Demographics of Sorrenia

Population

Area	Population	Percent of Sorrenia	Area (km²)	Percent of Sorrenia	Pop. Density (/km²)
Kingdom of Sorrenia	4.95mn	100%	26,400	100%	188
Durham	520,000	10%	2400	9%	217
Tyne-Wear	1.48mn	30%	5600	21%	264
Tees	885,000	18%	1400	5%	632
Yorkshire	1.42mn	29%	9200	35%	154
North-west	640,000	13%	7800	30%	82

Urban Settlements

Sorrenia has a total of 13 cities spread throughout the country. The largest city by municipal population is Leeds, while the largest urban area is the Tyneside, on which Newcastle Upon Tyne is situated.

Three significant metropolitan areas exist in Sorrenia; the aforementioned Tyneside, which along with the Wearside forms the Tyne and Wear metropolitan region; the Leeds-Bradford metropolitan area, which also includes the English cities of Huddersfield, Halifax and Wakefield - although only Leeds and Bradford are claimed by Sorrenia; and Teesside, a conurbation consisting of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington.

Other cities exist throughout Sorrenia. The nation's capital city is Durham, for which the Durham area is named. On the west coast there is Carlisle, a city in Cumbria close to the Scottish border, and Lancaster on Sorrenia's southern border.

The historically important city of York is located in the south of Sorrenia, around 32 km from Leeds, and 56 km from the port city of Hull.

Other than this, several market cities exist - namely, Richmond, Ripon and Hexham, each designated as cities largely for their cultural and religious importance.

City	County	Population (City)	Population (Urban)	Area (km²)	Pop. Density (/km²)
Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle	300,000	880,000	114	2600
Leeds	Hortania	475,000	825,000	550	4000
Bradford	Hortania	350,000	825,000	64	5400
Sunderland	Sunderland	175,000	275,000	135	1300
Middlesbrough	Teesside	140,000	175,000	55	2500
Hull	Humberside	260,000	320,000	71	3700
York	Yorkshire	200,000	200,000	270	1800
Lancaster	Lonsdale	52,000	58,000	18	2900
Carlisle	Cumbria	75,000	75,000	51	1500
Durham	Dunelm	66,000	78,000	32	2000
Richmond	Amon Lasgalen	8000	8000	5	1600
Ripon	Yorkshire	17,000	17,000	3	5600
Hexham	Northumberland	11,000	11,000	8	1300

Ethnicity

Religion

Sorrenia is officially a Roman Catholic country, with the Papal Directorate explicitly established to pass legally binding ecclesiastic rulings. Despite this, only a quarter of Sorrenians are Catholic, with the plurality (41%) being members of the Church of England. Several Anglicans expressed worry upon the government's ruling to reconvert the various Cathedrals in Sorrenia to Catholicism.

Various other Christian denominations also exist, the largest being the Methodists, closely followed by the Anglican Church of Amon Lasgalen. Smaller denominations include Presbyterianism, the Mezerizeb Church and Unitarianism.

Islam is the third largest religious group in Sorrenia, with adherents predominantly located in the southern county of Hortania; Islamic mosques are administered by the Sorrenian Mosque.

Smaller religious groups include Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, a pantheon of modern Pagans, and Jews; large Jewish communities exist in Gateshead and Leeds, and Northumberland hosts Aruna Ratanagiri, a Buddhist monastery.

Language

English is by far the most understood and practised language in Sorrenia, with effectively all Sorrenians understanding the language. Sorrenian Cumrbic is also an official language derived from the Cumbric language, once spoken in Northern England before the invasion of the Anglo-Saxons; it is only used sparingly for cultural purposes, with no citizens speaking it daily.

Several micronational languages are also practised regionally within Sorrenia. Dradelian is very popular for cultural purposes in east Sorrenia, and the Mezerizeb language retains formal status in both Dunelm and Bernicia, although it is very rarely used.

Cultural minorities may often speak several other languages, often as their language of choice. Examples include Welsh, Hindi, Urdu and Hebrew. Common taught languages include French, German and Spanish