Lochshire

Lochshire
Province and municipality
Free State of Lochshire
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  "Vigilance"
Country	Eintrachtia
Lochshire Act	30 May 2021
Municipal status formalized	July 2023
Lochshire Act of 2024	23 March 2024
Seat	Lochshire
Government
• Body	State Council
• Minister-President	Penguin Henry Ballister
• Chief Secretary	Vacant
Demonym	Lochshirian
Time zone	UTC0
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1

Lochshire is a province of the Kingdom of Eintrachtia, nominally located in Cardiff, Wales and based in the British Isles. It was formally established in 2021 by the Lochshire Act as a part of the Eintrachtian Constitution, and was revised in March 2024. The capital of the province is the municipality of Lochshire, which is the only subdivision in the province, making Lochshire the largest single municipality in Eintrachtia.

Lochshire hold the ceremonial title as a "free state" due to its special status as a directly administered subdivision, a status only shared by the capital of Eintrachtia, Concorde C.A.R.. It was initially established as a province, headed by a minister-president. After the formalization of Lochshire's municipal status, the chief secretary, whom originally held the role as head of the State Council, holds an extra role as mayor of the municipality of Lochshire.

Symbols

Main articles: Flag of Eintrachtia and Coat of arms of Eintrachtia

The flag of Lochshire consists of a horizontal tricolour of gold, white and azure, with the coat of arms of Lochshire in its centre without the motto. The colours of gold, white and azure each represents prosperity, peace, and the sea respectively. The tricolour pattern was designed by King John in 2022.

The coat of arms of Lochshire comprises a lion rampant Or on an escutcheon Gules, decorated with a mural crown of a municipality, and a motto entitled "Vigilance", the ceremonial motto of Lochshire.