Difference between revisions of "City of Hippograd"
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| − | Prefect - <br> | + | Prefect - Sir Percival Splash<br> |
| − | Lieutenant Prefect - <br> | + | Lieutenant Prefect - Dame Hyacinth Fischer<br> |
| − | Attorney General - <br> | + | Attorney General - Sir Henry Clearwater QC<br> |
| − | Treasurer - <br> | + | Treasurer - Sir Pontius Corrego<br> |
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| + | The State Prefect is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the President, and is responsible for state government, which includes healthcare, local government, housing, agriculture, sport, culture, law and order, education and some tax powers. The Lieutenant Prefect, Attorney General and Treasurer are appointed by the State Prefect. | ||
====Legislature==== | ====Legislature==== | ||
| − | Congressional Speaker - <br> | + | Congressional Speaker - Sir Humphrey Creekley<br> |
| − | Senate Speaker - | + | Senate Speaker - Sir Harry Strom |
Uniquely among Hippocratic states, Hippograd has a bicameral state legislature, comprising the State Congress and State Senate. Like in other states, the State Congress is elected by a system of party list proportional representation, with a party's percentage of seats in the Congress directly reflecting the percentage of votes at the election. Congressmen are elected every four years. | Uniquely among Hippocratic states, Hippograd has a bicameral state legislature, comprising the State Congress and State Senate. Like in other states, the State Congress is elected by a system of party list proportional representation, with a party's percentage of seats in the Congress directly reflecting the percentage of votes at the election. Congressmen are elected every four years. | ||
Revision as of 10:18, 8 October 2005
The City of Hippograd is the second-largest city in the state of Hippograd and is the state's capital city. It is the eighth most populous city in Hipposhire, the sixth most densely populated major city in the country, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. The City of Hippograd is one of the world's global cities, home to an almost unrivaled collection of world-class museums, galleries, performance venues, media outlets, international corporations, and stock exchanges.
Located in the state of Hippograd (HG), the City of Hippograd has a population of 22, 848, 566 people contained within 22 500km², and is the heart of the Municipal Area of the City of Hippograd, which has a population of over 83 million. The Municipal Area comprises five boroughs: the City of Hippograd proper, Nilpferdwald, Flodhestheim, Springfield and Atlantia — each of which is a major city in its own right.
It is situated on the northernmost tip of the Hippograd coast. It has been the capital of Hippograd for over two thousand years, having been the capital of the independent Kingdom of Hippograd, and is the seat of the state government. The city was one of the major centres of the enlightenment, led by the University of Hippograd.
In recent years there have been calls to officially designate Hippograd as the capital city of the Hippocratic Empire, both in order to draw a distinction between the national and Imperial governments and to recognise the important role of Hippograd in the formation of the Empire. Under pressure from colonial governments, the Imperial Government has attempted to compromise by moving the Imperial Courts to Hippograd whilst keeping the Imperial executive and legislature in Avalon Park. A new Imperial district of Evian Park is being constructed in the centre of Hippograd to accomodate the Imperial departments.
The city includes large populations of immigrants who help make it one of the most cosmopolitan places on the planet. Many people from all over Hipposhire are also attracted to Hippograd City for its culture, energy, and cosmopolitanism. The city serves as an enormous engine for the global economy, and is home to more HIFI 500 companies than any other place in the country. The city is estimated to have a Gross Metropolitan Product of nearly $700 billion.
A resident of Hippograd City is referred to as a Hippogradite.
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Contents
City Proper
Districts:
1 - Templeton
2 - Watergate
3 - Neptune Creek
4 - Portsmouth
5 - Fishmarket
6 - Docklands
7 - Neptune Delta
8 - Wharf
9 - Cattlegate
10 - Central
11 - Burnley
12 - Burnside
Historic District
The 'historic district' of Hippograd is generally regarded as the series of old towns that run along the River Neptune, from Neptune Creek through Watergate and Templeton to Neptune Delta. Often it is also extended to the Burnside district.
The historic district is home to
Financial District
The 'financial district' of Hippograd is located in the city's Central and Cattlegate areas.
Major Company Headquarters
Some of the major companies headquartered in the City of Hippograd financial district are:
- Archipelago Commerce Group
- Potamia Enterprise Corporation
- Hippocorp (Incl. HCSE & HGSE)
- Royal Bank of Hippograd Group
- Royal Bank of Hippograd
- Corriente International Group
- Xiang Gang Hippograd Banking Corporation
- DeBeek Technologies
- Hippo Electric PLC
- Hipposoft Corporation
- Hippo Defence Dynamics
- Strathpotamian Banking Corporation
- Hipposhire Commerce Bank
- Hippopotamus Insurance
Evian Park: Imperial District
Boroughs and Neighbourhoods
Nilpferdwald
Flodhestheim
Springfield
Atlantia
History of Hippograd City
City State
Kingdom of Hippograd
Royal Residence
State
Terra Hippo, Adria and Mesonautica
State and City Government
State Capital
Executive
Prefect - Sir Percival Splash
Lieutenant Prefect - Dame Hyacinth Fischer
Attorney General - Sir Henry Clearwater QC
Treasurer - Sir Pontius Corrego
The State Prefect is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the President, and is responsible for state government, which includes healthcare, local government, housing, agriculture, sport, culture, law and order, education and some tax powers. The Lieutenant Prefect, Attorney General and Treasurer are appointed by the State Prefect.
Legislature
Congressional Speaker - Sir Humphrey Creekley
Senate Speaker - Sir Harry Strom
Uniquely among Hippocratic states, Hippograd has a bicameral state legislature, comprising the State Congress and State Senate. Like in other states, the State Congress is elected by a system of party list proportional representation, with a party's percentage of seats in the Congress directly reflecting the percentage of votes at the election. Congressmen are elected every four years.
At present, the 200 Seats in the Hippograd Congress are divided as follows:
Conservatarian - 103
Imperialist - 57
Christian Democrats - 31
Socialists - 9
The State Senate is composed of 50 Senators who are appointed for life terms, half by the State Prefect and half by the Board of Directors of the Royal Society of Hippograd.
Municipal Authority
Lord Provost - Sir Hippocrates Aquarius FRSH
The Municipal Authority is composed of 440 councillors, 10 from each of the area's Hippohouse constituencies. Each councillor represents around 200 000 residents.
Parliamentary Representation
Hippograd City Proper: 12MHs: Templeton, Watergate, Neptune Creek, Portsmouth, Fishmarket, Docklands, Neptune Delta, Wharf, Cattlegate, Central, Burnley, Burnside
Nilpferdwald: 9MHs: Rock, Fort, Bay, Landing, Point, Brownfields, Southwest, Central, South
Flodhestheim: 9MHs: West, City, North, Fort Neptune, Neptune Valley, Neptune Falls, Castle, Wharf, Coast
Springfield: 7MHs: North, East, South, Central, Southwest, West, Neptune's Gate
Atlantia: 7MHs: Springburn, Brownfields, Holy Gate, Hilton, Point, City, Docks
Courts
Imperial Chancellery
In response to colonial demands, the Imperial Government recently decided to move the Imperial Chancellery to Evian Park, Hippograd. The Imperial Chancellery is the highest court of appeal for Hipposhire and all Hippocratic territories. The Chancellery consists of 9 Chancellors Imperial appointed for life by the Queen on the recommendation of the Imperial Premier.
Formerly, two Chancellors Imperial were appointed from each part of the Hippocratic Empire. One Chancellor Imperial is designated by the Queen to be the Grand Chancellor Imperial, or President of the Imperial Chancellery. The 9 CIs constitute the ultimate and final appeal for any Hippo.
Present Chancellors Imperial of the Hippocratic Empire, in order of seniority:
Lord Justice HIPPOCRATES H. BURNLEY (GCI, President)
Lord Justice PHILIP H. POTAMUS (Vice President)
Lord Justice PATRICK K. BLACKWATER (Vice President)
Lord Justice HIPPO PADRAIG HIPPOPOTAMUS
Lord Justice POTAMUS WASHINGTON
Lord Justice HENRY HAROLD MACKAI
Lord Justice HAYDEN P. CORRIENTE
Lord Justice PETER H. KAIBURG
Lady Justice HARRIET P. AMAZON
Supreme Court of Hippograd
The State Supreme Court of Hippograd is based in the Palace of Justice in Watergate. The seven justices of the Supreme Court are appointed for life terms by the State Prefect, subject to approval by the state legislature and the Queen.
Other state courts
Hippograd is also home to 44 Magistrate's Courts and Tribunals Courts, 5 Courts of Law, 5 Courts of Session, 5 Courts of Audit, the Hippograd Assizes, the Hippocratic Appeals Tribunal for Hippograd and the First Circuit State Court of Appeal.
Second Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
As state capital, Hippograd is home to the Federal Appeals Court for the Second Circuit (Hippograd State). There are three Federal Appeals Judges based in Hippograd.
Other federal courts
The municipal area of Hippograd City also has five Federal District Courts, one for each of the five boroughs.
Royal Society of Hippograd
The Royal Society of Hippograd (RSH) is Hipposhire’s National Academy of Science & Letters. It is an independent body with charitable status.
The Society is widely regarded as the most influential and powerful non-governmental organization in the Hippocratic Empire. As well as organising conferences and lectures for the specialist and for the general public, and providing a forum for informed debate on issues of national and international importance, the Society also plays an important role in Hipposhire’s cultural and political life.
The Society has established several schools across the Empire and in some foreign nations, including most of Hipposhire’s most prominent schools, such as Watergate Academy and Neptune Academy in Hippograd, both established centuries ago.
Thanks to its eminent members, the Society has extended its influence much further in recent years. In 98AI the Society used its funds to buy a 30% share in Archipelago Commerce Group, Hipposhire’s largest bank. The revenue generated by this investment enabled the Society Board to purchase a 20% share in the Royal Bank of Hippograd and the Potamia Enterprise Corporation, which owns the Hippopotamus City Stock Exchange and Hippocorp.
These massive investments gave the Society enough capital to expand its cultural influence. In 132AI the Society absorbed the National Trust for Hipposhire, whose assets include the HNN Network, the National Galleries and National Museums of Hipposhire, and a further 240 prominent schools.
Last year the Society began negotiations to purchase the Hippograd Academic Institute, which owns several academic institutions in the north of Hippograd, including the University of Hippograd and the University of Nautica. There are also plans to purchase the Hippograd State Airports Authority (HSAA), which owns and operates all of the state’s airports, and a dozen prominent publishing companies.
Its multidisciplinary, peer-elected fellowship of people and hippos of international standing provides independent, expert advice to key decision making bodies, including Government and Parliament.
The Society’s Research Awards programme annually awards well over §4 billion to exceptionally talented young academics and potential entrepreneurs to promote commercial exploitation of inventiveness and boost wealth-generation.
Economy
Hippograd has constistently been one of the most prosperous parts of Hipposhire, a result of its position at the centre of the old Kingdom of Hippograd. Until the Hippocratic states were conquered by the High Kings of Theo, Hippograd was the centre of a large trading empire. Hippopotamus City and Avalon did not yet exist. Vitally, most of those Kozoist puritans who established colonies abroad during the period of the High Kings were from Hippograd, and the city developed strong links with the colonies, particularly New Hippograd and New Pottam and Waterbury in Xiang Gang.
Unemployment rates in Hippograd are amongst the lowest in the country and job creation rates some of the highest. Hippograd's population is also growing rapidly, mainly through inward migration from overseas and, particularly, the rest of the Empire.
The economy of Hippograd is largely based around the service sector, with tourism, financial services and banking, education and high tech research being particularly important. Several of the world's largest companies, and most of the HIFI 50 bluechip companies, have their headquarters in the financial district of Hippograd. The Royal Bank of Hippograd Group is now the second largest bank in Hipposhire by market capitalisation, and the ninth largest in the world. They recently moved into their new purpose built headquarters in the financial district, Neptune Tower, which is the tallest building in Hipposhire. Hippograd is the largest financial centre in Hipposhire and the second largest in the world.
Tourism is another important mainstay of the economy of Hippograd. The city is the country's most popular tourist destination in terms of visitor numbers, and one of the most popular in the world, with numbers growing substantially each year, particularly in the budget travel and backpacking sector, assisted by the growth of Hippograd International Airport, Flodhestheim International Airport and Hippograd Docklands Airport, and direct rail links to the rest of the country. The presence of the Hippograd International Festival attracts large numbers, generating billions for the city economy.
Culture
Hippograd is widely regarded as the cultural capital of Hipposhire and the Hippocratic Empire. The Hippograd International Festival is one of the largest festivals in the world.
Most of Hippograd's music venues, theatres, galleries and museums are owned and operated by the National Trust for Hipposhire, which recently became a constituent of the Royal Society of Hippograd.
Music
Hippograd is home to seven professional symphony orchestras, including the Royal Hippograd Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Hippograd Symphony Orchestra and the Hippograd Philharmonic. There are also several chamber orchestras. The principal music venues are the Royal Imperial Festival Hall, Queen's Hall, the Splash Centre, Corriente Hall, Blackwater Arena, the Hippograd Coliseum and the Royal Hippograd Arena. The Royal Hippograd Opera House is home to the country's most prominent opera and ballet companies.
Apart from the pubs and clubs, there are many large modern music venues, including the Templeton Arena and the Royal Marquee.
Festivals
Most of Hippograd's festivals operate under the umbrella of the Hippograd International Festival, one of the largest in the world. The Hippograd International Festival includes the Hippograd Arts Festival, the Hippograd Fringe Festival, the Hippograd International Film Festival, the Hippograd Literature Festival, the Hippograd Military Review, the Hippograd Music Festival, the Hippograd Folk Festival and the Hippograd Entertainment and Technology Festival.
Non-affiliated festivals include the Burnside Carnival and the Docklands Festival. The Hippograd Fringe Festival used to be unaffiliated, but requirements for additional funding forced it to join the Hippograd International Festival, which receives funding from the National Trust for Hipposhire.
Theatre
Hippograd is home to many prominent theatres, including the Royal Hippograd Festival Theatre, the Splash Centre, Corriente Hall, Watergate and Templeton Court Theatre, the Queen's Theatre and the Neptune Festival Theatre.
Art
Along with its museums, Hippograd's galleries are its proudest feature. Among the most prominent are the Royal Gallery of Art, the Royal National Gallery, the Washington Gallery, the Royal Gallery of Hippograd, the Royal Academy and Gallery of Photography and Clearwater Gallery.
Museums
There are over a thousand museums in Hippograd. The most famous include the Royal Museum of Hippograd (natural history), the Royal Imperial Museum, the Hippograd War Museum, the Royal Hippocratic Museum (antiquities from all over the world), the Hippograd Maritime Museum, the Hippograd Science Museum and the Museum of Hippograd.
Education
Hippograd is widely regarded as one of the world's leading centres of education. Home to several leading universities and some of the world's best known schools, Hippograd has developed a reputation for excellence. It has the largest student population (per capita) of any city in the Meritocracy. It is an international centre of research. The fields of law, medicine and the arts are the most prominent, with the University of Hippograd widely recognised as the world's leading law school.
Most of Hippograd City's Universities are owned by either the Hippograd Academic Institute (HAI), the Hippograd Universities Trust (HUT) or the University of Hippograd State (UHGS). The former two institutions are charitable trusts which operate the universities under their control at vastly decreased costs to students. While the wealthiest students are charges tuition fees, the majority pay nothing. Entry is based entirely on academic merit.
The Hippograd Academic Institute was recently purchased by the Royal Society of Hippograd (RSH) for §17 billion. The Chairman of the RSH, Lord Blackwater, has revealed the RSH's plan to consolidate all of its academic assets under the HAI.
University of Hippograd
The University of Hippograd is one of the worlds leading universities, in one of the worlds liveliest and most beautiful cities. UHG leads the world in the study of languages, sciences and law, and has very fruitful relationships with many major companies, giving it unique access to leading technology and research. UH is Hipposhire's premier university, and is also very popular with foreign students. In particular, recent exchange schemes with SATO nation states have been greatly successful.
UHG is home to over 100 000 students, and is very selective with applicants. Every year over a million students apply for around 25 000 places. Competition is particularly high in the faculties of Law, Medicine and Social Sciences. The University offers over 600 different degree courses, including 450 joint degree courses, with flexible programmes of study, giving a fantastic range of choice. There are 9 Faculties at the University:
- Arts
- Divinity
- Education
- Law
- Medicine (Royal Hippograd School of Medicine)
- Music
- Science and Engineering
- Social Sciences
- Veterinary Medicine
UHG is one of only three Hippocratic universities which use a college system. The University's 21 colleges select and admit undergraduate students, and select graduate students after they are admitted by the University. They provide accommodation, meals, common rooms, libraries, sports and social facilities, and pastoral care for their students and are responsible for students' tutorial teaching and welfare. The colleges, in order of establishment, are:
- Hippolyta College
- Poseidon College
- Neptune College
- Emperors College
- Imperial Hall
- Corriente College
- Nautilus College
- Hippograd College
- Argowicz College
- Argo College
- Cinnamon College
- Hippocrates College
- Meyer College
- Nemo College
- Mariners College
- Anglers College
- St. Margaret's College
- Isoeph College
- Grace College
- Kozo College
- Jahara College
The present Chancellor of the University of Hippograd is Lord Blackwater, who was elected to that position in 130AI. His five year term will expire next year. Other prominent university figures include Lord Brooke (Vice Chancellor), Sir Humphrey Kaiburg (Principal) and Sir Hippocrates MacKai (Dean of the Faculty of Law and Rector of Isoeph College).
Universities
- University of Hippograd (HAI)
- Royal Hippograd School of Medicine
- Corrego-Molham University Hospital
- University of Flodhestheim (HUT)
- Redforth Medical School
- University of Atlantia (HAI)
- Atlantia Teaching Hospital
- Springfield University (HUT)
- University of Hippograd State (UHGS)
- UHGS Burnside
- UHGS Templeton
- UHGS Neptune Falls
- Royal Hippograd College of Art (HAI)
- Royal School of Performing Arts (HAI)
- Royal National Academy of Music, Hippograd (HUT)
- Splash-Bach University
- Corriente University
Famous Schools
- Neptune Academy
- Watergate Academy
- Templeton Academy
- Hippograd Academy
- Burnside Academy
- Springburn Academy
- Hippograd RNA
- Neptune Valley RNA
- Portsmouth Academy
- Blackwater Sound RNA
