Region Profiles

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Short introductions to Lindsay's hundreds:

Stagfordshire – (120 563)

Stagfordshire is located around the river Greenstream. The fertile and rich soil around the river is ideal for agriculture and for centuries English settlers have used the area for farming. Next to farming, the military and the military industry is the most important part of the hundred’s economy, and several military bases are located all over the area. Stagfordshire is also famed for its horse breeding, and horse related sports are very popular among the inhabitants, even if polo especially holds a special place in the heart of many of the residents. Fox-hunting is also popular, and the question over its legality is an important political issue. Inheritance- and property-tax are other important issues as Stagfordshire has a lot of grand old houses and estates and family farms. The population is concentrated to the suburbs and exurbs of Lindsay-on-Sea, as well as the area around the Greenstream.

The largest and oldest city is Stagford. Historically it’s been an important military city. The weapon industry is the most prominent one of the city, and the city’s military base employ a lot of people. The city unfortunately was heavily bombed by the Germans during WW2, but most of the city’s old historical buildings have been restored. Stagford is beautifully situated right at the shore of the Greenstream.       
     
Summerton – (102 506)

Summerton is the second most populous hundred in the region, and the fastest growing one. The beaches and coastal areas of Southern Summerton are considered very beautiful, and have proved to be a popular place to go on vacation, and for rich Antillians to buy summer and retirement houses. This has caused the once small coastal towns to grow at a huge speed and caused property taxes to sky-rocketed. Tourism is understandably the main industry. The Northern parts of the hundred are much more rural, and similar to the rest of the region, being dominated by agriculture. Strawberries are the most popular crop, but a lot of the island’s vegetable production comes from here.   
 
Aurora is the largest settlement. The old seaside resort is home of 24 340 people and like most of Southern Summerton it is quickly growing. It was named after Aurora Montgomery-Blackwood, the beloved wife of the city’s founder, Charles Montgomery-Blackwood, the 6th Baron of Lindsay.     
 
Barleyshire – (89 385)

Barleyshire is often called the little brother of Stagfordshire, and the two hundreds share a lot of similarities. Barleyshire is however much more rural than Stagfordshire, and agriculture is an even more dominating part of the economy. The shire also lacks the military history of its neighbor. Outside of its own boarders it’s mostly famous for the roses which are grown in huge numbers, especially the Lindsay Blue Rose.

The city of Rafesbury was once Lindsay’s largest city, and the capital. In the late 18th century however it was overtaken by Lindsay-on-Sea (and then later also by Stagford) something Rafesbury has never been able to accept, and until this day they still have a rivalry with Lindsay-on-Sea. The city is surprisingly industrial for Lindsay and it’s one of the left’s few strong-holds in the entire region. The city centre is dominated by a huge castle which is rumored to be haunted, and many ghost hunters visit yearly.         
 
Casterly – (52 366)

Casterly is located in the Northern part of Lindsay. It has by far the most religious and conservative population of the region, and probably the whole country. It’s a PMP and PNP strong-hold and social-conservative and Christian values are important. The economy is almost entirely based on agriculture, and as in much of the region farm-subsides is an important issue.

The major settlement is Eldon, which is the only place in the hundred where you can find some sort of industry not based on agriculture. According to the latest census it has 16 202 inhabitants.     

New Cumberland – (50 132)

New Cumberland is the hilly and forest covered northern parts of Lindsay. Although farming is an important part of the area, especially the breeding of highland cattle and sheep, the dominant industry has been forestry, and the area export lots of timber the United Kingdom and Southern Europe. The forest industry has made the area more left-wing than the rest of the region, and forest unions were once very strong. Hunting is by far the most popular hobby thanks to the rich wild-life  and gun and environmental issues are very important to the population. 

The largest settlement is Dinhill with 15 607 inhabitants. The city’s church is very old, and is located at the very top of the hill, and the tower can been seen from a very far distance. The main employer in town is a pulp and paper factory, Walton’s Paper INC. But there is also a factory which produces wheels to trains, and a screwdriver factory.         

Wychingshore – (25 214)

Wychingshore differs from most of Lindsay in that the area isn’t very good for farming due to the very salt-rich soil. Historically the main industries of Wychingshore have instead been salt and limestone mining, as well as fishing. The importance of salt and limestone has however decreased greatly in the last hundred years, and few mines still remain open. Instead tourism has become a growing percentage of the hundred’s economy. The area is thought to have some very beautiful nature, and one of the country’s largest national parks can be found in the Northern part of the hundred.

Most of the population lives in small towns along the coastline. The biggest settlement is Saltcliffe, which only has 9361 inhabitants.

Vale of Arn – (18 912)

The Vale of Arn has a bit of a bad reputation. A majority of the hundred’s inhabitants lives in Arnhall, which has little to offer in itself, and is mostly considered a big, boring commuter town to the nearly located Eldon. Arnhall also has the region’s largest unemployment.

Outside of the city, the hundred contains mostly small villages, which has a reputation for being very inbreed, isolated and intolerant.     

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Yellow: Residential/Business/Shopping area
Grey: Industrial area
Green: Green areas and farmland
Military Green: Military area

Lindsay-on-Sea – (141 270)

The Administrative City of Lindsay-on-Sea is politically independent from the rest of the Lindsay region, and the City Council of Lindsay-on-Sea governs the area without any influence from the Region Council. Besides the actual city of Lindsay-on-Sea the administrative area also includes the southern parts of the suburban commuter town of Netherfield. The population of southern Netherfield has in two local referendums voted No to altering the boarders to allow them administrative reunification with their northern half.

Lindsay-on-Sea was originally founded during the first wave of English colonization. However it wasn’t until the 18th century that it began to grow in population and importance. During the Napoleon wars it became an important military port, and the city’s first Naval Base was built in these years. The city has maintained its military importance ever since. During WW2 it was seen as a constant threat by the Nazi regime, due to how near it was to the German occupied Norway, and most of the city was destroyed by bomb raids during the war and had to be restored after 1945.   
   
The headquarters of the nation’s military fleet are to this day located in Lindsay-on-Sea, and the Naval Base does not only remain the country’s largest, but one of the largest in Northern Europe overall. Antillia’s only military academy is also located in the city, as well as a national military museum. The military is a very big part of the city’s identity, and military political issues are therefore understandably very important to the population.

Tourism is the city’s other big industry, and already in the early 19th century it began to earn a reputation as a fashionable health resort. The city has some very beautiful beaches, several world famous spas and an amusement park and zoo. It also has many gardens and parks.
 The city is strongly middleclass, but there are working-class areas in northeast parts of the city, as well as some industrial factories.

The city is divided into eleven separate districts as well as the borough of Southern Netherfield. They are 1) City Centre, 2) St. George’s Town, 3) Newport, 4) Lindsay Beach 5) Old Town, 6) Lindsay Naval Base, 7) Fellington, 8/ Wigby, 9) Redvalley, 10) Hartpool, 11) Deslington

The city is currently governed by a PMP-Liberal coalition. The council has 45 seats.

PMP – 15
SPP/SDP - 12
LIB – 8
COP – 7
LFA* – 2
PNP – 1

*LFA= Lindsay First Alliance, a local party