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Island of Sodor In Gee’s VisionSodor

FOUNDED

967

FOUNDER

Godred MacHarold

ANNEXED

1405

LOCAL GOV. ESTABLISHED

1663

DECENTRALISED

2001

COUNTY INFORMATION

TYPE

County sui juris

ESTABLISHED

1889

CAPITAL

Suddery

LARGEST TOWN

Tidmouth

EXECUTIVE

Moderate

MÁEOR

Aleyn Grant

GOVERNOR

The Lord Barrane

MPS

Twelve

LORDS

Four

POLICE

Sodor Island Constabulary

FIRE

Sodor Fire Brigade

AMBULANCE

Sodor Ambulance Service

DEMOGRAPHICS

POPULATION

1,019,748

DENSITY

409 per square mile

ETHNICITY

White - 8,097,090

Black - 4,498,089

Hispanic - 6,609,097

Asian - 908,899

RELIGION

Church of England

DEMONYM

Sudrian • Sudragh

ECONOMICS

CURRENCY

Pound sterling

GVA (TOTAL)

£41.5 billion (2020)

GVA (PER CAPITA)

£40,786

OTHER

LANGUAGES

Sudric (14.2%)

English (85.6%)

PATRON SAINT

Saint Machan

TIME ZONE

Greenwich Mean Time

TLD

.sodor

LESS

The Island of Sodor (Sudric: Inys Sudrey; archaically also known as Sodorshire) is a county and the largest island of England. It is located in the Irish Sea, between the Isle of Man and the Furness Peninsula, separated from the former by the Sudrian Sea and the latter by the Walney Channel, which is spanned by the Vicarstown Rolling Bridge and the Jubilee Road Bridge. The Island has an area of 2,498 square miles and, as of the 2021 Census, the population stood at 1,019,592 - Tidmouth is the Island's largest settlement.

The Island has been inhabited since at least the Copper Age, but was mostly ignored by the Romans during their conquest of Britain. Gaelic influence came to the Island in the 5th century through Irish missionaries, and it would be conquered by the Norse in the 10th century, eventually becoming an independent Norse-Gaelic kingdom. The Island was annexed by England in 1405, historically being attached to the Duchy of Lancaster as a Liberty. Since 1663, it has been recognised as a county in its own right. The Monarch is represented by the Governor, while the elected Sodor Island Assembly, led by the Mayor of Sodor, administers the Island, all based in the Island's capital city of Suddery.

Since the introduction of railways in the mid-19th century, the Island has developed considerably, both as a industrial centre and as a tourist destination.

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Sodor is derived from the Old Norse word Suðreyjar, meaning 'Southern Islands'. The term was used to refer to all islands between Sodor and Lewis in the Hebrides - and as Sodor was the southernmost isle in the chain it became known as Suðrey.

Early history

Medieval history

Saint Luoc, a disciple of Saint Patrick, was the first Christian missionary to arrive on the Island of Sodor. It is said that in 444, he and some companions set out for the Isle of Man in coracles, but Luoc fell asleep and was blown off course. When he awoke, he saw land on the horizon and pointed his staff towards it, and was brought miraculously to shore in Suddery Bay. Seeing him to be quite unarmed and fearless, the natives treated him kindly. They helped him build a Keeill, and he preached to them with considerable acceptance. He died in 507, and a group of his followers kept his keeill preserved until a proper Church was built on the site in the late 10th century.

It wasn't until the late 6th century that a full attempt at Christianisation was made, when men from Iona Abbey began landing on the Island with the goal of converting its inhabitants.

Early modern history

Modern history

Rail

Sodor has six functioning railways

Road

Air

There are three aerodromes on the island; the largest is the Sodor Airport, located near Maron which is owned by the Island Council, and operated by Sodor Airways. It runs both domestic flights to other airports in the UK and international flights to major airports across the world. The other airport is Walney Airport, located north of Vicarstown. It is owned by BAE Systems and is used for private domestic flights. There is also a Coast Guard airfield located at Dryaw.

Local

The Sodor Island Council serves as the regional government authority for the Island, holding decentralised strategic powers and certain county-level powers. The Island is then divided into twenty districts - with fifteen run by district councils, four by borough councils and one by a city council.

National

From annexation in 1405 until the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sodor was a two member county constituency; with the Act of 1885, it was divided into two single member constituencies - Sodor East and Sodor West.