Doggerland

Doggerland is the country in which the Imaginary Elections Mock Elections are held. It is located in the middle of the North Sea.

History
The land has been continually inhabited since the mid-1600s, being populated largely by Scandinavian and British peoples. From 1755 to 1761, a large migration of Brits occurred, many of them settling in the [NAME] province and formally establishing the capital city of [NAME] in 1759. Whereas this did not make up a large amount of the population initially, the size of their settlement gradually grew, and their descendants make up the majority of the modern population of the entire main island. The city of Nivelford formed after a brief wave of German immigration during the Franco-Prussian War in the early 1870s. The city derives its names from the German word "Nebel," meaning fog, due to the fogginess of the area upon the immigrants' arrival and the continued common presence of fog in the area.

Languages
The official language of Doggerland is English, on account of the large population descended from English settlers. Doggish, Dutch, and Quebecois are recognized secondary languages. A recent rise in French-Canadian immigrants had steadily increased the popularity of Quebecois in the country.

Doggish
Doggish is the most popular of the secondary languages spoken in Doggerland. Doggish takes its roots primarily from Dutch and Frisian, with some influence from German, English and Norwegian. The language originated in the early 1800s in more rural areas of the country with higher numbers of residents of Dutch and German ancestry.

Politics
Since the 1700s, Doggerland has been governed by an absolute monarchy. On January 25, 2021, the country decided to adopt a democracy as well as maintaining their monarchy.

Denonym Referendum
At 23:34 UTC, King Moose I enacted a referendum to decide the status of Doggerland's denonym, the results are as follows:

EU Referendum
As part of the resulting January 2021 legislative elections, its citizens also formally voted to join the European Union on January 28, 2021.