United Kingdom of Ottonia
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United Kingdom of Ottonia | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
| Motto: "Ottonia Invictus." | |
| Capital | Sant Mikel |
| Largest city | Fredrikspurt |
| Official languages | Allamunnic |
| Ethnic groups | Allamunnae, Eoni |
| Demonym(s) | Draakurrae |
| Government | Constitutional Monarchy |
| Vitus I | |
• Chancellor | Stevan Grimmeburger |
| Establishment | |
| September 21st, 1872 | |
| January 1st, 1922 | |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 33,612,849 |
| GDP (PPP) | estimate |
• Per capita | USD$23,190 |
| Driving side | right |
Draakurr, officially The United Kingdom of Ottonia and formerly colloquially-known as South Ottonia, is a country in the area of Ottonia on the Draakurr Archipelago, next to the continent of Belisaria. The country has no land borders, but shares an immediate maritime border with Ottonia, and is neighbored to the west by Ghant and to the south by Sudemark. The country was created as a result of the Ottonian Civil War, being the portion of the country of Ottonia held by the [royalist] forces at the time of the ceasefire of 1922. It was territorially-reduced to the Draakurrae Islands in 2022 following the South Ottonian Revolution.
The country is a executive constitutional monarchy, and has been since its founding, ruled by the House of Sproek-Kristhulm and the 200-member Ottonian Senate, now located in the city of Sant Mikel. The current monarch, called the Storkeneg or High King, is Vitus I. The most-widely-spoken language is Allamunnic, which is also the sole official language. The state religion is the Sarpetic Honorian Catholic Church. Although other faiths are tolerated within the country, Fabrianism, and specifically the indigenous Ottonian Honorian Rite, are favored by the government, and a few religions, including the indigenous Ottonian faith of Reytled are legally discriminated against.
Geography
History
See Also: Ottonian Civil War, Great Ottonian War, and South Ottonian Revolution
Post-Revolution
In the immediate aftermath of the South Ottonian Revolution, the government and its loyalists evacuated to the islands of Draakurr, which had largely escaped the violent uprising which swept the rest of the country due to independent actions taken by the military governors of the islands, including the promise of reforms demanded by protestors. When the subsequent arrival of the UKO's government in the Flight to Draakurr threatened a relapse in regards to public order, the military authorities on the island insisted on a provisional government to oversee the process of relocating the UKO's government and military onto Draakurr, as well as implementing the reforms needed to prevent further violence.
Part of the process of implementing the ETA involved the abdication of Storkeneg Rodrik I in favor of his son, Vitus, who in turn named Draakurr's military governor, Stevan Grimmeburger the Director of the ETA.
Politics
South Ottonia is a constitutional executive monarchy, in which the monarchs of the House of Sproek-Kristhulm act as the heads of the armed forces and national police forces, charged with enforcing laws. Legislative authority is mostly vested in the unicameral legislature, the Royal Senate.
Since March of 2022, the country has been under the administration of the Emergency Transitional Administration, headed by Stevan Grimmeburger, following the South Ottonian Revolution and the subsequent Flight to Draakurr.
Emergency Transitional Administration
In the immediate aftermath of the South Ottonian Revolution, the government and its loyalists evacuated to the islands of Draakurr, which had largely escaped the violent uprising which swept the rest of the country due to independent actions taken by the military governors of the islands, including the promise of reforms demanded by protestors. When the subsequent arrival of the UKO's government in the Flight to Draakurr threatened a relapse in regards to public order, the military authorities on the island insisted on a provisional government to oversee the process of relocating the UKO's government and military onto Draakurr, as well as implementing the reforms needed to prevent further violence.
Part of the process of implementing the Emergency Transitional Administration involved the abdication of Storkeneg Rodrik I in favor of his son, Vitus, who in turn named Draakurr's military governor, Stevan Grimmeburger the Director of the ETA. The ETA includes Grimmeburger, who reports to the Storkeneg, as well as an assortment of civil servants and administrators, tasked with restructuring the government and consolidating Draakurr as the sole remaining territory of the UKO.
Monarch
The UKO's executive position is held by the High Royal House of Sproek-Kristhulm, which was established via dynastic marriage between the Houses of Sproek and Kristhulm in the late 19th century. The current monarch is Vitus I following the abdication of the previous monarch, Rodrik I in April of 2022.