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Government of Kingdom of Great Blönland
	Federal constitutional parliamentary monarchy
Capital	Burgenau
Head of state
• King	Friedrich-Alexander III
• Prime Minister	Karl Adalbert Ritter von Müller
• Deputy Prime Minister	Dr. Claus Adam von Glückuhn
Legislature	Vereinigter Landtag (United Parliament)
• Upper house	Herrenhaus (House of Lords)
• Lower house	Abgeordnetenhaus (House of Deputies)
Judiciary	Oberster Gerichtshof (Highest Court)

Administrative divisions of Kingdom of Great Blönland
First-level	2 Länder (Constituent Countries)
Second-level	7 Bezirke (Districts) in Blönland proper and 4 Landbezirke (Districts) and 2 Harden (Hundreds) in Remsfalen-Lüningen
Third-level	32 Kreise (Counties)
Fourth-level	445 Gemeinden (Communes)

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Kingdom of Great Blönland
Königreich Groß-Blönland (Blönnish Kalmish)

Capital: Burgenau
Population: 17.355.500 (2002)
Anthem: Blönlandlied

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Blönland, formally the Kingdom of Great Blönland (Königreich Groß-Blönland) is a country in East Uletha. It borders Remsfalen to the west, UL31c and Izaland to the south and Saikyel to the east, as well as the [SEANAME] to the north. It covers an area of xxx square kilometers and has a population of over xx.x million, resulting in a population density of xxx per square kilometer. It is one of the easternmost culturally and linguistically Kalmish countries. The capital and largest city is Burgenau, located in the south, closely followed by Collenburg near the northern coast. Other major cities are the twin cities Dietfeld and Neustadt an der Lubbe, Papenau, Neustadt auf der Höhe, Daxau and Kronenburg.

A constitutional monarchy ruled by a King, Prime Minister and bicameral parliament, Blönland consists of two Constituent Countries (Länder) - the Kingdom of Blönland proper (Königreich Blönland), with the capital Burgenau and the Grand Duchy of Remsfalen-Lüningen (Großherzogtum Remsfalen-Lüningen), with the capital Collenburg. Historically distinct entities that were gradually unified after they came under a personal union, both have retained large degrees of autonomy and are culturally distinct, speaking different dialects. While Blönland is primarily Catholic, Remsfalen-Lüningen is mostly Protestant, except for areas in its south and east. The forested Central Mountains separate Blönland proper from largely flat Remsfalen-Lüningen, while the southern border is formed by the [MOUNTAINRANGENAME].

Overview

Blönland as a consolidated entity came into existence in 1844, when King Friedrich-Alexander II of Blönland inherited, in accordance with the 1733 Treaty of Collenburg, the Grand Duchy of Remsfalen-Lüningen that had split off from Remsfalen in 1678 from his distant cousin, Grand Duke Otto V, prompting the Remsfalian invasion of Remsfalen-Lüningen and Blönland, also called the Six Months' War. The Treaty of Weisburg ended the war, stipulating that Remsfalen-Lüningen would maintain its independence and be ruled by the King of Blönland in a personal union but would form a customs union with Remsfalen and surrender part of its tax income. In a time of political instability in Remsfalen, King Friedrich-Alexander II's successor Georg I began taking measures to change the status quo as he feared that Remsfalen would claim the Grand Duchy again, which resulted in the Crisis of 1862 that almost ended in a second war between Blönland and Remsfalen.

On May 10th, 1863, the Second Treaty of Collenburg was signed, in which Remsfalen consented to a real union between Blönland and Remsfalen-Lüningen in exchange for receiving the territory of Gamsland. Three days later, on May 13th, the parliaments of Blönland and Remsfalen-Lüningen passed an Act of Union, which resulted in the formation of the Kingdom of Blönland-Remsfalen-Lüningen and created the borders known today. On May 17th, King Georg I was crowned Grand Duke of Remsfalen-Lüningen. The date is celebrated as the National Holiday since 1899.

Political integration of the two Blönnish regions lasted well into the 20th century and is often still considered incomplete. The Kingdom of Blönland proper and the Grand Duchy retained their own armies until the Great War forced a modernization of the armed forces in 1932, as well as their own parliamentary lower houses and governments until 1952. During the Great War, Blönland remained officially neutral but provided aid to [SIDE]. It became a haven for war refugees from other Kalmish countries and for businesses who did not want to wait until reconstruction in war-struck regions was complete, which benefitted the rural areas greatly and finalized the formation of the Collenburg Metropolitan Area, the country's largest.

On January 1st, 1952, the Great Reform Act came into effect, unifying the legislatives of Blönland and Remsfalen-Lüningen and giving the country its current name. It implemented many economical, legal and social reforms that helped Blönland to adapt to the postwar world, significantly deregulating the economy and allowing the Kingdom to become a hub for modern technologies without alienating the traditional industries like mining in the south and fishing in the north.

Blönland is notable for its space program, high-quality transportation network and is touristically important, hosting more than 63 million visitors per year. Its largest exports are automotive and aerospace parts, coal and semiconductors. Agriculture is centered around dairy production on the coastal plains and in the mountains as well as wine and fruit in the rolling hills of the central regions.

The Blönnish people remain culturally and socially conservative, especially in the south. Religion is a major part of life, and 88,5% of all citizens according to the Census of 2022 claim membership in one of the country's two major churches. The King has significant powers unusual for other constitutional monarchies, and the nobility retains legal privileges, not only dominating the upper house of Parliament but also owning more than half of the land.

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Government

King and Royal Family

Current and former members of the Royal Family

The Royal Family of Blönland consists of all patrilineal, legitimate descendants of King Friedrich-Alexander I (1773-1850), and the women marrying into the family. Princes who enter a marriage without permission from the King are excluded from the order of succession and their children are not members of the Royal Family. The order of succession is strictly agnatic, meaning that women are excluded and nobody may claim through a woman. This is frequently criticized, however the conservative Parliament rejeceted a motion to implement absolute primogeniture in 2018.

In the past, Princesses by birth would lose their title and leave the Royal Family upon marriage. In 2008, a law was passed that allows Princesses to retain their title for their lifetime, however, it only affects Princesses born after the law came into effect.

Current Members

HM King Friedrich-Alexander III (*1945)
HM Queen Olga, Princess of Remsfalen (*1952), married then-Crown Prince Friedrich Alexander in 1973
HRH Crown Prince Georg (*1974), current heir to the throne
HRH Crown Princess Leopoldine (*1977), née Princess von Behrenstein, married Crown Prince Georg in 1999
HRH Prince Michael (*1975), entrepreneur and philanthropist
HRH Princess Adelaide (*1980), née Countess von Stöckelen, married Prince Martin in 2008
HRH Prince Wilhelm (*1947), General (Blönnish Army), brother of the King

Former Members

Countess Anna Katharina von Neuhaus (*1942), née Princess of Blönland, married Count Casimir von Neuhaus in 1985, sister of the King
Baroness Marie Victoria von Schneyder (*1943), née Princess of Blönland, married Admiral Albrecht von Schneyder in 1989, sister of the King
Maria Siebenhammer (*1947), née Princess of Blönland, married photographer Martin Siebenhammer in 1978, sister of the King
Baroness Theresia von Müller (*1972), née Princess of Blönland, married industrialist Alfred von Müller, brother of the current Prime Minister, in 1998