Torlen

Torlen is a collection of islands in the Levantine Ocean belonging to Burgundie. The largest and most densely populated island, Gran Torlen, is 47.7 sq km (18.45 sq mi) and is home to New Torleans. Barcares; 16.7 sq km (6.4 sq mi), Piscea; 8.3 sq km (3.2 sq mi) and the Levantine Atoll Rim Islands 13.3 sq km (5.2 sq mi) collectively, make up the remainder of the island group.

Politics and government
Torlen is part of the Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly's Polar Burgundies geographic designation. Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly is a constituent country equivalent of Burgundie with its own assembly, prime minister, budget, and laws. Burgundie's national governmental influence is limited to subsidies, education, and security, however, its financial and cultural institutes cast a long shadow across Torlen.

Torlen is a province within Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly with its own semi-elected -, representative legislative body, and court system.

Torleniens are Burgoigniacs/Burgoignix with complete civil and economic rights, and citizenship (political rights) under the same federal service criteria as all residents of Burgundie. Burgoignesc is the official language.

Provincial executive
The provincial executive is the -. Three candidates are elected by a election held every 5 years, the three candidates are presented to the Court of St. Alphador and the next - is chosen from these candidates. If the citizenry rejects the selection, a run-off election is held with the remaining two candidates.

Provincial legislature
Like the Citizens Court of the National Assembly (Burg. La Assemblee de Ciutadans de l'Assemblee Nacional, ACAN), The Torlen Citizen's Court of the Provincial Assembly is a unicameral legislator. It makes provincial law, has the power of the provincial purse, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the provincial government. The Assembly has three seats for each province, one for the Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly's Torlen liaison, 3 for the clergy, 3 seats reserved for municipal leaders, and 3 for a rota of private business leaders. On 6 occasions throughout the year 3 more seats are opened to the public to debate topics that are not on the annual legislative agenda.

Climate
Torlen has a, with hot humid summers, and warm to mild and drier winters. Seasonal rainfall is concentrated in the warmest months from May through September, when brief but intense downpours with thunder and lightning are common, while the driest months are from November through April. Rainfall averages around 52 in a year.

Normal monthly mean temperatures range from 54.2 °F in January to 82.5 °F in July; high temperatures average 65.5 to 91.9 °F throughout the year. Torlen usually averages only about 10 to 15 nights at or below freezing. Such cold weather is usually short-lived.

Torlen is impacted by tropical cyclones on average once a year, but major damage hasn't occurred since 1994. Most common impacts are storm surge and rain-related flodding related to passing storms in low lying coastal areas.