Kittenolivia



Kittenolivia is an US state in the South Caribbean Sea, one of 52 states along with the "Lower 48", Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. Kittenolivia is an archipelago, consisting of 5 main islands and several smaller islands. Like most US states, it is divided into counties. Its capital is Kittenolivia City, and its largest city is Catrock.

Kittenolivia has 2 nicknames: the "Tropical State", referring to its location in the South Caribbean, and the "Land of a Thousand Highways" due to its extremely well-maintained state highway system.

Kittenolivia observes Eastern Time year-round; DST was abolished in 2019.

Kittenolivia's postal code is KT, and its traditional abbreviation is "Kit.".

History
Kittenolivia was originally part of the Spanish Empire as "Gatiñolivia", but was conquered by the US along with Puerto Rico in 1898 after the Spanish-American War.

Unlike Puerto Rico, Kittenolivia was not allowed to maintain its Spanish culture: English-speaking Americans from the mainland were urged to settle in "tropical" Kittenolivia, Kittenolivian Aboriginals and the Nahuatl people of Kittenolivia were encouraged to have as many children as possible, and once there were enough Anglophones, Hispanics were relocated to Puerto Rico a la the Trail of Tears.

Kittenolivia was a territory, but became a state in 1932, making it the 49th state. Puerto Rico was made a state in 1933.

Since the 1930s, Kittenolivia has developed its own entertainment industry, known as Kollywood (a term coined in 1989).

Tourist attractions
Kittenolivia boasts its State Highway System as the "best in the US", and Kittenolivia has its own systems of both Interstates and US Roads. Kittenolivian US Road signs are uniquely coloured, like the ones in Florida used to be; however, the Interstate signs are the same as regular Interstate signs in the "Lower 48", except that the numbers are prefixed with "K". Oddly, Kittenolivia uses the generic MUTCD "circle" marker for state roads, despite being the "Land of a Thousand Highways".

Kittenolivia also contains Disneytown, Disney's 3rd US theme park, opened in 1985, as well as 2 Six Flags parks: Six Flags over Kittenolivia and Six Flags Great Caribbean.

Politics
Kittenolivia is a "swing state", and has a double-digit number of electoral votes in most elections. Kittenolivia also is known for its state electoral results predicting the final national results of the election in all cases. Most recently, in 2020, Kittenolivia's 20 electoral votes decided the election for Joe Biden.

Trivia

 * The state license plates are the same green color as Interstate guide signs, and use the same FHWA Highway Gothic fonts. This design was adopted in 1992, replacing the "generic" blue-on-white plates.
 * In fact, in 1995, Kittenolivian residents voted to make "Interstate Green" the official state color of Kittenolivia.
 * Kittenolivia has 3 boundary disputes:
 * The Miskito Coast is disputed between the state of Kittenolivia and the governments of Nicaragua and Honduras.
 * The Cayman Islands are listed as part of Kittenolivia on the CIA World Factbook maps, based on a claim from the 1900s, but the official KT state government maps list it as part of the UK.
 * The Bay Islands in Honduras, with a majority Anglophone population, voted in a referendum in 2018 to leave Honduras and join Kittenolivia. The KT state government welcomed them as a new county, but the Honduran government and the US federal government do not accept the results of the referendum.
 * Since the 1950s, all buildings built in Kittenolivia are required to be hurricane-proof.
 * Kittenolivia has the most KFC restaurants in the US.
 * Kittenolivia's state quarter depicts the Kittenolivia Turnpike and a map of the state, and uses the motto "Land of 1,000 Highways".
 * Television in Kittenolivia is managed mainly by 4 groups: NBC/CW affiliate group Argosy Television, ABC affiliate group Rapier Television, CBS affiliate group Breil Television, and Fox/MNTV affiliate group Enterprise Stations.