Mordusia

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New state added to Commonwealth!

Outback becomes Mordusia's 6th state

May 5693

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Randworth - Long has Mordusia (and oddly a lot of nations in the world) had 5 states within its borders. To make more would have been an administrative nightmare and added to regional chaos, at least that was the original thought. However, a state-commission on the subject at the request of state of Rimly has been looking at the borders and the size of the states within the Commonwealth, now we welcome the sixth state to the Commonwealth: Outback.
 
As said Mordusia knew five states: Coliwick in the north, Rimly with the capital Randworth in the middle and Telodge, New Orange and Voisain in the south. Of these states Rimly was by far the largest and the most populated. For a long time, it held an autonomous province with itself called Outback. It’s the more rugged terrain, more mountainous, sparsely populated and with their entirely own local cultural identity. It also holds the most Ikpi people communities.
 
Long have the people of this province, also called Outback, complained to both the state, the courts and the Commonwealth that they do not feel that the majority population outside of the Outback in Rimly represent them or understand their needs. That is why a state commission was formed, as the government of Rimly and the Lieutenant-Governor Sarah Williams agreed that something had to be done, the government in Rimly itself felt that the state was too large to govern.
 
The outcome is that the new state is formed. Next year new elections will be held, until such time the provincial government will take over as the State Parliament and the State Government. The Governor-General Louis Ferdinand of Orange-Villayn-Coliwick, Duke of Coliwick and Count of Rechtenburg has appointed his second son Lord Richard of Orange-Villayn-Coliwick as temporary Lieutenant-Governor of the province. Lord Richard has been helping his elder brother in the Orange-Villayn Foundation in Mordusia, spearheading the charitable work of preserving local communities, nature preservation. His foremost attention went to the unique nature, history and culture within Outback. The appointment is thought to have been made to show that the noble branch family of the ruling Orange-Villayn Imperial Family supports the new state and highlights its importance despite it being young.

The new capital of the state will be Williamsburg, in which the new state parliament and governmental buildings are being constructed. In the mean time the usual place of the provincial house will be used by the state government. The Commonwealth has stated that they will aid in the financing and day to day operations of the state untill it is fully functioning on its own.