Eastvale

Province of Eastvale
Province of Urcea
Flag
Location of the Province of Eastvale
Country	Urcea
Cathedral City	Fort St. Andrew
Government
• Governor	John Peera (S)
Population  (2030)
• Total	6,824,537

Eastvale, is a province in the eastern Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea. Eastvale is considered part of Urcea's Transionia region. It comprises the most recently acquired territory in metropolitan Urcea, having been ceded to Urcea following the Third Caroline War. It holds the distinction of being the only territory held by Urcea prior to 1892 that never advanced beyond the stage of Rectory and additionally holds the distinction of having a self-identified population of Derian people ranging from 10% to 25%, making it the largest percentage population of Derians in Urcea.

History

Aedanicad period

Main article: Transionia § History

The rise of Gréagóir FitzRex as Crown-Regent and the end of the Aedanicad would have major repercussions for Eastvale. The Administrative Reorganization Act of 1892 provided that the vast majority of the Rectory for the Eastern Valley would be incorporated as a single province, the new administrative form of the Kingdom with peripheral regions becoming part of the new province of Burgundiemarch. The Rectory was formally dissolved on 1 August 1892 and became the first provincial government to begin operation in Urcea. The first elections took place in 1895, but like elsewhere in the nation, were mired in accusations of intimidation, ballot stuffing, and fraud. Pro-Fitzrex independents took control of the provincial government and Concilium Daoni delegation from the province. The fifteen Regal Army divisions were reinforced to thirty divisions due to FitzRex's anti-Holy Levantine Empire foreign policy, and the Regal Army began to construct a line of fortifications facing Dericania. During the Red Interregnum, these fortifications were highly effective against Deric forces. However, Ionian Highlanders loyal to House de Weluta infiltrated the province with ease and launched a lengthy insurgent campaign with local assistance. News of the Overland Campaign required a concentration of forces in Burgundiemarch, leaving just five divisions to hold Eastvale. Ionian highlanders and local militias outnumbered Regal Army forces, and following a short campaign the Regal Army surrendered Fort St. Andrew on 15 July 1899. Eastvale was the third province to fall to Legitimist forces - South Ionia and North Ionia preceded it - and it provided an important supply route from Dericania to the Ionian provinces.

Geography

Cities and towns

Rank	City	Population
1	New Carsula	1,596,401
2	Batania	1,492,403
3	Fort St. Andrew	450,401
4	Aballo	394,105
5	New Almás	377,405
6	Condate	296,703
7	Solva	274,396
8	Almus	139,194
9	Carsula	82,051
10	Mevania	55,105

Demographics

Self-reported ethnic origin (2015):

 Urcean (72.4%)

 Derian (17.8%)

 Ænglish (4.2%)

 Gassavelian (2.2%)

 Other (3.4%)

Government

Politics

As of the 2030s, Eastvale is decisively a Solidarity province. However, prior to the 2025 Urcean elections, the province was highly competitive between the monarchist, Ionian-oriented Julian Party and far-left parties such as the Social Labor Party and its predecessors. These parties, though strictly opposed to one another, both reflected an anti-centralism common in Transionian politics. Both parties in Eastvale specifically typically campaigned on a strong anti-Urceopolis message. In the 2015 Urcean elections, Social Labor won 3 of 4 seats with the Julians winning the remainder. After the collapse of the left-wing parties and the creation of the merged Solidarity Party, both monarchists and left-wing anti-centralists coalesced behind the Solidarity Party, which now controls all Daoni seats, supermajorities in the provincial legislature, and the governor's office. In the 2030 Urcean elections, incumbent Solidarity Procurator Livio Iarnán defeated his Pact opponent 63% to 35%. Efforts to build a regionalist left-wing party in Eastvale have largely failed, and the alleged "urbanite and erudite" reputation of the Working Families Party has turned most Eastvaleyards away from the party.