Klitia

**Klitia**, formally the **Republic Of Klitia**, is a country located on the north of the Queentinent. It borders Puszyen to the south-east and has a maritime border with Swiftua to the east. Klitia is the largest country in the world. The official capital and largest city is Klitburg which is part of Kunt River megapolis - biggest single urban area in the world.

Nature in Klitia is dominated by forests and many cold biomes. It has an extensive coastline and most of the population lives near the Kunt River delta and the Northern Ocean where the climate is temperate.

## History

#### Beginnings

First recorded Settlement in modern-day Klitia was established on Kunt River near the Mount Kit where the modern day Saint Kunt city lies. First built houses in the mountain are still preserved to this day and serve as a heritage museum in the old wooden Saint Kunt borough. Early period of Klitia is defined by unity and lack of conflict due to various outside threats such as hostile mobs and famine. As food security improved Klitia entered its industrialisation period with first ore processing facilities established.

#### Post-First Swiftuan Crisis

Historians agree that period of unity of Klitia ends with First Swiftuan Crisis and creation of Swiftuan SAR which sowed interethnic violence which continues to this day. After creation of Swiftuan Special Administrative Region Klitia invested heavily into further industrialisation - Kliron first in the world iron processing plant was created along with expanded ore processing facilities. KlitEnergo was formed, state owned mega corporation headed by leoisyes is a monopolist in ore processing, production of various goods and production and transmission of electricity.

With Saint Kunt running out of space, Klitian Parliament had passed 'Klitburg Act' an act which established brand new city across the Kunt Strait to the north of Saint Kunt. Klitburg was supposed to become new administrative centre meanwhile Saint Kunt remained industrial heart of the nation. As Klitburg was developing Klitian Railways headed by leoisyes was formed, KlitLink a rapid transit service was created which served the newly formed Saint Kunt-Klitburg Greater Bay Area

#### Creation of Puszyen

Sometime after the creation of Klitburg, Jewish settlers had arrived in area along the left bank of Kunt River in between Klitia and Swiftua. After the discovery by Klitian Government settlers were allowed to stay and have established an Autonomous Region inside Klitia called Puszyen with similar rights to Swiftua. Klitian Railways soon after connected Puszyen to Saint Kunt and later on Klitburg via a railway link in order to encourage economic integration and trade.

#### Second Swiftuan Crisis

As tensions grew between Central Government and Autonomous Republics a new election was called in order to solve the conflict. Jamie L. was elected as President of Klitia. During his inauguration two explosions were set off by Swiftuan Nationalists however the President survived. As such his policy was that of massive decentralisation and reform of Klitian Law. Zazastan was formed a union of three equal constituent republics of Klitia, Swiftua and Puszyen. The ability of Swiftua and Puszyen to rule over Klitia sparked unrest within Nationalist circles culminating in creation of Klitian Nationalist Party (KNP) and publishing of its manifesto. As Swiftuan interests continued to pressure Federal government into more autonomy and influence President Jamie L. decided to instead seek support from KNP - a sign that was unacceptable by Autonomous Republics.

Using his power as head of various state owned enterprises leoisyes de-facto sanctioned Swiftuan SAR in order to pressure its government to back down and let KNP led government form. In culmination of Second Swiftuan Crisis Jamie L. was impeached by Swiftuan and Puszyen MPs with support of Ethan Jaeda leader of NFPD (New Progressive Party). In dubious in its legality move Ethan Jaeda was appointed acting President by the same coalition a move which sparked Klitian Constitutional Crisis.

#### Klitian Constitutional Crisis

As one of their first presidential moves Ethan J. declared KNP as terrorist organisation and thought to restrict its activities, a move which sparked even more unrest. As result of this KNP joined by former President Jamie L. published list of demands to Federal Zazastani government asking for increased governance in Klitia and declassification of KNP as terrorist organisation. Federal government ignored the demands provoking a general strike and paralysing various industries and transit methods. Leoisyes tabled tabled a bill in devolved Klitian Parliament named "Law on the Referendum on Self-determination of Klitia" which was supposed to bypass federal government and give devolved government of Klitia more powers.

However before referendum could occur, using the chaos Swiftua & Puszyen declared independence and formed Swiftuan Puszyen Commonwealth. The separation was violent with border clashes occurring between Swiftuan and Klitian armed forces. Barbed wired walls were built with Rail links between Klitia and Puszyen blown up by Swiftuan Militias.

#### Post Zazastan Dissolution

Devolved Klitian Government seized the moment and declared Zazastani union null & void and newly formed Republic of Klitia as rightful successor. Elections were held with leoisyes becoming President of Klitia. To signify the move from previous union Klitian parliament was moved from its previous location to a new one in Klitburg. Post Dissolution period continues to this day and is marked by policy of import replacement in Klitia, limited or almost non-existent economic activities between two other Republics.

Tensions reached their peak after a dispute involving disappearance of rail track between Saint-Kunt and Puszyen which was in Klitia's borders. Klitia accused Swiftua of stealing the track, conducted a raid and captured the rails from Swiftua's National Reserve. Swiftua demanded that the track be returned but Klitia refused. Cross-border raids by both sides begun in Saint Kunt area culminating in a Swiftuan missile strike on the power plant. Klitia responded by hitting the Swifturiaport Grain Silo. Saint Kunt's Power-plant only sustained exterior damage - with reactor continuing to operate normally. Within 10 minutes the Lava leak was fixed. After the attack Klitia focused on stabilisation and negotiations with Swiftua - with all negotiation attempts failing with no agreement whatsoever.

Due to security concerns and growing housing demand, Klitian President leoisyes signed the Westchester Act. Establishing a third Klitian City several thousand blocks away. To connect Westchester with Klitia High Speed Rail Lines named HS2 & HS3 were built. HS3 connected a small village called Mostass on its way to Westchester. With an interval of 2 minutes Klitian Railways became the first railway to provide high-speed frequent intercity service on the Queentinent. In order to attract new investments and developments in Westchester leoisyes moved the official ceremonial residence of President of Klitia into "Brick Palace" located in West Chester.

## Geography

Situated on the main Queentinent, Klitia lies to the west of the Isle of Swiftua, on the left bank of Kunt River. To the south of Kunt River megapolis lies Mount Kit - largest mountain in Klitia and sacred mountain in various prehistoric ancient religions. Below the mountain lies Amy's Hole - a giant cave system which has been filled with various infrastructure elements. Mount Kit is a part of bigger mountain ranged named Icy Peaks, characterised by giant glaciers, ice spires and endless winter. To the south-west of Mount Kit lie snowy plains with few inhabitants due to extreme cold conditions.

#### Climate

Most of Klitia has an arctic or taiga climate, however vast majority of population lives in a temperate strip of land along Kunt River Delta and North Ocean, with largely four distinct seasons and mild temperatures throughout the year. The winter in the far south is usually endless with rare occurrence of rain and forever frozen rivers. Areas south of Icy Peaks are much colder than other places at similar latitude due to lack of any warm water currents.

#### Vegetation

Klitia has various forests & shrub-lands from sparse taiga forests in the South to dense forests near Mount Kit in the North. Along with that Klitia has a small area of blooming plateau biome with couple of Azalea trees. On border with Puszyen, Klitia controls a strip of Moonlight Valley a rare and unique ecological biome which features retinal based trees instead of chlorophyll, which gives them unique purple colour. The Klitian Moonlight Valley Forest is protected under Nature Reserves Act and is protected from any human influences.

## Government and politics

Klitia is a Unitary Presidential-Parliamentary Republic with President playing some of they key executive roles. Klitian Government is comprised of two major branches, which are headquartered in Klitburg and regulated by system of checks and balances.

* The Klitian Parliament is a unicameral legislature made up of Members of Parliament, passes and adopts laws, declares war, approves treaties and has the power of impeachment by which it can remove sitting members of the government
* The Klitian President is the commander-in-chief of the military, can veto legislative bills before they become law (subject to parliamentary override) and appoints the members of the Kuntbinet and other government members.

The President is elected by direct vote for four years and has no term limit. The Klitian Constitution serves as a supreme legal document, establishing structure and responsibilities of government.

Klitia has been ruled by various parties throughout its existence, however all of them had two main key policy differences: anti decentralisation and pro decentralisation. At the moment Klitia is ruled by Klitian Nationalist Party (KNP) which was a historically pro-devolution party focused on Klitian Interests only and was satisfied with any form of governance as long as Klitia stayed behind the steering wheel. The largest opposition party is New Progressive Party (NFPD) which was largely multiculturalist and wanted for Klitia to integrate with other Zazastani states into a single union of equals but now is lobbying for normalisation of relations between Swiftua and Puszyen.