Hogs Head
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| Flag of Hogs Head | |
| Motto: "Oink! Oink, snort... Oink!" | |
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| Region | Almost Off Topic Tropics |
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| Capital | Pig City |
| Official Language(s) | English, Boarish. |
| Leader | PM Hoggy |
| Population | 2.5 billion (as of 2005 census) |
| Currency | Tusk |
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The Parliamentary Republic of Hogs Head
Hogs Head Colony
The Hogs Head was founded by a band of 500 hardy families fleeing political and religious persecution from a across the Great Inland Sea. The Founding Families were led by Silas Hogger; great-great-great grandfather of the current Prime Minister. Upon arrival on the shores of the previously unexplored lands, the first settlers gathered in the shadow of Boar's Peak and gave thanks to the Divine Snout. Thus, Pigtown, the first settlement on the mainland was founded.
The first ten years for the early settlers were harsh ones. Starvation, disease, short-lived (yet bloody) family feuds, fear of the unknown, all of this claimed many lives. The first decade of the Pigtown settlement focused on survival, not independence. After 15 years, the Empire of Antioch sent their own "official settlers" to claim the peninsula for the Crown of Antioch. Thus, Hogs Colony was able to grow and flourish. On the Silver Anniversary of the Hogs Head colony, four province-cities had been founded: Pigtown, Boar's Head, Wilburville, and Snowball. Despite the fact that Hogs Colony was under the authority of Antioch, it was self-sustaining. Ships laden with timber, precious metals, and grain left Snout Harbour on a weekly basis, returning with farming tools for the colony's wealthy landowners to cultivate their property.
The establishment of Pig Colony's first colony-wide legislative body, the College of Colonial Affairs hoped to quell the growing call for independence by the middle- and working-classes by giving the colony some semblance of independence on its centennial. In theory, the College gave the colonists autonomy over the day-to-day decisions in ruling the colony; led by a Crown-appointed Lord Governor. Unfortunately, given the strict requirements for candidacy (and suffrage), this was viewed as a means to grant the colonial aristocracy with even more power. The calls for independence grew louder, and even reached the debate chamber of the College itself! As Hogs Colony was the most profitable of all of Antioch's possessions, Emperor Józef V did not want to give up any of his centuries-old kingdom. In response to the three-hour speech by Delegate M'Shell of Wilburville, Józef V ordered the dissolution of the College of Colonial Affairs and declared martial law. Predictably, this had precisely the opposite reaction as the Empire intended.
Revolution
Immediately after the Emperor officially dissolved the College of Colonial Affairs, the leadership hierarchy met in secret at the now-infamous Truffle Pub and declared themselves the first members of the First Independent Parliament. After the expulsion of the Pigtown-based garrison of Royal Army troops, the provincial congress was declared the headquarters of the new Second Independent Parliament. Delegates from the seven provinces were immediately dispatched to Pigtown. Envoys from the igneous peoples were also granted access, although they were not permitted to vote. With a vote of 6-0, the motion to declare independence was passed (the delegations from Wilburville and Snowball provinces abstained). In direct response, the Royal Army attempted to destroy this fledgeling independent movement by using naval forces to attack harbors lining the Great Inland Sea and rivers. However, the newly named Independent Republic of Hogs Head foiled this attempt by sabotaging battleships that sailed into the harbor, or near the mouth of any of the major trade-rivers.
