Nine Cousins

Nine Cousins of Scipia Danuwan Nuv Qipie
Sovereign state	Sante Reze
Federation	1468
First Cession	1750
Second Cession	1917
Government	Corporate Oligarchy
Legislature	Scipian Board
Population
• 2018 estimate	30,000,000
• 2015 census	30,232,485
GDP (PPP)	estimate
• Total	1.14 trillion
• Per capita	38,000
Currency	Rezese Lir
Driving side	right

The Nine Cousins (Rezese: Danuwan Nuv) are an organized, incorporated territory of Sante Reze in Scipia. They are a federation of seven cities which are recognized as a singular province, and constitute the easternmost point and territory of Sante Reze. Originally formed as resupply and small trade outposts on the far side of the Thalassan, their dominance of the local economy brought them great wealth and prestige, and combined they constitute almost a third of Sante Reze's population and annual GDP.

They are named after the nine cities that used to make up the federation but there have been two cessions in their history. The first was to Yisrael, as Sante Reze sold its island port of _CITY1_, just off of Yisrael's west coast, to the Yisraeli king to fund a naval campaign against Latium. The second was _CITY2_, ceded in XXXX to _NATION_.

Demographics

Language

The official language of the Nine Cousins is Rezese, which has largely supplanted the local indigenous languages as a result of Rezese being formed in large part as a creole composed of each other, Latin, and Yacuyare. Most Nine Cousins residents also speak at least one of the indigenous West Scipian languages fluently, as well as Latin.

Religion

The largest religion in the Nine Cousins is known as Kirizyuntupao, and is a Rezese syncretic faith which has borrowed heavily from Fabrianism and West Scipian Whyzun, as well as many Oxidentali religious traditions.

Government and politics

Corporate leadership

Each city is incorporated as a registered nonprofit corporation, and as such has a typical corporate structure. Their boards of directors typically have members of most, if not all, of the Paramount Houses of Sante Reze, but they are required to make up the majority of their C-suite out of titled members of local provincial houses. As a result, the wealthiest and most politically active minor houses in Sante Reze are from the Nine Cousins.

Scipian Board

The provincial government is known as the Scipian Board, and consists of representatives from each of the urban corporations. Each corporate entity represented gets one vote per resident of their metro area, and can split their votes however they please. While most of the time, any individual entity will agree on an election prior to the vote being called, if they cannot determine a unanimous opinion internally, they may spread their votes according to whatever internal system they have adopted to allow them to move forward.

Cities

Rank	Metro Area	Population	Notes
				1	Eporte Kiriz	5,089,485
2	Ypau Qipie	4,771,341	Provincial capital
3	Eporte Kayal	4,539,914
4	Eporte Gizal	4,375,478
5	Tuv Qwahi	4,057,642
6	Tuvtsarki Morotutse	3,856,294
7	Eporte Qwarepotiju	3,542,331
-	Ypau Yisaz	X,XXX,XXX	Ceded to Yisrael and renamed.
-	_CESSION2_	X,XXX,XXX	Ceded to _NATION_