Constituent states of New Harren
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The constituent states of New Harren, also sometimes called the constituencies, are the eleven primary social, political, and administrative unit of New Harren. The constituencies are mostly nation states of the indigineous peoples of eastern Cusinaut, bound together by the Kingdom's confederate apparatus. The constituencies are largely self-governing and mostly follow three basic types of government.
Current states
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 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 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 Urcean Royal Navy established the city as the headquarters of the new 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
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 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
Borealia
The Province of Borealia is the northernmost state of New Harren and a territorial exclave, separated from the rest of the confederation by the Algosh Republic. It was previously the Unnuaq Mission State, which existed from 2017 through 2032.
Former states
Military frontier
The military frontier was not a constituent state of New Harren but existed as a territory of the Kingdom from its incorporation in 2010 through 2032, though its size was drastically altered between its formation and dissolution. The initial Treaty of Narasseta contemplated the creation of a transitory zone between New Harren and Algoquona's borders which would allow traditional migratory peoples to continue their way of life undisturbed while also allowing historic grazing patterns to continue. It was initially envisioned that the frontier would be patrolled by the Royal and Imperial Army rather than using static border protections in order to ensure the maximum viability of the project. Over time, it became evident that Algoquona would not create the corresponding transitory area provided for under the treaty, gradually leading to militarization of the frontier area.
The military frontier was governed directly by local commanders of the Royal and Imperial Army with consultation and coordination with the government in Port St. Charles. It was divided into various military zones of operation, which at times also included jurisdiction of adjoining active state militia forces. Disputes between Port St. Charles and Urceopolis throughout the 2010s led to a gradual reduction of the mandate of military commanders over local resources and forces, but with the beginning of the Final War of the Deluge zone commanders received functionally unlimited power to act and control local forces. These zone commands were gradually transferred to the new Royal and Confederate Army as Urcean regular forces redeployed to face Varshan.
In its initial construction, the military frontier stretched from New Harren's northwestern border with Algoquona in the free tribal area to the eastern coast in the Tonawandis dominion, and was roughly ten miles deep. Some alterations were made to the territory in the period between 2013 and 2018, removing and adding territory based on natural geographic features at the request of the constituent members. By 2020, the frontier was just a mile wide at its smallest point and 50 miles wide at its deepest.
The Final War of the Deluge significantly altered the character and nature of the military frontier. As Algoquona was slowly beaten back and territory removed from it, new lands were provisionally added to the military frontier as its martial nature allowed for quick transition to military governance. The establishment of the Nysdra Provisional Republic negated the need for most of the initial boundary of the frontier. New territories added to the Kingdom following the annexation of the Republic and subsequent addition of plurality Algosh-populated buffer zones required a major expansion of the military frontier, which was confirmed in 2024. Although its original purpose was no longer present, the military frontier became the de facto method of organizing the large amounts of unorganized, unincorporated territory added to the Kingdom. It would become a major political issue in the late 2020s, as the central government and various constituent states disagreed over the future of these territories.
In 2032, the central government began to partition the military frontier. The Mixcala were given a large exclave of territory in exchange for their sale of the Condominium of Weluta-New Mixcala to the Rectory of New Harren. Most of the frontier was partitioned among the Tonawandis and Cheektowaga dominions who had traditional pastoral uses of the territory. One of the most prominent free cities, Canisteo, was joined to portions of the frontier it had longstanding economic and social relationships with to become the new Dominion of Canisteo.
Weluta-New Mixcala
The Condominium of Weluta-New Mixcala was a jointly administered by the Rectory of New Harren and the Dominion of Mixcala. The territory, previously the lands of the Tepetlcali prior to the sack of the city by the Mixcalans, was 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.
The mostly depopulated region demographically consisted of approximately two thirds indigenous population - the remnants of the Tepetlcalis and Mixcalan settlers. The remaining third were Levantine smallholders or designed communities of Levantines. The Rectory and Dominion of the Mixcalans had agreed upon a fixed ratio of Levantine-to-Mixcalan settler permitted to move to the Condominium, but the agreement was disrupted and eventually abandoned in the face of new settlers from Varshan. In 2030, Mixcala formally rejected a request from the Royal government to allow some resettlement of the territory by Tepetlcali people. In 2032, Mixcala agreed to sell its rights in the condominium to the Rectory of New Harren - with financial support from the Government of Urcea. Mixcala also received portions of the former military frontier as compensation. These changes occurred within the broader context of territorial realignment in New Harren.