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region=Pan Horvathia |
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motto=Judge Not Hungry Thieves, But Capitalism's Gluttony |
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motto=The Horvathian Oath is Free Brotherhood |
 
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language=Mulhollandgradian (45%), Pan Horvathian (30%), & Roonsburgian (25%) [all dialects of Pan Horvathian]  |
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language=Mulhollandgradian, with local languages official in the republics/states |
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capital=Mulhollandgrad (Legislative Capital)
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capital=Horvathia Augusta |
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Salvador Horvathia (Home of the Lord Protector - National Figurehead) |
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leader=Chancellor William Kingston
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Chancellor Paul Christopher Richardson, Jr.
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== Government and politics ==
  
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== Political Culture ==
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''Main Article [[Mulhollandgradian Politics]]''
  
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The United Socialist States of Mulhollandgradia (USSM) is a federal parliamentary system.  It is is composed of several former sovereign countries and territories, which are considered territories under the constitution and have federally appointed governors: MulhollandgradiaSSR, Pan HorvathiaSSR, RoonsburgSSR, IngenuusSSR, and HaraiSSR.  With the exception of HaraiSSR, the other four territories were signators to the SUBOS (Soviet Union of the Brotherhood of Socialists) Pact, which provided for a common currency (EGU), common defence, and unity in the name of the HORVATH.  As the role of individual governments became less necessary, the SUBOS structure took more presidence.
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The Horvathian Free States of Mulhollandgradia is the dominant economy in Pan Horvathia.  The structure of the Constitution resembles a Constitutional Monarchy, or more precisely a Constitutional Protectorship.
  
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Ultimately, HORVATH II and Paul Christopher Richardson, Jr. negotiated the SUBOS-USSM Equivalence Treaty.  The Treaty provided for all of the aspects of SUBOS to be administered by the government of the USSM, with a direct election to be held for the position of Lord Protector.  The position would be modified to become a lifetime appointment and the Chancellor would continue to be chosen through Parliamentary means.  HORVATH II campaigned for the position of Lord Chancellor versus KATHRYN the great grand daughter of the last monarch and HORVATH II's second cousin.  HORVATH II won the election resoundingly with 89% of the vote compared to KATHRYN 11%.  Further, HORVATH II claimed to be the sucessor to his father in regards to his father's religious significance.  This role was formally recognized as the first official act of the first Parliament after the Treaty.
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=== Constitution ===
  
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== Parliamentary Acts ==
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The Horvathian Free States of Mulhollandgradia (HFSM) is a confederated parliamentary constitutional protectorship. Ten free states are associated with the confederacy.  The ten states are the Katarina Free State, New Salvador-Horvathia, Achmedia, Sector D, Dei Glorium, Bradonia, McHOPEA, New Mulhollandgradia, Raelia, and the McVanian Free State. 
  
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1 - 7/27/05: The Opening Session of Parliament - Selection of Paul Christopher Richardson, Jr. as Chancellor and confirmation of HORVATH II as the Lord Protector of the United Socialist States of Mulhollandgradia for life.
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These free states are reorganized historically independent states.  They are, respectively, the United Socialist States of Mulhollandgradia, the Principality of Pan Horvathia, Ingenuus, the Mulhollandgradian Occupation Zone of Western Gunder (the United Socialist States of Gunder), Christian Communism, the Taylorian Islands, Tinashappyplace, Western Harai, the Isle of Rae, and Holy Empire of McVania.
  
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2 - 7/28/05: Confirmation that HORVATH II's religious significance is equal to his father HORVATH I
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Effective 12:01 AM on August 17, 2005, [[The Constitution of the Confederate Sociocracies of Mulhollandgradia]] governed the territory formerly known as the United Socialist States of Mulhollandgradia.  The Constitution is still the supreme law of the land despite the fact that it covers a polity with a different name than the one in the title of the constitution itself.
  
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3 - 7/28/05: Agreement to move to the region, "Democratic Communist States".  The motion passed 310-290.  It was firmly supported by the LSP, supported by the CP, and vehemently opposed by the HSUP.  HORVATH II respected the Constitutional ban on the Lord Protector commenting on politics, although he is rumored to have opposed the measure.
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=== Armed Forces ===
  
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== Religion in the USSM ==
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Eight states in the HFSM maintain a Sociocratic Guards of 20,000 and two the Katarina Free State and the McVanian Free State maintain a Sociocratic Guard of 100,000 (totaling 360,000).  The HFSM maintains a reserve nuclear deterrent of 247 nuclear tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in the Theocracy of Horvathia Augusta, an independent city-state.  The HFSM has 247, rather than the originally manufactured 300, nuclear weapons as Horvathia Augusta has been dismantling the HFSM's nuclear weapons since the administration of Chancellor KATHRYN.  The Sociocratic Guards fight in the name of the Lord Protector, although he or she has no power in regards to the military chain of command.  The Sociocratic Guards are under the command of that sociocracy's premier, only the premier, him or herself, can cede command to the Chancellor in a crisis.
  
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Despite historic turmoil, 95% of the USSM identifies Horvathianism as their religious preference.  The remainder of the country is split between Bradonianism (the predecessor to Horvathianism), Christian Communism, and HOPE.
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The Lord Protector, who resides in the independent city-state of Horvathia Augusta, maintains a legion of knights of about 2,019.  The Horvathian Knights are former members of the army, who are ordained Horvathian priests.
  
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Horvathianism is now, but was not always, the least demanding of the religions.  It requires a heartfelt faith in the BRADY, the HORVATH, and the SOCIALIST MIRACLE.  It teaches that the BRADY cannot be understood in this world and that there must be a respect for the infinite totality of nature.  Further, the HORVATH (I) should be respected for his ability to bring peace on earth and unity among the region's historic Socialist countries in the name of SUBOS.  Finally, the Socialist Miracle must be respected, which means an understanding that all must be taken care of and have an equal say in the affairs of their own lives and the governance of the communities they live in.  Aside from an expectation to travel to hear the HORVATH (I), or now claimed HORVATH II, in person, there are no other religion resembling requirements.
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Military service in the HFSM is based on the militia system.
  
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== History of the Revolutionary USSM ==
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=== Foreign Policy ===
  
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The Leonian Monarchy of Marc Richard II was overthrown by a Communist revolution involving Charles Leonardo Vinchensa, Paul Christopher Richardson, Sr., John Stalin, Raymond Cardinal Jackson, and Count San Giorgio.  The Leonian Empire controlled most of the territory now controlled by the USSM.  After the revolution, HORVATH I seized control in Pan Horvathia, an area to the East of the Leonian Capital. In the Southeast, Achmed the Snake quickly organized a Socialist and Pacifist Republic. 
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The Horvathian Free States of Mulhollandgradia has had very productive and cordial international relations with socialist neighbors and hostile relations with its capitalist and neutral neighbors.  Historically, its strongest allies have been the United Socialist States of Roonsburg, the Principality of Pan Horvathia, and the Holy Empire of Pizzadonia.
  
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The leadership of the Revolution quickly allied with HORVATH I and Achmed the Snake.  Count San Giorgio, a member of HORVATH I's court, had aided the revolution with his blessing.  Further, HORVATH I prevented supplies from reaching his uncle Marc Richard II allowing the success of the revolution.  He claimed that he did this understanding the inevitability of Communism and that he was an enlighted price.  Charles Leonardo Vinchensa believed HORVATH I claimed and swore loyalty to him.
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Relations with the USSRoonsburg were strained during the Chancellorship of KATRHYN, but quickly improved after her assassination.  HORVATH II has made it a particular point of his Lord Protectorship to maintain the best of relations with the USSRoonsburg.  As always with the HORVATHS, the people of Roonsburg are become increasingly fond of his leadership abilities, charisma, religion, and accomplishments.
  
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Charles Leonardo Vinchensa was elected the first Chancellor of the USSM and he appointed Paul Christopher Richardson, Sr. to the position of Lord Protector.  At that point, the position of Lord Protector was solely a military position.  Therefore, he was the Commander-in-Chief of the People's Army.
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Then Foreign Minister Raoul Rossi endorsed the Democratic Republic of Jacotia for the position of U.N. Delegate for the Pan Horvathian Region.  He hopes to avoid a bitter rivalry with McVania for the position, by endorsing a mutually acceptable candidate for the position.  He has internationally promoted this stance as Chancellor.
  
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== History of SUBOS ==
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== Economics ==
  
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As the country was established,   Chancellor Vinchensa met with the leaders of Pan Horvathia and USSRoonsburg and established the SUBOS Treaty.  The Treaty provided for an integrated defense structure, a common currency, and a common foreign policy.  In light of the Treaty, USSRoonsburg opted to disband their army and be protected by the USSM.
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The Horvathian Free States of Mulhollandgradia operates a social market economy, undergoing a transformation into a fully free market economy.  All business, previously state owned, are being privatized.  Historically, Mulhollandgradia utilized the Electronic Grain Unit (EGU) as its currency.  This currency could be tranferred for grain at a fixed rate.  When the state of Raelia joined the HFSM, the confederate government adopted the midas as its currency.  It was allowed to freely float on international currency markets and soared in value after becoming the offical currency of the country.
  
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The currency adopted was the Electronic Grain Unit (EGU).  It was convertible at a fixed rate into grain.  Therefore when an agrigultural crisis occured anywhere within SUBOS (or in a non-SUBOS ally), the USSM would wantonly distribute spare EGUs.  However, these humanitarian acts, backed by an official promulgation that the USSM would help feed any Socialist country experience the pain of a "5-Year Plan" or "Great Leap Forward," placed enormous strain on Mulhollandgradian agriculture.  The Parliament responded by banning meat eating, to provide additional grain (as animals consume much more grain than they produce in new food).
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=== Agriculture ===
  
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In response, the capitalists formed the Marshmellow Alliance led my McVania.  Members included BlarghCo, Tinashappyplace, the Empire of Timmay, and the Lizonian.  Later a puppet state of the USSM, the Free State of [[the Promethians]], joined the Marshmellow Alliance.  In response to the EGU, they adopted a common currency Monopoly Money.  It had been argued that the name was an ironic insult against the EGU.  Many believed that the EGU would fail and be as worthless as money in the game Monopoly.  However, this was not the case.  Both EGU and Monopoly Money became incredibly strong currencies, with EGU usally being stronger.
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The HFSM is one of the world's largest agricultural producers of grain.  The Mulhollandgradian government banned the eating of meat and now enforces compulsory vegetarianism.  This allows for more grain to be grown, as animals typically consume a massive quantity of it in most advanced industrial countries.  Further, the FHSM's government utilized genetic therapy to develop a shorter, thicker stalk of grain.  These stalks produce greater amounts of grain and will not tip over, needing very little effort from farmers to keep them alive.
  
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== Religious Turmoil ==
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Under communist rule, the government relocated all citizens from the countryside into one of eleven then newly constructed sociocracies.  The remaining land was set aside for the production of grain and all citizens were liable for two years of agricultural service, distributed via neighborhood.  Grain production was rationed based on the use of Electronic Grain Units.  These policies precipitated the collapse of the United Socialist States of Mulhollandgradia.  Now farms are being privatized.
  
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As the Marshmellow Alliance grew in strength, a new power rose in the region, the Holy Empire of Bradonia.  Fearful that Bradonia would ally itself with the Marshmellow Alliance, particularly because of the religiousity of the founder, Chancellor Vinchensa immediately declared Bradonianism the official religion of the historically atheist USSM.  He announced persecutions of believers of HOPE, angering McVania.  The BRADY, the religious leader of the Holy Empire of Bradonia, was pleased with the events and swore an alliance to the USSM.  McVania swore revenge.
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== Demographics ==
  
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== The Harai Crisis ==
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== The Mulhollandgradian - Pan Horvathia - Roonsburgian Civil War ==
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The FHSM is a very diverse polity, having been constructed from nine historically independent countries or parts of countries.  Nevertheless, only two languages are spoken with prevalence: Mulhollandgradian and Horvathian.  They are members of the Pan Horvathian family of languages.
  
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. . . Over time the rivarly between those individuals loyal to Charles Leonardo Vinchensa and those loyal to Paul Christopher Richardson divided the country into two armies.  In only a few month the USSM would be involved in a full-fledged civil war that caused intermintent warfare throughout the entire region.  In light of the impending civil war, a referendum was defeated for the settlement known as [[New Mulhollandgradia]] to rejoin with the USSM.  It instead opted to retain its political link with [[Islam-Judaism]].  However, the people did insist on New Mulhollandgradia being returned to the USSM 99 years later, when they hoped the country would be at peace and thriving again.   
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Most countries or parts of countries were brought into the USSM, the predecessor to the FHSM, either by force or because the government in the territory collapsed.  Therefore, they were all expected to learn Mulhollandgradian and encouraged to convert to Horvathianism.  Most did so willingly, impressed by the level of support and development provided by the central government.   
  
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Less than a week after the referendum, the Chancellor dismissed Parliament and launched an assault on the the forces of the Lord Protector stationed at the religious city of Salvador Horvathia (The Savior Horvath).  These actions initiated the Mulhollandgradian Civil War.  The civil war waged between the forces of Lord Protector Charles Leonardo Vinchensa and Chancellor Paul Christopher Richardson.  This shattered the federal government and provided the opportunity for the resurgence of monarchist forces loyal to KATHRYN.  In the end, it came to be a three way struggle between the Lord Protector supporting HORVATH I, the Chancellor supporting traditional communism and the religion HOPE, and KATHRYN supporting national autonomy and a return to the monarchy.   
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Only RoonsburgSSR, PromethiaSSR, and TinashappyplaceSSR sought independence from the historic USSM.  At the time, they were considered Soviet Socialist Republics and consequently had the suffix SSR attached to their historic name.   
  
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As the three armies waged war, HORVATH I passed away.  HORVATH II recalled the Lord Protector to Pan Horvathia for strategic consultation.  Paul Christopher Richardson, Jr. disagreed with his father's policies and publicly executed him.  Before he could be eliminated for this treason, HORVATH II similarly publicly executed the Lord Protector and then declared that Paul Christopher Richardson, Jr. had acted with respect to Horvathianism in regards to his act of patricide.  The armies however did not immediately disband and Paul Christopher Richardson II commanded Pan Horvathian and USSRoonsburg allied forces.  He waged war against the armies of his father, the Chancellor, and the Lord Protector for over two years.
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Consequently, Mulhollandgradian is the most spoken dialect of Pan Horvathian with 73% of the CSM speaking it.  Horvathian is second, being spoken by 21% of the population, namely by the inhabitants of New Salvador Horvathia, Pan Horvathia.  6% of the Population speaks Raelian.
  
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Unexpectantly, KATHRYN's forces allied with Paul Christopher Richardson II and helped turn the tide of the war.  As the war concluded, the leaders of the armies met with HORVATH II and agreed to peace terms.  These terms led to the signing of the SUBOS-USSM Equivalence Treaty.  The signatores were HORVATH II for Pan Horvathia, Achmed the Snake for USSRoonsburg, and Paul Christopher Richardson for the USSM. KATHYN was promised that she could run in the election for a lifetime appoitment to the position of Lord Protector.
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== Religion ==
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47.9% of the HSM identifies Horvathianism, the dominant faith, as their religious preference.  HOPE the second most dominant faith, practiced almost exclusively in McVania Free State, has 42% professing it.  The remainder of the country is split between Bradonianism, the predecessor to Horvathianism, (4.15%), Christian Communism (3.55%), and the various Raelian Faiths (2.4%).
  
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The leaders of the other two armies were granted amnesty and allowed to lead Parliamentary Political Parties.  The army of the Lord Protector founded the Horvathian Socialist Union Party (HSUP), the army of Paul Christopher Richardson, Sr. founded the Communist Party (CP).  After KATHRYN's defeat she founded the Libertarian-Socialist Party (LSP).  In the first post-war Parliamentary elections, the CP garnered 49%, the HSUP garnered 38%, and the LSP garnered 13% of the vote. 
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=== Horvathianism ===
  
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== The Constitutional Protectorship ==
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Horvathianism is a religion that is considered practiced through actions that bring about unity in the world.  This is because Horvathians believe that before creation the entirety of the universe's life force was confined in a single point before the INDIVIDUALISTIC INCARNATION, or the Big Bang.  Ultimately, only the SOCIALIST MIRACLE can bring about the SOCIALISTIC ASCENSION, or Big Crunch.  At that moment, all life shares their individual experiences collectively and the meaning of life is answered.  This can only occur after it has occured on earth, the HORVATH taught the method by which to bring it about.
  
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The CP and the LSP agreed to form a coalition government.  The coalition agreement provided for the strengthening of social welfare and increased liberty, however it did not reach agreement over the issue of military spending.  The agreement provided for Paul Christopher Richardson, Jr. to become Chancellor and for KATHRYN to become Foreign Minister.
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Horvathian Theologians have begun to question whether or not HORVATH I intended the SOCIALISTIC ASCENSION to be a goal.  A minority opinion argues that HORVATH I warned against collectivism and utilized the discription of this as a potential punishment that would befall humanity if they denied the essential importance of the individual.  Historians contend that Lord Protector Charles Leonardo Vinchensa, corrupted the teachings of HORVATH I in order to promote SUBOS. These postulate that HORVATH I intended to promulgate a teaching on the INDIVIDUALIST TRIUMPH, shortly before his death.  This would be the same as the Big Rip theory for the end of the universe.  The Horvathian Knights have yet to respond to this growing controversy.
  
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Chancellor Paul Christopher Richardson, Jr. spent his first days in office performing a major public relations blitz. Foriegn Minister KATHRYN identified a potential Libertarian-Socialist alliance to join and began to propose cuts in military spending.
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An individual striving to bring about the SOCIALIST ASCENSION must have a heartfelt faith in the BRADY, the HORVATH, and the SOCIALIST MIRACLE. The BRADY represents an enlightened figure, which has ASCENDED, but must wait until the SOCIALIST ASCENSION for the COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE and the meaning of life.  Further, the teachings of the HORVATH (I) should be respected for their previous and future ability to bring peace on earth and unity among the region's historic Socialist countries in the name of SUBOS. Finally, the Socialist Miracle must be respected, which means an understanding that all must be provided for and have an equal say in the affairs of their own lives and the governance of the communities that they live in.  Individuals must make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Horvathia Augusta (formerly Salvador - Horvathia), where Charles Leonardo Vinchensa announced Horvathianism, and meet with a Horvathian Knight once in their lifetime.
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Lord Protector HORVATH II publicly promoted religious tolerance in contrast to M the leader of the HOPEAN faith.  On October 15, 2005, HORVATH II issued a Horvathian Protectoral Encyclical, INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM: THE ROOT OF HORVATHIANISM, explaining that defense of the SOCIALIST MIRACLE does not require support of a socialist government.  It effectively placed a general ban on involvement by Horvathian Knights in politics.  The encyclical explained that the SOCIALIST MIRACLE can best be defended by each acting towards it individually, rather than it being imposed collectively by society.
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The assasination of Lord Protector HORVATH II has left the future of the faith in doubt.  Some followers have began to immediately doubt their faith in him being the messiah.  Others believe his assasination fulfills the prophesy that the entire region "shall be united" after "a great tragedy."  On November 7, 2006, Horvathian Knight Andrew Latora has laid claim to the title of Lord Protector, with the full backing of Horvathian Theologians and U the leader of the faith, HOPE.  He has said that he seeks to completely separate this position from the state, in order to promote harmony within the country.  He has sought a constitutional amendment to this effect.
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=== HOPEISM ===
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The primary faith of McVanians.  Individuals followed the teachings of the prophet M.  His sudden death puts doubt into the long term viability of the faith.  Some have proposed that it become a decentralized faith, with individuals practicing the faith according to their own consciences.  Other have proposed that a new prophet be chosen, such as U or even HORVATH II.
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Following the assasination of HORVATH II, U has pledged his loyalty to the Horvathian Knight Andrew Latora.  He encourages all other HOPEists to do the same in order to bring an end to the turmoil in the region.
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== History ==
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''Main Article [[Mulhollandgradian History]]''
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[[Category:Mulhollandgradia]]

Latest revision as of 23:30, 7 November 2006

Mulhollandgradia
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Flag of Mulhollandgradia
Motto: The Horvathian Oath is Free Brotherhood
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Region Pan Horvathia
Capital Horvathia Augusta
Official Language(s) Mulhollandgradian, with local languages official in the republics/states
Leader Chancellor William Kingston
Population 4,305,000,000
Currency Midas 
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Government and politics

Main Article Mulhollandgradian Politics

The Horvathian Free States of Mulhollandgradia is the dominant economy in Pan Horvathia. The structure of the Constitution resembles a Constitutional Monarchy, or more precisely a Constitutional Protectorship.

Constitution

The Horvathian Free States of Mulhollandgradia (HFSM) is a confederated parliamentary constitutional protectorship. Ten free states are associated with the confederacy. The ten states are the Katarina Free State, New Salvador-Horvathia, Achmedia, Sector D, Dei Glorium, Bradonia, McHOPEA, New Mulhollandgradia, Raelia, and the McVanian Free State.

These free states are reorganized historically independent states. They are, respectively, the United Socialist States of Mulhollandgradia, the Principality of Pan Horvathia, Ingenuus, the Mulhollandgradian Occupation Zone of Western Gunder (the United Socialist States of Gunder), Christian Communism, the Taylorian Islands, Tinashappyplace, Western Harai, the Isle of Rae, and Holy Empire of McVania.

Effective 12:01 AM on August 17, 2005, The Constitution of the Confederate Sociocracies of Mulhollandgradia governed the territory formerly known as the United Socialist States of Mulhollandgradia. The Constitution is still the supreme law of the land despite the fact that it covers a polity with a different name than the one in the title of the constitution itself.

Armed Forces

Eight states in the HFSM maintain a Sociocratic Guards of 20,000 and two the Katarina Free State and the McVanian Free State maintain a Sociocratic Guard of 100,000 (totaling 360,000). The HFSM maintains a reserve nuclear deterrent of 247 nuclear tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in the Theocracy of Horvathia Augusta, an independent city-state. The HFSM has 247, rather than the originally manufactured 300, nuclear weapons as Horvathia Augusta has been dismantling the HFSM's nuclear weapons since the administration of Chancellor KATHRYN. The Sociocratic Guards fight in the name of the Lord Protector, although he or she has no power in regards to the military chain of command. The Sociocratic Guards are under the command of that sociocracy's premier, only the premier, him or herself, can cede command to the Chancellor in a crisis.

The Lord Protector, who resides in the independent city-state of Horvathia Augusta, maintains a legion of knights of about 2,019. The Horvathian Knights are former members of the army, who are ordained Horvathian priests.

Military service in the HFSM is based on the militia system.

Foreign Policy

The Horvathian Free States of Mulhollandgradia has had very productive and cordial international relations with socialist neighbors and hostile relations with its capitalist and neutral neighbors. Historically, its strongest allies have been the United Socialist States of Roonsburg, the Principality of Pan Horvathia, and the Holy Empire of Pizzadonia.

Relations with the USSRoonsburg were strained during the Chancellorship of KATRHYN, but quickly improved after her assassination. HORVATH II has made it a particular point of his Lord Protectorship to maintain the best of relations with the USSRoonsburg. As always with the HORVATHS, the people of Roonsburg are become increasingly fond of his leadership abilities, charisma, religion, and accomplishments.

Then Foreign Minister Raoul Rossi endorsed the Democratic Republic of Jacotia for the position of U.N. Delegate for the Pan Horvathian Region. He hopes to avoid a bitter rivalry with McVania for the position, by endorsing a mutually acceptable candidate for the position. He has internationally promoted this stance as Chancellor.

Economics

The Horvathian Free States of Mulhollandgradia operates a social market economy, undergoing a transformation into a fully free market economy. All business, previously state owned, are being privatized. Historically, Mulhollandgradia utilized the Electronic Grain Unit (EGU) as its currency. This currency could be tranferred for grain at a fixed rate. When the state of Raelia joined the HFSM, the confederate government adopted the midas as its currency. It was allowed to freely float on international currency markets and soared in value after becoming the offical currency of the country.

Agriculture

The HFSM is one of the world's largest agricultural producers of grain. The Mulhollandgradian government banned the eating of meat and now enforces compulsory vegetarianism. This allows for more grain to be grown, as animals typically consume a massive quantity of it in most advanced industrial countries. Further, the FHSM's government utilized genetic therapy to develop a shorter, thicker stalk of grain. These stalks produce greater amounts of grain and will not tip over, needing very little effort from farmers to keep them alive.

Under communist rule, the government relocated all citizens from the countryside into one of eleven then newly constructed sociocracies. The remaining land was set aside for the production of grain and all citizens were liable for two years of agricultural service, distributed via neighborhood. Grain production was rationed based on the use of Electronic Grain Units. These policies precipitated the collapse of the United Socialist States of Mulhollandgradia. Now farms are being privatized.

Demographics

Culture

The FHSM is a very diverse polity, having been constructed from nine historically independent countries or parts of countries. Nevertheless, only two languages are spoken with prevalence: Mulhollandgradian and Horvathian. They are members of the Pan Horvathian family of languages.

Most countries or parts of countries were brought into the USSM, the predecessor to the FHSM, either by force or because the government in the territory collapsed. Therefore, they were all expected to learn Mulhollandgradian and encouraged to convert to Horvathianism. Most did so willingly, impressed by the level of support and development provided by the central government.

Only RoonsburgSSR, PromethiaSSR, and TinashappyplaceSSR sought independence from the historic USSM. At the time, they were considered Soviet Socialist Republics and consequently had the suffix SSR attached to their historic name.

Consequently, Mulhollandgradian is the most spoken dialect of Pan Horvathian with 73% of the CSM speaking it. Horvathian is second, being spoken by 21% of the population, namely by the inhabitants of New Salvador Horvathia, Pan Horvathia. 6% of the Population speaks Raelian.

Religion

47.9% of the HSM identifies Horvathianism, the dominant faith, as their religious preference. HOPE the second most dominant faith, practiced almost exclusively in McVania Free State, has 42% professing it. The remainder of the country is split between Bradonianism, the predecessor to Horvathianism, (4.15%), Christian Communism (3.55%), and the various Raelian Faiths (2.4%).

Horvathianism

Horvathianism is a religion that is considered practiced through actions that bring about unity in the world. This is because Horvathians believe that before creation the entirety of the universe's life force was confined in a single point before the INDIVIDUALISTIC INCARNATION, or the Big Bang. Ultimately, only the SOCIALIST MIRACLE can bring about the SOCIALISTIC ASCENSION, or Big Crunch. At that moment, all life shares their individual experiences collectively and the meaning of life is answered. This can only occur after it has occured on earth, the HORVATH taught the method by which to bring it about.

Horvathian Theologians have begun to question whether or not HORVATH I intended the SOCIALISTIC ASCENSION to be a goal. A minority opinion argues that HORVATH I warned against collectivism and utilized the discription of this as a potential punishment that would befall humanity if they denied the essential importance of the individual. Historians contend that Lord Protector Charles Leonardo Vinchensa, corrupted the teachings of HORVATH I in order to promote SUBOS. These postulate that HORVATH I intended to promulgate a teaching on the INDIVIDUALIST TRIUMPH, shortly before his death. This would be the same as the Big Rip theory for the end of the universe. The Horvathian Knights have yet to respond to this growing controversy.

An individual striving to bring about the SOCIALIST ASCENSION must have a heartfelt faith in the BRADY, the HORVATH, and the SOCIALIST MIRACLE. The BRADY represents an enlightened figure, which has ASCENDED, but must wait until the SOCIALIST ASCENSION for the COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE and the meaning of life. Further, the teachings of the HORVATH (I) should be respected for their previous and future ability to bring peace on earth and unity among the region's historic Socialist countries in the name of SUBOS. Finally, the Socialist Miracle must be respected, which means an understanding that all must be provided for and have an equal say in the affairs of their own lives and the governance of the communities that they live in. Individuals must make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Horvathia Augusta (formerly Salvador - Horvathia), where Charles Leonardo Vinchensa announced Horvathianism, and meet with a Horvathian Knight once in their lifetime.

Lord Protector HORVATH II publicly promoted religious tolerance in contrast to M the leader of the HOPEAN faith. On October 15, 2005, HORVATH II issued a Horvathian Protectoral Encyclical, INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM: THE ROOT OF HORVATHIANISM, explaining that defense of the SOCIALIST MIRACLE does not require support of a socialist government. It effectively placed a general ban on involvement by Horvathian Knights in politics. The encyclical explained that the SOCIALIST MIRACLE can best be defended by each acting towards it individually, rather than it being imposed collectively by society.

The assasination of Lord Protector HORVATH II has left the future of the faith in doubt. Some followers have began to immediately doubt their faith in him being the messiah. Others believe his assasination fulfills the prophesy that the entire region "shall be united" after "a great tragedy." On November 7, 2006, Horvathian Knight Andrew Latora has laid claim to the title of Lord Protector, with the full backing of Horvathian Theologians and U the leader of the faith, HOPE. He has said that he seeks to completely separate this position from the state, in order to promote harmony within the country. He has sought a constitutional amendment to this effect.

HOPEISM

The primary faith of McVanians. Individuals followed the teachings of the prophet M. His sudden death puts doubt into the long term viability of the faith. Some have proposed that it become a decentralized faith, with individuals practicing the faith according to their own consciences. Other have proposed that a new prophet be chosen, such as U or even HORVATH II.

Following the assasination of HORVATH II, U has pledged his loyalty to the Horvathian Knight Andrew Latora. He encourages all other HOPEists to do the same in order to bring an end to the turmoil in the region.

History

Main Article Mulhollandgradian History

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