Colis

Humphries was now poor, and his supporters were divided, so he stole two cans of soup from a food pantry and sold them to a friend so he could afford a bus fare to City Hall. Humphries, armed with a Bible, a joke book, and an extra ripped pair of undergarments, marched up to City Hall and started yelling Christian hymns and political songs to rile up protestors and City Hall officials. Doman police force arrived quickly and arrested him for disturbances and “undermining federal property.” When Humphries was released three months later, he used the arrest as political bait, saying that the police “tortured him” and “arrested him simply for walking on City Hall.” More than 1,000 people showed up to Bloody December, which was on December 3rd, 1890, and they destroyed apartment buildings, defecated on police cars, and more than 34 people died. Humphries himself didn’t organize the riot, and it got out of hand. He was arrested for inciting a riot and was sentenced to death. His son David Humphries organized the protestors to free Humphries from prison, and thus they went there in 1891. Humphries was shot by a police officer while he was moving through alleyways, and David Humphries inherited his father’s political prowess. David Humphries formed the official Colis Party and Colis independence movement in 1892, and registered it as a political party.

Humphries kept the Colis Party rather on the low-key side of things, not wanting to attract attention from Domanic police forces. However, it wasn't until 1918, at the end of Huggie World War I, when Colisia became part of the Huggie Empire, and the Colis Party was outlawed due to their "threatening position." Christian nationalists under the name of the Vandozis in 1920 burnt down Colisia city hall, triggering civil unrest among Colisian nationalists and Colisia-citizens alike until the Huggie revolution began in 1939.

September 1950 - December 1950 Colis-Huggie Union War

This was a second attempt at putting down the Colisian Rebels after the major Huggie Revolution, though it failed due to the lack of conscripts in the Huggie Army after the large number of divisions and vehicles lost in their rebellion.

1969-1974 Huggie invasion of Colis (Colis Liberation War)

The Colis Liberation War was a war initiated by the Huggie Union on Colis. The Huggie president, Zakov Thompson II, was running an economically starved and authoritarian nation and wanted to conquer its southern neighbor, Colis, with which it was in a political war. Thompson II sent thousands of troops known as the Colis Liberators and ransacked cities along the border. Thompson II used brutal population replacement and scorched-earth tactics, and Colis responded with the same. The war was mostly a stalemate, and Thompson II died in 1970, with his nephew Zachary Thompson taking over and being assassinated in 1972. The war was a complete failure for the Huggie Union after 1972, as it was during a period when there was a lack of a stable president in the Huggie Union. It was also when two of the major generals in the Huggie Union retired; their replacements were trained well but lacked real experience in war.

Politics of Colis

Colis is a democratic nation that runs on a 2-party system, with elections every 4 years. The major left-wing party is known as the Radicalist Party, and its opponent is the more popular Grey Party. The Grey Party has, throughout the country’s history, won more often but has achieved less in terms of governmental and economic reforms. Elections in Colis are historically known for the polarization of normal civilians and are often responsible for large protests and counter-protests in their occurring in their wake. Most famously, in 2018, the election between Grey Party leader Cole Estrella and Radicalist Party leader Coacher McGee resulted in major riots and in the death of 789 Colisians, especially on their way to voting booths. Estrella has won both the 2018 election and 2022 election, with the 2026 election scheduled for late December. 

Colis is a rather democratic, though conservative, country with elected representatives across seven states, and more than 40 counties in each state. Anyone is allowed to run for office over the age of 18, and is a naturalized Colisian citizen. Civil liberties and human rights are guaranteed in Colis per their constitution, and minorities usually have rights. The only thing worrisome in the nation is its increasing authoritarianism, immigration crackdowns, and uncontrolled election riots under President Cole Estrella, though the International Peacekeeping Organization still ranks it as one of the most free nations to live under, compared to the Huggie Union and other neighboring states.

Economy

The economy of Colis is driven by capitalist incentives from many corporations. The oil industry was a major driver of the economy until the mid-2010s, when the Huggie Union capitalized on the monopoly along with the Shadow Union. Major industries in Colis include, but are not limited to: automobiles (mostly foreign factories like the Huggie Union’s Mezla car plants in Colis), appliances, mining, hospitality, and agribusiness. Colis recently experienced a major economic spike in the economy like the Huggie Union, after they both implemented a $0.99 system for civilian border crossing known as Red Pass and a $0.29 system for large corporations in exchange for domestic investments and cross-country shipping. This was major, as the Red Wall had disconnected both nations since the 60s, and it allowed for a cooldown in Colisian-Huggyo tensions. However, the economy of Colis has been in recession since early 2026, but signs of the economy returning to healthy levels have been indicated.

Imports in Colis mainly consist of electronics, oil, building equipment, raw materials, and factory-produced goods. Exports in Colis are primarily automobiles and appliances. Colis cannot export raw materials as most of the mines owned in Colis are part of the Miners Union Organization which protects overmining in high-risk areas and protects local ecosystems and habitats (which Colis strongly advises against and holds a conservative anti-ecological standpoint).

Education

Education in Colis is ranked worldwide as aggressively average. School days are usually from 7:30 to 2:30, and run a Monday-through-Friday schedule, with frequent days off and holidays. However, rising chronic absenteeism among students has been a major concern among educators.

The curriculum of Colisian schools differs from state to state, but is widely based on this formula: 

Pre-Kindergarten & Kindergarten: Negligible skills/social interaction

Primary School: Basic arithmetic, some simple time telling, basic history of the Huggie Union and Colis, ELA based on 1 novel read in class per half school year and basic sentence writing.

Secondary School: More dedicated subjects like advanced arithmetic and sometimes pre-algebra, early world history mainly in the Colisian area of the Huggie Continent, science involving Terra’s geographical terrain and tectonic plates, science about animals and natural selection, ELA follows novels and basic paragraph writing that pair with history class subjects.

Higher Education: Mathematics such as algebra and geometry, advanced Colisian and world history, biology and chemistry; ELA mainly focuses on 4-5 paragraph essay writing.

To better prepare the Colisian armed forces for conflict with other nations, President Cole Estrella introduced a constitutional mandate in 1998: after successfully going through 12 grade years, a male Colisian young adult must complete at least 2-3 years of active service in the military, though avoidance is rather easy if you have an active college education or a government service job. Rising concerns over military readiness have been raised by military officials who state that it is a rather “revolving door of military personnel.”

Recently, Colis has been hiring overweight members for the armed forces with large pay sums to encourage more members to join the army. These corps are known as the Elephant Platoon.

Culture

Customs:

Gun Day: Every April 23rd, Colisians celebrate the Cole Estrella-mandated holiday of firearm freedom. Cannons are shot out in central UD City, and there is a massive parade. Recently, the holiday has been more of a military parade to show off new Colisian military entrepreneurship. 

No Sales Tax: No sales tax on purchases is widely celebrated by Colisians and is the motto of the Department of Finances (“No Sales Tax”). However, sales tax is usually on purchases under $19.99.

Music, movies, and literature

Colisian music is mainly country music with artists like Lucas Comb and Coby Teeth; however, rock music is widespread in Colis, especially with artists like Hogen Lee and the Pounders.

Just like in the Huggie Union, video games in the Huggie Union are a major media industry, with some big titles appearing in genres like shooters, open-world, city-builders, and more. Pill is an action-packed, federal investigation game that has sold more than 23 million copies in Colis. Some of the most popular titles in Colis are foreign-developed games, such as one developed by James City Technology, the Corridorian Mafia series, with Corridorian Mafia IV released in 2016, selling over 100 million copies in Colis alone.  

The best-selling literature in Colis is the Huggie newspaper, The Huggie Times. The best-selling domestic Colisian book is the children’s chapter book series, Fable of Young Koo.

Transportation

Transportation in Colis is organized by the Department of Transportation, which usually has a pro-car secretary. There are highways paved across the nation, most of which appeared after the old Huggie Empire train lines were demolished in the 50s. The nation is extremely car-centric, with suburbs across the nation having large box stores like B-Mart (a Huggyo company), Shillings, and JPK Market.

Military

The Colisian military consists of the Armed Forces (Army), the Air Forces, and the Naval Forces (Navy). The Colisian military has roughly 3,264,203 active personnel, boasting the fifth-largest military by personnel. Colis is well-known for its exceptional armored vehicles, like the MAS-E2 (which uses a hard-kill Active Protection System, EW Jammers, an 8-shells-per-second firing rate, and a 7-liter displacement, 14-cylinder, 2,200 horsepower, fuel guzzling, diesel-electric engine, giving it a speed of 47 MPH) or the STRIKR-4 IFV and the old but gold C114 APC.