The Princessipality of Centralia

nation

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government

absolute monarchy

head of state

PrincessAlice

capital

QueenCity

largest city

QueenCity

demonym

Centralian

currency

Lollipop (🍭)

The Princessipality of Centralia is a magical land under the benevolent rule of a whimsical childlike alien known as PrincessAlice.

Geography

Centralia is located on the west coast, bordered by Mumuland to the north, Discordantia to the east, and Zeoria to the south. The Kingdom of Buttercup Bay, home of the Queen of the Ocean, is situated in the eponymous bay, adjacent to the Centralian city of ButtercupBay.

Centralia's national capital and largest city is QueenCity, located along the PeridotRiver in the central region of the country, known as the CapitalArea. Other major cities include ButtercupBay, Colerain, EdgeCity, Riverside, SunsetValley, and VolleyballCity.

Administrative subdivisions of Centralia are called prefectures, with every prefecture further subdivided into several counties. The town of October, for example, is located within November County, which is part of Northland Prefecture.

Government

Centralia is ostensibly a unitary absolute monarchy under the rule of the sovereign princess. However, the current monarch, PrincessAlice, has very little interest in the operations of her government, preparing to delegate the day-to-day work to her "subordinates", especially TheHandler, NicoleBrie, and TzeTze, Minister of Information Systems. When Princess Alice does directly involve herself in her nation's governance, it's usually to issue unilateral decrees in an attempt to get her way, as when she decreed a national holiday in an attempt to get out of math class.

The Parliament of Centralia formally serves as an advisory body to the Princess, though Princess Alice usually goes along with whatever Parliament decides, unless it goes against her capricious whims. The Senate of Centralia also...exists, though nobody is sure what their actual role in the government is even supposed to be.

The defense force of Centralia is the CentraliaGuardForces, comprising the Centralia Land Guard, Centralia Naval Guard, Centralia Air Guard, Centralia Magic Guard, and CentraliaHonorGuard. The Centralia Honor Guard is the largest branch of the Centralia Guard Forces and provides protective services to the Princess and other members of the royal household. (In practice, however, they mostly work to protect everyone else from the Princess.)

Civilian LawEnforcement duties in Centralia are divided between the national police agency, known as the RoyalCentraliaCivilGuard, and various municipal police services. Traffic codes are enforced primarily by the RoyalHighwayPatrol, a division of the Civil Guard. The most prominent Centralian police officer is ConstablePayne, who somehow manages to show up wherever Princess Alice happens to be.

Economics

The official currently of Centralia is the Lollipop, denoted by the 🍭 symbol.

Centralia's largest industry is confectionery. As the world's largest producer of candy and chocolate, Centralia has been nicknamed "The Candy Kingdom", even though it totally doesn't have a king.

Transportation

Roads and highways in Centralia are maintained by the Centralia Ministry of Transportation, better known as CenDOT.

TODO: add a brief overview of CentRail and transit agencies like CapitalAreaTransit.

Culture

The RoyalSummerFestival is held every summer at the RoyalCentraliaFairgrounds in Queen City, commemorating Princess Alice's birthday on August 10. Other Holidays observed in Centralia include the solstices and equinoxes, which, by royal decree, are observed on fixed dates, with the winter solstice celebration coinciding with Christmas.

International relations

TsarinaMalice, the authoritarian dictatrix of Discordantia, swore to bring about Centralia's downfall as part of a personal grudge Princess Alice stemming from an argument on an online anime forum. The supposed cold war between the two nations consists mostly of the two preteen heads of state subtweeting each other in public speeches. The adults who handle the day-to-day operations of each country are so disinterested in the petty feud that Centralia still has an open border with Discordantia.

Centralia has never been a belligerent in any war, despite Tsarina Malice's many attempts to goad Princess Alice into declaring war on Discordantia.

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national flag

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license plate

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highway marker


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Centralia (last edited 2023-09-12 11:50:08 by CentralAvenue)