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The Grand Council of the Kingdom of New Harren serves as the primary legislative body for the realm. It is comprised of three representatives from each of the constituent parts of the Kingdom elected every five years, on the same cycle as elections in [[Urcea]]. The Grand Council's thirty three members have a relatively limited mandate of governance due to the expansive rights reserved for the Kingdom's constituent parts, but it does have a major role in terms of regulating trade between the constituent units and the Kingdom's external trade policy. In practice, the Council serves primarily as an economic planning body, where the eleven constituencies gather and vote on large confederation-wide economic plans to be implemented within each of the constituent units. The Grand Council has extremely limited oversight of the Governor-General or the executive agencies.
The Grand Council of the Kingdom of New Harren serves as the primary legislative body for the realm. It is comprised of three representatives from each of the constituent parts of the Kingdom elected every five years, on the same cycle as elections in [[Urcea]]. The Grand Council's thirty three members have a relatively limited mandate of governance due to the expansive rights reserved for the Kingdom's constituent parts, but it does have a major role in terms of regulating trade between the constituent units and the Kingdom's external trade policy. In practice, the Council serves primarily as an economic planning body, where the eleven constituencies gather and vote on large confederation-wide economic plans to be implemented within each of the constituent units. The Grand Council has extremely limited oversight of the Governor-General or the executive agencies.
===Confederated units===
===Confederated units===
{{Main|Constituent states of New Harren}}
The eleven constituent parts of the Kingdom of New Harren are:
The eleven constituent parts of the Kingdom of New Harren are:


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* The Tribal Dominion of Canandaigua
* The Tribal Dominion of Canandaigua
* The Tribal Dominion of Saranac
* The Tribal Dominion of Saranac
==== New Harren ====
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.
==== Mixcala ====
==== Cheektowaga ====
==== Tonawandis ====
==== Weluta-New Mixcala ====
The Condominium of Weluta-New Mixcala is jointly administered by the Rectory of New Harren and the Tribal Dominion of Mixcala. The territory, previously the lands of the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut#Q-T|Tepetlcali]] prior to the sack of the city by the Mixcalans, is partly based on subsistence farming, as most industries had been destroyed during the [[War of the Northern Confederation]]. The primary economic activity, however, is uranium mining, as the rich uranium deposits in the Condominium have been key in the explosive growth of Urcea’s nuclear energy sector. Mutual control over the territory was part of the initial agreement binding the Mixcalans and Urceans together. Consequently, both parties have been working to establish a long-term economic development and investment plan, planning to use many of the funds generated from uranium profits to rebuild the local economy.
The mostly depopulated region demographically consists of approximately two thirds native population - the remnants of the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut#Q-T|Tepetlcalis]] and Mixcalan settlers. The remaining third are Levantine smallholders or designed communities of Levantines. Both the Rectory and Dominion are negotiating the potential of a fixed ratio of Mixcalan and Urcean settlers.
==== Free Cities ====
The Free Cities, formally known as the Federated Cities Administration, are a series of city states which were members of the Northern Confederation sitting on the border between [[Algoquona]] and Cheektowaga. The population of the Free Cities is approximately three quarters of a million people. These cities largely act autonomously of eachother and are self-governing. The Free Cities area is overseen by a Legate who serves a two year term, beginning with he first election in 2030. The Legate is elected by the mayors and chiefs of the various cities and has limited power. The primary responsibility of the Legate is to ensure fair trade relations between the cities and to raise the requisite number of soldiers from the cities according to the manpower needs of the Kingdom’s defenses. The Legate also commands the unified militias of the cities in time of war, being the primary individual responsible for defense of the border with Algoquona, aiming to slow Algoquona’s advance until the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] arrives.
==== Free Tribes ====
Like the Free Cities, the Free Tribes, formally known as the Federated Tribal Administration, are a number of small and primarily autonomous tribal groups who previously served as members of the Northern Confederation. Their total population is approximately a quarter of a million people. Many times, these tribes also served as tributaries of [[Algoquona]] and Tepetlcali, which made them natural allies of [[Urcea]] and Mixcala during the [[War of the Northern Confederation]].
These tribes, which retained their promised autonomy after the war, typically life in small villages or communal agricultural settlements. The economy of the Free Tribes area is mostly subsistence farming with the development of some cash crops since the advent of New Harren. Like the Free Cities, the Free Tribal area has a small regional government, with a Legate responsible for territorial defense and conflict resolution. The Legate is elected by the heads of each of the recognized tribes, which currently number at 43. Like they Free Cities system described above, the Legate of the Free Tribes serves a two year term.
==== Honeoye ====
==== Gowandis ====
==== Canandaigua ====
==== Saranac ====


== Culture ==
== Culture ==