Ashenwood

## Summary

Ashenwood was a mainly rural, wooded province located north-west in the Kingdom of Adoria before merging with Tempera into Greater Tempera. The province is known for its famous trees which produce uniquely strong wood famous in the country. Despite this, most Ashenwood citizens have some of the lowest wages in the country, and increasing economic prosperity has been a key goal of Federal and local authorities.

## History

Ashenwood history truly commences during Portugese colonisation of the island of Adoria from 1452-1976. The coastline of Ashenwood was used by the Portugese as a major basing point, however, the densely wooded internal of the province meant that Portugese colonies were solely on the coast. Thereby allowing Temperan and West Adorian tribes to thrive and flourish in these inaccessible regions. In the following decades the natives of Ashenwood would end up merging and interbreeding with the Portugese settlers, and as a result would create a heavily native influenced Portugese culture. During the 1800’s the province experienced some moderate industrialization along the coast however, the province lacked natural and especially mineral resources to encourage large development and growth and would remain a poverty stricken part of the island for the following century. In 1976, during the Adorian War of Independence, Ashenwood was a large section of territory damaged during the Portugese offensive to crush the revolution (Operation Torrente ‘Torrent’). The forest, being the site of many Revolutionary weapons depots and secret bases was therefore bombed with napalm by the Portugese Army on the Eastern part of Ashenwood Forest to drive the rebels out into the open leading to a fire and battle that resulted in ⅓ of the forest being destroyed but in 16,000 Portugese casualties compared to 3,100 Adorian ones. Ever since the war Ashenwood has worked to restore its unique forest while balancing the need to resolve economic stagnation and improve quality of life. After the abolishment of the adorian monarchy, the pretender monarch, Sealand, a ashenwood resident declared his small home in the countryside near New Haven the official home of the Royals, and so his small Bungalow was the official Royal home and has since become a tourist attraction much to the dismay of neighbors.

## Politics

Ashenwood is a firmly right-wing controlled province, with the first Governor Election being between GentlemanLobster (Conservative) and LucaOrangedude (Libertarian) and the second one being between Governor LucaOrangedude and Soopreme (United Right Party). As a result of this broad appeal to right wing voters both Gubernatorial Elections were extremely close and both ended in a tie. Therefore, both elections were decided by the Supreme Court, once as a result of Lobster pulling out of the race and the second time with a vote

 After the merge with Tempara, the Ashenwood independence movement was started by former governor of Ashenwood, Sealand.

## References

1. ↑ Sealand's Oceanearth (2019), p.999, *Why cookies if we have Scoopsters*? (Waterdirt Inc.)
2. ↑ A caption on Milka's chocolate (Milka inc.)
3. ↑ Hussar's Cannibalism Dialogue (2019), p. 15-17, *Cheeky-Breakis, or Why Russia is a threat to Adorian Gastrology*