Extremadura (1983: Doomsday)

The Kingdom of Extremadura or Extremeñu Kingdom (Extremeñu: Réinu d'Estremaura or Réinu Estremeñu, Spanish: Reino de Extremadura or Reino Extremeño) is a nation located in the western part of former Spain after. While the Kingdom is heavily pro-local and has emphasized the recovery of the Extremeñu language in opposition to the Spanish one, it is ruled by a member (or at least a claimant to membership) of the Castilio-English House of Alba.

Name
Extremadura's name comes from the fact that, much like western Portugal, at the time of the Reconquista it was the only part of the Christian-Moorish border that was beyond the Duero River ("Extrema Duris").

The naming of Extremadura remains a mildly controversial issue, due to the different associations each name has gained after Doomsday. While Estremadura (and in full name, Kingdom of Estremadura), with an s, has become the main spelling amongst most people, including the moderates, extremist parties have taken to different spellings; those who advocate the re-instating of a provincial government under the Republic of Spain call the nation Extremadura (Kingdom of Extremadura) with an ''x. ''Extremadura is also used in most of the world outside of the nation itself. The nationalists that hope to remain entirely apart from pan-Spanish governments tend to call it Estremaura (Kingdom of Estremaura) after the provincial Estremeñu term, or use the term Estremeñu Kingdom.

Doomsday
Extremadura was not hit with any nuclear devices in the time of Doomsday. However, due to the "beheading" of the Spanish government after the death of most the royal house and Parliament, Extremadura soon was left isolated from the rest of Spain.

Post-Doomsday
With no Spanish state to re-establish government in the area, the mostly-untouched northern Estremeñu and southern Castilian and Leonese people were forced to take the matters of government upon themselves lest the immigration and lack of food became too much and the area was entirely destroyed. They established a local government as so many other Spanish states, with the Junta of Extremadura (Junta d'Estremaura, Junta de Extremadura) taking unofficial control of most of northern and central Extremadura as well as parts of Castilla and Leon's southern regions, Salamanca and Ávila.

While the state suffered from large famines and such problems (leading to a large drop of both regions' populations), it was able to stay together throughout the chaotic 80s. However, soon enough the Junta started to become obsolete as conditions stabilised. After a referendum in the areas resulting on a pro-monarchy victory and the looking for a suitable pretender (all in vain), eventually a man claiming to be young Cayetano Martínez de Irujo of the Duke of Alba's family (and living in the mansion on Alba de Tormes) showed up. With nobody better to choose, his family tree was validated and he was crowned King of Extremadura.

While some opposition showed up, especially among those more pro-Estremeñu and anti-Spanish people in the nation, Cayetano Martí was a rather popular choice in an Extremadura that saw itself in need of a leader and with no better option. He was crowned in 1992. His coronation saw the writing of an Extremeñu constitution, placing several pre-Doomsday provincial customs (including the anthem and the former Leader of the Junta) as chief in the new, independent state. The constitution was put into order in January 1, 1993, and the Kingdom of Extremadura was born.

The Estermeñu population continued to establish some changes in relation to the Spanish province, but retained the general shape of the government of the Spaniard state. Several changes in the political position of the state also occurred; the generally left-leaning populace eventually aligned itself towards the centre of the spectrum and in favour of Estremeñu nationalism. Throughout the years, more pro-Estremeñu and anti-Spanish unification points of view have risen, causing it to be isolated from the other Spaniard survivor states to the north.

Further establishment of a functioning Estremeñu state continued. In 1996, the volunteer militia that had maintained the Estremeñu state previously changed into the Estremeñu National Army, and started to standarise; soon enough the army was able to establish a strong sphere of influence around the main nation, although it was not able to expand much into southern Extremadura, which was filled with bands of warlords, statelets and entirely dead zones across most of the nation.

Geography
The kingdom consists of most of Cáceres Province in Extremadura, and small territories of Castille and León, Castille-La Manche and Portugal, as well as an exclave in Castille and León, the city of Alba de Tormes.

In terms of topography, the region is mostly plains, with the northern and southern fringes of the nation being mountainous.

Extremadura is divided into 2 comarcas, one Distrito Capital (capital district) and one Ciudad Autónoma (autonomous city). These are:
 * Comarca Oeste - Capital in Plasencia, consists of the western and central part of the controlled parts of Cáceres Province
 * Comarca Este - Capital in Navalmoral de la Mata, consists of the eastern part of the controlled parts of Cáceres Province
 * Distrito Capital Cáceres - Capital in Cáceres, consists of Cáceres and surroundings
 * Ciudad Autónoma Alba de Tormes - Capital in Alba de Tormes, consists of Alba de Tormes and surroundings

Extremadurans claim all of Extremadura as well as the southern parts of the Avila and Salamanca provinces of Castille and León. This is largely supported by the government.

Languages
The official languages of Extremadura are Spanish and Estremeñu. Spanish, despite several years of Estremeñu nationalism, remains as the majority language,although Estremeñu has regained a large amount of speakers since Estremeñu independence. Estremeñu is considered, much like Spanish, a Romance language, and is considered by most linguists to be the transitional language between Astur-Leonese and Spanish.

Regionally, in the west across before Doomsday was the Jálama Valley in the border between Spain and Portugal, in which the local Fala language is spoken. In Jálama, Fala is regionally official, and the Jálama Valley Linguistic Organisation (Organización Lingüista del valle de Jálama) has started to regulate the writing of the language.

Astur-Leonese, Portuguese and other minority languages are spoken in small parts of Extremadura, as well as in a large part of its sphere of influence, where Portuguese and Astur-Leonese are far more common.

Religion
Although Extremadura has no official religion, Catholicism is predominant. Other versions of Christianity are also prominent, such as Mormonism and Jehovah's Witnesses. Judaism and Islam also retain a large amount of influence on the region.

Atheism and agnosticism have hugely increased since Doomsday, and now compose some 15% of the Estremeñu population.

Government
Much like the pre-Doomsday Kingdom of Spain, Extremadura is a parliamentary monarchy, with the King (currently Cayetano Martí de Alba) presiding as the head of state, a President of Government presiding a cabinet called the Council of Ministers, an unicameral legislative branch with 201 seats, the Council of Estremadura, and a judicial Supreme Court, which takes justice in the name of the King.

Political Parties
Extremadura's political party spectrum is divided in the opinion of Spanish nationalism; in almost all elections of Estremeñu history, the parties against Spanish reunification (the Rehionalihtas or Regionalistas) are allied, despite their location in the left-right or other political spectra against those supporting Spanish reunification (the Españulihtas or Españolistas). Currently, there are eight political parties in the Council of Estremadura, which are:

Rehionalihtas - officially Partius Unios por Estremaura

 * Estremaura Unia (EU, United Estremadura), a centre-right party, with ideals of conservative liberalism,
 * Partiu Estremeñu Populal (PEP, People's Estremeñu Party), a centre-left party, the successor to the autonomist branches of the pre-Doomsday PSOE. The PEP supports social democracy and union rights, much like the PSOE, but is deeply committed to the preservation of the Estremeñu monarchy under the House of Alba. The PEP is the third largest party in Partius Unios, with 25 seats in the Council.
 * Partiu d'Rey (PR, King's Party), a right-wing party with mostly conservative and classical liberal ideas.

Españulihtas - officially Unión Española

 * Izquierda Unida (IU, meaning Left Union); Izquierda Unida is a far-left party, with ideals of democratic socialism, republicanism and federalism. They support union with the Republica Unida de Castilla y León and eventually with the Republic of Spain. The IU has 13 seats in the Council.
 * Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE, Socialist Worker's Party of Spain); despite its name, the PSOE is centre-left, with support for social democracy, union's rights, federalism and ambiguous towards the monarchist issue. PSOE is the heir to the Extremaduran branch of Spain's oldest party, founded on 1879. Currently it is the largest opposition party, with 27 seats in the Council.
 * Partido Español (PP - Spanish Party); Centre-right party, representing the democratic pro-Spanish right. The PP supports free worker's rights, liberalisation of the economy, somewhat conservative values (including the occupation of Southern Extremadura and opposed to homosexual unions), and the monarchy. However, it supports an eventual unification with the Spanish Republic in order to campaign for the establishment of a pan-Spanish monarchy. The Partido Español is the second main party in the Unión Española, with 21 seats in the Council.
 * Unión Falangista (UF - Falangist Union); far-right party, heir to the Francoist organisations that existed in Extremadura. The UF supports the restoration of the "God-given policies of the Spanish State", very conservative ideas socially and a free-market economy. The UF has achieved 15 seats in the Council in recent elections, mostly because of the PP and PSOE supporting the UF's party listings in Estremauran-voting constituencies.

Economy
The nation is plain and fertile, thus the economy's focus is agriculture and pig raising. Cereals, tobacco, tomatoes and peppers are some of the most important agricultural products. The nation is a known exporters of cigars and meat, mainly towards Spain and Castille and Leon. Cattle rearing is also an important activity. Extremadura is as well known for several important cherry picking regions. Industry is virtually not existing, but plans are made for an industrial build-up, sponsored by Spain and Castille and Leon.