Hal Stakion

Hal Stakion, known as the Holy Empire of Hal Stakion Is a nation that spans from Morocco to Arabia.

## History

The Holy Empire of Hal Stakion was originally formed as a small confederation in 1960. Many tribes in southern Italy were suffering economically from pillaged coasts by pirates from Northern Africa, and one of these tribes was the tribe of Stakion. Hal Stakion (born in december 15th 1937), the current leader of the Stakion tribe was began seeking to form a confederation of Southern Italian states to defend against these raids. He began in 1955 gathering support within Sicily and eventually formed the CIT (Confederation of Italian tribes) in January 9th, 1960. The overarching government was comprised of the heads of families from the 5 largest tribes in the region known as the council. A head of the confederation (known as the Capo) was elected every 5 years and members of the council were candidates. Smaller tribes did not receive representation within the government but still were electors. After a large naval buildup in the following years on January 9th, 1963 on the anniversary of the formation of the CIT the War of Prosperity began. During the year of 1963 the CIT navy led by Harvey Stakion (brother of Hal Stakion) conducted a series of raids upon the various Emirates that had been pirating the Mediterranean. This resulted in a great acquirement of riches for the confederation and many tribes joining the CIT adding 3 more council members. Hal Stakion died in the year 2000 in which Sushi Stakion (son of Hal Stakion and born in June 25th, 1980) took over as head of the tribe and head tribe members voted to rename the CIT to the Grand Duchy of Hal Stakion in his honor.

In 2010-13 a series of crop failures occurred in Southern Italy leading to a crippled economy and a large portion of minor tribes leaving the confederation. Despite the family name Sushi Stakion was unable to win the position of Capo during the past 2 elections and was getting angry. He believed Marco Ricco (current Capo of Hal Stakion) would not be able to restore Hal Stakion to its former glory without a centralization of government. With connections to the mafia and the support of his family Sushi Stakion conducted a transition of power in May 28-29th, 2014. A council meeting was taking place on that day and Sushi Stakion stood up from the round council table and shouted. "I give you a choice join me and lead Hal Stakion on the path of prosperity or stay with Capo and fall!" a majority of the council members laughed, but Francesco Romano and Stefano Mussolini rose up with him ( the Romano and Mussolini tribes were the ones suffering most from the recent famine due to their major agricultural investments). Sushi Stakion made an attempt to stab Marco Ricco which was described by guards present in the room as "half hearted" and was quickly removed from the room and put in Palermo jail for treason. A few hours later a mass protest of men in white shirts occurred outside of the council building and at 3:31 PM an approximated 1000 armed protestors stormed the building and managed to fight their way into the barricaded Council Room. With just the council members and a few guards in the room the White Shirts executed every council member except for Francesco and Stefano. During this time across the major cities managed by the 5 main tribes heads who did not remain loyal local heads of militia were assassinated presumably by the mafia. Sushi Stakion now released declared himself Duce of Hal Stakion on live television in an exuberant speech where he made helicopter hand movements and told people to wear white shirts in the streets to celebrate his rise to power. The other tribes didn't put up much of a fight against a regime supported by the people and Sushi Stakion began his changes.

Sushi Stakion divided the territories of disloyal tribes amongst the Stakion family, Romano family and Mussolini family. All of the minor tribes were also incorporated into the major families and elections were ended as there was no one left to vote for the Capo now known as the Duce. Hal Stakion invaded Sicily, Sardinia, and southern Naples in an attempt to regain wealth in the treasury with great success. Crops returned the next year and Hal Stakion was much more stable. Sushi was able to gain a cult-like following within his nation and began to rally support for Jingoism. Hal Stakion made major colonization efforts and with gains in the Caliphate war only sped up this progress. Hal Stakion has been declared a "Holy Empire" due to its grand reach and is held together by the loyalty to Duche Sushi. Currently East Stakion is managed by Justin Stakion son of Sushi and the west controlled by Zeno Stakion the other son of Sushi.

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