Saltstead

Saltsteadish Commonwealth Såutsteidisħ Hemeinweud (Saltsteadish)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Wi sind end’ skulun sin (Old Saxon: “We are and shall be”)
Anthem: Åverstanden ut ruinen (Saltsteadish: “Risen from ruins”) God orhåude König Wilheum (Saltsteadish: “God save King William”)
Location of Saltstead in Atlantian Oceania
Capital and largest city	Ashwell
Official language	Saltsteadish
Demonym(s)	Saltsteadish Saltsteader
Government	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• President	William Thomas
• Chancellor	Alexander van den Hågen
Legislature	Estates General
• Upper house	Chamber of States
• Lower house	Chamber of the People
Currency	Shilling
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	left
Internet TLD	.zs
aaa God orhåude has equal status as a national anthem but is generally used only on royal and military occasions.

Saltstead (/ˈsɒltstɛd, ˈsɔ(ː)lt-/; Saltsteadish: Såutsteid, /ˈsɔːʔsteʔ/), officially known as the Saltsteadish Commonwealth, is a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy located on the north-eastern end of the island of North Cyanea in Atlantian Oceania.

Etymology

Main article: Names of Saltstead

The name Saltstead is a calque of the endonym Såutsteid, which itself derives from Old Saxon: såut derives from the Saxon salt and is cognate with the Anglian word “salt”; the element stedė derives from stedi, meaning “city” or “place”. The name references the salt mines that were the source of Saltstead’s historic wealth and fame.

Other Germanic languages use calques such as Dutch Zoutstad and German Salzstadt, while Romance languages tend to use names derived from the Latin Salia, such as Gallic Selie. Greek uses the similarly-derived name Aleia (Άλεια), from whose ancient form Haleia comes Saltstead’s two-letter country code.