Metropolitan Calhoun
A country of over a hundred million. Metropolitan Calhoun comprises the heart of the Callish Empire and features the Nations of Calhoun, Limcluey, Aberinthe, Borsott, the Hendelbarries, and the Larriott Isles. Calhoun is one of the most powerful states in Western Cepudara and controlled various territories across the 8 continents of the world during the 7th century of the Second Promise Era. The Greater Roberplan region houses the country’s capital and houses over 30 million people and is one of the world’s most important economic centers. Roberplan serves as the centerpiece of Calhoun’s transportation and high-speed rail framework that connects the major cities of Calhoun, such as Wilkes-Upon-Tame, Manceton, Bacliff, Hamston Coast, Norwich, Elysium, et cetera.
In the last 50 years, Calhoun has transformed into a diverse country, especially from a large wave of immigration since the end of the Second Promise Era in 689. The country’s economy has further diversified as a result, especially having a growing technological sector. However, the country is still feeling the effects of the Panthalassic War of 680 to 685, where important manufacturing centers such as Bacliff and Wilkes-Upon-Tame were bombed by the Zona-Burdans, and 1 million soldiers perishing in the conflict. The manufacturing and automotive industry suffered as a result added on with rapid economic mobilization ordered by the government. Importing of industrial goods from the much larger Concordian Confederation had further increased in frequency as a result until recently.
The country’s national government practices parliamentary democracy and is currently led by Prime Minister Strom McGrady of the National Union Congress. The current emperor, Adler III, handles the formation of government and the signing of bills into law. The N.U.C. serves as the country’s primary federation of trade unions and has historically been a force behind the fight for worker’s rights, and has been popular with urban and rural working-class voters in the western part of the country. Its opposition party, the Country Party, has since risen from a fringe party in the 670s to one of the country’s largest political forces. Led by former Prime Minister Greg Kritten, the party was in government for the last 10 years before voter fatigue set in. The Country Party comprises rural working-class and middle-class Canine voters who have developed intense post-war nostalgia for the Callish Empire. The party’s dominance kickstarted with the exodus of 20 MPs from the National Liberals defecting to the party between 684 and 688. The popularity of the National Liberals has since greatly suffered, and was once a massive political force comprising a wide school of beliefs. The fiscally liberal party still secures its popularity of middle and upper-class voters, especially Mustelid voters in Limcluey, but still maintains a large 3rd party status. One of the country’s true fringe parties, the Islander Republicans, pledge the removal of the Callish Emperor and the independence of the Hendelbarries.
Calhoun’s historical power has long since been replaced by its neighbor across the Panthalassic Ocean, the Concordian Confederation. The former colony of the Callish Empire has since evolved into the world’s most powerful country and still retains its connection to the Emperor in the form of a personal union. Calhoun still maintains its status as one of Cepudara’s most powerful countries alongside Latavins to the east. The country still projects its power, more recently in the form of sanctions against the nearby nation of Valokchia, which has since succumbed to the dictatorship of Serpiko Pavlovic.
The island has developed over thousands of years, from the migration habitation of people into a collection of fiefdoms. The fiefdoms would eventually unite against the Collegiate States late into the Firehand Era, approximately 200-300 years before the start of the Second Promise Era. Calhoun’s present form would come in the 640s when the government officially organized the nations of Calhoun into a federal state alongside other colonies across the world. This system of government exists today and still maintains relative confidence from the public.
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Map: Inkscape
Hillshade: Worldpainter, with assistance from Wilbur