Archiduché de Bajor-Lorraine

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Statehood matters
French name: Archiduché de Bajor-Lorraine [aʁ.ʃi.dy.ʃe də ba.ʒɔʁ lɔ.ʁɛn]
English name: Archduchy of Bajor-Lorraine
Demonym: Lorraine(s) (Lorrainian(s))
Capital city: Kaÿr [ka.iʁ]
Time zone (offset): Bajor-Lorraine Time (UTC)/Bajor-Lorraine Summer Time (UTC+1)
Motto: Vive le Archiduc (Long live the Archduke)
Currency: Guyare(s) ([gjaʁ]) (Ꞡ) (exchange rate: €1 = Ꞡ20)
Founding: 955 (basic roots/Bajor); 1201 (Lorraine); 1481 (Union des couronnes (Union of the Crowns))
Founding document: Constitution de Bajor-Lorraine (Constitution of Bajor-Lorraine)
National festivals/holidays: 25 March (Jour Fondation (Foundation Day))

Royal matters

Royal titles and styles
Regent: Altesse Souveraine {Name}, Archiduc de Bajor-Lorraine, Grand-Prince de Lorraine, Duc de Bajor (Sovereign Highness {Name}, Archduke of Bajor-Lorraine, Grand Prince of Lorraine, Duke of Bajor)
Consort(s): Altesse Souveraine {Name}, le Dauphin Royal [dofɛ̃ ʁwa.jal] (first concurrent marriage), Altesse Souveraine {Name}, la Vidame [vidam] (second concurrent marriage)

Past royal houses

Maison de Dandenault (955-1481; Bajor)
Maison de Rosenkreuz (1201-1481; Lorraine)

Current information
Royal house: Maison de Robespierre [ʁɔbɛspjɛʁ] (House of Robespierre)
Ascension: 1481

Thee most recent rulers

Archiduc Yochanan V (1972-1988) (death)
Archiduc Noëlle II (1988-2003) (death)
Archiduc Chaim I (2003-2024) (was Noëlle’s consort; abdicated due to age)

Monarch: Altesse Souveraine Jacques III (b. 1980)
Consort: AS Avril, le Dauphin (b. 1982)

Archducal election eligibility criteria

Aged 25-58
Holder of former noble title in Corse, Sainte-Jeanne, or Anvre
a. Restricted to one candidate per family
b. Titles rotate by election (if Yehoshua becomes Yehoshua I, his line becomes [Name] de Corse while Jacques' becomes [Name] d'Anvre)
c. If a line goes extinct, the junior lines move up one place in seniority
No eligible descendants

Prior line of succession's current generation

AS Jacques III's line (via Yochanan's sister Amélie)
a. Altesse Royale Yehoshua de Corse (b. 25 Sep. 1982; Jacques’ brother) (election-eligible until 4 March 2027)
b. AR Patrice de Corse (b. 4 March 2002)
AS Noëlle II's line
a. AR Thierry de Ste. Jeanne (b. 18 June 1990) (Antoinette de Ste. Jeanne's (sister) line inherits unless he and Roger de Ste. Jeanne adopt)
b. AR Michael de Ste. Jeanne (ineligible due to age; b. 17 May 2016; Thierry's nephew)
d'Anvre line (via Yochanan's sister Miriam)
a. AR Hannah d’Anvre (b. 11 Aug. 1979) (election-eligible until 11 Aug. 2035) (Yehudit d'Orléans' (fourth cousin) line inherits upon passing without issue)

Geographic and demographic matters
Region: European Union
Population: 62,510,000
Urbanisation: 68%
Nationality: Lorraine

Governmental matters
Election cycle and terms: Every five years unlimited terms

The parties
Coalition Unioniste (CU) (Unionist Coalition): Deeply Eurosceptic
Front Republicain National (FRN) (National Republican Front): Anti-royalist and want to force the sitting monarch to abdicate in favour of a democratically-elected president.
Jèntarim [ʒɛ̃.ta.ʁɛ̃]: Deeply royalist and want to abolish parliament
Ligue Communiste (LC) (Communist League): Gagnonist (Dengist without modernization and opening up)
Mouvement pour l’indépendance Nationale (MIN) (National Independence Movement): Anti-EU
Parti Vert (PV) (Greens): Environmentalists
Travailliste (Labour): Eurosceptic, trade unionist

Parliament
Maison des Domaines (House of Estates): 750-seat legislature that's headed by a Président (Speaker). (For translation reasons, legislative actions are known as Projets de loi du Sénat, or Senate Bills.)

Current government
AS Government: Coalition Unioniste (note: Travailliste has the second most seats but is allied with CU.)
AS Loyal Opposition: Jèntarim-Mouvement pour l’indépendance Nationale
Prime Minister: Renée Messier
Président des Domaines (Speaker of the Estates): Ts. Hon. Monsieur (M.) le Président Rafa'el Bonaparte