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Pollok is the capital city in Nacata located in
Many national institutions of Nacata are located in Pollok as a part of the Devo noodo project which is intended to create a large district that will house most government agencies and national cultural institutions. The city is home to the Royal Assembly the Supreme Court, the Bank of Nacata, the National Headquarters of the Nacatan Police, the official residences of the President and Prime Minister, the Cabinet, and all ministries except for the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
A center for regional and international trade since the early 20th century, Pollok's economy relies on revenues from trade, tourism, aviation, real estate, and financial services. According to government data, the population of Dubai is estimated at around 11.3 million as of January 2020.
== History ==
The history of human settlement in the area now defined as Pollok is rich and complex, and points to extensive trading links between the civilizations of the Duelland Valley and Nacato, but also as far afield as the Levant. Archaeological finds in Pollok show settlement through the 400 BCE periods. The area was known to the Jurains as Colad, and was a source for metallic goods, notably copper and bronze.
The area was covered with sand about 7,000 years ago as the coast retreated inland, becoming part of the city's present coastline.
=== Creation of Modern Day Pollok ===
Pollok is thought to have been established as a fishing village in the early 16th century and was, by 1765, a town of some 900-1200 Jurains and subject to the rule of the MBE. Pollok signed the 1820 Kuthern-Nacata Treaty, following the MBE punitive expedition into Great Lakes Region, which also led to the bombardment of the coastal communities of the Gulf Of Judea.
In 1911, Jashif Mullesda established Pollok as a free port with no taxation on imports or exports and also gave merchants parcels of land and guarantees of protection and tolerance. These policies saw a movement of merchants not only directly from Duelland, but also those who had settled in St.Andrews.
The 'great storm' of 1917 struck the pearling boats of Pollok and the coastal areas towards the end of the fishing season that year, resulting in the loss of a dozen boats and over 430 men. The disaster was a major setback for Pollok, with many families losing their breadwinner and merchants facing financial ruin. These losses came at a time when Nacata was also experiencing poverty.
==== Nacatan Independence Of 1983 ====
Nacata had long been a Kuthern protectorate where the Kuthern government took care of foreign policy and defense, as well as arbitrating between the rulers of Nacata the result of a treaty signed in 1864, the 'Pollok Agreement'. This was to change with Queen Naomi II announcement, on 11th Of November 1983, that all Kuthern troops were to be withdrawn from Pollok.
== Goverment ==
Pollok citizens participate in the electoral college to vote representatives to Pollok City Council. The Pollok Municipality was established by the then Mayor Fahem Nefsa, in 1999 for purposes of city planning, citizen services and upkeep of local facilities.PM is chaired by Yered Mowshowitch, deputy secretary of Pollok, and comprises several departments such as the Roads Department, Planning and Survey Department, Environment and Public Health Department and Financial Affairs Department. In 2010, Pollok Municipality embarked on an e-Government project with the intention of providing 40 of its city services through its web portal, Pollok.na. Thirteen such services were launched by October 2010, while several other services were expected to be operational in the future. Pollok Municipality is also in charge of the city's sanitation and sewage infrastructure.
Pollok has a Minister of Happiness, appointed by the mayor. Pollok has also appointed a Minister of Tolerance to promote tolerance as a fundamental value of the Pollok, a city filled with a diverse range of faiths and ethnicity, and also a Minister for Youth Affairs.
The Pollok City Council is a body of 31 elected members headed by the mayor, who serves a five-year term and appoints eight deputies. Apart from the mayor and his deputies, City Council members receive no salaries and work on a voluntary basis. Most of the meetings of the Pollok City Council are private, but each month, it holds a session that is open to the public. Within the city council, religious political parties form an especially powerful faction, accounting for the majority of its seats. The headquarters of the Pollok Municipality and the mayor's office are at Hedskong Square on Jaffa Road. The municipal complex, comprising two modern buildings and ten renovated historic buildings surrounding a large plaza, opened in 1993 moved from the Pollok Historical City Hall Building.
==== Law Enforcement ====
The Pollok Police Force, founded in 1984 in the locality of Bea, has law enforcement jurisdiction over the City. The force is under direct command of Beniamino Perlman
Pollok is the only city in the country that does not conform to the federal judicial system of Nacata. The Citys judicial courts comprise the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal, and the Court of Cassation. The Court of First Instance consists of the Civil Court, which hears all civil claims; the Criminal Court, which hears claims originating from police complaints; and Kizmona Court, which is responsible for matters between Kizmon. Non-Kizmon do not appear before the Kizmona Court. The Court of Cassation is the supreme court of the region and hears disputes on matters of law only.
=== Education ===
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