Kironia

Kironia, officially The Free Estates of the Kironian Coast, Northern Lokhov and Raumo, is a sovereign state in eastern Artemia

Ancient History
Deitic Woodslore

Medieval History
Construction of the 8th century Citadel of Nurmes, by the Gardic warlord Harald Rauðurfót. The region was occupied by a variety of peoples and neo-states, belonging to Gardic settlers and expansionists, various and Lokhovy native kingdoms or chiefdoms, and a range of smaller ethnic and cultural nations.

Emergence of the Kironians
The introduction and conversion of much of the populace of Lokhov to christianity in the 12th and 13th centuries led to the rise of several opportunistic tribes of Kieli peoples, known as the Kironians, to ensnare and hire groups of Gardic warriors and raiders, and foreign crusader-missionaries, into their service, with the mixed purposes of carving out their own kingdoms and also to Christianize the remaining native peoples. The end of this period was denoted by the creation of several Kironian kingdoms, ruled by the Kironian tribes, and made up of mixed Kieli, Lokhovy and Gardic peoples, who had been Christianized. This period is also sometimes called the Kironian Crusades, as for the concept of Kironian tribes converting early, and soliciting foreign resources, missionaries and soldiers under the pretense of Christianizing the rest of Lokhov, but in reality, having this Christianization be only the side-effect of their kingdom building. Kironian Christian Kingdoms

Nurmes Union
Nurmes Union in 1500s rose as a series of mercantile minor kingdoms, that were organised into a semi-informal league called the Nurmes Union, to profit off the trade in the Bolungar Gulf and White Sea. (Kuusamo, Hedestad & Hedesby, Nurmes, Dobele, Raumo) trading of sea otter furs, other furs, timber, linen/linseed/flax, pine tar and resin, beer, coarse fabrics. going as far as Tiperyn and Ovancia, returning with wines, olive oil and silks from Ovancia, bar iron & copper and fine wool and fabrics from Tiperyn.

Gardic Rule
In 1759, Kironia was invaded by Gardarike, and the "Útrásin mikla" (Gardic: Great Expansion), also called the Third Northern War, was finished in 1761, with the Kironian nobility submitting to the Gardic state, and being joined into Gardarike, allowed to retain their home rule, under the watchful gaze of a series of Viceroys. At this time, Kironia was broken up into four major states, to be administered each by a Gardic Vice-Regent, who would in turn rule the existing Kironian nobles. The Archbishopric of Parnu was not invaded or occupied, and remained independent nominally..

Independence
independence and unification in the late 1870s, during a brief weakness of Gardarike, using the justification of the Raumo Meeting of 1824 (holding that legal basis of Gardic dominion over Kironia ended with the death of a particular king), Kironian governments under the Gardic vice-regents organised several brigades of soldiers to take control of railway stations, telegraph stations and post offices and in cities, and to establish border crossings. Apart from a few sporadic skirmishes, there was no real Gardic retaliation and formal independence was negotiated.

20th century history
Kitturenen Era - 60s-90s, under successive chancellorships of Birgir Kitturenen, Melissa Rahkkamon and Lars Kitturenen (Lars was Birgir's nephew, and Melissa was seperate but closely associated), the Era was marked by newfound economic stability after 50s year tumult, also a period of social liberalisation following the radically conservative Blomfeld Era (1910-1950)

Geography
Most of the population centres are located on the Húna Gulf (Gardic: Cub), along the region known as the Kironian Coast, that are opposite to the north-eastern coast of Gardarike. Fjords in the north, fucktonnes of forests the nation over, most of the population in the southern half though, 90% live level with or south of Raumo.

The Principality
The Principality of Kironia, is the four-member body which collectively serves as the Head of State of Kironia. Four elected Princes represent the nobility of the Kironian estates. Two Co-Princes represent the Estates of the Kironian Coast and Northern Lokhov, with one Prince required to be Kieli and one Lokhovyet, a Prince representing the Free City of Raumo and the fourth being the Prince-Bishop of Parnu, who is the incumbent Archbishop of Parnu.

The Principality is tasked with conducting the foreign policy, representing Kironia in international assemblies, ratifying treaties with the consent of the Parliament, appointing ambassadors and ratifying the government budget.

A Prince's term lasts four years and there is no term limit upon their tenure. The members of the Principality are:

The Parliament
The Parliament of Kironia, is a unicameral legislative assembly elected every four years by the people of Kironia. It possesses 40 seats representing the major towns and sub-divisions of the cities, however the areas the seats represent are liable to change as per Parliamentary program.The Parliament has been dominated by the "State Conservative Party" (Lokhovyet:Riigi Konservatiivne Partei), who currently hold 38 seats of the Parliament. The remaining two seats occupied by independent candidates.

International observers classify the elections in Kironia as being unfair. The SCP and the Chancellor's Office have allegedly taken efforts to prevent an opposition coalition from forming and are also alleged to regularly tamper with electoral results.

Lord Usher of the Ivory Mace
The Lord Usher is a member of the Office of the Chancellor, and acts as the Presiding Officer of the Parliament. Their task is to control access to and maintain the order of the Parliamentary Chamber. The Ivory Mace itself is a 5 foot long rod of finely carved mammoth ivory that was captured from a Quakliq chieftan over 200 years ago.

Chancellor
The Chancellor is the official Head of Government of Kironia, and is a member of the Parliament, chosen by a majority vote of the Princes. The Prime Minister acts as the Chief Executive and Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief, this empowers them to implement policy, oversee and direct the Executive branch and submit their own laws to the Parliament.

Federal System
nation is a federation of four states/entities, each divided into sub-divisions called Counties, and each County has a representative in the Parliament -Kironia (Estate)		16 -Northern Lokhov (Estate)	13 -Raumo (Estate)			9 -Parnu (Archbishopric)		2

Political Parties
The State Conservative Party (Lokhovyet:Riigi Konservatiivne Partei), currently hold 38 of 40 seats of Parliament. Alleged to tamper with election results and be unfair, de facto one-party state. The RKP is a centre-right Statist Christian-Conservative party. The current Party Leader is Astrid Margriit, who is the incumbent Chancellor.

Economy
The Economy of Kironia is primarily a secondary and tertiary sector economy. Largest banks: Gardbank (Gardic based bank), Raumo B Bank,
 * Primary: forestry/timber, quarried stone, fishing, (very small amounts of gold, nickel, chromium, steel), farming (rye, wheat, barley, ota, dairy)
 * Secondary: cosmetics, technology, shipbuilding, pulp & paper, power tools and chainsaws, medical equipment
 * Tertiary: IT support, security & networking, telecomms, insurance, finance, tourism and medical services

Currency
When part of Gardarike, used the Gardic Rikisdalur, then used the Kironian Riigisdalur after independence, until they switched to the Rublis in 1914, to bolster national identity away from Gardarike. Converted to Ruble in 1951, after leaving the gold standard. Adopted the "New Ruble" in 1968 after revaluation, to stabilize the currency following a period of inflation. Finally adopted the Kroona in 2014 in a failed attempt to start a Northern Coregnancy Common Currency.

Defence
The Kironian Defence Force is the military organisation of Kironia. The Chancellor is its Commander-in-Chief, below them is the Military Board, overseen by the Lord Marshal, which acts as the unified command of the KDF.
 * Naval Forces of the Kironian Estates - navy and coast guard, mainly rely on 8 multi-role frigates and other smaller watercraft
 * Army of the Estates - army
 * Kironian Air Force - using Gryphon EK.2 and Siren fighters
 * IIS (Intelligence and Information Services) - foreign, domestic and signals intelligence
 * State Auxillary Forces - contains the Financial Department, Military Police and the Medical and Engineering Corps
 * State Special Police Service - the federal police force organised under the aegis of the military, also acts as the secret police

Sports
Popular sports in Kironia are: Shooting/Hunting (Fox hunting, 3 gun, Target shooting, Biatholon), Equestrian Sports (Showjumping, Racing), Snowsports (Snowboarding, Skiing, Snowmobiling, Dogsledding), Golf, Fencing, Ice Hockey (of which there is one major national league, and much international competition). Additionally timbersports very popular, being the consdered the national sport, with the Timbersports World Championships running in Kironia every year since 1964.

Cities


Kironia has a relatively small and urbanised population, with aroudn 70% of the population living in towns or cities, mainly focused around the southern half of the country. 90% of the population live to the south of Raumo.

Health
advanced medical and healthcare industry, costs are covered by a mixed system of social insurance and mandatory private health insurance. Waiting times in Kironia vary wildly based on treatment, but are typically around 6-8 weeks for inpatient and outpatient services, although many report lower waiting times. The healthcare system is managed by the Federal Government.

Religion
highly religious, 70% attend church at least once a month, 85% consider themselves christians. Majority and state religion is the Northern Trinitarian Church, headed by the Archbishop of Parnu, based in the Fortress of St Eirene

Flags of Kironia