The Free Lands of Rhiokio Factbook

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The Free Lands of Rhiokio Factbook

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Table of Contents

1. Geography
1.a Climate
1.b Topography
1.c Attractions & Wonders

2. Economics
2.a Jobs
2.b Budgeting


3. Rhiokian History
3.a The Founding of Rhiokio
3.b The Great Revolutionary War
3.c Integrating Rhiokio's People
3.d The Terrible Persecution
3.e The Congress Scare
3.f The War Against the Kingdom of Mattiseo
3.g The Worst President
3.h The Grande Civil War

4. Military
4.a Fighting Style
4.b Infantry
4.c Cavalry
4.d Air Force
4.e Military Divisions
4.f Military Formation

5. Government, Politics, and Social Structure
5.a Elections
5.b Social Structure


6. Rhiokio's People & Population
6.a The Human Race
6.b Human Nationalities
6.c Other Races in Rhiokio
6.d Rhioko's Immigration Policy

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1. Geography

1.a Climate
Rhiokio has a rather all-round warm climate. However there have been records of snowfall and cooling around the countries region. There isn't that much of a diverse range in temperatures though. The normal maximum is 74 Fahrenheit to the low and rare minimum of 20 Fahrenheit. Temperatures only reach that low during mid-winter. Beginning and late winters are normally a lot warmer as at the start of winter things are beginning to just cool thing and in late winter they begin to heat back up once more. There are also cooler and hotter places around the region, the most hotter places are of course on the countries' west and south shoreline and the farther east and north you go the cooler the temperatures become.

1.b Topography
Rhiokio's mainland is a normally full of rural societies. There are only four towns and one large city making a total of five stabilized civilizations across the main country. The main country however is pretty large and has a wide array of environments and terrains. The east and west sides of the country are separated by a large chain of mountains known as "The Demonic Mountains" because of their rather harsh environment. The Demonic Mountains are the only place within the Rhiokian mainland with regular snowfall. Across the country there are many forests, jungles, grasslands, mountains, hills, and even a few deserts. Rhiokio is located within Earth's southern hemisphere and is represented as a large island. Many of Rhiokio's cities are medieval themed and are mostly similar to ancient roman and greek cities.


1.c Attractions and Wonders
There are many attractions and wonders scattered across the Rhiokian mainland. The most famous being The Grand Memorial where you can see the graves of many rebel soldiers that helped fight to separate the Rhiokian colony from its oppressive nation. Another magnificent attraction is the Grand Rhiokian Tower, a large and tall tower can be seen from the skies above the Rhiokio capital of New Grande City. It is a modernized tower and it kind of stands out...something that the government and citizens are regretting.

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2. Economics

2.a Jobs
Rhiokio's job market is very simple. There are pretty much five different job classes that somebody can have in Rhiokio and they are all considered very important to the nation's stability and society. The five classes are: Military, Merchant, Farming, Labor, and Politics. Poeple are considered wealthy within Rhiokian social structure are people who have done exceedingly well in any of the five classes. Also in Rhiokio, your job is pretty much your social class although ever class is considered important to the society and are all treated the same...but not sometimes by each other. There is a history within Rhiokio of the wealthy class berating the other classes which has caused riots and even a civil war within a city. Because of these incidents Rhiokian government has put more laws in effect to make sure all social classes receive the same amount of respect despite the amount of pay they get and money they have, after all without one of these classes Rhiokian society would be spiraling into a utter downfall.

2.b Budgeting
Rhiokio's government ever since it hit a slight industrial revolution has been more careful with its budgeting. The government has been trying not to put its money into things that the citizens of their nation would surely not like such as a certain tower (which was a mistake may I add.) but now they focus on the people before themselves. Over thirty percent of the government's budget goes to health care because after all, if the nation's citizens could not afford to live in health they would eventually begin to die out and eventually the nation will be empty. Followed behind health care is military and national security as the safety of the country, its citizens, and its politicians is a big deal especially in times of war. Followed by this is Education at 15%, Law and Police at 8%, Construction at 7%, Religion at 5%, Politics at 3%, Research at 1%, and all other at 1%.

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3. Rhiokian History

3.a The Founding of Rhiokio
Rhiokio wasn't always the free and open land of diversity that it always was. In the beginning Rhiokio was part of a much larger nation known as The United Republic. It was home to mostly white humans mainly and was a poor and suppressed colony. The kingdom owned Rhiokio till the late 1800s in which the colony decided to rebel against their homeland. Rhiokio began to enlist help from many different nations secretly and soon scuffles in the streets of the small Rhiokian villages began to soon follow. The war had begun!

3.b The Great Revolutionary War
What seemed to be a popular thing for wannabe countries at that time, revolution for Rhiokio was afoot. What began with small scuffles and gunfights in the streets of the colonies soon exploded into all out war. The Rhiokians began organize alliances with nearby nations as well as put their military strategies and plans together. With an army full of volunteers and no money and only the help of a few other nations that could barely hold their own: the war began. Leader of the resistance was Christopher O. Watkins, a young merchant within the Rhiokian political social structure. Christopher wanted to see a better and enlightened place much more than what The United Republic was forcing on them and after a long struggle became the first leading commander of the Rhiokian Army. He and his officers would take the young army through its own battle to independence.

The Battle of Alber Port
Alber was a small city on the coast of Rhiokio. It was normally used by United Republic troops and Rhiokian ships to trade between the colony and its mainland. The first step in the war for the resistance was to shut off the United Republic supply line. With the support of the ally nations Rhiokio went into battle with the United Republic troops and after three long days of battling the United Republic troops were forced out of the port. The Rhiokian army ended up destroying the city in the process of the battle rendering it and its land permanently useless. As this was the first battle in the war, Christopher Watkins himself lead the battle with his officers taking command of several squads of troops.

The Battles of Old Man's Frontier
Old Man's Frontier was what many called the Rhiokian old west. It was much like the famous old western days in which cowboys and criminals battled as the forces of good and evil. The battles of Old Man's Frontier were lead by Joseph E. Hodgens, a young, inexperienced, yet educated merchant of the Rhiokian colonies. In the first battle of the Old Man Frontier Joesph and his men spent a whole week firing at enemy troops in the rivers and canals through the old west. This battle was lost by Joesph and his men and was followed by a series of many scuffles and shootouts throughout nearby settlements. The second battle was much better, however it began rather rough. Joesph and his lieutenant officer: Matthew Y. Johnson and the rest of the company wound up lost in the nearby grasslands. The company however ended up capturing up to a United Republic officer and capturing him and the two drunk soldiers with him. They now had an officer of the enemy as prisoner of war and the second battle was an automatic win. The third battle was however pretty hard. Joesph and his men seized the Republic Fort of Wild Haze in the south of the frontier. There many troops were killed in rampaging cannon fire from the fort. A small band of resistance troops however managed to storm the fort and burn it down. Joesph and the remaining troops sacrificed their lives to take down the fort and thus won the western battles.

Demon's Winter
Within Rhiokio there is a large chain of mountains known as the Demonic Mountains. These mountains were named as such because of the treacherous weather that occured within the mountains. Everything from heavy rainstorms to harsh blizzards making it a terrible terrain for both sides of the war to battle in. Christopher Watkins and one of his leading officers: Alexander T. Super with only two thousand troops tackled the terrible mountain and the Republic samurai at its summit. Not only did they lose terribly in the mountains but whoever survived had to spend the next six months suffering in the harsh cold weather till help arrived in the summer. Fortunately Christopher and Alexander were among those survivors.

The Navy Battles
The battles in the ocean, very explosive battles at the time. Battles in the ocean were the most bloody and some say that during this war the ocean literally turned dark red with the tons of blood being spilled across the water. A team of only three ships lead by Marcus J. Hampton tackled the many Republic ships and somehow managed to survive till at least the last five minutes of the last battle. Not only did the small team of weak ships had to fend against the Republic navy but they also had to fight against the hard waves and hurricanes that struck the ocean that summer in 1895. After a month and a half of battle hard currents, sea monsters, and the enemy themselves the small team of ships managed to last the last five minutes of the last battle...right before a Republic ship blasted them to smithereens. Everybody on the ship including Marcus were reported eaten by sharks. Thankfully backup who were a month and a half late managed to arrive and force the Republic navy to retreat thus winning the battle in the ocean...despite the army losing another one of its officers.

The Battle of Grande City
Grande City was the biggest settlement in all of the large colony of Rhiokio. Here is where the last battle in the Rhiokian Revolutionary War would be war. The Republic troops and the Rhiokian Allied Forces met up within the outskirts of the city. Men, women, and children who weren't part of the military were forced to flee the immediate danger of a horrific battle. The two forces clashed and battle erupted. The Rhiokian army was lead by its leading commander: Christopher Watkins while the Republic's own president: Timothy Jackson fought as the leading commander of the Republic army. After two weeks of straight battle Timothy Jackson and Christopher Watkins finally met face to face in battle and they both stabbed each other with swords in each others stomachs. The two then hit the ground dying...the fate of the war now rested with who died first and that was Timothy.

The Aftermath of the War
After the war was over Rhiokio finally attained its independence from the United Republic. Christopher Watkins, the fallen officers, and all of the troops in the war were crowned heroes and the new constitution of the young nation was to be drafted. Many of the laws were changed, immigration to Rhiokio was now allowed as well and the population soon became diverse. The first president, the only surviving officer of the army: Steven J. Levett was chosen to become the first president of the new country. Rhiokio was now on its way to becoming a prosperous nation.

3.c Integrating Rhiokio's People
After the war was over people from all different nationalities began to migrate into the newly crowned Free Lands of Rhiokio. Around the year 1920 over fifty different nationality and ethnic groups now had their very own stable population in Rhiokian society. Around this time Rhiokio attained its official social structure and within the early 1800's the first nonhuman sentient race arrived in Rhiokio. The elves came to live in Rhiokio after they had managed to escape persecution from northern Europe. At first the elves were looked down upon by the humans within the Rhiokian society but eventually everybody realized that they were all different and accepted the elves into the way of life. Soon the elves were followed by the orcs, the dwarves, and even talking animals and soon became a diverse society of many different human groups and nonhuman species without many prejudice at all.

3.d The Terrible Persecution
From the early 1800s to the mid 1800s many non-human races were beginning to settle and structure within Rhiokian society. At this point in time the government of Rhiokio had begun to keep records of all of the non-human races existing within the country, this record was the Rhiokio Species Database. Whenever a race reached into the hundreds of thousands in population they will be recognized as an official race within Rhiokio and at that point all immigrants of that race on trail will be granted automatic citizenship. Around this time period however with Rhiokio's loose immigration standards many races known to devour other races such as humans began to move into the nation. These races such as vampires, trolls, the undead, and many others were among the first races to be persecuted by the more populated races within Rhiokio. As well as this many lesser numbered races like Centaurs, fairies, witches, warlocks, and even Mermen began to be persecuted as well. Before the Rhiokian government knew it there were slaughters and massacres of many of these races occurring within many villages and streets. By 1810 things had gotten even worse for the lesser numbered races and a state of emergency had to be declared for Rhiokio. To prevent more victims to the reign of terror caused by human, elf, orc, gnome, and talking beast citizens immigration to Rhiokio had to be temporarily stopped and the military was called in. By 1845 the persecution had ended but with horrific results. Over 350 lesser populated races within Rhiokio had lost over half their population in the terrible purge. This horrible event became known as The Terrible Persecution and the Rhiokian government is currently taking steps to preventing another terrible event like it from ever happening again, there are also many organizations in Rhiokio attempting to help the victimized races get back on their feet.


3.e The Congress Scare
From the early 1930s to the late 1940's Rhiokio had a problem with its new democracy system. There was a system known as Congress, however unlike real life Congress the Rhiokian Congress was a department in the government to keep a watch on the president in case s/he managed to do anything crazy. This wasn't the only problem with Rhiokio's Congress. Around the 1930's the citizens of Rhiokio felt that congress was plotting to take over as dictators of the country. This incident lead to the elections of several revolutionary leaders who thought to overthrow congress and thus 'free' their nation. All of the leaders were impeached after they found to have plans to lead a rebellion against congress. This continued on for almost eighteen years when finally congress fell apart. Now a new legislative system of government has several positions in which laws are passed through various personnel and the people themselves. A law must pass through Rhiokio's State Secretary, Rhiokio's Military Commander, the Vice President, and the President himself and finally citizens who can vote then vote on the law. This is known as the system of Environmental Legislation which has some flaws but alas has kept Rhiokio's citizens from wanting to overthrow the government.


3.f The War Against the United Kingdom of Mattiseo
In the mid 1940's Rhiokio went into the siege of another war with the Mattiseo Empire that resided within South America. Mattiseo had been one of the nations supporting Rhiokio in its fight for independence against the United Republic, however relationships with Mattiseo had been becoming more and more strained as the twenty-first century neared. Soon the 1950's approached and eventually the 1960's, a cold war had erupted at somewhere within then unexpectedly...the Mattiseo attacked Rhiokian ports, an act of war. The Mattiseo war was the first war in which the other nonhuman races participated in a military battle. The elves and talking beast provided unbelievable backup for the many human infantry troops during the war and within a few unnamed battles Mattiseo was forced to withdraw its troops from Rhiokio and draw back. Ever since the short war erupted Mattiseo has since been on neutral terms with Rhiokio.

3.g The Worst President
In the 1980's, Rhiokio was doing good till mental patient Robert Issacs was elected to become president of The Free Land of Rhiokio. He had a criminal history and had been arrested for failed attempts at overthrowing the government in the past. Now one may ask, how does a guy like Robert a.k.a Crazy Bob get elected. He lied. Robert has always had a slight ability to hide his criminally insane nature and his hyperactive attributes. He was a great liar and many citizens believed him. When he came into power he made the country suffer for around six months...before he was impeached. Strangely around the time of next years election a mysterious figure named Joesph Reid who bore a striking resemblance to Crazy Bob with the same skills at lying and plagiarizing the people worked his way into office. A few months after his election at a press conference his fake mustache fell off revealing his true identity: The World's Worst President - Robert Issacs. Issacs a.k.a Crazy Bob a.k.a Joesph Reid a.k.a Crazy Joe was jailed and impeached after the incident and has been since placed into a mental institution. Rhiokio's economy has never since been fully the same since he was elected and has fallen back to the developing stage because of his reign of 12 month terror.


3.h The Grande Civil War
Grande City at the time was the biggest city within the nation of Rhiokio. At the same however the large city was separated by strained relationships between it working class citizens and the exceedingly wealthy within the city. In the year 1990 (yes there was a long gap of peace between the last war and this one.) scuffles and fights between the social classes erupted within the city streets. A gang of farmers and merchants armed with rifles attacked a group of wealthy businessmen who were walking down the street. In secret one of the attacked men were armed with handguns and opened fire within the large crowd killing at least six of the raiders. That shootout in the streets of the city marked war between the working class and the wealthy. For the next three years there were shootouts, fights, murders, and all sorts of crime which later marked as a 'civil war' between the two social classes. As crime increased no work was getting down within Grande City and since Grande was the capital of the nation...things were heading towards an economic downfall. In the year 2000 a new law was passed the demanded members of the working class to receive the same amount of respect as gratitude as those in the wealthy class and should not be discriminated against. With the passing of this law the wealthy class left the working class alone and the civil war finally ended...however Grande was destroyed in the process and New Grande had to be constructed and has been running since then.

3.i The Downfall and Revival of Rhiokio
In the year 2009, Rhiokio hit a major downfall in it's economy. The president at the time, Thomas King had deserted Rhiokio after finding out that a militia was planning his downfall. After a close encounter with the militia in his presidential headquarters on April 23rd 2010, Thomas fled the country after hijacking a Rhiokian military jet. His whereabouts are currently believed to be in Switzerland but are currently not confirmed. Military agents have been deployed to track down the deserter and when he is captured he will be charged with treason and most likely will be either executed or jailed for life for his crimes. The desertion of the countries president devastated the country dearly and Rhiokio's enemies began to unleash terrorist attacks within the nation, Rhiokio was at the brink of falling but the will of the citizens prevented it. The citizens began to fend off against the terrorist attacks and the vice president of Rhiokio: Rex Henderson was sworn in to being the president of the nation. Rex vowed to find and kill Thomas and restore Rhiokio back to where it once was and this marked the redevelopment of the nation.

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4. Military

4.a Military Fighting Style
Rhiokio has a very simple military fighting style for both infantry and cavalry troops. Infantry troops normally use various stealth and attack methods such as trench warfare and hiding in the undergrowth to perform sneak attacks. Cavalry troops normally fight in organized clusters, attacking in groups to add more power rather than hiding. Whenever in battle Cavalry troops are always on the front lines followed by lone infantry men and animal infantry units. Air Force units fly directly above Cavalry units in an organized order to cover then in the line of battle. This is of course for full blown warfare, at other times the Air Force, navy, and infantry and cavalry squads often work separately doing many other military missions and jobs in their own departments.

4.b Infantry
Rhiokio's infantry men and women normally dress up similarly to that of union infantry soldiers however instead of wearing blue suits our infantry warriors wear green. Infantry officers also wear a red outfit of the same type as well. Another common type of infantry used other than human infantry is animal and beast infantry. Animals wear armor in warfare depending on what size they are. Animal armor is colored similar to their trainers (green for common soldiers and red for officers.) Small animals were armor similar to this, medium animals wear armor similar to this but in green or red whilst large animals wear their armor similar to this: here. Large animals are also used in the cavalry area of our warfare.

4.c Cavalry
Rhiokio's cavalry isn't much different from many other types of modern and pre-modern cavalry warfare. All Cavalry soldiers wear the same outfits as infantry soldiers instead they ride on an animal or in a ground vehicle of some sorts. Armored horses, lions, rhinos, hippos, and other large land animals as well many off-road vehicles just as four wheelers and jeeps as well as tanks are used in the Cavalry as well. Cavalry pics:
Cavalry Horses (Left: Common Horse - Right: Officer Horse. Red Armor not shown.)

A Cavalry Tank

Off-Road Military Vehicle

4.d The Air Force

Rhiokio's air force isn't that very diverse when it comes to air vehicles. The military uses a standard version of F-15 jets in various colors to normally draw attention away from ground units. Common soldiers F-15 jets are normally green, blue, black, silver, and purple while officers fly in gold or red jet planes. However in other cases helicopters are used for rescues and evacuations.
A normal F-15 Rhiokian Military Jet
A example of a Rhiokian Stealth Chopper

4.e Military Divisions

Like many other nations, the Rhiokian military is normally separated into various divisions. The first and most easy to spot division is the Rhiokian Armed Forces, these consist of your regular infantry, cavalry, and air force trips. The second division is the Rhiokian Navy which uses a wide array of ships in water warfare. The third and most secretive division on is the Special Ops. forces which normally operate directly under the Rhiokian president and take orders directly from s/he. Within the three divisions there are many different squads each lead by an officer.

4.f Military Formations

Rhiokian military forces use rather organized warfare. All types of units: Infantry, Cavalry, Air, and Naval fight in some sort of group or cluster for organized warfare. Infantry and Cavalry warriors are organized into squads each lead by a leading officer. Squads then form waves and proceed into battle. A squad usually contains at least one hundred troops and a wave contains at least five squads. The Air Force fights in teams of usually five to ten jets all lead by a leading officer. Navy ships fight in teams as well but Navy teams are much larger usually containing twenty to thirty boats a team. Teams in the Navy also travel in waves of around six to eight teams.

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5. Government, Politics, Social Structure

5.a Elections

With Rhiokio being a mix of past and modern technologies, many wonder how is voting for political officials taken care of? Elections for city officials of course take place within the city in a designated place in which all that are able to vote gather and cast their votes for the candidate who wishes to take that position. For nation elections such as that for president of Rhiokio, a similar approach is taking and all of the votes are then sent to New Grande City to tallied. The votes are done by computer of course to produce much quicker results, in fact the results of the election are usually found out come the day after. Rhiokian presidents are allowed to have up to two five year terms, meaning a president can lead Rhiokio for a whole decade.

5.b Social Structure
Rhiokian Social Structure normally depends on a working class. There are five different working classes in Rhiokian society: the Military class, the Merchant Class, the Farmer Class, the Laborer Class, and the Political Class. Every class has its lower, middle and upper class citizens to produce social equality between all of the main classes. (Although there have been incidents in the past when the 'sixth' class otherwise known as the Wealthy Class berated the other classes which begun a civil war within one of the nation's cities.) There are families that operate their own personal businesses within each social class which means if your parents were merchants then you'd most likely be a merchant as well...but of course there are no true limits on what you can do because once you reach the age of twenty your a fully recognized adult and you can choose to start your own family in another social class. (Neighborhoods are separated by social class.)

Different Social Classes live in different areas of the cities. Military families normally live on the outer area of Rhiokian cities in order to protect their particular city in times of crisis. Merchants, Farmers, and Laborers live further in the city and are each entitled to their own land which they pay for in small income taxes. This system has caused the layouts of Rhiokian cities to be designed much like city-states back in the old Mesopotamian days (with the building designs of ancient Rome and Greece).

Family size normally depends on what social class your family is a part of. Military families are normally larger, an average median family can contain up to ten to twenty-five people. While merchants, farmers, and laborers have normally less with around the average family size of four or eight. Politicians normally don't have families and if they do they are very small.

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6. Rhiokio's People & Population

90% Human
10% Non-Human

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6.a The Human Race
The Human Race is the most common and dormant race within Rhiokio. It makes up a bit more than 50% of the countries population while the other 48% or so are the other non-human races existing within the land. There are records of almost all human nationalities existing within Rhiokio and the nation's cities are commonly influenced by the human race. All of the presidents of Rhiokio have been human presidents of various nationalities and genders...something that the minority races of the diverse nation is looking to change.

6.b The Diversity of the Human Race in Rhiokio
Due to mankind being Rhiokio's largest race many different nationalities and ethnic groups are represented within the country. Many of the towns and cities of Rhiokio have different neighborhoods full of nationalities and ethnic groups that can call home. Many different nationalities have found their own small neighborhoods that they can call home for their ethnic group, however there are more mixed neighborhoods than there are single based ethnic and nationality neighborhoods.

6.c Non-Human Races in Rhiokio
There are many other races within the land of Rhiokio. Many migrated from many other surrounding lands and many have been discovered while traversing the countries land. There are large variates of races within Rhiokio and they are all recorded by the research department of the government. When a new race immigrates to the country the research department collects all data on that particular race to make them an official race within the country. The race will gain all of the rights as the other races within Rhiokio which makes it easier for other members of that race to migrate within Rhiokio. Whenever a race reaches a population of 10,000 in Rhiokio it gets an entry in the Grand Rhiokio Species Database. Currently, non-human races make up only 5% of Rhiokio's grand total population.

6.d Rhiokio's Immigration Policy
Rhiokio obtains its diverse population in races and human nationalities by allowing them to immigrate into the nation.

Step 1. Arrival
If you wish to immigrate into our land then you may do so as we pride off our diverse culture. The first step is to find your way to the Immigration Village where all of our immigrants apply and are looked over by Rhiokian officials.

Step 2. Apply
Now that your in the Immigration Village you must go to the Check-In center and fill in the application card. All members of your family must fill out, make sure that your family members put each other and your name under the "Family Members" section as well. The application card comes in multiple languages so do not worry. The card includes information asking you for your name, your age, your D.O.B, your species, your nationality (if human), where you came from, and a last line for your signature.

Step 3. Interviewing
After you and your family turn in your application you will go and be interviewed by psychology specialist. If you are found to have thoughts of terrorism or to be a danger to society and yourself you will be rejected and jailed at the Immigration Village till further notice. This is to prevent deadly psychopaths and terrorist from gaining citizenship.

Step 4. The Search
If you've made it passed the third step you are officially on your way to becoming a Rhiokian. You just need to be briefly searched to make sure that you are not possessing any illegal weapons, drugs, or trying to sneak in forbidden personal (such as enemy spies and such.) if you are found to be doing any of those beside the last one you will be jailed at the Immigration Village. If you are doing that last option you will be either shot or sent to the countries most top secret military base for an interrogation.

Step 5. The Health Exam
We can't have any new diseases entering our country so you have to get a quick health check. If everything checks out okay you are permitted to continue onto the sixth step.

Step 6. The Final Application
Congratulations you are on your last step to becoming a citizen of Rhiokio. You must fill another application card out with additional information and select which town/city you want to live in. If things check out okay here you will be given an citizen i.d number and given a trial citizenship. If you can go five years without doing anything crazy you can get a full and permanent citizenship.