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'''Karolian-Ardispherians''' are [[Ardisphere|Ardispherians]] of [[Karolia|Karolian]] descent. They have had a significant role as an immigrant group in the Ardisphere from the earliest colonial period, and today they form a minority of about 1.5% of the country's total population, although there are many more Ardispherians (perhaps more than 9%) who can claim at least one Karolian ancestor, given the very long history the group has had in the region and the significant mixing that is inevitable over time.
The ''Premier of Tárrases'' is the head of government for the [[Tárrases|Duchy of Tárrases]], the chief executive minister of the cabinet serving under the [[Carapreta Dynasty|Duke or Duchess]], who is the head of state. The position was established by the 1920 Basic Law that serves as the autonomous city-state's constitution. Although elections have been declared "free and fair" by numerous international agencies, every Premier since 1920 has been a member of the Tarrasean [[Partido Soberano]] ("Partido Negro"). Thus the election process for the Premier is ''de facto'' carried out at the level of the party-internal election of the leadership of the party, however, since law allows non-party members to participate in this process, the selection is thus fairly democratic.


= Demographics =  
= History =


= History =  
= List of Premiers =


There is a long history of Karolians as traders and settlers in the Ardsiphere, especially in the coastal south.
Key:
*Order: The ordinal number of the Premier
*Years: Years served as Premier
*Name: Name of the Premier
*Party: Party affiliation
*Sovereign: Duke(s) or Duchess(es) under which served
*Notes: Observations or notable occurances


Since Karolia only lies less than a thousand kilometers to the east of the Ardisphere, beyond Arnolein across the Gulf of X, trading boats from that country first showed presence in the [[Bahía Negra]] and the southern islands area very early, in the 1400s. Karolia's main national product was wool and woollen clothes at that time, so this is what the goods were initially. The Karolians took back gold and silver (the Karolian word for the Ardisphere means 'land of riches') and later animal furs and other exotic goods, including tea and coffee which the [[Ardispherian First Peoples|Ardispherian natives]] ([[Albalongan Civilization|Albalongans]], [[Altazorian Civilization|Altazorians]] and others) had already been cultivating in the pre-colonial era. Happily, slavery was almost never practised, unlike the Castellanese practices of the period. Perhaps this is why even today there is an odd cultural alliance of sorts between Karolian-Ardispherians and Native Ardispherians.
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  ! style="width:5%;" | Order
  ! style="width:10%;" | Years
  ! style="width:20%" | Name
  ! style="width:15%" | Party
  ! style="width:20%;" | Sovereign
  ! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
  | 1
  | 1920-1944
  | [[Gerardo McKay]]
  | [[Partido Soberano]]
  | Cleopatra I
  | Author of the 1920 Basic Law and founder of the party
|-
  | 2
  | 1944-1953
  | [[Leocasta Debesseremet]]
  | [[Partido Soberano]]
  | Cleopatra I
  |
|-
  | 3
  | 1953-1954
  | [[Alejandro Vivaldi]]
  | [[Partido Soberano]]
  | Cleopatra I
  |
|-
  | 4
  | 1954-1967
  | [[Nicolás García de Montano]]
  | [[Partido Soberano]]
  | Cleopatra I, Roberto, José III
  |
|-
  | 5
  | 1967-1994
  | [[Miranda Nicolaides]]
  | [[Partido Soberano]]
  | José III
  | Longest-serving Premier
|-
  | 6
  | 1994-1999
  | [[Bartolomeo Cunningham]]
  | [[Partido Soberano]]
  | José III
  |
|-
  | 7
  | 1994-1999
  | [[Miguel Ángel Castillo Castillo]]
  | [[Partido Soberano]]
  | José III
  |
|-
  | 8
  | 2002-2008
  | [[Bartolomeo Cunningham]]
  | [[Partido Soberano]]
  | José III, Cleopatra II
  |
|-
  | 9
  | 2008-
  | [[Dimitrio Angelopoulos]]
  | [[Partido Soberano]]
  | Cleopatra II
  |
|}


The main area for Karolian colonisation was around the [[Departamento del Sur (DS)|Departamento del Sur]], focused in two areas: [[Isla Cabo Caroliano]] and the [[Au River Valley]].
= See Also =


== Kepplinne ==
* [[Tárrases]]


The Karolians arrived with a fortress named [[Kepplinne Castle|Kepplinne]] being founded on Isla Cabo Caroliano in 1491. Despite the fact that the [[Ingerland|Ingerish]] had competing interests in the area, a Karolian town grew up around the fortress over the next century, while the fortress changed hands several times between Ingerish and Karolian control. Although a large number of Ingerish colonists continued arriving, after the [[Treaty of Santiago del Faro]] ceded Ingerish claims in 1619, formally forcing the Ingerish out of the region, Kepplinne was under exclusive Karolian control until 1704, when the territory was finally surrendered to the more established colony of [[Nuevo Castellán]]. For most of that last period, the island was the sole remaining Karolian possession in the country. Afterwards, most of the traders disappeared, leaving only the most established settlers, who gradually became more absorbed into the Castellanese and subsequently Ardispherian culture. There is still a small but intensely idiosyncratic population of Karolians in the city of El Cabo today, but the main surviving remains are the higher genetic rates of blonde and orange hair in the area, the many place names, and the 'special relationship' between the two countries today.
[[Category:Tárrases]]
 
== Rau ==
 
The Au River Valley saw a significant influx of settlers of Karolian Románš origin. In their small boats, they "leapfrogged" the Castellanese colonies along the coast, who had already established towns like [[Onírica, DS|Onírica]] and [[Palmeras Grises|Santa María (modern Palmeras Grises)]], venturing up the river delta to settle the fertile alluvial plains upstream. The modern name "Au" is just a corruption, under Altazorian influence, of the Románš word "rau," meaning "river." Thus "Rio Au" really means "river river."
 
The Karolians called their colony, from the start, very simply "Rau." Although originally less substantial than the island settlements, and was never a formal colony of Karolia like on the coast, because of the stratetic importance of the latter as opposed the relative obscurity of the river valley, in modern times the Karolians in the river valley retain much more of their Karolian character, including many towns with majority Románš-speaking populations.
 
= Languages =
 
Karolians themselves brought two different linguistic strains with them when settling in the Ardisphere, the [[Karolian language]] proper, but also the Karolian [[Románš language]]. Perhaps because of its evident historical relationship and similarity to Castellanese, Románš has played an outsized role among Karolians in the Ardisphere, relative to the role played in its country of origin. Most Karolian-Ardispherians who are not culturally assimilated to the dominant Castellanese language speak Románš rather than Karolian, especially the Karolian agricultural communities scattered through the Au River Valley. The exception are those Karolians on Isla Cabo Caroliano, who seem to take pride in confounding visitors with their archaic-sounding Karolian.
 
= Communities =
 
= Politics =
 
= Religion =
 
= Cuisine =
 
= Notable Ardispherians of Karolian Descent =
 
{{incomplete list}}
 
* [[Maximiliano Korhonen]], educator and author
* [[Soledad Ionescu]], politician, prime minster and [[Chief Secretary of the Assembly of Nations‎]]
* [[Sigismunda Must]], current governor of [[Departamento del Sur (DS)]]
* [[Fabiana Pärn]], current mayor of [[Josusí, DF]]
* [[Pedro Peebo]], famous cellist and composer, now retired from performing but teaching at the [[Conservatorio Nacional Lirio Kovács]]
* [[Gaspar Seppänen]], military commander during the [[Ardispherian Civil War]]
 
= See also =
 
[[Category:Ardisphere]]

Latest revision as of 21:57, 1 May 2019

The Premier of Tárrases is the head of government for the Duchy of Tárrases, the chief executive minister of the cabinet serving under the Duke or Duchess, who is the head of state. The position was established by the 1920 Basic Law that serves as the autonomous city-state's constitution. Although elections have been declared "free and fair" by numerous international agencies, every Premier since 1920 has been a member of the Tarrasean Partido Soberano ("Partido Negro"). Thus the election process for the Premier is de facto carried out at the level of the party-internal election of the leadership of the party, however, since law allows non-party members to participate in this process, the selection is thus fairly democratic.

History

List of Premiers

Key:

  • Order: The ordinal number of the Premier
  • Years: Years served as Premier
  • Name: Name of the Premier
  • Party: Party affiliation
  • Sovereign: Duke(s) or Duchess(es) under which served
  • Notes: Observations or notable occurances
Order Years Name Party Sovereign Notes
1 1920-1944 Gerardo McKay Partido Soberano Cleopatra I Author of the 1920 Basic Law and founder of the party
2 1944-1953 Leocasta Debesseremet Partido Soberano Cleopatra I
3 1953-1954 Alejandro Vivaldi Partido Soberano Cleopatra I
4 1954-1967 Nicolás García de Montano Partido Soberano Cleopatra I, Roberto, José III
5 1967-1994 Miranda Nicolaides Partido Soberano José III Longest-serving Premier
6 1994-1999 Bartolomeo Cunningham Partido Soberano José III
7 1994-1999 Miguel Ángel Castillo Castillo Partido Soberano José III
8 2002-2008 Bartolomeo Cunningham Partido Soberano José III, Cleopatra II
9 2008- Dimitrio Angelopoulos Partido Soberano Cleopatra II

See Also

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