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    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

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

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

        Thee most recent rulers

        1. Archiduc Yochanan V (1972-1988) (death)
        2. Archiduc Noëlle II (1988-2003) (death)
        3. 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

        1. Aged 25-58
        2. 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
        3. No eligible descendants

        Prior line of succession's current generation

        1. 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)
        2. 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)
        3. 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

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