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== Government ==
== Government ==
New Harren, as a [[Benefactor confederacy|benefactor confederacy]], consists of several indigenous polities, tribes, cities, and the primarily [[Occidental]] Rectory of New Harren under the loose executive presidency of the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] and his Governor-General in his stead, who the King directly nominates and submits for the approval of the [[Concilium Daoni]] of [[Urcea]]. The Kingdom functioned without a constitution until the conclusion of the [[Final War of the Deluge]]. [[Riordan VIII|Riordan I]] in his capacity as King, in consultation with the constituent parts of the Kingdom, issued the Statutory Charter of [[2024]]. The Charter replaced a series of individual treaty relationships between the Crown and constituent nations with a constitutional structure wherein the constituents retained a large amount of rights and autonomy. Accordingly, the Kingdom of the Confederation of New Harren is largely characterized by its confederate nature.  
New Harren, as a [[Benefactor confederacy|benefactor confederacy]], consists of several indigenous polities, tribes, cities, and the primarily [[Occidental]] Rectory of New Harren under the loose executive presidency of the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] and his Governor-General in his stead, who the King directly nominates and submits for the approval of the [[Concilium Daoni]] of [[Urcea]]. The Kingdom functioned without a constitution until the conclusion of the [[Final War of the Deluge]]. [[Riordan VIII|Riordan I]] in his capacity as King, in consultation with the constituent parts of the Kingdom, issued the Statutory Charter of [[2024]]. The Charter replaced a series of individual treaty relationships between the Crown and constituent nations with a constitutional structure wherein the constituents retained a large amount of rights and autonomy. Accordingly, the Kingdom of the Confederation of New Harren is largely characterized by its confederate nature.  

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Kingdom of the Confederation of New Harren

Flag of New Harren
Flag
Arms of New Harren of New Harren
Arms of New Harren
Motto: 
Heaven's Light Our Guide
Anthem: 
TBD
"TBD"
Location of New Harren in Cusinaut
Location of New Harren in Cusinaut
Capital
and largest city
Port St. Charles
Religion
Catholic Church
Demonym(s)New Yustonese
GovernmentBenefactor confederacy
• King
Riordan I
• Governor-General
Martin de Daphan
LegislatureGrand Council
Formation
• Colony declared
1858
2008
• Crona Organic Act
2010
Population
• 2020 census
20,224,195
HDI (2024)Increase 0.851
very high
CurrencyTaler (₮)
Driving sideright
Internet TLD.urc.ny

The Kingdom of the Confederation of New Harren is a kingdom in Cusinaut under a real union with Urcea, although it has alternatively been described by some as a colonial possession of Urcea. The Kingdom was established out of the earlier overseas possession of New Harren following its expansion during the War of the Northern Confederation. The Kingdom is a confederation of Levantine colonial settlements and native tribal polities that aligned themselves with Urcea during the war. It is adjacent to several NSTA members as well as Cao, Porfiria, and Iriquona. The Kingdom was greatly expanded following the Final War of the Deluge, with the four constituent peoples of the Nysdra Provisional Republic voting to join in late 2024.

The Kingdom is a member of the Nysdra Sea Treaty Association.

Etymology

New Harren is named for Harren, one of two core constituent parts of Urcea.

Geography

New Harren sits along the southeastern and eastern coast of Cusinaut, a large peninsular region in Crona. Much of the country's coastal regions, especially in the southern half of the country, are temperate and suitable for large scale human habitation.

History

Prior to the 19th century

The territory now encompassing New Harren was initially part of a larger entity in Western Crona known as the Northern Confederation. Established in the 17th century, the Northern Confederation aimed to solve long-standing disputes between a myriad of local tribes via Confederate arbitration. It was held that forming such a Confederation would help all members resist the incoming Levantine traders, who had already extracted trade interests and established treaty ports in Crona, particularly in Quetzenkel. The Confederation was comprised of six "great tribes" along with many smaller tribes and Cronite city-states; the Mixcala, the Cheektowaga, the Tepetlcali, the Tonawandis, the Algoquona, and the Schoharie. The Mixcala and Tepetlcali in particular frequently required Confederate intervention to prevent war.

Aedanicad and restoration

In the 1850s, King Aedanicus VIII sought to acquire land in Crona to boost Urcea's prestige and, additionally, in order to find territory to settle veterans of the Third Caroline War. After much searching, the tribe of Schoharie, the southernmost tribe in the Northern Confederation, agreed to sell its marshy southern coastal region to Urcea for four million talers in 1857. King Aedanicus declared the territory the colony of New Harren in 1858, and the new settlers arrived to find a difficult, swampy environment, which was only cleared through expensive application of new industrial technologies. Port St. Charles was established by the settlers in 1858, and by 1868 most of the bogs had been drained, allowing for arable land. Urcean colonists flooded into the country in the 1870s in light of constant overcrowding in Urcea, and by 1880 it was clear that the small territory was no longer sufficient to hold the growing population. Urcea declared war on the Schoharie in 1881 in the hopes that overwhelming Occidental power would prevent the Confederation from intervening, but it became clear that the gambit had failed as huge warbands and armies from the Confederation appeared on New Harren's frontiers. Using the power of its advanced Royal Navy and bolt-action rifles, Urcea quickly seized coastal fishing areas, transforming the war into a war of attrition. Growing expenses lead to the war ending in 1883; Urcea was ceded some territory from the Schoharie but the effort was largely considered a failure due to the inability to win a decisive victory. The war had claimed the lives of thousands of natives, and the Schoharie living in the ceded territory fled northward, settling in the lands of the Tepetlcali and Algoquona. Many of the Schoharie living in its remaining territory also began to migrate northwards, as many believed it would only be a matter of time until the Urceans returned.

King Aedanicus VIII did intend to try again, but died in 1889, and the colony was considered one of the King's vanity projects. New Harren was the sole overseas possession of Urcea to recognize the immediate succession of King Patrick III during the period of the Red Interregnum. Following the Crown Regency and Red Interregnum, Patrick III sought to restore Urcea's reputation abroad and to test Urcea's rebuilt military might. New Harren had again reached its comfortable population limit, and the King intended to prove that it was not merely his father's side project - Urcea was here to stay. To that end, he deployed several of Urcea's rebuild Royal Navy ships to shell the Schoharie coast before a formal declaration of war came In August of 1908, after which time the Royal Army expeditionary force came to occupy Schoharie by the end of September, though they found it mostly depopulated. This time, the very well-armed Urcean expeditionary force defeated the Confederation in several major battles, advancing as far inland as the city of Tepetlcali in November of 1909 before malaria and supply issues forced the Urceans to turn back. The Confederate troops - armed mostly with muzzle loading rifles purchased from Audonian nations in the late 1860s - were overwhelmed by Urcean fire, but the sheer number of troops made a total victory over the Confederation difficult and it was determined that an advance past Schoharie would be impossible given the resolve of the Confederation. The Treaty of Electorsbourg ended the war in 1910; Urcea annexed Schoharie but agreed to recognize the Confederation's extant borders, and the Confederation agreed to open fair trade relations with Urcea. The Schoharie War was the last formal conflict fought between Urceans and Cronites in the 20th century, and Urcea formed strong trade relations with its Confederation neighbor, the tribe of the Mixcala. Though there was peace, numerous Urcean and other Levantine settlers filibustering into Confederate lands; these efforts were all defeated, sometimes with Urcean assistance.

20th century

21st century

Organization

Expansion

Government

New Harren, as a benefactor confederacy, consists of several indigenous polities, tribes, cities, and the primarily Occidental Rectory of New Harren under the loose executive presidency of the Apostolic King of Urcea and his Governor-General in his stead, who the King directly nominates and submits for the approval of the Concilium Daoni of Urcea. The Kingdom functioned without a constitution until the conclusion of the Final War of the Deluge. Riordan I in his capacity as King, in consultation with the constituent parts of the Kingdom, issued the Statutory Charter of 2024. The Charter replaced a series of individual treaty relationships between the Crown and constituent nations with a constitutional structure wherein the constituents retained a large amount of rights and autonomy. Accordingly, the Kingdom of the Confederation of New Harren is largely characterized by its confederate nature.

The Kingdom has a small central government apparatus, responsible for regulating relations between the constituent parts of the Kingdom as well as providing for the basic functions of a small welfare state. Much of the domestic policy decisions reserved to the constituent level of governance, though the Kingdom's legislature has broad discretion to keep local laws and statutes similar by providing for legal baselines for conduct and the regulation of economic activity. Under the King and Governor-General is the Grand Council of the Kingdom of New Harren, the Kingdom's legislature.

Much of the government's activity is done under the purview of representatives of the Government of Urcea.

Executive

The King, and consequently the Governor-General, has total control over the Kingdom's foreign policy, but relatively limited influence in the domestic affairs of the constituent parts of the Kingdoms save for the New Harren Rectory, where the Crown exercises direct control.

The Governor-General's government in Port St. Charles has a number of executive agencies which have limited and specific legal authority; they are largely responsible for the provision of a basic administrative state in New Harren.

Legislative

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

The eleven constituent parts of the Kingdom of New Harren are:

  • The Rectory of New Harren
  • The Tribal Dominion of Mixcala
  • The Tribal Dominion of Cheektowaga
  • The Tribal Dominion of Tonawandis
  • The Condominium of Weluta-New Mixcala
  • The Free Cities
  • The Free Tribes
  • The Tribal Dominion of Honeoye
  • The Tribal Dominion of Gowandis
  • The Tribal Dominion of Canandaigua
  • The Tribal Dominion of Saranac

Culture

Demographics

Linguistic Demographics

Religious Demographics

Religious affiliations in New Harren (2016)

  Catholicism (72.1%)
  M'acunism (21.4%)
  Other Christian (2.1%)
  Other (4.4%)

Urcean and Nysdrine people comprise the large majority population of the Kingdom of New Harren, and consequently, the Catholic faith is the predominant religion in New Harren. The majority of non-Catholics live in territories acquired during the War of the Northern Confederation. The Dominions of Mixcala and Tonawandis, prior to incorporation within the Kingdom, each had large Catholic minorities in their coastal regions, adding to the overall number of Catholics within the teritory. Arzalism is banned within the Kingdom; approximately 2.5% of the overall population of the Kingdom on its foundation, all native people, were Arzalists; the majority of these individuals are now M'acunists, though a minority became Catholic following the banning of the Arzalist practice.

Economy

New Harren's economy is considered "moderately strong" by most global metrics especially considering the relative poverty of other nations and territories in northern Crona. Much of its economy is centered around the extraction of uranium and other fissile materials discovered during the War of the Northern Confederation, but the heavy presence of the Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea within the country also serves as a major boost to the economy. As of 2017, the Kingdom had a GDP of $453,042,192,195, bringing its GDP per capita to $22,401.

Much of New Harren's economy is centered on its capital city of Port St. Charles, which is emerging as one of the major financial and diplomatic hubs of northern Crona in the aftermath of the Final War of the Deluge.

Military

Prior to the Final War of the Deluge, New Harren had no distinct military and was under the protection of the Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea. During the conflict, policy changes in the Government of Urcea lead to a focus on having local defenses. Since the War, New Harren has maintained the Royal and Confederate Army, which is the primary land forces of the Kingdom. New Harren is a member of the Nysdra Sea Guard (NSG), the naval force for several of NSTA's members. New Harren is the largest contributor of manpower, materiel, and budget funding of the NSG, and the NSG serves as New Harren's primary naval force. Besides air contingents of the Royal and Confederate Army, Urcea's Royal Air Force still provides the primary air defense for the Kingdom.