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Political parties are strictly prohibited within Housatonic. However, there are two broad factions which analysts suggest can be sorted into "pro-[[Occidental]]" and "anti-[[Occidental]]" factions, with the pro-Occidental faction presently having a clear majority of the Common Council and all three primary offices of state. | Political parties are strictly prohibited within Housatonic. However, there are two broad factions which analysts suggest can be sorted into "pro-[[Occidental]]" and "anti-[[Occidental]]" factions, with the pro-Occidental faction presently having a clear majority of the Common Council and all three primary offices of state. | ||
Housatonic is divided into two administrative regions, the Urban Geography and the Insular Geography. Both areas are directly governed by the government of the Republic, and as such no local governments exist within the Housatonic Republic. The two geographies are largely areas of logistical convenience to which judicial jurisdictions apply, though some other administrative functions, such as the regulation of agriculture and preserved lands, is administered through the two geographies. | |||
== Culture == | == Culture == | ||
[[File:Tsubugai-Kushiyaki.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Skewered sea snail, a common Housatoner appetizer.]] | [[File:Tsubugai-Kushiyaki.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Skewered sea snail, a common Housatoner appetizer.]] | ||
Due to the prevalence of fish and the historic connection of Housatonic to the fishing industry, fish is the primary protein in Housatoner cuisine and most dishes served in the country are either fish-based or include some type of fish-based side. | The Housatonic Republic has two primary cultural groups; the majority Housatoners and the minority Unnuaqers, although native scholars and cultural observers have long argued that the modern people of the Unnuaq Chain (the Unnuaqers) are genetically related to and culturally descended from the Housatoners. Accordingly, both cultures share significant similarities including shared use of the Housatonish language. The broader Housatonish cultural tradition has long had an outsized influence in [[Cusinaut]]; it, along with the [[Algosh Republic|Algosh people]], became politically and socially ascendant in the [[Northern Confederation]] in the latter half of the 20th century. Accordingly, Housatoner cuisine, art, and fashion became generally popular along the east coast of the Confederation, including large parts of modern [[New Harren]]. Much of Housatoner (and Unnuaqer) culture is deeply tied to Housatonic's relationship with the sea. As the city was established as a point of transshipment and fishing, this connection to the sea colors most parts of traditional Housatoner life, whether it be fishing and sea-shanty type songs forming the basis of Housatoner traditional music, their cuisine choices primarily being seafood, or the influence of the sea on Housatoner fashion. | ||
Due to the prevalence of fish and the historic connection of Housatonic to the fishing industry, fish is the primary protein in Housatoner cuisine and most dishes served in the country are either fish-based or include some type of fish-based side. Snails in particular are of particular prominence within Housatoner culture. | |||
The available of sea snails long made Housatoner fashion unique among the [[Nysdra Sea]] cultures. These snails enabled Housatoner designers to produce and sell purple-tinged clothes, adapting the basic form and function of other Cusinaut articles of clothing with their distinctive purple hue. Accordingly, Housatonic became known in fashion circles as the "house of purple" in the 20th century, and though purple dye became available elsewhere, the city retained a certain prestige due to its "organic" purple dress. For a time, fashion was one of the major urban industries within Housatonic, but the events surrounding the [[Algosh coup]] and [[War of the Northern Confederation]] disrupted trade and the urban economy significantly, and most individuals who had the means to do so fled the city. Housatoner fashion as a unique cultural tradition was practically non-existent in the decade of the 2010s, as the city first languished under the [[Algoquona|oppressive Algosh regime]] then underwent a period of dramatic economic reconstruction under the Charter era. Only after the end of the [[Final War of the Deluge]] did new, well-capitalized fashion houses reappear in Housatonic. The Housatoner purple is once again regarded as prestigious, but Housatoner fashion has somewhat taken a back seat to the emergent [[New_Harren#Fashion|Port St. Charles fashion scene]]. | |||
Like elsewhere in [[Cusinaut]], {{wp|lacrosse}} is the most popular sport in Housatonic. The [[Northern Crona Lacrosse Association]] has high degrees of viewership within the Housatonic Republic, and the city of Housatonic is consistently considered by the media one of the most likely homes for a future {{wp|Expansion team|expansion team}} for the Association. | |||
== Demographics == | == Demographics == | ||
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== Economy == | == Economy == | ||
Housatonic has developed a robust economy since its creation as an international charter city in the 2010s; the favorable economic climate created by the charter and supported by the local government led to good conditions for [[Occidental]] firms to begin establishing offices in Housatonic. The influx of foreign capital enhanced the service economy in the charter city, and the increased demand for food has led to major expansion of the fishing industry. It houses the world's northernmost major {{wp|international airport}}, and despite temperatures it has become a premier air hub and layover destination for travel between [[Levantia]] and [[Alshar]], as well as other destinations in [[Crona]]. | Housatonic has developed a robust economy since its creation as an international charter city in the 2010s; the favorable economic climate created by the charter and supported by the local government led to good conditions for [[Occidental]] firms to begin establishing offices in Housatonic. The influx of foreign capital enhanced the service economy in the charter city, and the increased demand for food has led to major expansion of the fishing industry. It houses the world's northernmost major {{wp|international airport}}, and despite temperatures it has become a premier air hub and layover destination for travel between [[Levantia]] and [[Alshar]], as well as other destinations in [[Crona]]. | ||
The traditional, pre-Charter economy of Housatonic relied on two sectors; {{wp|transshipment}} and fishing. Housatonic served as one of the primary oceanic ports, along with [[Pachaug]] for goods intended for and exported from the [[Algosh Republic|Algosh heartland]]. This trade route established a modest mercantile class in the city, though Pachaug was always considered the larger port and consequently had the more prosperous and influential mercantile class. The trade route also necessarily created some port infrastructure in the city, employing dockworkers; the port also created a small pre-modern service sector including inns and taverns which were important cultural and economic sites in pre-modern downtown Housatonic. Beyond that, fishing in the Unnuaq Bay was the main way in which people in Housatonic made a living and also fed themselves, with small amounts of surplus being exported inland. | |||
The arrival of foreign capital with the Charter era economy revolutionized Housatonic's economy. The old pre-Charter economic sectors of transshipment (now envisioned as transportation and logistics) and fishing were greatly expanded with both Levantine funds and equipment, creating both a modern port on the Unnuaq Bay as well as greatly enhancing the number of fish produced and exported by Housatonic. These sectors, however, lost their relative prominence vis a vis the service sector, which became a primary economic driver within the City of Housatonic. The new technical experts and managers in revitalized shipping and fishing firms brought on many new retail markets, restaurants, hotels, and other related accommodations. New major sectors emerged with the Charter era as well. The ongoing modernization of the Nysdra Sea basin economies required new tech firms as well as regional offices of existing tech-related corporations to be opened in Cusinaut, and though many went to [[New Harren|Port St. Charles]], a number relocated to Housatonic. Their presence, combined with foreign views of education, resulted in the opening of the University of Housatonic in [[2021]], with specialty on high-tech areas as well as education. The opening of the University also created significant economic growth, not only due to the cumulative effects of education but also due to the influx of education professionals and the services needed to sustain them. | |||
Between [[2020]] and [[2026]], Housatonic experienced near-exponential growth in what many economists called a "runaway virtuous cycle", as the growth of industries, education, and other areas compounded economic interest in the city. Accordingly, in [[2030]], the GDP PC of Housatonic was $21,242 - among the highest in the Nysdra Sea region and a major growth from its [[2016]] estimated GDP PC of $9,501. The growth of Housatonic's economy also had the unintended consequence of overshadowing nearby [[Pachaug]], and the inequity of growth was a contributing factor in the [[Pachoy Rebellion]]. | |||
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