Constituent states of New Harren: Difference between revisions

The Rectory of New Harren was established in 1858. It is the largest constituency in the Kingdom both in terms of geography and demography; it comprises nearly half of the Kingdom's territory and is populated by 9 million people, more than half of the Kingdom's 16.5 million population as surveyed in 2034. Originally the expansive but sparsely populated territory of the Schoharie, the Rectory of New Harren slowly expanded over tribal territory from 1858 to 1910, during which time the population grew rapidly. Like [[Urcea]]'s [[Government of Urcea#Province|provinces]], the Rectory has an elected executive (called a Deputy) and a bicameral legislature comprised of the Colonial Senate and Colonial Assembly. Much of the Rectory's government mirrors that of the [[Government of Urcea]], retaining a similar cabinet structure to that of the [[Concilium Purpaidá]]. The Rectory is divided into fifteen dioceses, again mirroring the [[Government of Urcea#Local%20Government|local government structure]] of [[Urcea]]. Unlike Urcea, New Harren does not employ a guild system, and it employs only two kinds of localities; the Urcean commune and the Urcean polis.

Port St. Charles, governed as a polis, is the oldest city in the Rectory of New Harren. Originally serving as an important coaling station into "inner Crona" (the internal Sea of Nysdra region), the city became an important military port in the years leading up to the [[Second Great War]], as the [[Urcea|Urcean]] [[Royal Navy (Urcea)|Royal Navy]] established the city as the headquarters of the new [[Royal Navy (Urcea)#Fleet%20Structure|Nysdra Squadron]], established in 1927 to protect the colony from foreign aggression. The colony was not harmed during the war, and following the conflict some veterans were given parcels of land in the colony. Despite these developments, New Harren remained somewhat populous for a colony but largely irrelevant until the [[War of the Northern Confederation]] and discovery of uranium further north. With the establishment of the Kingdom, the Rectory of New Harren has become the cosmopolitan hub of the Kingdom and residence for many non-Levantine descended New Yustonese. Port St. Charles, as the Kingdom's capital city, has grown substantially with the establishment of political and diplomatic quarters; a large service economy has grown up around the Kingdom's central government apparatus, leading to beneficial ripple effects throughout the entire Rectory. The Rectory's population is overwhelmingly of Levantine descent, with 93.1% of the population in 2024 recording "some or entire Levantine ancestry", though the non-Levantine population is on the rise as Port St. Charles continues to grow as an economic hub. The growth of the city and attraction of people throughout the Kingdom has turned Port St. Charles - and the Rectory as a whole - into a cultural melting pot, developing new and interesting variations on both native and Levantine cultural traditions.