Lycia City

Grand Duchy of Lycia City
Lycian kaupungin suuriruhtinaskunta
リュキア市の大公国
Μεγάλο δουκάτο της πόλης Λυκια

Motto: The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball.
National Anthem: Smiles and Tears
For the map, see the Geography section.
Region	Q102
Official languages	English, Finnish, Japanese, Greek
Other languages	Albanian, Swedish
Grand Duke	Hurchxuu VI (1985-present)
Governor	Artanis Yávëtil
Capital	Lycia City
Area  - Total  - % water	A lot It's a desert, not much
Population	1,436,000,000
Establishment	November 3, 1766 April 15, 2005 (Grand Duchy)
GDP (PPP)  - Total  - GDP/head	$41,557,970,062,405.52 $28,940.09
Currency	Ness Snorlaxian crown (NSk)
National animal	Goomba
Internet TLD	.ly.ns
Stats: NSEconomy Pipian XML

The Grand Duchy of Lycia City is a massive, economically powerful nation, renowned for its complete absence of social welfare. It is almost completely a desert except for a few mountains at the north of the country.

Lycia City is a self-governing colony of Ness Snorlaxia, and was just recently upgraded to Grand Duchy. The current Grand Duke of Lycia City is also the Emperor of Ness Snorlaxia, Hurchxuu VI. The head of government is the Governor, the current one being the elf Artanis Yávëtil, elected in 2000.

The Capital of Lycia City is the namesake Lycia City. Other major cities include Khathelet and Helsinki. Lycia City is defended by the Ness Snorlaxian Armed Forces, which citizens of the grand duchy are allowed to join.

The national animal is the Goomba. Although there are a lot of Goombas that are as smart as humans, there are also others that act like pets. The national anthem is called Smiles and Tears, the author of which is unknown.

Geography

Lycia City is located in the Great Desert of Q102, south of Nevareion. As such, the vast majority of all terrain is desert, although there are grassy areas in cities and towns.

In the northwest of the country, near Khathelet and going up to the border of Nevareion, there are mountanious areas known here as the Bern Mountains.

• Arable land: 19%
• Permanent crops: 1%
• Other: 81%

Climate

The climate is basically the same throughout the country. It is very hot all year, with tempuratures anywhere from 80 to 140 degrees farenheit during the day. At night, tempuratures are anywhere between 30 to 70 degrees farenheit.

In the mountains, the tempurature varies with elevation.

Extreme elevations

• Lowest point: Lorca Valley, sea level
• Highest point: Taliver Mountain, 1812 m

Environmental problems

<div" class="plainlinksneverexpand">

Map of Lycia City

• Pollution from automobiles and power plants
• Nuclear radiation from the one nuclear power plant in the country
• On occasion, sandstorms may occur.

History

Pre-Colonization

Before the colonization of Lycia City, the area was divided into various nomadic tribes. These were:

• the Sacae, which inhabited the area of present-day Sacae District.
• the Lyqians, which inhabited the area of present-day Lycia District.
• the Bulgars, which inhabited the area of present-day Bulgar District.
• the Elimine, which inhabited the area of present-day Elibe District and Araphen District.
• the Caelini, which inhabited the area of present-day Caelin District and Uusimaa District
• the Bernae, which inhabited the area of present-day Bern District and Mallakastër District

These nomadic tribes had no organized government, but each tribe had an elected king. These tribes lived in peace with each other.

One major thing that the tribes invented was a ger, which is a large, moveable house. This is still used in modern-day Lycia City.

Colonization

Under the reign of Arujuxuruanduru VI of Ness Snorlaxia, the nation started a massive colonization program after the Independence Wars of Super Mario Bros.

After departing from Fourside, the Ness Snorlaxian colonization convoy reached the coast of Q102, and wanted to colonize the desert, hoping they would find something valuable.

What they found eventually were the nomadic tribes, the first of which were the Lyqians. The Ness Snorlaxians, who were interested in just taking over the territories, took over the area of the Lyqians effortlessly. After this, they were able to take over the area of present day Lycia City in 1765.

From 1765 to 1783, the colony was known as New Ness Snorlaxia, and the capital was New Fourside. Rebellions against colonial rule did occur, but the Ness Snorlaxians won most of the battles. After the area was stabilized under the reign of Kaxue LXXXIII, it was renamed to Lycia City, a capital was set up at Lycia City, and a stable government was set up. The first colonial governor was supposed to be Fransis Brunel, but he was assassinated by pro-SMB indepence people before leaving Ness Snorlaxia.

The first colonial governor then ended up being his five-year old daughter, Colette Brunel (b. 1778), who was installed in 1783, when she arrived. The early government was primarily set to defend Ness Snorlaxian interests and prevent colonial rebellion.

Under Hurchxuu V

Kaxue LXXXIII was assassinated in 1795, leaving the just-born Hurchxuu V as Emperor of Ness Snorlaxia. In the early part of his reign, the colony was becoming stabilized, with most of the nomadic tribes settling into the towns.

However, in 1810, the most devestating revolt occured. Under Sacaean tribal leader G'hci Xhtrphxltxji, the native peoples briefly overthrew the districtal government. The Great Lycian War of 1810-1812 lasted two years, which ended with the near-extinction of that tribe and the pacifiying of all tribes. After the war, the Brunel government engaged in a reconstruction program across the colony. Roads and towns were built, and many colonists came to the desert land.

Around the 1860's, the Industrial Revolution occured throughout the Ness Snorlaxian empire. In Lycia City, many new towns sprang up, most notably Araphen, which eventually became its own district. The Brunel government, still in power (as the Lycia Constitution declared the first governor to have a life term), welcomed this favourbly. Within years, what was once considered to be a large desert became a centre for manufacturing.

Brunel died in 1898, after 115 years of ruling the colony. Although the original constitution declared family sucession, Prime Minister Benjamin J. Fry declared this null and void, and replaced the governor with one that was elected by the people.

The 20th and 21st Centuries

After the death of Hurchxuu V in 1922, Lycia City was becoming a major tourist destination by people who were mystified by the desert. The growth in tourism started an economic boom. What also helped were companies setting up their headquarters in the colony, turning the country into an economic powerhouse.

On April 15, 2005, Lycia City was promoted to a Grand Duchy, with the Emperor of Ness Snorlaxia also becoming the Grand Duke of Lycia City. This also meant that it also recieved less governance from Ness Snorlaxia. It was met by many celebrations across the country.

Worldwide Ranking

4/19/2005       5th in region and 10,354th in orld for Largest Cheese Export Sector.

Subdivisions of Lycia City

Lycia City is divided into nine districts, which are further subdivided into counties.

Government

Lycia City is a grand duchy with the head of state being Hurchxuu VI. The current Governor is elf Artanis Yávëtil, elected in 2000.

The Grand Duke / Emperor makes the Speech from the Throne outlying the plans of Lycia City every April 15th, starting April 2005.

Parliament

Unlike Ness Snorlaxia, parliament only conists of the soverign and the legislature. For a bill to become a law, it must be ratified by the legislature, then the Governor, and the Emperor. If the emperor vetoes it, then the bill goes to the Ness Snorlaxian senate, where they can choose to favour the emperor's decision, or veto it.

Soverign

The soverign conists of the grand duke/emperor. Since the emperor cannot be in Lycia City at all times, the governor usually takes his place. Although the grand duke posistion is mostly ceremonial, the governor runs the grand duchy day by day.

Legislature

The legislature is the colonial government elected by the people. To become a member, all one has to do is be over 14 years old and in a political party. (This, however, prevents independent candidates from running.)

Each memeber represents an electoral district. Each district has 10 of them, so that means there are 90 seats in the legislature.

The party that has the most seats is entitled to have the leader become the governor of Lycia City.

=Political parties

Lycia City, being a colony of Ness Snorlaxia, has branches of the same political parties as they do on the mainland. Most of the time, the Lycian leader is appointed by the head of the party in Ness Snorlaxia.