Ile Burgundie
| Burgundie | ||
|---|---|---|
| Principality of Burgundie
Imperial Electorate | ||
| COA of the Isle of Burgundie
COA of the Isle of Burgundie | ||
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| Etymology: named for its vast red cedar forests
Ligna Burgundiae Insula (Eng. Red Timber Island) | ||
| Nickname(s):
The Red Island | ||
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| Country |  Burgundie
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| Capital City | Vilauristre | |
| Government | ||
| • Great Prince of Burgundie | Pasqual I | |
| • Àrd-Prefekt
(Eng:) Chief Prefect |
Guðný Thorbergdottir | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 55,244.446 km2 (21,330.000 sq mi) | |
| Population | ||
| • Total | 60,377,130 | |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) | |
| Website | www.burgundie.gov.ix/burgundie2 | |
Ile Burgundie is the primary island in the Burgoignesc thalattocracy. Historically it was called Ipar, meaning "north" by its Levzeish inhabitants.
Politics
Ile Burgundie is part of the Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly's Polar Burgundies geographic designation. Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly is a constituent country equivalent of Burgundie with its own assembly, prime minister, budget, and laws. Burgundie's national governmental influence is limited to subsidies, education, and security, however, its financial and cultural institutes cast a long shadow across Ile Burgundie.
Ile Burgundie is a province within Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly with its own semi-elected Governor-Epistates, representative legislative body, and court system.
Ile Burgoigniacs are Burgoigniacs/Burgoignix with complete civil and economic rights, and citizenship (political rights) under the same federal service criteria as all residents of Burgundie. Burgoignesc is the official language.
Provincial executive
The provincial executive is the Governor-Epistates. Three candidates are elected by a single transferable vote election held every 5 years, the three candidates are presented to the Court of St. Alphador and the next Governor-Epistates is chosen from these candidates. If the citizenry rejects the selection, a run-off election is held with the remaining two candidates.
Provincial legislature
Like the Citizens Court of the National Assembly (Burg. La Assemblee de Ciutadans de l'Assemblee Nacional, ACAN), The Ile Burgoignesc Citizen's Court of the Provincial Assembly is a unicameral legislator. It makes provincial law, has the power of the provincial purse, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the provincial government. The Assembly has three seats for each province, one for the Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly's Ile Burgundie liaison, 3 for the clergy, 3 seats reserved for municipal leaders, and 3 for a rota of private business leaders. On 6 occasions throughout the year 3 more seats are opened to the public to debate topics that are not on the annual legislative agenda.
Geography
Climate
Ile Burgundie has a tropical climate that is tempered by the island's position in the belt of the trade winds and by the warm offshore currents. Ile Burgundie has a tropical savanna climate. Average temperatures range from 22 °C (72 °F) in January and February to 28 °C (82 °F) in August. The temperature seldom drops below 10 °C (50 °F). Rainfall is heaviest in June and October and lightest from December through April, averaging 1,200 mm (47 in) annually. Hurricanes often strike the island, leading the capital of Burgundie being called Vilauristre (Eng. City of Hurricanes).
The table lists temperature averages:
| Climate data for Matiusvale (1961–1990, extremes 1859–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.0
(91.4) |
33.0
(91.4) |
35.3
(95.5) |
37.0
(98.6) |
36.2
(97.2) |
35.4
(95.7) |
36.6
(97.9) |
37.7
(99.9) |
38.2
(100.8) |
39.6
(103.3) |
34.0
(93.2) |
33.2
(91.8) |
39.6
(103.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 25.8
(78.4) |
26.1
(79.0) |
27.6
(81.7) |
28.6
(83.5) |
29.8
(85.6) |
30.5
(86.9) |
31.3
(88.3) |
31.6
(88.9) |
31.0
(87.8) |
29.2
(84.6) |
27.7
(81.9) |
26.5
(79.7) |
28.8
(83.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.2
(72.0) |
22.4
(72.3) |
23.7
(74.7) |
24.8
(76.6) |
26.1
(79.0) |
27.0
(80.6) |
27.6
(81.7) |
27.9
(82.2) |
27.4
(81.3) |
26.1
(79.0) |
24.5
(76.1) |
23.0
(73.4) |
25.2
(77.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 18.6
(65.5) |
18.6
(65.5) |
19.7
(67.5) |
20.9
(69.6) |
22.4
(72.3) |
23.4
(74.1) |
23.8
(74.8) |
24.1
(75.4) |
23.8
(74.8) |
23.0
(73.4) |
21.3
(70.3) |
19.5
(67.1) |
21.6
(70.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 6.0
(42.8) |
11.9
(53.4) |
10.0
(50.0) |
15.1
(59.2) |
15.4
(59.7) |
20.0
(68.0) |
19.0
(66.2) |
20.0
(68.0) |
20.0
(68.0) |
18.0
(64.4) |
14.0
(57.2) |
10.0
(50.0) |
6.0
(42.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 64.4
(2.54) |
68.6
(2.70) |
46.2
(1.82) |
53.7
(2.11) |
98.0
(3.86) |
182.3
(7.18) |
105.6
(4.16) |
99.6
(3.92) |
144.4
(5.69) |
180.5
(7.11) |
88.3
(3.48) |
57.6
(2.27) |
1,189.2
(46.84) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 80 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 75 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 217.0 | 203.4 | 272.8 | 273.0 | 260.4 | 237.0 | 272.8 | 260.4 | 225.0 | 195.3 | 219.0 | 195.3 | 2,831.4 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 7.0 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 7.8 |
| Average ultraviolet index | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 °C (73 °F) | 23 °C (73 °F) | 24 °C (75 °F) | 26 °C (79 °F) | 27 °C (81 °F) | 28 °C (82 °F) | 28 °C (82 °F) | 28 °C (82 °F) | 28 °C (82 °F) | 27 °C (81 °F) | 26 °C (79 °F) | 24 °C (75 °F) |