History of Norseland, part 1
by Hamlet



As for the history of Norseland. I will give a brief background. I have
already said it is situated in the Pacific Ocean.The original inhabitants are
the Papians .These are dark skinned Polynesian people.They led a peaceful life
in their island paradise of fishing and farming rather like the Caribs in the
Caribbean before the White Settlers arrived. The first White People to arrive
were Settlers. The founder of the country was Jan Stefan from whom Stefansholm
the capital is named who arrived with 20 Settlers on May 13 1650.These White
Settlers came from Scandinavia mainly from Norway. They came to escape the
poverty and cold of Norway at that time. Like their descendants the Vikings
that were anxious to explore the world, as well as to conquer, rape and
pillage just like the Vikings before them..

The Papians were a peace loving dark skinned people related to the present day
Hawaiians .They were similar in many ways to the Caribs in the Caribbean.They
lived mainly by fishing and farming and mostly lived along the coast so that
the interior of the islands and the mountains were almost uninhabited.

The original inhabitants of Norseland or Pacifica as the whole island
including Papia is called, were a Polynesian people who were the descendants
of the present day Papians They were a peace loving dark skinned people
related to the present day Hawaiians .They were similar in many ways to the
Caribs in the Caribbean.They lived mainly by fishing and farming and mostly
lived along the coast so that the interior of the islands and the mountains
were almost uninhabited.

The Papians offered almost no resistance to their White Conquerors.Not only
were they naturally non violent and quite weak, they saw these big blonde
White people,especially the women. as being so much bigger and stronger and
more advanced than them. Some resistance was offered by the Papians but it was
brutally and ruthlessly crushed.What chance did these small, simple peaceful
Polynesian people stand against the mighty descendants of Vikings? .They were
amazed by the sheer size of these Norse Settlers especially the Women who
called themselves Valkyrie and were as hard and tough as the Men and in some
cases much tougher.

What amazed these Papians was that the Women were as big if not bigger than
the Men. The part of Norway they originated from in the extreme north in the
provinces of Nordland ,Troms and Finnmark where the Women had learnt fighting
skills to equal the Men partly because so many of the Men had been lost at sea
or in wars .Also the harsh climate and living conditions had actually made the
Women stronger than the Men as a Woman's endurance to hardship is generally
greater than a man's.

Needless to say when these Settlers arrived the native inhabitants ran away in
terror. They knew that each one was as strong at least as 6 of them. The
Settlers drove the native population into the remote mostly uninhabited north
eastern corner of the island .

It has to be said that massacres took place in which thousands of Papians
died. Thousands of Papian women were raped by the huge Norse Men, while even
more Papian men were debauched by these mighty Norse Women or Valkyries as
They were called. The few feeble attempts made by the Papians to resist were
crushed ruthlessly by their Conquerors, that usually led to the whole village
that resisted being razed to the ground and all its inhabitants
slaughtered.These Settlers raped and pillaged just like Their Viking
ancestors, determined to conquer the whole of the island.

The Papians were drive into the freezing north eastern mountains the Gronskull
or Mauna Papia, where thousands died of the cold and starvation. They were
driven into the most inhospitable parts of the island , just like the Anglo
Saxons drove the Celts into Wales when they arrived in England in the 4th and
5th centuries.

It did not take long for the Settlers to conquer the island .The Settlers
generally came from the poorer parts of Scandinavia, mainly northern Norway
and Sweden such as Vasterbotten and Norbotten provinces and the poorer parts
of Denmark like Jutland They had face the freezing cold and lived a hard life
of farming and fishing and whale hunting, as Scandinavia then was quite poor
unlike today.They were so pleased to escape to this fertile tropical paradise
where there were thousands of square kilometres of lush farm land.

They farmed the land being very industrious people turning the whole island
into one of the wealthiest agricultural areas in the world. Soon meat and
wheat production exceeded most of the rest of the world put together!

The Papians were effectively turned into slaves, working on the huge
plantations and farms and then in the iron ore mines. However unlike the
Indians in America they did not perish through disease and being worked to the
bone as the Spanish did to the Indians

Although these Norse People as they called Them selves were extremely fierce
and brutal ,They could be very kind and benevolent. They came from societies
where there was a tradition of helping and caring for one's neighbour. After
all They could have massacred all the Papians if they had wanted to in a few
years and the Papians have to thank Them for Their benevolence in allowing
them to survive!This was partly because the Norse Folk were a Female dominated
society and Gynarchy in which control lay with the Women or the Valkyries.The
longer they settled the more Female dominated the society became largely
because they were so isolated from the rest of the world.

The Valkyrie was by nature very strong but gentle and loving as well as being
very violent and brutal if She had to(see Dianas Stories What is this website
about?).They would not hurt Their Men to whom they were very protective and
caring,.

They would not either hurt Their Papian slaves unless there was a good reason
to. At the same time if a slave was disobedient to his Mastress he could
expect no mercy at all and could be put to death in the most painful way
usually by strangulation by a leather chord. The Valkyries were very strong
believers in the 'carrot and the stick'.

In return for total submission and obedience the Papians would be given clean
hostel accommodation on the plantation ,3 large meals a day ,free medical care
and free education.There were also strict Laws enforced by the Police Force
the Black Wolves or Svart Ulva(BWs) ( so called because They wore black
leather and were very fierce) the forerunners of the Judges who were almost
all Valkyries and who acted under the control of the local Ruler or Regent .

The Regent was almost always a Woman or Valkyrie and the island of Pacifica
was split into 25 Regencies that more or less corresponded to the 21 Provinces
of present day Norseland. The Regent would have almost total power over Her
subjects. In many ways it resembled the organisation of the Vikings 600 years
before based as it was on total control and military discipline.The Regents
resembled the Viking Gothars or Chieftains who ruled over a hierarchical
society at the bottom of which were the slaves.

Three social classes existed in Norse Folk society. The classes were nowhere
near as rigid as they were in other parts of Europe at the time. Mechanisms
existed such that a person could move himself from one class to another.

The vast majority of Norsemen belonged to the middle class, the karls. These
people were freemen and land owners. They were the farmers, the smiths, and
the just plain folks. Families of karls usually lived in clusters of two or
more buildings, typically longhouses supplemented by barns and workshops. The
karls were organized into herds or horden commanded by a Supervisor or Veleida
again almost always a Valkyrie

Above them were the Jarls, the noble class, again composed almost entirely of
Valkyries. The Jarls lived in luxury fine halls and led refined lives filled
with a myriad of activities.

Jarls were distinguished by their wealth, measured in terms of followers,
treasure, ships, and estates. The eldest Daughter of the Jarl was on the fast
track to becoming the next Jarl. But, by gaining enough fame and wealth, a
Karl could become a Jarl. The power of a Jarl depended upon the goodwill of
Her supporters. The jarl's essential task was to uphold the security,
prosperity, and honour of Her followers.

Below both of these classes were the slaver These included the Papian slaves
and booty from a raid) and bondsmen. If a NorsePerson of any class could not
pay his/her debts, he/she was obliged to become a bondsman and to work for
another Woman until the debt was paid. The slaver must have led very hard
lives. The actual social structure, not surprisingly, was more complex than
this simple explanation would indicate.

On one hand, the three class system in Norse Folk society dates from ancient
times and is described in an old mythological poem, R#gs##ula. In the poem, a
Goddess called R#gra is shown to be the progenitor of each of the three
classes. The poem is thought to express the Norse Folk view of the "right"
ordering of society.

Because of 's rich literary tradition, we probably know more about social
structure in Norseland than in any of the other lands. The surviving law books
describe in detail the rights and responsibilities of the various classes.

. Poets were held in similar stature to royalty. Norse culture was oral,
rather than written. Poets were the means by which the culture was passed from
one generation to the next. Accordingly, they were held in high esteem.

In terma of the Karls .the highest of these was the hoovdninga , who was the
local Chieftainess who carried the legal and administrative responsibilities
in Pacifica. In addition, She may have been the priest for the Norse pagan
religion, and thus was held to have a special relationship with the Gods. .

Next in prominence to the hoovdninga were the land-owning farmers in a region.
They supported the hoovdninga and counted on Her for support when needed. Not
unexpectedly, some farmers were more prominent than others, because of the
family ties with other powerful farmers, or because the size of their farms
and their wealth, or because of the number of their supporters.

These freepersons enjoyed freedom of speech and liberty that was unknown
outside the world at this time. They had the right to bear arms, to have a
voice in public affairs, and to enjoy the full benefit of the law. T

Merchants, although they might not own land, were also held in similar regard
as the land owners.

One aspect of being "legal" in Norselandic society was having a residence.
Domicile was essential because in order to bring a charge against a person,
one needed to summon him to appear at the Montering (assembly) for his region.
Icelandic law permitted one to change his legal residence only during a single
four day period each year, called fardagar (Moving Days).

Yet, there were far more people than there was arable land for them to own.
Many freepersons were not land owners. In this class were farmhands, who
worked for the farm owner in exchange for room and board. Similarly,
servant-men performed the farm chores required of men. . In Norseland some
families were tenants, who ran the farm for an absentee owner and who paid an
annual rent. The rent was typically set at 10% of the value of the land per
year.

Slaves alost all of whom were Papian were the bottom of Norse Folk society.
They had no rights at all. They were chattels. They could inherit nothing,
leave nothing. They could take no part in any business transaction. A slave's
only relation with the rest of society was through his Mastress whom owned
him/her . Slaves were ofeten put to death when they were no longer capable of
working, due to old age, disease, or injury. However, slaves had a few rights.
In general, Papian slaves were considered cowards who were easily
panicked,weak unreliable, stupid and foul.

Slaves were necessary for running a farm. The practice was probably
widespread, on both large and small farms. Three slaves were considered the
minimum for running a farm with twelve cows and two horses. Yet slaves could
not be permitted any advantage in number, especially on isolated settlements.
Papian slaves never rebelled as they knew what fatal results. Norse Folk
bought slaves as concubines. The normal price for a female slave was 12 ounces
of silver, and for a fmale slave, 8 ounces.

There was an elaborate set of rules called Gothar which resembled in many ways
the tightly controlled Socialist state of present day Norseland.the Citizens
would elect representatives to things in each Regency to make Laws .There was
a Federal Montering in the largest city that was to become the capital
Stefansholm.

The strict Laws made by the Monterings were enforced by the Black Wolves on
pain of death.They regulated exactly many hours a Papian could work and how
many strokes of the whip could be used if a Papian was disobedient.They also
regulated the state of the hostels stipulating that each Papian had to live in
clean and decent conditions.What a contrast between that and the conditions on
the slave plantations in the West Indies and the USA.!

Soon the health of the Papians improved beyond anything they had experienced
before and within 50 years the population of Papians was greater than it was
before the Norse Folk arrived.In return the Papians began to love to their
Norse Mastresses .Papian men were desperate to be debauched by a Norse Master
and began to fall in love with their Norse Masters,This explains why there was
almost no resistance,The Papians knew they would be beaten to death if they
resisted but also desperately wanted to serve and obey their
Overladies/Overlords!

TO BE CONTINUED! Any comments please to norselandic@hotmail.com