Re: [conculture] Government structure

[Padraic Brown <pbrown@polaris.umuc.edu>]

From: Padraic Brown <pbrown@polaris.umuc.edu>

On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Andrew Smith wrote:

> Gris-Geory and both chambers of the Senate are elected, although the
> process will remain unspecified for now.  

The process _undoubtedly_ consists of many hours spent mulling over the
Candidates' shortcommings in the pub; fantastically ludicrous political
goblety-gook that only a certified numbskull would buy; and any number of
marches and rallies conducted, especially, by the nationalist parties.

> The title for a member of the senate, or the name of the cabinet has not
> yet been discovered. 
>   The country is divided into provinces.  The boundaries for these seem to
> be conservative and consistant.  Each province elects its own Rheithur,
> Governor, and provincial council.  These areas are divided into smaller
> regions for administrative purposes: the centref, hundred, and the pluif,
> parish.

The map is done, with only one known error.  Most of the provincial and
national boundaries are somewhat of a guess, based upon the descriptions
I've been given.  I shall make a few corrections this week, and see about
scanning it in.

>   Cambria still has a landed gentry, llo dd+on, lords, and llo ddug',
> 'dukes'.  The term of address for a lord or lady is illystr, illustrious,
> but more likely to be left untranslated.  It is used as a better class of
> 'sir' or 'madam' and it is very uncommon.  The aristocracy has no
> inherent political power.

Not entirely true.  There are still a few pockets where the local king
holds considerable sway.  Of course, these are all out in the boonies, but
they're there.

Of all the Provinces, Duneint is something of a special case, being
comprised of a one time independant country, which even has a colony of
its own.  It is divided into four kingdoms, each of which elects a senior
king (responsible for the smoothe operation of the subprovince) and two
further junior kings, who with the first king form "y reys dewdeno", the
provincial council.  One of them is chosen as "il maioers", corresponding
to the other Provinces' Rheithur.  Apart from this, and as a nonpolitical
office, the senior king of the subprovince Kernow is called "il
Uchelroys", or High King of Duneint.  Since they have got a High King, and
therefore can't have a second in Cas Gwent, and since "ill Teruin" is
entirely mistarista, they call His Majesty "il Roys Payso" (King of the
Country, ironically enough, precisely what ill Teruin means) or more
officially "il Roys lor mBritanor" (King of the Britons). It is thus, that
Duneint has her own High King, because long ago (when kings were Kings)
Kernow (umder the national hero King Mark) trounced her neighbour Dunnow
and bullied the other two southern kingdoms (Belgeow and Durow)  into one
state.  Although Dunnow lost, the name of the whole region was already
Dumnonia, which stuck, becomming Dunenea in Kernu and Duneint in
Brithenig.  The capital of the Province of Duneint is at Esca, down at the
end of the old Fosse Way; while the capital of the Kingdom of Kernow
(comprising the same land area) is at Dun Dagells.  Go figure.  It's more
or less beyond the reach of paved roads, but the trains are regular.

I'm not certain of the status of Little Britain over *there*, but ties
between Duneint and her colony have always been strong, and not a few High
Kings (of Duneint, needless to say) have claimed the title "Roys la Briten
Bech", King of Britany.  Undoubtedly a cause of consternation for Paris. 
Well, tough cheese.  Although they don't understand the Kemrese
fascination with being the Last Vestige of the Roman Empire, and all the
Black Dirigible business, they look North in international matters as much
or more than anywhere else. 

Not strictly a part of Duneint, Lundy (Ysla Lugduno) and the Scillies are
both attached to the kingdom of Kernow, but are left free to run their own
affairs.

Padraic.

> 
> - andrew.
> 
> Andrew Smith, Intheologus 			hobbit@earthlight.co.nz
> 
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