After the Blue Army achieved victory at the battle of northern Kylia City, year 4 of Kylia was mainly uneventful except for establishing a Marine Military Branch of ONE person and renovating most buildings in Kylia City.
While the living standards of the State of Kylia did improve during the light industry explosion of year 2, many citizens still called swampy shacks as their homes and threw **** onto the streets.
During the rest of year 3-4, Kylia enacted a nation wide infrastructure reconstruction plan, building many new homes for shivering Kylian citizens during the winter and constructed “Public Restrooms” for the public, lowering disease nationwide.
While living conditions in the State were going up rapidly, Kylian industry had hit a roadblock.
Because of the doubling of the standard Armed Forces of Kylia, the national growth of Kylia was two thirds of the year prior as factories worked over time to arm and replenish supplies that have been purchased by the Kylian government before and after the battle.
Take the Kylian HA Cannon as an example of how hard it is to manufacture and support an industrial war machine. The State of Kylia has produced around 20 tonnes of steel per year as of the last two years, the Kylian HA Cannon itself uses one tonne of steel just to create, not mentioning its ammunition takes quite a bit of steel to manufacture too.
That's more than 5% of all Kylian steel production capabilities per year for just one cannon! Add in the strain of manufacturing other types of military equipment, even if stretched over two years of steel production, it's a heavy burden for Kylia’s National Strength.
As a result, industrial wise, the year 3 census growth for steel production did not grow nearly as much percentage wise compared to the two years prior.
Total Population-9,550 Increase-3%
Industrial Population-382 To Population-4%
Rural Population-9,168 To Population-96%
Kylian Land Area-1,000,000 Km^2
Kylian GDP-1,821,606 Rupees Increase-6%
Kylian Revenue-637,562 Rupees
Total Kylian Debt-1,230,020 Rupees
Kylian Debt to GDP ratio-68%
People in the Armed Forces-100
Percentage of population who are in the Armed Forces-1%
Kylian Steel Production-22 tonnes per year Increase-10%
National Strength Index-2.03 Increase-6.71%
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Total Kylian Debt, which have been going into decline for the last three years, shot up to a noticeable 1,230,020 Rupees, about 40,000 more Rupees than when Kylia first inherited the state from Lord Fermer which at that time had a total debt of 1,193,130 Rupees.
This is because military spending, which averaged at around 30,000 Rupees per year, doubled to a staggering 63,756 Rupees per year, 10% of the entire Kylian budget.
Of course this debt is all worth it when you consider that the State of Kylia is at least still alive and that the Total Debt to GDP ratio had actually gone down compared to year 0 of 74% to a healthier 68% in year 3.
Plus, with a standing army of a hundred soldiers, Kylia has much greater deterrence to any foreign enemies than four years ago.
By the end of year 3, the Kylian national strength had reached 2.03, right on par with the State of Sovi, the goalkeeper of the Valor states.
By the end of year 4, the Kylian population was finally nearing 10,000 people, being the 7th country to have a population of 10,000.
Total Population-9,932 Increase-4%
Industrial Population-497 To Population-5%
Rural Population-9,435 To Population-95%
Kylian Land Area-1,000,000 Km^2
Kylian GDP-1,967,334 Rupees Increase-8%
Kylian Revenue-688,567 Rupees
Total Kylian Debt-1,279,805 Rupees
Kylian Debt to GDP ratio-65%
People in the Armed Forces-100
Percentage of population who are in the Armed Forces-1%
Kylian Steel Production-24 tonnes per year Increase-10%
National Strength Index-2.21 Increase-8.66%
The National strength of Kylia, reaching 2.21, had now firmly left the State of Sovi in the dust, becoming the 7th most powerful country in the world, right after Zeleny 4.10.
Newspapers have been established this year, however not yet commonplace among the broader public as too few are produced and the price of production is still too high.
Kylian society has never experienced such prosperity, while the average citizen in Kylia has a GDP per Capita of only 198 Rupees per person compared to Hyrule’s 931 Rupees, Kylians still live much more comfortably than their Hylian counterparts.
Remember, Hyrule’s population is decreasing for a reason, its corruption is even greater than the countless Valor States that surround it. Compared to Valor States that have one capital city to manage, the Kingdom of Hyrule is subdivided into many individual states run by local lords with vast amounts of power.
Except for Hyrule castle and Castle town, most of the royal family does not have much control over the individual states surrounding Central Hyrule. Especially if they are home to different species such as the Gerudo, Goron, Rito, and Zora people.
Of course not all of this prosperity is good for Kylia, this attracts a lot of unwanted attention towards Kylia, especially from many hostile Valor States and City States.
It's been about four years since the blockade of steel was launched against the State of Kylia, many member City States of the Coalition who were hoping to blackmail Kylia were left confused as the Kylians stayed firm under such pressure.
What's even weirder is that trade between Kylia and the outside world in fact increased after the blockade instead of decreasing from a lack of steel tools. This is because with many new industries popping up in Kylia, many surplus products were being sold to the regional market enmasse.
Tables, chairs, cups and bowls, jackets, coats, shoes with leather soles were all being dumped into the various states near Kylia. This resulted in many artisans in the surrounding area going bankrupt and homeless as they are unable to competitively sell their goods without making a profit.
Having the Majority of your population poor with the rich on top is already quite bad for your economy, having no rich people at all can be devastating.
All of this pushed the entire Rosa Basin region, except for Kylia, into a huge depression. What little industry those States had were utterly crushed under the industrial power of Kylia.
To make matters worse, this even aroused the superpower Hyrule far to the east. After the Rosa steel embargo was enacted, various steel products from Hyrule could not be exchanged for food from Kylia. Kylia has a population of 9,000 people, most of these people produce precious food that Hyrule needs to feed its people.
The Hylians then increase the exchange rate of their steel for more food, adding additional pressure to both the region and entire continent.
If the oppression from the Hylians before was hateful but at least tolerable, then now the oppression can be called unforgivable. thousands of people around the continent died from starvation, in the last three years the entire world population of sentient people dropped by 6% from starvation.
When the population of these agricultural countries started to decline, the food sold to Hyrule also declined, preventing those countries from buying back the farming equipment they need to make more food and the cycle just repeats.
Only after the Hylians realized the dangers of such a cycle did the situation stabilize as tonnes of Hylian steel flooded the Western States market.
The Hylians, who sold all of that steel underpriced, were naturally unhappy with the Rosians and the Rosians were very unhappy with the Kylians.
The Rosians were being put under a lot of pressure by Hyrule, cease the embargo or face the Consequences.