Difference between revisions of "Anguist (Region)"
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Revision as of 04:16, 5 February 2006
Administrative Division | Autonomous Region |
State | United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland |
Capital | Mithesburgh |
Viceroy | The Rt. Hon. Brude MacDérile, Lord High Commissioner |
Head of Government | The Hon. Nechtan MacDruist, First Minister |
Unification | 19 May 985 |
Holidays Coronation Day Union Day Constitution Day |
19 May 985 25 June 1562 24 March 1986 |
Legislature English Anguistian |
Unicameral parliament Anguistian National Assembly Cúnolaed Cenedlaedhol an hÓenghu |
Legal Tradition(s) | Mix of common and civil law |
Languages Official Unofficial |
English, Anguistian Several |
The autonomous region of Anguist, officially known as the Principality of Anguist, is the last remaining hold-out from centuries of invasions. Archaeological record indicates that Lethe was first settled by a people culturally related to the Caledonii of ancient northwestern Scotland, in particular one of the unnamed tribes that formerly inhabited the Hebrides. Historical record reveals that like their cultural cousins, the Picts, the ancient Anguistians tattooed their skin, often using a substance made of copper oxide to produce a blue tint. They also used the reddish clay soil in their hair, presumably to fend off the voracious midges that inhabit parts of the island during the short summer months.