Lilledel

Principality of Lilledel Lilledelje Rænj (Lilledic) Vehnæmaan ruhtinaskunta (Nausikaan)
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Motto: "Nås scri jås nostre fattejes!" "We Write Our Own Destinies"
Capital and largest city	Nebligen
Royal capital	Sønderburg
Official languages	Lilledic
Recognised regional languages	Nausikaan
Demonym(s)	Lilledic
Government	Federal parliamentary-directorial elective monarchy
• Princess	Kirsikka I
• Government	Natalja Lablanck Ljane Veskove Fouje Settem Arto Karpinnen Jeni Antønje Flaujen Severres
Legislature	Remsting
Area
• Total	35,309 km2 (13,633 sq mi)
Population
• 2020 census	4,426,453
• Density	125.36/km2 (324.7/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	$200.1 billion
• Per capita	$45,203
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$124.1 billion
• Per capita	$28,039
Gini (2020)	29.8 low
HDI (2020)	0.897 very high
Currency	Lilledic søll
Driving side	left
Internet TLD	.ld

Lilledel, officially the Principality of Lilledel, is an island country occupying the southern portion of the archipelago of Hallania and consisting of 153 islands which collectively cover 35,309 square kilometres. The vast majority of the country's population of 4.4 million is concentrated on the largest of these islands, Mænjisel, where both the country's royal and administrative capitals, Sønderburg and Nebligen respectively, are located. Other major cities include Lillehavn, Lentine, Noucaster and Neisinnet.

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Since regaining independence from Hallania in 19XX, Lilledel has emerged as a developed, service-based economy and a minor regional power firmly within the liberal democratic camp. The country possesses a significant welfare state influenced by the powerful early 20th century co-operative movement. The country performs well internationally on quality of life metrices and is active in international organisations, being a founding member of the Hallanic Commonwealth, the !United Nations and the !World Trade Organisation.

Politics and government

Kirsikka I, Princess of Lilledel

President Natalja Lablanck

Lilledel's political system is laid out in the Basic Laws of 1917, a set of four laws which collectively form the nation's constitution. These laws are the Act of Succession, the Instrument of Government, the Bill of Rights and the Statute of Autonomies and each establish a key facet of the country's governance.

The Act of Succession establishes Lilledel as an elective monarchy and outlines the selection of an electoral college to choose the country's Prince, with one third being elected from the country's nobility amongst themselves, one third being selected from sectoral interests and one third being elected by the national and state legislatures. Any member of this electoral college who meets the Act's restrictions may nominate themselves for the position, meaning any nominee must have been born legitimately within Lilledel, be over 25 years of age and of "good faith". A runoff voting system is then used between all nominees to choose the next monarch and head of state, who is then crowned and serves until death or retirement. The current Princess of Lilledel is Kirsikka I, Jarless of Isomuuri, who was crowned on the 21st November 2014.

The Instrument of Government lies out the powers of the country's legislative, executive and judicial branches and the relations between the three branches. The Remsting is established as the unicameral legislature of Lilledel, with its 175 members elected for four-year terms through the additional member system, with 90 first past the post seats and 85 proportional top-up seats. As well as being responsible for initiating, deliberating and passing proposals for new legislation, the Remsting is also responsible for electing and supplying confidence to the Government of Lilledel, the country's directorial executive branch. This consists of six members each responsible for one of the government's six main departments who serve alongside the Remsting they are elected by so long as they maintain its confidence, with a collective no-confidence motion in the Government resulting in its dissolution and the calling of new elections. While all six members of the Government are theoretically equal in their role as head of government, one member of each government is chosen to serve as President of Lilledel, making them a primus inter pares chair of government meetings. This position is currently held by Justice Minister Natalja Lablanck of Democratic Lilledel.

Lilledel's political scene has been largely dominated by three major parties - the centre-left Co-operative Party, the liberal Democratic Lilledel and the agrarian-conservative Farmers' League. These three parties have governed through consensus since 1948, with the positions in the Government being shared between the parties equally on a basis commonly called the "magic formula". Other parties have also emerged in opposition to the country's consensus-based politics, with the Red-Green Alliance on the left and the Progress Party and the Nausikaa-based Our Forefathers on the right both arguing against the consensus-based system.

Law

Lilledel possesses a civil law system centred around key principles such as innocent until proven guilty and trial by jury, both of which are established in the Bill of Rights alongside key civil liberties such as freedom of speech, expression and assembly. The Instrument of Government guarantees the independence of the country's judiciary from the legislative and executive branches and any other government agencies and organisations and creates five national supreme courts, with responsibility as the highest court of appeal and over cases to deal with labour law, social security, tax and customs law and administrative law.

Administrative divisions

The Statute of Autonomies establishes Lilledel as a federation consisting of nine states (Lilledic: Redjønes). Six of these states are further divided into municipalities (Lilledic: Ylles), yet three of these are designated as urban states and thus combine the functions of both regular states and municipalities in a single government.

Each state has a legislature, government and president akin to the national government, yet the specific methods of their election varies between states and the consensus-based politics of the national government is not an explicit feature of most state governments. Each state government possesses broad legislative powers over various areas of social, cultural, environmental and economic development policies and has some power over the public services of their region of authority, with the three urban states being further responsible for urban zoning and planning.

All states apart from Nausikaa operate their government business primarily in the Lilledic language, yet notably Lentine e Mælefond and Børfond offer services in Nausikaan and Narrish respectively.

Number	State (redjøn)	Administrative centre	Largest municipality	Type	Total area	Population	Languages
01	Nebligen	City of Nebligen		Urban	TBD	663,968	Lilledic
02	Sønderburg	City of Sønderburg		Urban	TBD	473,526	Lilledic
03	Lillehavn	City of Lillehavn		Urban	TBD	232,938	Lilledic
04	Lentine e Mælefond	Lentine		Rural	TBD	409,846	Lilledic Nausikaan
05	Nausikaa	Isomuuri	Neisinnet	Rural	TBD	706,029	Nausikaan
06	Montonfond	Stavrup		Rural	TBD	302,393	Lilledic
07	Yridvall	Florø	Badesse	Rural	TBD	602,481	Lilledic
08	Lusdal	Ackesull	Noucaster	Rural	TBD	712,736	Lilledic
09	Børfond	Aasum	Magatsine	Rural	TBD	322,536	Lilledic Narrish

Demographics

Largest cities or towns in Lilledel 2020 Census of Lilledel
	Rank		State	Pop.
Nebligen Sønderburg	1	Nebligen	Nebligen	663,968	Lillehavn Lentine
	2	Sønderburg	Sønderburg	473,526
	3	Lillehavn	Lillehavn	232,938
	4	Lentine	Lentine e Mælefond	134,009
	5	Noucaster	Lusdal	81,202
	6	Neisinnet	Nausikaa	73,209
	7	Badesse	Yridvall	54,431
	8	Isomuuri	Nausikaa	51,394
	9	Stavrup	Montonfond	49,002
	10	Ackesull	Lusdal	46,332