Ruotsaland
Ruotsaland, officially the Republic of Ruotsaland, is a country located in northeastern Elisia, bordering the Arctic Ocean to its north, the nation of Pervincia to its east, the nation of Kor to its west and the nation of Armenthia to the south. The capital and largest city is Helsingfors. Other major cities are Mariehamn, Pohjanmaa, Åbo, and Björneskog. Ruotsaland's population is 42.5 million (as of 2026), the majority of whom live in the cities along the coastal regions of the nation flanked from the interior by valleys of incredibly fertile, silty soil.
A relatively linguistically diverse nation, many languages possess official status: as a share of the population, 75% of the population of Ruotsa speak Ruotsi as their first language, while 10% first speak Suomi, 5% of the population first speaks Eesti, and approximately 1% speak various Asaamakla languages as their first. The remaining 8% to 9% of people who live in Ruotsaland that do not fall into these groups are often either of recent immigrant background and extraction, or immigrants themselves, and speak a plethora of languages as their first, with strong majorities of these populations being from the neighbours next door, Pervincia and Kor.
Ruotsaland is a unitary parliamentary democracy of 8 regions divided furthermore into 201 municipality regions with equal population sizes for parliamentary elections every 4 years to the Riksdag. Within this structure also rests an autonomous region of Ruotsaland, known as Söder-Öar, which has devolved control over local affairs within their area, located north of the mainland. They possess a devolved parliament, known as the Eestiasutus
Over 17 million people live in the Greater Helsingfors metropolitan area, with just over 10 million people living within the city proper. This is followed in population, in declining order, by Mariehamn (5 million within the city proper), Pohjanmaa (4 million within city proper), Åbo (2.7 million within city proper), and Björneskog (1.1 million within city proper).
Politics
Riksdag
The Riksdag, also known as the Eduskunta, is the parliamentary body of the Republic of Ruotsaland, decided roughly every 4 years by the citizens in a proportionally represented system. The election consists of competing for 201 seats in the chamber:
• 138 of the seats are based on the municipalities within Ruotsaland, and are elected on a basis of the largest share of votes within their municipality
• 63 of the seats are given based on the 9 regions (for 7 representatives each), and are elected upon the percentage of votes within that region
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Current Political Parties
Socialdemokraterna (The Social Democrats)
One of the original three parties of the Republican period, this party was established in 1850, arising from the industrial shipbuilding, fishing, and timber industries' labour movements of the 1800s. The Social Democrats emerged as one of the three biggest political factions to arise in the new nation, alongside the Liberal Party and Branschpartiet. As such, it has been a strong and stalwart protector of the lower classes in the Republic, and has often emerged as the pre-eminent party in Ruotsaland outright as the 20th and 21st centuries marched onward, championing a robust welfare state, workers' unions, and pride in the republican, progressive values that makes Ruotsaland great to be a worker, in theory. The current Prime Minister, Johan Bergström, is also the leader of this party, as well as a string of immediate predecessors, including Gunnar Nattljusen, showing this party's sticking power.
Arbete Och Frihet (Work and Freedom)
Splintering from the Social Democrats in 1927, Arbete Och Frihet represents a more radical departure from the mission of their former ideological compatriots, desiring more direct actions to combat inequality in Ruotsi society. Among these is the desire to mandate democratic management of all workplaces, the banning of cars within city limits due to pollution concerns, and in recent years, quota systems for ethnic minorities in government and workplaces. In Ruotsaland, they have not been particularly popular for this last point especially.
Eestilandi Erakond (Eesti Union)
Established in 2011, Eestilandi Erakond is a left-nationalist, centre-left party dedicated to standing up for the cause of the Eesti minority within the Republic, often being single-issue in the preservation of Eesti culture, history, and autonomy, albeit still as loyal Ruotsi citizens. Beyond these causes, they advocate for causes on a wider, general scale, of a stronger welfare state and social justice causes, among other progressive missions.
Alternativa (Alternative)
This party, founded in 1992, is an almost seemingly single-issue environmental party that seeks to remove as much of the footprint that humanity makes within Ruotsaland. In its time as part of the Riksdag, it has been a significant contributor to causes of high-density housing and green spaces in cities, the exponential expansion of public transportation options across the country, and the return to styles of long, unkempt hair for men, and hairy armpits for women, this last goal being something of a miracle unseen since the Hippie Era of the 1960s. Their newest mission is to ban cars outright in Ruotsaland, a cause that will be bound to make new footprints entirely.
Kommunisterna (The Communists)
Begrudgingly accepting to play within parliamentary politics, this party of hardline communists was established in 1938, splintering from Arbete Och Frihet when this party began to 'betray the revolution'. A not-so-popular party, as the Ruotsa are a very touchy group when it comes to the idea of 'communism' relating to anything, it has grown in some popularity rather recently with a new chronically-online generation of voters who have yet to acquire a passport, or even a day outside, as adults. Recent legislative victories they have had include the introduction of the 35 hour workweek, free televisions dispersed to all, and classes in school curriculums on how to forge hammer and sickles from your own backyard furnace. Despite the Communists being a controversial party, they have many people such as Laax and Joe Hill
Liberala Partiet (The Liberal Party)
Alongside the Social Democrats and Conservatives (now Branschpartiet), the Liberal Party was one of the first parties to emerge in Ruotsaland, even before it became a nation. Formulated among the ferment in popular liberal uprisings that occurred across the world around this period, but becoming a formal party in 1850, the Liberal Party is the vanguard of middle class values at the ballot box, supporting the causes of free market liberalism and of the lowering of taxes wherever possible, even if it would benefit their constituents. The current leader of the party in parliamentary politics, Felix Kjellberg, once claimed fame as being one of the first digital reality stars before settling in Åland and beginning in politics. The current president, Emil Schauman, belonged to this party before assuming the Presidency, at which point they were compelled to be "Independent".
Branschpartiet (The Conservative Business Party)
One of the original three parties of the beginning of the Republican period, this party was established in 1850 as simply "Konservativet", or "The Conservative Party". Branschpartiet, or the Conservative Business Party, stood as one of the three main political parties that developed, the others being the Social Democrats and the Liberal Party. The party of the upper class generally, from the noble classes on their extensive 150+ room mansions, to the urban bourgeois capitalists who owned entire apartment blocs, it was named "Branschpartiet" in 1959 when it became noticeably apparent that nobility did not exist anymore in Ruotsaland and it was a bad look to be so conservative in one's approach. Currently, Branschpartiet exclusively appeals to the capital class and wishes to uphold conservative-liberal values as what is good and true with Ruotsaland. Despite their party platform, a lot of working class people vote for Branschpartiet, hoping that they will one day become just like these titans of industry if they just put in more effort to their 12-to-16 hour shifts at the hardware store.
Ruotsademokraterna (The Ruotsi Democrats)
Made up of a mix of xenophobic Social Democrats, job-anxious Liberals, and Branschpartiet members who begged the question one too many times why they can't understand funny squiggles on a sign in what should be their country, Ruotsademokraterna was established in 1977 as the answer to protecting both your pension for when you retire, as well as your daughter's chastity from an immigrant, all in one fell swoop. The convergence of social democratic economic principles with an anti-immigrant conservative social policy, the Ruotsi Democrats have expanded the welfare state while denying it to non-citizens proudly since the beginning.
Nya Borgerliga (New Citizens' Movement)
Splitting from Branschpartiet in 2012 immediately after the predictions of the world ending did not in fact come true, this party was created to take Branschpartiet's views on the economy and pair it with the view that Ruotsaland is bound to end if we let in just one more "dålig kille" (bad hombre) into the country. Economically free market liberal to the point they would want the government to entirely wither away, but socially conservative enough to potentially regret that decision when it means the state cannot strictly control immigration and deport people, Nya Borgerliga is what the true citizen wants...so long as you are not brown and have a funny name.
Former Political Parties
Blod Och Järn (Blood and Iron)
The furthest right-wing party currently sitting in the Riksdag, this has been a party that has long tempered a "cordon sanitaire" against it by all other parties in the parliament due to the brashness of the elected politicians in this party, the connection that all of the politicians of this party seem to possess to known neo-Nazi people and groups, and their propensity to getting banned off social media websites for flagrantly meeting disagreement with teaching brand-new slurs to thousands of people in their profanity-laden rebuttals. To call them "fascist" or "Nazi" would not be too far off, but don't say that to their face, or you might lose a few teeth in the process. This party was established in 1964, a minor party in local politics for almost a half century until one seat was gained in 2014, where it has kept a small, albeit worryingly growing presence in the Riksdag.
In November 2026, this party was banned by order of the Ruotsi government under the presidency of Emil Schauman due to the events of the Bjarre-Monian Plot. The single member of the party in the Riksdag at the time, Magnus Bjarre, was arrested and sentenced to 'triple forvaring' for his role as the mastermind in the plot, and his seat was vacated and a snap election was held.
Urban and Rural Settings
Cities of Ruotsaland
Helsingfors
The capital of Ruotsaland, it serves as the location of the functions of government; it is here where the Riksdag is located, where the Prime Minister live, in the Ministerial Office of the Republic of Ruotsaland, and where the President lives, in the Executive Palace of the Republic of Ruotsaland. The headquarters for the Army of Ruotsaland is also located in the city. As the capital, it also serves as a huge economic hub for international trade and innovations in the goods and services industry, with many corporations, such as Spisto and ÅKA, having their headquarters within the city. Government-led public services, such as the state-run locomotive service, RSB, finding its headquarters in the city as well. Most diplomatic missions done by Ruotsaland are located in Helsingfors.
Mariehamn
The second biggest city in Ruotsaland, Mariehamn, serves as both an important port for international trade and the primary intake station for immigration and customs for the entire nation. Culturally, it is considered one of the most important places for the development and proliferation of the Ruotsi language at home and abroad, as it is here where the Global Ruotsa Council (Världensruotsirådet) is located, and Mariehamn University is considered as one of the best schools in the world to study in the humanities, with a speciality in Ruotsi and the other Nordesian languages of the world.
Pohjanmaa
Pohjanmaa, the third biggest city, is a city that has a long and profound history in naval affairs. As such, the Navy of Ruotsaland has its largest fleet located in this city, as well as Pohjanmaa being an exceptionally great stopover point for cruise ships and yachts travelling on the continent or even internationally. The Pohjanmaa Forest, a blanket of green that contrasts with the colourful tones of this city, is a notable nature preserve which allows for most biologists to find some of the largest fauna within Ruotsaland with relative ease, especially the Northern Lion, the national animal.
Åbo
Similar in status to Mariehamn, Åbo, the fourth largest city, is considered one of the best places in the world to study Suomi, as Åbo University (or as the locals prefer to call it in their language, Turku) is located in a very powerful location to learn the language, as well as others like it in the Finnic groups, such as Eesti and even the Aasamakla languages, the latter spoken in the frontier in the south and past the borders of any yet known nation in this interior; academic life within Åbo in studying these languages are second to none. Besides the academic, Åbo offers an active nightlife, being a notable global location for gambling and legal drug use for cannibis, which are a hit on the continent with young people from all over. However, despite the rosy picture, international incidents have happened that have encouraged police to crack down on the gaiety, with more than a few young foreign nationals from Kor studying at the university, or simply visiting, being found attempting to smuggle some of their drugs they bought in Åbo over the border to back home, among other things. As a result, both Ruotsi police and those from Kor have checkpoints on the border to examine people attempting passage into Kor with such contraband.
Björneskog
The fifth largest city, and the only one in the top 5 cities within Ruotsaland to have no coastal access, is Björneskog, located deep in the internal frontier, which has been a large reason to its astonishing growth over the past few decades. An area surrounded by natural forests for most of its history, Björneskog acquires a lot of its tourist traffic and revenue from its traditional way of life that the residents have learnt to commercialise to great success. From the forging for sale of custom kvinnörshugts, to guided forest expeditions to teach eager tourists the way people used to survive out in the unforgiving forests of inner Ruotsaland, Björneskog is for all intents and purposes ‘the de facto capital of the wilderness’ in the nation. Due to the wild persona of the city and its region, many coastal Ruotsa have summer homes within the vicinity, avoiding the brutal snowy environment of winter in the region, but enjoying the bounty of summer's beauty in the area.