Hanoram
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| Hanoram | |
 Flag | |
| Country |  Kiravian Federacy
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| Theme |  Federation
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| Capital | Varyakivon |
| Largest City | Primóra |
| Population | 8.2 million |
| Prime Executive | Méadhrán Marmaidan (BBP) |
| Chancellor | Stesiχorus Introvirin (WRP) |
| Stanora seats | 3 |
| Official languages | Kalvertan Coscivian Kiravic Coscivian |
| Other Languages | Antaric Coscivian Æran Coscivian |
| State church | Catholic Church |
| Postal Abbreviation | HAN |
Hanoram (officially the Commonwealth of Hanoram) is a Kiravian state located on the Eastern Seaboard. Hanoram encloses the northern half of Míhanska Bay, and borders the Aquaric Ocean to the east, Váuadra and Etivéra to the North, and Ventarya to the south. Along its southern border, Hanoram also partly encloses the District of Coīnvra, which was formed from territory ceded by Hanoram to the Federal government in XXXXX.
Geography
Hanoram's geography is dominated by Míhanska Bay, which separates its mainland from the Bay Islands. The coastline of the Bay is heavily indented with peninsulas and estuaries. The Bay Islands are generally low-lying and comprise a complex coastal landscape inclusing ecologically important wetland, sand dune, and barrier shoal habitats. With the exception of the north-western fringes of the state, which lie in the Aterandic Mountains, most of Hanoram is a rolling coastal plain with undulating hills, numerous rivers, and remarkably few natural lakes of considerable size. Major rivers include the Volapūk (which empties into Míhanska Bay at Primóra), the Coïn (which flows through Kartika and forms the boundary between Hanoram and Ventarya), the Y, and the Z.
Hanoram has a mesotemperate humid continental climate across most of its territory, with some highland areas further inland having a supratemperate thermotype and/or oceanic characteristics due to orographic effects. The native vegetation is mostly mixed forests of elm, various pines, oak, maple, hemlock, and hickory. The state is known for its brilliant autumn colours.
Countyships and Cities
The territory of Hanoram is divided into 25 countyships and two independent cities.
County Ardrossan
County Sergion
County Elūmenor
County Primóra
County Tydin
County St. Claire
County St. Brigid
County Sávilús
Primóra City
Varyakivon City
History
Governance
The politics and governance of Hanoram take place in the frameowrk set down by the Organic Statute of the Commonwealth of Hanoram, which was adopted early during the Republican Revolution by Hanoram's local Republican faction and took its current form in 20719. Legislative authority is vested in a bicameral Stanora, which comprises a House of Burgesses elected biennially by single transferrable vote and a House of Delegates elected quadrennially by plurality vote. Both houses use geographically-fixed administrative countyships as their electoral districts.
The chief executive of Hanoram, who bears the title of Prime Executive, is elected every five years by plurality vote.
The three largest political parties in Hanoram are the [Red Tories], [Blue Tories], and National Reform Party, all of which are affiliated with the Conservatives-Reformists Group in the Federal Stanora. These three parties, either in the configuration of Red Tory or Blue Tory majorities or Red- or Blue-Tory coälitions with the NRP, have held power in the state continuously since the advent of the current party system in 21150. The Institute for Republican Health classifies Hanoram as a "Natural consensus state", meaning that political power shifts regularly between an ideologically-narrow range of parties without significant structural barriers to opposition parties or factions.
| Member | Party | First Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petronius Tædinsōr | Wine-Red Party (AHC) | 21189 | |
| Merovur Nívsergion | Black-Blue Party (FRA) | 21199 | |
| Sovía Aspolektur | Solidarity Party (CSU) | 21206 | |
Most local administrative responsibility in Hanoram is assigned to its 25 countyships. Countyships in Hanoram are responsible for the provision of services such as public education, policing, waste management, parks and recreation, and local infrastructure. With the exception of the independent cities of Primóra and Varyakivon, which operate as countyship-equivalents, incorporated municipalities in Hanoram have few powers or responsibilities, and are more comparable to the perþinuvya ("rural townships") of Upper and Central Kiravia than to the municipalities of neighbouring states to the north.
Hanoram has three seats in the Federal Stanora and one seat on the Federal Council.
Public Transportation
Like smaller states to its northeast, Hanoram maintains a publically-operated transit system with a high level of statewide connectivity. Partnerships with countyship transit authorities and private contractors have created a bus network so comprehensive that a University of Hanoram study using geospatial data determined that only 8% of addresses on the western shore of Míhanska Bay were further than 1 kilometre from a bus stop. Hanoram, in conjunction with the Federal government, the District of Coīnvra, and Ventarya, funds and governs the Capital Metropolitan Transit Authority, which is responsible for most mass transit in Ardrossan and Sergion countyships. HanoRail, a parastatal, operates a passenger rail service linking Kartika, Kallumsar, and Primóra.
Law
Hanoram has an actively enforced seatbelt law, though it is enforceable only as a secondary violation. It requires vehicle registration plates on both the fore and aft of four-wheeled motor vehicles and the aft of two-wheeled motor vehicles.
Society and Culture
Ethnosocial Groups
Language
Hanoram is a multilingual state, with five main languages having been spoken natively on its territory before the Republican Era. The prevailing language of Hanoram used for inter-ethnic communication, state governance, business, and secondary education, is Kalvertan Coscivian. Kalvertan Coscivian is the ethnic vernacular of the Kalvertan people native to the Bay Islands, and was widely used as a trade language in the coastal towns around the Bay from the XXth century. By the XYth century, Kalvertan was replacing Vexin Coscivian as the region's lingua franca, even in many inland areas.
Kiravic Coscivian is the second most spoken language in the state, being the prevailing tongue of Kartika and its Hanoram suburbs. The Hanoram countyships immediately adjacent to the District of Coīnvra are officially bilingual but use Kiravic as their primary working language for local governance. Primóra and its suburbs also have a substantial Kiravic-speaking minority population. Lékaśran Kir communities speaking their particular dialect have existed in the northeast of the state for centuries, near the border with Váuadra.
Although Hanoramites of Vexin descent and affiliations are still regarded as the dominant sector of Hanoram society, the Vexin language is no longer widely understood, even among its core community.
Immigration
Most Hanoramites live either the Kartika Metropolitan Area or in and around the state's largest city, Primóra.
Cuisine
The traditional cuisine of Hanoram belongs to the wider Baylands culinary region, and has been enriched since the Age of the Sail by ingredients and dishes brought to the state by seaborne commerce, reflecting the history of Primóra as a centre of the spice trade and other commerce with Vallos and the Kindreds Sea. It is most famous for its seafood, first and foremost the soft-shell crab species native to Míhanska Bay, as well as oysters, clams, and Míhanska dwarf crawfish. Ducks, geese, shorebirds, and other waterfowl were traditionally a major source of protein for the rural population, though stricter environmental regulations in recent decades have reduced the availability of fowl that are not commercially farmed.
Farmhouse ales and keeping beers are produced throughout the state, both commercially and artisinally by cereal farmers for home consumption or roadside sale in solidarity with the beveraged driver community. During the early 19th century, Hanoramite brewers around Primóra began to take inspiration from the Yonderrite saison, and ales produced in that vicinity gradually shifted closer to a saison flavour profile. In the late 18th century, oyster stout became popular with the proliferation of oyster houses as a more affordable alternative to the claret, which the upper sets preferred to accompany their oysters.
Hanoramite tacos are Southern-style (wheat-based and exclusively soft-shelled), and clearly derived from the Insular taco-making tradition. Crabmeat and fish are the usual fillings, most commonly seasoned with crab seasoning or chili powder and celery salt, lemon or lime juice, nutmeg, and vinegar. Tartar sauce and diced pickled cucumber are often included with fish-based tacos.
Sports
Economy
Hanoram stands at the forefront of the burgeoning Kiravian biomedical and health industries, a position it enjoys due to the presence of government agencies and key private research institutions in the state. The city of Hértevin in County Ardrossan is home to the Federal Physiological Institute and the Countercontagion Agency, as well as the Hértevin Medical Cantonment, which is the headquarters and flagship hospital of the Kiravian Army Medical Corps. Ɣarvoren University in Primóra and its affiliated research hospitals, as well as the strong biomedical programmes at the University of Hanoram and the University of Varyacivon further contribute to the state's stock of human resources, knowledge, funding, and research infrastructure in this field. Availing themselves of these advantages, hundreds of successful private pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and specialty healthcare firms have taken root in County Ardrossan and the Primóra metro area. Hanoram has the most physicians per capita of any Kiravian state.
Universities and federal investment have made Hanoram competitive in science and technology fields beyond medicine. Kiravia's third-largest tech corridor, centred on Kartika, radiates outward into Counties Adrossan, Sergion, and Elūmenor, creating thousands of information technology related jobs, most of which either directly or indirectly service the federal government. The Agricultural Executive operates its largest agronomic laboratory in County Sergion, and the Federal Spaceflight Authority has an administrative and research campus nearby, and the government-sponsored Kiravian West Mars Company is based outside Eregion.
The growth of the Kartika and Primóra metropolitan areas has fuelled the growth of construction, hospitality, and transportation sectors. Kartika is the Federacy's largest hotel market, and many hotel chains serving it have built locations near the District of Coīnvra border to take advantage of Hanoram's lower taxes.
Primóra is the northernmost ice-free port on the east coast of Great Kirav. The development of rail connexions over the Aterandics to Castera and Hiterna was a boon to the city's fortunes. Primóra was the first Southern Kiravian city to industrialise, and would remain the only one until High Modernity brought manufacturing operations to Tolôn and the cities of Korlēdan. Though Primóra did not readily adjust to "twenty-first century manufacturing" after Kirosocialism like Valēka or many cities of Upper Kirav, it remains home to several nationally-famous consumer brands, including ŚetanTrex (performance clothing), Ó Cormaic Seasonings, and Kalvēln (potato chips).
Fishing, both in Míhanska Bay and the Aquaric Ocean, is an important industry. The Míhanska fisheries are particularly known for the soft-shell crabs that are a staple of the local diet and have become a symbol of state pride. Although the state's GDP and labour force are overwhelmingly concentrated in services and industry, large areas of Hanoram are dedicated to agriculture, particularly the Eastern Shore and the Northern Tier along the border with Váuadra, as well as the western fringes of Counties Elūmenor and Ardrossan. Elūmenor Industries from the Kartika Metropolitan area (hospitality, transport, other stuff) Military
Maritime Sector
In the 17th century AD, Hanoram's maritime trade began to gain prominence, particularly with the expansion of trade routes to Crona and the Kindreds Sea. This period saw the development of Primóra as a major multicontinental trading hub. The city's ice-free harbours, sheltered from storm surges by the Grauniad Isles, provided a sound environment for remarkable commercial growth. The creation of the Bay Trading Company in the late 17th century was a clear indication of the nation's commitment to maritime commerce.
The 20th century witnessed the continued expansion of Hanoram's maritime trade, albeit with various challenges, including the impact of the Great Wars and changes in global trade patterns. Shipbuilding remained a significant industry, with the shipyards of Savarna and Arunden still (somewhat) credibly claiming worldwide fame. However, by the latter part of the century, the decline of traditional shipbuilding became evident, and industries like oil and gas transshipment and container shipping took precedence.
Presently, Hanoram's maritime trade sector is characterized by a blend of traditional and modern elements. While shipbuilding has experienced a decline, ports like Primóra, Arunden, and Iopamur have become centers of activity for offshore oil and gas, as well as container shipping. Moreover, the fishing industry still plays a crucial role in many coastal communities, while tourism and ferry services contribute to the sector's diversity.