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	==History==		==History==
−	A full and unabridged version of the history of Little India can be found [[The Sovereign Chronicles of Little India|here]].	+	===Ancient History===
		+
		+	Founded more than 40,000 years ago, The High Kingdom and Holy Empire of Little India was built to the designs of the Lord [[Ithilanor]], first High King, and Saviour of the Little Indian people.
		+
		+	After living as slaves to the Diboran Visigothic Princes for millennia beyond count, the people now known as the Little Indians looked to an inspiring young immortal Prince: Ithilanor. The scion and last living member of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Vís, Ithilanor pleaded with the Chief Prince of Dibora to free his people from slavery.
		+
		+	Lord Metacé, Sovereign Prince of Dibora, denied Ithilanor the right to lead his people to freedom. The Little Indians were at the time building a new palace for Metacé, along with a Pantheon and a parade ground with giant statues of the thirteen Princes.
		+
		+	Despite the oppression and the refusal of freedom, the people continued to work, but built in secret a fleet of white ships. Chief of these ships was the ship of Ithilanor, with a swan-head prow and a sail woven with silver thread.
		+
		+	====The Beginning of Freedom====
		+
		+	Again, Ithilanor pleaded with Metacé for freedom, and again it was denied. Ithilanor is reputed to have then cursed Metacé and all of Dibora. Leading the people away in the boats in the middle of the night, Ithilanor and his fleet of a thousand white ships were blown by gentle winds for thousands of miles to the East. After exactly sixty five days at sea, the White Fleet sailed through the Yaranin, the towering cliffs that guarded the entrance into the Great Bay. Ahead was a perfectly flat island, surrounded by a continent, surrounded by sea and encircling cliffs. This island is where the people settled. Two Kingdoms were founded, being placed in a Confederational system with a High King.
		+
		+	===Donna I to Darius XIII===
		+
		+	[[Donna I]] ruled from 5 LI to 17 LI. After Ithilanor's assassination in 5 LI by Diboran raiders, Donna ruled in Ihayel. Instituting many new laws and freedoms for the people, Donna ruled for twelve years until she committed suicide following the death of her husband.
		+
		+	Over eight thousand years - to 8,000 LI - the High Kings and Queens of the People of the Light ruled from the White Tower in Ihayel.
		+	Over that eight thousand year period, Little India remianed mostly the same. Three new Kingdoms joined the Dominion - Veruna, Tulpas and Parrlay. Thet accepted Christian XII as their High King, and the borders of Little India were extended to encompass the new territory.
		+
		+	===The Great Schism===
		+
		+	In the year of 8,294 LI, the two twin sons of High Queen Marisca II contested the Throne. Marisca died in chidbirth, as did the child, and her sons were only nineteen years of age.
		+
		+	At their birth, the boys had each been created a Duke, both holding an equal rank. Talathion was created Duke of Lorestirion in Veruna, and Iauron Duke of Bethlestin in Parrlay. It was never known which of the two boys had been born first, as the High Queen ordered for that information to be left unrecorded, and never to be spoken of.
		+	It gradually slipped out of the memories of even those present at the birth which boy was born first.
		+
		+	It was thought that Marisca would name which of Her sonds would be Her heir. No such utterance came. Her Will was never found, but it has been speculated that She intended for her sons to be joint rulers of Little India, with the first daughter to be born to either of the boys to inherit the Throne.
		+
		+	Highly competitive as children, the two boys forced the House of Representatives, the Senate and the High Council of Kings to choose which of them would rule as High King.
		+	As expected, each boy had their suporters.
		+	Unable to reach a solution, the Senate were powerless to stop what followed: Talathion and Iaruon withdrew to their separate Dukedoms, and each ruled as High King of Little India.
		+	The country was divided. Talathion held the South-Eastern portion of the country, with Iauron holding the North-West.
		+
		+	An open homosexual, Iauron had no option but to take a wife in order to preserve his claim to the High Kingship. The marriage went without issue, and when Iauron was assassinated in the summer of 8,300, His Wife assumed the crown of Iauron's holding of Little India. She remarried, and gave birth to a single child, a boy, as did the wife of Talathion.
		+
		+	For 463 years, the two contesting Sovereign Courts fought over Ihayel, with the once proud city being reduced to a battle ground.
		+
		+	In the year 8,757, the daughter of Talathion's descendent and the son of the descendent of Iauron's wife wed in the city of Ihayel, and were crowned joint Sovereigns. This ended the period known as the Great Little Indian Schism, during which 306 Papal emissaries were sent to try and resolve the breakup.
		+
		+	===Alaric X and The Summer of 16,509===
		+
		+	The nephew of High King Christian XII, Alaric was crowned in Ihayel in 16,507.
		+
		+	In 16,509, High King Alaric X died suddenly, and the throne should rightly have been inherited by his Daughter, who would have become Donna XXIII. However, Donna was married to one of the members of the House of Nobles - the upper house of the Ihayel legislature. Shunning his wife, the rightful heir to the throne, he usurped the High Crown, and was throned as High King Darius XVIII, in the summer of 16,509. It has been specualted upon by some Sovereign Historians that Darius murdered his father-in-law, in order for him to usurp the throne. This theory is unproven and not endorsed by the Sovereign Family.
		+
		+	====Darius XVIII====
		+
		+	Darius was crowned in the summer of 16,509. Insisting upon his immediate coronation, he imprisoned his wife, and claimed her insanity.
		+
		+	On Lithe 1 of 16,509, Darius announced to the people his intentions to abolish the Constitution, dissolve all Little Indian legislature - The House of Representatives and the Senate in Little India as a whole and the House of Commons and the House of Nobles in Ihayel - with the exception of the High Council of Kings. He said that he was to guide Little India through:
		+
		+	''"...a difficult time. I will be your rock, I will guide you to peace and fruition. But before we can be victorious, there must be a constitutional revision. I will assume autocratic rule, and until such time as we can restore to a democratic society, I will hold your sovereignty in trust, for safekeeping."''
		+
		+	Making his speech to  a congregation outside the sovereign palace in Ihayel, Darius was received harshly, and withdrew immediately to his apartments.
		+
		+	=====Conspiracy in the Land of Stars=====
		+
		+	Disillusioned with Darius' plans for the future of Little India, several politicians, the Kings of Imrathon and Eleni and the Queen of Protea, along with the Lord Chancellor and the Prime Minister, plotted to remove Darius and restore his wife, the rightful High Queen Donna XXIII, to the Throne.
		+
		+	=====Lithe 16,509 - the Glorious Revolution=====
		+
		+	The Prime Minister and Chancellor decided that to ensure the freedom of the people, Darius must be removed from power as soon as possible, and agreed with the Kings and Queen that Overlithe was a perfect time to do so.
		+
		+	On the night of Overlithe 16,509, a party of politicians, two Kings and a Queen, marched from the gates of Ihayel to the Sovereign Palace in the topmost level of the city. To Darius they produced a petition for his removal, signed by every Senator, Represenative and Member of Parliament, including three of the five rulers of the Little Indian kingdoms.
		+	Darius was arrested, and taken to an undisclosed location.
		+
		+	====The Republic of Little India====
		+
		+	After Darius' removal from the Throne, the Kings and Queen of Little India were double crossed by the Chancellor and Prime Minister, who abolished the monarchy entirely, and transformed Little India from hextarchy into one single country, with a democatically elected legislature, and a President. The first President of Little India - although not elected to that specific post - was the Chancellor, who set about the immediate execution of Darius, claiming him to be a:
		+
		+	''"...danger to the Little Indian people. Former High King Darius XVIII will be executed tomorrow. In conjunction with this, the hextarchy will be abolished, and Little India will be united as one country, under one flag and one President. All men and women shall be stripped of all titles and titular offices, starting with the Kings and Queens of the six Kingdoms."''
		+
		+	The Chancellor took up residence in the Sovereign Palace, promptly renaming it the Presidential Palace, and disbanded the Black Guard, calling them ''"a painful reminder of the inefficiency of the old system."''
		+
		+	====A New High Kingdom====
		+
		+	Following the institution of the Little Indian Republic, the UN sent a peace keeping force to Ihayel, where the pressurised Republican and Royalist supporters were on the brink of starting a civil war.
		+
		+	Staying only three days, the UN left when the people rose up in arms against the "Presidential Palace."
		+
		+	Including the disbanded Black Guards and the White Guards, some politicians and about three quarters of the population of Ihayel, a great force marched up the hill, growing in numbers as it rose up each level.
		+
		+	At the 12th level, the Presidential Palace was laid siege, and eventually the "President" was forced to show himself to stop the mob that had arisen from entering the Palace.
		+
		+	He seceded, and was carried off by the White Guard to imprisonment.
		+
		+	The Black Guard scoured the Palace for the rightful High Queen. Donna was found tied up in a small chamber at the base of the White Tower. Immediately freed, Donna was crowned by Cardinal Galsirinon in the Palace Chapel within ten minutes of her release. Using the authority of her office, Donna ordered the imprisonment of all the conspirators, and the restoration of the sextarchy, the High Kingship and the Constitution.
		+
		+	The Black Guard were all reinstated, and the Presidential Palace restored to it's former stauts of Sovereign Palace.
		+
		+	===Donna XIII to Nithrin III===
		+
		+	After the overthrow of the Republic and the re-institution of the Monarchy, Donna XIII ruled for forty-seven years. The crown was inherited by her son Christian, who took the regnal name of Nithrin III.
		+
		+	During Nithrin's twenty year rule, there were innumerable questions about the succession. He had no children, his first cousins lived in Rome as servants of the Pope, no cousins, siblings and no nieces or nephews. This meant that upon his death there would be an enormous crisis as to who should inherit the Crown. His first cousins refused to return from Rome, and there were no others allowed to inherit the throne under Little Indian Sovereign House Law.
		+
		+	===Interregnum===
		+
		+	With no heir upon Nithrin's death, an interregnum was the only option. The Chancellors ruled as ''de fact'' Presidents, whilst the High Throne remained empty. Under Little Indian law, only a descendant of Ithilanor may inherit the throne, which made the Kings of the Little Indian kingdoms illgible for the Throne.
		+
		+	===Papal Rule===
		+
		+	After an interregnum lasting twenty three years, the Pope decided to act as High King in order to provide peace and stability for the people. For three hundred years, the Popes ruled as High Kings of Little India, until the descendents of Nithrin's first cousins in Rome returned to Little India to take up the Throne. Eagerly accepted by the Little Indian people, they replaced the Pope as High King within three days of their arrival.
		+
		+	===Thoronin II to Christian XIX Has Elith===
		+
		+	Thoronin II replaced the Pope as the High King of Little India, and took up the High Throne in the Sovereign Palace in Ihayel.
		+
		+	Another three generations of His family ruled after Him, until Christian XIX Has Elith.
		+
		+	Christian died after 12 years on the throne, and should have been succeeded by His daughter, Silina I. But on the year of His death, there came forward a distant relative that claimed to be the great-great-grandson of High King Nithrin III, the last Sovereign before the Great Interegnum and Papal Rule. His claims were legitimate, as it was found in the Basilica records that upon His deathbed, Nithrin married his lifelong partner, and immediately consummated the marriage. There was issue, but not before Nithrin died. Three generations of Nithrin's children lived in exile in Avernien, the Little Indian Protectorate, unti lsuch time as they saw fit to return to claim their rightful inheritance.
		+
		+	===The Second Great Schism ===
		+
		+	Following the shock arrival of, as High Queen Silina described,
		+
		+	''"...he who pretends to my Throne, that Faithless Scourge of Solemnity from Avernien..."''
		+
		+	the country was again split in two. Following a direct line from North to South, all the Eastern supporters held Ihayel, and all the Western supporters held the Grand Duvhy of Vís, which was the subject of fierce battle between the two factions.
		+	In place of two rival claimants to the Throne, this apartheid was between the Monarchy and the Republic. In the West, where Silina had withdrew, the monarchy was abolished in favour of the fully elective [[Most Serene Republic of Western Little India and all the Lands of The House of Vís]]. The East maintained Darius XXIX as High King.
		+
		+	In the first years of the Schism, the Pope backed the High Kingdom and the legitimate claim of Darius as Sovereign.
		+
		+	===The Fifth High Kingdom===
		+
		+	After 197 years, the Pope issued a decree from Rome declaring that the fighting between the two halves of Little India had gone far enough, and that the High Kingdom and Most Serene Republic were to re-unite in the name of God, as the Fifth High Kingdom of Little India.
		+
		+	The two factions reunited under High Queen Donna XXIII.
		+
		+	===Donna XXIII to Landadhradon IV===
		+
		+	===Recent Developments===
		+
		+	====Home Developments====
		+
		+	''Andar 1, 40,049 [49/1000]''
		+	A statement has been released from the Palace today, stating that Donna, the youngest child and only daughter of the High King and Lady Representative of Noroharn, is to be initiated as Crown Princess.
		+
		+	Due to take place in the Pantheon next year, the investiture will include the Princess' ordination as [[Chief Priestess of the Rolls]], making Her the most senior religious figure in the land after the High King.
		+
		+	At 29, this position is one that Donna has worked for all of Her life. And it has not been forthcoming. Having sat on the High COuncil of Kings since the age of 9, Her Highness is said to be "overjoyed" at the appointment, and "thrilled" that She can now occupy the Crown Prince's Throne beside Her Father in Council meetings. It is unknown whether Caunidhrenen or Landathradon will sit in Her place as representative for Aladhron.
		+
		+	The investiture will also include a Parade and a festival, and the High King is said to be thinking of making the day a national holiday.
		+
		+	''Pana 6, 40,049 [49/1000]''
		+
		+	The Palace has announced today that Princes Caunidhrenen and Landathradon - both joint second-in-line to the High Throne - will sit together in the High Council of Kings as representatives for Aladhron. The Council has welcomed their Royal Highnesses in Their first session today.
		+
		+	====Foreign Affair Developments====
	==The Sovereign==		==The Sovereign==

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The High Kingdom and Holy Empire of Little India
Excello Regnum et Pius Imperium Aliqvantvlvs Indiæ

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Spoken Languages  - Official  - Unofficial	Latin, English Verunaian
Capital and largest city	Ihayel, 646 million
Ruler	High King Ithilanor II
Chancellor	Aníron Danfalas
Area  - Total  - % water	11,540,000 square miles 13.76% water
Population  - Total (40,049)	1.75 billion
Establishment	September 25 year 1 of Little Indian independence (40,049 years ago)
Government type	Constitutional octarchic monarchy
Nation type	Inoffensive Centrist Democracy
National animal	Pilau
GDP (2005)   - Total   - GDP/capita	$$30,953,458,565,991.48 $17,975.30
Currency	1 Rupee (LIRup)
Constitution	The High Constitution of the Sovereign Peoples of the United Kingdoms of Little India under the Dominion of the Children of Vandanwé
Time Zone  - in summer	GMT -0500 to GMT -0700 GMT -0400 to GMT -0600
International Abbreviations  - sport  - government	LI HKLI
National Anthem	Long Live The High King (High Queen)
Internet TLD	.li, .hk
Calling Code	+89

NationStates Profile

The High Kingdom and Holy Empire of Little India

Vivat Ithilanor Secondvs, Excello Rex et Pivs Imperator Omnia Aliqvantvlvs Indiæ

Categorisation

• UN Category: Inoffensive Centrist Democracy
• Civil Rights: Good
• Economy: Strong
• Political Freedoms: Some
• Region: New Italy (founder)

General Information

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The High Kingdom and Holy Empire of Little India is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 1.473 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Public Transport, and the Environment. The average income tax rate is 88%, and even higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

The government seizes all major gold finds, smoking is banned in public areas, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, and graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Little India's national animal is the Pilau, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Rupee.

(From October 21st 2005)

Forms

Official Form: IVNCTVS REGNI VERVNA, PARRLAY, IMRATHON, ELENI, TVLPAS, FRIDA, PROTEA ET ALADHRON, GRANDIS PRINCIPALIS ET ALBVS URBI IHAYEL, MAGNVM DVXI VÍS ET EXCELLO REGNVM ALIQVANTVLVS INDIÆ

Conventional Short Form: EXCELLO REGNVM ALIQVANTVLVS INDIÆ

Local Long Form: The United Kingdoms of Veruna, Parrlay, Imrathon, Eleni, Tulpas, Frida, Protea and Aladhron, The Exalted Princedom of Ihayel, the Grand Duchy of Vís and the High Kingdom of Little India

Local Short Form: Little India

History

Ancient History

Founded more than 40,000 years ago, The High Kingdom and Holy Empire of Little India was built to the designs of the Lord Ithilanor, first High King, and Saviour of the Little Indian people.

After living as slaves to the Diboran Visigothic Princes for millennia beyond count, the people now known as the Little Indians looked to an inspiring young immortal Prince: Ithilanor. The scion and last living member of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Vís, Ithilanor pleaded with the Chief Prince of Dibora to free his people from slavery.

Lord Metacé, Sovereign Prince of Dibora, denied Ithilanor the right to lead his people to freedom. The Little Indians were at the time building a new palace for Metacé, along with a Pantheon and a parade ground with giant statues of the thirteen Princes.

Despite the oppression and the refusal of freedom, the people continued to work, but built in secret a fleet of white ships. Chief of these ships was the ship of Ithilanor, with a swan-head prow and a sail woven with silver thread.

The Beginning of Freedom

Again, Ithilanor pleaded with Metacé for freedom, and again it was denied. Ithilanor is reputed to have then cursed Metacé and all of Dibora. Leading the people away in the boats in the middle of the night, Ithilanor and his fleet of a thousand white ships were blown by gentle winds for thousands of miles to the East. After exactly sixty five days at sea, the White Fleet sailed through the Yaranin, the towering cliffs that guarded the entrance into the Great Bay. Ahead was a perfectly flat island, surrounded by a continent, surrounded by sea and encircling cliffs. This island is where the people settled. Two Kingdoms were founded, being placed in a Confederational system with a High King.

Donna I to Darius XIII

Donna I ruled from 5 LI to 17 LI. After Ithilanor's assassination in 5 LI by Diboran raiders, Donna ruled in Ihayel. Instituting many new laws and freedoms for the people, Donna ruled for twelve years until she committed suicide following the death of her husband.

Over eight thousand years - to 8,000 LI - the High Kings and Queens of the People of the Light ruled from the White Tower in Ihayel. Over that eight thousand year period, Little India remianed mostly the same. Three new Kingdoms joined the Dominion - Veruna, Tulpas and Parrlay. Thet accepted Christian XII as their High King, and the borders of Little India were extended to encompass the new territory.

The Great Schism

In the year of 8,294 LI, the two twin sons of High Queen Marisca II contested the Throne. Marisca died in chidbirth, as did the child, and her sons were only nineteen years of age.

At their birth, the boys had each been created a Duke, both holding an equal rank. Talathion was created Duke of Lorestirion in Veruna, and Iauron Duke of Bethlestin in Parrlay. It was never known which of the two boys had been born first, as the High Queen ordered for that information to be left unrecorded, and never to be spoken of. It gradually slipped out of the memories of even those present at the birth which boy was born first.

It was thought that Marisca would name which of Her sonds would be Her heir. No such utterance came. Her Will was never found, but it has been speculated that She intended for her sons to be joint rulers of Little India, with the first daughter to be born to either of the boys to inherit the Throne.

Highly competitive as children, the two boys forced the House of Representatives, the Senate and the High Council of Kings to choose which of them would rule as High King. As expected, each boy had their suporters. Unable to reach a solution, the Senate were powerless to stop what followed: Talathion and Iaruon withdrew to their separate Dukedoms, and each ruled as High King of Little India. The country was divided. Talathion held the South-Eastern portion of the country, with Iauron holding the North-West.

An open homosexual, Iauron had no option but to take a wife in order to preserve his claim to the High Kingship. The marriage went without issue, and when Iauron was assassinated in the summer of 8,300, His Wife assumed the crown of Iauron's holding of Little India. She remarried, and gave birth to a single child, a boy, as did the wife of Talathion.

For 463 years, the two contesting Sovereign Courts fought over Ihayel, with the once proud city being reduced to a battle ground.

In the year 8,757, the daughter of Talathion's descendent and the son of the descendent of Iauron's wife wed in the city of Ihayel, and were crowned joint Sovereigns. This ended the period known as the Great Little Indian Schism, during which 306 Papal emissaries were sent to try and resolve the breakup.

Alaric X and The Summer of 16,509

The nephew of High King Christian XII, Alaric was crowned in Ihayel in 16,507.

In 16,509, High King Alaric X died suddenly, and the throne should rightly have been inherited by his Daughter, who would have become Donna XXIII. However, Donna was married to one of the members of the House of Nobles - the upper house of the Ihayel legislature. Shunning his wife, the rightful heir to the throne, he usurped the High Crown, and was throned as High King Darius XVIII, in the summer of 16,509. It has been specualted upon by some Sovereign Historians that Darius murdered his father-in-law, in order for him to usurp the throne. This theory is unproven and not endorsed by the Sovereign Family.

Darius XVIII

Darius was crowned in the summer of 16,509. Insisting upon his immediate coronation, he imprisoned his wife, and claimed her insanity.

On Lithe 1 of 16,509, Darius announced to the people his intentions to abolish the Constitution, dissolve all Little Indian legislature - The House of Representatives and the Senate in Little India as a whole and the House of Commons and the House of Nobles in Ihayel - with the exception of the High Council of Kings. He said that he was to guide Little India through:

"...a difficult time. I will be your rock, I will guide you to peace and fruition. But before we can be victorious, there must be a constitutional revision. I will assume autocratic rule, and until such time as we can restore to a democratic society, I will hold your sovereignty in trust, for safekeeping."

Making his speech to a congregation outside the sovereign palace in Ihayel, Darius was received harshly, and withdrew immediately to his apartments.

Conspiracy in the Land of Stars

Disillusioned with Darius' plans for the future of Little India, several politicians, the Kings of Imrathon and Eleni and the Queen of Protea, along with the Lord Chancellor and the Prime Minister, plotted to remove Darius and restore his wife, the rightful High Queen Donna XXIII, to the Throne.

Lithe 16,509 - the Glorious Revolution

The Prime Minister and Chancellor decided that to ensure the freedom of the people, Darius must be removed from power as soon as possible, and agreed with the Kings and Queen that Overlithe was a perfect time to do so.

On the night of Overlithe 16,509, a party of politicians, two Kings and a Queen, marched from the gates of Ihayel to the Sovereign Palace in the topmost level of the city. To Darius they produced a petition for his removal, signed by every Senator, Represenative and Member of Parliament, including three of the five rulers of the Little Indian kingdoms. Darius was arrested, and taken to an undisclosed location.

The Republic of Little India

After Darius' removal from the Throne, the Kings and Queen of Little India were double crossed by the Chancellor and Prime Minister, who abolished the monarchy entirely, and transformed Little India from hextarchy into one single country, with a democatically elected legislature, and a President. The first President of Little India - although not elected to that specific post - was the Chancellor, who set about the immediate execution of Darius, claiming him to be a:

"...danger to the Little Indian people. Former High King Darius XVIII will be executed tomorrow. In conjunction with this, the hextarchy will be abolished, and Little India will be united as one country, under one flag and one President. All men and women shall be stripped of all titles and titular offices, starting with the Kings and Queens of the six Kingdoms."

The Chancellor took up residence in the Sovereign Palace, promptly renaming it the Presidential Palace, and disbanded the Black Guard, calling them "a painful reminder of the inefficiency of the old system."

A New High Kingdom

Following the institution of the Little Indian Republic, the UN sent a peace keeping force to Ihayel, where the pressurised Republican and Royalist supporters were on the brink of starting a civil war.

Staying only three days, the UN left when the people rose up in arms against the "Presidential Palace."

Including the disbanded Black Guards and the White Guards, some politicians and about three quarters of the population of Ihayel, a great force marched up the hill, growing in numbers as it rose up each level.

At the 12th level, the Presidential Palace was laid siege, and eventually the "President" was forced to show himself to stop the mob that had arisen from entering the Palace.

He seceded, and was carried off by the White Guard to imprisonment.

The Black Guard scoured the Palace for the rightful High Queen. Donna was found tied up in a small chamber at the base of the White Tower. Immediately freed, Donna was crowned by Cardinal Galsirinon in the Palace Chapel within ten minutes of her release. Using the authority of her office, Donna ordered the imprisonment of all the conspirators, and the restoration of the sextarchy, the High Kingship and the Constitution.

The Black Guard were all reinstated, and the Presidential Palace restored to it's former stauts of Sovereign Palace.

Donna XIII to Nithrin III

After the overthrow of the Republic and the re-institution of the Monarchy, Donna XIII ruled for forty-seven years. The crown was inherited by her son Christian, who took the regnal name of Nithrin III.

During Nithrin's twenty year rule, there were innumerable questions about the succession. He had no children, his first cousins lived in Rome as servants of the Pope, no cousins, siblings and no nieces or nephews. This meant that upon his death there would be an enormous crisis as to who should inherit the Crown. His first cousins refused to return from Rome, and there were no others allowed to inherit the throne under Little Indian Sovereign House Law.

Interregnum

With no heir upon Nithrin's death, an interregnum was the only option. The Chancellors ruled as de fact Presidents, whilst the High Throne remained empty. Under Little Indian law, only a descendant of Ithilanor may inherit the throne, which made the Kings of the Little Indian kingdoms illgible for the Throne.

Papal Rule

After an interregnum lasting twenty three years, the Pope decided to act as High King in order to provide peace and stability for the people. For three hundred years, the Popes ruled as High Kings of Little India, until the descendents of Nithrin's first cousins in Rome returned to Little India to take up the Throne. Eagerly accepted by the Little Indian people, they replaced the Pope as High King within three days of their arrival.

Thoronin II to Christian XIX Has Elith

Thoronin II replaced the Pope as the High King of Little India, and took up the High Throne in the Sovereign Palace in Ihayel.

Another three generations of His family ruled after Him, until Christian XIX Has Elith.

Christian died after 12 years on the throne, and should have been succeeded by His daughter, Silina I. But on the year of His death, there came forward a distant relative that claimed to be the great-great-grandson of High King Nithrin III, the last Sovereign before the Great Interegnum and Papal Rule. His claims were legitimate, as it was found in the Basilica records that upon His deathbed, Nithrin married his lifelong partner, and immediately consummated the marriage. There was issue, but not before Nithrin died. Three generations of Nithrin's children lived in exile in Avernien, the Little Indian Protectorate, unti lsuch time as they saw fit to return to claim their rightful inheritance.

The Second Great Schism

Following the shock arrival of, as High Queen Silina described,

"...he who pretends to my Throne, that Faithless Scourge of Solemnity from Avernien..."

the country was again split in two. Following a direct line from North to South, all the Eastern supporters held Ihayel, and all the Western supporters held the Grand Duvhy of Vís, which was the subject of fierce battle between the two factions. In place of two rival claimants to the Throne, this apartheid was between the Monarchy and the Republic. In the West, where Silina had withdrew, the monarchy was abolished in favour of the fully elective Most Serene Republic of Western Little India and all the Lands of The House of Vís. The East maintained Darius XXIX as High King.

In the first years of the Schism, the Pope backed the High Kingdom and the legitimate claim of Darius as Sovereign.

The Fifth High Kingdom

After 197 years, the Pope issued a decree from Rome declaring that the fighting between the two halves of Little India had gone far enough, and that the High Kingdom and Most Serene Republic were to re-unite in the name of God, as the Fifth High Kingdom of Little India.

The two factions reunited under High Queen Donna XXIII.

Donna XXIII to Landadhradon IV

Recent Developments

Home Developments

Andar 1, 40,049 [49/1000] A statement has been released from the Palace today, stating that Donna, the youngest child and only daughter of the High King and Lady Representative of Noroharn, is to be initiated as Crown Princess.

Due to take place in the Pantheon next year, the investiture will include the Princess' ordination as Chief Priestess of the Rolls, making Her the most senior religious figure in the land after the High King.

At 29, this position is one that Donna has worked for all of Her life. And it has not been forthcoming. Having sat on the High COuncil of Kings since the age of 9, Her Highness is said to be "overjoyed" at the appointment, and "thrilled" that She can now occupy the Crown Prince's Throne beside Her Father in Council meetings. It is unknown whether Caunidhrenen or Landathradon will sit in Her place as representative for Aladhron.

The investiture will also include a Parade and a festival, and the High King is said to be thinking of making the day a national holiday.

Pana 6, 40,049 [49/1000]

The Palace has announced today that Princes Caunidhrenen and Landathradon - both joint second-in-line to the High Throne - will sit together in the High Council of Kings as representatives for Aladhron. The Council has welcomed their Royal Highnesses in Their first session today.

Foreign Affair Developments

The Sovereign

Ithilanor II
Born Andar I, 40,000 Position King of Aladhron, High King of Little India Tenure Andar I, 40,000 - Present Affiliation The Kingdom of Aladhron, The High Kingdom of Little India

The Sovereign of Little India is known as the High King or High Queen. The current Sovereign is High King Ithilanor II. Proclaimed High King at birth upon the death of his Mother, the High King is notable for being the only Sovereign to reign for his or her entire life.

The symbol of the state unity, the Sovereign holds authority over all other Monarchs in Little India, as well as over elected officials. The Sovereign has the power to veto any Bill from Congress, and holds emergency reserve powers - full and autocratic power for use in State Emergencies - that, thankfully, have never been utilised.

The son of High Queen Silina III and Lord Andaer of Othilia, the High King is the direct descendant of the First High King of Little India, Ithilanor.

Ithilanor was King from the death of his mother, High Queen , and he has now been High King and Holy Emperor of Little India and New Italy for a total of 49 years, and at the time of print, was 49 years of age. Lord Andaer died before He was born, and after His Mother died in childbirth, Ithilanor was left orphaned. Oddly, no regency was established. He was born on Andar/1/40,000, and as the 1,000th Sovereign, was considered to be special.

Aside from being High King or High Queen of Little India, the Sovereign also holds many other titles. The styles and titles of High King Ithilanor II, the current Sovereign, are as follows:

His Most Serene Imperial Highness, Ithilanor, the Second of that name, by the Grace of God, High King of the Little Indians; Supreme Commander-In-Chief, Lord Chief Justice and Holy Emperor of the United Kingdoms of the Divine Imperium of New Italy; Lord of the People of the Light; Exalted Prince of Ihayel; King of Aladhron; Grand Duke of Vís; Overlord of All the Little Indian Kingdoms and Sovereign Lord of the Kings of Veruna, Parrlay, Imrathon, Eleni, Tulpas, Frida and Protea; Emperor of the Eight Little Indias; King of the Two Jerusalems; High Priest of Ihayel; Defender of the Faith; Supreme Lord of the Children of Vandanwé; Heir of Ithilanor; Count of Alsace-Morthrin; Gate-Keeper and Count of the Isle of Silina; Lord Protector of Avernien; Grand Duke of Amiasia; King of All the Territories of Old Macedonia; Emperor of Othillia; Lord of Santu-Thilli; King of Panasilli; Lord of Marisia; King of Eldor; Prince of Fedora; Grand Duke of Namaz and of Orange County; Prince Primate of Jutland; Heir of New Denmark; Sovereign Lord of the River Princes and King of All Their Peoples; Keeper of the Keys of Sarudor and King of That Land; Patriarch and Viceroy of the House of Vís; Viscount Palatine of Brandenburg-Fertin and Baron Hesse of Mecklenburg-Bohemia; Chief of the Peoples of the Barod Ithnar Islands; Keeper of the Star of the East; Defender of the Light.

The Sovereign holds jurisdiction over all three branches of Little Indian government, and is the hereditary King of Aladhron, Grand Duke of Vís and Exalted Prince of Ihayel, as well as being the Defender of the Faith, High Priest of Ihayel and the personal representative of His Holiness the Pope.

The House of Vís

The House of Vís, the Octarchy, the Monarchy and their Position in Society

The ruling dynasty of Little India, the House of Vís has held control of the High Throne for almost all of Little India's history, with the exception of certain periods - the first and second Great Schism, the Interregnum and the Papal period.

The Octarchy is a most important part of Little India - if not only for legislative purposes. Whilst all the rulers of Little India are subrodinate to the Sovereign, it would be virtually impossible to keep nearly one and a half billion people united under one single Head of State.

Whilst many Monarchs are Constitutional and hold little real power, the High King has full authority in Little India. Although he entrusted this power to the House of Representatives and the Senate, he can dissolve both Houses and assume complete and autocratic rule in a national emergency. This power has never been utilised. The High King can also overrule any Senate action, and can veto any legislation.

However, the High King has never assumed the full role of Autocrat of Little India, even though it is a - long abandoned - part of His title. His position is Constitutional in all but name.

The Monarchy in Little India plays a very important role, not only in society and public life, but also in legislative, executive and judicial decisions. The High King sits on and presides over the High Council of Kings, the Highest legislative house in Little India. He sits for Vís and Ihayel, and represents the nation as a whole. Also, the monarch must approve all legislature; all laws bear the sovereign's cypher, signature and seal, and all proclamations are made in the Sovereign's name.

The monarch of each individual Kingdom of Little India plays a significant role in representing the people's views in the Council, and also take part n local festivals and proclamations.

The Sovereign, that is the High King of Little India, is a symbol of unity, and is the symbol of the state, and is symbolic of peace. Through Him, the many diverse peoples that call Little India home are irrevocably bound, and cannot be put asunder.

The Monarchy also features in certain religious ceremonies. The Sovereign Family - that is the High King and His immediate Family - appear at festivals, and at talks and openings, and receive foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, as well as initiating alliances by signing treaties.

The Little Indian Nobility

The United Kingdoms of Aladhron, Veruna, Imrathon, Parrlay, Eleni, Frida, Protea and Tulpas - also called the High Kingdom of Little India or the Holy Empire of the Eight Little Indias - has a comprehensive tiles system, allowing for hereditary peerages and life-peers.

Structure of the Peerage

There are seven levels of the Little Indian peerage. Certain peerages are reserved specifically for hereditary usage, but none are specified for life-peers only.

The seven different titles of the Little Indian peerage are, in order of Precedence:

1. Prince 2. Duke 3. Marquess 4. Earl 5. Count 6. Viscount 7. Baron

All of these titles use the style Lord [female: Lady]Christian-Name of Place, Title Family-Name of Place, Lord of the Holy Empire of the Eight Eldors.

The titles of Prince, Duke and Marquess are designated for hereditary peers only, under Article 12 of the Peerage Act 5,011.

The title of Prince can apply to either a Royal Prince - like the sons of a Sovereign or provincial King or Queen - or a non-royal, but from a noble family.

In the case of a Royal Prince, the following style is used: Prince Family-Name of the United Kingdoms of Little India, Lord of the Holy Empire of the Eight Eldors. When a non-royal prince, the former style is used.

50 of the Peers from Ihayel sit in the House of Nobles.

Inheritance

Under Article 24, Paragraph 3 of the Peerage Act 5,011, the inheritance of all Lordly estates is solely to the firstborn child of the deceased. It is the responsibility of this inheritor to use the inheritance as he or she sees fit.

Under the Inheritance Act 14,891, this is made the case for the inheritance of normal citizens.

For a time, under the The Little Indian Law of Sovereign Succession, implemented by High Queen Donna XI in 873, only females in the direct line could inherit the High Throne of Little India, and only males in the direct line could inherit the throne of the Little Indian kingdoms - with the obvious exeption of Aladhron. This Law was repealed by High Queen Donna XXXVI in 23,694.

The Sovereign's Official Coat of Arms

The official coat of arms of the Sovereign of Little India, and exclusive to that post. The current incumbent using this coat of arms is High King Ithilanor II.

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Split into two halves, the right hand side of the coat is the simplest. It shows - in six equal segments - the Star of Vandanwé and the Coat of Vís three times each. This appears on the coat of arms of every member of the Sovereign family.

The left hand side is more complicated. It shows - in equal segments - the coats of arms for: (left to right) top: Veruna, Parrlay, Imrathon, Protea

2nd Row: Eleni, Frida, Tulpas, the Sovereign - Vís, Ihayel, Noroharn, the Crown

3rd Row: The Crucifixion, The Keys of Peter and Paul, yellow and white (all for the Vatican)

4th Row: Barod Ithnar Islands, Jutland, Fedora, Santu-Thilli (Little Indian dominions beyond the seas

5th Row: Jutland, Barod Ithnar Islands, Santu-Thilli, Fedora (Little Indian dominions beyond the seas

6th Row: Vís, Vandanwé, portcullis, crossed sword and sceptre.

The Portcullis and the Crossed Sword and Sceptre signify Little India's sovereignty - the portcullis represents the ability to deny access to certain people, and the crossed sword and sceptre represent Independence.

Government

The Little Indian government is relatively simple to some other political systems in the world. With ten separate Kingdoms, there are three legislative houses, with the Sovereign sat atop all of them.

The High Constitution

Written almost entirely by High King Alyameldir I, the High Constitution was ratified by the House of Representatives, Senate and High Council of Kings in 107. It mainly draws power away from the throne and into the hands of the people.

For a full and unabridged copy of the constitution, click here.

Political Subdivisions

The High Kingdom of Little India is divided into ten main political provinces. Each province – which is in essence a separate country, under a federal monarchy – consists of nine smaller electoral districts – one of these is specifically for the capital of the Kingdom. The capital of each province lies at the centre of each province, and there are eight districts encircling it. Unnamed, these eight districts are known by their orientation to the capital – eg, N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW.

1. The Kingdom of Veruna

• The Royal City of Alinil (Capital)

Little India
Nation: Little India Capital: The Royal City of Alinil Leader: Queen Marcauniel II of Veruna

2. The Kingdom of Parrlay

• The Royal City of Morinil (Capital)

Little India
Nation: Little India Capital: The Royal City of Morinil Leader: King Faelon of Parrlay

3. The Kingdom of Imrathon

• The Royal City of Falbrinil (Capital)

Little India
Nation: Little India Capital: The Royal City of Falbrinil Leader: King Handion of Imrathon

4. The Kingdom of Eleni

• The Royal City of Garinil (Capital)

Little India
Nation: Little India Capital: The Royal City of Garinil Leader: King Meldarionwë of Eleni

5. The Kingdom of Tulpas

• The Royal City of Torini (Capital)

Little India
Nation: Little India Capital: The Royal City of Torinil Leader: King Caunwaithon of Tulpas

6. The Kingdom of Frida

• The Royal City of Lariminil (Capital)

Little India
Nation: Little India Capital: The Royal City of Loriminil Leader: King Sadron of Frida

7. The Kingdom of Protea

• The Royal City of Bylorinil (Capital)

Little India
Nation: Little India Capital: The Royal City of Bylorinil Leader: King Merionwē of Protea

8. The Kingdom of Aladhron

• The Royal City of Theed (Capital)

Little India
Nation: Little India Capital: The Royal City of Theed Leader: King Ethamar IV of Aladhron (High King Ithilanor II of Little India)

9. The Grand Duchy of Vís

• The Great City of Sudrinil (Capital)

Little India
Nation: Little India Capital: The Royal City of Sudrinil Leader: Grand Duke Nathlar I of Vís (High King Ithilanor II of Little India)

10. The Exalted Princedom and White City of Ihayel

• The High Citadel

Territory of Little India Proper

Little India
Nation: Little India Capital: The High Citadel Leader: Exalted Prince Turwaithion II of Ihayel, High King Ithilanor II of Little India

Ihayel is one of the three initial territories of the High Kingdom of the Eldorati and what is now the Holy Empire of the Eight Little Indias.

The smallest of all the Little Indian territories, Ihayel is also the most densely populated. It is home to the Palaces of all the monarchs of Little India and the Sovereign Palace of the High King, the Little Indian Congress and the main church of Little India.

City of Little India

Little India
Nation: Little India Function: Capital City Population: 646 million Leader: Count Andreas of Medela

Ihayel, Chief City of Little India and New Italy.

• The Exalted Prince or Princess of Ihayel is also traditionally the Grand Duke or Duchess of Vís, King or Queen of Aladhron and High King or Queen of all Little India.

Ihayel is the notable exception to this rule, as the city takes up the entire province, and is built on a hill of twelve levels. As such, there are eleven electoral districts in Ihayel, with the top level of the city housing the Sovereign Palace, Congress, the Basilica and other public buildings.

The Legislature

The House of Representatives

With 920 seats, the House of Representatives is the lowest but largest legislative House in Little India. It is comprised of popularly elected members from each of the separate divisions of the High Kingdom: 10 members are elected from each electoral district in each separate Kingdom, with 90 members from each Kingdom. 110 members are sent to the House from Ihayel – ten for each level of the city. The head of this body is the Speaker of the House, who is appointed by the High King upon an election in the House.

The Senate

With 92 seats, the Senate is the second largest and second most powerful House. Like the House of Representatives, it is comprised of popularly elected members from each of the divisions of Little India: 9 from each Kingdom (81); and 11 from the Exalted Princedom of Ihayel (11). A special seat is also designated for the Sovereign (the High King) or His Represenatative. Legislation passed in the House of Represenatatives must be passed in the Senate before it can pass to the High Council of Kings. The head of this body is the Chancellor, who serves as Head of Government, and, like in the House, is appointed by the Sovereign after a vote within the Senate.

The High Council of Kings

With only 8 seats (plus one for the Sovereign or a Regent), the High Council of Kings is the smallest but most powerful branch of Little Indian legislature. The King or Queen of each Kingdom of Little India sits on the Council, and the Sovereign must also sit. As the King or Queen of Aladhron traditionally holds the title of High King, Grand Duke of Vís and Exalted Prince of Ihayel, the Sovereign's oldest child sits on the council for Aladhron. The Sovereign is sent as the represenatative for Vís and Ihayel. All legislation passed in the Senate must receive a simple majority vote in the Council, but the Sovereign must also agree to the Legislation. If the Sovereign disagrees with the legislation, it must be sent back to the House of Representatives to be altered. The Sovereign is officially Head of this body, but for legislative purposes, the head is the Viceroy (female: Vicereine), appointed by the Sovereign and approved by the Council.

The Sovereign

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The Sovereign is the Head of the State of Little India, and a symbol of the state unity. Although not holding any real power, the Sovereign is the land’s chief lawmaker, and all legislation must go through Him or Her before it can become Statute Law. The Sovereign holds emergency reserve powers, but these have rarely been used, if ever to their full potential.

The Executive

The executive of Little India is the Cabinet, comprised of members of the Chancellor’s political party, and some advisory members from the House of Representatives. The current Cabinet is as follows:

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Chancellor: His Excellency Aníron Danfalas

Minister of Interior: The Right Honourable Senator Eleyond

Foreign Minister: The Right Honourable Senator Caranion

Security Minister: The Right Honourable Senator Eglerion

Environment Minister: The Right Honourable Senator Aranethon

Education Minister: The Right Honourable Senator Marilla

Employment Minister: The Right Honourable Senator Særcalwen

Transport Minister: The Right Honourable Senator Fælwen

Intelligence Minister: The Right Honourable Senator Eruherdiriel

Cultural Minister: His Eminence Cardinal Hardína – appointed by the High King

The Judiciary

Hierarchy and Structure of the Little Indian Court System

As with the legislature, the head of the Judiciary is the Sovereign. The Sovereign appoints High Court Judges, Supreme Court Justices and acts as Most Excellent Lord Justice of the Little Indians – the highest Judicial figure in the land.

Below the Sovereign are the High Councillors, the seven Kings of Little India. This is the highest appeal court in the land, but the Sovereign will hear final appeals.

Below the High Council of Kings are the Supreme Court Justices, fixed at ten in number. There is a Supreme Court in each main political division of Little India, mostly in that Kingdom’s capital city. They are addressed as His/Her Lord/Ladyship, the Honourable Supreme Justice (name).

Then there is the High Court, the next lowest court. There are three High Court Judges per Kingdom, and they usually hear cases together in a Presidium. It is very rare that only a single Judge will hear a High Court case. They are addressed as His/Her Lord/Ladyship, the High Justice (name).

The next lowest court is the crown court. There are innumerable Crown Court Judges, and again usually sit in Presidia of three or five Judges. They are addressed as Mr/Mrs Justice (name).

The lowest court in the land is the Court of the Plebiscite. There are twelve Plebiscite Court Judges in each city and town in Little India. The Plebiscite Judges are addressed simply as Justice (name) with no prefix as for the Judges in the senior courts.

Geography

Little India Proper

Little India proper is officially the first three provinces of the country. They are Aladhron, Vís and Ihayel.

Aladhron is located on an island separate to Vís and Ihayel. It is also the largest province of Little India. Approximately 3,000,000 square miles, Aladhron is a perfectly circular island, with the capital of Theed at it's exact centre. This city lies on an exact latitude with Ihayel.

The island of Aladhron is perfectly flat, with seven rivers flowing from a fountain in Theed. They split the island into seven equal parts. The rivers are notable for being perfectly straight and maintaining their width, depth and flow for their entire courses. In each of the seven segments are at least two big cities - two of the segments have 4 cities with over 5 million population each.

The island also has a "rim" around it's coast. Actually a wall built by Donna I, it is of white marble and prevents the sea from flooding the perfectly flat island.

The Grand Duchy of Vís is located along the length of the Salanír peninsula, and including the Isle of Gomoran to the West. The city of Sudrinil is located on the eastern coast. Vís has a mountain chain running down it's centre, with three high passes. Recently a twelve lane motorway tunnel was constructed underneath the mountain to allow traffic to pass without going for miles around. At its tip is the city and procince of Ihayel.

The smallest of the provinces of Little India - and yet the most populous - Ihayel is the capital of the country. Located at the very tip of Salanír, Ihayel lies on the coast of the Gulf Of Little India, the water body that all the Little Indian countries have coastlines on.

A large hill, perfectly conical, was carved to make a twelve levelled city, with each level decreasing in size. Atop this city stands the Congress of Little India, the Holy Basilica of the Lord of Heaven and Earth and the Sovereign Palace of the High King of the Little Indians.

The Provinces

Colonies, Dependencies and Dominions Beyond the Seas

Demography

The Sovereign Census of the High Kingdom of Little India

Taken every ten years, the next census will be taken in two years time.

To see a full and unabridged version of the Census, click here.

Vital Statistics

Little India as a whole

Population: (40,042 estimate) 1.429 billion

Area: 12,540,863 sq mi

Urban population: 97%

Life expectancy at birth: 93

Birth rate per 1000 population: 10.9

Death rate per 1000 population: 10.5

Religious Affiliation:

• Roman Catholic: 98%
• Atheist: 0.01%
• Wiccan: 0.18%
• Other religions: 1.8%

Dependent Territories: Avernienshire

Amiasia

Old Macedonia

The Othillic Empire

Santu-Thilli

Sarudor

Fedora

Eldor

Orange County

The Two Jerusalems

The Grand Duchy of Namaz

New Denmark

Jutland

All the Lands of the River Princes

Barod Ithnar Islands

Of the Individual Kingdoms

Basic information is given on each separate Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Veruna

Capital: The Royal City of Alinil

Area: 2.3 million sq mi

Population: 130 million

The Kingdom of Parrlay

Capital: The Royal City of Morinil

Area: 800,000 sq mi

Population: 60 million

The Kingdom of Imrathon

Capital: The Royal City of Falbrinil

Area: 59,000 sq mi

Population: 8 million

The Kingdom of Eleni

Capital: The Royal City of Garinil

Area: 1.87 million sq mi

Population: 50 million

The Kingdom of Tulpas

Capital: The Royal City of Torinil

Area: 1.01 million sq mi

Population: 19 million

The Kingdom of Frida

Capital: The Royal City of Lariminil

Area: 2 million sq mi

Population: 110 million

The Kingdom of Protea

Capital: The Royal City of Bylorinil

Area: 500,000 sq mi

Population: 57 million

The Kingdom of Aladhron

Capital: The Royal City of Theed

Area: 3 million sq mi

Population: 300 million

The Grand Duchy of Vís

Capital: The Great City of Sudrinil

Area: 1,000,863 sq mi

Population: 112 million

The Exalted Princedom and White City of Ihayel

Capital: none - although the High Citadel may be referred to as the real heart of the whole of Little India and Ihayel

Area: 1000 sq mi

Population: 646 million

Ihayel

Ihayel is the capital of Little India as a whole, and was given Principality status due to its burgeoning poulation.

Background information

Occupying 1,000 square miles at the heart of Little India and with a population of roughly 600 million people, the Exalted Princedom of the White City of Ihayel is effectively a country in it's own right. The first city in the country, and the largest, Ihayel was given Principality status after the first High King, Ithilanor, saw that it was so large that required it's own government. The Exalted Princedom sends one hundred and ten representatives to the Little Indian House of Representatives and eleven to the Senate, but has it's own government system. With two legislative houses, the Ihayel government is much smaller than the combined Little Indian legislature. Built on a hill, the city has twelve levels, each higher than the last. The entire city is built from white marble, and the buildings get progressively larger as you move up the hill. The largest houses are situated in the eleventh level. The twelfth level houses the White Tower, and the Sovereign Palace, an immense building that combines a Palace for the Sovereign, seven smaller palaces for each of the Seven Kings of Little India, the House of Representatives and the Senate of Little India, the Senate Chamber for New Italy and the Pantheon - officially called the Holy Pantheon of the Lord of Heaven and Earth.

Ihayel’s Status and Importance

Ihayel is the capital of the enormous Little Indian nation, and more than half a billion people live within the city confines. Not only is Ihayel the country’s largest and most densely populated city, it is home to the Sovereign, the headquarters of the Little Indian branch of Roman Catholicism, and also is the symbol of the state.

Self Government

The Senate

The Lower and smaller of the two houses, the Senate is comprised of 100 popularly elected inhabitants of the city. The head of this body is known as the Prime Minister.

The House of Nobles

Comprised of appointed hereditary nobles, the Senate has 50 seats, plus an extra seat for the Sovereign, who acts as the City's representative in the Little Indian Council of Kings.

IVNCTVS GENTICVM AMBROSIVS IMPERIVM NOVVS ITALIÆ

As many nations, seeking the freedom and liberty that the Little Indian people had gained, moved to the continents surrounding the island the Little Indians called Home, the government of Little India called for the binding of all the nations on the continent together, to form a region, with a single Government and leader.

These dreams were realised, and the continental forms are now known as the Divine Impeium of New Italy (officially it is called: IVNCTVS GENTICVM AMBROSIVS IMPERIVM NOVVS ITALIÆ [Iunctus Genticum Ambrosius Imperium Novus Italiæ, the United Nations of the Divine Imperium of New Italy])

The legislative body of the region is the Senate, and it's head is the Chancellor, who is appointed by the High King. His deputy is the Viceroy, also appointed by the High King.

With the foundation of the United Nations of the Divine Imperium of New Italy, the style of Holy Emperor of the People of the East was added to the title of the High King.

All nations within New Italy reserve their Sovereign power, but the government of the region as a whole lies in the hands of the regional Senate.

Economy

The Little Indian treasury is overflowing, and many Little Indians have bank accounts spread over the world in numerous names, containing many thousands of Rupees. The High King and Holy Emperor maintains 306 such accounts - at last count - all holding in excess of LIRup10 billion.

For the year 40,049(current), the economy is as follows. All figures are given in US$. The current exchange rate is LIRup 2.1537 = US$ 1.

Government Expenditure

• Government budget: $11,923,007,060,160.00
• Government Expenditures: $11,207,626,636,550.40

• • Administration: $112,076,266,365.50 1%

• • Social Welfare: $1,120,762,663,655.04 10%

• • Healthcare: $1,120,762,663,655.04 10%

• • Education: $1,681,143,995,482.560 15%

• • Religion & Spirituality: $224,152,532,731.01 2%

• • Defence: $0.00 0%

• • Law & Order: $2,241,525,327,310.08 20%

• • Commerce: $336,228,799,096.51 3%

• • Public Transport: $1,681,143,995,482.56 15%

• • The Environment: $1,681,143,995,482.56 15%

• • Social Equality: $1,008,686,397,289.54 9%

• Government waste: $715,380,423,609.60 (added to the Treasury each year)

Domestic Expenditure

• Gross Domestic Product: $13,129,702,431,160.54
• per capita: $8,718.26

Trade

• Imports: $1,710,464,331,050.14
• Exports: $1,594,865,656,440.00
• Surplus: $115,598,674,610.14

Religion

The main religion of Little India is Roman Catholicism, and there are services in main cathedrals every day. The Holy Pantheon of the Lord of Heaven in Ihayel is notable throughout Little India and the wider world, for being the only church in the world to hold a constant Church service. Only for certain ceremonies may the service end. The people of Little India are devoutly religious, and most especially so in Ihayel.

Acknowledged Heads

There are several acknowledged Heads of the Holy Little Indian Church of Roman Catholicism, as it is known in Little India. The Pope is accepted as Supreme Pontiff, and holds authority over all religious activity in Little India. The High King and Holy Emperor is known as the High Priest of Ihayel, an honorary title. He also holds the title of ‘’Fidei Defensor’’, the Defender of the Faith.

The Basilica of the Holy Lord of Heaven and Earth

The second largest Church on Earth, the Basilica is located in the uppermost level of the citadel of Ihayel, and is part of the Sovereign Palace complex. Round in shape, the basilica is the site of a constant Catholic service.

A Royal Funeral

For a Royal Funeral, especially that of a major Royal, the service is ended as soon as the death becomes public knowledge. The body lies in the Pantheon for forty days, and then the funeral may take place.

A Coronation

A King or Queen

In the Coronation of one of the Kings of Little India, then Church services are suspended for ten days, before the Coronation may take place. After the Coronation, there is a recess of three days before Church services are initiated.

For the High King or Queen, Sovereign of All Little India

Church services are suspended in the Pantheon for exactly a year. Services do not take place in the Pantheon from the death of one Sovereign to the Coronation of the next, although services are not suspended in any other church.

The coronation of the Sovereign includes the seven Kings/Queens using their own Crown to crown the Sovereign and returning it to their own head. Then, the Sovereign will speak an oath to the seven Kings/Queens, and they will remove their Crowns to the respective Chapel of their Kingdom, and then the Sovereign will take it from there and crown Himself with it and then transfer the Crown to the King. Then the Pope crowns the Sovereign. The Sovereign then places the Crown on the Pope's head, who returns it to the Sovereign's head.

The Calendar of Little India

Each year in Little India consists of 365 days. These 365 days are split into thirteen months and one festival day. Each month lasts 28 days. The year begins on 1st Andar - September 25th of the Gregorian Calendar. The months are as follows:

Andar

Oredin

Pana

Kalim

Lomora

Hesin

Haleth

Mansé

Lithe - the month during which Overlither (Midsummer's Day) occurs

Thivieth

Ostoma

Garil

Michael - the month during which Christmas Day (Michaelmas) occurs

The single festival day is known as Festabrin

Foundation Day: 1st of Andar - anniversary of the foundation of Little India

Ithilanor Day: 3rd of Kalim - Ithilanor's birthday

Succession Day: 18th of Haleth - the day of the High King's accession to the Throne

Coronation Day: 29th of Mansé - the anniversary of the Coronation of the High King

The High King's Birthday: Overlithe (Midsummer's Day)

Rolls Day (the day of the release of the new versions of the Rolls): 4th of Lomora

Michaelmas: 25th of Michael - a Wiccan variation of Christmas Day

• When writing the date, the Little Indians have a complex - and unique - system. First, the month is written, followed by the day of the month. Then is the numerical year. After a colon comes the regnal number of the reigning monarch - ie 1 for Ithilanor; 2 for Donna; 1000 for Ithilanor II - and the regnal year.

For example, the beginning of this year was written:

Andar/1/4049:49/1000

• The festival period for the 1st Day of Andar - New Year and Foundation Day - lasts for two days, Festabrin and Andar/1. Festabrin is the only day of the year that is not within a month, and the festival for Andar/1 begins on this day, and carries over the night to Andar/1

Military

Although a paicifist country, the High Kingdom of Little India maintains a small military guard to important officials.

The divisions of the Royal Military of Little India are as follows:

1. His Majesty's Police Force

2. The White Guard

3. The Black Guard

His Majesty's Police Force

The police of Little India act as guardians of the people's safety in the major towns and cities. Each city has three police departments, whereas Ihayel has eleven.

The police are unarmed security forces that protect the public from all forms of crime.

The White Guard

The White Guard are a lightly armed force of guards for the seven Kings of Little India, as well as for Senators. Each person under the protection of the White Guard has 50 men at his or her disposal.

The Black Guard

The Black Guard act specifically as guards for the Sovereign Family - the High King and immediate members of His family. Handpicked from the Elite of the White Guard, it is unknown how many Black Guards are in service, and their identities are kept secret. There are certain criteria for becoming a Black Guard.

• Male
• Aged between 18 and 30 years
• No disabilities, physical or mental, and taller than 5' 6"
• Unmarried
• Confirmed members of the Religion
• Of good moral and ethical background
• Born in wedlock
• Attended Military School
• Have attained either a Diploma or University Degree

Trivia and Interesting facts