New Archduchy
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Republic of New Archduchy | |
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 Flag
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Motto: da Deus fortunae (O God give us fortune) | |
| Location | Location of New Archduchy (green) in Crona (gray) |
| Capital and | Adriansville |
| Official languages | Julian Ænglish |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Government | Parliamentary republic |
• Popular Regent | John Brianus |
• Chancellor | Marius Felen |
| Legislature | Common Council |
| Establishment | |
• Independence from Urcea | 9 August 1890 |
• Constitution adopted | 17 July 1892 |
| Population | |
• 2025 estimate | 6,502,859 |
| GDP (nominal) | estimate |
• Total | $204,202,778,318 |
• Per capita | $31,402 |
The Republic of New Archduchy is a country in Crona.
Etymology
Geography
History
Exploration and settlement
Colonial era
Independence and constitution
Golden age of Odoneru commerce
Great War and Occidental Cold War
Modern period
Government
New Archduchy is a unitary, parliamentary republic governed by the Constitution of 1892, which establishes a unicameral legislature, the 134-seat Common Council, lead by the Chancellor of the Common Council who serves as the head of government of New Archduchy. The Common Council is elected every five years in years ending with "0" and "5" and are apportioned every ten years. The Common Council is largely modeled after the Urcean Concilium Daoni, and is elected from single member constituencies. Unlike Urcea, political parties are not represented in any government capacity, cannot endorse members of the Council, and members of the Council are legally prohibited from organizing along party lines. Political parties can be organized and can endorse candidates on the local level, however, and the government of New Archduchy effectively assumes a partisan nature despite constitutional prohibitions against partisanship.
Limited executive powers are invested in the Popular Regent, an officer who holds the responsibility of head of state but holds little administrative responsibility. The Popular Regent, who serves as the embodiment of national sovereignty on behalf of the people of the Republic, serves a single twenty-five year term. Elections for the office are non-partisan and held either at the end of the term of the previous occupant or upon the death of the previous occupant. Accordingly, elections for the office do not take place at fixed increments. The office of Popular Regent is open to any baptized Catholic over the age of forty.
Culture
New Archduchy draws cultural traditions from many Occidental sources including its neighbors and indigenous peoples as well as from Urcea which established the New Archduchy colony. A majority of people in New Archduchy are descendants of Urcean settlers and speak Julian Ænglish, though several other settler groups from South Levantia - including Derians, Caens, and Carnish people - participated in the colonization of the region. New Archduchy also has considerable Coscivian influences from historic Kiravian cultural and geopolitical involvement in the region as well as from nearby Paulastra.
The indigenous peoples of New Archduchy, closely related to the people of Titechaxha, have long influenced New Archducal society through the dual means of cuisine and music.