Tevitheim
United Jarldoms of Tevitheim | |
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| Motto: Alt for Tevitheim | |
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| Official languages | Trønder Vestlakkil |
| Recognised regional languages | Anthron |
| Ethnic groups (2020) | By race:
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| Demonym(s) | Tevitheimer |
| Government | Federal parliamentary republic |
• Oberjarl | Roald Vea |
• Hilfmann | Margot Bylund |
| Dagfinn Reistad | |
| Legislature | Nasjonalforsamling |
| Jarlaråd | |
| Alnating | |
| Independence from Tevitheim-Anthros | |
• Settlement | 16th century |
• Confederation | 1657-1776 |
• Dominion | 4 July 1776 |
| 12 April 1861 | |
| 3 December 1938 | |
| 1959 | |
| Population | |
• 2024 estimate |  238,503,204 |
• 2022 census | 238,402,013 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
• Total | Ø10.94 trillion |
• Per capita | Ø45,885 |
| Gini | 32.8 medium |
| HDI (2018) | 0.917 very high |
| Currency | ᵹ Gullstykke (TGS) |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +19 |
| ISO 3166 code | TV |
| Internet TLD | .tv |
Tevitheim, officially the United Jarldoms of Tevitheim (Trønder: Tevitheims Forente Jarlriker), or simply the United Jarldoms (Trønder: Forente Jarlriker) is a country located in southern Gondwana. It is a federation of 15 jarldoms and three inhabitated territories. It covers an area of X and is bordered to the north by Anthros and it shares a land border with Hartizsák and Furby Island on the island of Storøy. The largest city is Koross, which serves as the economic and social center of the nation. However, the capital city is Alna. Other large cities include Ålessos, Drondheim, Kirkeby, and Adelsønn. Tevitheim is one the most populated countries in the world with a population of 238.5 million.
What is now Tevitheim had been inhabitated by modern humans for approximately 10-11,000 years before the arrival of Trønder colonists. The exact date of when permanent settlements formed is difficult to decipher, due to unofficial and unsanctioned nature of many of the settlements and the fact that many colonists originally would only stay for several years before returning home, meaning that a large but transitive population existed for several decades before true permanent settlement. However, according to a combination of archaeological evidence and administrative records, the historically accepted date is around 1594. Immigration from Niagara began to pick up and increase over the course of several centuries. By the time the Trønder government began attempting to increase control of its colonies in the 1600s, several distinct polities had developed. Despite being culturally and ethnically similar, local rivalries meant warfare was not common between settlements.
Over a period known as Confederation, which is considered to have begun with the Garrisoning of Alna in 1693 and ending with the establishment of the Dominion of Tevitheim in 1776, Niagara began to increase its control over the settlements. With the end of the internecine wars and the accession to Trønder rule, what had become Tevitheim began to expand further and further west and north from the original settlements. In 1861, the marriage of Prince Erik to the Queen of Anthros, Sofia II. This marriage formally linked for the first time Tevitheim and its northern neighbor, Anthros. The new real union, usually referred to simply as Tevitheim-Anthros, instantly became a great power in the region. However, ethnic and linguistic differences would lead to civil strife. In the late 1930s, during the period leading up to the Second Great War, the strain became too great and the country began to split apart, culminating in the War of Secession. Insert GWII information. After the War of Secession, Tevitheim became independent from Anthros for the first time in nearly 90 years and became a republic. Internal ethnic and linguistic strife resulted in a federal state and new constitution in 1959, forming the modern United Jarldoms. Unresolved disputes with Anthros has led to several conflicts, though none of these conflicts has erupted into full scale warfare since the 1940s.
Today, Tevitheim is a democratic and parliamentary federation subdivided into 15 jarldoms, the primary subnational entity in Tevitheim. Jarldoms have their own constitutions, laws, and political systems, but are subject to the Constitution of the United Jarldoms and any laws passed by the federal government. In addition to the 15 jarldoms, there are three inhabitated territories, which are autonomous but lack the sovereignty of jarldoms and are given half-votes in elections for oberjarl and in the Jarlaråd, the national upper house. The lower house, or Alnating, elects the head of government, or hilfmann, who must maintain the confidence of the Alnating. The heads of government of each constituent jarldom, called jarls, elect the oberjarl, who serves as the ceremonial head of state of Tevitheim.
Tevitheim is a highly developed industrial economy, with a majority of Tevitheimers residing in urban areas and with the labor force employing 49.7% of all Tevitheimers. The country ranks highly in most socioeconomic indicators, including the Human Development Index. It has the X largest global economy and X highest GDP per capita, at Ø45,885. Tevitheim is a member of the Association of Southern States, Confederation and Union of National Treaties, and is a member of the Representative Council of Nations.
Government and Politics
The United Jarldoms is a federal parliamentary republic of 15 jarldoms, with its capital of Alna operating as an independent city (which has the rights of a jarldom without the title), and asserts sovereignty over three inhabitated territories and several uninhabitated island possessions. It is the largest democracy in southern Gondwana and having been a liberal democracy since the 19th century. It is a liberal representative democracy in which majority rule is tempered by legally protected minority rights. The Constitution of the United Jarldoms serves as the supreme legal document and also established the structure and responsibilities of the union government and its relationship with the individual jarldoms.
National Government
The union government of the United Jarldoms is composed of three branches, all headquartered in Alna.
- The Nasjonalforsamling, an imperfect bicameral legislature and is made up of an elected Alnating and an indirectly elected Jarlaråd. The Alnating is responsible for most national legislation and consists of 600 members, which are elected by proportional representation within on the jarldom level. The upper house, or Jarlaråd, is appointed by the various jarldom governments. The Jarlaråd cannot pass or block legislation, outside of certain circumstances, but can delay legislation and amend it.
- The executive branch is partially fused with the legislature and consists, nominally, of the oberjarl and hilfmann. The oberjarl is the head of state and invested primarily with representative responsibilities and powers. He is elected by majority vote among the jarldoms, with territories receiving half votes. The hilfmann is the head of government, who is appointed by the oberjarl. As the hilfmann must maintain the confidence of the Alnating, the oberjarl is usually de facto required to appoint the head of the largest faction or coalition of factions.
- The union judiciary consists of various courts, all of whom are appointed for 20 year or until age 73, whichever comes first. Lower level judges are selected with the consent of both the Alnating and the Jarlaråd, with candidates nominated by the oberjarl from a list of candidates given to the oberjarl by the jarldom solicitor's union. Higher level judges are elected by the lower court judges with all elections validated by the Nasjonalforsamling.
While the United Jarldoms operated initially as a semi-presidential system, it has, in practicality, operated as a fully parliamentary system since the 1970s.
Subdivisions
In the Tevitheimer federal system, sovereign powers are shared between the jarldom and union levels of government. People in the jarldoms have the citizenship of both their jarldom and the union government. Most jarldoms are subdivided into provinces or counties, which are in turn dividied into municipalities. The powers of these local governments varies jarldom to jarldom. The capital of Alna operates as an independent city, which is nominally under the control of the Nasjonalforsamling but is, in practice, autonomous, acting as a jarldom in all but name. In addition, the United Jarldoms possesses three inhabitated territories. Territories receive half votes for oberjarl and in the Jarlaråd and have less autonomy than jarldoms do in most jurisdictions. In addition, territories have devolved autonomous governments, in contrast to the sovereign jarldoms.
Political Parties
Historically, the Tevitheimer political system was dominated by two parties, the right-wing Federalist Party, which advocated for decentralized governance with greater power to the constituent jarldoms in the country, a more internationalist foreign policy, and conservative economic policies, including a distrust of trade unions. Its primary opponent was the left-wing Worker's Rights Party, which tended to favor a more centralized government and was primarily concerned with domestic politics over foreign policy. The War of Tongues resulted in political reforms that led to greater decentralization of power and the end of a first-past-the-post voting system.
Since the 1960s, no party has held a majority in parliament aside from a brief period from 1984-1994, under the Constitutionalist Party. Since the ending of first-past-the-post, which resulted in broad centrist parties like the Federalists and Worker's Rights Party, the Tevitheimer political system has been dominated by three broad political movements: Christian Democrats (currently represented by the Solidarity Party, or TSP), the Social Democrats (currently represented by the Republican Labor Party, or RAP), and the Liberals (currently represented by the Constitutionalist Party, or KP).
The incumbent Hilfkvinne is Margot Bylund of the Solidarity Party, who is in a coalition with the Republican Labor Party. Bylund is seeking a third term during the 2024 elections scheduled for July.