Noordelijkland

Politics
Noordelijlkand uses a bicameral system.

The legislature, the Noordelijkland Congress, is composed of 5 members from each region of the nation.

The upper house, also called the Supreme Noordelijkland Court passes the final laws and resolutions.

The lower house, also known as The General Court the creates the laws and debates the decissions made by the people in the last elections.

The Five Kigdom Era
The fist defined cultures in the area that now is ocuppied by Noordelijkland appeared around the year 300, this societies were defined by their tribal organization in small villages that depended on farming and fishing.

They slowly created a feudal system that by the year 800 had led the creation of the first five kingdoms of the area.

They expanded into the inner areas of the Zaan river and its tributaries during the next 3 centuries.

In the year 1332, the five kings, all of the same dinasty, signed a treaty known as the treaty of Zaandam. They agreed that the kingdom would merge into the Kingdom of Noordelijkland, as they called the cold lands around that age, and that one member of their family, Willem Van Dijk, a retired commander, would become king.

Known as Willem the First he and his family led the nation into prosperity for the next 400 years.

The National Revolt
As of the year 1784 the country was in great debt, the price of the food was very high and the taxes were on the raise, this led to a revolt around the area of the capital, Zaandam, the same place were the kingdom was created 450 years ago was then surrounded by armed folks and fire.

A group of intelectuals of different origins and backgrounds met on Zaandam to create the constitution of the Republic of Noordelijkland, leading to the National Revolt and to the final abdication of the king.

The newly formed republic established a new education system, new military bodies and the most important thing of all, it gave the Noordelijklanders the possibility to vote.

The Schism
In the inside of the country, separated from the historical lands of the Noordelijklanders lived an old ethnic goup descended from the first Heltic peoples that inhabited the area, they called themselves the Derianee, they were "accepted" into the Noordelijkland society at first, but after the republic was created, they slowly demanded more and more autonomy, even trying to declare independence from the Nation.

In the months prior to The Schism, tensions were building up, small Derianee guerrilla groups attacked the police in remote sreas of Noordelijkland until on 1921, they finally declared war on their enemies. This sparkled a anti-derianee feeling on the Noordelijklanders, that slowly defeated the Derianee, through the army and small militias of citizens.

When the Schism ended in Noordelijklander victory on 1922, a few laws were passed that banned the possibility to vote of the Derianee, as well as banning them from the political life and normal life.

This racial, cultural, and social conflict continues to this day.