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The Lonely Island

The length of the island is 170 kilometres and 2 to 40 kilometres wide. It is divided in 5 different districts which is caused by an occasion in the past. There are four districts where people live and work and the fifth district is a jail full of prisoners. The political situation is a bit difficult because the island has been split up in 5 districts, every district has a different king and queen or president. Visitors can find the island between the Falkland Islands, which belongs to the United Kingdom, and Argentina. It is lain about 50 kilometres away from both countries. The island is shaped like a strange whale bone and it is surrounded by ice cold water which comes from Antarctica. There are only a few mountains in district 1, people from district 2, 3 and 4 can buy a vacation passport to the mountains of district 1 for a ski trip. There is a lot of snow on top of the mountains in January, which can be used for skiing. All the people on this island have timers on their wrist. At their birth, the inhabitants get enough hours to make it to the age limit which is different in every district. There is not one person who pays in money, people pay in hours by putting their wrist to another wrist or into a machine.

History
A long time ago, at the end of the thirteenth century, the lonely island was one happy country. The head of state was Hillary the good and she had five sons. Even though she had five sons who were loud and active, she felt lonely because her husband had died a few years before. That is why she called her island the lonely island. After their mother died, the five brothers inherited the island which their mother divided in five different districts. The only thing the brothers had to do was live in peace. Their own monarchy or republic was made together with their own constitution. The five brothers ruled the country and there were no fights nor wars. Until one day, some pilgrims visited the country and tried to control the island by adding the five districts together. One of the five brothers supported their ideas, he thought if he supported them he could still rule the whole island. The other four did not support him which is why there has been made a bond against the pilgrims. After chasing the pilgrims away from the island, the fifth brother was full of anger and left the island which became his death. He died in a storm while sailing to Argentina (which was not named Argentina back then). The brothers decided to honour him by building a big prison in district 5. Since that moment, there was decided that nobody could ever find the island anymore (because of the pilgrims) and put a spell on it. 10 years ago, there have been a few changes about that rule. Now, the only people who can enter their island are schools because the head of state of the different districts think education is very important. Only one class can visit their island every year, otherwise it will get too crowded. It is like a little competition. 1 ticket will be put in a chocolate bar and boxes filled with chocolate bars will be send to every school all around the world. The school who finds the ticket can send the class with the highest grades to the island. It is a motivation to make sure children will study well by giving an award which is a vacation to a place nobody has ever been to. The class can stay for one week. There will be a guide who will explain every detail in five days about every district while visiting them. After this tour, the children can choose what was the most interesting district and stay there for the last two days. Most of them choose for district 2 or 3 because those are the most lovely districts. The head of state of the districts also made timers on the wrists of the inhabitants. If the inhabitants would leave the island, their timer would stop from the moment they exit the circle of the spell around the island and enter the normal world, which means: death! In case of sneaking into another district, inhabitants will lose time. The four brothers thought if they put timers on everybody’s wrists, half of them would die and there would never be overpopulation on the island. There is also some history about their flag. Purple was the favourite colour of the old queen, Hillary the good. The big star has 6 points because it is referred to her and her five children. Every brother has a little 5 pointed star with their favourite colour next to her star. The little stars have 5 points because it is referred to himself and his brothers.

Population
The island is very rich but only because one of the districts makes more money than the others. For example district 3 works 10 times less than district 1 but is 20 times richer than them. In every district there are the regular professions like a baker or a hair dresser, but there are some specific professions which people can only do in one of the districts. The whole country has got 10 456 121 inhabitants but not all of them have the same religions or habitats. There is not really a capital, but if there was, it would be district 3. It is lain in the middle of the island and it would be the most visited district on the whole island. The reason why the heads of state did not choose a capital is because there would not be a reason to fight about it or start a war. After all, the island does not let many people visit the country so it does not really matter.

District 1
District 1 is originally from Billie the nice one. He died at the age of 25 because he accidently gave all his time to one of his maids while he was drunk after a party. The head of state now is an old king whose name is Freddie the seventh. He has to retire soon but he still has no heir. His wife died a few years earlier because she forgot to update her timer. That is why he is thinking about a one night stand to make an heir. There is no parliament or any system of that kind because he is a dictator. The inhabitants do not protest because he is not an evil dictator, he gives them everything but only if it is asked nicely or when people do him a favour. The only two rules are that everybody has to listen to the King and have to do everything he tells them to do. If there is anyone who breaks one of these rules, he or she will go to prison in district 5 immediately. District 1 is the poorest of them all. Food samples are given to the inhabitants to buy food and there is only work in the mines close to district 2. There is a high income in January when most inhabitants of district 2, 3 and 4 pay to go on a ski trip to the mountains of their district. There are needed guards and ski teachers in January, the people of district 1 take special lessons to do this. The unemployment rate is really high here, which is sad because a lot of people want to work in the mines but get rejected. There is no protest otherwise the inhabitants will be sent to prison straight away. This situation has been accepted a long time ago. 55 624 people live in district 1. The inhabitants work harder than in district 3 even though there is not the same amount of inhabitants as in district 3. People who work in the mines also have their own culture, for example, going to sleep at 10 o’clock or start to work in the mines at 6 o’clock. Even the women and children work there. Children have to start working in the mines at the age of 6, which means the age limit of time is 6 years old or 54 264 hours as a gift to live. The king does not believe in any kind of god so nobody believes in it, there is no such thing as religion in district 1. The only language the inhabitants know is Latin, which is one of the oldest languages of the island. Those people never got rid of it because most of them have no television and cannot hear all the other languages that are used on the lonely island.

District 2
The first head of state in district 2 was the oldest brother, Philippe the big. He died a natural death at the age of 67 because people did not get very old in the fourteenth century. The head of state now has just been replaced. There is no longer a constitutional monarchy, now there is a republic. A woman (!), named Betty Francesca McKibben, has won the elections and is now president. She is married to Jeffrey Joseph McKibben. Before Betty became president, the couple were both farmers. Now she is about to make a beautiful career as a president for at least 8 years. After 8 years, there are new elections to become president. There is a long constitution, which is used strictly. The most important rules in this district are all about how the inhabitants should honour the person who is head of the state, how inhabitants cannot kill anybody else nor trying to kill themselves. School is mandatory until the age of 19 and everyone retires at the age of 56 because nobody wants to see an old lady or man working. Nobody can leave the district, unless he or she is being sent to jail in district 5. Only clothes in the colours of the rainbow can be worn and everybody has to attend a meeting with the king and queen or president every first Saturday of July. Last but not least, every inhabitant is required to make a maximum of 8 children each family. If there is anyone who breaks any of these rules, the head of state will be sending them to jail in district 5. It has got 2 125 436 people who are artists. All of them believe in one power which is music and drama. Their mood changes with the music. For example, if the inhabitants listen to a really sad song, their mood changes to being sad. Some of them still speak Latin, but only inside their houses. There are more people who speak English and Spanish outside their houses, those are the languages that have been brought to their country a long time ago. The inhabitants are not rich nor poor, it lies somewhere in between. Everybody went to school until the age of 19 and has a good job. At the age of 56, people retire and enjoy the rest of their live. The inhabitants can mostly work as a dancer, singer or actor but also as a producer, camera man or make-up artist at production houses. Most of them produce shows on television for the rest of the island. Their age limit is set on the age of 15, which are 128 160 hours. From that age, children are allowed to work for their hours as a cleaning person at the production houses.

District 3
District 3 is lain in the middle of the island. Jacky the great was the first head of state of district 3. He killed himself after his wife cheated on him. He could not live without her but he did not want to stay with her any longer. Now the district has a young king and queen in district 3. The king and queen have been head of the state since the age of 18, because the king’s mother died early. This district has a constitutional monarchy which is used wisely. The constitution of this district has a few important laws. First, there is the law about killing. A person may only kill someone else if it is defence. Second, there is the law about marriage. People can only marry or be with one person (gender does not matter as long as it is human). Third, there is the law about school. Everybody must go to school until the age of 16. Fourth, there is the law about possessions. Nobody can steal from other people unless there has been paid for it and it was for sale. If any of the inhabitants breaks one of these rules, the head of state will send them to prison in district 5 immediately! District 3 is the richest of the whole island, that is where all the beautiful men and women live. Their timers are so high, people can buy everything. That is why this districts looks down to the others. The unemployment rate is extremely low here. The only profession in this district is making clothes or shoes and selling them or organizing parties where people can wear those clothes and shoes. 3 524 632 live there which is not surprising because the inhabitants are allowed to make as many children as pleased. The inhabitants are very religious and believe in God, people pray every night at the same hour, which is 10 o’clock. Nobody can go to bed without a prayer. The spoken language is not Latin anymore but English or Spanish/Italian in case if people want to sound richer. Their age limit is set on the age of 20, which are 170 880 hours. The head of the state decided to put the age limit on the age of 20 because inhabitants are so rich and do not want to work hard for their hours.

District 4
The first king was Don Juan, he was the youngest and most handsome of the five brothers. He cheated on his wife almost every week because he was a womanizer. When his wife found out he had cheated on her, she killed him. She became head of the state and decided to put in the constitution that no king or queen could ever marry if he or she wanted to be head of the state of district 4. Only at the age of 35 or if the head of the state gets sick, it is allowed to create a child with the woman or man he or she loves. Until then, the head of state cannot make any contact with that woman or man. District 4 has a monarchy, but there is only a constitution for the king or queen. All the other people just have to listen to their king or queen. If people do not listen, the head of state will sent them to jail in district 5. District 4 is specialized in jewels which are being sold mostly to district 3. The inhabitants have got a lot of money but not as much as district 3. The gold and silver for the jewels come from district 1 because that is where people work in the mines. District 4 is atheistic, nobody believes in God because there has not been proofed he did ever exist but people think it is not wrong if anyone believes in it. District 4 is with 2 000 004 people, and every one of them is an atheist. The spoken language is the same as in district 2, the only difference is that people also speak Latin outside their houses and not only inside. Their age limit is set on the age of 25, which is 213 600 hours, because the inhabitants need to get a long training in how to make good jewels.

District 5
The head of state, before the pilgrims arrived, was Daniel the stupid. He was dumb and he supported the pilgrims which was not so clever. He died in a storm while trying to escape the island and to honour him, his four other brothers have rebuilt district 5 into a big prison. If people enter district 5, the only way to get out is if the person gets permission from the head of state of their old district. If not, the guards will keep them there forever. The guards look like nice creatures but when people make them angry, their body changes into the creature the prisoner fears the most. For example, a wolf or a lion but also spiders or snakes. District 5 is only rich because the guards keep the money or gold from all the prisoners, not only for themselves but also to take good care of their prisoners. The prisoners can also work there. For example, bake a cake or make bread for the other districts so people do not starve to death. There are 2 750 425 prisoners at the moment in district 5. Some of them have been there their whole live and are almost dead while some of them just arrived and dream of ever getting back to their district. Every prisoner has to speak Latin because the guards can only speak that language. People who arrive at the prison get a dictionary otherwise prisoners and guards cannot understand each other. There is no age limit in district 5 because you get the age limit of your old district. There is only one warning that is put out on a sign when people enter district 5: “ Be careful with your time, you will both be gone when you lose it. “ Inside the prison, there is a room where there is a special team who manages the time and keep an eye on activities in every district. These people make sure that nobody sneaks into another district and when that happens, the team makes sure those people lose time.