region of Victoria

Flag of Victoria

Victoria marked green in the map of Malborya

1979 as a region of Malborya, along with Lachte and Porteca seceeding from The Union of Mureacana

### Admitted into The Malboryan Realm

Annexed in 1901 after defeat in Third Malbory-Victorian War

## Miscellaneous information

### Three-letter code

VCM

**Victoria**, officially known as **Region of Victoria** *(Malboryan: Belj a Victoria)* consists of seven provinces, which are further divided into fourty-four districts. It is one of 11 regions in Malborya. It is the third largest region by population and second largest by size. It is one of seven regions the Malbory River passes through. The region's population is 3,3 million as of June 2020. The biggest city is Hattington with 600,000 people, however Grenterra is the capital city.

Victoria is located in southern center of the country, and borders Florencia to the north, Rosetta to the north-east, Lachte to the east, Klocke-Yoyl to the south-west and Porteca to the south. Victoria was a part of Mureacana, a broader former region of Malborya that also included Lachte, Porteca and Dominica.

The Kingdom of Victoria was one of the most influential kingdoms around modern day Malborya, and it was one of the biggest rivals of Malbory during the creation of The Malboryan Realm. The region holds over 300 archeological sites, most out of any region in Malborya. The region has a rich history and is one of three regions that have regional history classes in their school curriculum, the other two being Klocke-Yoyl and Dominica. The region gets its name from King Victor, who was the founder of the kingdom under the same name in the 14th century.

Up until their annexation after Third Malbory-Victorian War, the region was famous for its extensive slave trade. Many historians believe that selling slaves was the biggest moneymaker for the kingdom. Many Victorians believe the teaching of the Victorian slave trade is lackluster in the region's local history class. The local government has made changes to the school curriculum as a response for the criticism. According to a 2010 survey conducted in the cities of Hattington, Grenterra and Natalia, 65% of the citizens were dissatisfied with the local history class. Same survey was conducted in 2019, where the dissatisfaction dropped down to 41%.

Victoria legalized same-sex marriage in July 2015, 3 months after Florencia, and 4th region to do so. Hattington holds the biggest pride parade of the region, but small parades can also be seen in various towns across the region. Victorians are mostly centre-left, but many of them vote for Victorian candidates due to their origin. Vald Linda, the only Victorian councillor candidate in Malboryan councillor elections of 2020, won 30 out of 44 districts in the region. Victoria is the only region in Malborya to forbid its governors to serve consecutive terms.

Victoria is one of Malborya's strongest regions economically. The region makes up about 26% of Malborya's GDP, second biggest after Rosetta. The region's main regional activities are historical tourism and agriculture. Mainecras, a newspaper in Malborya, originated as a local newspaper of Grenterra. They later on became a national newspaper, and moved their headquarters to Malbory in 1975. Malboryan television channels 4x and Valentin are also located in Hattington.