Official Nation Name: United Kingdom of Cymrea
Short Nation Name: Cymrea
Population: 8.87 billion
Capital: Londinium
Currency: Cymrean crown (€) / pence (p) - (CYC)
NSD Exchange Rate: 1 crown = $1.26 NationStates Dollar (NSD)
Major Exports: Manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco
Major Imports: Manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs
Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy
Head of State: Queen Rhiannon o Rosa Regina
Head of Government: Consul Primaris Theresa Maria Maius
Legislature Type: Bicameral
Legislature
Circle of Archons
The upper house consisting of the senior nobility of the realm, as appointed by the monarch. Archons serve for life or until discharged by the sovereign.
Circle of Praefects
The lower house consisting of elected representatives of the citizens within a district. Praefects serve a term of five years; there is no limit to the number of terms a praefect may serve.
Executive Cabinet
Royal Senate
Royal Senate is the official term used to describe what other nations might call the Cabinet, with many of the same titles and offices that were used in ancient Rome. The official duty of the Senate is to carry out the orders of the sovereign and Circle of Archons, but their status as advisors have made them highly influential. Senators are appointed from civilian families to their ministries by the sovereign with recommendations from the Circle of Archons.
Minister of Foreign Affairs: (Praetor Extraterritorialis) is the senator in charge of international relations, embassies and ambassadors, and the diplomatic corps. The current Praetor Extraterritorialis is Meredith Aurelia Rhys-Jones.
Minister of Domestic Affairs: (Praetor Infraterritorialis) is the senator in charge of homeland departments such as customs and immigration. The current Praetor Infraterritorialis is Martin Caratacus.
Minister of Agriculture: (Consul Agrestis) is the senator in charge of crops and livestock, and heads the agricultural departments and agencies. The current Consul Agrestis is Lucius Grey.
Minister of Industry: (Consul Fodis) is the senator in charge of terrestrial natural resources, including lumber, ores, and minerals, and heads the industrial departments and agencies. The current Consul Fodis is Edward Lloyd.
Minister of Oceans: (Consul Maritimis) is the senator in charge of aquatic resources, including fish, and heads the maritime and environmental departments and agencies. The current Consul Maritimis is Gareth Kingston.
Minister of Finance: (Quaestor) is the senator in charge of national revenues, tax collections, and government expenditures, and heads the financial departments and agencies. The current Quaestor is Devonicus Royce.
Minister of Commerce: (Consul Aedilis) is the senator in charge of international trade, imports and exports, and heads the commercial departments and agencies. The current Consul Aedilis is Victoria Jenkins.
Minister of Public Works: (Praetor Aedilis) is the senator in charge of public utilities, sanitation and government services, and heads the departments and agencies of public works. The current Praetor Aedilis is William Griffin.
Minister of Public Safety: (Consul Tutis) is the senator in charge of national safety standards and heads the safety departments and agencies. The current Consul Tutis is Mary Thomas Davids.
Minister of Justice: (Consul Iuris) is the senator in charge of the federal courts, police and corrections, and heads the justice departments and agencies. The Current Consul Iuris is George Cranston.
Minister of Education: (Consul Eruditis) is the senator in charge of education, academic standards, and the preservation of traditional Welsh culture and heritage, and heads the education departments and agencies. The current Consul Eruditis is Catrina Dixon.
Minister of Human Resources: (Consul Civitatis) is the senator in charge of labour, social development and civil rights, and heads the social departments and agencies. The current Consul Civitatis is Veronica Mason.
Minister of Health: (Consul Salutis) is the senator in charge of health and wellness, food and drug standards, hospitals, and the Cymrean Medical Association, and heads the health departments and agencies. The current Consul Salutis is Dean Tyrell.
Minister of Transport: (Consul Transportatis) is the senator in charge of roads and highways, civilian ground, air, naval transportation authorities, and heads the transportation departments and agencies. The current Consul Transportatis is Richard Smith.
Minister of Defence: (Consul Legatus) is the senator in charge of national defence and military affairs, and heads the defence departments and agencies. The current Consul Legatus is Shawn Cambrius.
Command Officers: (Praetor Legatus) are the officers in charge of the Royal Cymrean Forces, the Command General of the Royal Cymrean Army, the Command Admiral of the Royal Cymrean Navy, and the Command Marshal of the Royal Cymrean Sky Force. While technically within the purview of the Minister of Defence, the Command Officers are each accorded a voice in the Senate. The current Praetori Legati are Command General Lord William Leonis, Command Admiral Lady Fiona Aquila, and Command Marshal Lord David Strigida.
Judiciary: Supreme Court of Cymrea
The Supreme Court of Cymrea stands at the apex of the Cymrean judicial system and consists of nine Prime Justices, appointed for life by the monarch from among the superior courts – though Prime Justices may choose to retire. Candidates must be from civilian (non-noble) families and may not hold any other remunerative office during their term. The duty of the judiciary is to advise the monarch in legal matters, to uphold Royal Cymrean Law, and to adjudicate legal matters at all levels.
Royal Cymrean Diplomatic Corps
The newly minted office of appointed representatives of the sovereign of Cymrea to foreign nations. The RCDC reports directly to the Praetor Extraterritorialis and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Each ambassador is referred to as Legatus Extraterritorialis and, with his/her staff, administers the daily operations of the embassy and carries out diplomatic duties in the nation of his/her charge. A deputy to the Legatus Extraterritorialis is called Vicarius Legatus.
History: As the northern tribes assaulted and settled a Britannia recently bereft of Roman garrisons, they found a stable and comfortable quality of life and so Roman influence never faded, but instead flourished in its own way.
In the 15th Century, the popularity of Maria Tudoria Elizabeth I was extremely high, but her Privy Council, her Parliament and her subjects thought that the unmarried queen should take a husband; it was generally accepted that, once a queen regnant was married, the husband would relieve the woman of the burdens of head of state. Also, without an heir, the Tudor dynasty would end; the risk of civil war between rival claimants was a possibility if Elizabeth died childless. The first and most ardent suitor was Mary I’s widower Philip II of Spain. However, numerous other suitors from nearly all European nations sent ambassadors to the English court to put forward their suit.
Risk of death came dangerously close in 1564 when Elizabeth caught smallpox, and British destiny forever changed. It is said that in her fever, she experienced a holy visitation from a source no one would ever have suspected, given her moderate yet adamant Protestant views. Elizabeth claimed that Danu, mother goddess to the Tuatha de Danaan – the forerunners of modern Celts – came to her in her hour of greatest peril and told her that the elder gods had returned from their long celestial journey to reclaim the hearts and spirits of their Briton children. Elizabeth quickly recovered and proclaimed the vision a miracle.
The Second War of the Roses followed, with House York rising up with the support of all Christians of the realm, many of them Lancastrian. But a return to the original gods and a renewal of ties to the land was popular among the laymen and more nobles than might have been thought joined the Tudor cause. The Church of England reacted virulently, supporting the Yorkists and declaring Elizabeth and her revived Druidism anathema. In response, Elizabeth decreed the Church to be valid, but no longer the faith of the Crown and State. Popular revolts against the clergy resulted in the Church’s presence being reduced to Yorkist fortifications. In the end, the overwhelming popularity of Druidism resulted in the expunging of the Church of England.
The initial reaction from Rome was one of support for Elizabeth, seen as a scourge against the Protestants. The Vatican believed that Catholicism could be reinvigorated in Britain. Too late, the Pope realised that the movement was strong enough to hold permanent sway over the nostalgic Britons. Having supported the movement at its inception, the Pope could not exactly call for a Crusade – especially given that Rome was greatly occupied with the Holy Land, and that Britain held nothing of geographical or theological importance for Catholicism. Indeed, the pagan artifact Stonehenge became a leading symbol for the Druid revival, something the Vatican wanted no part of. As a result of the successful Druid Movement, Elizabeth conformed readily to the idea that marriage and birth-giving were natural cycles of the gods-given Earth. She married Edwardius Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, in 1565. After much anticipation and anxiety, Elizabeth finally gave birth to Augustus Tudorius Taliesin I in 1575; Prince Taliesin succeeded his mother to the throne in 1603.
The nation’s identity as a Welsh state of Roman influence was solidified when, in 1599, Prince Taliesin suggested the name Cymrea, a Sassenach version of Cymru, the Welsh name for Wales. The name was officially adopted November 3, 1601, and was declared the national holiday by Queen Elizabeth. Later, the name of the family line would be changed to Rosa, to reflect the Tudor rose. This incited a sweeping change of name for all noble Houses of Cymrea, who would not be left out. Native flora and fauna became symbols - and names - for the oldest Houses. After a similar popular Druidic Movement, Ireland joined the United Kingdom of Cymrea.
Cymrea played very quietly on the world stage through the next centuries, maintaining an isolationist policy that focused greatly on domestic affairs. The Age of Imperialism passed Cymrea by as the Crown remained largely uninterested in exposing itself to colonial insurgency; though this did not prevent the UKC from asserting its influence where it was deemed convenient. With an unbroken dynastic line content to advance the kingdom, Queen Rhiannon o Rosa Regina reigns over a technological and economic powerhouse ready to resume a place in global affairs.
