Saltstead
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Saltsteadish Confederation Såutsteidisħ Staatensbond | |
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 Coat of arms
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Motto: "Wi sind end' skulun sin" "We are and shall be" | |
Anthem: Åverstanden ut ruinen | |
 Location of Saltstead in Anaia | |
| Capital and largest city | Ashwell |
| Official language | Saltsteadish |
| Demonym(s) | Saltsteader |
| Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
| Alexandria | |
| Gabrièla Rudden | |
| Legislature | Federal Diet |
| Landsthig | |
| Vouksthig | |
| Area | |
• Total | 415,704.50 km2 (160,504.40 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 126,481,669 |
• Density | 304.3/km2 (788.1/sq mi) |
| HDI | 0.653 medium |
| Currency | mark (ZSM) |
| Time zone | BMT+2 (mainland) BMT+3 (Austerholm) |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
| Driving side | left |
| Trigram | SAL |
| Internet TLD | .zs |
Saltstead (/ˈsɒltstɛd, ˈsɔːlt-/; Saltsteadish: Såutsteid, /ˈsɔːtsted/), officially known as the Saltsteadish Confederation, is a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy located on the north-eastern end of the island of North Cyanea in Anaia.
Etymology
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 "steid" 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 "Sélie". Greek uses the similarly-derived name "Aleia" (Άλεια), coming from the ancient form "Haleia".