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The Principality of Anguist is one of the four founding nations of the United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland. After a millennium of direct rule from Daurmont, the Constitution Act, 1986 granted Anguist regional autonomy, a legislature of its own, and the Anguistian language official status not only within the newly established Principality, but within the United Kingdom as a whole.

Geography

Anguist abuts the North Atlantic, facing Iceland and the Arctic Ocean, sharing borders with Nieland to the south, Isselmere and Detmere to the east, and Lower Whingeing to the north. The main natural features are the Ungforth Marshes along the Wingerian border, the kelp forests off the Solquist Sea coast, geothermal springs in the south near the Nielander border, and the many, many moors.

The capital of Anguist is Mithesburgh (Anguistian Cérmidhe), situated on the Cernithlin River in the province of Fialtacht. Mithesburgh is a beautiful city that retains the charm of a medieval city without either becoming a theme park or the people's attachment to the present.

There are six provinces within Anguist: Angforth, Fialtacht, Lughensia, Moreddin, Omechta, and Upper Wingeria. Upper Wingeria holds the Crown corporation the Royal Shipyards of Isselmere-Nieland, based in the northern coastal town of Grimsby Downs.

History

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.

Population

Before the initial successes of the Royal Shipyards, the population consisted mainly of native Anguistians, some Isselmerians and Nielanders, and very few recent immigrants from the 1960s boom. With the steady economic development of the region, the population has diversified markedly, sparking the rise of a radical Anguistian independence faction, the Anguistian National Party (Anguistian Partei Cenedlaedhol an hÓenghu or PCO). However, since native Anguistians were the first to benefit and are still the chief beneficiaries of the region's economic successes, the PCO is commonly viewed as an Anguistian joke, particularly amongst native Anguistians.

Though Isselmere-Nielanders are a conservative collection of peoples, most Anguistians will be forthright in declaring immigration to be an absolute boon to the region, especially in terms of cuisine. Indeed, Anguist is commonly noted in many guidebooks as the most welcoming region within the UKIN, albeit frequently mixed with warnings with regard to the extreme potency of the local whiskeys.

About four per cent of Anguistians have Anguistian as their first language and fifteen per cent are conversant in the tongue, and two per cent of citizens speak Nielander. Punjabi and other languages from the Indian sub-continent are growing in importance, as are Cantonese and Mandarin, but most of the people speak English.Template:Administrative Divisions of the UKIN