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Following the evacuation of the Themiclesian administrators, Menghean officials took over. The island's population would see a steady decline over the next few centuries until much of the island was depopulated, now reduced to a single small settlement, a fortification to protect it, and the harbor. | |||
===Tyrannian conquest and colonization=== | ===Tyrannian conquest and colonization=== | ||
===War and confederation=== | ===War and confederation=== | ||
Revision as of 20:17, 4 January 2020
Republic of Portcullia | |
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 Flag | |
| Motto: "Unity, Our Strength!" | |
| Anthem: Advance, Portcullia Fair! | |
| Capital | Portcullia |
| Official languages | Anglian |
| Demonym(s) | Portcullian |
| Government | Federal Republic |
• President | Alexander Harper |
• Monarch | Richard I |
• Crown Representative | Logan Davidson |
• Vice President | Aaron Murphy |
• Representative of the Houses | Khloe Mcintyre |
| Legislature | Congress |
| Chamber of Provinces | |
| Council of the One Hundred | |
| Establishment | |
• Tyrannian Colonization | 1648 |
| 1864 | |
| 1952 | |
| Area | |
• | 7,087.56 km2 (2,736.52 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2017 census | 1,091,484 |
• Density | 154/km2 (398.9/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | estimate |
• Total | 59.634 Billion USD |
• Per capita | 54,636 USD |
| Gini (2015) | 34 medium |
| HDI (2015) | .901 very high |
| Currency | Portcullian Dollar (PCD) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +51 |
| Internet TLD | .pc |
History
Prehistory
Themiclesian presence
The first attested reference to Portcullia is attributed to a journal by Gwjang Mjangs on his commercial voyages. In the summer of 883, his ship went off course and ran ashore on the isle, which he described as having a strangely-shaped mountain that is identified in Portcullia. In the 10th century, Themiclesian trade with Meridian states and Menghe created the need for a sojourning place that was some distance from a major power; Portcullia satisfied this requirement. In 1054, the Later Sung dynasty in Themiclesia dispatched a magistrate to administer the island and collect taxes there; witht the magistrate came a small detachment of soldiers, who are known in Themiclesia as the Port Corps, responsible for defending the outpost from piracy. Gradually, the presence of merchants of other nationalities, particularly Mengheans, also grew on the island.
Themiclesian administration persisted for the next 300 years. In 1354, the Menghean Navy (under the Yi Dynasty), docked at the island. Sources differ on what next occurred on the island. The Records of Sung, an anthology of government papers in Themiclesia, states that the Menghean Navy unloaded soldiers from its warships to attack the facilities on the island without any forewarning or cognizable cause. Contemporary Menghean sources point out that the Themiclesian authorities for a prolonged period refused to allow the Menghean ships to enter port, which was interpreted as enmity. In any event, the Menghean fleet managed to take control of the island in the following months, during which the Themiclesian court recalled its administrators and abandoned the outpost to Menghe.
Menghean settlements
Following the evacuation of the Themiclesian administrators, Menghean officials took over. The island's population would see a steady decline over the next few centuries until much of the island was depopulated, now reduced to a single small settlement, a fortification to protect it, and the harbor.