New Burgundy
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| Motto: Pro Aris et Focis
For our altars and our hearths | |||||
| Anthem: Salut au roi Salute to the King | |||||
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| Capital | Saint Laurent | ||||
| Largest city | Soisson | ||||
| Official language(s) | English and French | ||||
| Government King
Prime Minister | Constitutional monarchy HM George II George Finch | ||||
| Independence Discovery French colonization British takeover Independence | 1469 1589 1763 1802 | ||||
| Area • Total • Water (%) | 252,460 km² (12) 3% | ||||
| Population • 2009 est. • 2004 census • Density | 29,128,000 (15) 27,523,908 148.6/km² (NA) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) • Total • Per capita | 2009 estimate $1.039 trillion (NA) $43,890 (NA) | ||||
| HDI (2003|2008) | 0.963 (NA) – High | ||||
| Currency | Shilling (S)
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| Time zone • Summer (DST) | CAT (UTC+3) +3 (UTC0) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .nb | ||||
| Calling code | +221 27
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The Constitutional Kingdom of New Burgundy , or more commonly, the Kingdom of New Burgundy, is a country in the western hemisphere, comprising of fifty-three provinces, and numerous territories and former colonies. It is composed of a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean. New Burgundy is a constitutional monarchy. The current monarch is George II, who is also the King and Leader of the Congress of Nation, members of which are Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Gambia, and Tunisia
New Burgundy is slightly smaller than the United Kingdom in size, population, and GDP. The country gained independence in 1802. It is often considered a cross between the U.S.A, and Great Britain.New Burgundy is one of the few former colonies to maintain a monarchy as well to create a significant overseas colonial empire, excluding the United States. New Burgundy has risen to become a great power, economic powerhouse, military power, and official nuclear energy producer.
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Etymology
New Burgundy is named after the reigon of Burgundy in France, which colonised the country first before it was inherited by France. The French name is Novelle-Bourgogne. It was considered by the English, after they had won it in the Seven Years War, to name it New Cornwall. but this either was dropped or was unable to be implemented due to independce. The Herbidors refered to it as Gashaternag Herbidannsk, literally, Fatherland of the Herbdor People.
History
- Main article: History of New Burgundy
New Burgundy has a long and rich history, which is notable for is similarity to that of ancient American and European civilizations.
The Herbidors
Early history
- Main article: Herbidors
The first human known habitation in what is now New Burgundy was around 6000BC, with what is referred to as the Mont-Fluenque civilization. This was a characteristic Stone Age civilization; with the primary material for weaponry, construction, and agricultural tools being stone. The earliest known arrow dates from 5500BC. The plow was conceived around 5000BC. From that period there remain multiple megalithic monuments, the most notable at Cardinale-de-la-Beltaine in Lorgaine Province.
By 3000BC bronze had been invented and by 2300BC it had completely replaced stone and flint for everyday uses. It is at this time a recognizable civilization began to take place, and a form of writing was developed. The first known inscription dating from 1850-1823 BC is a stone tablet praising Opom, the ruler of an early state, for his bravery during a period where the “heavens rained fire and ore”. The “storm of fire” is believed to be an eruption of the now extinct Mount Pindare in the Borringue Plateau, which would have occurred during that period.
Serend Valley kingdom
By 500BC a singular state had formed in the fertile Plains of Saint Laurent. This state, Knare, had originated in the Serend River valley, and expanded outwards. The remains of their capital, the city Endat show the remains of brick buildings, some up to three stories tall, covered in mud plaster. Closed street-side ditches brought water to below-street level public fountains. On a hill overlooking the city would have stood an imposing fortress and palace, measuring one hundred by thirty meters. Records show that one year marked by significant expansion that 8,000 sheep, 2,000 livestock, and 10,000 chickens were collected by the king as tribute and a many farms had to be built to accommodate them all.
The Serend Valley kingdom extended deep into the Epininne Mountains, collecting tribute from local chiefs and rulers. There iron became the primary source of tool material, replacing bronze. Also available in the Epininne Mountains was gold, silver, and limestone, all of which are mined to this day. They traded those goods with other peoples surrounding their realm; which richened the kingdom. Their religion was a forerunner to the later Herbidor faith; a pantheon of lesser deities and idols, and a triad of three main gods, two male, one female.
However by 130AD the Serend Valley kingdom had collapsed, leaving six warring states in its wake. East across the Epininnes another state was developing, one that would become the lasting image of Herbidor civilizations- the Herbidor Confederation.
Marouge Forest civilization and the Union of Parkas
The Marouge Forest civilization developed in the woods of the forest that lent it its name. Unlike the Serend Valley kingdom, which is sparsely wooded and flat, the Marouge forest is thickly covered, hilly, and damp. Most settlements developed along the coast of the Sea of Moyne. Towns were plenty but small, and had little in way of land outside their walls. Most were centered around a seaside clearing, presumably a market, and fort on the coast. The main sources of food for these peoples were fish and other seafood, as well as naturally growing fruits. Buildings were composed of wooden structures covered sod and mud plaster, and temples were built of stone. By 300BC fruit and vegetables were being grown in farms, and domestication of animals had occurred. There was a desire for the sturdy oak and pine wood in the forest by the Serend Valley kingdom across the Epininnes, and trade occurred. It was exposure to the gold and other precious metals that fueled expansion inland from the coast.
The Marouge Forest civilization at the turn of the millennium used bronze for its tools, in contrast to the iron-welding Serend Valley kingdom to the east. But by the time the Serend Valley kingdom collapsed in the first century, iron had been adopted. The rise of iron led to stronger weapons, and war erupted among the coastal city-states. Alliance systems eventually led to a singular multi-state league, the Union of Parkas. With sheer luck on their side, the Union of Parkas (Farakargk designthey) was able to exploit the power vacuum left by the collapse of the Serend Valley kingdom and by 190AD had conquered the Epininne Mountains. Supplied with iron and funded by precious metals, Parkas stormed down into the Borringue Plateau and the Plains of Saint Laurent.
In 223, Parkas captured the former capital of the Serend Valley kingdom, Endat. This marked a period of slowing for the growth of Union of Parkas. Growth was halted northwards, and most expansion consisted growth toward the coast to the east and south. In 603 the Union was officially dissolved, and became a handful of kingdoms carved out of conquests as well as the expanded original allied states. For the next 350 years these kingdoms would engage in nearly constant conflict with one another, wary and suspicious of each other. In 947 King Hatry e’ Guyanu of the northern frontier kingdom of Diyrak called together the kingdoms of former union as well as interested states on the neighboring island of Careta.
Confederation
The convened states agreed that the existing state of disunion was harmful, and, as Itoued a’ Muna writes, “That war had damaged their nations… that children grew to be able to what the enemy looked like and how they attacked, rather than what wild plants were good to eat and to play the games of youth. Peace is the basis of the Confederation.” Thus the Herbidor Confederation (Herbedanskyu vecpyu zedesignthey, literally ‘union of the Herbidor peoples’) was formed. The government was to be led by a king appointed for life by an assembly with two representatives of each nation. Each nation was to have a significant degree of autonomy, but it could not have its own standing army, but a militia, and a third of its tax and tribute revenue was to go to the central government.
Among the Herbidor individuals, the one that has achieved the most fame is, surprisingly, not a king or general, but a glorified secretary. Itoued a’ Muna, the 28th Confederation Chronicler, who lived from 1289 to 1352, compiled a history the Herbidor people dating to 2000BC and their semi-mythical prehistory. He was a celebrity in his time, and his works were copied many times by Herbidor scholars.
There is significant evidence of Herbidor trade with the West African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. a’ Muna writes
Colonial Era
Independence
Birth of an Empire
- Main article: New Burgundian colonial empire
Interbellum
World War II
Cold War
Modern History
1979 coup attempt
So in 1974, the Left Party came to power in the August general elections. More leftist than their modern counterparts, the Socialist Party, verging on communism (the modern party is social-democratic) So, having spent five years planning their move, on 13 June 1979 the PM called Parliament on a holiday weekend. With almost everyone away (the plotters and their compatriots were on hand), two laws were passed, one abolishing the monarchy, another doing the same for the Constitution. Naturally, the Prime Minister could not legally do that (According to the 1920 Constitution, Parliament could technically pass any law it wants; the prime minister had to give his automatic assent to any law, unless the law was unconstitutional). but since he had signed both bills at the same time, with a pen in both hands, the illegality of each was negated, or so he later argued at his trial. After having "removed the monarchy's legal mandate", parliament passed a law declaring the PM "Provisional Leader of the New Burgundian Republic". The "Provisional Leader" had a convoy to the Royal Palace informing Queen Mary I of the laws and asking her to acknowledge that she was no longer monarch, renounce her titles and vacate the palace.
In order to show that he had the means to back this, the "Provisional Leader" surrounded the palace with a whole army regiment. Many army officers had joined the plot, for personal gain.About a hundred men, with two APCs stormed the gates, overpowering the Palace Guard (eight of them were killed, one republican) and stormed the Palace itself; and the Commandant leading the men presented their demands to the Queen, who had been pacing a salon in panic, who composed herself and refused.She, her husband and a number of attendants were thusly arrested and taken to the Palace Barracks, where the remaining Palace Guard had been incarcerated. Then, about half of the regiment marched into the palace grounds, while two others were attempting to secure the city.
By 19:00 that night the "Provisional Leader" had gotten on the television and announced what had happened, saying the Queen had been "persuaded to accept the Republic", but Crown Prince George (now King George II) being out of town during the coup, got on a suburban radio station and declared that was not true. By 23:00, Loyalist troops had gathered in the suburbs and encamped for the night. Overnight, Republican leaders throughout the nation tried to assert control, with mixed results. The City of Soisson government recognized the new government.
At 8:30, the next morning, Republican soldiers reached the suburb and attacked. Some 150 were killed, on both sides; it was a decisive defeat for the Republican Army. Personally commanding the troops until transferring control to a general while in the city, Prince George marched up to the Palace, where the Republican power structure had fled to, and again the Loyalists dealt a defeat to the Republican forces, arrested the Provisional Leader and other high-ranking rebels, and freed the Queen. By the end of the week three days later, the government had re-established complete control.
Aftermath and return to democracy
The Queen, who had never been fond of politicians in the first place, dissolved Parliament, and appointed a four-member Military Commission (essentially a junta), with a 50-member advisory council. A curfew and other restricting acts were enacted, which remained in force until the Queen died in 1983. In 1984, after the ascention of George II, democratic elections were held, and parliamentary rule resumed as normal (The Left was renamed the Socialists and continue to serve in Parliament).
The top officials of the short-lived Republic were tried and were almost executed (two were, in fact), but most were exiled; all soldiers who had aided the Republic were also stripped of their citizenship and banished.
Government
Military
Army
Navy
Air Force
Special units
Operational history
List of operations
Economy
Manufacturing
Finance
Communications
Television
Agriculture
Demographics
Ethnicity
56% French 22% English 8% Herbidor 14% Other
Religion
61% Catholic 23% Protestant (79% Anglican) 10% Non-religious 6% Other
Language
Many languages in NB
French
Spoken by 75% of population, native tongue of 54%. Language of common people
English
Spoken by 91% of population, native tongue of 25%. Increasingly the lingua franca.
Anand
Spoken by 5% population, native tongue of 4%. Risk of disappearing, language of Herbidors.
Other languages
Languages of Immigrants.
Culture
Music
Arts
Cuisine
French Cuisine with Herbidor influences.
Sports
Football Cricket Baseball
Geography
Mountains
Interior of two main islands mountainous.
Epeninnes
The Epeninnes are the main mountain chain in New Burgundy, on the island of Chérente, stretching down from the Daret River in the north, to the Borringue Plateau in the south.
The Epeninnes traditionally formed a barrier between Caretan as well as eastern coast Heribidor tribes and tribes to the west. They were breached by the Marouge Forest civilization in the middle of the 1st century AD, and remained a tamed yet still treacherous part of the isles’ geography. By the time of the arrival of the Burgundians in the late 14th century, regular trade routes through the mountains had been established, and in these were many towns, “some of particular significance,” (Leopold de Auxant, 1607). These trade routes were later utilized by the French and today are even the basis of highways in the mountains today.
Peudepinnes
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Rivers
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New Burgundy and the sea
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Natural resources
The Epeninnes contain sizable reserves of gold, silver, aluminum, iron, limestone, and diamonds; among other resources. Thusly French colonizers were diligent in making deals with the Herbidors in the area to mine the area. These resources were one of the main reasons the United Kingdom demanded New Burgundy in the 1769 Treaty of Paris. Control over these resources was a major point of agitation between British colonial authorities and the inhabitants of New Burgundy, and the shooting of protesters demanding locals control a mine outside Arnay in Cejen Province sparked riots throughout the colony. After independence in 1806, mines and quarries were seized by the government, and profits went toward the government budget. After the rule of Alexander I, people felt that the money toward mines had gone towards his lavish building projects and demanded that there be transparency. After the 1848 unrest, the newly appointed Prime Minister James Scott deigned to auction off state-owned companies.
Today, mining and other raw resource collection operations in the Epeninnes account for over $22 in profits, and maintain the presence of international cartels such as De Beers and Anglo-American.
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