Ranland

**Ranland** (Rann: *Kuomo*; Framish: *Ranland*), officially the **Kingdom of Ranland** (Rann: *Kuomonen maakavaltaa*; Framish: *Kongeriget Ranland*), is a sovereign state located in Northern Eurea, bordered by Kasha to the northeast and Framland to the west, with maritime borders with Mortonia to the south, Framland to the west, and Kasha to the east. Its capital and most-populous city is Koordekki, located on the southern coast of the country. Ranland has a population of about 6.5 million inhabitants.

Organized civilization first began in the territory of modern-Ranland in the 3rd-century, with various small city-states and kingdoms being established. The territory was unified in the 14th-century, after being conquered by the Kingdom of Framland and organized as the Rann Duchy. Seeing Ranland as a scenically beautiful countryside retreat, soon the Framish aristocracy began constructing country homes in the territory of Ranland and later emigrating *en masse*. By the 18th-century, almost 40% of the population of the Rann Duchy were Framish. With the growing Framish population, nationalist sentiment amongst Ranns began to grow as well, culminating in the White War (1844–1845), fought over a winter between the Kingdom and the Duchy in the Duchy's forests. The war ended in a truce, with Framland granting the Duchy independence as the Kingdom of Ranland; while most of the Framish nobility returned to Framland after Ranland received independence, a number remained in the country, and became known as the Rann nobility instead.

Since receiving its independence, Ranland established itself as a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Its head of state is the Monarch, who is a ceremonial figurehead in Rann politics. The Monarch is tasked with serving as a unifying figure for the country, signing passed pieces of legislation into law, formally nominating all ministers and serving as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and greeting visiting foreign heads of state. Most political power is vested in the Prime Minister, who serves as the head of government. The Prime Minister is typically the leader of the majority coalition in parliament, and thus the chief legislator of the nation. They are tasked with implementing their policy agenda through legislation and leading a council of ministers. The parliament of Ranland is the 165-seat unicameral legislature.

While it has a population of about 6.5 million, Ranland does not take record of the ethnic groups of its inhabitants. Studies have shown that approximately 87.7% of the population was born with Rann citizenship, meaning that at least 12.3% of the population has some immigrant ancestry. There are two co-official languages of Ranland: Rann, a Mundaric language closely related to Mortonian, and Framish, a Laposcandian language that is mutually intelligible and forms a dialect continuum with Reshan and Sudish. Despite their co-official status, Rann is still the dominant language of the nation; approximately 77.5% of the population identifies Rann as their native language, while 6.1% identifies Framish, with the remaining 16.4% identifying other languages as their native languages. Framish is normally contained to the capital city Koordekki, the wealthy towns on the western coast, and other pockets of wealth home to the nobility; Framish continues to be associated with prestige and wealth in Rann culture due to its history as being the language of the nobility, and still approximately 12.5% of Framish speakers are members of the nobility, as opposed to only 0.5% of Rann speakers; the royal family are also primarily Framish speakers. Kupmi, also a Mundaric language, is recognized as an official minority language of Framland, chiefly spoken in the far-north of the country by the Kupmi ethnic minority, an indigenous group to Ranland, Framland, Resha, and northern Kasha. Ranland is a highly secular nation; approximately 35.7% of the population adheres to the Church of Ranland, 3.5% to the Church of Framland, 4.4% to other Christian churches, 6.5% to Eurean Islam, and 1.2% to other religions, while the remaining 48.7% identifies as atheist, agnostic, or irreligious. Weekly religious attendance is also low, with only approximately 15.4% of the population attending religious services at least weekly.