Nation Name: Hoennese Realm (short form: Hoenn)
Proposed Host City: Lilycove City (水面市
Minamo-no-ichi)
Number of Stadiums/Arenas/Venues: The Lilycove 2018 bid book will provide 24 venues, all within the bounds of Ōsumi Province.
Leader: The heads of state of the Hoennese Realm are
Queen Kahede and
King Matsu. The head of government is Prime Minister Jirō Yamanobe of the Progressive Liberal Party.
Government: The Hoennese Realm is a constitutional dinarchy and parliamentary democracy. Power is shared between the Queen, the King, and Parliament.
Number of Sports Played: Thirty-two of the thirty-seven sports on the Micras Games programme are played in Hoenn at an amateur level. Eighteen of the sports on the Micras Games programme are played professionally in Hoenn, the most popular of which are baseball, Amorian football, and association football.
Brief history of sport in your country: Sport has formed an integral part of the Hoennese social fabric for centuries. Sumō (wrestling), gitchō (a game similar to field hockey), and kiba dakyū (a horseback form of gitchō, similar to polo) have been played in Hoenn since the times of the earliest written records.
Western sports — namely association football, cricket, rugby (at that time not split between league & union), and boxing — were introduced to Hoenn by British diplomats and their staff in the early seventh century AHC, and quickly became popular among the small island nation. Baseball and the nascent game of Amorian football were introduced by American expatriates not long afterward, and the formation of the modern Hoennese government in 632 opened the floodgates to Westerners to popularize in Hoenn the divers sports and games that they enjoy.
Why do you think you deserve to host the inaugural Micras Games?: In the twelve decades since the formation of the modern Hoennse government, Hoenn has become the sporting heart of Asia, hosting the Olympic Games in 1956 (Lilycove) and 2008 (Mauville), as well as the 2002 FIFA World Cup, in which the Rayquaza finished third; additionally, Hoenn has hosted countless regional and continental championships across various sports.
Hoenn is the only known country to exist on two worlds simultaneously, with the Wataru Yamashiro Tunnel, named after its first prime minister, providing safe and expedient linkage between the Earthly and Micran domains of the Hoennese Realm. We have dozens of world-class sporting facilities, as well as a thoroughly-developed tourism economy, buttressed by over 130,000 hotel rooms in Ōsumi Province alone. Hoenn is one of the safest countries on Earth, with a miniscule risk of crime, and an expert and approachable public safety force in the Royal and National Constabulary.
Hoenn is also known for its natural beauty, and features several natural landmarks, including the hot springs of Lavaridge and Mt. Chimney, the largest active volcano in the Yamatai archipelago. As well, the Hoennse people — both human and pokémon — are known for their harmony with nature, which reflects itself in their architecture and lifestyles, as does their desire to maintain the traditional ways that have permeated the island for untold millennia.
As the ancient capital of Hoenn, Lilycove is home to many of Asia's most popular tourist destinations, including Minamo Castle, the Shimadzu Art Collections at the National Museum of Art, the Yamatai archipelago's largest department store, and the Kimotsuke Contest Hall, home to the uniquely Hoennese passion that is the Pokémon Contest. Mt. Pyre, known for its climbing and hiking trails in all seasons, and the Queen Meiroku Safari Park are only a short train ride away, while every city in Hoenn can be reached within one hour's flight or up to three hours' train ride.
The Hoennese Realm, the darling of the Orient, seeks a grand stage upon which to formally introduce herself to Micras, and there is none grander in all the world than the inaugural Micras Games.