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HalKu is believed to have been formed in 900 BCE when, upon hearing the call of God, thousands of devout Halish-Kuthean's gathered, and set up their own nation. For hundreds and hundereds of years, HalKu has adopted an isolationist view, steadily growing in size, wealth, population, and power. At the height of it's power HalKu was 17,631,418 sq km, with 700,734,134 citizens. The "Golden Age" however ended in 1673, when the then leader - President Keane Jackson - became seriously ill. This was taken as a sign by many Halish-Kuthean's that it was no longer God's will for him to rule HalKu, despite the fact that HalKuan law states that once, elected the President must serve until his death. A bitter civil war ensued for 200 years, with hundreds of millions of casualties. During this time the whole legal, and governmental system fell apart, and HalKu was a lawless nation, with a massive power vacuum. Eventually, after a vote by the Church of HalKu, President Samuel Peeps was elected in 1887. He quickly stopped the fighting, and united HalKu once again, but not before much damage has been done.

Major Cities

Capital: HalKu City Other Major Cities (in order of size):

• Benath
• Majoru
• Henath
• Hoth

Geography

Area:

• Total: 1,366,890 sq km
• Land: 1,363,101 sq km
• Water: 3,789 sq km

Coastline: 2,427 km

Climate:

• Generally mild Winters, and warm Summers, although heatwaves in the Summer are common.
• Occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind.
• Precipitation is common in Winter, with occasional rain in Summer.

Terrain: Mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in north, west, and south. The east is very mountainous.

Elevation Extremes: Lowest point: Hasith River delta -5 m Highest point: Hatuath 14,807 m

Natural Resources:

• Coal
• Iron Ore
• Bauxite
• Zinc
• Uranium
• Antimony
• Arsenic
• Potash
• Feldspar
• Fluorospar
• Timber
• Fish
• Oil
• Gold

Land use: arable land: 23.53% permanent crops: 2.07% other: 74.4%

Irrigated land: 15,000 sq km (est.)

Natural hazards:

• Flooding
• Avalanches
• Midwinter Windstorms
• Drought
• Forest Fires
• Summer Heatwaves

People

Population:

5,789,000

Age structure:

• 0-14 years: 20.4%
• 15-64 years: 65.2%
• 65 years and over: 14.4%

Median age:

• total: 38.85 years
• male: 37.3 years
• female: 40.39 years

Population growth rate: 7.37%

Birth rate: 20.15 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 7.08 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Sex ratio:

• at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
• under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
• 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
• total population: 0.95 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate:;;

• total: 3.26 deaths/1,000 live births
• male: 3.76 deaths/1,000 live births
• female: 2.73 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:

• total population: 79.6 years
• male: 75.96 years
• female: 83.42 years

Total fertility rate: 3.85 children born/woman

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.4%

Literacy:

• total population: 99%
• male: 99%
• female: 99%

Government

Government type: Theocracy

Capital: HalKu City

National holiday: Unification Day, 2nd July (1887)

Legal system: Civil law system with indigenous concepts; review of administrative but not legislative acts

Suffrage: 22 years of age; universal

Executive branch:

• Chief of State and Head of Government: President Samuel Epsilon

• Cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the President on the suggestion of "The Cabinet Selection Commitee".
• Elections: President elected by vote of the Arch-Ministers of HalKu (Heads of The Church of HalKu), of which there are 21, for a life-long term.

Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Appeals (judges are appointed by the President from nominations of the High Council of the Judiciary); Constitutional Council (three members appointed by the President, three appointed by the Arch-Ministers of HalKu, and three appointed by popular vote); Council of State

Military

Military branches:

• Army (includes Marines, Secret Intellegence and Operations Service, Army Light Aviation, The Holy Guard)
• Navy (includes Naval Air)
• Air Force (includes Air Defense), National Guard

Military service age and obligation:

• 18 years of age with consent for voluntary military service
• 18 years of age compulsary service for a term of 5 years

Manpower available for military service:

• Males age 17-49: 2,676,509

Manpower fit for military service: males age 17-49: 2,262,661

Manpower reaching military service age annually: Males: 289,204

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $7 billion