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Foral Kingdom of Hatstheput

Reino Foral de Hatsdeput
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Coat of Arms
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Motto: "Liberty, Meritocracy and Justice"
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Capital
and
Hatstheput City
Official languagesSpanish
Ethnic groups
Mixed-Hatstheputian, Neuew Zeevolker and Prybournean Canter
Demonym(s)Hatstheputian
GovernmentFederal presidential republic
• President
Francisco Torrijos (MP)
Pablo Requejo (MP)
Juan Carlos Dresde (MP)
Antonio Castillo
Formation
• Independence
1114
• Prybournean Integration
1787
• Liberal State
1890
Area
• 
93,451 km2 (36,082 sq mi)
Population
• 2017 estimate
29,000,000
• Density
310/km2 (802.9/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)estimate
• Total
441.000.000.000$ (94º)
• Per capita
40,157$ (36º)
GiniNegative increase 48
high · 
HDI (29/05/2017)Increase 0.929
very high
CurrencyQuasa (QUAS)
Time zoneUTC-12
Date formatdd.mm.yyyy
Driving sideright
Calling code+741
Internet TLD.ht

The Foral Kingdom of Hatstheput (Spanish: Reino Foral de Hatsdeput) is a small country which lies on the island of Hatstheput located in the Western continent of Anteria. Such a nation is constitutionally defined as a "foral republic", dividing itself into 35 statutory provinces that have certain rights, the most relevant ones involving ample freedom in the fiscal area. Hatstheput is also a member state of the Dokodo Union.
Hatstheput's geography is characterized by a temperate, continental climate that has very limited thermic amplitude, moderate temperature and significant precipitations throughout all the year. Mountainous climate, in which precipitations descend in the form of snow and lower temperatures are observed, can also be found on the northeastern part of Hatstheput, where the Torreones Range is found. In terms of orography, Hatstheput is primarily a flat nation but for the previously mentioned peaks which lie in its northwestern region. Hatstheput's detachment from the rest of the Western continent grants it a wide spectrum of endemic fauna and flora, amongst which it's worth mentioning the Ivory Eagle.
Prior to the arrival of Neuew Zeevolk navigants around the year 900, it's believed there was little to no human presence within Hatstheput. These navigants would configure the Merchant Kingdom of Hatstheput in the year 1114, independent from the rest of Zeevolk domains. Making use of their privileged location to control trade between the Zeevolk realms to the northeast and the Romance neighbors to the south, Hatstheput would eventually become a renownedly wealthy nation that will attract merchants from the Canter Empire. The influence of these merchants would strenghten as will their number in Hatstheput, ultimately causing Hatstheput to integrate within the Canter Empire as a protectorate as a means to acquire commercial benefits in 1467. This integration would eventually cause a cultural change within Hatstheput as well, with Spanish-speaking merchants from the Bournean region of the Canter Empire gradually converting Spanish into the de facto trade language of Hatstheput. The Hatstheputian administration will accept Spanish as the official language of Hatstheput in 1631. With the proclamation of the Canter Republic in 1787, king Fernando II will convoke a referendum to integrate Hatstheput as an autonomous federal republic within the new régime pressured by his enlightened, bourgeois advisors, a plebiscite that will have a positive outcome. With the breakout of the Canter Revolution in 1884, Hatstheput will stay loyal to the Canter Republic to the very end of the conflict, despite the corporatist Hatstheputian Victory Front will form within its borders in defense of the insurgents. In 1890, Hatstheput will obtain its independence after the collapse of the republican régime. Consequently, a constitutional foral republic will be formed, with the souverainist Moderate Party and the Pan-Canterian Conservative Party dominating the political scene of Hatstheput until 1996, the year at which the Conservative Party will officially abandon its Pan-Canterian aspirations being refounded as the National Alliance and supporting the integration of Hatstheput into the Dokodo Union.

Ethymology

It's believed that the name "Hatstheput" comes from the old Hatstheputian runic language, referring to a "promised land". Therefore, the Spanish noun "Hatsdeput" was derived from a hispanization of the original pronunciation, appearing first in a Canter encyclopedia around the 13th centry.
Another discarded hypothesis suggested that the name could have been placed by King Joffric to honor an unknown deceased son of his, but there are no written records supporting such a claim other than a dubious book describing multiple legends that circulated in the early 19th century.

History

Precolonization Period

Prior to the arrival of the Zeeite Neuew colonizers, there will be little to no human presence in Hatstheput. Although certain locations with seemingly humanoid interaction have been found, these are attributed to other beings comprised within the wide homo suborder rather than to modern humans per se. It's also worth noting that the island of Hatstheput had been previously mentioned in Zeeite engravings in a generic way. Specifically, an anonymous Neuew record of a travel westward across the ocean mentioned a stop taking place in a seemingly undiscovered island that's generally considered by historians to correspond with Hatstheput. Although it's highly likely that former temporary Zeeite settlements may have been established in the island of Hatstheput given its intermediate location between the two continents of Anteria, no physical proof of their existence has been found to this day.

Middle Ages

Conceptualized painting of naval trade in the Hatstheputian capital of Jofricstad (est. 1150).

Human history within Hatstheput will commence with the expedition of Neuew duke Joffric to it. Despite the royal support to such endeavor and the fact that Joffric would claim the island for Neuewland, Hatstheput will be granted a high degree of autonomy in light of the distance between the two territories. This factor, alongside the feudal model which impered at the time, will virtually turn Joffric into the absolute ruler of the entirety of the island, a pattern that will continue for decades as his heirs will take the throne. During his rule, Joffric will divide the entirety of the Hatstheputian territory amongst his main commanders and focus on establishing trade relations with the neighboring territories, something that would foster island development. A particularly credited move on his behalf would be visiting the southern romance realms to apprehend their most superior technical methods.
The successive heirs of Joffric will benefit from his ancestor's intelligent administration, that will keep them as popular figureheads arguably more influential within the island that the Neuew monarchy. Simultaneously, the increasing commercial contacts with the southern neighbors of Hatstheput will translate into the arrival of the first Catholic missions to Hatstheput. Despite these missions will be prohibited and actively persecuted until 1050, in posterior years they will be accepted and Catholicism will be progressively expanded across Hatstheput in substitution of the traditionally Neuew Oceanist faith. In 1113, insular count Hjalid will personally embrace Catholicism and institute it as the official confession of the entirety of Hatstheput, a move that will culminate a progressive separation between mainland Neuewland and Hatstheput as Hatstheputians will no longer regard a heretic king as a valid ruler. Consequently, Hjaelid Joffricsson will be crowned as Hjaelid I, marking the beginning of the independent Merchant Kingdom of Hatstheput.
This new nation will make use of its sovereignty to strengthen relations with the southern nations, specifically with the growing Canter Kingdom. This will lead to an increasingly profitable influx of commerce that will convert Hatstheput in a trade hub that will regulate all naval transport between its Romance neighbors and the Zeevolk nations. The cultural influence of the adoption of Catholicism and the constant contact with Canter merchants will translate into the Latinization of the Zeeite alphabet employed in Hatstheput as well as in the integration of certain Spanish grammatic rules and loanwords into its vocabulary, hence giving birth to the Hatstheputian language approximately in 1300.


Modern Age

Contemporary Age

Economy

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Hatstheputian GDP by provinces

Hatsttheput currently has a very well-developed, capitalist economy, which mainly relies in the third sector financial activities. Its privileged location in the middle of the sea provides Hatstheput a good position for logistical operations. The ports of Hatstheput have a considerable size, and are one of the largest of the region. But, however, Hatstheput relies in the production of services for obtaining their GDP, the biggest sectors in Hatstheput are insurance and gambling. Hatstheput ranks 2nd in the Economical Freedom Index (Anteria), making it one of the most liberal economies in Anteria, and one of the few tax heavens in Anteria.
With the appliance of Hatstheput to the Dokodo Union, the Hatstheputian exports grew.
There is a very notable wealth gap between the Protestant North, more agrarian and rural, and the Catholic South, more industrialized and urban. However, it's the Northeastern part of Hatstheput, made up by native Singa people, the one with the lowest wealth. The poorest province, Johpur, has an average income per of 4450$, meanwhile the richest province, South Victoria, has an income of 75.250$, a difference of almost 17 to one.

Education and science

Hatstheput's educative system is well-known in Anteria for being austere and liberal. The Hatstheputian government relies on school vouchers for providing its citizens with education, although private schools and homeschooling are directly encouraged by the government, and are where the most children go to. Hatstheput ranks well in the Anteria's PISA test, ranking 31th in average grade. According to the PISA test, Hatstheputians students are specially good at maths and social sciences, slightly over average at literature and language and below average in hard sciences.

A high school in Victoria (city)


In science, Hatstheputians have achieved several successes. Hatstheputian scientists invented the RN72 Rifle, the submarine, the helicopter and the electric car.

Infrastructure, energy and environment

Energy by mean of production

  Nuclear (82%)
  Hydroelectrical (10%)
  Renewable (6%)
  Other (2%)

Hatstheputian infrastructures are unique in Anteria due to the degree of privatization to which they are subject. Highways, motordrives, and roads spanning across multiple municipalities all remain in private hands, with intramunicipal roads remaining public for the sake of urban planning. Despite most of these connections are paid thanks to advertisement revenue due to the competitive constraints their operators often face, tolls and satellite pricing systems are also in place throughout multiple roads. The island's railway network, airports, and ports are similarly private, with them being owned and operated by numerous private companies within the context of a free market. Economists and other experts have often questioned whether or not privatization is the most efficient course of action by which to manage transport infrastructure, although Hatstheput remains a frequent example cited by free-market thinkers as a success.
Electricity production in Hatstheput is also in private hands. Most of Hatstheput's energy is produced by nuclear power stations, which account for 82% of the total electricity produced in Hatstheput. Hatstheput's lax regulatory framework in the ambit of nuclear energy is often credited as explaining the island's low market prices for electricity and its complete self-sufficiency.

Demography

Religion

The most popular religion in Hatstheput is Catholicism, followed by Protestantism and Capitology. There are also notable religious minorities among the country's urban centers, including Eastern Orthodoxy, Sunni Islam, and Zeeite faith. A growing portion of the population identifies as either atheist or agnostic, a category now spanning 20% of self-identified Hatstheputians as of a 2021 poll.

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The Victoria Cathedral, the largest Catholic temple in Hatstheput

Religion in Hatstheput

  Catholicism (42.5%)
  Protestantism (25.5%)
  Church of Capitology (10%)
  Other (2%)
  Atheism/Agnosticism (20%)

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Religion by provinces (Catholicism, yellow; Protestantism, blue; Islam, green and others gray

Language

Spanish is the primary language of Hatstheput, being spoken by the virtual entirety of Hatstheputians and declared official by the Hatstheputian Magna Carta. Hatstheputian, a lingua franca that was gradually replaced by Spanish as Prybournean influence over the island intensified, is still used in certain rural regions of inland Hatstheput as a secondary language.
As Hatstheput evolved into a global hub for trade and financial activity in recent decades, it has become more common to find foreign languages being used within its most prominent commercial centers. English in particular has become highly appreciated because of its frequent use in the international business sphere, with Hatstheputian schools placing heavy emphasis on its learning and its knowledge being a requirement for most jobs in the island.

Cities

City Population (local) Population (metropolitan)
Hatstheput City 3,314,286 4,974,271
Victoria 2,320,000 3,000,000
Monteleón 800,000 3,000,000
Villa del Rey 625,000 700,000

Inmigration

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Immigrants by country of arrival (Prybournean, dark blue; Astariaxi, red; Zaananimian, purple and Gabrielt sky blue)

Immigrants by country of arrival

  Prybournean (39.0%)
  Astariaxi (24.6%)
  Gabrielt (15.1%)
  Zaananiamian (9%)
  Hofflandian (4%)
  Other (8.3%)

Immigration is uncommon in Hatstheput, as its legislation concerning immigration is slightly more conservative than other countries and it is an island. Only 5% of the population is of foreign origin. There has always been a constant flow of Prybournean and Hofflandians inmigrants in Hatstheput. It was in the 90s when the origin of the immigrants diversified, and Astariaxi, Gabrielt and Zaananiamian communities started to grow and gain importance. With the adherence of Hatstheput to the Dokodo Union, the amount of people immigrating to Hatstheput from Astariax and Gabrielland grew.

Culture

The Hatstheputian culture is heavily influenced by that of their colonizers, Prybourne and the Hofflandian Union. However, Hatstheput has developed some unique cultural aspects thanks to the interaction between the Prybournean, Hofflandian, Singa and Tsokeikan cultures. For instance, some traditional Singa festivities are official holidays in Hatstheput, and the Dobbelstrumppet is a musical instrument which is a hybrid between the traditional Houghlander trumpet and the Obawoo, a traditional Singa horn instrument.

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Dobbelstrumppet concert in the old town of Victoria (city)

Literature

The oldest written work found in Hatstheput was found in the Ruhan Temple, in the Singa city of Bandar Emas. It was the Drumidari, a large mythologic epic describing how the world was created by the Singa gods, and how this were born. Few other written works from the Singa era were found on Hatstheput, and it is known that a large part of books describing the Singa mythology were burnt down in the Red Night, in which king Gamal I ordered the deletion of all books and artwork which could be considered "heretic" by the standards of the high Muslim clergy of the time.
After the Singa era, most books were written in both Hofflandian and English, the languages of the colonizers of Hatstheput. The most relevant classic writers of Hatstheput were Hermann Draxler, who wrote several novels such as "East Hatstheput" or "The Men of the Bay", with a heavy social critic towards "the lazy and evil, the scum of our society", in which he subtly promoted his liberal-conservative views, and John Henry Norris, who wrote novels such as "The Price of Freedom" or "Ronald" in which he critiziced the bussiness practics of the time and the "worrying" situation of the working class.

Festivities

Date Name Working day
January 1st New Year's Day No
January 6th Three Kings Day No
February 14th Valentine's Day Yes
Spring Holy Week No
April 1st April Fool's Day Yes
May 22nd Revolution Day No