Portcullia
Republic of Portcullia | |
|---|---|
| Motto: "Unity, Our Strength!" | |
| Anthem: Advance, Portcullia Fair! | |
| Capital | Portcullia |
| Official languages | English |
| 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 Ghjiuang Mrangh (?~?) 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 Ui 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. The bulk of the Themiclesian Navy was at this time along the western coast of the Organized States, engaged with Rajian forces.