(Year 232, Spring) Church of Similius, representing the stately religion of Mazaloom kingdom, has 5 parishes. Each parish covers multiple districts, and one Priest serving the parish church, will normally reside a vicarage owned by the church. In Copperdale we find the only parish where the vicarage and the parish church are both located on the same address; the Crafthole Vicarage.
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News May 2022: Mazaloom History Book.
Sunday 17 March 2024
Crafthole Vicarage in Copperdale
Thursday 14 March 2024
House de Froux leaving Tartosa?
(Year 2023, Spring) Princess Hortenzia and Chalbert de Froux Mester Sangiovese announce their household might leave Tartosa shortly! House de Froux is today of low nobility, but was founded by kings 230 years ago.
Monday 11 March 2024
King Tarriot's Jungle Expedition
(Year 232, Spring) This week HRM King Tarriot traveled to Selvadorada in Sea kingdom. Joining him is his younger brother, HRH Prince Blaise. It's no secret that the two royalties enjoyed Archaeology ever since they were teenagers. However, recently his majesty did not find much time for his dedication to ancient history.
Friday 8 March 2024
Duke Merlin von Windenburg turns 80
(Year 232, Spring) The Duke von Windenburg celebrated his 80th birthday last weekend! A grand banquet was hosted at Estate von Windenburg and topping the guest list were HRM King Tarriot and HRH Queen Venezia!
Left to right: HRH Queen Venezia, HRM King Tarriot, His Grace Duke Merlin von Windenburg, and Duchess Mandy. |
Tuesday 5 March 2024
Crystal Crafters
(Year 232, Spring) Crystal creation has been taking up on popularity recently, as more and more wants to craft their own bling. To most this is a hobby, and we all know that hobbies tend to last for a limited time. When they filled their jewelry boxes, will they still be as devoted to Gemology?
There are a few professionals, though. They run their business like they did in the past. To run very effectively they need to buy a Produce Deed, and because there are only two of those there are only two such serious businesses. But others can still make a living from their Gemology skills, they just need to sell their products in more tedious ways than the nifty "drag-and-drop" method.
Saturday 2 March 2024
Brindleton mourns: Old-Duchess Claudine dies at 82
(Year 232, Spring) Silence was all that could be heard in Brindleton Bay this morning, after it was announced that the highly beloved Old-Duchess Claudine de Cavalier is no more. The popular lady died this morning after being sick for a short time.
Wednesday 28 February 2024
Great Mazaloom Symposium: Regional Reform Announcement
(Year 232, Spring) The annual gathering, now with the refined name Great Mazaloom Symposium, took place this weekend at Museum of Classical Music in San Sequoia. Attempting a full regional rotation, this conference finds a new venue every year - last year in Tartosa. It is officially hosted by The Royal Chamber, quite often involving HRM King Tarriot, but other top positions of our community might join as well. This year the local Duke Vibrattore de Aarbyville contributed with a classical concert to celebrate his 50th birthday, and major details regarding the Regional Reform Y233 was announced!
King Tarriot leads the Royal Chamber, and is therefore a central person at the annual Symposium. |
The guest list is always topped by the Royal Chamber, the kingdom's 5 dukes, as well as all 8 regional Mayors.
Saturday 24 February 2024
Military Meeting
(Year 232, Spring) The Mazaloom-Snorthia conflict, also known as the "Moon Liza conflict", has been ongoing for more than a year already. It makes communication between the two nations very challenging, and this week Gran Marshal Robert Calves initiated a meeting including HRM King Tarriot and President Rob Wilder. The conflict was frozen for a while, which might make this a good moment for attempting to debate good solutions.
Left to right: HRM King Tarriot, Grand Marshal Calves, President Wilder. |
Wednesday 21 February 2024
Jewelry Crafting History in Focus
(Year 232, Spring) Jewelry crafting was always a big thing in Mazaloom kingdom. These days the interest for unique pieces of necklaces, earrings, rings and bracelets have reached a new top, and it's time to have a look into the history, rules and restrictions - not to forget some of the interesting side careers!
Sunday 18 February 2024
Political Parties: Annual Gatherings
(Year 232, Spring) Every year in Spring the political parties will arrange their annual meetings. This is where they debate adjustments to their Political Plan, as well as make changes to their internal core group. Their Political Plan normally includes 2 Causes, 4 N.A.P.s and 4 Statements. While Causes and N.A.P.s rarely get adjusted, the Statements are what directly reflect the party's direction, as it might influence on some groups of residents through the «5 years tax».
These meetings are normally minor events that are not reported on this blog. But this time there is a brand new party, SIM WORLD party, which was founded last Winter and just held their very first annual gathering. Due to the switch from 3 to 4 parties, there were also minor changes to each political party's platform. Biggest change regards fewer N.A.P.s per party. The 5 years election is still a couple years ahead of us, so it was the perfect timing for the chambers to decide on a few minor adjustments to the political system, which have immediate effect.
President Wilder (RIGHT party) is satisfied with the results.
- We tried to limit those changes. Just four N.A,P.s per party (used to be 6) will hardly be noticed, and then we have a change to the Statements, which must now represent all five department fields. There will now be only two fractions within each party, and this might also help voters to see differences between parties more clearly. These adjustments will not be affected by the upcoming «Regional Reform Year 233».
Tuesday 13 February 2024
The Royal Family - Titles and Payroll
(Year 232, Spring) It takes quite some rules, traditions and routines to make the nation work well. One part of this is how the royal family is organized, including their titles and allowances. A system that might seem a bit overwhelming at first, but when we break it down a bit, most rules make perfect sense.
Below is a fresh family photo released right after the Crown Princess' 20th birthday last year. All of them are related somehow, but not necessarily a member of the Royal Family or the Royal House of Luxe-Hamper. You might wonder why the children were not joining, but at the moment the minors counted only 3 infants. 6 teenagers are featured, though.
Seeing Mazaloom's Monarch in light of the administration of a nation, the Monarch is head of the Royal Chamber, which according to our Institution is one of three chambers sharing the power. Because of this the royals did not exactly choose their position, just as much as they can not just decide that enough is enough - let's become plumbers instead! No, they happen to be one of those three major fundaments forming the platform of our community. The Royal Family is there to assist the Monarch and to serve the nation, but also to secure future heirs. Luckily for the Monarch, there is a bunch of individual persons who can help, but only some of them will get paid by being on the royal payroll.
Wednesday 7 February 2024
Population Growth
(Year 232, Spring) Mazaloom kingdom has grown rapidly over the generations, but during the past few years it seems like population numbers have reached a peak for now. Compared to the Year 230 numbers there was actually a drop of 0,12 %.
515 indexed residents aged 25 and up, anno Year 232 (incl. a few foreigners). Click for a larger version. |