Styliland

The Republic of Styliland is a reasonably big archipelago nation situated below Greenland. It has 3 smaller sub-archipelagos, the north one, with 5 islands, the east, with 3, and the south, with 2, completing a total of 12 islands. It was founded in 1566 as a port, established 1572 as a colony and had its independence in 1701 and unification in 1944.

Natives
People migrating to America could have stopped at these islands. Some ended up staying in the islands, drawing in caves later submerged by rising waters.

Arrival of the Portuguese
In 1566, while avoiding a huge storm, the Portuguese saw a big isle on the Horizon, staying there for a few days. The days are, to this day, celebrated as Lusitan Days (or Dias Lusitanos).

Later, in 1572, by the King Philip I, a colony was founded in the place. The zone was called "Terra do Horizonte" (renamed "Terras" after the discovery of the 2 Eastern Islands in 1596 and 1599.

The Horizo-Spanish war
After years with Philip III on the throne, he transferred Horizenland (British name) to Spain's ownership in 1609. This frustrated most of the inhabitants. In 1610, taxes arose, especially in fishing, the main culture of the country. In 1611, the "União dos Marinheiros" is created, declaring war on Spain in 1615, being supported by England. Their independence became a reality in 1624.

The British Colony of Horizenland
One year later, in 1625, an English army of 14 000 men followed and killed the 339 members of "U.M." controlling the country, declaring it a colony. This colony eventually got liberated by the British in 1649 (being readquired in 1652) and later in 1701.

Invasions
Britain left Horizenland without any preparation. They were militarily unprepared and received many invasions and a crisis (Crisis of 1703 - 1719)
 * Danish Invasions of Horizenland
 * Danish Invasion of June 1703 (Ataque da Época dos Festejos, 1 600 men)
 * Danish Invasion of September 1703 (3 704 men)
 * Danish Invasion of July 1706 (16 000)
 * Danish Invasion of January 1708 (22 000)
 * Danish Invasion of May 1708 (25 000 - 26 000)
 * Danish Invasion of February 1710 (37 000)
 * Danish Invasion of October 1715 (A Grande Batalha, 55 081)
 * Portuguese Invasions of Horizenland
 * Portuguese Invasion of August 1702 (A Traição, 2 200 men)
 * Portuguese Invasion of February 1704 (4 700 men)
 * Portuguese Invasion of July 1711 (39 212)
 * Dutch Invasions of Horizenland
 * Dutch Invasion of January 1706 (12 144)
 * Dutch Invasion of May 1709 (34 000,conquered the north for about 4.5 months)
 * Spanish Invasions of Horizenland
 * Spanish Invasion of December 1704 (Ataque do Natal, 9 300)

Crisis (1703 - 1719)
During this time, Horizenland had no official leading bodies and was highly divided into small factions.

The 1st King (King Anthony, 1719-1743, 33-57, 24 years on Power)
In February 1719, a 33 year old boy named "Alberto António Teres Oriol Ribeira Ameiro Cocks-Vletcher", descendent of british people, declared himself along with 15 000 other people the King of the new Reino de Novo Horizonte.

He was only declared king in a referendum in 1722, by the 991 000 inhabitants. Only 347 115 people voted.

He discovered in 1730 the Northern Islands which led to developments in farming.

In 1733, he officially declared Portuguese the official language in a tentative to get financial help from Portugal. Many people (the Maritimians, also called Nationalists or Fishermen) disagreed with these changes.

This led to, in 1734, his younger brother "Jullio Artur Teres Oriol Ribeira Ameiro Cocks-Vletcher" pouring poison on his food with the help of UM. King Anthony discovered the cooks pouring poison, launching an investigation over the country. The cooks were all put hanging. The UM laer attacked royal guards in a visit to the North Isles in January 1736. Jullio judged Anthony dead and declared himself king. Anthony received this information and went to war with his brother. Jullio ended up winning because of the army's help, killing Anthony in 1743.

King Arthur (1743-1747, 52-56, 4 years on Power)
Arthur was declared king in August 1743, 3 months after his brother's death. He put the country in misery after the crisis and closed all relationships with other countries.

He died of the Horizian Decease of 1745, in October 1747, at the age of 56, leaving the throne to his daughter, Ana of 29 years.

Other kings
south islands

Civil war of 1895 - 1901
On October 1895, the King, 58, was poisoned after returning home. This caused lots of discussions at home. The king had 3 sons and a daughter. The youngest murdered the oldest because he was sure it was him. He was put in prison and the reign was passed to the mother. On December 1895, the servant discovered it was her and told everyone. He was put in line for hanging. On the christmas night, the daughter didn't stop talking about her brothers, which led the mother to shout it was her. She was deported to England and the daughter started reigning in February 1897. She got married in November, and her husband murdered her while asleep to get the throne. He got it but the next year, her uncle came from the US to fight. The uncle ultimately won starting a new dynasty in NH, but failed in sustaining the Maritimans and protesting crowds. He commited suicide in 1898. The Maritimans declared themselves the rulers. In 1901 a consensus, 479 000 people declared a Council as a governing body by Politically Heartful Maritimans.

I Council (1901 - 1927) and North Dictatorship (1927 - 1944)
After the 1st monarchy being abolished, a council of 41 people was made. The president was voted by the population.

The Council of 1901 lasted relatively well until 1906, getting reelected in 1904, but getting defeated by an extremist right-wing union.

The Council of 1906 got quickly thrown by a revolutionary leftist group in 1907, who lasted until 1911, when the council was absolved with no replacement.

The elections of 1912 elected the remnscents of the Council of 1901, who lasted until 1917, when an attack killed 36 out of the 41 elected.

The Replacement Council of 1917 lasted until the elections, being recalled the Council of 1917. This lasted until 1922, when emergency elections happened. A communist christian group won them, putting as the President of the Council "Raúl Rodrigo Alexandre Fernandes Almeida". The 41yo man saw the country in a terrible economical condition. To prevent a fall, he removed 12 people from the Council, adding 4 of the powers to himself (now having 6) and 2 to a friend. In 1926, he removed 16 positions, adding 11 of them to the previous 6. In 1927, he remade the whole system, making a simple council.

Elections happened every 3 years until his death. In 1932 he ordered to murder 9 of the people from the 1930 Council, getting their powers until 1933.

In 1942, after his death, the Vice-President João Porto Humberto Pereira, who was assassinated in 1944, took control. This assassination led to the foundation of the Emergency Council, or the II Council (1944 - 1946)

The South Republic (1923 - 1944)
In 1923, the south declared unilaterally independence from the Communist Councils, creating the "República Liberal de Novo Horizonte do Sul". It had elections every 6 years (1923 - 1929) and 4 years (1929 - 1944).

In 1943, they decided to join the Unification Movement, by helping to murder João Humberto Pereira. The unification happened next year.

III Kingdom (1946 - 1964)
The "União Monárquica" declared in 1946 Tiago José de Douro Styliano the king of Novo Horizonte for the "Regime Elections of 1946". King Styliano was always so kind during the campaigns that he won.

And he wasn't only considered amazing during the campaigns, because after he won, he declared himself "National Representative" rather than "King" or "Monarch" or "Highness" or "Royalty" and he hugely and incredibly boosted the poor economy of the country.

In 1949, he made an economic-regional deal with Denmark, and in 1951 another deal with Iceland. Both deals last until today.

In 1956, to mark the 10th anniversary of his royal mandate, he decided to rename the country Styliland and rename the language "Stylilandian Portuguese".

In 1961, he passed away being replaced by his son André Jorge Ferreira Styliano e Gomes, being absolutely hated and leaving the position in 1964. He tried negociating with canada but failed in 1962.

IV Kingdom (1967 - 1988)
A Coup d'État defined the 25 year old D. Bernardo king of Styliland. He gave up in 1971, leading the title to his brother, D. Francisco, 29 years old in 1967. D. Francisco was murdered in 1981, giving the title to his 2nd oldest son, D. Julio.

This trio was hated by all the population and buried the country's economic and political stability.

D. Julio, after receiving over 15 000 death threat messages, decided to fleed to Switzerland and declaring a restructural republic.

II Republic (1988 - 2011)
The most succesful regime. In 2006, an economic fraternization with Portugal was made. Capitalization of the country. Internationalization. The last one elected in 2008 failed to succeed in the country trying to change everything wrong. Blamed by capitalists.

III Republic (2011 - 2015)
This was a tentative of making a fully-presidential socialist republic that failed and lost citizens, and economic trust and powe. A coup d'état was made, ending a small civil war and inflation from 2013 to 2015.

IV Republic (2015 - present)
Paving its way to social, technological and environmental evolution. Plans to enter the EU. Fought aganst monarchs in 2015.

The country suffers every year from the "Época das Cheias", a season with lots of rain, floods and storms.

The worst years were: 2018, 2015, 2011, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2001, 1995, 1986, 1982, 1980, 1973, 1966, 1964, 1950, 1944, 1927, 1911, 1896, 1854, 1851, 1817, 1808, 1783, 1729, 1707, 1644, 1629, 1573 and 1566.

The north is usually more affected, except in 2018, 2011, 2007, 1986, 1982, 1966, 1911, 1854, 1851, 1817 and 1707 who passed in center and south too.

Evolution of media and national brands

 * 1877: Notícias do Estado, newspaper
 * 1893: Atualização das Ilhas, independent newspaper
 * 1894: Serviço Nacional dos Correios, communications
 * 1901: Jornal da Convenção / Jornal do Concelho, newspaper (replaced Notícias do Estado)
 * 1909: Serviço Nacional dos Correios -> Serviço Nacional de Comunicações
 * 1924: Rádio Nacional
 * 1928: Notícias da Nação, newspaper replacing JC.
 * 1929: Rádio Nacional -> Rádio Popular Comunista
 * 1931: Serviço Nacional de Transportes Aéreos, airways
 * 1935: Empresa Reguladora de Comboios e Serviços Metropolitanos, trains and subways
 * 1940: União Nacional de Desportos
 * 1944: Rádio Popular Comunista -> Serviços Nacionais de Rádio
 * 1955: Informação Independente, independent newspaper
 * 1958: Companha de Telefones e Telégrafos de Novo Horizonte, communications
 * 1966: Nacional Televisão, televisios
 * 1969: Nacional Televisão released nationwide
 * 1970: Serviços Eletrónicos das Ilhas
 * 1972: CTT-NH and SNC create the Telecomunicações Stylilândia.
 * 1982: RIT (Reguladora Independente de Transmissão), TV
 * 1984: União Cultural de Televisão, TV
 * 1993: Canal Federação Jornalismo, TV
 * 2003: CFJ -> Notícias FJ, TV
 * 2009: TcSl -> StyliCom
 * 2013: S'NTA Aviação -> Styliland Airways
 * 2012/2017: NTV Stream, streaming services

Evolution of forms of government

 * Port (1566 - 1572)
 * Portuguese/Spanish Colony (1572 - 1624)
 * I Republic (1624 - 1625)
 * British Colony (1625 - 1649)
 * Unstable Country (1649 - 1652)
 * British Colony (1652 - 1701)
 * Unstable Country (1701 - 1722)
 * I Kingdom (1722 - 1895)
 * II Kingdom (1896 - 1901)
 * I Council (1901 - 1927) / South Republic (1923 - 1944)
 * North Dictatorship (1927 - 1944)
 * II Council (1944 - 1946)
 * III Kingdom (1946 - 1964)
 * III Council (1964 - 1967)
 * IV Kingdom (1967 - 1988)
 * II Republic (1988 - 2011)
 * III Republic (2011 - 2015)
 * IV Republic (2015 - present)

Stylilandian Portuguese
The Stylilandian Portuguese has old Portuguese as its roots with influence of Danish, Icelandic, English, French and Russian.

Dia de D. António - February 1
Celebrates the date D. Anthony declared king of Nova Horizonte. Only the month is known. Some regions celebrate the Month of António.

Fim da Cheia (End of Flood) - Last week of May
In the last week of May, the end of the flood season is celebrated by people wearing almost naked clothes and getting entertained with music and dancing around the streets. Streets are also usually decorated with flowers.

From the 1910s to the 1980s it was common to see people consuming drugs but it was banned in 1987, except in the 3 East Isles.

Dia da Chegada (Arrival Day) - June 8
Celebrates the arrival of the Portuguese in 1566.

Dia de Portugal (Portuguese Day) - June 10
Celebrates the Portuguese culture.

Dia da Partida (Departure Day) - June 11
Celebrates the departure of the Portuguese in 1566.

Dia da Batalha (Battle's Day) - October 15
This day celebrates the Danish attack of Nove Horizonte. It is only celebrated from 1949, after the Greenland Accord, to remember a friendship with Denmark and how wars do not result, as rivals became enemies. Also called informally Denmark Day.

Semana da Liberdade - Last week of November (since 2008)
This week celebrates the various liberations Styliland had. Since 2017: If a more important liberation happens, the next governors can decide to remove the ones against their political tastes or one of the british liberations.
 * Saturday: Spanish Liberation of 1624
 * Monday: Biritsh Liberation of 1649
 * Tuesday: British Liberation of 1701
 * wednesday: Liberation of the South of 1923
 * Thursday: Liberation of the Dictatorship of 1944
 * Friday: Liberation of the IV Kingdom of 1988
 * Sunday: Liberation of the III Republic of 2015

Currency
The national currency is Styliáks or Stylis since 2015. It is directly connected to Euros to prevent the hyperinflation from 2009-2013 and 1980s.

Hoz=Horizôntio

Sk=Styli

Kc=KiloCoin

Nationwide Free Television
Satellite television service you don't need to pay for. By norm there are no international channels.