Noardlân

Northern Doggerland or Noardlân (English: Land of the North) is the name of a region in Doggerland, comprised by the provinces of Bloca, Crohall, Glavell and Medost. It covers the northern half of the island of Doggerland, plus the islands of Slaavas and Little Glavell. Most of the population is concentred in the provinces of Glavell and Medost.

Noardlân is divided into four provinces and 63 municipalities. Fort Åleselle, GL is the largest municipality by population, standing at 116,205 inhabitants; with Slaavas, GL and Mosspere, BL being the largests in surface.

Noardlân is mostly a rural region with few urban areas, mainly in Medost and in the Fort Åleselle metro area. This has contributed to a sense of differentiation from the rest of Doggerland, together with the region being populated by several minorities such as the Doggish, the Québécois or the Sworicks and the region being more right-wing than the rest of the country. This led recently to a rise in Noardlân devolution and Noardlân independence sentiments, especially in Bloca and Crohall, where Ús Noardlân (a regionalist right-wing party) has won a plurality of around 30-40%. The topic of which relation should Noardlân have with the rest of Doggerland is still a highly controversial one in the country, although the majority of politicians have agreed that several structural problems should be solved in the region.

Administrative subdivisions
Noardlân is divided in four provinces and 63 municipalities.

Law and criminal justice
Noardlân follows Doggerland's judicial system. There is no autonomous police in the region, being reliant only on Doggerland's law enforcement system.

Media
De Krante, Noardlâner Herald and The Observer are the three main region-wide newspapers produced in the region.

Television in Noardlân is largely the same as Dogger-wide broadcasts, although there's a commercial broadcaster called Omrop fan Noardlân, which is a branch of NPÛ. It runs four channels: Omrop 1, Omrop 2, TéléCrohall and NNN, all of which mostly broadcast in the minority languages of Doggerland. The radio service is mostly dominated by the Dogger public broadcaster and De Omrop's "Radio Noardlân" services, targeting each province of the country.