Britannia Parvus
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| Flag of Britannia Parvus | |
| Motto: "Hoc non potes tangere" | |
| Britannia Parvus | |
| Region | England |
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| Capital | Marlowe |
| Official Language(s) | English (also Latin) |
| Leader | HRM King Aloysius II |
| Population | Over 100 million |
| Currency | Shilling |
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Britannia Parvus is a small country in the region of England, situated between Drayko and Kratauria.
Social
Britannia Parvus is a class-based society, with rigid and well-defined lines between the classes. The social ladder of Britannia Parvus is notoriously slippery, and thus it is ordinarily extremely hard for anyone to elevate themselves out of the class that they are born into. The classes fall thus:
On top are the upper-class nobility: the Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts, and Barons, as well as the Royal Family. Aristocratic titles are hereditary, and so the upper class is, almost without exception, made up of ancient dynasties. Those lower-class individuals who have made a 'new money' fortune can be created a Lord, and thus technically become part of the nobility, but are generally sneered at by the older families as upstarts.
The middle class is a large group, and thus has much diversity, but those at middle-class level are mostly gainfully employed; they often hold senior positions in industry and commerce, and the board of any company in Britannia Parvus can be expected to be composed of middle-class individuals. The upper echelons of the middle class are the most usual source of Parliamentary Officers.
The lower class are poor, hungry, diseased, crowded, and generally unpriveleged - the ruthless capitalistic society of Britannia Parvus has no support for the poverty-stricken. Most of the poor lower-class live in the cities, where they fill factories, shops, and yards with cheap labour; there are fewer poor in the countryside as there are fewer menial jobs.
Politics
The Kingdom is ruled by His Royal Majesty the King, a hereditary title. The King has absolute power and rules by Divine Right - that is, he is purportedly elected by God, and is the head of the Ecclesia Britanniae Parvi. The King passes laws, chooses Parliamentary Officers, and acts as the final court of justice.
However, most of the actual government of the country is enacted by the Parliament of Britannia Parvus. This consists of 176 Parliamentary Officers (POs - usually some of the more affluent members of the middle class) who, organized into tight political parties, debate bills brought before them, making amendments and voting on whether the bill should move to the King for final legalization.
Language
The official, and most widely spoken, language of Britannia Parvus is English. However, the church (Ecclesia Britanniae Parvi), Parliament, and the aristocracy use Latin for most writing - correspondence, official documentation, or any other written form - and are expected to speak Latin fluently.
Industry
To come.
Geography
Britannia Parvus is bisected by the River Wandle, which runs from the Appian Mountains in the far east of the country westwards to the sea. On its way, it passes through the cities of Marlowe and Putney, where the River For branches off southwards, curving around Spithead Bay to run into the sea near the town of Ventnor. The other major towns are Hastings, north of the Wandle on the Bay of Deal, and Chertsey, in the south of the country on the Lake Mountains. From these, through Chertsey, flows the River Lake (the name an endless source of amusement to visitors). Off the western coast of Britannia Parvus is Newport Isle, a large fortified island which houses the great prisons of the country. As well as the Lake and Appian Mountains, there is more elevated land to the north of Marlowe: the North Moors. In addition to this, there are two large forests in Britannia Parvus. The Algate Forest covers the northern protrusion of Britannia Parvus, between Newport and the Bay of Deal, and the slightly smaller Baratian Forest on the southern border of the country.
History
To come.
