Charlottesborg
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Charlottesborg, formally known as the Duchy of Charlottesborg, is a constituent state within Volscine Empire ruled by the Reitz family. Much of the population lives within the capital city of Charlottesborg along the Cerenerian coast.
Duchy of Charlottesborg | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
| Capital and largest city | Charlottesborg |
| Official languages | Volscine Norvian |
| Recognised national languages | Volscine Norvian, Asendavian, Cryrian |
| Ethnic groups | Human 100% |
| Demonym(s) | Charlottesborger |
| Government | Dukedom |
• Duchess | Louisa Reitz |
| Establishment | |
• Duchy of Segolstad | Early 13th century |
• Duchy of Charlottesborg | 1515 |
| Area | |
• Total | 17,156 km2 (6,624 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Census | 2,000,000 |
• Density | 116.57/km2 (301.9/sq mi) |
| GDP (nominal) | estimate |
• Total | 60 billion SHD |
• Per capita | 30,000 |
| Date format | MM/DD/YYYY BCE/CE |
| Driving side | right |
| ISO 3166 code | VSC |
Between the 13th and 16th centuries, Charlottesborg was called the Duchy of Segolstad and was a major Cryrian possession on the Novaran mainland. Following the Sorrows, the local aristocracy rejected the authority of the Drifting Throne and aligned with the Cadrigranic League in the War of the Seven Emperors. It later became part of the Volscine Empire.
The Government of Charlottesborg is notably illiberal, particularly following the Volscine Civil War. Power is primarily held by the House of Reitz, and the Ducal Council serves as a rubber-stamp legislature. The Duchy's Cryrian ancestry still influences its culture to this day. A regional variety of Cryrian remains the territory's official language next to Volscine Norvian. The Duchy boasts a developed economy with diverse technology and services sectors, and Cryrian firms sometimes outsource to Charlottesborg. The city of Charlottesborg is further home to an important shipbuilding industry. The Duchy's coastline famous for its spectacular beaches that draw significant numbers of tourists each year. Due to its cultural ties and comparatively lower cost of living, it is a popular vacation and retirement site for Cryrian citizens
History
Northern Volscina was subjected to infrequent contacts by Cryrian vessels for much of its early history. These visits intensified with the Cryrian migration to Novaris. Seafaring Ademarist missionaries began to frequent the area with the purpose of converting the region, and the presence of navigable rivers and good soil made it attractive for settlers, especially as the Cryrian Isles themselves began to offer little more in the way of claimable land for would-be aristocrats. For a time, portions of the Volscine coast were home to a distant and largely disconnected Cryrian outpost, though it would receive a sizable boost during the 16th-century after the Sorrows, when the victors of the Cryrian civil war exiled many former rebels across the sea.
Modern Charlottesborg
In the subsequent centuries, Charlottesborg retained strong cultural connections across the sea. It is home to one of the few branches of the Cryrian Church outside of the Isles. Similarly, the ruling nobility continues to have family ties to the Cryrian aristocracy and the House of Leidensen, and by law Cryrian is preserved as the official language of government, education, and business even as Volscine becomes more widely spoken on a day-to-day basis. Though the ethnically Cryrian population has been historically insular towards the rest of the confederation, it has grown increasingly Volscinized over time, particularly with the development of industry along its rivers and coasts. This has given rise to a unique mixture of Volscine and Cryrian culture which has at times been compared to similar confluences in the Cryrian city of Valngi.