Northern Coregnancy

The Northern Coregnancy (NC), also commonly referred to as simply the Coregnancy, is an involved in fostering political, cultural, and economic cooperation among states in Northern Artemia. The Coregnancy is composed of representatives from the governments and parliaments of six sovereign states: Anemos, Aukalnia and Sartland, Gardarike, Kironia, Ostboland, Ringerike and Thuyiquakliq.

The Coregnancy was originally founded in 1941 as part of a joint commission of government to oversee bankruptcy proceedings of the Boreal Coregnancy Company, a multi-national company exploiting the vast fishing resources in the Bolungar Gulf and the Boreal Sea. After nationalizing the Company and declaring the Northern Coregnancy, the multi-lateral commission set about coordinating the maintenance and improvement of in the Bolungar Gulf and the Boreal Sea among the various member states.

These efforts officially lead to proposals for a wider ranging, consultative, and in the 1950s, so members could coordinate government policy. This proposal was agreed to by the signatory members in 196X, and lead to the Treaty of XXXXX, creating the Coregnancy. Today the Northern Coregnancy now has agreements and treaties covering a variety of topics, including a, common , programs, and. The Coregnancy also has its own separate institutions such as the NorCo Investment Bank, the NorCo Research Council, Boreal Student Scholarships, and the Coregnancy Prize Fund.

History
The history of the Northern Coregnancy dates back to the merger of the "Royal Charter Company of the Bolungar Gulf" and the "Boreal Sea Commissioned Company" in 1884. "The Royal Charter Company of the Bolungar Gulf" was founded in Gardic Kironia and primarily owned by Kironian nobles, it traded in lumber, furs and seal/walrus products, boat construction, and coastal fishing. The company was based out of Hildegaård Factory near the village of Sko̊tten (in what is now Hildegaård-Sko̊tten). The town now has a museum dedicated to the history of the Northern Coregnancy, and a gin distillery. The "Boreal Sea Commissioned Company" began as a Gardic company, commissioned to negotiate and oversee fishing boundaries around Thuyiquakliq, but quickly emerged into a controlling power of the Boreal Sea fisheries, becoming the de facto government of several northern ports and stretches of Thuyiquakliq's coast.

In 1884 these two companies merged into the "Boreal Coregnancy Company", holding a near-monopoly over the rich fisheries of the Boreal Sea and Bolungar Gulf, sustaining themselves through significant Quakaliq and Gardic manpower and their Kironian built trawlers. By the 1920s, the company was considered intertwined with the economies and governments of Gardarike, Thuyiquakliq, Kironia, and Anemos, most prominently the Sakhoy Lape Dynasty governing Thuyi. The company borrowed heavily from these nation's governments and the financial sectors of several other nations, like Ostboland. In 1943, the Boreal Company defaulted on dozens of loans, forcing bankruptcy on the company and all of its subsidiaries across Northern Artemia. An international committee took the Company into and subsequently nationalized the Boreal Company on behalf of the participating national governments.

Not all of the company's international creditors immediately participated. Some nations, like Kironia were not original members of the commission and joined later.

The international committee, representing the member states, oversaw the management of the Boreal Company for 8 years. In 1951, the Northern Coregnancy was declared after member states signed the Larvik Agreement, pledging each country to guarantee the safety and improvement of navigation along their. Members of the Cogregnancy constructed a regional hyperbolic radio navigation system to allow for precise navigational data in their maritime areas, and to combat the potential risk of satellite based navigation being superseded or attacked by foreign powers.

Members

 * Thuyiquakliq
 * Gardarike
 * Kironia
 * Anemos
 * Ringerike

Gardarike and Thuyiquakliq are considered the founding members, and the most connected with the Coregnancy, as they are both outlined on the initial charter of the Coregnancy. Kironia joined officially in 1953, however it had heavily contributed towards the financial determination and arbitration of the Boreal Company. Anemos had initially negotiated for a large monetary payout and return of sovereignity of their fisheries, but joined the Coregnancy in 1954, per a shift in foreign policy.

Military
The united military forces of the Northern Coregnancy are largely dominated by Gardarike and Kironia, with the Kironian Expeditionary Forces functioning as the main international peace-keeping force of the Northern Coregnancy. Quakaliq forces are a largely token effort, although shared military drills and Arctic warfare training is specifically undertaken near the country's uninhabited inland.

Economy
The Northern Coregnancy benefit from the most productive fisheries on the planet, which provides a large financial benefit to the union. Primarily focused around the primary and secondary industries, especially fishing, whaling, lumber and iron mining and refining.

A common phrase referring to the trade cooperation of the nations within the Coregnancy is that it is fuelled by "Gardic steel, Kironian boats, and Quakaliq fishermen", referring to the typical process of industry, the mining of raw iron in Gardarike, it refinement and use in boat construction in Kironia, and finally its highly effective use in the hands of the Quakliq fishing fleets that trawl the Boreal Sea and Arctic Circle.

In addition to a large industrial sector, there is a thriving financial, information and technology sector, focused around the Húna Gulf and Kironian Coast. Legal and financial holdings are often located in Thuqlape'he, capital of Thuyi.

Immigration
In 1999, the members of the Northern Coregnancy signed the "Natterholm Agreement" permitting much easier international travel between member states. In addition to the existing immigration allowances into Gardarike and Kironia from Thuyiquakliq, (fast-tracked visas and under certain conditions waived immigration conditions) this has led to a rise in the numbers of Quakaliq youths seeking secondary and tertiary level education abroad.

Travel between Kironia and Gardarike is served either by road and rail connections at the land border or via the 3.6km long Kannus Bridge. In addition there is a number of ferry services from coastal cities, and air travel across the straits.

Travel between Thuyiquakliq and other nations in the Coregnancy is primarily through boat or air services, with a number of fast ships travelling between the nations each day. In 1997, Kironia introduced a commercial passenger and vehicle service between Kokemäki and Thuqlape’he, that runs a round-trip every weekday. The People's Council of Thuyiquakliq has expressed the desire to increase the reliability and frequency of travel links, particularly following the Winter Sea Strikes of 2006.