Second Kingdom of Amarillo

The Kingdom of Amarillo, sometimes called Second Kingdom of Amarillo to differentiate it from the First Kingdom of Amarillo, is a small country located in north-eastern central Eldham. Founded on the 8th of May 2023 after the dissolution of the Amarillian Empire, it is a small but culturally important nation, having inherited most of Amarillo's cultural items and texts.

The end of the Empire
During the second Amarillian civil war, which opposed Emperatriz Connie de Porphyropolis, who had illegally overstepped her constitutional powers, to Republicans, Porphyropolis stayed neutral, mayor Soronaca condemning the Empress' actions but also being unwilling to help fight his own daughter and wanting to preserve the monarchy. When Connie died and her daughter Josefina took her place, Porphyropolis, despite recognising Josefina as its Empress, continued to be neutral.

In the end, the Republicans won the civil war. However, they still had to deal with Connie's illegal decisions of selling Mikanie to Altryae and to join the newly created Western Drakaes. Reluctantly, they accepted to recognize the sell of Mikanie, and most importantly, being under threat of military intervention if they did otherwise, they accepted to join Drakaes as an exarchate.

Soronaca, attached to Amarillian independence and auto-determination, hence proclaimed that, being neutral in the civil war and not supporting nor the illegal absolute monarchy nor the illegal republic, Porphyropolis was the only place in Amarillo maintaining imperial legality and the imperial state. As such, he refused to recognise the sell of Mikanie, the Republic, and the Drakaen sovereignty over Amarillo, making Porphyropolis de facto independent, and the whole Empire of Amarillo, as the rest was entirely controlled by Drakaes.

On the 3rd of May 2023, a meeting was organised in Porphyropolis, in which decisions were taken to organise the legal transition from the Empire to a form of government more adapted to its new size. The following day, a vote was organised to make the entirety of the Porphyropolitan population serve as parliament, as there were not enough people to constitute a proper one. On the 6th of May, after the success of the previous vote, the Porphyropolitan people voted to dissolve the Empire. The dissolution became effective on the 8th of May.

Since then, the Kingdom of Amarillo is independent from the former Empire and is organized by the following political law, at first intended to be temporary, but which, due to its simplicity and it being adapted to rule over a city-state, was not modified :


 * The Governor of Las Islas Doradas has executive power and the responsability to write a permanent political laws/constitution, that will be voted on by the people.
 * The Queen has the right to oversee the governor's action and to veto his potential treaties, as well as to represent the nation internationally, with the consent of the governor.
 * The people still hold total legislative power : no new political law can pass without their consent.

Geography and climate
The Kingdom of Amarillo is composed of a set of islands located in the Sea of Gustavus. Among them, one is clearly more important than the others, the island of Porphyropolis, where lies the biggest town of the Kingdom and, in terms of population, maybe of the entirety of Amarillo. The climate is very similar in all of the islands, them not being far from each other at all. This climate is mediterranean, characterized by rather hot and dry summers and clement and wet winters.

Since the 17th of September 2023, the Kingdom of Amarillo also owns the westernmost part of Pizczek, in the Amarillian mainland. The westernmost part of this land has a climate similar to the islands of the Sea of Gustavus, but more dry, which is compensated by the river flowing west of it. As for the eastern part of this land, it is part of the Ragdon desert, and as such has a desertic arid and dry climate.

Culture
(see Porphyropolis for a detailed article about the town's culture)

The culture of the Kingdom of Amarillo is not much different from the rest of the nation, even though Porphyropolitan specificities are obviously, in proportion, way more present among the Kingdom's inhabitants than among the Republic's.

Political ideals
While the general culture has been mostly unaffected by the separation between the Republic and the Kingdom, the relation of the people to politics is not exactly the same in both Amarillian states.

The fundamental Amarillian values of liberty and democracy are of course still shared by the Kingdom's inhabitants. However an emphasis is put on the idea that liberty doesn't only mean liberty of any citizen, but also liberty of the entire people, of the nation as a whole : on auto determination and independence. Moreover in the Kingdom, democracy is never directly associated with republicanism as it sometimes is in the Republic.

Ethnicities and cultural groups
The only province controlled by the Kingdom being Las Islas Doradas, the kingdom's population is overwhelmingly composed of cultural Amarillians. While there are, as in every predominantly culturally Amarillian town, influences from most other Amarillian cultural groups (Mohadis, Onumozakis, Vlonsi...), they are very limited. The Kingdom's cultural landscape also includes some foreign cultures, mainly Valreans and, due to the excellent relations between the Kingdom of Amarillo and their country, Aureans.

Religion
As in the rest of Amarillo, religion only plays a minor role in the Second Kingdom's day to day life, and most inhabitants are not particularly religious. However, due to its non dogmatic nature and its perceived efficiency in protecting the city, the Cult of Arose is very popular in the city since sacrificing a horse to the goddess seemingly put an end to the eruptions of Mount Morado. While it is unclear who actually believes in the Arose's existence and care for the Porphyropolitan population, most Porphyropolitans don't hesitate to partake in public celebrations and festivals in her honour.

Coat of Arms
The coat of arms of the First Republic and Kingdom is still used by the second Kingdom.



Flags
The Kingdom of Amarillo uses Amarillo's first flag which, despite not having been official since the first republic, never ceased to be used informally.



Sometimes the plain purple flag of Porphyropolis is also used to represent the whole state, as it is the symbol of both its main city and the ruling dynasty.



Finally, the first civil war's Imperilan flag is sometimes used in military contexts.



Anthem
The Kingdom of Amarillo kept the anthem Amarillo had since may 2022, Hijos del sol.

Record of Honours Awarded

 * 23rd of November of 2023
 * Knight of the Legion of Honour, McBabwe, for his efforts in preserving Amarillo's culture
 * Knight of the Legion of Honour, Sophia, for her advisory and finnancial help.