N Y C

N Y C

Flag of N Y C
Motto: In Peace, Prosperity
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Region	The Exodus
Capital	Sdarjata
Official Language(s)	English, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Greek
Leader	Ahmad Neeraj Arellios
Population	1.5 billion
Currency	Runic Dollar
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A tolerant, muilticultural, left-leaning democracy, N Y C has been a vocal member of the world community despite its relatively recent appearence on the world stage.

Geography

People and Culture

Due to it's multiple waves of immigration, N Y C has an incredibly varied culture presents Middle Eastern, Indian and Spanish influence. Food tends to be heavy in herbs and seafood. Museums, reading, orchestras and all other intellectual persuits are very popular. Conversely, N Y C teams have had only middling success at sports competitions.

Government

Classification

The government of N Y C is a liberal democracy with a number of socialist programs in place, in which its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.8 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

Executive

Executive power rests in the hands of the president, who is elected to a 3 year term and can be elected no more than three times. He has the power to appoint advisors, cabinet members, ambassadors and the like, all of which must be approved by the Upper House of Congress.

Legislative

The congress consists of an Upper House, consisting of two Senators from each state, and a Lower House, made of of district representatives. Senators are elected for a maximum of 3 5 year terms, while Representatives are elected for a maximum 3 4 year terms.

Judicial

Judges are elected on every level by the people for 20 year terms.

History

Uninhabited for centuries, the islands of N Y C proved a safe harbor for an amazing number and variety immigrants The first people to arrive in N Y C were lost Greek settlers bound for Asia Minor. They landed on the westernmost island in the 5th century BCE, where they set up a nation that eventually controlled all of the island of Kerinos as well as parts of the northern coast of Alcazira. To this day, exemplary classical architecture can be found in these areas, especially in the old capital of Healakai.

The next wave came much later, in the 500s, when explorers from the Gupta empire in India came seeking trade and new contacts for the wealthy emperor they served. They set up several trading outposts in the southeast, but the center for their network was the island of Vanash. Lake Vanash, which dominates much of the island, became a major pilgrimage site; it was believed to have been the home of one of Vishnu's reincarnations. Several large hindu temples with ceremonial ghats, or steps leading down to the water, can be seen even now.

N Y C's society was shaken once again in the mid 1200s when muslims fleeing the Mongol invasion of the Middle East arrived in N Y C's Southern Islands. Much as they did in Spain, the Arabs breathed new life into the communities they joined by introducing several achievements in science, mathematics and medicine. The wealth they gave back to the mainland Islamic world help fund the rise of the Ottoman empire, as well as their own rich culture, more liberal than that of their mainland counterparts.

Just when the Islamic culture began to become firmly rooted in the south, the last pre-industrial wave of immigration arrived in the mid 1490s: Jews expelled from Spain by Ferdinand and Isabella. This was the first time western Europeans, or Jews, had settled in N Y C; they brought with them another complex cultural fabric that slowly wove itself into the vibrant tapestry that is N Y C. They too built a large network of trading cities dispersed throughout the islands, some of which today have stunnning late medieval/early renaissance architecture, particularly large Synogouges.

By 1600, efforts by the European powers, particularly France, Spain, England, The Netherlands and Portugal, began in earnest. The different factions of N Y C realized precautions must be taken, and in 1612 a referendum for all land-holding males was held to decide if the different principalities, republics, dictatorships etc. should join one unified N Y C. Most states accepted under threat of blockades and invasions, but several countries and islands held out. Due to the defensibility of some of the hold outs, combined with the fact that the new union was really a weak federation that made raising armies difficult, N Y C did not fall under the jurisdiction of one government until 1638.

In the 1930s, many supporters of the Republic in Spain fled to N Y C. They bolstered the influence of the Spanish language and today are found somewhat more evenly distributed among the islands than other cultural groups are.

N Y C was ruled under a sucession of unnoteworthy governments for the next few decades. The notable exception was the Calerfar government of 1957-1962 and again in 1965. Under his leadership, N Y C's trading network was used to full measure to bring vast riches to the nation.

Unfortunately, a stock market crash in the late 80s sent N Y C spiraling down the lists of trade across the world. The country bounced back under strong leadership in the mid-90s, but was not quite ready for the ensuing conflict, The War of the Unknown Attacker, that severly threatened its rise to trading eminence. However, as the fighting was contained within the area of Isla del Bosque Grande, and was efffectively a victory for N Y C, the boost it gave the manufacturing industy was the war's only real effect.