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The United Kingdom of Brutland and Norden
La Rinnosso Unnona di Norden e Marchòbrutellia
"Desdividettía e Desparratettía"
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/3078/nbhi8.png

Basic Information
Official Name: The United Kingdom of Brutland and Norden
Form of Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Head of State: HM King Kyle II
Head of Government: Prime Minister Marianna Cortanella
Capital: Kingsville/Vilòstresa
Official Language: Nord-Brutlandese
Official Religion: None
Monetary Unit: Nord-Brutlandese livro (valuation: ₤1.00=US$1.47)

Region: the South Pacific
Population: 2,215,094,920 (Dec 2007 est.)
Map: old (http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=brutlandandnordenbigmapdl2.png), new (http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8452/brutlandandnordensansrojr9.gif), roadmap (http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/984/brutlandandnordenroadmaqb1.gif)

Sections:
Factbook Proper
History (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13316748#post13316748)
Geography (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13316782#post13316782)
Demography (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13316791#post13316791)
Culture (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13318494#post13318494)
Government (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13322436#post13322436)
Economy (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13324645#post13324645)
Education and Health (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13324766#post13324766)
Transportation and Communication (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13324841#post13324841)
Foreign Affairs (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13324953#post13324953)
Armed Forces (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13324980#post13324980)
Army (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13325114#post13325114)
Navy (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13325138#post13325138)
Air Force (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13325189#post13325189)
Space Force

Biographies:
King Kyle II (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13375631&postcount=16)
Prime Minister Marianna Cortanella (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13375654&postcount=17)

Special Topics:
Nord-Brutlandese Nobility (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13552255&postcount=20)
Grants (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13562581&postcount=21)
The Throwfest (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13610839#post13610839)

History
Prehistory
The two islands were originally inhabited by native South Pacific Islanders. Evidence of habitation was dated as far as 2730 BCE. These native South Pacific Islanders are not related culturally, linguistically, and genetically to the present inhabitants of Brutland and Norden.

Vikings
The present peoples of the kingdom were Vikings who arrived from Scandinavia around 200 BCE. The islands of Brutland and Norden were thought to be the southernmost and farthest place the Vikings have ever reached. A continuous stream of immigrants populated the islands, and conflict arose between the settlers and the natives. A brief war raged, according to the ancient Brutland folk saga Targanskåblagdet. The natives were easily defeated and were wiped out, possibly by the war in Brutland, and by diseases that the settlers carried, most notably smallpox, which decimated the last natives in Norden.

The Viking settlers organized themselves into six kingdoms, three on each island. Many fought wars with each other. They were united, however, in repelling naval incursions by the native inhabitants of the neighboring islands. Targanskåblagdet reports that the native populations of the surrounding four islands were decimated by a disease carried by the settlers, again probably smallpox.

Rumans
A Ruman legion of ships under General Constantius Scipius Romanus arrived in Norden on 103 CE. By a combination of threats and treats, Romanus managed to have the two islands of Brutland and Norden recognize the authority of the Ruman Empire. The islands were not organized into a separate Ruman province but were instead treated as tributary kingdoms. The Rumans, however, established a bureaucracy, introduced Catholicism, and implemented various public works projects. The Lattin language was also introduced, which became the basis of the Nord-Brutlandese Language, replacing the ancient Nordic tongue.

Fall of the Ruman Empire and the Warring States
As the Ruman Empire fell, three states emerged: Normark (Norremaque) and Dennland (Dennillia) on the island of Norden, and Brutland (Brutellia). For nine centuries the three states warred against each other, with Dennland switching loyalty between Normark and Brutland.

English explorers under Sir James Crook arrived in Brutland in 1192. The King of Brutland ceded land to the English for a trading post, Timberland (Marchòcchiese). The English trading post allowed Brutland to acquire arms for its continuing war with Dennland. An intermittent but significant influx of English settlers followed, and Timberland became a mini state of its own.

The Spaniards under Camilo Llagenfort y Carrillo followed, arriving in Normark in 1227, when the Brutes had overrun Dennland and declared war on Normark. With the Spaniards came trade and of course, arms. A protracted war ensued in the former Dennland. The Venetians also arrived, in 1239, establishing a trading post in Normark. The combined support of Spanish and Venetian arms overcame Brute resistance. The Brutes were driven off the former Dennland in 1278 and Normark absorbed former Dennlander territory, forming the Kingdom of Norden. A state of silent war existed until peace between Brutland and Norden was established in the Treaty of the Channel Island was signed in 1302.

The two Kingdoms existed peaceably for the next two centuries. The Portuguese under João Masançao da Silva arrived in Brutland in 1420, as did the Dutch under Pim van Cluijendyk in 1467. Both established trading posts in Brutland. By 1495, the English, Portuguese, and the Dutch had a presence in Brutland, while the Spanish, French, and the Danish were in Norden. However, both Brutland and Norden prevented conflicts in Europe spread to the South Pacific.

Foreign Power Intervention
In 1588, a Franco-Spanish campaign drove out the Danes out of Norden and by the next year, they seized power in Norden. Norden appealed for help from Brutland, and the Brutes, supported by a token Anglo-Portuguese fleet, restored the proper rulers of Norden in 1594. All foreign enclaves in Norden were gone, and the Dutch were increasingly in competition with the English. An almost parallel Anglo-Portuguese expedition drove out the Dutch in 1612, and Brutland raised its concern with the English. To allay the Brutes’ fears, the English signed the Treaty of Timberland in 1613. The English were to stay, provided they did not interfere in Brutish matters. Also, the Timberland peninsula was to be leased to the English for 200 years. A separate Treaty, the Treaty of Saotivalles, was signed with the Portuguese in 1617. The Portuguese were to cede back to Brutland the small island of Saotivalles by 1630 in exchange for continuous trade relations. Later when Portuguese naval power weakened, Brute-Portuguese trade were coursed through the English, who stayed in Timberland.

Union
Norden became increasingly more volatile. A peasant rebellion in eastern Dennland was put down with difficulty in 1627, as Norden’s pleas for Brute help went unheeded. A state of civil war occurred in 1639-1646, when the throne went vacant and various contenders vied for it. A compromise was reached and a congress of nobles (corteso) was convened in Viledenno in 1648. However, internal problems continued, with incessant uprisings and quarrels within the nobility.

Brutland, on the other hand, enjoyed a stable royal government and a progressing economy augmented by trade with the English.

In 1725, a group of Norden partisans stormed into the royal palace and massacred the royal family except for the pregnant queen, who escaped via the neutral Channel Isles. This was followed by looting, massacre of nobles and clergymen, and dismantling of the Norden monarchy in what was known as the Nordener Revolution. A republic was established and a profoundly proto-Communist system was instated in Norden.

Public attitude in Norden was initially jubilant, but soon the excesses of the Republic angered the Dennlanders. Conscription, forced atheism, quarrels between governing factions, and a reign of terror (ranno d'orrore) turned away the populace but further subjugated them.

The Republic of Norden demanded Brutland to recognize its existence, as the royal court of Brutland did not recognize it as the legitimate government of Norden. In 1730, the Republic of Norden also demanded Brutland to extradite the sole remaining member of the royal court, former Queen Charlotte (Carlotta) of Dennland, who was rumored to be hiding somewhere in Brutland. Two years later, in 1733, the Republic of Norden accused Brutland of feeding the Dennland separatist movement. In each instance, the fledgling republic threatened war, but backed down.

The seizure of the Brute ship Sant’Alessandria and the execution of its crew and passengers in 1737 proved to be the breaking point of Brute tolerance to the increasingly war-freak Republic. Brutland declared war a week later and invaded Norden. Brute forces held most of Dennland, whose inhabitants welcomed the Brute forces, and fought for the control of Normark. The result was a stalemate. Brute forces, with the help of some English vessels, blockaded the Normark coast in an effort to starve the Republic into submission.

Revolts that broke out in western Normark in 1742 were brutally suppressed. But with lack of resources and ammunition, the Republic was weakened, and in 1745 the Brute armies launched an invasion force. The Republic’s forces were defeated decisively in the Battle of the Three Towers (Battaglio di la Trejotordu). The Brutes were able to reinstall Queen Charlotte’s daughter, Adrienne (Adriana), to the Norden throne in 1749. Nordeners were divided as to whether to accept a queen or nominate another male as king. But with the loss of the nobles, there was no corteso to choose a new king. Most Nordeners accepted Queen Adrienne as the monarch of Norden.

With the death of King Simon II of Brutland in 1753, his son took the throne as Adam III. The relative peace in the two countries allowed a flourishing of arts and architecture, as both monarchs supported it. Also flourishing were court intrigues between the new king of Brutland and the queen of Norden. Dennlanders were, in particular, very supportive of the new Brute king.

King Adam III visited the Nordense court in 1755, and a counter-visit by Queen Adrienne to the Brute court was made a year later. A Treaty of Friendship was signed between the two countries in 1757. Though the two monarchs’ attraction for each other stemmed years earlier when the Nordense royal family was hiding in Brutland, both were afraid to irk some segments of their populace. Some people in Normark still remembered the Brute invasion and therefore Queen Adrienne had to be especially careful. Some Brute noble families, on the other hand, aspired to marry into the royal bloodline and King Adam III had to allay some of them.

Both monarchs organized support, and rumors had spread. Finally, on September 7, 1759, King Adam III of Brutland and Queen Adrienne of Norden were married on the once-neutral Channel Isles. It was first a personal union, and in the next year, the two kingdoms were finally merged into one.

The Union
The royal pair was crowned on September 7, 1761, in the Channel Isle village of Piscinadoro. This was to avoid bias towards any of the two constituent kingdoms. The crowns of both Brutland and Norden were melted and reformed into new crowns for the monarchs, signifying the indivisibility of The Union (L’Unnone). King Adam III of Brutland and Norden also opted to build a new royal capital and chose the Channel Isle of Barren Rocks (Barrenechea) as the site of a new capital.

The two Kingdoms integrated themselves into one almost without a glitch. When King Adam III died in 1789 and his son Simon took the throne, the formerly warring states were sealed in a perpetual union.

King Simon III eventually married an English settler from Timberland, Hannah Poole. While this was a minor issue in Brutland, as some Brutland nobles were insulted, the marriage was generally accepted by the populace. Queen Hannah, of English aristocratic descent, brought with her good education. She also reformed the court and imposed standards of moral behavior.

King Simon III was succeeded by King Chester the Pious (Cestre di Pietto) in 1812. During his reign, the Treaty of Timberland was extended for a period of fifty years. However, Timberland became more and more linked to Brutland than it was to England. Thus, when the treaty was renegotiated in 1862, the Timberlanders opted to revert back to Brutland and England allowed them to do so as she was establishing more significant colonies overseas.

King Kyle the Fair (Kail di Malenetto) succeeded his father in 1855. During this time, there was industrialization in the country, and the king standardized the language, measures, and the currency. King Kyle’s priorities also extended to transportation, education, healthcare, and social services.

King Kyle’s reign also marked the transition from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. In 1866, a charter of rights (Certaro di Riggii) was promulgated. An advisory Parliament (Parlimento) based on the English model was set up in 1873. Brutish nobles objected to his, and to allay their fears the King also set up the House of Lords (Caso di Paggionnu) in 1875. At the time of his death, King Kyle the Fair was busy studying the different systems of monarchies to make a constitution.

The task of making a constitution fell on his son, King Chester II, in 1893. The present constitution was promulgated and approved by the people and the nobles of Brutland and Norden in 1898. The first elections took place in 1900, with Christian Democratic leader Adam Borgòlambio as the first Prime Minister. A continuous succession of stable governments followed and the Kingdom is known for its stability.

King Chester II died in 1937, and his son, King Simon IV, succeeded him. King Simon IV was in turn succeeded by King Adam IV in 1977. The present king, Kyle II, acceded to the throne only in 2006 after the death of his father. A short three-month regency was filled by his mother, Queen Charlotte, in the period between the vacation of the throne and King Kyle II’s coming of age.

Geography
Land Area: 1,011,312 sq.km (excl. water)
Brutland: 512,009 sq.km
Norden: 484,552 sq.km.
Coastline: 16,389 km

The United Kingdom of Brutland and Norden is composed of two huge islands, Brutland, and Norden, separated by the 300 km-wide Union Channel (Canalo Unnona). The Union Channel also contains the Channel Isles or Union Islands (Esolu di l’Unnone), an archipelago of about 50 islands, a third of which is inhabited. The largest Channel Isle, Union Island (Esolo Unnona) was formerly called Barren Rocks. It is where the capital is located. Union Island is a heavily urbanized island, as is the neighboring isle of Santelleria, which serves as a residential suburb of the conurbation of the capital. Other inhabited islands include Stampione, Brugnatella, Piscieretto, Campedusa, Liparegna, Fiorgamino, Berríalva, Tonzivibbia, and Santobricco. The remaining islands form the Union National Park (Parco Naziona di l’Unnone).

Geology
Highest Mountain: Mount Bianco (4109 m)

Natural Resources: copper, pyrite, rutile, manganese, nickel, bauxite, argentite, chromite, hematite, cinnabar, natural gas, oil, monazite, sphalerite, molybdenite, tritium

The two islands differ markedly in their origin. Traditionally, they were considered part of the Northern South Pacific Island Arc, formed by the subduction of the South Pacific plate. But only Brutland satisfies this criterion, as its core is composed of extinct volcanoes and its rock formations are composed of granite and basalt. Its rich soils are made by volcanic eruptions, and the bedrock of the island is heavy basalt. Timberland has different bedrock composed of schist and its hills are composed of marine limestone, suggesting that its formation was due to uplifting of a portion of the seabed.

Norden, on the other hand, was formed when a former thrust fault (the Norden fault) pushed blocks of crust above the sea level. The thrust fault is marked by the Norden Ridge, which separates Normark from Dennland. The two have differing soils and rock formations. Though the ridge is composed of marine limestone and some parts have metamorphosed into marble, only Normark has alkaline soil. Soils of Dennland are typically of a neutral loam type and its bedrock is of heavy seafloor basalt. Copper, manganese, and nickel deposits abound in Dennland, likely due to its former position under the sea.

Brutland and Norden was also situated above an area of extreme pressure, but those pressures that drive volcanic eruptions and thrusting in the area have long subsided, as the South Pacific plate reversed its direction of movement.

Hydrology
Longest River: Padania (2,340 km)
Largest Lake: Lake Brutland/Lago Brutellia (16,019 sq.km)
Other River Systems:
Brutland: Padania-Trascara-Tagliamento-Odige-Lago Brutellia; Erno-Danubio-Dolzone; Chiardogna; Tiberio; Manza; Plantina; Calabruzzi; Verbio; Savona; Rubiconna; Briggio; Brutia; Pistozzi
Norden: Giri-Scalonna-Ciara-Perca; Carocchi-Fiano-Strigina; Denna-Albiore-Runeo; Dolcèacqua-Ghera-Casarsa; Trefini-Rodige; Borcenna; Mira; Ostia; Ilonzo; Corza

The Kingdom has a few lakes, the largest being Brute Lake (Lago Brutellia) in the middle of Brutland. Brute Lake was formed when water filled in a caldera of a supervolcano. Most Brutish lakes are formed in this way, while Nordener lakes are typically sinkhole ponds brought about by the collapse of caverns that were made by the erosion of the limestone bedrock underlying much of the island.

Rivers in Brutland tend to run in a radially, like spokes on a wheel. Normark rivers generally run northward, and Dennland rivers run southward.

Population
Basic Information
Population: 1,113,023,166 (last census); 2,215,094,920 (Dec 2007 est.)
Brutland: 514,325,812 (last census); 1,015,907,451 (Dec 2007 est.)
Norden: 498,155,203 (last census); 1,000,834,921 (Dec 2007 est.)
Union Territories: 100,542,151 (last census); 198,352,548 (Dec 2007 est.)
Population Density: 2,190.32 persons/sq.km
Population Growth Rate: 0.26%
Urban-Rural: 68.2% urban; 31.8% rural
Sex Distribution: 49.9% male; 50.1% female

Vital Statistics
Birth Rate: 21.7/1000
Death Rate: 8.2/1000
Rate of Natural Increase: 13.5/1000
Marriage Rate: 9.5/1000
Divorce Rate: 0.0/1000*
Life Expectancy at Birth: male: 72.1 years; female: 79.7 years

*Brutland and Norden does not have no-fault divorce, and divorce is permitted only in extraordinary circumstances such as spousal rape, spouse battery, child abuse, etc. Also, annulment of marriage is the more common and more preferred way of ending a marriage in Brutland and Norden.

Social Indicators
Literacy Rate: >99%

Distribution
Ten largest cities:
Vilònorda/Nordville (29,125,014)
Vilòstresa/Kingsville (19,841,220)
Brutia/Brutland City (18,568,556)
Viledenno/Dennville (12,845,002)
Seppa (7,458,220)
Marchòcchiese/Timberland (5,215,115)
Padanica (4,568,622)
Tratagnano (4,452,856)
Trascara (3,541,020)
La Spergamo (3,210,945).

Vilònorda is the capital of Norden and Normark, Viledenno is the former capital of Dennland, and the Brutia-Seppa Metropolitan area serves as the hub of Brutland.

The ten most populous grants:
Padania (16,586,952)
Marchòcchiese/Timberland (12,859,560)
Fonzo (8,845,202)
Trascara (6,405,012)
Trefini (6,235,145)
Santelleria (6,025,845)
Albiore (5,984,125)
Chiardogna (5,856,950)
Giomestagno (5,652,018)
Doro (4,526,800).

Source: Royal Institute for Demography (Stiutto Reala per Demografie, SRD)

Genetics
Ethnic Composition:
Whites: >99.9%

Brutland and Norden is a homogenous country. The Nord-Brutlandese trace their ancestry to the Vikings, giving them a typically Nordic appearance. It had been said that the Nord-Brutlandese are only one of the few white tribes in the South Pacific.

Religion
Religions:
Roman Catholic: >95%

The predominant religion is Roman Catholicism, claiming almost the entire populace as adherents, although only half are practicing. Significant religious minorities include Protestants (29,234,903); Eastern Orthodox (121,390); Muslims (45,102); Jews (23,040). Atheists and agnostics were counted to number 92,934 in the last survey.

Despite the predominant place of the Catholic Church in Nord-Brutlandese religious life, it has never been a major player in the country’s internal affairs. Perhaps its remoteness and the inherent religious tolerance of the Nord-Brutlandese did not allow it to wield a huge influence in its affairs. Also, other religious sects are very tolerant of others, though anti-religious speeches are not outlawed.

The Constitution guarantees the freedom of religion, though the state had suppressed several cults, notably Scientology, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and the violent Satanist sects.

Brutland and Norden, being a homogeneous country, has a common shared culture. Aside from the traditional Roman Catholic holidays, public holidays in the Kingdom include the Union Day (Dío Unnona), celebrated annually on September 07. Other public holidays include the King’s birthdate and accession to the throne.

The Nord-Brutlandese are known to be very patriotic and enjoy great social cohesion. The country looks up to the monarchy as the source of this and it had played a vital role in maintaining the stability of the country.

Holidays
January 01 - New Year's Day (Annonove)
May 01 - Labor Day (Díe d'Obretto)
August 15 - Assumption Day (Feste di l'Assunzione)
September 07 - Union Day (Díe Unnona)
September 11 - King's Day (King's birthdate) (Díe Rinna)
November 01 - All Saint's Day (Díe di Dei Santu)
November 02 - All Souls' Day (Díe di Dei Animi)
December 08 - Immaculate Conception (Concezione Immaculata)
December 25 - Christmas Day (Natale)
Other holidays include Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Black Saturday, and Easter Sunday, the dates of which may vary depending on the year.

Music
Brutland and Norden has a thriving music scene, encompassing all genres from classic to heavy metal. The Cosservatorio Reala (Royal Conservatory) is a bastion of classical music, while the annual Stampione Festive di Rock (Stampione Rock Festival) showcases rock talents in the Kingdom. It is widely known that the King is fond of rock music and has attended the Stampione Festive di Rock more than once.

Arts
Since its inception, the Kingdom already has a flourishing art environment. Notable artistic institutions include the Museo Reala Nordébrutelliense (Royal Nord-Brutlandese Museum); the Pannondrio Stiutto d’Artu Nassia (Pannondrio Institute of Native Arts); the Scuolo Reala per l’Artu (Royal School for the Arts); and the Gallerio di Artu Moderna (Gallery of Modern Art); among others.

Food
One peculiar Nord-Brutlandese delicacy is the chieso Bruta rubra (purple brute cheese), made from the milk from the national animal, the Brute cow (Bos bruta). It is produced mainly in the grants of Pannondrio, Valtebriggio, and Torranica. Milk from the Brute cows is taken and turned into cheese using the national microorganism, Lactifera brutanica. It is then aged in caves found throughout the region. The cheese is colored yellow with purple splotches, giving it its name.

Another delicacy is the licuoro vaca (cow liquor), which is essentially fermented Brute cow urine. Brute cow urine is collected, strained, boiled, filtered, Pasteurized, and then aged in casks like wine. Different regions produce different kinds and flavors of this unique liquor.

Sports
A wide variety of sports are played in the Kingdom. The most popular include ice hockey, football, and volleyball.

Others
Brutland and Norden is also home to many events, such as the tomato-throwing fight La Truofeste in the village of Corbi, Dennland; the Padania River parade in Brutland; the Festive di Floro (Festival of Flowers) in Normark; and the hugely popular (especially among young women) La Sferrèciecchà Reala (The Royal Blind Date) in Kingsville.

Monarchy
Monarch: HM King Kyle II [Kail II]
Full Title/Name: L’Inze Rinna, La Rinno Manna Kail II di Brutellia, di Norremaque, di Dennillia, e di l’Esolu di l’Unnone, Duco Manna di Brutia, Sverontetto di Marchòcchiese, Sprottetto di l’Unnone, e Defenzetto di la Nazione
Born: September 11, 1988, Montecrestese Castle, Stroppiana, Union Territories
Father: HM King Adam IV of Brutland and Norden
Mother: Queen Mother Charlotte II

The head of state is King Kyle II, who serves primarily symbolic and ceremonial roles. A certain degree of reserve powers (Poderi Ressava) is vested in the King, but in modern times this is treated as a hands-off last resort.

Federal Government
Executive
Prime Minister/Finisterrettùnelà: Marianna Cortanella [PP: Dennillia Ostennía, Norden]
Cabinet Ministries
Deputy Prime Minister/Finisterrettòdozelà: Scian Montògliore [PP: Civito di Marchòcchiese, Brutland]
Ministry of Agriculture and Food/Finisterre d’Agricutture e Limentu: Aaron Molizzi [PP: Norremaque Ostennía, Norden]
Ministry of Commerce/Finisterre di Commerzio: Liana Riprostoggione [PP: Brutia Setrra, Brutland]
Ministry of Communication/Finisterre di Sdaglie: Giusto Costrelabbia [PP: Esolo di Piscierettu - Librugnie - Stampione, Union Territories]
Ministry of Culture/Finisterre di Cutture: Anna Maria Sceiff
Ministry of Defense/Finisterre di Defenze: Kail Brecchio [PP: Vilòrmosa-Calabruzzi Nordosta, Brutland]
Ministry of Education/Finisterre d’Eddicchione: Maddalena l’Asettrecchi [PP: Vallo di Stresu, Brutland]
Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources/Finisterre d’Ivono e Rescoru Míagna: Simon l’Englàntino [PP: Plano Verta Costa, Brutland]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Finisterre d’Alfari Ellena: Bricco di Sint’Brullizio [PP: Sceicce, Norden]
Ministry of Health/Finisterre di Loggie: Marco Sbacciestre, MD [PP: Senzioffre - Borgònzamo, Norden]
Ministry of Industry/Finisterre di Gravo: Erica Fontremmeri [PP: Toscaria Osta, Brutland]
Ministry of Interior/Finisterre d’Intremmo: Poul di Borgòcchiese [PP: Grattio d'Esolo d'Unnone - Esolu Boggia, Union Territories]
Ministry of Justice/Finisterre di Juttisse: Adam Fiambretti [PP: Borgòrinna di Dennillia, Norden]
Ministry of Labor and Welfare/Finisterre d’Obre e Bonfare: Matto Erigone [PP: Vilònorda Osta - Libbia, Norden]
Ministry of Public Works/Finisterre d'Iorgu Pubblica: Faria di Tratagnano [PP: Quonzicchio Norda – Dolzone Osta, Brutland]
Ministry of Science and Technology/Finisterre di Cienze e Tecchinio: Correone Rimotta, PhD
Ministry of Transportation/Finisterre di Movomodo: Brocco Ricagliati [PP: Lecarocchiavalle, Norden]
Ministry of the Treasury/Finisterre di la Creziosso: Lúanna Gardefini [PP: Capriati Esta, Brutland]

Executive power is exercised by the Prime Minister (Finisterrettùnelà) and his Cabinet (Gabbetto). The Cabinet is composed of the head of the ministries. See the article Current Nord-Brutlandese Government for a list of the cabinet members.

Legislative
The Prime Minister and the Cabinet is answerable to Parliament. The Parliament is called Parlimento and holds the ultimate legislative authority. It is consists of two houses, the General Court (Corteso Genera) and the House of Lords (Caso di Paggionnu).

General Court/Corteso Genera
Presider: Queen Mother Charlotte II [Carlotta II]
Seat Distribution:
Popular Party/Partide Populoddía [PP]: 132
Social Democratic Party/Partide Democraziellía Scaglia [PDS]: 15
Green Party/Partide Verta [PV]: 2
Communist Party/Partide Commonzossúa [PC]: 1
Nationalist Party/Partide Nazioneddíttúa [PN]: 0
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All of the General Court's 150 seats are up every time a Parliamentary election is held. It is constitutionally apportioned as follows: 70 from Brutland; 70 from Norden; and 10 from the Union Territories. They are elected in single-member districts in a first past the post system. There is a seat for the Nord-Brutlandese abroad, currently held by the PP.

House of Lords/Caso di Paggionnu
The House of Lords, though ceremonially higher than the General Court, can only delay the passage of a bill. They can also introduce bills into the legislature, but it has to be approved by the General Court. It is composed of 24 members, 11 of which should be from Brutland, 11 from Norden, and 2 from the Union Territories. The 11 members from each province are composed of the following: 3 appointed by the King; 2 appointed by the provincial legislatures; 2 appointed by the provincial governors; and 1 appointed by the General Court (Setoci in Casu Doza). The remaining three are chosen differently: in Brutland, they are selected from the nobility of the province, which are hereditary seats (Setu Erediddía); in Norden, they are popularly elected (Setu Elezioddía).

The House of Lords' membership of 24 is erratically changed. Constitutionally, 11 lords should come from the province of Brutland, 11 from the province of Norden, and 2 from the Union Territories.
Only 3 of the provincial lords and all of the Union Territories' lords are royally appointed.
Two provincial lords are appointed by the provincial governor (in Norden) or the premier (in Brutland) and 2 by the provincial legislatures. Thus, the Brute appointive seats may be replaced every time a provincial election takes place in Brutland; and two Nordener appointive seats may be replaced every two years (the governor and legislature are elected in staggered years, see below).
One provincial seat is appointed by the provincial caucus in the federal General Court - ie. all the Brute members of the General Court select a Brute member they will elevate to the House of Lords. So technically, this MP sits in both houses of Parliament (Setoci in Casu Doza).
The remaining three are again selected differently between the provinces. Brutland has hereditary seats; there are 9 recognized hereditary seats that can be elevated to the House of Lords: The Duchies of Padania, Seppa, Trascara, Trazio, Nicoletano, Capitanata, Imperio, Arcadia, and Toscaria; one is replaced every three years. A hereditary seat can be elevated to the House of Lords by a royal decree. Norden, with its republican history, popularly elects its lords every two years.

Judiciary
Chief Justice of the Supreme Royal Court of Brutland and Norden: Chief Justice Corinna Fiambretti Santagemma
The judiciary is two tiered. There are federal and provincial court systems. Provincial systems start with the courts of first instance (Brutland: Corto Maallo Briola; Norden: Corto di Stanti Unela), which handles most civil and criminal cases. Civil and criminal cases are appealed to the courts of cassation (B&N: Corto di Cassazione). Administrative cases, including those filed by the Ombudsman (Defenzetto Pubblica di la Populuque Strettu, DPPS) are tried in the courts of the province (B: Corto Reala di la Statto; N: Corto di la Provenza). Constitutional cases and appeals to lower courts’ decisions are relayed to the supreme courts (B: Corto Inza di Marchòbrutellia; N: Corto Supiera di Norden).

The federal system starts with the federal district court system (Corto Distritto di l’Unnone), which handles federal civil and criminal cases, and also serves as the primary court system of the Union Territories (Terru di l’Unnone). Administrative cases are tried in a special court (Populuque Corto Reala). The highest court is the Supreme Royal Court of Brutland and Norden (Corto Supiera Reala di Norden e Marchòbrutellia, CSR). It has jurisdiction on all matters and is the highest tribunal in the Kingdom.

Interestingly, the King, with the House of Lords, has a reserve power to hear appeals from the CSR. This has only been used once and is treated as a hands-off resort.

Provincial Government
The Kingdom is composed of two constituent kingdoms or provinces (provenzo), Brutland and Norden, each with its own provincial government. Union territories are administered directly by the federal government and elect only local officials.

Brutland
Form of Government: unicameral parliamentary
Governor: Archduke Charles II of Brutland [Duchinzo Carlo II di Brutellia]
Premier: Luanna Staiola [PP]
Brutland House of Commons Seat Distribution
PP: 209
PDS: 29
PN: 10
PC: 1
PV: 1
Brutland has a governor that acts as a ceremonial executive and a premier as the head of the province.

Norden
Form of Goverment: bicameral legislature with an elected governor
Governor: Adam Lambroglio [PP]
Norden Chamber of Commons/Cambro di Commonzu
Speaker/Ledaretto: Thorizio Nicottini [PP: Cortel Osta]
Majority Leader: Antonella Scarcella [PP: Codigliana]
Minority Leaders: Carissa Flocco [PDS: Sagliana]; Gervasio Litti [PC: La Fabbricana Sorda]
Seat Distribution: [PP-PDS-PC] 422-68-10
Norden Senate/Senado
Majority Leader: Bricco di Bricarico [PP: Albiore-Redutto-Rodige-Anza Norda]
Minority Leader: Adalberto d'Oratino [PDS: Onna]
Seat Distribution: [PP-PDS-PC] 28-7-0

The territories not included in the two provinces are called Union Territories (Terru di l'Unnone). They are administered directly by the federal government.

Local Government
Local government is surprisingly the same for both Brutland and Norden, even if the two provinces have had their separate institutions for a long time. The basic political institution is the grattio (literally, “grant”), which has its roots in the land given by the king to nobles. There is a Grant Council (Consellio Grattia) elected by the grattio. In Brutland, some of the grattio still have their nobility, and in such cases, these nobles hold a ceremonial role in the grattio.

A substantive concentration of people can constitute a hamlet (réinzo), a village (villo), a town (tonno), or a city (civito). Any settlement can incorporate itself, but these settlements, with some exceptions, are still under the grattio system. Incorporation only empowers the settlement to elect a local council and a mayor. Cities or large conurbations of them may be excluded from the grattio system with an act of the legislature.

Brutland
The province of Brutland has 61 grants, each with its own Grant Council. The Brutland Constitution provides that the Grant Council to have a minimum of 15 members, with an additional member for every 100,000 population over 500,000. A cap was added in 1987, stating that a Grant Council has a maximum membership of 300. Thus, Brutish Grant Councils vary in size, from 15 (Saotivalles, Tomo, Tortona, Esolu di Pecadi, Olba, Subrigaria, Dolzone) to 271 (Padania). Many large grant councils resemble provincial legislatures.

The president of the Grant Council, which serves as the executive for the grant, is elected from the party with the plurality in the Grant Council. Thus, the party of the grant president is always the same as that of the party holding a majority in the council. Currently, the Popular Party controls all of the Brutish Grant Councils except that of Esolu di Pecadi and Micchiolli.

As many of the Brutish grants still have their nobility, many of the nobles serve as ceremonial leaders of the grant, though some stepped down from public life, and some even got elected to the Councils. Currently, 54 Brutish grants are led by a ceremonial leader.

An exception was made in the Brutish Constitution for the grant of Pannondrio, which operated under the concept of direct democracy for over sixteen centuries. During the month of May, when the mountain passes and valleys are surely passable, local representatives from the grant’s 19 valleys representing 289 communities meet in the capital of Pannondrio. This system went on until 1977, when the population increased and the May meetings (consellimàio di Pannondrio) became untenable. Pannondrio still operates with direct democracy below the grant level.

Norden
Norden has both grants and independent cities. Currently Norden has 56 grants and 12 independent cities. Both have their councils, called grant council, and city council, respectively.

The Nordener Constitution states that grant councils have a fixed membership of 21. The councilors are elected grantwide and the grant president is the councilor winning the most number of votes. Thus, the party of the grant president may be different from the majority party in the grant council. (Currently, 16 of Norden’s grants have this arrangement.)

The grant council controls only the area within the grant, which excludes independent cities. Independent cities are formerly parts of the grant which had been separated by an act of the legislature, with or without the grant council’s consent. They are not represented in the grant council, and have a council of their own, and a mayor.

Union Territories
Union Territories are under direct federal jurisdiction. There are eleven such grants, and the constitution said nothing about their grant councils. Thus, in 1902, the Christian Democrat (Partide Democrazietto C’hristiana, PDC) government of Adam Borgòlambio passed an act establishing grant councils in the Union Territories. It provided for a grant council with a fixed membership of 21, but the grant president is chosen from the majority party in the grant council. Thus, as in Brutland, the party of the grant president reflects the composition of the council. Currently, the PP holds 8 of the grant presidencies, and the PDS one, and the PV two.

Budget
Revenue: £16,170,479,896,141.70 [Direct Taxes 33.9%; Indirect Taxes 63.1%; Others 3%]
Expenditures: £15,323,693,565,189.00
Administration: 6.28% [£1,015,322,912,542.16]
Commerce and Trade: 7.56% [£1,222,485,245,093.75]
Defense: 6.58% [£1,064,128,186,548.82]
Education: 16.92% [£2,735,823,839,189.19]
Environment: 4.68% [£756,955,991,067.64]
Health Care: 12.50% [£2,020,721,075,719.93]
Law and Order: 8.99% [£1,453,338,296,209.73]
Public Works: 17.59% [£2,844,242,005,152.26]
Social Security: 13.67% [£2,210,676,013,665.54]

Savings: 5.24% [£846,786,330,952.67]

Public Debt: £0

Production
Tourism
receipts from visitors: £523,920,870
expenditures abroad: £509,230,900
Agriculture (kL=kiloLiters; mT=metric tons; m3=cubic meters)
Barley: 8,290,000 mT
Corn: 95,560,000 mT
Fruit: 44,005,000 mT
Potatoes: 36,000,000 mT
Rice: 461,371,000 mT
Vegetables: 23,291,000 mT
Wheat: 657,781,000 mT
Wine: 1,721,145,000 kL

Cheese: 1,902,800 mT
Milk: 1,809,890,000 kL

Cattle: 250,871,000
Pigs: 77,509,000
Poultry: 2,443,900,000
Sheep: 7,390,000

Fish: 2,009,000 mT

Roundwood: 909,898,000 m3

Mining
aluminum: 310,909,000 mT
iron ore: 255,090,000 mT
titanium: 50,893,000 mT
zinc: 23,040,545 mT
copper: 4,944,329 mT
nickel: 905,187 mT
manganese: 756,251 mT
chromium: 83,908 mT
tin: 32,370 mT
silver: 21,967 mT
molybdenum: 21,290 mT
lead: 11,003 mT
scandium: 11,000 mT
mercury: 9,989 mT
cobalt: 9,878 mT
rare earths: 7,675 mT
tungsten: 5,250 mT
noble metals: 977 mT
gold: 32,898,778 troy oz.

gemstones: 5,090,000 carats

Manufacturing
cement: 90,289,000 mT
crude steel: 70,020,000 mT
paper: 54,673,000 mT
sulfuric acid: 32,901,000 mT

mobile phones: 89,090,990 units
computers: 27,839,000 units
motor vehicles: 1,209,905 units

Energy
Electricity Production: 709,895,238,000,000 kW-hr (Coal: 12%; Natural Gas 35%; Solar: 15%; Nuclear: 4%; Wind: 2%; Oil: 20%; Fission: 12%)
Coal: 219,839,000 mT
Crude Petroleum: 1,008,550,000 barrels (from oil shale: 498,898,000 barrels)
Natural Gas: 205,761,000,000 m3

Human Economy
Population Economically Active: 1,674,950,000
Median Household Income: £25,687.70

Education
Literacy Rate: >99.9%
Teacher-Pupil Ratio: 1:35.3
Education is free. Parents can put their children (5-6 years old) in the free preschools. Compulsory schooling begins at age 7. It is divided into three phases: elementary (lower) school [Grades 1-5], middle school [Grades 6-8], and high school [Grades 9-12]. College is virtually free, and many Nord-Brutlandese take tertiary education. This is the reason why the country has a very high literacy rate.

Health
Physicians: 4,010,673 (1 per 552.3 people)
Hospital Beds: 14,135,196 (1 per 156.7 people)
Infant Mortality Rate: 7.4/1000 live births
Essential health care is also free. The Kingdom has shifted its focus from treating illness to the factors that cause disease. It now aggressively targets conditions that lead to disease, which has significantly improved the health status of the Nord-Brutlandese.

Transportation
Land Transportation
Railroads: 64,845 km
Roads: 336,631 km
Vehicle-person ratio: 334.7 vehicles/1,000 people

The Kingdom has well-developed and efficient rail and road networks. The Rallu Reala Nordèbrutelliense (RRN, Royal Nord-Brutlandese Railways), is a joint public-private corporation. The Kingdom has a low car ownership rate of 69.25 cars per 1,000 people, as the most of the public take advatage of the fast public transportation systems.

Water Transportation
Merchant Marine: 9,491 vessels; 2,899,389 deadweight tonnage
Due to its geography, transportation via sea routes are vital links between the islands comprising the Kingdom. Almost every grant with a coastline has one or more major ports. Major ports of significance include that of Kingsville, Dennville, Nordville, Brutland City, Timberland, Pelargone (on the island of Santelleria), and Brugnatella.

The Kingdom also has a Coast Guard (Savolettu Mara) under the Department of the Interior (Finisterre di l'Intremmo). Nord-Brutlandese ships use LVS (La Vicule Stresa, His Majesty's Ship) before their names.

Air Transportation
The national flag carrier is NordBrut Airlines (ICAO code: NBA). Several other air carriers exist.

Almost every grant has its airport, or a landing strip. Six Nord-Brutlandese airports are open to international travel:

Aeroporto di la Repubblica, Dastamone, grant of Soltera, Norden (Normark). (Code: REP)
Suciana-Trefini International Airport, Suciana, grant of Trefini, Norden (Dennland). (Code: STA)
Ronvalle Airport, Viledenno, Norden (Dennland). (Code: RAV)
King Kyle I International Airport/Aeroporto Internaziona di Rinno Kail I, grant of Tonzivibbia, Union Islands. (Code: KKI)
Brutland International Airport, Crebbia, grant of Brutia, Brutland. (Code: BIA)
Timberland International Airport/Aeroporto Internaziona di Marchòcchiese, Poole, grant of Timberland, Brutland. (Code: AIM)

Communications and Media
Newspapers
Number: 107
Circulation: 11,720,000 (189 per 1,000 people)
There are three major newspapers, L’Unnone (The Union), published in Kingsville. L’Unnone is known to be a respected, unbiased source of information. Other provincial newspapers include the conservative La Brutelliense (The Brutlander) based in Brutland; and the left-leaning La Díernalo (The Journal) based in Normark.

Radio
Number of Receivers: 692,217,162
Receiver Ratio: 1 per 3.2 persons

Television
Number of Receivers: 14,76,729,947
Receiver Ratio: 1 per 1.5 persons

The state broadcasters Televiso Reala di Norden e Marchòbrutellia (Royal Brutland and Norden Television) and Radio Reala Nordébrutelliense (Royal Nord-Brutlandese Radio) operates several radio and TV stations. Several private stations also exist, in competition with foreign broadcasters in the country, such as World News Company (WNC), Public International News Ariddia (PINA), Kelssek Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), SBC International, Cookeslandic Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Kanami National Broadcasting Corporation (KNBC), San Monticaz International Broadcasting Corporation (SMIBC), and World News Italia (WNI). These foreign outlets, however, are delayed by as much as three hours, as they have to be dubbed into Nord-Brutlandese by the Nord-Brutlandese Dubbing Service.

Telephone
International Code: +1509
Telephone-people ratio: 852.45 per 1,000 people
This high figure is due to the easy ownership of communication devices, especially cell phones. This had led to a booming telecommunciations industry in the Kingdom, with private companies such as Reach Telecom and Connect competing with the state-owned [I]Companne di Tellasdaglie Nordèbrutelliense (CdTN; Nord-Brutlandese Telecommunications Company). Also, there is increased growth in the mobile phone sector, with the mobile phone maker giant Cortel, based in the town of the same name.

Internet Services
Top-Level Domain: .nem
Internet services are widely available in the country. It is said that Brutland and Norden is one of the most wired countries in the region. As of March 2007, a bill is pending in Parliament to allow e-voting.

Foreign Trade
Imports: £17,564,909,784,228,000
Exports: £20,193,948,109,889,000

Foreign Relations
Membership in International Organizations: UN, CSS
Alliances: none

Embassies
Countries with Embassies in Brutland and Norden:
Abu Omar* ~ Amb. Yasmine El Raadi
Achae-Ottonia, the Empire of ~ Amb. Hans Klausman
Alfegos, the People's Nation of ~ Amb. Yuri Oplikov
Ambrose-Douglas* ~ Amb. Kenneth Dontome
Atleus, the Republic of ~ Amb. Brian Haywood
Biotopia, the Commonwealth of ~ Amb. Dr. Kolmst Lafayette
Bloumany, the Kingdom of ~ Amb. Duchess Angela Moreabin
Candelaria and Marquez, the Republic of ~ Amb. Asher Dolloe
Chernobl, the United Socialist States of ~ Amb Niko Zorbachev
Cookesland, the United States of ~ Amb. R. David Quill
Cyruum, the Protectorate of ~ Amb. Rudolph Mahatmi W.O.T.R.
De Vliggenplaat, the Dominion of ~ Amb. Brig. Matthias Koche-Brenner (Ret.)
Exetonia, the Socialist Empire of ~ Amb. Louisa Sheridan
Faxanavia, the Promethian Republic of ~ Amb. Leland Q. Alfenco II
Free United States, the Commonwealth of ~ Amb. Joseph Damorev
Grasaland, the Kingdom of ~ Amb. Alistad Urlik
Greal, the Imperial Dictatorship of ~ Amb. Herm Gorden
Greater Gouda, the Kingdom of ~ Amb. Prince Xeben XII
Hamilay, the Federal Republic of ~ Amb. Edward Sereno
Imbrinium, the Kingdom of ~ Amb. Severino Sabbatini
Kostemetsia, the Unified Republic of ~ Amb. Tyler King
Kurona, the Principality of ~ Amb. Ayumi Kusonori
Magdha, the Revolutionary People's State of ~ Amb. Imelda Macapagal
Marstia, the Kingdom of ~ Amb. Binovska Ana
Midlonia, the Greater Kingdom of ~ Amb. Christopher Ludlum
Mokastana, the People's Armed Confederacy of ~ Amb. Walter Obal
Neo-Ixania, the Empire of ~ Amb. Heinrich Klein
Nightfalcon* ~ Amb. Geran Lylewood
Nilpnt, the Workers Republic of ~ Amb. Adam Sanquez
Northern Rangeria, the Principality of ~ Amb. Lord Karle Matsela
Omigodtheykilledkenny, the Federal Republic of ~ Amb. Derek Logan
Pablicosta, the Seperatist State of ~ Amb. Larry Striding
Pinguinum, the Kingdom of ~ Amb. Derek Swim
Porinn, the United States of ~ Amb. Mikhail Strausse
Ruccola, the Republic of ~ Amb. Sir Luca Verdano
ShogunKhan, the Empire of ~ Amb. Sir Tifficate of Authentay City
Snefaldia, the Centralized Mountain States of ~ Amb. Abulurd Umdiroplach
Somnilence* ~ Amb. Montgomery FitzWilliam
The Genoshan Isles* ~ Amb. Lancelot Link
the Philippiniada, the Empire of ~ Amb. Atty. James Calaguan Jr
the Stone Temple, the Holy Republic of ~ Amb. Jessica A. Brooks
Third Spanish States, the Anarchist Confederacy of ~ Amb. Sofia Porter Limonero
Tokyoni, the Holy Republic of ~ Amb. Nami Takeshi
Tsrill, the Thrill of ~ Amb. Ftlann Larrir
United Kingdom2, the Constitutional Monarchy of ~ Lord Amb. Alexander Smith
Vanek Drury Brieres, the Glorified Ashen Remains of ~ Amb. Jean-Sebastien Giguere
Van Luxemburg, the Grand Duchy of ~ Amb. Laura Schiavone
Visayan Peoples, the Federation of ~ Amb. Archibald Capistrano
ViZion, the Constitutional Federal Republic of ~ Amb. Patrick Heignst
West Zirconia, the Grand Duchy of ~ Amb. Christopher Beaumont
Wyneries, the Republic of ~ Amb. Bobby Mondavi
Yanitaria, the United Socialist States of ~ Amb. Frank C. Klark
Zinaire, the Republic of ~ Amb. Lady Tess Hart
Zwangzug, the Rookdom of ~ Amb. Julia Burgmuller

Countries hosting Nord-Brutlandese Embassies:
Abu Omar* ~ Amb. Abdul Fericcelli
Alfegos, the People's Nation of ~ Amb. Emilia di Trincone, Baroness of Rigulia
Ambrose-Douglas* ~ Amb. Ferrando Alba
Biotopia, the Commonwealth of ~ Amb. Lamberto Montenegro
Candelaria and Marquez, the Republic of ~ Amb. Nilo Sigonella
Cookesland, the United States of ~ Amb. Gisela Trossefini
De Vliggenplaat, the Dominion of ~ Amb. Canico Santagemma
Grasaland, the Kingdom of ~ Amb. Oscar Scarcella
Hamilay, the Federal Republic of ~ Amb. Pancrazio Oddone
Imbrinium, the Kingdom of ~ Amb. Jason Scaramella
Kampfers, the Neo-Prussian Dictatorship of ~ Amb. Cristina di Castanelli
Kostemetsia, the Unified Republic of ~ Amb. Marco Franco Moschatelli
Kurona, the Principality of ~ Amb. Lilliana Brocelli
Magdha, the Revolutionary People's State of ~ Amb. Maria Assunta Giovannino
Mathism, the Republic of ~ Amb. Giuseppe Rotanelli
Mokastana, the People's Armed Confederacy of ~ Amb. Timothy Correone
Neo-Ixania, The Empire of ~ Amb. Ma. Pamela Boscaro
Nightfalcon* ~ Amb. Daniela Caralli
Northern Rangeria, the Principality of ~ Amb. Tobias Calderone
Omigodtheykilledkenny, the Federal Republic of ~ Amb. Kyle di Fontana
Pan-Arab Barronia, the Island Empire of ~ Amb. Alizia dG. Santagemma-Iacobucci
Pinguinium, the Kingdom of ~ Amb. Adam Stelcchio, Duke of Capitanata
Ruccola, the Republic of ~ Amb. Uldarico Iannuccelli
Somnilence* ~ Amb. Joshua Formiccini
Snefaldia, the Centralized Mountain States of ~ Amb. Geraldo Leandri
The Genoshan Isles* ~ Amb. Giuletta di Casperina
the Philippiniada, the Empire of ~ Amb. Simona Bergamaschini
the Stone Temple, the Holy Republic of ~ Amb. Umberto Sotto
the Scandinvans, the Glorious Empire of ~ Amb. Tristan Modacelli
Tokyoni, the Holy Republic of ~ Amb. Fiorina La Condamina
Tsrill, the Thrill of ~ Amb. Marcello Bracciolini
United Kingdom2, the Constitutional Monarchy of ~ Amb. Clyde Lehigh
Vanek Drury Brieres, the Glorified Ashen Remains of ~ Amb. Adam Bartonella
Van Luxemburg, the Grand Duchy of ~ Amb. Donatella Grossi
Visayan Peoples, the Federation of ~ Amb. Anna Patrizia B. Micarelli
ViZion, the Constitutional Federal Republic of ~ Amb. Bruno dB. Canellotti
Wyneries, the Republic of ~ Amb. Christopher di Battifolio
Yanitaria, the United Socialist States of ~ Amb. Jeric Arbuckle
Zinaire, the Republic of ~ Amb. Giustino Santaniello
Zwangzug, the Rookdom of ~ Amb. Bianca LaMarche

For more information, see this thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=527786).

OOC: * Nations that CTE'd, or status unknown.

The United Kingdom of Brutland and Norden has a small but effective defense force. The primary task of the military is the defense of the country.

The military is under control of both the King and the Minister of the Department of Defense, and can be mobilized only with the approval of both the King and Parliament.

The defense force of the kingdom is simply known as Royal Military of Brutland and Norden (Militare Reala di Norden e Marchòbrutellia). The commander-in-chief (Sabrietto in Ceffie) is the King.

It is divided into four branches: the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Space Army.


Commander-in-Chief: King Kyle II
Total Active Duty Personnel: 4,180,000
Total Reserve Force: 78,392,000
Membership: voluntary, professional
Membership in the Kingdom's defense force is voluntary in peacetime, though all able-bodied Nord-Brutlandese males between the ages of 18-44 are liable for conscription should it be necessary; the Government and the King must be approve the measure before citizens can be conscripted. All able-bodied men receive military training once every two years; but some elect to train as reserve forces, who receive training every six months on a special paid leave.

Present Deployments: none

Military Expenditure: £1,064,128,186,548.82
Per Capita Expenditure: £480.4

Number in Active Service: 2,528,000
Headquarters: Union Camp, Santa Maddalena, grant of Berríalva, Union Territories
Chief: Gen.Se. Thorizio Riscagliamenti

Ranks
Rank/Translation [Abbr.] - Unit/Translation*
Generetto Séara/General of the Army [Gen. Se.]
Generetto/General [Gen.] - Arme/Army
Generèntètto/Lieutenant General [Gentt.] - Colpe/Corps
Generetto Grena/Major General [Gen. Gr.] - Divizione/Division
Generatto Brigìada/Brigadier General [Gen. Brig.] - Brigíade/Brigade
Coronelo/Colonel [Col.] - Rastimente/Regiment
Coronelènto/Lieutenant Colonel [Coltt.] - Battaglione/Battalion
Magionoro/Major [Mag.] - Companne/Company
Cappino/Captain [Cap.] - Grascare/(no equivalent)
Soldaschio/(no equivalent) [Sdch.] - Falangíe/Phalanx
Corporalo/Corporal [Cpl.] - Sezzione/Section
Sargento/Sergeant [Sgt.] - Eschiade/Squad
Sondiero/Private [Snd.]
* Some units are obsolete or used only during wars.

Weapons
Pistol
Trini & Corca R32 - .32 caliber semi-automatic pistol
Rifle
SK-2 assault rifle (Co. Armamentu Bruta, Brutland and Norden) - SK-2D 5.56 mm recoilless (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_G36) (standard issue), SK-2D 7.62mm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62x51mm_NATO), SK-2N 6.8 automatic
SK-6 assault rifle (Co. Armamentu Bruta, Brutland and Norden) - used in more mountainous and cold terrains.
SK-6N 5.56 automatic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_HK416)
(Sub)Machine Guns
Cago machine gun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HK_MG4) (Co. Armamentu Bruta, Brutland and Norden) - [a.k.a. Heckler & Koch MG4]
Perr90 machine gun (Co. Armamentu Bruta, Brutland and Norden) - Perr90A, Perr95, Perr95C
Mott 24 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Browning_machine_gun) heavy machine gun - [a.k.a. M2 Browning machine gun]
CdAro submachine gun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_MP7) (Co. Armamentu Bruta, Brutland and Norden) - [a.k.a. Heckler & Koch MP7]
Sniper rifles
X750 (Co. Armamentu Bruta, Brutland and Norden) - standard issue
X1000 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accuracy_International_AWM) (Co. Armamentu Bruta, Brutland and Norden)
X2000 (Co. Armamentu Bruta, Brutland and Norden)- capable of hitting to a distance of 2000 m.
Grenades
Pinne handheld grenade (Co. Brazigniu Corca, Brutland and Norden)
BgP standalone grenade launcher (Co. Armamentu Bruta, Brutland and Norden)
BgPF (http://world.guns.ru/grenade/gl17-e.htm) [Bangegranado Poderemissa Fisettía] attachable grenade launcher (Co. Armamentu Bruta, Brutland and Norden) - [a.k.a. AG35 Grenade Launcher]

Other Firearms
Antitank gun
SPR 15mm antitank gun
THX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERYX) antitank guided missile - [a.k.a. ERYX]
Antiaircraft gun
SPR antiaircraft gun
THY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starstreak) surface-to-air antiaircraft missile - [a.k.a. Starstreak]
Mortar
9RKI mortar (Co. Armamentu Bruta, Brutland and Norden) - 9RKI 60 mm, 9RKI 80 mm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strix_mortar_round), 9RKI 120 mm
MacT mortar (Co. Armamentu Bruta, Brutland and Norden) - MacT 36in portable
Other
Farrico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haubits_FH77/A) howitzer - [a.k.a. Haubits FH77/A]
CS-1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PzH_2000_howitzer) [Crutetto Segreta-1] - [a.k.a. Panzerhaubitze 2000]
SAS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARCHER_Artillery_System) [Sistemo Artigliero Sborda] - integrated artillery system [a.k.a. ARCHER Artillery System]

Combat Vehicles
Tanks
FM-12 (Forteso Movettía/Moving Fortress)
FM-17 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_2) - [a.k.a. Leopard 2 tank]
FM-17 customizable
FM-23 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PT-91) - [a.k.a. PT-91]
FM-23 customizable
Infantry Fighting Vehicles
Max2 IFV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CV_90) - [a.k.a. CV 90]
Max3 IFV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Modular_Vehicle) - [a.k.a. Patria Advanced Modular Vehicle]
Max4 IFV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puma_%28IFV%29) [a.k.a. Puma IFV]
Max5 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiesel_AWC) - [a.k.a. Wiesel AWC]

Noncombat Vehicles
Aerial Reconaissance Vehicle
Volotto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_X_2000) unmanned Aerial Reconaissance Vehicle - [a.k.a. Luna X 2000]
Armoured Personnel Carriers
Borgo 220 APC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pbv_302) - [a.k.a. Pansarbandvagn 302]
Borgo 320 APC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Armoured_Vehicle) - [a.k.a. Wolf Armoured Vehicle]
Fortesonasso (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KMW_Grizzly) - [a.k.a. KMW Grizzly]
Military Truck
Sardetto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mungo_ESK) truck - [a.k.a. Mungo ESK]
Volpe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_Dingo) truck - [a.k.a. ATF Dingo]
Brute (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandvagn_206) all-terrain truck - [a.k.a. Bandvagn 206]

[B]Organization
First Army - Campo Brutellia, Taurisano, grant of Merana, Brutland
Infantry Corps
First Infantry Division - Campo Fericcastria, Fericcastria, grant of Imperio, Brutland
Second Infantry Division - Campo Terrico, Stagliorca, grant of Calabruzzi, Brutland
Third Infantry Division - Campo Brutellia, Taurisano, grant of Merana, Brutland
Fourth Infantry (Ski) Division - Campo Montòquianda, San Colombano di Pannondrio, grant of Pannondrio, Brutland
Fifth Infantry Division - Fort Defiance, grant of Marchòcchiese, Brutland
Sixth Infantry (Mountain) Division - Campo C'hiesa, Valdobbiadene, grant of Dolzone, Brutland
Seventh Infantry Division - Campo Trejela, Palentrina, grant of Padania, Brutland
Armored Corps
First Armored Division - Campo Vittorio, Colonna di Cantabri, grant of Cantabrica, Brutland
Second Armored Division - Campo Trejela, Palentrina, grant of Padania, Brutland
Third Armored Division - Fortes Despedenze, Sant'Emilla, grant of Spiermanza, Brutland
Fourth Armored Division - Campo Fericcastria, Fericcastria, grant of Imperio, Brutland
Fifth Armored Division - Campo Teriamo, Roccasicura, grant of Capriati, Brutland
Sixth Armored Division - Campo Juste, Pontofredonia, grant of Corrica, Brutland
Seventh Armored Division - Campo Brutellia, Taurisano, grant of Merana, Brutland
Eighth Armored Division - Campo Corono, Gerlara, grant of Quonzicchio, Brutland
Ninth Armored Division - Campo Rinno Kail I, Trazio, grant of Trazio, Brutland
Tenth Armored Division - Fort Defiance, grant of Marchòcchiese, Brutland
Eleventh Armored Division - Campo Terrico, Stagliorca, grant of Calabruzzi, Brutland
Twelfth Armored Division - Campo Calore, Valsecca, grant of Valtistrada, Brutland
Artillery Corps
First Artillery Division - Rotta Military Firing Range, Rotta, grant of Padania, Brutland
Second Artillery Division - Campo Terrico, Stagliorca, grant of Calabruzzi, Brutland
Third Artillery Division - Campo Brutellia, Taurisano, grant of Merana, Brutland
Fourth Artillery Division - Campo Trejela, Palentrina, grant of Padania, Brutland
Fifth Artillery Division - Campo Vittorio, Colonna di Cantabri, grant of Cantabrica, Brutland
Sixth Artillery Division - Fortes Despedenze, Sant'Emilla, grant of Spiermanza, Brutland
Seventh Artillery Division - Fort Defiance, grant of Marchòcchiese, Brutland
Eighth Artillery Division - Brutland Military Firing Range, Pelagianello, grant of Ollinòcchiese, Brutland
Ninth Artillery Division - Campo Storico, Nicodemio, grant of Nicoletano, Brutland
Tenth Artillery Division - Campo Rinno Kail I, Trazio, grant of Trazio, Brutland
Marine Corps
First Marine Division - Costale Military Reserve, Broccostella, grant of Plano Verta, Brutland
Second Marine (Riverine) Division - South Docks, Botricello, grant of Rivero, Brutland
Third Marine Division - Campo Strita, Sternatia, grant of Capitanata, Brutland
Fourth Marine Division - Campo Defenze, Patrica, grant of Micchiolli, Brutland
Airborne Corps
First Airborne Division - Stelcchio Airfield, Lippi, grant of Chiardogna, Brutland
Second Airborne Division - Campo Stelte, La Spatafora, grant of Aigo, Brutland
Third Airborne Division - Santagemma Airfield, Santagemma, grant of Tonzifiatto, Brutland
Fourth Airborne Division - Sperano Airfield, Castelbraco, grant of Calabruzzi, Brutland
Engineer Corps
First Engineer Division - Campo Brutellia, Taurisano, grant of Merana, Brutland
Second Engineer Division - Campo Terrico, Stagliorca, grant of Calabruzzi, Brutland
Signal Corps - Campo Brutellia, Taurisano, grant of Merana, Brutland
Logistics Corps - Campo Brutellia, Taurisano, grant of Merana, Brutland

Second Army - Campo Unnona, Santa Maddalena, grant of Berríalva, Union Territories
Infantry Corps
Eighth Infantry Division - Campo Unnona, Santa Maddalena, grant of Berríalva, Union Territories
Ninth Infantry Division - Campo Sasco, Cassinasco, grant of Esolo d'Unnone, Union Territories
Armored Corps
Thirteenth Armored Division - Campo Unnona, Santa Maddalena, grant of Berríalva, Union Territories
Fourteenth Armored Division - Campo Tercera, San Bruno al Mare, grant of Liparegna, Union Territories
Fifteenth Armored Division - Campo Defende, Sderrianza di Stampione, grant of Stampione, Union Territories
Artillery Corps
Eleventh Artillery Division - Campo Unnona, Santa Maddalena, grant of Berríalva, Union Territories
Twelfth Artillery Division - Campo Defende, Sderrianza di Stampione, grant of Stampione, Union Territories
Marine Corps
Fifth Marine Division - Campo Manna, Pelargone, grant of Santelleria, Union Territories
Sixth Marine Division - Porscale Naval Base, San Riccardo, grant of Brugnatella, Union Territories
Airborne Corps
Fifth Airborne Division - Vallora Airfield, Passassinella, grant of Brugnatella, Union Territories
Sixth Airborne Division - Campo Sola, Valtisola, grant of Librugnie, Union Territories
Engineer Corps
Third Engineer Division - Campo Unnona, Santa Maddalena, grant of Berríalva, Union Territories
Fourth Engineer Division - Campo Manna, Pelargone, grant of Santelleria, Union Territories
Signal Corps - Campo Unnona, Santa Maddalena, grant of Berríalva, Union Territories
Logistics Corps - Campo Unnona, Santa Maddalena, grant of Berríalva, Union Territories

Third Army - Campo Rinna, Borgorinna di Norremaque, grant of Troia, Norden
Infantry Corps
Tenth Infantry Division - Campo Rinna, Borgorinna di Norremaque, grant of Troia, Norden
Eleventh Infantry Division - Campo Sascardone, Borgònzamo, Norden
Twelfth Infantry Division - Campo Fiuma, Modica, grant of Modica, Norden
Thirteenth Infantry Division - Campo Stucce, San Canuto, grant of Giomestagno, Norden
Fourteenth Infantry Division - Campo Tollumello, Borcenna, grant of Borcenna, Norden
Fifteenth Infantry Division - Campo di Stresa, Píarmognazzo, grant of Onna, Norden
Sixteenth Infantry Division - Campo Trelullo, Sargenta, grant of Frento, Norden
Armored Corps
Sixteenth Armored Division - Campo Stucce, San Canuto, grant of Giomestagno, Norden
Seventeenth Armored Division - Fortes di l'Osta, La Bassino, grant of Valtemmira, Norden
Eighteenth Armored Division - Campo Montana, Rotondella, garnt of Redutto, Norden
Nineteenth Armored Division - Campo Iera, Santa Croce d'Anza, grant of Anza, Norden
Twentieth Armored Division - Campo di l'Esta, Solmossolo, grant of Marchesta, Norden
Twenty-first Armored Division - Campo Tollumello, Borcenna, grant of Borcenna, Norden
Twenty-second Armored Division - Campo di Stresa, Píarmognazzo, grant of Onna, Norden
Twenty-third Armored Division - Campo Rinno Adam III, Rocamoro, grant of Valle di Giri, Norden
Twenty-fourth Armored Division - Campo Sascardone, Borgònzamo, Norden
Twenty-fifth Armored Division - Campo Forza, Tertepini, grant of Trefini, Norden
Twenty-sixth Armored Division - Campo Pucco, Roma, grant of Italina, Norden
Twenty-seventh Armored Division - Campo Rinna, Borgorinna di Norremaque, grant of Troia, Norden
Artillery Corps
Thirteenth Artillery Division - Campo Rinna, Borgorinna di Norremaque, grant of Troia, Norden
Fourteenth Artillery Division - Campo di l'Esta, Solmossolo, grant of Marchesta, Norden
Fifteenth Artillery Division - Fortes di l'Osta, La Bassino, grant of Valtemmira, Norden
Sixteenth Artillery Division - Campo Stucce, San Canuto, grant of Giomestagno, Norden
Seventeenth Artillery Division - Campo di Stresa, Píarmognazzo, grant of Onna, Norden
Eighteenth Artillery Division - Campo Rinno Adam III, Rocamoro, grant of Valle di Giri, Norden
Nineteenth Artillery Division - Campo Trelullo, Sargenta, grant of Frento, Norden
Twentieth Artillery Division - Campo Iera, Santa Croce d'Anza, grant of Anza, Norden
Twenty-first Artillery Division - Campo Romade, Sant'Anastasia di la Bruca, grant of Seltina, Norden
Twenty-second Artillery Division - Campo Rivera, Pievapelago, grant of Marchòstrigina, Norden
Marine Corps
Seventh Marine Division - Campo Riscarbona, Sant'Alessandria, grant of Doro, Norden
Eighth Marine Division - Campomari, San Nicola al Mare, grant of Duglie, Norden
Ninth Marine Division - Campo Sceicce, Castell'sceicce, grant of Sceicce, Norden
Tenth Marine Division - Campo Lonna, Taormina, grant of Scilia, Norden
Airborne Corps
Seventh Airborne Division - Ruba Airfield, Torscabargo, grant of Trefini, Norden
Eighth Airborne Division - Campo Mosca, Traversebruchense, grant of Lecarocchiavalle, Norden
Ninth Airborne Division - Entelbucco Airfield, Entelbucco, grant of Helverica, Norden
Tenth Airborne Division - Spinoso Airfield, Campospinoso, grant of Campodania, Norden
Engineer Corps
Fifth Engineer Division - Campo Rinna, Borgorinna di Norremaque, grant of Troia, Norden
Sixth Engineer Division - Campo Sascardone, Borgònzamo, Norden
Signal Corps - Campo Rinna, Borgorinna di Norremaque, grant of Troia, Norden
Logistics Corps - Campo Rinna, Borgorinna di Norremaque, grant of Troia, Norden

School
Academio Militara Reala di Norden e Marchòbrutellia (AMRNM, Royal Military Academy of Brutland and Norden) - Santa Maddalena, grant of Berríalva, Union Territories

Anyone who had graduated high school between the age of 16-30 can enter AMRNM. They will be assigned their rank depending on their standing upon graduation.

Number in Active Service: 1,048,000
Headquarters: Citteria Naval Base, Citteria dei Mare, grant of Campedusa, Union Territories
Chief: Amt.Se. Stefano Montascoli

Ranks
Rank/Translation [Abbr.] - Unit/Translation
Amiretetto Séara/Admiral of the Navy [Amt.Se.]
Amiretetto/Admiral [Amt.] - Nave/Navy
Amiretèntètto/Vice Admiral [Amtnt.] - Fiente/Fleet
Amiretetto Morza/Rear Admiral [Amt.Mrz.] - Fiente di Battaglio/Battle Fleet
Amiretetto Morzèdoza/Vice Rear Admiral [Amt.Mrzd.] - Scuodrone/Squadron
Cappino/Captain [Cap.] - Viculemanne/Battleship*
Sabrietto/Commander [Sab.] - Brigate/Frigate*
Sabrièntètto/Lieutenant Commander [Sabnt.] - Cruziate/Cruiser*
Soldaschio/(no equivalent) [Sdch.] - Spitugale/Destroyer*
Soldaschiènto/(no equivalent) [Sdchnt.] - Coviarte/Corvette*
Essigno/Ensign [Ess.] - Vicule Loita/Patrol Boat
Schiòntetto/(no equivalent) [Sch.]
Spazetto/Sailor [Spz.]
Asterisks denote the kind of ship their rank can commandeer.

Equipment
Surface Vessels
Most Nord-Brutlandese vessels are built for multiple functions and are customizable.
Patrol Boats (772)
Corvettes (222)
57 Reino Class (CvR)
62 Sceide Class (CvS)
58 Trondero Class (CvT)
45 Usque Class (CvU)
Destroyers (165)
39 Alessandria Class (SpA)
43 Bratterro Class (SpB)
38 Civito Class (SpC)
45 Defende Class (SpD)
Cruisers (110)
42 Mira Class (CzM)
37 Nucha Class (CzN)
31 Parde Class (CzP)
Frigates (65)
24 Juste Class (BrJ)
21 Lorice Class (BrL)
20 other older classes
Battleships (40)
22 Forze Class (VmF)
18 Ghirre Class (VmG)

Other Vessels
Submarines (105)
18 Unnone Class (MsU)
17 Violle Class (MsV)
70 other older classes
Small boats
Scremo small unit riverine crafts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_unit_riverine_craft) - [a.k.a. Small unit riverine craft]
Acquàgno combat boat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Boat_90) - [a.k.a. Combat Boat 90]

Organization
(Note: For sake of brevity, only battleships and submarines listed in each fleet.)
Northern Command - Starcano Naval Base, Vilònorda, Norden
First Fleet - Starcano Naval Base, Vilònorda, Norden
LVS Lecarochiavalle (BrL-02) ~ flagship
LVS Forlicesena (VmF-03)
LVS Sant'Adriano (VmG-03)
LVS Desantorica (VmG-04)
LVS Píarmognazzo (MsU-03)
LVS Soltera (MsV-01)
LVS Sceicce (MsV-04)
Second Fleet - Mira Naval Base, Mira, grant of Valtemmira, Norden
LVS Thessalia (BrJ-05) ~ flagship
LVS Imperio (VmG-05)
LVS Cortel (VmG-01)
LVS Platonno (VmF-09)
LVS Dolzone (MsU-01)
LVS Livrenze (MsV-06)
LVS Covara (MsU-08)
Third Fleet - Pescaro Naval Base, Crebbia, grant of Frento, Norden
LVS Santobricco (BrL-10) ~ flagship
LVS Passassinella (VmG-14)
LVS Valdilacrime (VmF-20)
LVS Spiermanza (VmF-18)
LVS Fochiessato (MsV-15)
LVS Arica (MsV-16)
LVS Serga (MsU-15)
Fourth Fleet - Fiargastramo Naval Base, Fiargastramo, grant of Thessalia, Norden
LVS Nicoletano (CzM-04) ~ flagship
LVS Stellago (VmG-07)
LVS Redutto (VmF-07)
LVS Modica (VmF-05)
LVS La Spergamo (MsV-08)
LVS Pelargone (MsU-09)
LVS Codena (MsU-11)

Central Command - Citteria Naval Base, Citteria dei Mare, grant of Campedusa, Union Territories
Fifth Fleet - Dennillia Naval Base, Costalinno, grant of Mestagno, Norden
LVS Subrigaria (CzM-07) ~ flagship
LVS Cremone (VmG-12)
LVS Frostanova (VmG-11)
LVS Terrestriva (VmF-13)
LVS Trefini (MsV-05)
LVS Tercelli (MsU-07)
Sixth Fleet - Coccovado Naval Base, San Pierro di Dennillia, Norden
LVS Fiorgamino (BrL-08) ~ flagship
LVS Storrefine (VmG-16)
LVS Tarraca (VmG-17)
LVS San Nigello (VmG-18)
LVS Golpionno (MsU-17)
LVS Potti (MsV-13)
LVS Rucca (MsV-14)
Seventh Fleet - Citteria Naval Base, Citteria dei Mare, grant of Campedusa, Union Territories
LVS Campedusa (BrJ-06) ~ flagship
LVS Santelleria (VmF-04)
LVS Grampione (VmG-10)
LVS Sant'Emilla (VmF-16)
LVS Brugnatella (VmF-08)
LVS Albano (MsU-02)
LVS Tratagnano (MsU-06)
LVS Pelargone (MsU-09)
LVS Epiro (MsV-12)
Eighth Fleet - Cortosa Naval Base, Rigli, grant of Marivenna, Brutland
LVS Pannondrio (BrJ-10) ~ flagship
LVS Stampione (VmF-10)
LVS Chiardogna (VmG-06)
LVS Marivenna (MsV-03)
LVS Tonzivibbia (VmF-19)
LVS Olba (MsV-10)
Auxiliary Fleet - Lionense Naval Base, Golpionno, grant of Storrefine, Norden
LVS Marigalante (CzN-01) ~ flagship
LVS Borcenna (VmG-08)
LVS Maceltellina (VmF-15)
LVS Trazio (MsV-09)

Southern Command - Meranese Naval Base, San Colombano di Merana, grant of Merana, Brutland
Ninth Fleet - Meranese Naval Base, San Colombano di Merana, grant of Merana, Brutland
LVS Cantabrica (BrL-03) ~ flagship
LVS Cressanone (VmF-11)
LVS Brutia (VmF-02)
LVS Vilòrmosa (MsU-13)
LVS Trebba (MsU-12)
Tenth Fleet - Storiga Naval Base, Pordantova, grant of Palatina, Brutland
LVS Terrallo (BrL-05) ~ flagship
LVS Sperrigano (VmF-14)
LVS Fromesino (VmF-06)
LVS Capriati (VmF-12)
LVS Tortona (MsV-07)
LVS Cavese (MsV-11)
LVS Seppa (MsU-10)
Eleventh Fleet - Timberland Naval Base, Marchòcchiese, grant of Marchòcchiese, Brutland
LVS Palatina (BrJ-07) ~ flagship
LVS Brastoia (VmF-01)
LVS Capitanata (VmG-02)
LVS Terragnano (VmG-09)
LVS Marchòcchiese (MsU-05)
LVS Pennino (MsU-04)
LVS Torranica (MsV-02)
Twelfth Fleet - Imperio Naval Base, Carbonara, grant of Imperio, Brutland
LVS San Colombano (BrL-07) ~ flagship
LVS Entelbucco (VmF-17)
LVS San Sbaccio (VmG-13)
LVS Latronico (VmF-22)
LVS Scommagena (VmG-17)
LVS Montesa (MsU-18)
LVS Toscaria (MsU-14)

Schools
Academio Nava Reala di Norden e Marchòbrutellia (ANRNM, Royal Naval Academy of Brutland and Norden) - Citteria dei Mare, grant of Campedusa, Union Territories

Anyone who had graduated high school between the age of 18-30 can enter ANRNM. They will be assigned their rank depending on their standing upon graduation.

Number in Active Service: 560,000
Headquarters: Servio Airbase, Recco, grant of Stampione, Union Territories
Chief: Arg.Se. Joshua Moschatelli

Ranks
Rank/Translation [Abbr.] - Unit/Translation
Arogientetto Séara/General of the Air Force [Arg.Se.]
Arogientetto/(no English equivalent) [Arg.] - Corzàre/Air Force
Arogientèntètto/(no English equivalent) [Argnt.] - Sabriesse Grena/"Wing"
Cappino/Captain [Cap.] - Sabriesse/Command
Sabrietto/Commander [Sab.] - Stazione/Station
Alicanto/(no English equivalent) [Alc.] - Grascare/(no English equivalent)
Soldaschio/(no English equivalent) [Sdch.] - Scuodrone/Squadron
Sondieràro Seniore/Senior Airman [Sda.Sr.] - Vole/Flight
Sondieràro Juniore/Junior Airman [Sda.Jr.] - Sezzione/Section
Sondieràro/Airman [Sda.]
Testiarcatto/(no English equivalent) [Tes.]

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The Nord-Brutlandese Air Force Roundel.

Equipment
Aircraft
Most Nord-Brutlandese Aircraft can fulfill all mission types. The Nord-Brutlandese Aircraft Company (Companne Véiculàro Nordèbrutelliense) makes all of the aircraft in the Nord-Brutlandese Air Force.
Planes
3195 VA-10
735 VA-12
Helicopters
2203 EC-7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter_Cougar) - [a.k.a. Eurocopter AS 532 Cougar]
576 EC-8 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter_EC_135) - [a.k.a. Eurocopter EC 135]
98 VE-1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHI_NH90) - [a.k.a. NHI NH90]

Other Vehicles
Aircraft Carriers
10 Poderemanno Class (PA) aircraft carriers

Missiles
Missile - all Nord-Brutlandese missiles are customizable, and can carry nuclear warheads except when noted.
Launched from Surface
4,928 KL-500 Missile - (maximum target distance: 500 mi.)
6,102 KL-1000 Missile
5,871 KL-2000 Missile
3,689 KL-5000 Missile

Organization
First Air Force - Colmenara Airbase, Canossa, grant of Lecarocchiavalle, Norden
First Fighter Wing - Colmenara Airbase, Canossa, grant of Lecarocchiavalle, Norden
Second Fighter Wing - Entelbucco Airfield, Entelbucco, grant of Helverica, Norden
Third Fighter Wing - Aquila Airbase, Dolcelago, grant of Sarda, Norden
Fourth Mobile Wing - Cortellense Docks, Brescello, grant of Cortel, Norden
LVS Fiargastramo (PA-02)
LVS Valtebriggio (PA-06)

Second Air Force - Servio Airbase, grant of Stampione, Union Territories
Fifth Fighter Wing - Servio Airbase, grant of Stampione, Union Territories
Sixth Mobile Wing - Lionense Docks, Golpionno, grant of Storrefine, Norden
LVS Rinno Kail I (PA-01)
LVS Friede (PA-07)
Seventh Fighter Wing - Vallora Airfield, Passassinella, grant of Brugnatella, Union Territories
Eighth Mobile Wing - Barrenechea Naval Base, Villègrazio, grant of Esolo d'Unnone, Union Territories
LVS Brutellia (PA-09)
LVS Norden (PA-10)
Ninth Fighter Wing - Trosca Airbase, La Battaglia, grant of Troia, Norden
Tenth Fighter Wing - Pegasso Airbase, Trossa, grant of Albiore, Norden
Eleventh Mobile Wing - Cortosa Naval Base, Rigli, grant of Marivenna, Brutland
LVS Rinno Adam III (PA-03)
LVS Reno Adriana I (PA-04)
Twelfth Fighter Wing - Tosciano Airbase, Soldano, grant of Milova, Brutland
Thirteenth Fighter Wing - Buccarelli Airbase, Santa Sabina, grant of Nicoletano, Brutland

Third Air Force
Fourteenth Fighter Wing - La Calderra Airbase, Butera, garnt of Voccanica, Brutland
Fifteenth Mobile Wing - Bordetto Docks, Cattero di Perucce, grant of Trazio, Brutland
LVS Steltemisse (PA-08)
LVS Descofittettía (PA-05)
Sixteenth Fighter Wing - Brutland Airbase, Sderrianza di Brutellia, grant of Ollinòcchiese, Brutland
Seventeenth Fighter Wing - Rubiconna Airbase, Condissone, grant of Capitanata, Brutland

There are also missile ranges in the country, numbering about seven.

Schools
Academio Corzàra Reala di Norden e Marchòbrutellia (ACRNM, Royal Air Force Academy of Brutland and Norden) - Servio Air Base, Recco, grant of Stampione, Union Territories
Anyone who had graduated high school between the age of 16-30 can enter ACRNM. They will be assigned their rank depending on their standing upon graduation.

reserved space. :)

His Majesty King Kyle II
King of Brutland and Norden

Born: September 11, 1988; Montecrestese Castle, Stroppiana, Union Territories
Father: His Royal Highness King Adam IV of Brutland and Norden
Mother: Queen Mother Charlotte II Mordevacchio di Stampione
Order of Birth: 1st of 4
Siblings:
Prince Bryce, Duke of Brugnatella (Prinzo Bricco, Duco di Brugnatella)
Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Santelleria (Prenzo Alessandra, Duco di Santelleria)
Princess Adrienne, Duchess of Tonzivibbia (Prenzo Adrianna, Duco d’Tonzivibbia)

Baptism: September 24, 1988 by Kingsville Archbishop Inazio Cardinal Mondragone
Accession: June 16, 2006

Age: 19 years
Gender: Male
Height: 1.91 m (6 ft.3 in.)
Weight: 70.5 kg (155.4 lbs)
Hair Color: blond
Eye Color: blue

Social Status: single
Spouse: none
Issue: none

Full Title: L’Inze Rinna, La Rinno Manna Kail II di Brutellia, di Norremaque, di Dennillia, e di l’Esolu di l’Unnone, Duco Manna di Brutia, Sverontetto di Marchòcchiese, Sprottetto di l’Unnone, e Defenzetto di la Nazione ("His Royal Highness, The Great King Kyle II of Brutland, of Normark, of Dennland, and the Channel Islands, Grand Duke of Brutia, Sovereign of Timberland, Protector of the Union, and Defender of the Nation")

Bio:
Early Life
Kyle II was born on September 11, 1988 to King Adam IV of Brutland and Norden and Queen Charlotte II. His mother, a doctor from the island of Stampione, took on Kyle’s early education until she bore Prince Bryce when Kyle was two and a half years old.

The future king was entrusted to Princess Samantha, Duchess of Trefini, King Adam IV’s younger sister and a registered teacher. Princess Samantha educated the young boy until he became the king. Kyle was noted to have an above average intelligence, and placed seventh in the grantwide aptitude exams given to students taking the equivalent of the seventh grade. He was also very active in sports, and was a member of the local ice hockey club.

Lovelife
Kyle once had a brief relationship with Luanna Mondragone (no relation to the Archbishop), a commoner from Sant’Unterro di Brugnatella. He met Mondragone during the Royal Blind Date of 2002, but the relationship did not last as both Kyle and Luanna revealed that they are not yet ready. It has been reported that they had remained friends today.

Accession
King Adam IV suddenly died on June 16, 2006. The royal physician’s report was that the 49 year old king died of a burst aortic aneurysm. The nation underwent a month of mourning, and Queen Charlotte II took over the regency for three months until Kyle’s 18th birthday. Kyle II was crowned on September 11, 2006 at the Grand Cathedral in Kingsville.

Plans
Kyle entered the Royal Military Academy of Brutland and Norden (Academio Militara Reala di Norden e Marchòbrutellia) on September 2007. Most Nord-Brutlandese would rather let him continue working as King, but on March 2007, he announced that he would delegate many of his tasks to his mother so that he can enter the Military School. He would still remain the de facto king of the nation.

Trivia
Kyle is known to be a fan of rock music, as is his brother, Prince Bryce. They attend the yearly Stampione Festive di Rock (Stampione Rock Festival).

The King once thought to have a piercing on this left ear, but his earring was just a clip-on. He is also rumored to have a tattoo of his coat of arms on his left arm, though this remains to be verified.

The King, without his permission, was also featured in a gay magazine and a women's magazine (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12974187&postcount=2), causing controversy in the country.

Marianna Cortanella
Prime Minister of Brutland and Norden

Born: May 27, 1968; Sant'Emillo, grant of Cavese, province of Norden
Father: Damiano Cortanella
Mother: Ella di Storghese
Order of Birth: 3rd of 5
Siblings:
Simon Cortanella
Anna Cortanella - di Bricarico
Bianca Cortanella - Scirica
Bricco Cortanella


Baptism: July 07, 1968 by Rev. Fr. Camillo Corbano

Age: 39 years
Gender: Female
Height: 1.80 m (5ft. 11in.)
Weight: 55 kg (121.3 lbs)
Hair Color: light blond
Eye Color: blue

Social Status: single
Spouse: none
Issue: none

Position: Prime Minister (Finisterretùnèlà) of Brutland and Norden
Party: Popular Party (Partide Populoddía)
Constituency: Dennillia Ostennía, Norden
Last Election Results:
Cortanella (PP) - 87.8%
Marinaro (PDS) - 9.2%
Others - 3.0%

Bio:
Background
Cortanella was born on May 27, 1968, in Sant’Emillo, grant of Cavese, in Dennland (Norden) to Damiano Cortanella, a farmer, and Ella di Storghese. She is the third of five children.

She studied in the public schools of Cavese, and obtained a law degree at the Royal University of Brutland and Norden (Universitado Reala di Norden e Marchòbrutellia) in Vilòstresa (Kingsville). After that, she returned to Sant’Emillo to set up a practice, specifically taking up cases of child abuse and spouse battery.

Politics
Entrance to Politics

She has always been active in politics, but was not a member of any political party until 1995, when she joined the Popular Party, whose local head is her older brother Simon. As a prominent member of the community and being viewed positively by many, the party put her name forward as a candidate for the Grant Council of Cavese. She easily won an internal selection, and won first in a field of fifty. Thus she became the council president (Presidetto di la Consellio Grattia) of Cavese.

She was considered to be an effective compromiser and was viewed as somebody who gets things done. She promoted tourism in the grant, transformed the economy, and provided effective leadership. In 1998, the Royal Institute for Public Administration (Stiutto Reala per Minstrazione Pubblica) awarded her the coveted King Kyle the Fair Award for Leadership Excellence.

Despite her wishes to remain in Dennland, the party nominated her to replace the retiring Marco Commaserri as the PP candidate for the Norden constituency of Dennillia Ostennía. Voting unanimously, Cortanella became the PP candidate for the PP-leaning seat for the 2000 elections.

She faced a viable candidate, Afferro Spangòlana, of the Social Democratic Party (Partide Democrazia Scaglia, PDS). But Spangòlana, backed by the Green Party (Partide Verta), made several mistakes during the campaign, including falsely accusing Cortanella of contempt of court and malversation of public funds. He also espoused several measures unpopular with the inhabitants of the largely rural constituency. Because of this, Cortanella won the seat 69%-30%.

As MP
Immediately after the installment of the third PP government of Rinnero Faro, a scandal rocked the government. After a series of exposés of the newspaper L’Unnone concerning the allegations, Cortanella got disillusioned with how the PP works. She organized a coalition of like-minded and mostly freshman MPs, and together with the PDS, brought down the Faro government on November 29, 2000.

The subsequent elections on January 7, 2001 saw the PDS form a government in twenty-five years. An entire generation of politicians was completely swept away in the torrent of voter discontent and anger. Cortanella was also criticized for leading the coup within the PP and was blamed for the loss of PP in the 2001 election. She responded to one of these attacks by famously saying, “To whom lies my loyalty first? To the people, or to the party? Of course, to the people I serve. Anyone who says otherwise is obviously a self-serving idiot.”

Her actions were mostly viewed positively, even by the conservative newspaper La Brutelliense. Indeed, she was re-elected in her constituency by a margin of four-to-one in the 2001 election.

Even after the PP was forced into the opposition, she continued to lead the efforts to reform the organization. Faro stepped down as the leader in May 2001, and an election for the next PP leader was held. Though she did not want to lead the party, she felt that reforms must be made. Reformists put her forward as a candidate to lead the party. Her main opposition was the conservative stalwart Brocco Cuttiglione (PP, Padania Norda) of Brutland. Cuttiglione was supported by the right-wing faction and the so-called ‘old guards’ of the party, while Cortanella was supported by the moderate, libertarian, and reformist factions in the party.

During the National PP Congress held in Sderrianza di Stampione on June 21, 2001, the PP nearly split into two, if only for the solidarity being shown by Cortanella and Cuttiglione, as both refused to attack each other, showed good working and personal relationships, and issued joint pleas for solidarity. A campaign then ensued on who will lead the PP. During that time, Cortanella was being labeled as a ‘traitor’ by the opposite camp.

Cuttiglione led on the first and second ballots, with support coming from the vote-rich Brutland delegations. But many in the Dennland delegations campaigned for her, as did several young Brutish reformists, notably the delegation heads Hunter Formiccini (Timberland/Marchòcchiese), Kail Brecchio (Vilòrmosa), Adriana Spicatto (Concessa di Rivero), Cestre Stelcchio (Pannondrio), and Thelma d’Ampriato (Pordantova).

She closed in on the third ballot, and surged and led on the fourth, 685-249. She still did not get the requisite three-fourths of votes (706) until the seventh round of voting, when the delegations of Maceltellina, Capitanata, and Nicoletano switched and voted for Cortanella. Cuttiglione conceded the election, and Cortanella became the new party leader.

As Party Leader
Immediately after the election, Cortanella began to mend relations between the different factions of PP. In her victory speech, she said, “In unity, there is strength. We must not let our differences hinder the attainment of the party’s mission to serve the people of Brutland and Norden.” Her speech was well-received with a standing ovation from all delegates, and even Cuttiglione hugged her afterwards.

As she was mending the intra-party split, she was also reforming the party, by introducing primaries, opening nominations to all party members, introducing transparency measures, and by making the party more people-centered. The changes she introduced largely refurbished the image of the PP in the eyes of voters. More youth joined the party, perhaps due to the perceived youthfulness of the party. In the first two years of her leadership, membership ranks of the PP swelled, even in Normark.

As Prime Minister
Cortanella’s reforms was first tested in the election of 2004. In March 2004, the PDS government of Borio Drasella announced plans to legalize all abortions and same-sex marriages in the country, and also to hike the income tax and the value-added tax. People demonstrated against the Drasella government, but the measures passed the General Court (Corteso Genera), despite some of the PDS MPs defecting to the other side.

The House of Lords (Caso di Paggionnu) delayed the measures for six months and so the bills were still unpromulgated. Support for the Drasella government plummeted. In May 2004, violent demonstrations erupted across several Brutland and Dennland cities, as well as in the capital. Drasella declared a state of emergency and asked the King to mobilize the military. The King declined, and a crisis begun. Cortanella appeared in one of the demonstrations in the city of Padanica, Brutland, urging citizens for calm.

Cortanella maneuvered for several Brutish PDS MPs to vote for their side, and on June 6, 2004, the Drasella government lost a vote of confidence in the General Court, with the PP, Greens, Communists, and a dozen Brutish PDS defectors voting against the government.

The King called an election for August 25, 2004, with the PP winning by a landslide. The remaining unpromulgated acts by the Drasella government, including those pertaining to the tax increase, abortion, and same-sex marriages, were voided by default.

Cortanella took the oath before the King on Union Day, 2004. Immediately she again took on the role of a compromiser and bridge-maker: “I ask every Nord-Brutlandese, regardless of party affiliation or beliefs, to work for the betterment of the country.”

At present, she is pursuing a conservative-libertarian approach on issues and is well thought of in Brutland and Norden. She has maintained stability in the country and is serving as a leader people can respect, despite disagreements or differences in opinion and stands on issues.

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The Nord-Brutlandese nobility is composed of 65 noble titles/houses (excluding the Nord-Brutlandese throne). There are (in descending ceremonial order) 2 Archduchies, 24 Duchies, 18 Counties, and 18 Baronies. In addition, there are 2 “Ambassadorial” positions and one Governorate.

Of the 65 noble titles, 45 belong to noble families. The rest of the titles are appointive (including the archduchies, the ambassadorial positions, and the governorate) or are given to members of the royal family (including many of the duchies in Norden and the Union Territories).

Noble Court of Brutland and Norden
All of the sitting nobles (currently there are 62 nobles, as the duchies of Berríalva, Librugnie, and Santobricco are vacant) are members of the Corteso di Nobilettu (Noble Court) and have a vote in the assembly. Archdukes/Archduchesses have 7 votes, Dukes/Duchesses have 5, Counts/Countesses have 3, Ambassadors and Governors have 2, Barons/Baronesses have 1, and the reigning sovereign has 10 votes. The Noble Court has its origins in Nord-Brutlandese history, where the kings of Brutland convene their grantees and nobles pertaining to the governance of the country. It was the legislature of the kingdom until the constitutional monarchy was instituted. Nowadays, the Noble Court is of ceremonial nature and possesses jurisdiction only in matters pertaining to the nobility. The Noble Court meets every five years, but the King or the present presider of the Noble Court (currently, Duke Adam I Mondragone of Capitanata) can call a meeting of the Noble Court.

Inheritance
The Nord-Brutlandese nobility has a modified semi-Salic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-Salic) form of inheritance; the eldest male inherits the seat, even if he has older female siblings. Only when there are no direct male heirs can a female inherit the seat. Some activists recently called for the abolishment of the semi-Salic primogeniture for the nobility of Brutland and Norden, but in the Noble Court voted 131-56 to retain the semi-Salic during their most recent Assembly.

A seat can be united when the heirs of the two seats marry; in which case, the lesser seat is elevated to the position of the greater seat. For example, a count marries a duchess – their united seat becomes a duchy, and both are called duke/duchess.

Also, nobles who are not heirs to their seats lose their noble title when they marry commoners. For example, Nicolo Bradini, a member of the noble family of the County of Tomo-Tortona, but is not the occupant or heir apparent to the seat. When he married a commoner, he lost his noble title and his noble rights. This is why some refuse to marry, or go at great lengths to marry a noble, either Nord-Brutlandese or a foreign noble.

Rights of a Noble
Despite the Nord-Brutlandese Constitution, nobles are subject to a different set of laws than commoners. Nobles cannot be tried in a commoner’s court unless the noble’s crime is considered heinous or treasonous; even then, the King’s permission to try the noble’s case in a commoner’s court must be obtained. Cases against nobles are heard by the House of Lords (technically the highest court in Brutland and Norden, as it can hear appeals of cases from the Royal Supreme Court of Brutland and Norden). The two sides have to be represented by a peer and a common lawyer. Despite the perceived immunity, the penalties are usually stiffer than what is meted on commoners. The most recent case was against the former Gennaro Mercara, Baronet of Corrica-Desantorica, arrested on charges of drunk driving in 2001. The House of Lords stripped Gennaro Mercara of his noble rank and thus making his sister, Monica Mercara, the heir to the barony. Additionally, he was sentenced to 1 year probation and/or community service with a fine of ₤235,000.

The grant (Nord-Brutlandese: grattio) is a basic local government unit of Brutland and Norden. Currently, there are 130 grants in the Kingdom, governed by grant councils (Consellio Grattia).

History
When the Rumans came, they converted the small kingdoms into Ruman tributary kingdoms, misleadingly called provinces. There were eleven provinces then, and these reverted to being kingdoms when the Ruman Empire fell.

The roots of grants came in the year 687, when King Knut IV of the Brutes (Bruttii) gave the present-day Trascara Valley to his loyal subordinate general, Matthew Porscale, soon to be the Duke of Trascara. Porscale was awarded the grant in recognition of his brilliant performance in defeating the Kingdom of the Bruzzi at the Briggio Valley. Soon, to control their expanding realms, the Brute monarchs granted lands to their loyal subordinates, thereby establishing a feudal state.

Granting lands to loyal personalities soon became the norm in the islands. But with the land grant comes a responsibility. The grantee is expected to defend his land against foreign aggressors and to be loyal to the grantor. Many times this has been broken, as in the Eighty Years’ War between the Brutes and the Cantabris. Several Cantabri grantees failed to defend their grants, notably when the grant of Toscaria fell to the Brutes. Others switched sides, as what happened in 1058, when the Cantabri grantee of Pianuro (now in the present-day grant of Plano Verta) turned over his grant to the Brutes.

When the Brutes finally controlled the entire island in 1457, they reorganized the grant system, requiring that grantees have a presence in the capital, and establishing rules for grantees. In 1550, a grant council, composed of nobles from the grant, was established. An exception was the grant of Pannondrio, which was under the control of the citizenry and had no grant council. (Pannondrio was a direct democracy, almost akin to a republic, enjoying a “special relationship” with the Brutish kingdom since the year 406.)

The Nordeners copied the Brutes’ system, but the nascent Nordener system was demolished with the Nordener Revolution. The revolutionaries executed nobles and redrew grant boundaries, dividing the island into governorates. But when the Brutes forcefully restored the monarchy, they reestablished the grant system and introduced the concept of grant councils.

The system was unchanged even as the kingdoms of Brutland and Norden merged into one. But when King Kyle the Fair ascended to the throne in 1855, the new king was bent on slowly democratizing the country. He ruled, in 1868, that half of the grant councils’ membership should be commoners. (Many Nordener grant councils include commoners, usually the rich, but Brutish ones are comprised exclusively of nobles.) Some petty nobles protested, and the grantees of the Brutish grants of Valda, Bordana, and Pianuro made moves to rebel. But the new king was very popular with both the nobles and the people, the grantees found themselves isolated. The King, by a decree in 1870, removed the grantees from their positions and placed the three grants under direct royal administration. In 1877, the King removed the direct royal administration and experimented with the three grants by giving the commoners full control of the grant councils. He decreed that the inhabitants elect their own council, composed entirely of commoners. The first experiment on democracy was a success, and the grants of Valdilacrime, Ollinòcchiese, and Plano Verta became models for the kingdom. The grant council of Valdilacrime renamed their grant Vallo di Stresu (“Valley of Kings”) to honor the King. To the King, and to many of the Nord-Brutlandese, a democracy in the Kingdom was feasible. King Kyle the Fair went on to create a constitution for the kingdom and usher its transformation to a constitutional monarchy.

But the King did not finish his constitution, and his son, King Chester II, finished it. The Constitution states that each grant should have its own grant council, but left it to the individual provinces to choose the systems of electing the grant council. So although both Brutland and Norden have their grant councils, the process of electing them are markedly different.

Brutland
The province of Brutland has 61 grants, each with its own Grant Council. The Brutland Constitution provides that the Grant Council to have a minimum of 15 members, with an additional member for every 100,000 population over 500,000. A cap was added in 1987, stating that a Grant Council has a maximum membership of 500. Thus, Brutish Grant Councils vary in size, from 15 (Saotivalles, Tomo, Tortona, Esolu di Pecadi, Olba, Subrigaria, Dolzone) to 271 (Padania). Many large grant councils resemble provincial legislatures.

The president of the Grant Council, which serves as the executive for the grant, is elected from the party with the plurality in the Grant Council. Thus, the party of the grant president is always the same as that of the party holding a majority in the council. Currently, the Popular Party controls all of the Brutish Grant Councils except that of Esolu di Pecadi and Micchiolli.

As many of the Brutish grants still have their nobility, many of the nobles serve as ceremonial leaders of the grant, though some stepped down from public life, and some even got elected to the Councils. Currently, 54 Brutish grants are led by a ceremonial leader.

An exception was made in the Brutish Constitution for the grant of Pannondrio, which operated under the concept of direct democracy for over sixteen centuries. During the month of May, when the mountain passes and valleys are surely passable, local representatives from the grant’s 19 valleys representing 289 communities meet in the capital of Pannondrio. This system went on until 1977, when the population increased and the May meetings (consellimàio di Pannondrio) became untenable. Pannondrio still operates with direct democracy below the grant level.

Norden
Norden has both grants and independent cities. Currently Norden has 56 grants and 12 independent cities. Both have their councils, called grant council, and city council, respectively.

The Nordener Constitution states that grant councils have a fixed membership of 21. The councilors are elected grantwide and the grant president is the councilor winning the most number of votes. Thus, the party of the grant president may be different from the majority party in the grant council. (Currently, 16 of Norden’s grants have this arrangement.)

The grant council controls only the area within the grant, which excludes independent cities. Independent cities are formerly parts of the grant which had been separated by an act of the legislature, with or without the grant council’s consent. They are not represented in the grant council, and have a council of their own, and a mayor.

Union Territories
Union Territories are under direct federal jurisdiction. There are eleven such grants, and the constitution said nothing about their grant councils. Thus, in 1902, the Christian Democrat (Partide Democrazietto C’hristiana, PDC) government of Adam Borgòlambio passed an act establishing grant councils in the Union Territories. It provided for a grant council with a fixed membership of 21, but the grant president is chosen from the majority party in the grant council. Thus, as in Brutland, the party of the grant president reflects the composition of the council. Currently, the PP holds 8 of the grant presidencies, and the PDS one, and the PV two.

La Truofeste (The Throwfest) is an annual festival held every last Tuesday of August in the tomato-growing hamlet of Corbi, Dennland, province of Norden, Brutland and Norden. More than 35,000 people come to the town of 5,000 to participate in the tomato fight, including the royal family. A royal who reaches the age of 24 usually participates in that year’s Truofeste.

History
The event traces its roots to several events during the Nordener Revolution. The hamlet of Corbi and the surrounding countryside were ‘liberated’ by Revolutionary forces on July 10, 1726. The grants of Modica (where Corbi belongs), and half of Epiro were joined to form the Governorate of Casarsa Valley.

On November 1729, the Revolutionary government issued an edict banning religion, confiscating the Church’s property, and persecuting the clergy and religious people. This forced atheism angered the people of Corbi.

The Governor ordered churches throughout the region sacked and looted on the Feast of the Epiphany, January 6, 1730. Two days later, a group of soldiers were sent from the town of Tapognano to seize the church of Sant’Erico in Corbi. The villagers of Corbi were alerted by the inhabitants of the neighboring hamlet of Scaluzza, whose church has been destroyed, about the soldiers.

Consequently, when the soldiers came marching to the main street of the town, townsfolk pelted the incoming soldiers with overripe tomatoes. The soldiers withdrew from the village.

By that time, a resistance/separatist movement was brewing in Dennland. The partisans occupied Modica from the west and were in control of most of the area, including Corbi. In September 1732, the Revolutionary government counterattacked and took most of the lower Casarsa Valley. They advanced towards the grant of Modica, and after taking the grant capital of Modica, they advanced towards Corbi. On November 13, 1932, a group of about 400 soldiers were positioned outside the town of Scaluzza, the town before Corbi. In return for the help in 1730, the inhabitants of Corbi brought their scythes and farm implements to defend the town. When soldiers began fighting the people of Scaluzza, women and children from Corbi came in and began pelting the soldiers with tomatoes. The soldiers became disorganized and retreated. This became known as the Battle of Tomatoes (Battaglio di Tomatu).

The area was still prone to raids conducted by the Normarkers from the north. Three such raids were repelled: on January 14, 1734; on April 02, 1735; and on December 28, 1736. In all cases the menfolk faced the raiders with scythes and the townsfolk with their tomatoes.

These raids were conducted in daylight so they were easily repelled. But the raid on the night of August 26, 1737 was not. A group of seven Revolutionary soldiers sneaked into the town and entered the Church of Sant’Erico. They killed the church caretaker, his wife, and his three sons, but the caretaker’s daughter escaped and climbed the church’s belltower. She rang the church bell, and the entire town awakened. Realizing what was happening, the townsfolk rushed to the chapel and captured the seven, who had also just killed the parish priest and a nun. The next day, Tuesday, the seven were put on the stocks in the town square. Townspeople pelted them with tomatoes in anger. At noon on August 27, 1737, the townsfolk executed the seven using axes and scythes. The caretaker’s daughter was adopted by the town as the “Daughter of Corbi”.

Every year, the people of Corbi reenact the events of August 27, 1737. Eventually, it evolved into a food fight, but its symbolism remains.

The Festival
The festival usually starts on the night of the last Monday of August. The townsfolk of Corbi attend a Mass in the Church of Sant’Erico. Then the church bells are rung for almost two hours; from 11:45 pm to 1:30 am as the inhabitants light candles.

On the morning, at 7:00 am, seven men are put onto the stocks on the town square. They are usually volunteers from the 12th Infantry Division of the Nord-Brutlandese Army stationed in the town of Modica. At 8:30 am, a 10 year old girl, the “Daughter of Corbi”, comes up to them, slaps them in the cheeks, and smashes a tomato in their faces. [Usually the “Daughter of Corbi” is named in a beauty pageant held during the first week of May.] After this was done, the banner of Corbi is raised, and this is the signal for the throwing of the tomatoes. Trucks bring in tons of tomatoes, and the food fight begins.

People throw tomatoes at each other until a gunshot is heard, usually by noon. The seven are then symbolically ‘executed’, usually by holding up their head by the hair. The festival is declared to be ended, then inhabitants of Corbi wash down the participants, or free showers are available at the town hall and the train station.

Trivia
It has been said that at the festival, you would know whether the person if from Corbi or not. A person from Corbi would usually hit the seven men on the stocks; while outsiders usually would rather hit each other.
Usually the hardest hit of all are the seven men on the stocks, since they remain in the same position throughout the festival, without any chance to retaliate.
Corbi’s streets usually turn into rivers of red with the juice. The town would wash their streets with water, but it is said that the streets of Corbi would always smell of tomatoes.
The washings go to the Casarsa River, which turns red from the tomato juice. The Casarsa usually remains red until it receives its largest tributary, the Dina River, 81 km downstream at Taormina. Even then, the Casarsa is reported to be significantly pinkish when it drains into the Dolcéaqua River at Terrestriva, 91 km from Taormina.

Travel
The town of Corbi only has a small inn, and tourists usually book at Modica, 78 kms south of Corbi, or at Rivedighera, 71 kms to the east via the San Robledo Pass. A north-south train (D44 – Casarsa Branch Line) can take you from the Modica to Corbi. The Western Dennland bus route passes though the neighboring town of Chiusavecchio, 10 km to the north.
International flights can land at the Suciana-Trefini International Airport in San Roche, 281 kms from Terrestriva.

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Wow, super good factbook, congrats.
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