| Protectorate of Halia Valley Протекторат на Долината Халиa | |
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 A map of the Protectorate as of February 8, 2010. | |
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Motto |
none |
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Capital |
Ashuria |
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Languages |
Común language (listed dialects) |
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Government |
governorship |
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Civilian population (as of 2/8/10) |
25,000 |
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Troop count (as of 2/8/10) |
3,000 |
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Demonym |
Haliat |
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Major cities |
Ashuria |
The Halia Valley Protectorate (pronounced HAY-lee-uh) is a protectorate state of the Centralized Republic of Shecagua based on a large tract of former Ashura-Chana territory centered around the Halia River. It was formed as a result of the Treaty of Cicero on February 7, 2010. The protectorate's capital is based in the city of Ashuria, which was the former capital of the Ashura-Chani confederation, although it remains the de facto capital city of nation as the Holiest Oracle of Ashurism Djishura D'chmana continues to reside and rule from within the city bounds.
Inhabitants of the Protectorate are subject to a 1% tax and to the rule of troops from Shecagua, but all government systems under Ashura-Chani rule have been left in place. Free immigration into and out of Ashuria for religious purposes is allowed.
The fertility of the Halia River Valley prompted mass immigration from the mainland Shecaguan territories on continent Moyen-Sud, where the farmland was becoming consolidated into larger plots by farmers who wished to move forth with agriculture on an industrial scale. The resulting farmers, evicted from properties that their families had held for centuries, settled at the delta, founding a city called Bolingbrook. A second wave of farmers founded the city of Kenosha in a fertile pocket of land north of the inhospitable Eastorbick Rim region.