Kely-Halia

The Kely-Halia islands, aka the Haliojun, are an extremely powerful and overly prideful nation based in the Siren sea to the East of Rokalia. Kely-Halia is a low-populated yet extremely rich nation. This is due to their islands being surrounded by rare underwater resources that only they own, creating a monopoly. This gives Kely-Halia the highest GDP of any nation and financial power similar to that of Sylxa. The nation is one of two nations presenting a Queen candidate: Jemi Kalla-Haliojun. Haliojun surnames include 'Haliojun' after the surname. Kely-Halia holds a tense historic rivalry with The Reides.

## **Society**

The Kely-Halia islands are a conservative and slightly supremacist nation. Many of their residents hold superiority complexes towards other nations. This is partly due to their immense wealth but also due to historical war successes, 'never being invaded or defeated'. Kely-Halia take great pride in their strength, with military service compulsory for at least three years from the age of twelve.

Mismadon, the capital of the nation, is an advanced civilisation that houses millions of residents. It is the biggest city in Kely-Halia and where most actions take place. Kely-Halia's politics work as a democracy but is dominated by conservative parties with different war doctrines. The second-biggest city of Liliville, nearby to the north of Mismadon, is actually the most populated city.

#### **Mismadon**

Mismadon is the capital of Kely-Halia based on the second-biggest island but with the highest sea-level. Mismadon was the first city built by the old Haliojun that first settled on the islands. The city is based on the northern-coast of the island and the surrounding waters are equipped with an extensive network of underwater naval countermeasures and alert systems. Surrounding the nearby islands lies a large quantity of rare natural resources that have propelled Kely-Halia into prosperity. Mismadon houses roughly 18% of the population.

The city ranks almost top of statistics including life quality, happiness and life expectancy only losing top spot in those aspects to Lumenthia. Mismadon is a rich city in an even richer nation and coupling this with Haliojun unity, life in Kely-Halia is envied by many. The city is the third most tourist-visited city in the world due to its natural beauty and sight-seeing. Despite many believing the Haliojun to be full of themselves, they can see where it comes from. Kely-Halia is the most popular holiday destination in the world.

## **Military**

The Haliojun possess a high-tech modern naval based military. This is because of their location within the continent. Their military is built primarily for island defence, though has plenty of long range bombardment technology specificially designed to counter Reides countermeasures. Reides are the islanders biggest rival, and have been for a long time.

The Reides do not possess the military might of the islanders nor the financial backing. However, Reides have the best and biggest espionage force in the world. Espionage is Kely-Halia's weak-point. Whilst they utilise it, they do not have great countermeasures against it. Reides are frequently able to siphon money and also cause upset within the islands. Kely-Halia does not like to admit their foe's strengths so do not make most incidents public.

## **Geography**

The Kely-Halia islands are based in the Siren sea, a non-tropical but fair environment similar to Reides and south Furukanne. The 121 islands that make up the nation are of low sea level. The northern islands, the hottest, are also subject to frequent flooding and in need of repair. Only 14 of the 121 islands are habitable due to sea levels, and the nation has spent billions to keep their islands afloat. The capital island of Mismadon is the least threatened by sea levels. However, the neighbouring and second-biggest city of Liliville is under continuous threat, but so far all attempts by the sea to overflow the city have been neutralised. The islands themselves are typically beautiful landscapes that would be found on a postcard, this only adds to the 'Haliojun ego' - similar to napoleon syndrome.

## **Historical Events**

The most prominent piece of history to Kely-Halia islands name is that they were once housed in the region of modern-day Reides. However, the Haliojun originated in the primarily desert land of the continent, where Furukanne are currently housed. The Reides and Haliojun would frequently clash egos and beliefs, with the Haliojun preferring, ironically, a more liberal way of thinking compared to Reides strict law-based and conservative ideals. Whilst the Haliojun now have switched to a more conservative way of thinking, the disdain still exists, both nations could not and cannot stand each other. The Reides defeated the Haliojun at the battle of Siren beach, forcing the Haliojun off the mainland continent. This war is not fully taught in Haliojun schools, hence their belief being they have never lost a war. In fact, most espionage attempts by the Haliojun into Reides are to attempt to alter the story.

The battle of Siren beach heavily weakened Reides, despite pushing the Haliojun off the mainland continent. The loss ended up being a blessing in disguise, as the islands the Haliojun landed on were rich in resources and allowed them to naturally overtake Reides power-wise. The Reides are very envious of their discoveries in the sea as they actually laid claim to the islands, but never visited them. This battle is presented as a win in Haliojun education because of their island success.

## **Agenda**

The Kely-Halia present Jemi with the goal of becoming Queen. Upon election, Jemi will aim to subjugate Reides under Rokalian rule. Jemi is not a fan of any other nation aside from her own. She will aim to make the likes of Furukanne suffer until they beg for Rokalian assistance, forcing them to stay in the Sine continent. Jemi will further aim to propel the island nation to new heights by following the blueprint Jess has set. The islanders respect Jess and the way she transformed her home nation.

## **Nation Opinions**

What does the Kely-Halia think of other nations?

###### **Isoira**

*A religious cult that has gone out of hand yet actually managed to create a peaceful society based on their beliefs. Their leaders are clearly wise and to be somewhat respected.*

###### **House of Furukanne**

*Our islands vs half a continent. You'd think the islands would be nothing, right? The Haliojun would thrash this nomadic quantity-over-quality 'army'.*

###### **Kodra Coalition**

*The Kodra are brave for standing up to Isoira and going against their weird fanaticism. Unfortunately for them, they are a ticking time-bomb. It is only a matter of time until Isoira gets their own back now Jesnara pulled their support.*

###### **Sylxa**

*A little storage nation that is not allowed the ego of someone like us, a major nation. A small storage facility is all they will ever be. Many of our residents frequent Sylxa, probably because we're rich and they need to safely store goods. They should appreciate us for giving them any relevance.*

###### **Jesnara**

*Powerful western nation but just a bunch of tree-dwellers. When it comes to the seas, they stand no chance. On the contrary, Jess is an exceptional Queen and has done a brilliant job propelling her nation to new heights. Now imagine what our Jemi could do...*

###### **Kingdom of Rokalia**

*The beautiful capital of Sine that will one day be painted red and blue in honour of our nation's Queen candidate success story.*

###### **Reides**

*The shame of the continent. The Reides are aggressors who are always poking the leviathan. It is only a matter of time until their demise, whether it's from our patience with them ending or not. Even Rokalia is getting tired of their antics!*

###### **Kely-Halia Islands**

*Our small set of postcard islands standing up against a cruel world and its bullies. We're so amazing. I hope Roko sees the inner Haliojun of our Jemi and realises what stands before him. And to those who claim we're just 'egomaniacs', we're sorry for being better than you.*

## **Candidate Opinions**

###### **Jemi Kalla-Haliojun**

*Jemi is all we think about. How should we present her? Could we find a way to make the Haliojun look better? The Haliojun competing in the Queen race will never cease to be impressive. The reaction from Reides when we charm the continent with our campaign will be put on repeat.*

###### **Izra Sens-Rei**

*In all this positivity, it's such a shame there's a bright shit-stain grubbing its fingers all over the continent. Imagine an aggressor like Izra in power, the continent will be doomed and she will spread her Reides shit everywhere even harder. We'd go back to the gladiator era with all the conflict, it cannot be allowed to happen. If Izra is elected, there is war. If Izra is not elected, there is real stability, not this fake 'stability' Reides love to preach about. Reides style stability consists of them being the one's in control of you, not you being in control of yourself. Power-hungry vermin, always have been.*