Ardrossan Countyship

Ardrossan
Countyship
Etymology: Named for Eogan Ardrossan
Country	Kiravian Federacy
State	Hanoram
Seat	Kārnklaxan
Settlements	Municipalities Kārnklaxan Delimited Settlements Hértevin Antarfèlen Ísgiróva Astóróva Kelvaglain Eregion
Landscape
Development	Semiurban, Inner suburban
Climate	Mesotemperate continental
Native vegetation	Temperate mixed forest
Government
• Type	Standard
• Body	County Commission
• Executive	Polypodius Liberalerna (ConDem)
Population	989,276
Languages
• Common	Kiravic Coscivian Kalvertan Coscivian
Website	www.ardrossan.hnm.kr

Ardrossan Countyship is a countyship of the Kiravian state of Hanoram, located in the inner Kartika metropolitan area. Heavily populated and highly economically developed, Ardrossan directly borders the federal capital district to its south, and contains a large share of the capital's edge cities and inner suburbs. Much of its economy revolves around the federal government and federal contracting, as well as a large biomedical sector presence radiating out from Hértevin. By many accounts and assessments, it is the most populous and diverse suburban county in the nation outside of the Valēka metropolitan area, and it is considered representative of the living standards of First Kirav.

The Kiravian West Mars Company is headquartered in an unincorporated area of the countyship, near Eregion. Eregion State Forest is also located in and near Eregion.

Settlements

Hértevin

Hértevin
City
Country	Kiravian Federacy
State	Hanoram
Countyship	Ardrossan
Population	78,698

Hértevin is a sattelite city of Kartika, located in the Kiravian state of Hanoram, known for its pleasant environment and high standard of living, consistently ranking highly in listings of the best places to live in the Kartika metropolitan area and the Federacy at large. It is regarded as a highly walkable city dense with opportunities for shopping, dining, entertainment, and cultural experience.

Hértevin has a heavily service-based economy, including professional services both linked to government in Kartika and serving private citizens of the surrounding area, biomedical research, and high-end retail, dining, and hospitality services geared towards the affluent population of the capital region. It is home to several major medical and bioscience institutions, including the Hértevin Medical Cantonment, a Kiravian Forces hospital and headquarters of the Kiravian Army Medical Corps, the Federal Physiological Institute, and the federal Countercontagion Agency. A number of private biomedical engineering, pharmaceutical, and research firms drawing on the human capital generated by these institutions and the wider Federal Capital Region's institutions of higher learning have established themselves in the city. Hértevin is also home to a branch office of the Ixnay International Health Organisation.

Hértevin is a high-income community whose residents are largely republican-class, belonging primarily to the segments that correspond to the Western upper-middle class. More affordable real estate, lower taxes, and a better public education system than the District of Ksoīnvra, combined with immediate proximity to the capital and a well-developed public transit structure make Hértevin attractive to young professionals and republican-class families tied to the District. As a result, a significant portion of Hértevin residents are employed in the governance, legal, and scientific sectors.

Due to the high concentration of medical and life science establishments in the city, Hértevin has more physicians per capita than any Kiravian settlement with over 1,000 people. According to a Hanoram government survey, more death certificates are issued in Hértevin than any city in the state besides Primóra, a statistical outlier owing to the presence of the Federal Medical Cantonment.

The population of Hértevin is predominantly (87%) Coscivian, but diverse in terms of the different Coscivian ethnosocial groups represented. The Merïem, Norboriem, Formem, Vortarem, Engrïem, Kóursem, and Antarem are all present in large numbers, and the Kalistem are particularly prominent due to their high rate of involvement in the sciences and medicine. Hanoram's traditionally-dominant Tínorem, Southern Tańrisem, and Æran groups are relatively rare in the city, as is typical of the inner Kartika suburbs. Hértevin is home to a small but significant Francophone community of Axiench and Vannoisien expatriates, most of whom are involved in diplomacy or the medical field. The Audonian Orthodox parish of St. Cyprien serves the Vannoisien community, and Mass is offered in French at Hértevin's two Catholic churches, St. Margareta Maria and St. Ioanna Arcá.

Hértevin is served by the Capital Metropolitan Transit Authority's Blue Line, with stops at Hértevin Station and Cantonment Station. Bus service is provided by the CMTA, Ardrossan County Transit, and the Hanoram State Transit Authority, offering connexions to the rest of the Kartika metropolitan area and most of Hanoram.

Notable residents

• Tom of Ardrossan - Kiravian intern and ersatz diplomat. Place of birth and upbringing unknown, but declared a resident of Ísgiróva on his application to Ardrossan County College.