Difference between revisions of "Detmere (Region)"
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| − | |Grand Duchrie o Detmere<br>Mór-redhráith<br>Stórhertigadæmi | + | |Grand Duchrie o Detmere<br>Mór-redhráith an Dúráighoir<br>Dátamerkis Stórhertigadæmi |
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Revision as of 05:17, 14 November 2006
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| Isselmerian Anguistian Nielandic |
Grand Duchrie o Detmere Mór-redhráith an Dúráighoir Dátamerkis Stórhertigadæmi | |||
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| Administrative Division | Autonomous region | |||
| State | United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland | |||
| Capital | Semling | |||
| Viceroy | The Rt. Hon. Richard Elsbruck, Lord High Commissioner | |||
| Head of Government | Matthew Kettering, First Minister | |||
| Unification National Union |
14 April 842 21 September 1014 | |||
| Holidays Coronation Day Union Day Constitution Day |
21 September (1014) 25 June (1562) 24 March (1986) | |||
| Legislature English |
Unicameral parliament Detmerian General Assembly | |||
| Legal Tradition(s) | Mix of common and civil law | |||
| Languages Official |
English | |||
The Grand Duchy of Detmere is the remnant of the oldest unified Anglo-Frisian kingdom in the Lethian Islands. Comprising the territories that former kingdom possessed before its integration within the Kingdom of Isselmere in 1014 following the baronial war that ravaged much of South Lethe after the death of Queen-Regent Maldren, the Grand Duchy is the second smallest autonomous region of the United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland in terms of area, with six provinces, and the smallest in terms of population with 14.7 per cent of the total.
Administrative Divisions
Provinces
The provinces of Detmere are Carlmarch, Gottering, Hiliscar, Northmarch, Sluist, and Strabane.
Semling
The capital of Detmere is Semling, a kafkaesque city. Until recently, the skyline of the city was dominated by Semling Castle on Kinnock Hill, seat of the former monarchy and of the present-day viceroy, glaring down upon the winding closes, wynds, and occasional roads below. The slow process of industrialisation in the nineteenth-century exacerbated the claustrophobic and threatening miasma that permeated the town. Since 1945, however, many of the old row houses and much of the less salubrious sections of the Medieval quarters were demolished to make way for new industrial plants, better planned housing developments and, from the 1960s, skyscrapers, albeit in limited quantity.
The growth of green space was not neglected. Peter Laederbeck, Lord Mayor of Semling between 1945 and 1957, was instrumental in extending existing parks and creating new ones in dilapidated industrial areas. From one of the ugliest and unhealthy cities in the United Kingdom, Semling became one of the most beautiful.
Constitutional Position
Detmere is one of two administrative divisions that devolved from the Kingdom of Isselmere, of which it formally remains a part. In accordance with the Articles of Succession and the Constitution, the royal second in line to the throne is the Grand Duke of Detmere, a tradition that has made the demands of Detmerian nationalists woefully optimistic at best.
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