The twelve entries play, one after the other, in the wonderful stage set up inside the belly of the former cargo vessel. Thanks to a detailed work by technicians during the months prior, the insides have been insulated effectively so that the reverberation of the iron clad is almost inaudible.

Andrea Mandrais: After listening to these wonderful songs, it is time to vote. Europe, let's decide!

After half an hour of replays of the entries and a light comedy segment for the in-person audience at MS Kaap Westland, it is time to know what spectators have decided.

AM: You, our dear watchers, have already spoken. Now it is time for us to unwrap your voice for everyone to see. Therefore, let's begin with the vote counting. It is time to connect with our first vote deliverer. Dua Lipa, live from the United Kingdom!

DL: Hello Europe! Our viewers have voted and these are the results. On third position, with 8 points, comes... our host INELAND! Coming in second, with 10 points comes... SPAIN! And in the first place, our 12 points are awarded to... ELTHIZE!

AM: Thank you so much dear Dua, and see you soon! With this first round of votes Elthize takes the leading spot with 12 points, followed up by Spain with 10 points, Ineland with 8, and Oregon with 7 points. Now let's go to our second round of voting. Good evening Reitzmag!

WS GM: Good evening Andrea, good evening Zeevorde, good evening Europe! We're so happy to see you all from our wonderful studios in Reitzmag! Let's get this going. Without further ado, here come the points from our country. Our third place eight points have been awarded to... ICHOLASEN! Our second place, with ten points, goes to... VAYINAOD! And last, but not least, our first place twelve points go to... YOSAI!

AM: Thanks you very much Wesley and our warmest greeting to you and the Reitzmic people. After Reitzmag's scores have come in, the tally changes substantially. Ineland and Spain come in a tie for the third place with 13 points each. Second place comes Oregon, with 14 points. And speeding up to the top spot comes Yosai, with 16 points.

And off we go to our third round of scores of the night. Live from Saint Dominico we're connecting with Madame Marco for Inquista's scores. Good evening my dear!

MM: Hello Andrea, and hello Zeevorde and Europe! Tonight we've seen amazing shows and heard amazing music, but as with everything it's time to choose. And of course Inquistans couldn't remain silent about it. Here comes our scores!

On third place, our eight points go to... OREGON! Coming in second, our ten points go to... CZECH SLAVIA! And finally, on first place our twelve points go to... ICHOLASEN! Coming back to you Andrea, good night Europe!

AM: Thank you so much Madame Marco. After our first three rounds of voting I think we can agree to say "What a night!". With the latest points, the tally changes dramatically again. After receiving null points from Inquista, Yosai falls from first to the sixth place with 16 points, while Ineland stays in the fight for the third place but this time with Elthize with 19 points each, with Spain falling to the fifth with 18 points. Oregon stays up high with 22 points, tied for the first position with Icholasen that finds itself propelled to the fight for the top spot with 22 points as well.

MS Kaap Westland, Zeevorde (Ineland)

Dear Europe, welcome to Zeevorde for the 43rd edition of the EuroVoice Song Contest! I am Andrea and I will be your host for tonight's show, broadcasting live from former cargo ship MS Kaap Westland. IRT-RTI has been working hard in the past few months alongside Zeevorde municipality in order to adapt this former oceanfaring vessel and transform it into an awesome stage for our music show.

Through the next hours we will be listening, seeing and, especially, enjoying the 12 entries in this year's edition. Without further ado, let us navigate music together from our floating stage and find out what is Europe's favourite song.

(OOC: I will be slowly releasing voting results along the coming weeks. My apologies for not being able to deliver the full show in a quicker fashion.)

King Jean announces his intent on abdicating the crown

Hugo METTERNICHT (Hautcour) | During a televised speech yesterday, king Jean IV announced his intention to abdicate the throne of Ineland by the end of the summer after a 37 year reign. During his speech, his majesty alluded to his age as an essential factor in his decision.

Jean Marie Charles de Mérignac-Ponton, who was prince of Sousair prior to his election to the throne in 1985 after the death of Martin II, has been the king of the Inelanders for well over three and a half decades. During this period, the United Principalities have undergone a series of deep social changes, as well as the further development of the federal system introduced under the 1969 amendment to the constitution. Jean has been the third French-speaking monarch of the country after his great-grandfather, Jean III (1921-1925), and Guillaume VI (1925-1939).

His majesty is turning 70 years next September 27, which is the presumed date of his effective abdication. Once the act is made official, the Seneschal of the House of Electors will summon the leaders of the 31 states of Ineland to meet for an urgent electoral session of the upper chamber. This abdication is legally possible due to a 1983 amendment to the constitution that introduced this possibility to allow for Martin II to leave the throne due to his declining health. However, Martin died before he could abdicate himself, which will thus make Jean the first monarch in modern Inelandic history to abdicate.

Ineland wins EuroVoice 42

Hugo METTERNICHT (Trondheim) | After what surely was a long yet exciting night for Clara Luciani, the Inelandic singer won EuroVoice 42 which took place tonight at the city of Trondheim in Fremet.

Ineland struggled to keep the 4th position in the initial result announcement, but soon went into a three-way competition with Nofoaga and Icholasen (the Free one) for first place. However, our entry slowly increased its lead while the next 5 entries started switching positions in the leaderboard until mathematical victory was achieved when the penultimate result came in. In the end, Ineland finished first with 96 points, followed by Istkalen as second with 82 points and Icholasen as third with 76. Host Fremet came in tenth with 54 points.

With tonights win, Ineland is expected to host the 43rd edition of the European Union's song contest and contacts between the EUBC and state broadcaster RTI-IRT are already underway in order to start planning. Sandrine Meckelmans, an RTI-IRT spokesperson, has already said that a bidding process will be taking place with a host city being announced later this month.

Principautés Unies d'Inelande

Verenigde Prinsdommen Inland

Motto: Pro rege et grege (Latin: For king and country)
Anthem: Royal Anthem

INDEX

1. Main information
2. Government and politics
   2.1 Monarchy
   2.2 Executive
   2.3 Legislative
   2.4 Judiciary
3. History
4. Geography
5. Defence Force

Quick information

• Administrative center: Hautcour
  ** Largest city: Kapstad
• Population: 67.230.000
• Official languages: French, Dutch
  ** Recognised languages: Basconian, German
• Currency: Crown (ck)

AM: So, it is time to proceed to our next voters. A country we all love so much that there are even two of them... ICHOLASEN! Welcome, Françoise!

FH: Hello Europe! And thank you so much for your words, Andrea. We also love you all! So, here's the moment you've been waiting for. Our 8 points go to... ELTHIZE! Our second place, with 10 points, goes to... CZECH SLAVIA! And finally, on the first position and with 12 points... INQUISTA!

AM: Thank you so much Françoise! Now let's pass onto our next voter, the country that is hosting us tonight... INELAND! Welcome Sharon Lamberts, live from Aigues Calmes.

SL: Thank you Andrea, thank you Europe! It's amazing to see you all tonight, looking at our wonderful Zeevorde. So, here's the results of our voting. Third place, with 8 points... REITZMAG! Second, with 10... ICHOLASEN! And finally, first with 12 points... INQUISTA!

AM: Thank you so much, Sharon! So far, the tally stands as follows. In fifth place, with 29 points we have ELTHIZE! Just one point away, with 30 points, we have CZECH SLAVIA on the fourth position which is just 2 points below our third competitor ICHOLASEN! And here's where things get exciting, because our top three entries are all placed within a 3-point range. Second, with 33 points, is OREGON! And finally, currently on top with 34 points, INQUISTA!

Things are definitely getting exciting here. And to make them even more exciting we proceed to our next round of voting results, live from... VAYINAOD! Go ahead Jack, you're live!

JB: Thaaaank you Andrea, and gooooood evening everyoooooone! Scoobydeeboop!

Okay, let's go... Third with our roundy eight points comes ICHOLASEN. Second, with 10 points, comes Awesomregon, awesome OREGON! And first, with 12 points, YOSAI! Hell yeah!

AM: Thank you so much Jack for your uplifting and energetic speech. And now let's go onto our seventh round of votes of the evening by... OOOREGON! Welcome Rachel!

RE: Good evening Andrea and our millions of watchers tonight! You asked Oregon to deliver, and it is time for Oregon to deliver. Third, with 8 points... INQUISTA! Second place, with 10 points... CZECH SLAVIA! And finally, on the first place with 12 points... ELTHIZE!

AM: Thank you Oregon and thank you Rachel! Lots of changes, massive ones, in our tally. Fifth place is now occupied by our latest voter, OREGON, with 43 points. Three points ahead, with 46, come ICHOLASEN and ELTHIZE tied for the third place. Second place, just with one more point, 47 points, comes CZECH SLAVIA. And top position, with 48 points, comes INQUISTA. I am not going to lie, having our top 5 contenders within a range of just 6 points is astounding with just 5 more countries left to vote. Let's see how this ends up!

Response to the address by the Spanish Prime Minister

In light of the aggressive and threatening remarks by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Spain, Jesús Aguilar, with regards to the Ineland-sponsored Freedom of Navigation Act that is currently being debated in the European Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has adopted the following measures:

• Recalling of the Ambassador of the United Principalities of Ineland to the Kingdom of Spain for consultations for an undefined period of time;
• Partial suspension of all economic cooperation with the Kingdom of Spain;
• Cancellation of all negotiations on military hardware acquisition from the Kingdom of Spain.

On behalf of the Government of the United Principalities of Ineland, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to express its utmost shock at the attitudes expressed by the Government of the Kingdom of Spain. The Government considers that membership of an organisation such as the European Union entails a series of obligations, such as proper debate and democratic handling of disputes through appropriate channels, which the Government of the Kingdom of Spain doesn't seem keen on abiding by.

European Council debates recognition of UNSR

INELAND_INFO (Europolis) | This week, the European Council is debating on a motion to recognise the Union of Nicholeizian Socialist Republics as the sovereign government of Icholasen. The motion, tabled by Council speaker and councillor for Istkalen, Iras Tilkanas, calls for the UNSR to assume Icholasen's roles in institutions and organisations as well as its membership of the European Union.

The motion has sparked fierce debate in the chamber, as councillors have expressed concerns with regards to the status of the United Dominions of Icholasen, or Free Icholasen as its government in exile is known. James Mizrachi-Roscoe, councillor for the United Duchies, has expressed that the UNSR should only be recognised as a member if Free Icholasen is recognised as a member as well, while also casting his worry about recognising a government borne out of a coup d'état.

While the opinions of councillors opposing recognition of the UNSR are varied, the voices supporting the motion seem to clearly share the view that such a move to incorporate the UNSR into the EU comes out of an exercise of realpolitik and an attempt at normalising relations with the de facto government that is exercising its authority over the territory of a member state. Councillor for Ineland, Prince Charles of Linthaut, made it clear in his intervention in the Council chamber:

"For the sake of peaceful coexistence in our region and normalised diplomatic relations with the de facto government of Icholasen, Ineland welcomes this motion and expresses its support for it. Even though we may hold our ideological differences with the UNSR, we believe it is in everyone's interest to welcome them back into the European family."

This position is shared by the government of Ineland. Kasper Merckx, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has said in the past days that, should the opportunity arise, "the UNSR should be welcomed into the European Union" as a full member state. Sources from within the government also pointed out at the possiblities for cooperation should the UNSR be recognised by the EU, like the construction of a high-speed railway tunnel under the strait separating Icholasen and Ineland that would help place Ineland as a hub for railway transportation in the region.

Government and Politics

Form of government: Elective constitutional monarchy

• Monarch: Jean IV, king of the Inelanders

Cabinet

Legislature: Estates General (États généraux / Staten-Generaal / Generalstaaten)

• Upper house: House of Electors (Chambre des Électeurs / Kamer van Keurvorsten / Kurfürstentag)
  ** Seneschal: Gaston of Vierthune, Margrave of Casogne
  ** Composition: 31 prince-electors

• Lower house: Chamber of Commons (Chambre des Communs / Kamer van Burgers / Bürgertag)
  ** Speaker: Mr. Armin Meinhoff (RuF)
  ** Composition: 175 seats
  -Reformist Party (Parti Réformateur - PR): 30
  -People's Party (Volkspartij - VkP): 28
  -Workers' Alliance (Alliance Ouvrière - AO): 27
  -Labour Party (Arbeiderspartij - Adp): 22
  -Ecologism/The Greens (Ecologisme/Les Verts - ELV): 18
  -Democrats (Democraten - D): 16
  -Monarchist Movement (Mouvement Royaliste - MR): 15
  -Workers' Party (Arbeiterpartei - Atp): 7
  -Justice and Freedom (Recht un Freiheit - RuF): 5
  -Gaelic Interest (GI): 3
  -Homeland (Vaterland - VL): 1
  -Others: 3
  ** Last election: May 11, 2018
  ** Next election: April 2022

List of Heads of Government

Reddit communities

• Worldbuilding (And Resource Master List compiled by their Discord community)
• Military Worldbuilding
• Mapmaking
• Conlangs

Flag and coat design

• HeraldicArt - Web hub with information on heraldry.
• FakeFlag - Browser-based flag-making tool.
• Scrontch's Flag Designer - Browser-based flag-making tool.
• Some flag-creation tips on r/worldbuilding
• Heraldry Studio - Basic heraldry creation software available on Steam (€15 approx.) and under continuous update.

Mapping

• Medieval Fantasy City Generator - generates a random medieval city map. Can be useful if you want to map a city and want to give it a medieval city-center.
• MilitaryMap - Plan your mission - Military operations map maker with set of NATO symbols to use.
• Metro Map Maker - Browser-based tool to create your custom metro system map.

Naming

• Fantasy Name Generators - Browser-based name generator with plenty of categories (character naming, toponymy...)
• Samuel Stoddard's Fantasy Name Generator - Browser-based name generator, mostly useful for character naming.
• City and Town Name Generator - Generates place names based on RL settlements.

General

• Artifexian's YouTube Channel - Very useful for worldbuilding in general with interesting videos on conlang and writing systems, as well as mapmaking.

Nation Name: United Principalities of Ineland
Artist: Chérine
Song: ça m'ennuie pas
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlvZq26JF7I
Vote deliverer with their image linked: Sharon Lamberts
Link to your flag: https://static.miraheze.org/nseurowikiwiki/4/41/Flag_of_Ineland.png

His Majesty, Jean IV, officialises his abdication

Jean IV sends an official note to Gaston of Vierthune, Seneschal of the House of Electors, announcing his intention to abdicate

On June last year, the sovereign announced his upcoming abdication due to poor health. As it was later known, Jean de Mérignac-Ponton was diagnosed in early 2021 with early-stage Parkinson's Disease. Due to this reason, and in order to focus on his fight against the disease's effects, his majesty decided to abdicate the throne so that the constitutionally foreseen process can start to elect a successor.

In spite of an abdication being expected to occur last year, a sudden episode of epilepsia that left the monarch incapacitated for some months and a slow recovery impeded the proper procedure to be followed. After this official note to the Seneschal, the House of Electors is exected to be convened in late september/early october to vote on a successor.

While it is still too early to talk about prospective contenders, speculations seem to point mostly towards Princess Grace of Poiret, as well as King Maximilian of Voorland who is seen as the candidate representing the interests of Dutch-speaking nationalists as well as Germanic-speaking principalities.

On behalf of the United Principalities of Ineland, our vote is, as follows:

Speaker
Rebel KOFI (Elthize - non-inscrit)

Deputy Speaker
Lionel MOREL (Leagio - non-inscrit)

de Stem (The voice in Dutch) is a daily newspaper in Ineland and the main Dutch-written media outlet in the country, with its main newsroom based in the city of Den Brugge. Its printed version has a circulation of up to 1.1 million copies.

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Given the relative proximity between Ineland and Europolis, and the Inelandic governments' constant bet on close-to-carbon-neutral means of transportation, Minister-President Merckx and his entourage opted for rail as their mean to get to the European capital for the leaders' summit. The previous months, internal issues had kept Kasper apart from EU affairs. However, an occasion such as the leaders' summit required of his presence. Something which he, honestly, didn't dislike due to his enjoyment of those little openings for hallway diplomacy. After the 7 hour long trip, the presidential train finally entered Europolis' Central Station where a reception to the delegation by the Inelandic representation to the EU was due to take place.

After a brief drive around the city, Kasper and his entourage finally arrived to the venue of the summit. Most of the other leaders had already arrived by then, which gave the Inelanders the opportunity for your usual, glamourous late arrival.

On behalf of the United Principalities of Ineland I vote AGAINST this repeal.

Dominic Ferry
Councillor for Ineland

The United Principalities of Ineland vote FOR this Act.

Dominic FERRY
Councillor for the United Principalities of Ineland

Final EuroVoice 43 Score

AM: As we're approaching the final part of the show, the thing is getting all the more exciting! Having said that, it is time to proceed with our next round of voting. YOSAI, are you on the line?

TK: Hello Andrea and hello Europe!

AM: Welcome Takeshi! What have Yosainians decided to vote?

TK: Our fellow watchers, in their infinite wisdom, have decided to distribute their votes the following way. On the third spot, with 8 points, comes THE UNITED KINGDOM! Second, with 10 points, come THE UNITED DUCHIES! And lastly, our 12 points go to... REITZMAG!

AM: Thank you Takeshi and good evening to you and all of Yosai! After this 8th round of voting we're getting even closer to the end of the show, and so it seems that the winner will be among the current top 5! Now let's proceed to our next round of votes. Nieves? Is Spain there and ready!?

NA: Good evening Andrea! Here we are, present and ready to vote! On the third position, with 8 points, comes THE UNITED KINGDOM! Second place, with 10 points, comes OREGON! And first, with the 12 points spot comes REITZMAG! Thank you Andrea and thank you EU!

AM: Thank you Nieves and Spain! Well, it seems this is getting exciting as Reitzmag received 12 points twice in a row. May we be in front of a new runner-up for the win? Let's find out with more votes. Let me invoke you... Lenny, my friend! Where are the Duchies!?

LH: Here we are, baby! Good evening my darling, Andrea. Here comes the moment you've all been waiting for, it's time for the United Duchies to award some points! Our 8 points have gone to YOSAI! Our 10 points have gone to OREGON! And our 12 points have gone to INQUISTA!

AM: Thanks Lenny! And wow, the landscape changes drastically as Inquista climbs from the 5th to the 1st spot, exchanging positions with Czech Slavia who drop from the 1st to the 5th. Oregon climbs from 4th to 2nd, while Elthize goes down from 2nd to 3rd as Icholasen also drops one place from 3rd to 4th. In the meantime, Reitzmag clings to the 6th position. Let's see how this continues with the scores of our next voting country and penultimate voting round. But beware, here comes the wolf! Wolf Alice giving the score results for Elthize!

WA: Auuuuuu and beware! Good evening Andrea and good evening Europeans! Elthizeans haven't had it easy, but they've come up with some scoring and here's the results. Third place, with 8 points, come THE UNITED DUCHIES! Second place, with 10 points, comes INQUISTA! And finally, with 12 points comes CZECH SLAVIA!

AM: Thank you Wolf Alice, and thank you Elthize! Well, it seems like the panorama, with just one country left to vote, is starting to get clearer. Sadly, Czech Slavia has no options given that the only country left to vote is them and they can't vote for themselves. However, and while Inquista is 5 points ahead of the next possible winner, anything could happen as, mathematically, 4 entries have options: Inquista, Oregon, Icholasen and Elthize. Thus, it seems that the final round of voting will be an extremely intense moment.

Let's go for it. Antonin and Czech Slavia, I call upon you to show up!

AS: Good evening Andrea! Indeed, sadly as it is, we're mathematically left out of the competition. However, we have the honour to be kingmakers in this edition. There's always a positive side to every story! So, without any further ado, let's give Europe what it wants: A WINNER!

Third place, with 8 points... INELAND!

AM: Which places Ineland on a final score of 58 points.

AS: Second place, with 10 points... OREGON!

AM: Which places Oregon on a final score of 78 points.

AS: And first place, with 12 points... ICHOLASEN!

AM: Which places Icholasen on a final score of 77 points. So far, Oregon would be first and Icholasen second, but things could still change at the very last moment.

AS: And now, let's go with the rest of the score, from the bottom. With one point... VAYINAOD!

With two points... SPAIN!

With three points... THE UNITED KINGDOM!

With four points... THE UNITED DUCHIES!

With five points... ELTHIZE!

With six points... RITZMAG!

And finally, with seven points... INQUISTA!

AM: And with those seven points, INQUISTA clings to the top position with 80 points, just two ahead of Oregon!

AM: INQUISTA IS THE WINNER OF THE 43RD EDITION OF EUROVOICE! Thank you Antonin and Czech Slavia, and THANK YOU EVERYONE! See you soon in Inquista for EuroVoice 44!

On behalf of the United Principalities of Ineland, I vote FOR amendments I, II, IV, V and VI, and AGAINST amendment III.