Greater Kordusia

Greater Kordusia; Großkordusien; Province of Greater Kordusia; Provinz Großkordusien
	Province
	Flag and Coat of Arms
	Map of Greater Kordusia; Großkordusien
Country	Dorvik
Administrative center	Vilnau
• Largest city	Haldor
Government
• Oberpräsident	Placeholder
• Legislative body	Kordusian Provincial Council
• Governing party	Nationale Volkspartei
Area
• Total	229,200 km²
Population
• Total	8,473,223

Greater Kordusia (Dundorf: Großkordusien) is a province of Dorvik. Kordusia is home to the Dorvish capital of Haldor and serves as one of the most important regions of Dorvik. Kordusia ranks as the largest economy of the Dorvish regions, notably due to the importance of Haldor as a World Capital (Dundorfian: Weltkapital) and its importance as a financial center for Artania. Kordusia's provincial capital is the city of Vilnau which serves as a sort of "retreat" from Haldor. Vilnau also serves as the site of the largest concentration of Lormans in Kordusia. Kordusia is heavily influenced by Lorman culture due to the presence of Kerisian raiders throughout it's history, however, much of Kordusia's Lorman history is concentrated on the coast.

Economically, Kordusia is primarily a service-based economy with a majority of manufacturing that does exist in Kordusia located in southern Kordusia closer to Largonia and Miktar. Haldor serves as a major financial center for Artanian-based businesses as the city and region has favorable laws for multinational Artanian corporations. Kordusia is geographically separated into Upper Kordusia (Dundorfian: Oberkordusien) and Lower Kordusia (Dundorfian: Niederkordusien). Kordusia historically was controlled by the Duchy of Greater Kordusia where the Dorvish noble family of von Auspitz-Topol is from. Kordusia is relatively flat, owing to it's cold climate and lack of agricultural season. The Artanian Union Building is located in the Neunmarkt borough of Schrudehofen and serves as the headquarters of the Artanian Union.

Geography[]

Kordusia is geographically separated into Upper Kordusia (Dundorfian: Oberkordusien) and Lower Kordusia (Dundorfian: Niederkordusien) with the majority of Kordusia being flat, however parts of Lower Kordusia (near the Black Mountain Chain) are very mountainous and hilly. Kordusia, notably Upper Kordusia, is very cold and near arctic-like due to Dorvik being very near the North Pole of the world.

History[]

Kordusia was home to some of the northern most Dundorfian tribes who settled in modern Dorvik alongside the Dorvin people. Historically due to its coastal setting, Greater Kordusia has been a center of commerce and ideological exchange in Dorvik. Kordusia was home to the first sites of Hosianism in Dorvik. The first Hosian church built in Dorvik was in Haldor in 1162.

Kordusia was settled by the Dorvin people, who came from southern Atria, in around the year 400. Due to its coastal setting, Kordusia has long been a centre of commerce and idea exchange in Dorvik. It is here that the Christian faith now prevalent in Dorvik first took root, and is the location of Dorvik's first church, built in Haldor in 1162. One of the largest fortresses built in Dorvik was "Vardo Fortress" (Dundorfian: Vardo-Festung) built in 1306 at the mouth of Kordusian Bay in modern Hauzenwald. A plague, known as the Artanian Plague swept through Kordusia in the 1390s, it hit both modern Hauzenwald and Schrudehofen the hardest, largely believed to be brought by rats aboard trade vessels.

In 2359, a radical Tritist group set off a bomb on a crowded bus in Schrudehofen. The chaos continued in January of 2360, when the local Ministry of Food and Agriculture confirmed that there had been an outbreak of Dundorfian bird flu around the villages of Friednow and Heilwald in rural central Kordusia. The outbreak soon spread southwards to the Miktar border. 32 people died in central Kordusia's Quarantine Zone 20. Another bombing occurred in October of 2361, killing 84 and injuring 112; the perpetrators were believed to be apart of the Red Front.

Government and politics[]

The Province of Greater Kordusia (Dundorfian: Provinz Groß-Kordusien) is lead by the Greater Kordusian Provincial Administration (Dundorfian: Groß-Kordusien Provinzialverwaltung) which is lead by the elected Oberpräsident (Luthorian: Head President), the elected Oberpräsident is responsible for the overall direction and policy of the province.

The legislature of Greater Kordusia is the Greater Kordusia Provincial Diet (Dundorfian: Groß-Kordusien Provinziallandtag) which is composed of 120 deputies elected at the same time as national elections. The composition is based similarly off of the national elections. The Greater Kordusian Provincial Diet is lead by an elected President of the Greater Kordusia Provincial Diet. The Law on the Administrative Reform of the Kingdom of Dorvik also formalized the position of Minister-President of each respective province; this position is in addition to the President of the Provincial Diet. The Minister-President mirrors that of the State Chancellor of the Kingdom of Dorvik.

As of the Law on the Administrative Reform of the Kingdom of Dorvik in December, 4697 a new independent Provincial Election Commission is appointed by the Oberpräsident for 10 years and can only be removed by the Provincial Supreme Court.

The Greater Kordusia Provincial Administration contains several ministries, similar to that of the central Dorvish government. At the head of the Greater Kordusian Ministerial Council (Dundorfian: Ministerrat) is the Minister-President of Greater Kordusia. The Greater Kordusia Provincial Administration is composed of the Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance and Economics, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Ministry of Education and Culture, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Health and Social Services and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism. The Oberpräsident is responsible for the appointment of the Provincial Administration and they serve at the will of the Oberpräsident.

Administrative divisions[]

Stadtkreis

Haldor (Located close to Kordaw, Kordaw serves as an intermediary for the Kas River which links vital trade to Haldor)
Vilnau (Provincial capital, located east of Haldor)
Hauzenwald (Located on the northern fork of Kordusian Bay)
Kordaw (Located on the western coast of Kordusia)
Schrudehofen (Located on the southern fork of Kordusian Bay)
Zierenräschen
Auerhöring
Küshausen
Vöcklazing

Landkreis

Bad Innsnau
Letterbruck
Henbenheim
Wachebach
Obenfeld
Vohreiburg
Merseheim
Wachtenhofen
Donzirmheim
Penefels
Schaitermheim
Rheinau
Königförde
Salzbühel
Moussen
Völkbrunn
Großlingen
Ansrau
Bischofmundigen
Blankenbüren-Harhoven

Demographic and culture[]

Haldor Church — The first church in Dorvik, est. 1162

Greater Kordusia is the most populous state in Dorvik. A vast majority of Dorvik was settled by the Dorvin peoples, largely considered to be proto-Dundorfic tribes that migrated from central Dundorf to Dorvik overtime. Greater Kordusia is the home to the largest component of Dorvish Hosian's and an important site for Dorvish Hosian's as the first church was established in Greater Kordusia. The local "Atrian" langauges died out as a result of religious executions following the rise of Hosianism.

The arts, literature and music are very foreign-based, and Kordusia has a strong translation sector. Haldor was home to Boen Gujonsson (2234-2330), an important novelist and Socialist, known for his historical novels set in rural Kordusia and for his essays on self-portraiture. Hauzenwald is the home of Vorm, probably Dorvik's most famous composer. Lae Greid, an important Dorvish musical artist, most known for his songs Hanna and On My Own, also comes from Haldor. Maple cider is a popular treat, especially in fall. Foreign foods like chocolate tend to be consumed more here than in other provinces.

Economics[]

Kordusia has historically been a mineral rich area, it is known as one of the worlds largest producers of coal. Kordusia also produces a large amount of mineral-based resources, including lead, copper, silver, gold mining, zinc, cadmium, arsenic, and uranium. Lower Kordusia is notably rich in copper and stone quarrying. Kordusia is heavily reliant on it's natural resources for a vast majority of the regions employment especially in parts of Upper and Lower Kordusia. Kordusia's economy however is focused around it's service-based businesses, notably based out of Haldor, Vilnau, Schrudehofen and Hauzenwald where Kordusia's trading is incredibly popular and powerful. Despite its cold weather and near arctic climate, Schrudehofen and Hauzenwald are major sites of Dorvish shipbuilding and Dorvish maritime manufacturing.

Haldor and Vilnau however serve as financial capitals of both the world and Artania, Haldor primarily with Vilnau following a close second due to its financial sectors. At one point Haldor held some 50% of major Artanian corporations headquarters, however when the referendum was held to remove Dorvik from the Artanian Union, the economy suffered and Kordusia has really yet to recover from the referendum that removed Dorvik from the Artanian Union. The City of Haldor and the Kordusian Provincial Government have worked closely to re-build that economy, notably under the favorable policies of the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Haldor has stopped short of becoming like Fairfax in that it's an International Trade Zone, but many of the policies from Fairfax are implemented in Haldor on a different scale. Fairfax is widely considered to be the trading and industrial capital of Dorvik, only behind several cities in Largonia, Haldor (primarily the Wasse am Kas borough of Haldor) is considered to be the financial and economic capital of Dorvik.

Infrastructure[]

Kordusia, namely Haldor is widely considered to be the transportation hub of Dorvik. Haldor itself is home to Petrov International Airport, the largest international airport located in Dorvik. Petrov International Airport is named after Raymond Petrov, the founder of the Communist Party of Dorvik and his efforts in re-building the crumbling infrastructure of the Dorvish state at the time. Despite the usual anti-Communist and anti-Socialist spin in Dorvik the name has remained despite the fact that there have been several attempts to change it unsuccessfully. Vilnau is home to Vilnau International Airport, sometimes known as Auspitz-Topol International Airport which is a smaller international airport.

While Haldor and Vilnau serve as the land and air transportation capitals of Kordusia and Dorvik, Hauzenwald and Schrudehofen are the maritime transportation capitals of Dorvik. The naval bases, ports and harbors in both Hauzenwald and Schrudenhofen serve as a bastion of arctic exploration, trade and transportation for dozens of countries throughout the world. Kordusian Bay (Dundorfian: Kordusien Bucht) serves as one of the most vital bodies of water throughout Dorvik.

Notable people and locations[]

Locations[]

Hebb-Olding Institute (Zierenräschen) - The leading Dorvish institute for psychology.

	Cities of Dorvik
Capital	Haldor (Boroughs: Central District, Wasse am Kas, Betzen, Eppen West, Eppen Ost, Arenheim, Waiberndorf, Hafenstadt, Kreiss, Hagenbeck, Neustadt Nord, Neustadt Sud, Schlene-Treseheim)
Kordusia	Vilnau (Provincial Capital) - Hauzenwald - Kordaw - Schrudehofen - Bad Innsnau
Layern	Schwarzenbüren (Provincial Capital) - Lenebach - Schlandseruck - Weinsedorf - Zitadelle - Alsburg - Großengeismar - Saalfeld - Grenzmark
Miktar	Königheim (Provincial Capital) - Frostenbruck - Kriesefels - Oppenbruck - Ussendorf - Ashausen - Osterschau - Ostmark
Westmark	Küssingen (Provincial Capital) - Dargun - Lissenfeld - Trelin - Bad Anskreis
Dorvan	Vinisk (Provincial Capital) - Fairfax - Medestein - Ransestadt - Königsstadt - Weißenrath - Prastendorf