Fiction:Halifaxia

The City State of Halifaxia is a coastal power and a prominent nation in the chaotic Drodo territories. Despite being quite tiny, it is advanced, and wealthy. It prides itself as a center for commerce and culture.

History
To be written

Government
The government is a democracy, where the citizens vote in private at voting polls in various areas of the city. A new Premier is voted in every five or so years and can be voted in indefinatly. When in office, the Premier is advised by a council on descisions; everything from trade to exploration to diplomacy to warfare. The council is made up by the most important people of the city; The explorers, the bankers, the scientists and philosophers, and the general(s). There is about twenty people in the council at any given time.

Economy
Halifaxia's economy is trade-based, both with foreign powers and factions within there own species. Halifaxia's main exports include steel, wine, and gunpowder/guns. There currency is the Shilling.

Military
Halifaxia's military is made up mostly of militia, volunteers, and mercenaries. The main types of troops include pikemen, arquebusiers, cavalry, swordsmen and cannons (ranging from tiny three-pounders to large and expensive Bombards). The usual strategy is to use a tercio, in which you place pikemen in a triple line; the first line crouched, pike in one hand and with there swords drawn, the second with there pikes lowered, slightly crouched. And the third with there pikes lowered but raised to head level, standing straight. Behind the pikemen there would be Arquebusiers, armed with there arquebuses and safely behind the pikemen, they would rain down fire from behind the wall of pikes. To support the tercio, there would be cavalry, usually in the form of lancers, these heavily armoured horsemen are usually of noble blood, and are small in number. However, they are given the best equipment and horses and make for a incredible flanking force.

Trivia

 * "Halifaxia" is a obvious nod to the Canadian city of Halifax, which is also a coastal city and the capital of this user's province.


 * The tercio was originally a formation devised by the Spanish during the renaissance.