Madina

The Port of Dwilight

The Harbour city of Madina lies on the southmost part of the Continent of Dwilight. Founded by merchants and sailors, it thus has a significant amount of markets and shops. Madina can openly be called “The Port of Dwilight”, its perfect location serves as a door way into the inner seas of the continent.

Madina's harbour side, a flourishing market business.

Madina also offers a nice, tropical climate. Though the inhabitants like it, foreigners do not enjoy the long and extremely hot summers, trade is usually at its highest throughout the autumn and winter times. You can imagine that the citizens of Madina live completely by the climate, they are not quite the active bunch and are hardly outside in the middle of the day.

Madina is characterized by its beautiful, almost dreamlike, coast line. The official story goes that once the first settlers arrived, they fell in love with the beautiful colours of the island and hoisted a flag in honour of its beauty. The deep blue see was covered with a red gloom by the setting sun, the golden beaches and the huge green palm trees made the picture complete. Together with the symbol of the ship and the sun, the banner of Madina was a fact.

Duchy Climate information

Within the Duchy of Madina, a constant humid, clammy weather rules over the entire island. Summers are unbearably hot and long, and the winter is one big shower of rain. Typical Tropical out bursts of rain fall characterize this part of the year. It's impossible to travel during these bursts of rain let alone sail, but at times where the sun clears up, the weather is nice and moderate.

Governors

Madina City, and by extension, the Duchy of Madina is governed by the Governor. Typically addressed as "His Grace" or "Her Grace" in the case of a female Governor.

The current Governor, Kolya Ishimu, has instructed his secretary, Sir Nicolo, to filter out all improper letters and so forth. Peasants seeking an audience with the Governor is expected to bring the matters to Sir Nicolo first.

List of Governors in chronological order

1. Gilead Draconic Occam
   
2. Kolya Ishimu

Electoral Vote for Duchy of Madina

The Electoral System used under the Governorship of Kolya Ishimu is as described below.

For Scheduled Elections

Electoral Votes

Each Land Owner of the Duchy shall have an Electoral Vote related to the size of his or her Court.

• The Land Owner has 1 vote.
• Each knight with holdings in the region counts as 1 vote.

A Land Owner is free to determine how his or her Electoral Vote shall be cast. It could be a block vote where all votes are cast for one candidate, or it could be split with portions going to various candidates to reflect the varying views of the knights in the Region. The Electoral Vote cast by the Land Owner shall be no more and no less than the size of the Court. There is no such thing as half a vote or anything of that sort.

Schedule

• All interested candidates, including the incumbent, must inform the Governor of their intention to stand for election before the first morning of a new month.
• The Governor must inform each Land Owner of the list of candidates before the second morning of a new month.
• Each Land Owner must submit his or her Electoral Vote to the Governor himself before the 6th morning of a new month.
• The Governor will then tally the votes gathered. If a Land Owner does not submit his or her Vote on time, the Governor shall vote on his or her behalf.
• The Governor shall submit the Electoral Vote of the Duchy to the Grand Doge before the 7th morning of a new month.

Positions

Currently, the only position to be voted on a scheduled basis is the Lord Court Master.