Havebergen

Crowned Republic of Havebergen Krönad Republiken av Havebergen
Flag of Havebergen Flag
Motto: “Vidarebefordra för Republiken och Kungens!” (Foward For the Republic and King!)
Anthem: "March of the Norsemen"
Capital	Stoltstad
Largest city	Nordiskastad
Official languages	Swedish, Norwegian
Recognised regional languages	Swedish, Norwegian
Ethnic groups	Haveburgen, Vetokite
Demonym(s)	Havebergen
Government	Crowned Parliamentary Republic
• Prime Minister	Karl Andreasson
• His Majesty, King of Havebergen	Fredrick Ahlberg
• Water (%)	4
Population
• 2014 Census estimate	7.673 Billion
• 2014 Census census	7.6 Billion
Currency	Havebergen Krone (HR)
Calling code	99
Internet TLD	.hr

The Crowned Republic of Havebergen (Also known as Havebergen or The Crowned Republic) is located in the region of Europa, on the far North-West continent. Sharing a land and maritime border with The Unified Imperium of Vetok, and an exclusively maritime border with the Imperial Republic of Vocenae, the nation is in a central position geographically. Havebergen is a Parliamentary Democracy with a ceremonial Monarchy ruled by an elected Prime Minister and a Unicameral Parliament, constituting seven Provinces and one special administrative district and is relatively large geographically in terms of other states. Population wise it is also larger than most nations, consisting of approximately 7.6 Billion souls, although this is offset by the dispensation of the population throughout the nation. Politically the Crowned Republic has always been a major player in Europan politics, and continues to be so with its inclusion in the League of Imperial Nations and its interventionist foreign policies. Agricultural products are the biggest export of the state, which mixes between tundra and taiga in the most northern portions of the nation but includes many lush deciduous and coniferous forests throughout the central, southern and western portions as well as arable land. Timber as well as raw minerals, common goods and automobiles are other large exports of the Gratislavian state. Computer technologies, advanced medical supplies, and rare earth minerals are the major imports.

As a Parliamentary Democracy with a Ceremonial Monarchy Havebergen is primarily governed by the Prime Minister of Havebergen, who handles the majority matters of governance within the Crowned Republic, as well as matter pertaining to foreign affairs. The Riksdag is the primary legislative body of the government, and is responsible for writing and passing legislation pertaining to the entirety of the Crowned Republic. The Riksdag's membership is drawn from elected officials from throughout the country with each district receiving a population-based number of representatives. The King of Havebergen serves as the head of state, a primarily traditional and ceremonial role with no real political power or influence on the government.

Around 1,700 BCE the first of what can be called the proto-Haveburgen civilizations began to appear throughout the island of Välsignadön, divided between the Western Havebergen Kingdom and the Eastern Mellanöstern Pakt. The island would remain divided between the two until the Vocenae landed in 147 CE, forcing the Mellanöstern Pakt to offer annexation to the Havebergen kingdom in return for military protection from the Vocenae raiders. The unified nation repulsed the Vocenae, and went on to in 169 CE colonized a great swath of continental Europan territory that has since become an integral part of the nation.

The arrival of Tagmatium missionaries in 609 CE resulted in the first wave of widespread conversions to Christianity throughout the Kingdom, and culminated in the conversion of the Monarchy and the declaration of Christianity as the state religion; specifically the Byzantine Orthodoxy that the Tagmatium followed. This would remain the religion of the nation until the Lutheran Reformation of 1543 CE, creating the Lutheran Church of Havebergen and converting most of the population to said Church. In 1856 CE, following a revolt in the capital of Stoltstad the Monarch's power was relegated to ceremonial, the Riksdag and Prime Minister were established, and the now elective Crowned Republic was declared.