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| {{Infobox country | | {{WIP}}{{Infobox flag |
| |conventional_long_name = Miersan Entity
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| |native_name = {{wp|Basque language|Lemovician}}: Ентітатє Іпаралдекоак<br>{{wp|Polish language|Miersan}}: Mierski podmiot
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| |short_name = Miersan Entity | | | Image = File:Surrow_Flag.png |
| |image_map = MiersEntMap.png | | | Noborder = |
| |map_width = 275px | | | Nickname = |
| |map_caption = <big>Land controlled by the Miersan Entity (red) in [[Lemovicia]] (red and white)</big>
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| |common_name = Miersan Entity
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| |image_coat = MiersEntSeal.png
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| |symbol_type = [[Coat of arms of Lemovicia|Seal]] | | | Proportion = 5:8 |
| |image_flag = MiersEntity.png | | | Adoption = 1916 |
| |flag_type = [[Flag of Lemovicia|Flag]] | | | Design = A centred white [[Tyrnican cross]] on a Rythenean green field with the {{wp|Big Dipper}} on the canton |
| |national_motto = Sprawiedliwość i równość<br>{{small|{{wp|Polish language|Miersan}}: Justice and equality}} | |
| |national_anthem = {{wp|Rota (poem)|Rota}}<br>[[File:MediaPlayer.png|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vZGweQ2Sxk]] | |
| |capital = [[Włocłamyśl]] | |
| |largest_city = [[Sechia]] | |
| |official_languages = {{wp|Polish language|Miersan}} | |
| |regional_languages = {{wp|Basque language|Lemovician}}
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| |ethnic_groups = {{wp|Polish people|Miersan}} (78.5%)<br>[[Lemovician people|Lemovician]] (19.5%)<br>Others (2%)
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| |ethnic_groups_year = 2017
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| |religion = {{wp|Christianity|Sotirianity}} (96%)<br>Others (4%)
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| |religion_year = 2017
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| |demonym = Lemovician
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| |government_type = {{wp|Parliamentary republic}}
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| |leader_title1 = Chief Executive
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| |leader_name1 = [[Fabian Duch]]
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| |sovereignty_type = Autonomous entity
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| |established_event1 = Declaration of independence
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| |established_date1 = 22 March, 1980
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| |established_event2 = [[Alikianos Accords]] and autonomy
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| |established_date2 = 22 June, 1992
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| |area_km2 = 20321.28
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| |population_census = 1,642,764
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| |population_census_year = 2017
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| |population_density_km2 = 80.8395928
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| |GDP_PPP = TBD
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| |GDP_PPP_per_capita = TBD
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| |GDP_nominal = TBD
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| |GDP_nominal_per_capita = TBD
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| |Gini = 25.4
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| |Gini_year = 2015
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| |HDI = 0.808
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| |HDI_year = 2018
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| |currency = [[Lemovician denar]]
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| |currency_code = LVN
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| |cctld =[[.lv]]
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| |iso3166code =LMV
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| The '''Miersan Entity''' ({{wp|Basque language|Lemovician}}: Ентітатє Іпаралдекоак, ''Entitate iparraldekoak'', {{wp|Polish language|Miersan}}: ''Mierski podmiot''), historically known as the '''Miersan Republic of Lemovicia''' ({{wp|Basque language|Lemovician}}: Іпаралдеко ерепубліка Менділура, ''Iparraldeko errepublika Mendilurra'', {{wp|Polish language|Miersan}}: ''Mierska Rzeczpospolita Łemowicza'') from 1980 until 1992, is a [[Administrative divisions of Lemovicia#Entities|constituent entity]] of [[Lemovicia]], bordered to the south by the [[Lemovician Entity]], to the west and north by [[West Miersa]], and to the east by [[Slirnia]].
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| Initially established in March 1980 by [[Izydor Domzalski]], it was established in reaction to [[Saroi Garnica]]'s policy to encourage Miersans to leave Lemovicia, and Garnica's increasing authoritarianism. Throughout the first twelve years, it sought to set itself up as a {{wp|sovereign state}}, as Domzalski believed it was the only way that the {{wp|Polish people|Miersan}} community can be able to preserve their livelihoods in their homeland.
| | The '''flag of [[Surrow]]''' is the {{wp|national flag}} of Surrow. Designed in 1891 by [[Ervin Suchet]], it was adopted in 1916 after Surrow gained full {{wp|self-government}} from [[Rythene]] by the [[Parliament of Surrow|Surrowese Parliament]] the previous year over the [[#Red ensign|red ensign]] previously used until 1916, or [[Joerg Angstroem]]'s [[#Surrowese Tricolor|tricolor]], and retained its status as Surrow's flag after its independence from Rythene in 1950. |
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| Today, it is the most populous constituent entity in Lemovicia, with nearly two-thirds of the country's population residing in the Miersan Entity, and is the second-largest constituent entity by area in the country.
| | ==Design== |
| | The flag is comprised of a centred white [[Tyrnican cross]] on a Rythenean green field, with the {{wp|Big Dipper}} on the canton. |
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| ==Etymology==
| | When the flag was designed by [[Ervin Suchet]] in 1891, the flag was made similar to the [[Flag of Rythene|Rythenean flag]] of that time, with Suchet declaring in a pamphlet which saw the flag be distributed that the green was to "symbolise our islands' indisputable Rythenean heritage," white "for the purity of the souls who inhabit this far northern land," the cross representing both "the [[Perendism#Symbols|Sword of Perende]] spreading civilisation" to the [[Native Surrowese]] and Surrow's "indisputable Rythenean heritage," and the Big Dipper "representing our land being the closest to the {{wp|North Pole}}." Suchet did not include any red in the flag design as he claimed that "no Surrowese blood has ever been spilled in any war." |
| The name of the '''Miersan Entity''' is based off the fact that the majority population of the Miersan Entity are ethnic {{wp|Polish people|Miersans}}, who have began moving in large numbers after [[Lemovicia]]'s annexation by the [[Kingdom of Miersa]], but whose population greatly increased with the {{wp|Industrial Revolution}} while Lemovicia and Miersa were under [[Narozalica|Narozalic]] rule.
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| The former name, the '''Miersan Republic of Lemovicia''' was adopted upon their declaration of independence from Lemovicia on 22 March, 1980, as they sought to include "all ethnic Miersans in Lemovicia" under their administration, in addition to the hope by [[Izydor Domzalski]] that the Lemovician government, either under [[Saroi Garnica]] or [[Otxote Sasiambarrena]], would be willing to give the region autonomy.
| | However, per the [[Constitution of Surrow]], the green is meant to symbolise Surrow's {{wp|krummholz|tuckamore}} forests that cover much of [[Holcot Island]], the white is meant to symbolise the long winters that Surrow experiences, the cross is meant to symbolise Surrow's democratic traditions, and the Big Dipper is meant to represent Surrow's geographic position as the northernmost nation of [[Maurceania Major]]. |
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| ==History== | | ==Historic flags== |
| ===Origins=== | | ===Red ensign=== |
| [[File:Wachtende_stakers_van_de_Leninwerf,_Bestanddeelnr_253-8309.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Protests in [[Sechia]], 5 March, 1980]] | | [[File:Surrowese_red_ensign.png|250px|thumb|left|Red ensign]] |
| After the annexation of [[Lemovicia]] by the [[Kingdom of Miersa]] in TBD, ethnic {{wp|Polish people|Miersans}} began moving in, particularly in the northern regions of Lemovicia. However, while Miersans formed a substantial minority in northern Lemovicia by the start of the {{wp|Industrial Revolution}}, as Lemovicia industrialized, Miersans migrated from [[Miersa]] into Lemovicia, which at the time was part of the [[Narozalic Empire]], which led to a substantial Miersan majority in northern Lemovicia, as well as in mining towns in southern Lemovicia.
| | The first Surrowese flag was adopted in 1859, when the Rythenean government granted the Colony of Surrow the right to have its own {{wp|civil ensign}} to be used by Surrowese civilian boats. The Surrowese red ensign is comprised of the Rythenean {{wp|red ensign}}, with the Rythenean flag in the canton, and the [[Coat of arms of Surrow|colonial seal]], comprised of the shield of the [[Coat of arms of Surrow|Surrowese coat of arms]] surrounded by the text "Colony of the Surrow Islands" on a white disk in the fly half. |
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| Following the end of the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]], and the implementation of the [[Godfredson Plan]] which gave Miersa independence as [[West Miersa]] and [[East Miersa]], substantial immigration from Miersa ceased, although with a significant Miersan population in the region, northern Lemovicia would remain majority-Miersan.
| | The red ensign became associated with the Surrowese colonial government, and in 1866, the red ensign was declared by the Surrowese colonial government to be its {{wp|state ensign}}, allowing ships owned by the Surrowese government to use the red ensign. From the 1870s onward, the Surrowese red ensign was increasingly used on land by both the colonial government and by Surrowese civilians, and in 1886, the colonial government officially adopted the Surrowese red ensign as its official flag, "to be used in all circumstances where a local flag is deemed neccessary," although the Rythenean flag remained a co-official flag of Surrow. By the 1890s, the Surrowese red ensign became the only flag regularly flown at government buildings, with the Rythenean flag being consigned to military bases or at [[Government House, Holcot Inlet|Government Inlet]]. |
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| After the outbreak of the [[Second Narozalic Civil War]] in 1979, [[Eztebe Tolaregain]] of the [[National Syndicalist Union of Lemovicia|National Syndicalists]] issued a {{wp|unilateral declaration of independence}}. Following the month-long [[Lemovician War of Independence]], [[Saroi Garnica]] emerged as the {{wp|de-facto}} leader of the country. Under his rule, he instituted a [[Constitution of Lemovicia, 1979|constitution]] which restricted citizenship to [[Lemovician people|ethnic Lemovicians]].
| | However, the Surrowese red ensign faced competition from both Suchet's flag and the Surrowese tricolor, leading to the Surrowese red ensign declining in popularity until it was replaced in 1916 with Suchet's flag design. The red ensign remained in use as a civil ensign until 1950, but by then, the red ensign has fallen into "virtually complete disuse" in favor of the Surrowese national flag. |
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| By early 1980, [[Izydor Domzalski]] and [[Jan Swiech]] began advocating for the separation of the Miersan-majority northern Lemovicia into a sovereign state, as the central government in [[Topagunea]] cracked down on Miersans and other ethnic minorities in an effort to strengthen {{wp|minority rule}} by the ethnic Lemovicians.
| | ===Surrowese Tricolor=== |
| | [[File:Surrowese_Tricolour.png|250px|thumb|right|Surrowese Tricolor]] |
| | In 1887, [[Joerg Angstroem]] designed a green-white-blue {{wp|tricolor}} for the [[Fishermen's Protective Union (Surrow)|Fishermen's Protective Union]] as a party flag. According to Angstroem, green was meant to represent the Rythenean population, white was meant to represent Surrow's long winters, and blue was meant to represent the Tyrnican population, with Angstroem seeing the [[#Red ensign|red ensign]] used by the Surrowese government at the time as being "too Rythenean to be accepted by a sizable portion of the Surrowese population." |
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| On 5 March, 1980, protests broke out in [[Sechia]] which were brutally suppressed by the [[Lemovician Armed Forces]]. Throughout the rest of the month, protests in various major cities broke out and were suppressed, leading to [[Otxote Sasiambarrena]] of the [[Liberal Democratic Party of Lemovicia|Liberal Democrats]] to declare himself leader of Lemovicia on 21 March, 1980, leading to the start of the [[Lemovician Civil War]].
| | Angstroem's flag became popular, with the flag being extensively promoted by the Fishermen's Protective Union throughout the late 1880s and early 1890s. By the mid-1890s, the Surrowese Tricolor became a popular flag, especially among Surrow's Tyrnican population. However, its rise in popularity among the Surrowese Tyrnican population led to a decline in the flag's popularity among Surrow's Rythenean population, especially in the context of the then-ongoing [[Surrowese language question]], with ethnic Rytheneans trending towards flying the red ensign, or towards Suchet's flag. This led to the Fishermen's Protective Union changing its flag in 1896 from the tricolor to a blue banner with a white fish. |
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| ===Civil War===
| | With the outbreak of the [[First Great War (Levilion)|First Great War]] in 1908, the colonial government banned the Surrowese tricolor as the colonial government feared that the flag could be used by "traitors who seek to bring Surrow back under the Tyrnican yoke." Although the flag was relegalized in 1913 after Tyrnica negotiated a separate peace with the Coalition, high levels of anti-Tyrnicanism at the time meant that the Surrowese Tricolor was not adopted by the Surrowese government in 1916, and the flag largely fell into disuse until the mid-1940s, when the [[Independence League (Surrow)|Independence League]] adopted the flag and used it to promote Surrowese independence, with leader [[Todd Lester]] proposing that the flag be adopted as the flag of an "independent Surrow." |
| [[File:We_are_in_Lviv_(1987)._(16313535058).jpg|150px|thumb|right|[[Sechia]], 1987]] | |
| On 22 March, 1980, in the city of [[Włocłamyśl]], [[Izydor Domzalski]] declared the independence of the Miersan Republic of Lemovicia from [[Lemovicia]], citing the "efforts made by the central government to destroy our livelihoods and the right to live in our Lemovician homeland," and citing the authoritarianism of [[Saroi Garnica|Garnica]]'s [[National Syndicalist Union of Lemovicia|National Syndicalist]] regime, with himself as President of the Miersan Republic.
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| Despite the ongoing [[Lemovician Civil War]] that involved the Miersan separatists, the opposition forces, and government forces, the Miersan Republic established state institutions, basing themselves in Włocłamyśl (as [[Sechia]] was initially under the control of the opposition forces), adopted the [[West Miersan grosz]] as their own currency, and adopted a constitution of their own, with relatively free and fair elections compared to Lemovicia at that point in time. In addition, as the years progressed, the Miersan Entity became the primary opposition force, displacing [[Otxote Sasiambarrena]]'s [[Liberal Democratic Party (Lemovicia)|opposition force]], until by 1985, they formed a coalition to defeat the government forces.
| | However, [[Ted Fisher]]'s decision to keep the current Surrowese flag led to the Surrowese Tricolor falling back into disuse. The Surrowese Tricolor would only see a revival in the mid-1980s, with [[Deacon Parker]]'s administration encouraging its use as a "secondary Surrowese flag," with a particular focus on touristic areas. Since then, the Surrowese Tricolor has become more popular, particularly in and around [[Holcot Inlet]] and [[Tern Harbour]]. |
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| While the Miersan Republic was predominantly dominated by ethnic {{wp|Polish people|Miersans}}, ethnic [[Lemovician people|Lemovicians]] residing in its territory were still allowed to participate in its institutions, as well as exercise human rights, although those who expressed support of the national government were frequently detained on charges of {{wp|treason}}.
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| | Below are a list of flags used by the Surrowese government in the modern day. |
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| In addition, as the northern regions of the Miersan Entity were less hard-hit by the war, which included cities such as Sechia or Włocłamyśl, they became major economic centres, as their infrastructure was not as destroyed as [[Loiola]] or [[Topagunea]] as a result of the war.
| | <gallery>Surrow_Flag.png|National flag |
| | | Surrow_presidential_standard.png|Presidential standard |
| ===Contemporary===
| | Surrow_military_flag.png|Military flag |
| [[File:Cepa_volbo.jpg|150px|thumb|left|A farm near [[Włocłamyśl]], 2014]]
| | Surrow_constabulary_flag.png|Constabulary flag</gallery> |
| After the signing of the [[Alikianos Accords]] on 22 June, 1992, which ended the [[Lemovician Civil War]], the Miersan Republic officially became an {{wp|autonomous region|autonomous}} [[Administrative divisions of Lemovicia#Entities|constituent entity]] of [[Lemovicia]]. The accords gave control of territory controlled by the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Lemovicia)|opposition forces]] led by [[Otxote Sasiambarrena]] to the Miersan Entity.
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| Thus, although the Miersan Entity no longer was independent, it still maintained many of its powers, especially after the [[Constitution of Lemovicia, 1992|1992 constitution]] was codified, which included [[Education in Lemovicia|education]], cultural affairs, policing, social policies, and direct taxation within the territory of the Miersan Entity.
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| On 1 November, 1992, as [[Izydor Domzalski]] was voted to become part of the [[Presidency of Lemovicia|presidency]], Domzalski was succeeded by [[Bolesław Buchalski]] as the Chief Executive of the Miersan Entity. Under Buchalski's tenure as Chief Executive from 1992 until 2008, he oversaw the recovery and modernization of the local economy, while overseeing [[Sechia]] become the primary economic centre in not just the Miersan Entity, but all of Lemovicia.
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| Despite this economic growth in the Miersan Entity mostly being concentrated in Sechia and its {{wp|metropolitan area}}, the entity capital of [[Włocłamyśl]] became a secondary economic centre, as it was still home to the governmental institutions, as it was felt by Buchalski and Domzalski that moving the capital to Sechia would result in the rest of the Miersan Entity being neglected in favour of Sechia.
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| In 2008, as Bolesław Buchalski announced his intention to run for the Presidency, he was succeeded by [[Sławomir Rozak]] as the Chief Executive. Under Rozak's tenure, he helped the Miersan Entity exit the recession, while continuing to invest in upgrading the entity so that it would enjoy a standard of living similar to that of [[Narozalica]]. Bozak was re-elected in 2012, before losing in 2016 to [[Fabian Duch]].
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| Fabian Duch marked the first time that the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Lemovicia)|Liberal Democrats]] held the position of Chief Executive, as all the previous holders were members of the [[Socialist Party (Lemovicia)|Socialists]].
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| ==Geography==
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| [[File:Bystra_a4.jpg|150px|thumb|right|View of [[Mount Kamienia]], on the border of [[Lemovicia]] and [[Slirnia]]]]
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| The geography of the Miersan Entity largely coincides with the [[Lemovicia#Geography|lowlands]] of [[Lemovicia]], partially due to history, given that many {{wp|Polish people|Miersans}} settled in the lowlands of northern Lemovicia, as it is home to rich soils.
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| However, in the southeast of [[Zelaia Province|Zelaia]], there are some areas which belong to the [[Lemovicia#Geography|Lemovician highlands]], including the highest point in the Miersan Entity, the 2,248 metre tall [[Mount Kamienia]], situated on the border between the Miersan Entity (in Lemovicia) and [[Slirnia]]. Historically, this was home to {{wp|coal}} and {{wp|iron}}, although like in the rest of the country, they have been mostly exhausted since the 1970s.
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| Climatically, the Miersan Entity is largely a {{wp|humid continental climate}}, with warm summers and cool winters: average temperatures there range from a low of −10.7 °C in January to a high of 25.1 °C in July, with the highest recorded temperature set in [[Sechia]] on 13 August, 2019, at 40.3 °C, while the lowest recorded temperature in the present-day Miersan Entity was set on the summit of Mount Kamienia, at −42.9 °C on 2 February, 1957.
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| [[File:Stari_dom_jna_-_narodna_skustina_RS.JPG|150px|thumb|left|Miersan Assembly building in [[Włocłamyśl]], 2015]]
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| As per the [[Alikianos Accords]] and the [[Constitution of Lemovicia, 1992|1992 constitution]] of [[Lemovicia]], the Miersan Entity is an {{wp|autonomous region|autonomous}} [[Administrative divisions of Lemovicia#Entity|constituent entity]].
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| The Miersan Entity is headed by a '''chief executive''' ({{wp|Basque language|Lemovician}}: бурузаґі наґусія, ''buruzagi nagusia'', {{wp|Polish language|Miersan}}: ''dyrektor generalny''), elected every four years by all Lemovician citizens residing in the Miersan Entity. The current holder of the office is [[Fabian Duch]] of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Lemovicia)|Liberal Democrats]], who was first elected in 2016, defeating the then-incumbent chief executive [[Sławomir Rozak]].
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| The legislature of the Miersan Entity is the '''Miersan Assembly''' ({{wp|Basque language|Lemovician}}: Іпаралдеко бацара, ''Iparraldeko batzarra'', {{wp|Polish language|Miersan}}: ''Zgromadzenie mierskie''), which is comprised of fourty-seven members, elected every four years via a {{wp|party-list proportional representation}} system, with the next elections scheduled to take place in November 2020. It is currently governed by a Liberal Democratic-[[Northern Alliance (Lemovicia)|Northern Alliance]] coalition.
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| As per the Alikianos Accords, the Miersan Entity is divided into four provinces ([[Czarnoziem Province|Czarnoziem]], [[Równiny Province|Równiny]], [[Zbieg Province|Zbieg]], and [[Zelaia Province|Zelaia]]), with [[Zbieg Province]] in particular being formerly the northern areas of the [[Bidegurutzean Province]] before being divided in the accords into Zbieg Province and [[South Bidegurutzean Province]].
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| As of the 2017 census, the Miersan Entity is home to 1,642,764 people, or nearly two-thirds of the national population of [[Lemovicia]].
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| Ethnically, the largest ethnic group are the {{wp|Polish people|Miersans}}, who number 1,288,834 people, making up 78.5% of the population, followed by the [[Lemovician people|Lemovicians]], who number 320,563 people, or around 19.5% of the population. Finally, other ethnic groups number 33,367 people, or around 2% of the population.
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The flag of Surrow is the national flag of Surrow. Designed in 1891 by Ervin Suchet, it was adopted in 1916 after Surrow gained full self-government from Rythene by the Surrowese Parliament the previous year over the red ensign previously used until 1916, or Joerg Angstroem's tricolor, and retained its status as Surrow's flag after its independence from Rythene in 1950.
Design
The flag is comprised of a centred white Tyrnican cross on a Rythenean green field, with the Big Dipper on the canton.
When the flag was designed by Ervin Suchet in 1891, the flag was made similar to the Rythenean flag of that time, with Suchet declaring in a pamphlet which saw the flag be distributed that the green was to "symbolise our islands' indisputable Rythenean heritage," white "for the purity of the souls who inhabit this far northern land," the cross representing both "the Sword of Perende spreading civilisation" to the Native Surrowese and Surrow's "indisputable Rythenean heritage," and the Big Dipper "representing our land being the closest to the North Pole." Suchet did not include any red in the flag design as he claimed that "no Surrowese blood has ever been spilled in any war."
However, per the Constitution of Surrow, the green is meant to symbolise Surrow's tuckamore forests that cover much of Holcot Island, the white is meant to symbolise the long winters that Surrow experiences, the cross is meant to symbolise Surrow's democratic traditions, and the Big Dipper is meant to represent Surrow's geographic position as the northernmost nation of Maurceania Major.
Historic flags
Red ensign
The first Surrowese flag was adopted in 1859, when the Rythenean government granted the Colony of Surrow the right to have its own civil ensign to be used by Surrowese civilian boats. The Surrowese red ensign is comprised of the Rythenean red ensign, with the Rythenean flag in the canton, and the colonial seal, comprised of the shield of the Surrowese coat of arms surrounded by the text "Colony of the Surrow Islands" on a white disk in the fly half.
The red ensign became associated with the Surrowese colonial government, and in 1866, the red ensign was declared by the Surrowese colonial government to be its state ensign, allowing ships owned by the Surrowese government to use the red ensign. From the 1870s onward, the Surrowese red ensign was increasingly used on land by both the colonial government and by Surrowese civilians, and in 1886, the colonial government officially adopted the Surrowese red ensign as its official flag, "to be used in all circumstances where a local flag is deemed neccessary," although the Rythenean flag remained a co-official flag of Surrow. By the 1890s, the Surrowese red ensign became the only flag regularly flown at government buildings, with the Rythenean flag being consigned to military bases or at Government Inlet.
However, the Surrowese red ensign faced competition from both Suchet's flag and the Surrowese tricolor, leading to the Surrowese red ensign declining in popularity until it was replaced in 1916 with Suchet's flag design. The red ensign remained in use as a civil ensign until 1950, but by then, the red ensign has fallen into "virtually complete disuse" in favor of the Surrowese national flag.
Surrowese Tricolor
In 1887, Joerg Angstroem designed a green-white-blue tricolor for the Fishermen's Protective Union as a party flag. According to Angstroem, green was meant to represent the Rythenean population, white was meant to represent Surrow's long winters, and blue was meant to represent the Tyrnican population, with Angstroem seeing the red ensign used by the Surrowese government at the time as being "too Rythenean to be accepted by a sizable portion of the Surrowese population."
Angstroem's flag became popular, with the flag being extensively promoted by the Fishermen's Protective Union throughout the late 1880s and early 1890s. By the mid-1890s, the Surrowese Tricolor became a popular flag, especially among Surrow's Tyrnican population. However, its rise in popularity among the Surrowese Tyrnican population led to a decline in the flag's popularity among Surrow's Rythenean population, especially in the context of the then-ongoing Surrowese language question, with ethnic Rytheneans trending towards flying the red ensign, or towards Suchet's flag. This led to the Fishermen's Protective Union changing its flag in 1896 from the tricolor to a blue banner with a white fish.
With the outbreak of the First Great War in 1908, the colonial government banned the Surrowese tricolor as the colonial government feared that the flag could be used by "traitors who seek to bring Surrow back under the Tyrnican yoke." Although the flag was relegalized in 1913 after Tyrnica negotiated a separate peace with the Coalition, high levels of anti-Tyrnicanism at the time meant that the Surrowese Tricolor was not adopted by the Surrowese government in 1916, and the flag largely fell into disuse until the mid-1940s, when the Independence League adopted the flag and used it to promote Surrowese independence, with leader Todd Lester proposing that the flag be adopted as the flag of an "independent Surrow."
However, Ted Fisher's decision to keep the current Surrowese flag led to the Surrowese Tricolor falling back into disuse. The Surrowese Tricolor would only see a revival in the mid-1980s, with Deacon Parker's administration encouraging its use as a "secondary Surrowese flag," with a particular focus on touristic areas. Since then, the Surrowese Tricolor has become more popular, particularly in and around Holcot Inlet and Tern Harbour.
Gallery
Below are a list of flags used by the Surrowese government in the modern day.
