Anguist (Region)

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 devolved 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.

Location

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. Anguist is the homeland of the Anguistian language and culture as well as the Royal Shipyards of Isselmere-Nieland.

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: Fialtacht, Lughensia, Moreddin, Omechta, Pichtland, 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.