Hiltix

The Integrated Territories of Hiltix
National flag	Coat of Arms
Motto	"Hodie pro Hiltix, cras vobis."
Region	Europa
Capital and largest city	Hilti
Official Language	English
Leader	Taylor Hatchett (Conservative)
Currency	Hilt (╬)
Establishment   - as Kindjalian Mining Site   - as Independent Colony   - as Intergrated Territories	1862  1864  1874
Area	2,469,000 km²
Population  - Total (Sept. 2007)	1.044 Billion
GDP   - Total (ht)   - GDP/capita (ht)	╬3,923,508,926,363 ╬3779.60
National animal	Yellow-Winged Darter
Currency	Hilt
Time Zone	AOTC +0200
ISO Nation Code:	HLTX
International abbreviations	Hiltix, HX
Internet TLD	.hx
Major Industry	Uranium Mining

Basic Info

Conventional Name

The Integrated Territories of Hiltix

Short form

Hiltix, HX

People

Hiltixans

Currency

Hilt (╬)

National Animal

Yellow-Winged Darter

ISO Country code: HLTX

Currency code: HXHT

TLD: .hx

Car plate codes:

Hiltix - HX

• - Hilti - HHIL
• - Grombel - HGRO
• - Providence - HPRO
• - Hadford - HHAD
• - Everland - HEVR
• - Illinascopi - HILN
• - Frisley Island - HFRI

Geography

Area

2,469,000 km2

Region – Europa

Bordering Nations

Kindjal and Lion City

Terrain and Climate

Hiltix has a very temperate climate along with hospitable landscape and predictable weather patterns.

Government

Government Type

New York Times Democracy with Prime Minister and cabinet, Hiltix is a constitutional governement and consists of a Tricameral legislature:

House of Representatives (Lower house) – Elected assembly that debates issues and writes bills to send to the House of Senates and Judicials

House of Senates (Middle house) – The Senators receive bills from the House of Representatives and debate amongst them.

House of Judicials (Upper house) - The Judicials pass or veto the bill depending on the majority of the Representatives and the Senators.

Sessions of both the House of Representatives and Senates are televised, and open to public spectators, while the House of Judicials is held in a private court room in Hiltix's capital, Hilti.

However the Prime Minister can declare a session closed if it discusses 'secret matters of national security' in which case that session will be closed to the public and TV cameras, and the secret sections of the minutes will be censored. This clause is rarely called into use.

The Prime Minister of Hiltix serves as both the head of state and head of government for a 5 year term and may only serve 3 consecutive terms.

The 2 dominant parties currently are the Hiltixan Conservative Party and the Hiltixan Greene Party, although many other smaller parties exist.

Important Cities

Hilti, Manachog, Riviara, Gorgonia.

Administrative Divisions

7 provinces – Hilti, Grombel, Providence, Hadford, Everland, Illinascopi, and Frisley Island.

Governmental Divisions:

• Office of the Prime Minister
• State Department
• Department of Defense
• Department of Research
• Department of Foreign Relations
• Department of Transport
• Department of Finance
• Department of Information
• Department of Education
• Department of Medicine
• Department of Energy

State Religion

People in Hiltix embrace faith and salvation. Christianity overpowers other religions in Hiltix, although they still exist. Protestantism is the main form of practice in Hiltix though Catholicism is not far behind.

Civil Rights Rating

Good.

Economy Rating

Good.

Political Freedom Rating

Superb.

List of Prime Ministers

*Only Prime Minister to serve more than three terms due to the Currency Conflict
†Assassinated by Gregory Northaw of Frisney Island on February 5, 1950
††Impeached due to complications with citizens and own party members. All three houses declared his terms null and void and was impeached on March 24, 2007.

History

The Beginning

Hiltix was founded by The Kingdom of Kindjal as a separate piece of land for mining special minerals. Grangerford Hiltix was put in as Manager in Chief of the well-known site. After two years of mining and finding barely enough to statisfy Kindjal, Grangerford traveled back to Kindjal to report that not enough minerals were found to boost the economy in Kindjal. After the report, Hiltix traveled back to the mining site to establish a colony of his own. Hiltix knew that the land was rich and fertile for great agricultural development. Hiltix named the establishment after himself and became the Prime Minister of the Colony of Hiltix.

1864-1902

After the colonial Hiltix was established, many citizens from other nations traveled to Hiltix to establish their own town inside the country. Christianity was established as the official religion in 1883 on an 11-3 vote in the House of Representatives and Senates. 1900 marked the year of change with many advances in technology. This didn't last long, however, because of the War with the Republic of LiveLeak in 1902.

The Mineral War

LiveLeak is a small nation just southwest of Hiltix. LiveLeak insisted that the mineral rights belonged to them because they discovered Hiltix in 1798. Hiltix immediately declined the statement, claiming that it has physical proof that Hiltix was discovered by Mining General Manager, Grangerford Hiltix, in 1862. After Hiltix's claim reached LiveLeak, a battle clashed in the city of Gorgonian, along the Jilliam River Valley. Hiltix's 400,000-men army outnumbered LiveLeak's 78,000-men army. After six months of fighting, LiveLeak withdrew, stating that the Republic's troop level was below the required amount to successfully win a war. LiveLeak still disputes the fact that Grangerford discovered Hiltix in 1862, but remains out of touch with Hiltix. In all, 119,000 men died on both sides, resulting in the economy declining and inflation to increase.

Currency Conflict

In 1944, a conflict between the national currency and city currency erupted. Cities illegally established minting plants to produce their own currency aside from the national currency. This caused major confusion and chaos because citizens were confused on which type of currency to use. Prime Minister Gartenhaus was elected a rare fourth term to resolve the issue between these currencies. In 1946, the issue was resolved. The government voted 14-0 to keep the standard currency and that no other currency may be printed. Cities who illegally processed currency in 1944 were inevitably fined ╬500,000 for their actions. Gartenhaus finished his fourth term in 1949.

Assassination of Prime Minister Abe Hartford

Hiltix's 6th Prime Minister, Abe Hartford, was assassinated in Riviara by Gregory Northaw of Frisney Island. Hartford was shot twice in the chest and died instantly. Gregory was tackled by a group of police officers and arrested. After being questioned by interrogators, Gergory described the reason for the killing as, "a rush of cool air and adrenaline pumping in your veins at the same time". Gregory was sentenced to death by electric chair in 1951. The execution proceeded on October 14th, 1953.

Present-day Hiltix

The Integrated Territories of Hiltix is a massive, devout nation, notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its hard-nosed, intelligent citizens enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although Education and Public Transport are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Uranium Mining industry.

An enormous health awareness program is underway, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, and the institution of marriage is held sacred and strictly enforced. Crime is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hiltix's national animal is the yellow-winged darter, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the hilt.