Nordland

The Kingdom of Nordrand, commonly referred to as just Nordrand (: Königreich Nordrand, Nordrand), is a  located in between the  and  Oceans. Nordrand is the world's largest island, at 2,166,086 square kilometers, also making it the world's 12th largest nation by area. However, with a population of 85,982 people as of 2014, it is one of the smallest nations in the world by population, and its density of 0.039 people per square kilometer is the lowest of anywhere in the world.

Nordrand was originally settled by s from the as far back as 4500 years ago. In 982, is believed to have been the first European to discover and explore Nordrand, naming it Greenland and settling it in 985. While the settlement flourished, an epidemic brought by Icelandic settlers ravaged the colony in 1002, essentially weakening forever the original colony. By the 15th century, the colony had been completely abandoned by the Norse. In 1526, a large number of peasants seeking refuge from the persecution following the  settled Greenland with the assistance of the emerging, believing it to be the northernmost place in the world and naming it Nordrand. Sweden used the settlers has grounds against the Danish, hoping to further damage the Danish by taking away significant portions of their kingdom. As the nature of the settlement was not for military purposes, the Danes did not attack it, with many records suggesting that they did not even know that the settlement took place, and as a result, Nordrand became a vassal of Sweden. In 1637, Johannes Hohenstaufen petitioned the Swedish monarchy to install him as the duke of Nordrand, claiming to be a descendant of older, extinct House of Hohenstaufen. When the Swedish monarch refused, Johannes launched a popular revolt in Nordrand, ultimately expelling the entirety of Swedish forces and resisting a Swedish incursion in the Nordrandish Revolt of 1637. Johannes was proclaimed Johannes I of Nordrand by the Church of Nordrand, and he was recognized by in 1639 as the true king of Nordrand. This move would lead to the consequential Nordrandish War of 1640 and the Treaty of London, in which Sweden recognized the legitimacy of the Nordrandish sovereign. Nordrand would improve itself through trade and domestic development to become a considerable regional power in northern Europe through diplomacy and trade. In the 18th and 19th centuries, conflicts with the native Inuits over expansion of the German-speaking Nordrandish would lead to the Inuit Wars and the eventual extinction of the Inuit peoples in Nordrand by 1823. The development of the in Europe greatly effected Nordrand, with Romanticism becoming a leading ideology across the nation. As a result, Nordrand strengthened its absolute monarchy, becoming one of the last absolute monarchy in Europe by the end of the. Heavily hit by the, and put under international critique because of its German-speaking population after the , Nordrand's monarchy lost a significant amount of power with the Constitution of 1949, which established the parliament and a democratic system. Though it was neutral in the, Nordrand became an ally of the and  with a developing economy that favoured  and the institution of pragmatic  policies. Nordrand favoured the over the, and joined the EFTA in 1991 alongside.

Nordrand is a with a. The is the monarch, and the  is the prime minister. The parliament in Nordrand is the supreme legislature, and as such, enjoys the full responsibilities of governance. As it is not specifically derived from the monarchy, the parliament is sovereign in its rule, and as such, only needs the approval and the respect of the monarch to institute policies. The members of the parliament are elected from their respective electoral districts based on a party vote, in which the largest party in the parliament then forms the government. Elections in Nordrand occur every five years, based entirely on a party percentage of the vote to determine the ruling party or coalition of parties which then make up the government. While parties do not specifically exist to serve as the body for which the government must be formed, they simplify the process of government and are thus required in the creation and maintenance of the nation's democratic government. As the parliament is sovereign and supreme, they exist outside of the realm of the monarch, which only affirms the parliament in respect to the people.