Alcairet

Alcairet is a Burgoignesc province in confluence of the Barbary Straits and the Sea of Istroya, in Audonia. It is considered part of La Garrote. Historically Alcairet was a middle power of the Istroyan civilization in antiquity. It is considered the last vestige of the Istroyan civilization until it was conquered by the Oduniyyad Caliphate in the 7th century AD. It remained under Oduniyyad control until the fall of that empire in 1514 when it was left to its own devices until the Truffle Races between the coastal states of the Kingdom of Dericania (Burgundie) and Caphiria led to its annexation by Burgoignesc Kandahar-Kandara Trading Company in 1577. It was administered as part of the Barbary Straits Colony from 1577-1836 when the mainland was lost, then given provincial status in 1875 when the unified nation of Burgundie was formed.

Trade Island of Alcairet al Qairat
Province
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Nation	Burgundie
Constituent Country equivalent	Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly
Geographic Designation	Audonio-Alshari Burgundie
Colonized by Burgundie	1577
Capital	Port Genjareb
Government
• Governor-Epistates	Guillem-Aymen Ballart al-Javed
Population  (2030)
• Total	12,943,203
Demonym(s)	Alcairetoise

Geography

Geology

Alcairet is an island in the western mouth of the Barbary Straits. The islands are the remains of a land bridge that used to connect the southwestern and northern continental islands of Alshar. At the end of the last ice age when sea levels rose, the lowlands flooded and formed the Barbary Straits.

Because of this phenomenon, the geography that remains to form the island chain is hilly with low lying areas being built up by silty undercurrents coming from the Aab-e-Farus. This makes the northern coasts very fertile and verdant. The northern faces of the hilly landscape is also quite fertile as the Antarctic atmosphere pulls warm air out of the Aab-e-Farus]] extending the growing season and keeping it humid year round.

Over the past few thousand years of human settlement the nutrient rich silt has been spread throughout the islands, but the heavily rains in the monsoon season rapidly errode anything that is not secured by deep roots. As such much of the islands hillsides have been terraced for cultivation and rivers and streams have been the subject of extensive terraforming and human intervention.

Climate

Alcairet's prevailing winds are the warm and moist trade winds blowing westerly from the Sea of Kandahar and the Aab-e-Farus.

History

Early settlements

Main article: Istroyan civilization

Oduniyyad Caliphate

Main article: Oduniyyad Caliphate

Colonization

• Truffle Races
• Barbary Straits Colony

Politics

Alcairet is part of the Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly's Audonio-Alshari Burgundie 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 Alcairet.

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

Alcairetoise 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 but Arabic and Burgoignesc are both in use. However, there was a time during the 1960s and 1970s when children were forbidden to speak Arabic in schools. Arabic is now taught in schools; it is sometimes even a requirement for employment.

Provincial executive

The provincial executive is the Governor-Epistates. Three candidates are elected by a single transferable vote election held every 5 years, the three candidates are presented to the Court of St. Alphador and the next Governor-Epistates 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 Alcairetoise 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 Alcairet 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.

Culture

Economy

Trade

Port Abu-Oun
Location
Country	Burgundie

Infrastructure

Military installations

TBD

TBD
Burgundie
Site information
Owner	Burgoignesc Security Forces
Operator	Navy of Burgundie Revenue Guard
Controlled by	TBD
Condition	Operational
Site history
Built	TBD
Garrison information
Occupants	Navy TBD Revenue Guard TBD