Huenya

The Federation of Huenya
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Motto: ye tlahtlachia in tonatiuh (wake up the sun)
Anthem: Arise, People of the Sun
Huenya and its neighbors after partition at the end of the Second Xiomeran Civil War
Status	Independent
Capital	Chuaztlapoc
Largest	Ixtenco
Official languages	Huenyan, English
Recognised national languages	Huenyan, English
Religion	Huenyan indigenous religion
Demonym(s)	Huenyan
Government	Federated constitutional monarchy
• Huēyi tlahtoāni (Great Speaker)	Texōccoatl
• Cuauhtlatoani (Vice-Speaker)	Tiacihitli
Legislature	Huenyan Federal Legislature
• Upper house	Chamber of Executives
• Lower house	Chamber of Deputies
Establishment
• Formation of early āltepētl (city-states)	1100 CE
• Unification of Huenya under Xiomeran rule	1387
• Independence from Xiomeran Empire	2021
Population
• 2021 estimate	51,709,098
• Density	334/km2 (865.1/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2021 estimate
• Total	2.293 trillion
• Per capita	44,292
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate
• Total	1.586 trillion
• Per capita	30,644
HDI (2021)	0.906 very high
Currency	Tonaltzintli (TZI)
Time zone	XST
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	right

The Huenyan Federation is a federal constitutional monarchy in the International Democratic Union. It borders Legionas and Eiria and occupies the western half of the landmass known as Huenya in the far southeastern portion of the IDU, in Caxcana.

History

Pre-Imperial era

The history of what is now the Huenyan Federation begins prior to the emergence of the Xiomeran Empire. The Itotemoc, Tepiltzin and Necatli tribes occupied the western half of Huenya, forming states centered around nascent city-states. The Necatli formed a state centered around the āltepētl of Necuatexi. To the immediate east of the Necatli, the Itotemoc state formed around the āltepētl of Ixtenco. To the east of the Itotemoc, the Tepiltzin formed their state around the āltepētl of Oacalco. In the far east of Huenya, the Xiomerans formed their state centered around their āltepētl of Tlālacuetztla.

These pre-Imperial city-states were ruled by dynastic, militaristic tribal leaders known as tlahtohqueh. The city-states expanded rapidly during the period 1200 AD to 1325 AD, forming new settlements and claiming territory. By 1250 AD, most of the land in Huenya had already been claimed by one of the four city-states, leading to rising tension between them. From 1325 AD to 1372 AD, the four Huenyan tribes would fight both large-scale and small-scale wars for territory and economic gain. They would form alliances, and end them just as quickly, while trading with each other during brief periods of peace. As the four city-states were evenly matched, none of them could gain a significant advantage, or find a way to end the cycle of constant conflict.

In the year 1372 AD, a major plague struck Huenya. The Itotemoc, Tepiltzin and Necatli tribal regions were devastated, losing thousands of lives and finding their militaries essentially crippled. The Xiomeran ruler Quiauhticue, upon hearing of the plague spreading in his neighboring rivals, shut down entry into Xiomera until the plague finally burned itself out in 1375 AD. Taking advantage of the weakened state of his rivals, Quiauhticue began a series of conquests between 1376 AD and 1387 AD. At the end of these wars, the Xiomeran Empire had conquered all of the island of Huenya.

From 1387 until 1515, Quiauhticue and succeeding Emperors would mandate the wholesale revision of Huenyan history, religion and politics to enshrine the Xiomerans as the pinnacle of their new Empire. Itotemoc, Necatli and Tepiltzin laws, literature and cultural artifacts were all ordered destroyed, replaced by Xiomeran ones strictly mandated by the Emperors in Tlālacuetztla. A mandatory two-track system of education was established, with schools called “telpochcalli” established for commoners and more rigorous schools called “calmecac” established for the nobility (and small numbers of especially high-performing commoners). After the formation of the Empire, Xiomera would allow the other tribes to continue selecting their own noble leaders (tlatoani). However, Xiomeran Emperors would install cihuacoatl (supreme judges and administrators) to monitor the other tribes’ tlatoani to make sure they were following the orders of the Emperor.

There would be attempts to reverse the Xiomeran conquest. In 1486, the Itotemoc tlatoani Nenexahual would lead a revolt while the Emperor Ixpan was ill, and would manage to regain independence for a brief period before his forces were overrun by a counterattack after Ixpan died and was replaced by his son, Patonal. In 1511, the Necatli would revolt as well, and Patonal would be forced to send an army to quell them. Both revolts were spurred by resentment from the other tribes at Xiomeran mandates designed to eliminate their power and position. All attempts to reverse the Xiomeran conquest would fail, leaving the western Huenyan tribes under the control of the Xiomeran Empire.

Huenya during Xiomeran rule

Throughout the centuries-long rule over the western half of Huenya by the Xiomeran Empire, the western half of Huenya was essentially treated as a colony by Xiomeran rulers. Xiomeran resettlement in western Huenya would make the Itotemoc, Tepiltzin and Necatli ethnic minorities in their own homelands. Society in western Huenya eventually developed into a defacto caste system, in which ethnic Xiomerans held the majority of wealth and dominant positions in virtually every field.

The teaching of anything related to the Itotemoc, Tepiltzin or Necatli cultures would be forbidden by the Xiomeran government, which was seeking to establish the Xiomeran culture as the dominant one in the land. These efforts would backfire beginning in the 1960s, with the rise of the idea of pan-Huenyanism. The concept of pan-Huenyanism, which considers all four tribes of Huenya to be a single people with a destiny to unite the entire subcontinent in a single democratic and equal state, was a direct challenge to the ideas of Xiomeran meritocracy and the "superiority" of Xiomeran culture. Supporters of the pan-Huenyan ideal would become the force keeping the idea of a Huenyan state free of Xiomeran domination alive despite the best efforts of the Imperial government to root it out.

The Second Xiomeran Civil War and Huenyan independence

Main article: Second Xiomeran Civil War

The Second Xiomeran Civil War, which initially began as a contest between different Xiomeran rulers for control of the sprawling Empire, would present the people of western Huenya with an opportunity to free themselves from Xiomeran rule. While the forces loyal to Yauhmi, the deposed Xiomeran ruler, fought with those who had overthrown her, western Huenyans seized the chance to rebel against the oppressive Xiomeran government. The rebellion initially began as scattered uprisings in the Necatli region. The movement for independence would rapidly gain momentum after Xiomeran government forces backed by Shuellian mercenaries committed massacres in the cities of Acalan and Necuatexi, and set up internment camps for those Huenyans not of Xiomeran ethnicity. Within months, many ethnic Xiomerans in western Huenya also began to join the rebellion. Xiomeran government forces, facing both the Huenyan uprising and the attacks by forces loyal to Yauhmi, would prove unable to retain control over western Huenya. After overthrowing Emperor Xochiuhue and taking power, Empress Calhualyana ordered a full-scale withdrawal from western Huenya in order to maintain the independence of Xiomera itself. After the Jinyu peace talks and a public vote in Xiomera, the Xiomeran Empire formally gave up any claims to western Huenya, as well as Manauia Island and the Netlcoātl Islands. This would mark the formal establishment of the Huenyan Federation as an independent state.

Geography and climate

The Huenyan Federation occupies the western half of the island of Huenya in the South Xiomeran Sea. The country covers a wide range of climates and geography, from arid and mountainous in the west to high plains in its central and eastern areas. Huenya has four distinct seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter. Spring usually lasts from late March to early May, summer from mid-May to early September, autumn from mid-September to early November, and winter from mid-November to mid-March.

Demographics

Population

Huenya had an estimated population of 51,709,098 as of 2021. The capital city, Chuaztlapoc, is a relatively small city with a population of 585,177. The city was the original site of the government in exile under Yauhmi, and remained the capital after independence. Officials have complained that Chuaztlapoc's infrastructure is not robust enough to support a national capital, and that its historic status as a major religious and cultural center makes development to support the government difficult. Huenya announced plans in February 2021 to build a new capital center west of Chuaztlapoc to support the government. The largest city in Huenya is Ixtenco, the capital of the Itotemoc region and a major port, with a population of 9,963,000.

Huenya has a relatively high fertility rate of 3.903 as of July 2020. The country also has a relatively young population, with the median age of 24.5 years for males and 26 years for females as of July 2020. The Huenyan cultural preference for larger families, coupled with a longstanding push by the former Xiomeran government to boost the population in order to continue to fuel the consumption-based national economy, are believed to be the reasons for this trend. After the civil war, in the aftermath of independence, the Huenyan government began taking measures to curb the birth rate due to the nation's economic difficulties.

Religion

Huenya tends to be a secular nation, with 67.2% of the population identifying as non-religious. Of those Huenyans that do follow a specific faith, the breakdown is as follows: 23.9% indigenous Huenyan religion; 3.2% Christianity; 1.5% Islam; 1.4% Buddhism; 1.1% Hinduism; 1.0% Judaism; 0.6% Other. While most Huenyans no longer follow a religious path, the indigenous Huenyan religion still serves as a source of legitimacy and authority. The indigenous Huenyan religion also still serves as a source of cultural identity and pride within Huenyan society, with even many "non-religious" Huenyans still believing at least some aspects of it. In the wake of independence, due to the open support of pan-Huenyanism and the new Huenyan state by local religious leaders, experts have noted that support for the Huenyan religion has begun to see a significant rise.

The Huenyan indigenous faith is a polytheistic religion based around a pantheon of major and minor deities. The most significant deities are Tlaloc (rain god, deity of water); Quetzalcoatl (god of wind, the link between the earth and the sky), Tezcatlipoca (deity of cosmic struggle) and Huītzilōpōchtli (deity of the sun, and god of war). Huītzilōpōchtli serves as the preeminent deity in the Huenyan religion.

Government and legal system

The Huenyan Federation is a hybrid of aristocratic and democratic forms of government. It consists of an executive, legislative and judicial branch.

Executive Branch

The executive branch of Huenya consists of an elected President and Vice-President. The current President is Xiadani, a member of the Unification Party.

Legislative Branch

Huenya’s legislative branch consists of a bicameral legislature, the Huenyan Federal Legislature. It is made up of two houses: the Chamber of Executives and the Chamber of Deputies.

Chamber of Executives: Each region of Huenya is led by a tlahtoāni of noble birth, who represents one of Huenya’s four original tribes. The tlahtoāni of each region serves as its representative to the Chamber of Executives, the “upper house” of the national legislature. Xiomerans living in the Xiomeran Autonomous Homeland are led by the sovereign of Xiomera prior to the Second Xiomeran Civil War. The purpose of the Chamber of Executives, as spelled out in the Huenyan Constitution, is to ensure that the interests of each of Huenya’s original four ethnic groups are properly represented and protected.

In the event of a deadlock within the Chamber of Executives, the Chief Justice of the Huenyan Federal Court is called in to break the tie.

Current members of the Chamber of Executives

• Tlahtoāni of the Xiomeran Autonomous Region: Yauhmi
• Tlahtoāni of the Tepiltzin Region: Cusuyo
• Tlahtoāni of the Itotemoc Region: Sirua
• Tlahtoāni of the Necatli Region: Macochu

Chamber of Deputies: The “lower house” of the Federal Legislature consists of 320 seats, with each region of Huenya allotted 80 seats, subdivided into 4 sub-regions with 20 seats per sub-region. As a body “of the people”, the Chamber of Deputies is supposed to represent all Huenyans regardless of their ethnic background. The purpose of the Chamber of Deputies, as defined in the Huenyan Constitution, is to provide Huenyans who are not of noble birth a voice in governing their nation, and also to “advance the cause of Huenyan unification and transcending tribalism.”

Elections for the Chamber of Deputies, as well as regional legislatures and governorships and municipal positions, are held every three years, on the last day of December, during the same elections that select the President and Vice-President.

The current representation on the Chamber of Deputies is as follows:

Unification Party: 153 seats

Party of Huitzilopochtli: 67 seats

Huenyan Peoples' Party: 21 seats

Green Party of Huenya: 20 seats

Democratic Socialists of Huenya: 12 seats

Huenyan Conservative Party: 10 seats

Huenyan Communist Party: 8 seats

Huenyan Centrist Coalition: 8 seats

Huenyan Womens' Party: 8 seats

Pirate Party of Huenya: 7 seats

Huenya Standing Tall: 6 seats

Judicial Branch

The judicial branch of the Huenyan government is known as the Federation Courts System. It consists of local, regional and federal courts. The highest court in the land is the Huenyan Federal Court. By Federation law, each of the four Huenyan ethnic groups holds a seat on the Federal Court. A person of non-Huenyan ancestry also holds a seat on the Court, in recognition of the growing multicultural population of Huenya. Federal Court judges are nominated by the President and approved by the Federal Legislature. They serve life terms, but can be removed by a vote of the Federal Legislature if they are found to be unfit for the bench for either medical reasons or reasons of corruption. The Federal Court serves both as the highest court of Huenya and as a constitutional court.

Huenyan Federal Court:

• Xolama (Chief Justice)
• Colla
• Tiseo
• Amquis
• Kaarel Sepp

If the Federal court deadlocks, the tie is broken by the President of Huenya.

The judicial system consists of multiple courts with differing levels of jurisdiction. Trial courts (teccalli) hear civil and criminal cases. Appellate courts (tlaxitlán) review appeals from the teccalli. The Federation Courts System maintains its own constabulary that works with local and national police to serve summons and make arrests for noncompliance with those summons. Huenyan judges are appointed for life, but must take biennial tests to ensure their knowledge of the law as well as their mental fitness. Judges who fail those tests can be removed under Huenyan law. The Huenyan judiciary is also policed by a special branch of the national civil service to ensure honesty, ethical practice and impartiality. Huenyan judges who breach legal or ethical lines are removed from office, and can also face fines and imprisonment for severe breaches of the law. In other aspects, Huenya's legal system is similar to other countries. Double jeopardy is not allowed, trials are required to occur in a timely fashion, and the accused have the right to have attorneys assist them. All cases are tried publicly, and under oath, and defendants can request trial by jury.

Military

The Federation Defense Force falls under the command of the Secretariat of Defense, which in turn falls under the command of the Great Speaker and the Huenyan Assembly. Civilian control of the military is maintained via this chain of command.

The Huenyan Federation Army composes the ground forces of the Huenyan military, with the exception of special forces. It has a total troop strength of 464,000. It also maintains 2300 main battle tanks, 2800 armored fighting vehicles, 5800 artillery pieces, 200 rocket launchers, 60 guided missile systems and 700 helicopters of various types.

The Huenyan Federation Navy is the naval defense branch of the Huenyan military, and is also responsible for maintaining shore defenses such as artillery, anti-air and anti-ship missiles, and shoreline defensive installations. It has a total of 80,000 personnel. It maintains a 204-ship fleet and also maintains 190 Tzinali mobile anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs) as well as various shore gun emplacements and fortifications.

The Huenyan Federation Air Force is the aerial defense branch of the Huenyan military; also responsible for the Huenyan Ballistic Defense Corps and Huenyan space-based operations. It has 60,000 total personnel. It maintains 630 aircraft of all types.

While the numbers of the Huenyan military are impressive on paper, experts have noted that most of the equipment the Huenyan military possesses was inherited from the Xiomeran Empire and that Huenya has neither the infrastructure nor the access to Xiomeran support that would be required to maintain the equipment over the long term.

Special forces

The Federation Special Forces consist of two groups: the Eagle Warriors (cuāuhmeh) and the Jaguar Warriors (ocēlōmeh). The Eagle Warriors are elite infantry, and the Jaguar Warriors elite armor and artillery forces. The two forces’ roles stem from historic places that these groups previously held in Huenyan society. They trace their lineages back to ancient Huenyan history, and are held in high esteem. The two forces work in concert on the battlefield, in a modern application of the concept of combined arms to ancient warrior societies.

In addition to the above special forces, a third group known as the Shorn Ones (cuachicqueh) exists above even the Eagle Warriors and Jaguar Warriors. The Shorn Ones represent the absolute best soldiers Huenya can produce, and serve as the palace guard and personal guard of the Huenyan monarchy. They are also utilized for the toughest missions that require the absolute best Huenyan military capability. They can be identified by the fact that their heads are shaven, except for a single long braid over their left ear, and for the face paint they wear (half red and half yellow). The total strength of the Huenyan special forces consists of 15,000 Eagle Warriors, 15,000 Jaguar Warriors and 3,000 Shorn Ones.

Rumored WMDs

Huenya inherited both nuclear and other WMD stockpiles from the Xiomeran Empire's military following the end of Imperial rule in Huenyan lands. The exact capabilities of the Huenyan military in terms of WMDs is highly classified.

Economy and infrastructure

Prior to the Second Xiomeran Civil War, what is now Huenya was a developed country with a high-income economy and one of the most industrialized economies in the IDU. However, during their withdrawal from the lands that now make up Huenya, the Xiomeran Empire engaged a "scorched earth" policy that resulted in the pillaging of much of Huenya's economic power. While Huenya has a highly educated and skilled workforce, the country has been thrust back into a developing status due to the destruction caused by Xiomera's withdrawal.

While there was significant devastation caused by the withdrawal, much of the infrastructure needed to support a modern economy remains present. Huenya has a highly developed and advanced transport network. The country maintains an extensive network of high speed railways, highways, air routes, bus routes and ferry services. The country maintains 543,000 miles of roadway, including 15,000 miles of national highways and 2,500 miles of special "high-speed" highways with no speed limits. The national transit service, FedRail, provides frequent rail service to all major cities, as well as most regional centers. Bus lines connect smaller cities and rural areas to the rail network. The rail system includes 885 miles of high-speed railways connecting major cities. Huenya also maintains 76 airports of varying sizes. Huenya also has an extensive and well-developed high-speed Internet infrastructure, with public wi-fi networks deployed in most major cities. Much of the country's economy and culture is centered around online technology. The infrastructure in place is being used as the foundation for the rebuilding of the national economy. Much of the rebuilding process is being jumpstarted through partnerships with Eiria and Laeral.

Unlike Xiomera, whose economy is dominated by massive corporations, Huenya's government is encouraging entrepreneurship and small businesses, as well as start-ups, as a way to jumpstart the rebuilding of its economy. The Huenyan government has also redistributed many assets formerly owned by Xiomeran corporations in the country to new companies based in Huenya, as a way to get the country trading again with the outside world.