Severogotia General Worldbuilding (OUTDATED)

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Excerpts from the Enciklopedija.com article "Severogotia: Facts & Stats"




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About Severogotia
Severogotia is a nation found in Eastern Gothis, between the Great Northern Ocean in the north and the Ember Sea in the south. It is one of the largest nations on Eras. It has a land area of 594,618 km2 with a population of 14,157,102. The capital is Ohrid. As a tricultural nation, it has three dominant ethnicities: Andrennians, Valamians, and Yakuvoniaks. Its major religions are Courantism, Laurenism, and Thaunicca. The Severogotian Laurenist Church is the national church. The currency is the Severogotian manat (m).

Severogotia has two major geographical regions. Its highest regions are in the northern Yakuvoniak Highlands full of hills, valleys, and mountain ranges. Its lowest regions are located in the interior and southern lowlands. Severogotia is abundant in natural resources and fertile lands. They are rich in coal, copper, iron, lead, manganese, nickel, phosphates, and tin. Their main agricultural products are cattle, sheep, fish, reindeer, grain, corn, potatoes, flax, hemp, furs, and lumber. The country has a corporatist economy led by finance, manufacturing, and trade monopolies.

Formally a constitutional monarchy, its head of state is the kaisar who controls diplomatic and military affairs. In reality, it is a semi-parliamentary state with a state chancellor directly elected by the people. The grand doge of Predice is the Severogotian Kaisar. Most of the time, it is the governor-president who exercises imperial power as the kaisar's vice-regal representative.

Proto Szlavic people arrived from Craviter in 50 CE, landing near Veliki Obni The first Adriennic settlers moved into Usi-Valamo. The Proto Szlavic populated the hilly northern coast while the plains on the southern coast became the breadbasket of the Adriennic Empire. Attracted to the fertile lands of Usi-Valamo, the Kylian people joined the Adriennic settlements. From 300 CE, Aydini pirates regularly raided the Yakuvony coast, capturing Proto Szlavs and selling them into slavery to Adriennic buyers in the south. 509 CE onwards, the Adriennic decline led to the breakup of the empire, starting with the eastern territories where Adriennics diverged culturally from Adrienna proper and intermarried with the Kylian people and Argent settlers who arrived circa 700 CE. They were known as the Valamian people. The Proto Szlavic slaves in Yakuvony were mixed with other Szlavic and Epiphani slaves from Craviter. They were the predecessors of modern Yakuvoniaks.

In 874, Oswald founded the Kingdom of Ardealul to establish a buffer state between the Kingdom of Ander and the Yakuvoniak principalities, Ruskaland and Yakuvony, in the east. The principalities formed a personal union in 880 as the Twin Principality. In 1285, Arcanstotska helped the Twin Principality annex Ardealul. In the Treaty of Hläjthr, Grand Prince Gleb III granted boyar rights to Andrennian lords and restored the Kingdom of Ardealul. After Gleb's death in the same year, the nobility rejected his designated heir. In 1287, the succession crisis ended after disputes between Andrennian, Ruskan, and Yakuvoniak nobles were resolved in the Pact of Obni, making all nobles equal and creating the Triune Commonwealth. It was a confederal union of the three monarchies under an elected monarch (kaisar) and a powerful council (Governing Rokzakon) made up of the Commonwealth aristocracy. Fyodor III, Tsar of Arcanstotska, was elected the first kaisar. In 1569, Alexei II led the successful conquest of the Kingdom of Usi-Valamo.

In the 1840s, the rise of Severogotian nationalism and their democratic stances were quickly and quietly suppressed. Republicans* sought compromise in the anti-democratic influences of Jacques Chevalier, founder of National Republicanism. They incorporated his ideals of an elite governing class and class representation in the Imperial Republicanist movement, replacing Chevalier's stratocracy with Severogotian aristocracy, which were realized in the 1873 Gazzari Charter. A bicameral parliament (Imperial Veche) would be created based on the Goyanean parliamentary procedure. The Governing Rokzakon would remain as the upper house. But the 400-seat lower Chamber of Vechniks, instead of just members representing geographical constituencies, adopted economic representation. 400 seats were reserved for four trade-based constituencies: Commercial, Industrial, Liberal Arts, and Civil Society. Each is composed of bodies that are syndicates, trade unions, associations, etc., and most of its voting members are professionals and employees. The Gazzari Charter defended class-based, social hierarchy as "the natural, fruitful, and beneficent inequality of men."

In 1922, General Janka Vennamo's coup established a junta government and declared a one-party state under the fascist National Alliance of Solidarists. They affirmed National Republicanism and claimed fascism completes it with class collaboration that requires the preservation of the social hierarchy. In 1923, the Solidarists formalized professional military unions and granted them representation in the Chamber of Viečniks as the "National Security" constituency. Severogotia joined Andrenne in the 1943 invasion of Vallia.

The 1992 Great Patriotic Revolution ended the dictatorship. Talks of liberal democracy were interrupted after the failed 1997 Black Tuesday Coup. Prince Volodar Bolkonsky's crackdown on suspected insurrectionists and terrorists spiraled into religious persecution. 3 million people fled. On August 8, 2022, Bolkonsky abdicated to avoid civil war. General Nikademos Anttonen, leader of the Severogotian Popular Front, became the provisional state chancellor. The old Commonwealth was restored.

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Excerpts from Železničar article "No trial date yet for ex-dictator Bolkonsky and his cronies"
August 24, 2022

On Severogotian corporatism

Severgotia has a corporatist economy. Controlled by state-sanctioned, localized cartels, the different economic sectors hold a direct influence over the employers' and workers' societal and political life, intertwining their communities through vocation.

Since the late 19th Century, capital and labor in Severogotia is organized under localized "union federation constituencies" for employers' and workers' associations which replaced the medieval guild system. Before 1928, there used to be two mandatory federations: Business Confederation of Severogotia, the employers' federation, and the Federation of Trade Unions of Severogotia, the workers' federation.

The 1928 Labor Charter abolished statutory labor standards and banned striking in exchange for instituted workers' rights and mandatory collective bargaining. Employers' and workers' unions must negotiate wage and labor standards within a time period set by the Collegium of Industrial Harmony, acting as a third-party mediator. The Solidarist government advocated class collaboration and employer-worker harmony. But they privately assured employers they would remain the "natural leader" of industry. Often, the state intervened to reach an agreement by enacting subsidies for workers' benefits or granting tax exemptions for employers.

Attempts to abolish the corporatist system and establish a free market economy under Bolkonsky's regency were deemed unsuccessful or, at least, considered "immoral" by the reactionary establishment that overthrew him recently. The new government intends to reconsolidate corporatism's prominent place in Severogotian society based on pre-1992 lines.

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Excerpt from "The Grand Princes and Kaisars: Aksakovs to Mavoias"
Ohrid Publishing Center, published 2022.

On the Flags of Severogotia


The need for a naval flag arose when the Triune Commonwealth started to prioritize the creation of a navy. Most Severogotian merchant ships at the time flew Andrennian and Arcanstotskan flags. Modified versions of these flags were also used based on design preferences but it usually featured the Imperial coat of arms shield representing the Twin Principality, Usi-Valamo, and Ardealul. In 1657, the Commission of Seven purchased a frigate from the United Kingdom of Andrenne and Goyanes. Prince Boris Gadunov, the leader of the commission, saw the blue, red, and white UKAG flag on the ship as it arrived at Karonaharad. His proposal to use the colors for the naval ensign was adopted. The naval ensign officially became the merchant flag in 1660.


In 1818, the Governing Rokzakon elected Grand Queen Isabelle. But she rejected the Severogotian throne. Isabelle was said to have removed the Imperial coat of arms shield from the Gadunov flag, the unofficial national flag, adding insult to injury. This story was fabricated in anti-Andrennian propaganda sponsored by the boyars who were offended by Isabelle's rejection. The 1818 flag was actually a popular variant of the Gadunov flag. The 1818 flag was chosen to replace the shielded Gadunov ensign by the Commission of Seven.

The flag was restored by Prince Volodar Bolkonsky, Governor-President of Severogotia, in the 1992 Great Patriotic Revolution.


The first naval jack was based on the first Andrennian flag (1293). The use of the jack was widespread by civilians. Since 1868, it is used as the standard of the Kaisar. The present naval jack adopted the swallow tail design but its colors were changed to resemble the current national flag.


The national flag of the Triune Commonwealth is white with a green Laurenist double cross. The lateral cross extends to the edge while the vertical cross depicting the Laurenist cross is stretched in the hoist. The flag was created during the War of the Princes (1614-1620) by Bishop Bogdan Jovanovska, leader of the Reformation in Severogotia and the last primate of the local Courantist Church. The color is the same green on the war flag used by Prince Valadar Örn in the Battle of Lida, a decisive battle that led to the creation of the Triune Commonwealth. The flag was decreed as the civil flag in 1887. In 1956, it became the state flag.

It was the third national flag adopted after the Gadunov and Commission of Seven flags.


It was adopted as the state flag in the 1887 commemoration of the 600th founding anniversary of the Triune Commonwealth. It was based on Prince Volodar Örn's war flag. During its use, 100,000 people petitioned it to be the national flag. But its use ended in 1930 after it was replaced by the Imperial State Flag. Instead, it served as the official flag of the Kingdom of Usi-Valamo between 1960 and 1997.

In 2022, the Severogotian Popular Front (SNF) adopted it as the official party banner. SNF leader General Nikademos Anttonen briefly restored the flag for government use after Prince Volodar Bolkonsky stepped down as governor-president.


The Triune Commonwealth became a one-party state under the junta of the National Alliance of Solidarists in 1922. They adopted a pre-1657 tricolor based on an old merchant flag, which was most likely based on the Andrennian tricolor. Junta leader General Janka Vennamo was an amateur but enthusiastic vexillographer. His redesign of the tricolor included the national coat of arms. In 1930, a year after his death, it entered official use as a government flag. It was also an optional civil flag alongside the Jovanovska flag.

In 1933, another popular design featured a Solidarist coat of arms. Vennamo's successor, Mikhail Pulkkinen, used this version. It was flown during the Fascist War. Its resemblance to the Andrennian flag was a perfect coincidence to the Solidarist government's pro-Andrennian policies. It has been used again in recent times, less so by those celebrating Andrennian-Severogotian relations and more so by neo-fascists and Andrennophiles.

In 1956, State Chancellor Count Yuliy Korjus decreed the Jovanovska flag as the new civil and state flag.

The Solidarists attempted to give meaning to the tricolor: The white represented "the purity of the nation," the red was "the blood spilled by patriotic ancestors to defend the Fatherland," and the black "embodies the Severogotian people."

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Excerpts from "Acts of the Triune Union: The Causes, Contexts, and Consequences"
Ohrid Imperial University Press, published 2022.

On the Constitution of Severogotia

The Severogotian Constitution is uncodified. Checks and balances, exercise of power, and distribution of powers depended mostly on constitutional convention. Many laws dating back to medieval times are still in force, especially laws relating to the executive branch, which was extensively used by the Coordination Council (junta) of the National Alliance of Solidarists. Preceding the Acts of Confederation were treaties of alliance between Yakuvony and Ruskaland to strengthen and defend themselves from the Kingdom of Ander. This relationship was historically known as the Yakuvonian-Ruskan union, the foundation of the future Severogotian state. There are 11 main constitutional laws called the Acts of Confederation:

1. The first Act of Confederation was introduced in 880 CE. It replaced the personal union by merging the two Yakuvoniak principalities, Yakuvony and Ruskaland, into one large principality called the Twin Principality. Ruskaland ruler Mstislav I became the first Grand Prince of the Twin Principality. It decreed the conversion of all pagans to Courantism.
2. The second act is the First Pact of Obni, 1287. The Grand Republic of Two Nations was created. The Kingdom of Ardealul and the Twin Principality united as a real union and an elective monarchy. The Privy Councils of the Twin Principality and Ardealul convened an assembly of leaders or a rok zakon to negotiate the terms of the First Pact of Obni. After Hlieb III's death in 1285, the lords rejected his chosen heir. As a result, there was no monarch and a rok zakon had to be held frequently to govern the Twin Principality. In the Post-Adriennic period, Yakuvoniak principalities used to elect their prince, often a powerful foreign noble, merchant, or warrior. This practice was revived after Arcanstotska's decisive intervention in 1286 assuring Twin Principality victory in the First Ardealul War.
3. The third act is the Second Pact of Obni. The First Rokzakon of 1288, a common parliament comprised of privy councilors, elected and proclaimed Arcanstotskan Tsar Fyodor III as the first Kaisar of the Grand Republic of Two Nations, the single ruler for both realms in the union, and crowned as King of Ardealul and Grand Prince of the Twin Principality. Unlike the first act, where Ruskan and Yakuvoniak lords were only witnesses, this time separate acts were issued in their own name as an assertion of their feudal authority. Andrennian, Valamian, and Yakuvoniak nobles and clergy received equal rights. The Rokzakon reserved the right to elect future kaisars. The Twin Principality and Ardealul continued to maintain a form of self-government with their own army, treasury, and laws. They only agreed to have common diplomatic and military stances.
4. The fourth act is the Pact of Kutperk, 1301. The Kingdom of Ardealul is granted increased autonomy. The Ardealic nobility was integrated as Severogotian boyars. The Ardealic Lögberg could dissolve the union and be granted the right to elect a different King of Ardealul.
5. The fifth act is the Pact of Slutsk, 1340. Although all boyars already enjoy equal rights, it was still limited to how much the Kingdom of Ardealul and the Twin Principality were willing to reciprocate, mostly fighting over settlement and land ownership rights. Land and settlement laws were federalized and relaxed to allow all Severogotians to live anywhere in the Grand Republic.
6. The sixth act is the Ohrid Confederation, 1583. It is the foundation of state secularism in Severogotia. After the Kingdom of Usi-Valamo was annexed in 1569, it was restored as the third constituent country of the Grand Republic of Three Nations (Triune Commonwealth). The new status of Usi-Valamo entailed the addition of a large Thaunic population. Religious tolerance, previously restricted to Messianist boyars, were extended to all Severogotians, except serfs, non-Messianists, and non-Thaunics.
7. The seven act is the Union of Veliki Obni. It dissolved the parliaments of the constituent kingdoms by uniting Severogotia into one kingdom and made the Rokzakon the permanent legislature of Severogotia. The Rokzakon started meeting every year instead of every four years. It combined the rights and privileges of all nobles in Severogotia, who began to be referred to as one body politic "Natio Severogotica." In addition to boyars and high clergy, members of the personal nobility and lower clergy became eligible to become delegates to the Rokzakon. The three constituent states were subdivided into viceregencies and, under viceregency, tanages. A Viceregency Duma, a gathering of local nobility, was in charge of local matters. Local councils were elected by the Viceregency Dumas to administer the regions of the former constituent kingdoms. Courantist, Laurenist, and Thaunic clergies received authority over the education of their respective faithful.
8. There were no limits to the number of boyars who could sit in the Rokzakon. The eighth act "Grushetska Charter" introduced a fixed number of 500 legislative seats, seat allocation is proportional to the number of nobles and clergy in a viceregency, and subordinated the governments of Ardealul and Usi-Valamo to the government of the Twin Principality. The charter ensured the political freedoms of the Rokzakon members by instituting parliamentary immunity.
9. The ninth act is the Abolition Proclamation of 1794. Serfdom was abolished and civil liberties were granted to peasants. The nobility was granted the right to form state-regulated militias. It was based on the Santonian Declaration of the Rights of Persons and of the Citizen. The Rokzakon began serious plans to create a large, modern army and, before the abolition, recruits were short in number. Severogotia needed enough military forces to deter Andrenne-Goyanes.
10. The tenth act is the 1796 Bicameral Charter. It expanded the imperial legislature into a two-chamber system. The Rokzakon, as the upper house, represents the constituent states, and a Chamber of Vechniks, the lower house, represents the Triune Commonwealth as a whole. Specifically, the councils of Free Imperial Cities and the largest mirs sent delegates to the Chamber of Vechniks, representing the disenfranchised population.
11. The 11th act is the 1800 Popular Charter that introduced geographical constituencies and popularly-elected legislators. All citizens in the Free Imperial Cities and the largest mirs could both participate as a candidate or as a voter in the Chamber of Vechniks. It expanded male suffrage but it had property and literacy requirements. However, citizens of the largest mirs were granted universal male suffrage. It was only in the cities where candidates to the Chamber of Vechniks were required to be literate and have a certain amount of wealth. The charter enfranchised hundreds of thousands of merchant and blackmen* classes. Citizens of Free Imperial Cities attained personal security rights, the right to acquire landed property, and eligibility for ennoblement, military commissions, and public office. Active military personnel was barred from voting.

In 1873, the adoption of the Gazzari Charter was the first attempt to codify the Severogotian constitution by defining which laws are parts of the Acts of Confederation. It established parliamentary democracy based on the Goyanean system and Arcanstotskan semi-presidentialism. The elective monarchy was defined as a "nobles' republic" under a "life presidency." The political power accumulated by the Office of the Lawspeaker was transferred to a State Chancellor, named and modeled after the Goyanean Kanzlei, and was elected by the Rokzakon. The Kaisar and the vice-regal representative retained power over foreign and defense affairs.

The Gazzari Charter tried to foster political equality between the aristocracy and the lower classes. Severogotia had to abandon medieval institutions such as liberum veto and noble anarchy, reforming into a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. As designed by the National Republican movement, universal suffrage was virtually adopted in the 400-seat Chamber of Vechnik elections but geographical constituencies were abolished in favor of a modified class-economic representation system. 200 vechniks are elected in four trade-based constituencies: Commercial, Industrial, Liberal Arts, and Civil Society. To participate in the election, a candidate or a voter must be a member of a vocational organization under any of the four constituencies. These were employers' associations, trade unions, and liberal arts associations (teachers, artists, lawyers, etc.). The other 200 were elected from certain public bodies chosen by the Rokzakon. These included the Academy of Science and Arts, National Theater, National Sports Committee, veterans' associations, government offices, state universities and schools, and similar others. This was the first "political" part of what was a work-in-progress constitution. A series of constitutional assemblies formed by the Rokzakon will write the remaining political, "economic," and "moral" charters.

In the 1898 Constitutional Assembly, the Rokzakon restored the hereditary monarchy. The House of Mavoia was granted the "permanent presidency" of the Triune Commonwealth.

The abolition of ad hoc confederations in the Gazzari Charter was ignored and the nobility continued to practice noble anarchy, the earliest form of direct democracy in Severogotia, and it entailed the right to revolution. A confederation formed by disgruntled nobles often used their personal levy to form or threaten an armed rebellion to intimidate the Rokzakon and force through a confederation's demands. This went on until the 1948 Constitutional Assembly introduced anti-insurrection and treason laws mandating the death penalty on anyone, including the nobility, for the unauthorized creation and expansion of militias. Existing paramilitary forces were nationalized and absorbed into Nova Zora, the Severogotian national police force.

The second attempt to codify the Severogotian constitution was the 1993 Bolkonsky Charter. By declaring martial law, the newly-proclaimed Governor-President Volodar Bolkonsky unilaterally suspended the old constitution, abolished the Rokzakon, and removed the boyars from a unicameral, democratically-elected Imperial Veche. The first bill of rights for all citizens, regardless of background, was introduced, which included anti-discrimination, women's rights, and equal marriage provisions. Severogotification was explicitly included, devoid of any recognition or special status for Andrennians, Valamians, and Yakuvoniaks. Transitory provisions laid out the nation's gradual transformation to a unitary state with a sovereign parliamentary democracy near the end of Bolkonsky's regency. Ironically, the Bolkonsky dictatorship ended in the middle of the country's transition to democracy, as expected after restoring full legislative powers to the Imperial Veche.

Since the removal of Prince Bolkonsky from the regency, the Triune Commonwealth has reverted to pre-1993 constitutional law.

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Excerpts from "Crown and Commonwealth: A History of Severogotian Monarchy"
Dzvezdi, published 2020.

On the Monarchy of Severogotia

List of Kaisars


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Excerpts from "Andrennian & Valamic: Pronunciation & Accents"
Lincom Gottica, published 2014.

On Ardealul

The Kingdom of Ardealul is a constituent country in Severogotia. Founded by Oswald, the first king of Andrenne, its close historical ties with neighboring Andrenne are evidenced by its majority ethnic Andrennian population. Some Andrennians could trace their roots back to the Adriennic Empire when Ardealul was a frontier directly controlled by Adriennia to keep away the early Szlavs from settling close to the imperial heartlands.

The Ensa Treaty (1942) granted extraterritorial rights to Andrennian citizens in Ardealul. The Andrennian government could own properties and send law enforcement to the country.

Ardealul has been the setting for most territorial disputes between Andrenne and Severogotia.

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Excerpts from Železničar article "Predicean Doge portraits: National symbol and target practice"
September 16, 2022

On the Monarchy of Severogotia


Imperial portraits are a common feature in public spaces. The Patriotic Observances Act of 1952 stated, in the absence of the national flag, the kaisar's portrait is the next most prominent symbol to honor in the singing of the national anthem. These portraits are regularly seen in government offices, schools, and sports arenas.

In sports arenas where the portraits are comically large, the kaisar becomes a fun way for players to practice their aim. Especially for bored high school athletes. During the Solidarist dictatorship, when lèse-majesté was used to arrest opponents of the regime, players fired balls or pucks at portraits of Kaisars Umberto, Pietro, and Giorgio I "The Restorer" as a form of anti-government protest.

None of the three actively participated in the dictatorship. They were exiled from Predice after the 1965 Republican Coup. Giorgio did encourage pro-democracy protesters to violate lèse-majesté, deriding it as an anachronism.

Despite this, the Severogotian monarchy is a weak topic for political discussion. Like the kaisar's portraits, most people agree it is a feature rather than an active player. Some would argue they could ignore it and nothing would change. Some already argue the monarchy has become obsolete. For the most part of the nation's existence, it was ruled by the local boyars, their cronies, or totalitarian ideologues. The Predicean Grand Doge had always been a head of state most Severogotians felt they did not need to take seriously. Severogotia has a long history of electing monarchs, but that is history. The highly-evolved hereditary monarchy that replaced it is an understood part of national identity. Severogotians are proud to have it but not religious enough to worship it. They view it as any nation views its flag.

Whether it was consequential depended on Severogotian leaders and what their relationship with these foreign kaisars meant.


The present Grand Doge is seen in a positive light due to his active role in leading the international effort against the Bolkonsky dictatorship. The Predicean royal family, being Courantists, was a symbol to many persecuted Courantist Severogotians. In the aftermath of Black Tuesday (1997), the then Crown Prince Vittorio-Emmanuele called for sanctions against Severogotia. The present Predicean government continued a 51-year international sanctions campaign started by the Predicean People's Republic in 1971 against Severogotia. They provided humanitarian aid and guided Severogotian refugees to safe havens.

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Excerpts from "Defense Industries in the Severogotian Empire (1922-1980)"
By: Pikad Said
Ohrid Imperial University Press, published 1992.

On the Defense companies of Severogotia


GAO Sevtec, officially Main Artillery Department Sevtec (Yakuvonian: Главен артилериски оддел Севтек), is a Severogotian defense conglomerate headquartered in Ohrid.

It was founded as Sevtehnologija (Yakuvonian: севтехнологија) in 1927 from the merger of six state arsenals and 18 nationalized weapons and ordnance companies under the Main Artillery Department of the Ministry of War. From 1862 to 1917, the Main Artillery Department used to be one of three separate agencies in charge of armaments production in Severogotia. In the early 1940s, Sevtechnalohii consolidated a monopoly over titanium after the Department of Mines was abolished. The process to liquidate the state mines, most of which were strategic material for the defense industry, limited the transfer of ownership to prominent members of the National Alliance of Solidarists. It expanded into aviation and submarine parts in the early 1950s. In 1965, Sevtehnologija was privatized. In the late 1960s-1970s, the Severogotian Imperial Air Force became interested in fighter jets. Sevtehnologija began prioritizing developing parts for high-performance jets.

On its 60th founding anniversary (1987), Sevtehnologija renamed itself to GAO Sevtec as a nod to its progenitor agency. GAO Sevtec is a major sponsor of the Markov Group.

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Excerpts from "Alexei II the Great: The Golden Kaisar (1566-1612)"
By: Grand Prince Kirill Naryshkin
Ohrid Publishing Center, published 2000.

On the Cabinet of Severogotia


Alexei II was interested in centralizing the Severogotian administration. A complicated system of orders or "prikazy" carried out various functions and duties of the state. The governor-president would command a courtier, known in Severogotian as a hirdman, to carry out the affairs of state (ex. tax collection) and the hirdman would be entitled to an office complete with staff and funding required to complete the Governor-President's command. A prikaz was also empowered to create satellite offices to support its work, which resulted in a bloated bureaucracy controlled by feudal patronage. Each one was routinely subordinated to or merged from other existing prikazy. In 1567, Alexei II was so confused by the system and directly appointed palace prikazy to oversee a group of prikazy based on related issues (ex. veche of the coin or a veche primarily concerned about state finances). Diaries from hirdmen at the time revealed the prikazy was more interested in keeping the bureaucracy bloated, which distracted the kaisar from taking interest in the affairs of state. It also divided the imperial hird between pro-centralization and anti-feudalist factions. As Ohrid gained more power, regional power structures under the feudal system disintegrated. Boyars and traditional feudal lords in hird offices were gradually replaced by the dvoryane*, a new meritocratic noble class of a rapidly bureaucratizing imperial court.

In 1602, Alexei II directed Grand Prince Kirill Naryshkin, the governor-president of Severogotia, to replace the prikazy system. For two years, Naryshkin went on a continental tour around Gothis. He spent most of it studying the Goyanean civil service. In 1604, he instituted a table of 14 ranks as the new basis of aristocratic standing in society.

The new rules instituted with the table made all classes of nobility acquirable. Boyar titles, belonging to ancient nobility, could only be inherited. The table required mandatory military or civilian service for all nobles, regardless of birth and wealth, to gain rank-based qualifications for positions and ranks in the military, government, and the imperial hird.

Naryshkin implemented permanent central bodies in the form of collegial boards or collegiums. Each collegium consists of a permanent vice chancellor, four councilors, four assessors, a prosecutor, a secretary, and a chancellery. The vice chancellor is the head of the collegium but they cannot make decisions without the unanimous consent of the councilors. The vice chancellor and councilors must be qualified in accordance with the Table of Ranks before they could be nominated and approved by a Rokzakon majority. A permanent vice chancellor, apart from deputizing for a vice chancellor, is also the most senior civil servant of the collegium. They are in charge of the collegium's administration.

The State Chancellor, originally in charge of the Supreme Privy Council State Committee (war and diplomacy), became the president of a permanent committee (cabinet) of vice chancellors. It started the constitutional convention that fostered the modern role of the head of government.

Experienced lawyers and officials from the United Kingdom of Goyanes and Andrenne were recruited to work in the newly-centralized Sevorogotian government. The Great Court Reforms of 1607 downsized the Kaisar's court. Individual hird roles were attached to a collegium vice chancellor.

Cabinet of Severogotia


Description of accorded court roles (By order of precedence)

Non-collegium cabinet

• Ministry of the Imperial Hird and Culture. The minister is accorded the court role of Chief Chamberlain[4]. Its subordinate agencies are:
  • Department of Appanages
  • Ruskaland Metallurgical Works (silver and gold mines)
  • Imperial Porcelain Factory
  • Valamo Granite Works
  • Clergy of the Hird
  • Museum of Imperial Collections
  • Imperial Academy of Arts
  • Imperial Academy of Higher Art and Technical Studies
  • Imperial Archaeological Commission
  • Imperial Theatre
  • Hird Choristers
  • Imperial Band of Musicians
  • Company of Hird Grenadiers
• Ministry of Military Welfare
• Ministry of Counter-Terrorism
• Office of the State Comptroller

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Excerpts from "Discovering Rokzakon Palace"
Ohrid Publishing Center, published 2006.

On the Monarchy of Severogotia


Rokzakon Palace, formally known as the Grand Kremlin Palace, is a complex that serves as the principal residence of Severogotian monarchs and governors-president, as well as the meeting place of both houses of the Imperial Veche- the nation's highest lawmaking body and highest court of appeals. It is located in the historical center of Ohrid, in the Old Government Quarter. Part center of the legislature, part center of the judiciary, and part center of the monarchy, it is regarded as the nation's main socio-political, historical, and artistic complex. It stands on the former site of Alexovsky Kremlin, another fortress built under the reign of Alexei I for the First Invasion of Usi-Valamo. The fortress was one of the largest kremlins (Severogotian citadel). The palace is still surrounded by the original medieval moats. Now the moats demarcate the private palace grounds and the South Gardens of the Imperial Palace, a spacious public park. Behind its iconic colonnade-laden façade, the palace has 3,000 rooms, 440 windows, and 55 staircases. Between 1934 and 1992, it was the headquarters of the National Alliance of Solidarists and its junta the Coordination Council.


"Rokzakon Palace" is actually a nickname. It originated from "State Rokzakon Palace," also known as the Kremlin Armory, where the Rokzakon, the upper house of the Imperial Veche, used to meet on the palace grounds. Today, the State Rokzakon Palace has reverted to its original use as part of the imperial residence where official parties and festivals are held. Its principal throne room, Arcanstotskan Hall or Kaisar Alexei Hall, served as the Rokzakon chamber until 1956 when both houses of the Imperial Veche moved into the Grand Kremlin Palace, thus starting the confusion between the two palaces.


Kaisar Alexei II maneuvered through the intricacies of Severogotian court intrigue, which was usually hostile to foreigners on the imperial throne, and placed allies in strategic court roles to exert power through a decentralized network. He streamlined the realm administration by abolishing the tenuous prikazy system and instituted permanent collegiums. He believed the new system needed a new center of government. The mix of new and decrepit mansions of governors-president and courtiers in the Ohrid Kremlin had turned the imperial fortress cramped and unsanitary. Alexei II's first visit in 1567 ended quickly before he could even enter the fortress. The bridge entrance was too crowded with petty merchants and the air was putrid, which came from the moat full of human waste.

In 1570, the Rokzakon approved Alexei II's four-year plan to reconstruct the Ohrid Kremlin. Suavidici architect Stephanus Sorex and Predicean architect Gaspare Agostino were hired for the project. Demolition quickly followed. Most residents of the fortress were relocated to Stone City (New Government Quarter). The new palaces in the fortress compound were built in the styles of Classical Suavidici, Classical Predicean, and the local Gotic architecture. The Adriennic-era Kremlin Armory was converted into a great hall by Gaspare Agostino. It had a few apartments for courtiers and the governor-president's extended family.


In 1767, Prince Cathrinus Kiær complained the Ohrid Kremlin more resembled a small town than an imperial compound. He believed it did not fairly represent the might of the Severogotian boyars, "First Citizens of the Grand Republic" that demanded the respect of nearby powers such as Andrenne-Goyanes and Saintonge. He appointed Marc-Antoine Gainsbourg, a Santonian architect, as Surveyor General of the Imperial Household Works. Gainsbourg presented a grand project that would not only replace the palaces but replace the Ohrid Kremlin itself. The new compound would be limited to six main buildings: (1) Grand Kremlin Palace, standing four storeys high in neoclassical style facing the South Gardens of the Imperial Palace and completely enclosing the four medieval Kremlin Cathedrals, and, another building that was kept, the (2) Kremlin Armory. Under Gainsbourg's plan, the Kremlin Armory would be a fully-fledged palace (State Rokzakon Palace) and its great hall was redesigned into the Arcanstotskan Hall, the chamber of the Rokzakon. Construction was finished in 1772. During the War of the Eagles, State Rokzakon Palace became the meeting place of the Rokzakon in 1868 to move the legislature within the secure imperial compound.

The neoclassical Grand Kremlin Palace features an enormous edifice full of colonnades and it requires strong support. The plan needed to shave the hill where much of the structure currently stands. It was built on a steep slope instead on the plateau where many of the old palaces were situated. To prevent the structure from slipping into the moat, large stone buttresses were built. The old Kremlin walls stretching alongside the south moat had to be demolished. The plan to construct the new palace eventually expanded into modernizing the entire city. The Kremlin Construction Board was set up to coordinate the expanded project and invited various architects, both local and foreign, from established professionals to aspiring students. In 1786, the board became the Imperial Academy of Higher Art and Technical Studies, a premier architectural school.

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Excerpts from "Crown and Commonwealth: A History of Severogotian Monarchy"
Dzvezdi, published 2020.

On the titles and styles of the Kaisar

The Kaisar used to be elected for life and impeached by the boyars. The Mavoias were granted "permanent presidency" of the Triune Commonwealth in the last imperial election (1867). Because the Kaisar's power is derived from the boyars, it is not tied to a territory. It is tied to the people or, more accurately, the "first citizen" boyars who rule as their direct liege lords. For centuries since the founding of the Triune Commonwealth in 1287, the imperial title was simply "Kaisar." In 1871, the Imperial Style and Titles Act renamed it to the "Severogotian Kaisar" as an official embrace of the Severogotian national identity movement. The act stipulates Severogotian Kaisar should be formally addressed as "His/Your Imperial and Royal Majesty." But most people continue to use just "His/Your Majesty."

In 2020, the full title of the current kaisar Vittorio-Emmanuele was read out loud by State Chancellor Alekso Tamminen in his capacity as Grand Chancellor of the Crown, a ceremonial imperial court office, during the proclamation of the new kaisar's accession :

Viktor-Immanuil I, by the will of the people, Severogotian Kaisar, Sovereign and Grand Prince of the Twin Principality, King of Ardealul, King of Usi-Valamo, Prince of Vialiki Obni, Prince of Vialiki Kishinev, Prince of Sladolsk, Lord of Kaspimki, Lord of Svobomna, Lord of Mavyurt, Lord of Petrostov, Lord of Vaeltijvnykvag, Sovereign and Possessor of the Khejilik Mountains and the Mountain Princes, Conqueror and Ruler of the Adriennics in Valamo, Protector of Norosse

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Excerpts from "The Severogotian Constitution 12: Notes for Students"
Ohrid Publishing Center, published 2022.

What is "noble supremacy?"


"Noble supremacy" is a basic principle of the Severogotian republic. The monarch, as the "chief executor of law, justice, and peace," cannot act without the consent or approval of the boyars, the first citizens of our Grand Republic. It is the cornerstone that once elected monarchs to the Severogotian throne in the days of imperial elections. The right to rule is hereditary within the boyars. Leaders of the Grand Republic are elected from this group and must rely on their support, including the Kaisar.

If the right of disobedience was invoked by the governor-president, the boyars could vote to force the removal of the Kaisar by annulling his accession to the throne by declaring his reign was invalid and never existed in the first place. The right of disobedience was last used in 1614 to depose Yaroslav I, the last Arcanstotskan kaisar. This law is one of the medieval laws still in effect. Constitutional scholar Grand Prince Kirill Naryshkin described the continued legality of the right of disobedience as a silent but powerful reminder of noble supremacy.

While most modern Severogotians could vote the common man into public office, the highest being the State Chancellor, it is not something that is normally expected in all levels of government.

Nonetheless, most Severogotians enjoy nearly, if not all, the same protections and civil rights as citizens in other states with more egalitarian, more democratic systems of government.

Why is Social Feudalism banned?

Klaus Aldrinsen's Social Feudalism, Aethian göfgi skyldir, Santonian noblesse oblige, and similar ideas are wholly rejected by the Severogotian upper class. They believe the nobility does not need to justify their rule, apart from birthright, and obligating them to implement democratic reforms and socialist policies threatens the very meaning of their way of life. In the Reciprocal Law of Monarchies, a treatise written by the Commission of Seven in 1778 claimed that the divine right was given to a chosen king by the natural defenders of the realm or "the knighthood," a collective term in Severogotia that means the ancient nobility or boyars. It referred to Epistle 13 in the Bible, calling the boyars "God's lieutenants." The central role of the Severogotian nobility is emphasized in the following quote from the treatise:


Today, all Severogotian nobles are knights. Natio Severogotica (Severogotian Nation) originally represented only the elite of medieval Severogotia, not all Severogotians. As such, they form the vanguard of the nation's defense, run the government, and rule the Triune Commonwealth. The Kaisar reigns at the pleasure of the nobility. Unlike other monarchies, no noble pledges fealty to the Kaisar. Instead, it is the Kaisar who pledges fealty to the nobles.

How is the State Chancellor elected?


Before 1923, the State Chancellor was elected by a majority in the Rokzakon, the upper house of the Imperial Veche, which comprises of secular and religious magnates elected by the Viceregency Dumas and the Cathedral chapters respectively. Severogotia adopted select principles of Goyanean parliamentarism in the 19th Century. So it is not so different from other parliamentary democracies, except that, most of the time, the State Chancellor is a boyar. It was only in the 20th Century when commoners occupied high office, right after the supremacy of the boyars was interrupted by a junta for much of the century.

The 1923 State Chancellor Act, better known as the Dual Executive System, was a Solidarist reform that granted a portion of political representation to the lower classes as well as to make it easier to become head of government without the approval of the boyars. As a compromise between the nobility and the people, the powers of the nation was split between a Kaisar, representing the boyars or the Altrepublik*, and the State Chancellor, elected by the people, is the leader of the Modernestyrelse*. They are anti-establishment Republicans or, as they liked to call themselves, the Nyårepublik*.

The 1957 State Chancellor Act introduced limits to empower parliamentary rule. The State Chancellor could no longer arbitrarily appoint ministers. All cabinet members were nominated and approved by the Imperial Veche.

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Excerpts from The Gazzari Series (gazari-serija.org) article "War of the Severogotian Succession (1864-1867): Introduction"

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Excerpts from The State Chancellor (državniotkancelar.sg) article "List of State Chancellors"


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Text of the Ohrid Confederation, 1583

We, the Crown, and the common rokzakon of the clergical and secular knighthood of all and other states of the inseparable Grand Republic of the Twin Principality, the Kingdom of Ardealul, and the Kingdom of Usi-Valamo, have considered how we can maintain peace, justice and unity among ourselves in this dangerous situation in which we bear responsibility for the government in the absence or death of the governor-president. We therefore promise to observe the following:

Because in our republic there is not little, but great disagreement over matters of faith because of the Messianist and Thaunic religions, we want to prevent for this reason any violent disputes between the camps from arising, as can be seen in other kingdoms.

Although we are of different faiths, we will keep peace between us. We do not want to shed blood because of the practice of this or that religion or changes in worship services. Neither will we allow one to threaten the other over matters of faith to punish him, confiscate his goods, imprison him, or expel him. Nor do we want to help any higher authorities in such activities in any way. If anyone should try to force or shed blood for reasons of faith, we will oppose that, even if he should present a higher order for it.

This confederation of our sovereignty, both clergy and secular, does not derogate the lords over their subjects and does not spoil the disobedience of any subject against cuius regio, eius religio*. The lords subjected to such disobedience shall have the right to punish the free and unbonded, up to the loss of two limbs, the second limb only if permitted by a secular cleric, without danger or penalty of death, and remove whatever imperial rights and patronages bestowed upon them. Only by conversion to their masters' faith shall null and void the legality of the punishment.

We also promise ourselves that we will not rape any people during the imperial election in the time marked by going outside and going home, and we will not do anything to pleasure ourselves.

We promise to keep all these things for ourselves and for our descendants, and to keep under our faith, honor and conscience. And whoever would like to oppose it and destroy peace and the common order, we shall all rise up for his destruction. And for the better certainty of all the things described, we put our seals on it and signed it with our own hands.

Act of Ohrid in the convocation of the common rokzakon of the estates of the Grand Republic, the twenty-eight month of January, in the year of Our Lord one-thousand-five-hundred-and-eighty-three.

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Excerpts from The Severogotian Shelf (severogotijapolica.com) article "Let the Thunder of Victory Rumble!"

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Excerpts from the Social Development Report 2020
Federal Statistics Council, published 2020.

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Excerpts from Ohrid Life article "Inside the Lives of Boyars"
September 2016

On the Severgotian nobility

Grand Prince Kirill Naryshkin, with the support of Kaisar Alexei II, brought order to the jumbled feudal systems of the Commonwealth in 1604. They united the nobility under one class system—A table of ranks:


The Rokzakon, as the collective fount of honor, has the final say to bestow hereditary nobility on eligible persons. Advancement in class does not automatically grant them a higher rank. For the Severogotian nobility, including boyars, class determines which state, court, or military ranks are available for appointment. In recent times, exceptions have been made to skip steps in the process. Appointments have been made to a state or court rank in a class higher than the official's status. They had to be immediately elevated to the correct, corresponding class with the associated hereditary title. Otherwise, they will not be allowed to keep their new rank.

Originally, the table had 14 ranks. But the two ranks were removed in the Great Court Reforms of 1607 and in 1815. Many changes followed and individual roles in each class have been removed or added. The modern army and naval ranks, for example, have been modelled after the Predicean armed forces during the War of Eagles. Goyanean ranks were used for the air force after its creation in 1928. The roll of officials in the table of ranks is regularly updated by the Office of the Master of Heraldry. They publish a list of people, arranged by years of civil or military service, in their respective classes.

The table of ranks divided the old feudal hierarchy into three separate class ranks: State, court, and military. Jarl Laurentiu Ciobanu, governor-president of Severogotia, declared the military ranks are higher than the corresponding ranks in the state and court ranks. Since 1962, the military ranks consisted of four different series: Guards, army, navy, and air force. The guard series are a class higher than the other military series. In the Severogotian armed forces, up until non-commissioned officer roles, advancement in the table of ranks depended on conventional military promotion.

The table does not include non-commissioned officers, minor bureaucrats, and household servants of the Imperial Family. But commoners automatically become ennobled by receiving "personal nobility" when they attain a position in the 12th class. They receive the title of "Hersir" and enjoy its privileges, including social recognition and political rights, but personal nobility is not inherited. The title is bestowed for the remainder of the recipient's life. Only when they advance to the 4th rank (6th for military) do they become eligible for hereditary ennoblement. Whether they get ennobled or not depends on the will of the Rokzakon.

In comparison to most monarchies, the Severogotian nobility are a sizeable minority numbering up to 4% of the population. They are ranked by the following:

• Ancient nobility, descended from the Imperial Family or the middle ages:
  • Princes of the Blood Imperial
  • Grand Jarls
  • Princes
• Hereditary nobility, granted by the Rokzakon:
  • Jarls
  • Tanes
  • Marquises
• Personal nobility:
  • Viscounts
  • Barons
  • Hersirs

The streamlined stratification of the Severogotian nobility significantly reduced the numerous noble titles of the Commonwealth. Proposals for seperate tables of ranks in the Twin Principality, Ardealul, and Usi-Valamo were rejected. Select medieval titles were preserved with new Gotic ones and discontinued titles such as boyars and dvoryane. It created a modern Severogotian system of noble titles:


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Excerpts from The Governor-President (vladetel-pretsedatel.sg) article "Former Governors-President of Severogotia"

Former Governors-President of Severogotia
This vice-regal office represents the union of the Kaisar and the Boyars of the Triune Commonwealth, both the natural leaders of the Severogotian people. The willingness of the Imperial Veche to confer the custodianship of constitutional law in the Governor-President signifies the sacred bond of trust between two institutions, the executive and the legislature, which, in turn, preserves the mutual respect for the balance of powers.


For more than 635 years, Imperial Veche upper house Rokzakon had always chosen the Kaisar in an election. A tradition preserved after 1867 in the selection of a Governor-President until 1922, when the Solidarist dictatorship started coercing the Rokzakon to elect their favorites. Reforms in 1923 reconfigured the responsibilities of the Governor-President to include the people's will in the balance of power. The Governor-President represents the Kaisar both at home and abroad, serving as chief diplomat and architect of foreign policy. The day-to-day business of government and domestic policy were passed on to a popularly-elected State Chancellor.

In 1992, the viceregal office was abused by Volodar Matveievich Bolkonsky, Governor-President of Severogotia, in an attempt to destroy the Grand Republic. Like most patriotic Severogotians, including the current Governor-President Prince Anatol Kuragin, they rejected and ousted the Bolkonsky dictatorship. The Imperial Veche fought to save the Grand Republic and the office of the Governor-President, blocking all of Bolkonsky's legislative agenda in the final days of his regime. With the return of law and order, it is hoped the Govenror-President will give Severogotia back its pride and restore the old ways.

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Excerpts from SPT | The Fifth Estate (spt.sg/news/pettiotimot) article "Nova Zora accused of kidnapping, murder in Severogotia"

On Nova Zora


It's a controversial religious society in Gothis. Formerly a chapter of the Order of the Eclipse, Nova Zora has turned against its founding values. They say "the servants of Satan" and "the masters of demons" are no longer the present threats to humanity. The new threat? LGBT people.

Origins and rise

Much less of a religious society today like the Order of the Eclipse or Azure Dawn, Nova Zora became the infamous organization it is due to the tumultuous events of the Fascist War. The Order of the Eclipse established the chapter in 1317 to control the "vampiric plague," a panic that spread from Craviter after mistaking tuberculosis deaths for vampirism. Although the great witch-hunts have long since passed, the chapter maintained a small elite force since 1870. They were mostly unemployed veterans of the War of Eagles. To join their ranks, the soldiers were indoctrinated to secrecy, proving themselves effective in undercover surveillance. They were created in the aftermath of the War of Eagles to assist in restoring order.

In 1922, a coup by the National Alliance of Solidarists ended Severogotia's noble-commoner compromise democracy of nearly 50 years. Solidarist leader Janka Vennamo wanted to force reforms instead of wasting time negotiating with the conservative Severogotian aristocracy. A crackdown of noble and religious organizations was initiated to eliminate remaining opposition. At the time, the chapter was led by philanthropic Laurenist nobles and oligarchs. Liberal idealists who championed charitable causes. In the 1920s, political turbulence rocked Severogotia. Protests for more democratic and labor rights were met with gunfire. The Order of the Eclipse's security force turned out to be extremely useful. The chapter's powerful members who used them against political challengers. In exchange for leniency, the chapter granted Vennamo free use of their security force.


During the Fascist War, the Order of the Eclipse grew closer to the National Alliance of Solidarists as the number of sympathizers increased in the chapter. The Order's Solidarist ideologues radicalized the chapter's progressive members. In the 1938 general elections, Vennamo's successor Tane Mikhail Pulkkinen used the Order of the Eclipse to commit political intimidation, beating up voters and major opposition supporters, assassinating those who proved too troublesome to leave them alive. Tane Pulkkinen was re-elected State Chancellor.

Political violence intensified in the 1944 elections as the Order of the Eclipse gained power. Its meager 1000-strong private security force expanded into 200,000, a voluntary professional army. It attracted many fascist and ex-communist recruits, including convicted mafia muscle. The majority of the membership were police officers. The Order had taken control of the local police unions, and in 1950, merged them under one trade center called the People's Knights of Nova Zora. Effectively consolidating Order control of the police forces in Severogotia. In the process, the democratic and reformist movements that emerged in the mid-19th Century were finally suppressed. Its leaders either abandoned their beliefs out of fear, left the country, or simply disappeared. Evidence suggests it is very likely that those who disappeared were rounded up by the Order of the Eclipse. They would have been sent to the Order's notorious Retreat Camps.

The ideology and abuses

The School Riots of 1958 prompted the Solidarist party leadership to put anti-establishment youth activism under control. State Chancellor Baron Yuliy Korjus, a moderate reformist, reluctantly pushed for the National Police Act. It established the Order of the Eclipse as the federal police force. High-ranking Andrennian and Predicean fascists fleeing their homeland after the Fascist War ended were appointed to the Order's expanded command. This unacceptable politicization of the Order led to the main chapter in Andrenne severing its ties with the Severogotian chapter. The organization adopted the name "Nova Zora."

As soon as Baron Korjus issued the 1959 February Decrees, severely curtailing civil liberties and instituting detention without trial, Nova Zora moved quickly to arrest tens of thousands of Solidarist opponents. Most of those arrested were members of the Nyårepublik Party. Between 1959-1960, a confirmed number of 51,000 people were arrested. But it is estimated there were up to 100,000.


In 1964, Nova Zora founded the Order of Our Lady of the Abandoned or the Abandonites, a Laurenist monastic order. They took over the management of state orphanages and re-education camps. But Nova Zora kept officer-supervisors to oversee the Abandonites. In 1969, there were 250,000 men, women, and children in these camps. Almost a quarter were detained by Nova Zora. The rest were voluntary, mostly young delinquents and problematic children. There were students, professors, regional officials, and other suspected "terrorists." Their daily activities comprised of rural work, daily prayers, and "corrective education." During corrective education classes, the camp residents/detainees received political and ideological indoctrination and military instruction. They taught them complete obedience to the state meant "honoring the nation and the people." To hammer in these beliefs, the Abandonites often used manipulation and, if it fails, Nova Zora officers would intimidate or physically abuse the student until they comply.

In the 1970s, antisocial behavior was on the rise. Alcoholics, vandals, drug users, and petty criminals were routinely detained and sent to the Retreat Camps. Hundreds never came back. To this day, at least 1,200 people have been legally presumed dead. During the 1976 Gay Liberation Protests, LGBT persons were detained in the camps and were subjected to conversion therapy. It is claimed the therapies utilized electric-shock treatments, nausea-inducing drugs, and "sexual reconditioning." There were allegations of camp personnel committing various abuses but the courts rejected most cases.

In 1992, plans to declare Nova Zora a "terrorist organization" were announced by Prince Volodar Bolkonsky, the new governor-president who had just led the successful Great Patriotic Revolution against the Solidarist dictatorship. But the new government took little action in prosecuting former dictatorship officials. In 1997, the Black Friday Coup attempted to overthrow Bolkonsky's government. With the help of Nova Zora, Bolkonsky was not only able to stop the coup but also arrest most of the coup plotters, including its leader Jarl Vikentiy Khorkov, Bolkonsky's own ally and State Chancellor. Nova Zora remained as the federal police force, continuing to commit political violence and espionage. This time against Bolkonsky's enemies.

The new incidents


At a 2016 speech in Iolanti, exiled Grand Jarl Isaija Gazzari, one of Nova Zora's biggest supporters, claimed "sin has spread like a plague" without hell's interference. He warned listeners that full abortion rights will "doom the human race" and cut birth rates in half. He explained how Syrixian pop culture such as Chetan and V-Tubers are turning men feminine, encouraging women to encourage "cultural demasculinization." According to Gazzari, feminists in schools and universities are using mass media to suppress the opposite sex, branding everything manly as "toxic masculinity."

When Prince Bolkonsky stepped down in 2022, Gazzari returned to Severogotia on December 11 and was welcomed in a grand ceremony by the great officers of Nova Zora, dressed in military-style uniforms instead of ceremonial ornate robes. It was during that ceremony when Corneliu Gabor, Nova Zora's leader or "Grand Commander" as they called him, proclaimed the Threefold Role of Man: "priest, father, and husband." Man has a duty, not only to uphold God's truths on this earth, but to build heaven on Eras, and that requires "purifying" society from vice and immorality. Especially from liberals, "modern-day witches" conjuring "social degeneracy" of "vegans, metrosexuals, and social justice warriors," blaming fatherlessness and those whose choices led to alternative lifestyles, stepping on traditional values of piety, patriotism, manhood, motherhood, and the nuclear family.

Shortly afterwards, anti-Nova Zora demonstrators clashed with armed Nova Zora supporters outside the ceremony venue. 4 people from both sides died in the ensuing shootout. 10 people were arrested, including Nyårepublik Women's Organization chairman Natalia Gheorghiu. State Chancellor Nikademos Anttonen promised her quick release but she is still detained with five other people in undisclosed Retreat Camp locations across the country. 2 high-profile kidnappings on January 18, involving 2 city council deputies, all members of Nyårepublik, have been suspected to be connected.

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Office of the Grand Chancellor of Ardealul, Vice Grand Chancellor of the Crown

Supreme Privy Council on The Kaisar's "democratization" of the Imperial Court

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Portions from the Interview with State Chancellor Alekso Tamminen
Radio Vaeltijvnykvag interview with Elisa Kupava, June 8, 2006

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Excerpts from Ohridski Vesnik article "Mass illegal migration threatens world security"
May 4, 2004

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Excerpts from various newspapers related to the resignation of Prince Volodar Bolkonsky as Governor-President of Severogotia
April 3-August 30, 2022

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Excerpts from Ohridski Vesnik article "Mass illegal migration threatens world security"
May 4, 2004

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"Western World" policy of the Nikademos Anttonen government
Thursday, 1 September 2022

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New sterile processing program of Imperial Ohrid University
Tuesday, 20 September 2022

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