Portcullia

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Republic of Portcullia

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Motto: "Unity, Our Strength!"
CapitalPortcullia
Official languagesEnglish
Demonym(s)Portcullian
GovernmentFederal Republic
• President
Alexander Harper
• Monarch
Richard I
• Crown Representative
Logan Davidson
• Vice President
Aaron Murphy
• Representative of the Houses
Khloe Mcintyre
LegislatureCongress
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
CurrencyPortcullian Dollar (PCD)
Driving sideright
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

Tyrannian conquest and colonization

War and confederation

Pan-Sep War and thereafter

Independence

Geography

General characteristics

Climate

Government and politics

County division

Foreign relations

Military

Economy

Demography

Culture