Nordewald
Nordewald | |
|---|---|
| Kinderlanden Of Nordewald | |
| Nickname: The Apple State | |
| Motto: May the North Forever Stand | |
| Anthem: A La Gretsky | |
| Country | United Republic of Aurelia |
| Admitted to the Union | () |
| Largest city | Schnowald |
| Largest county or equivalent | Scump |
| Largest metro and urban areas | Schnowald |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Sarah Vanernickel |
| • [[Lieutenant Governor of Nordewald|]] | Adam Darris |
| Legislature | Senate of Nordewald |
| • Upper house | {{{Upperhouse}}} |
| • Lower house | {{{Lowerhouse}}} |
| U.R. senators | Harold Valden, Simon Erflough, Ivan Relykosovssy, David Grossman |
| U.R. House delegation | 9 (list) |
| Lowest elevation (Meridian Ocean) | 0ft ft (0m m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,250,000 |
| • Rank | 8th |
| Demonym | Nordewalders |
| Language | |
| • Official language | Hanseatic |
| • Spoken language | Hanseatic, Elianite, Tribian |
| Time zone | Hanseatic Standard Time |
Nordewald is the second least populated of the Hanseatic Kinderlandens. Located in the far north of Hansa, it borders Mitteland and Anseatia to the south. Nordewald has a coastline on the Meridian Ocean to the east. Covering (X) and with ~4 Million residents as of 2020, it is the (X) and (X) in area and population.
Nordewald is nicknamed the apple state due to the large prevelence of apples grown in the state. Nordewaldenhanse is known for its apples with over 50 varieties being invented at the university of Nordewaldenhanse. Historically Nordewald was the birthplace of Hansan resistance against the Daresian empire with Raddeussia being based in Schnowald. Later on Nordewald was heavily Elianite. Throughout the middle ages, the Drupe and Hanseatic trade leagues fought over the territory with the Hansa becoming victorious. Due to its low number of Matheiests Nordewald largely escaped the wars of reformation and exported a lot of timber to supply the growing empire during the Wilsonian era. During the Great War Nordewald had an instrumental role in overthrowing the empire and founding the republic and subsequent federation.
Historically the Nordewalder economy has been dominated by agriculture, timber, mining and finance. Traditionally Nordewald has been the epicenter of the Hanseatic ship building industry and supplier of timber. Nordewald is known for farming a large number of fruit such as apples and cherries. Due to its position between the Drupe and Hansa Schnowald became a booming trade hub due to its politically neutral nature. Nordewald is flanked on the far east and west with large iron deposits. However there is much debate between the enviromentalist movement and remaining iron deposits. In the modern day there are 20 of the top 100 Hanseatic companies are based in Nordewald.
Etymology
The named Nordewald comes from the Old Hansan word Nard which comes from the Santee word for left due to the direction when facing the rising sun. This is combined with the Old Hansan word Wald which means wood. Wald has an unknown origin.