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People's Republic of Ankahira Repoblika Vahoaka ao Ankahira
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  Amin'ny alàlan'ny fahamarinana sy ny hatsarana, ny fahafahana sy ny fanambinana Through truth and virtue, freedom and prosperity
Anthem:  Ankahira, manompo anao izahay Ankahira, We serve You
PLACEHOLDERIMAGE of Ankahira in LOREM
Capital and largest city	Maintinana
Official languages	Ankahiran, Estmerish
Ethnic groups (2010)	79.3% Ankahi 7.5% Eucleo-estmerish 5% Bahian 5.2% Coian 3% Other
Demonym(s)	Ankahi (ethnic) Ankahiran (citizen)
Government	Unitary dominant-party parliamentary constitutional republic
• Eternal Comrade	Auguste Mamitiana
• President	Gabriel Razafinjato
• Premier	Haja Lalanirina
Legislature	General People's Congress
• Upper house	Congress of the Elders
• Lower house	Congress of the People
Independence from Estmere
• Home rule granted	1950
• Maintinana Accord	1980
• Independence Day	1989
Area
• Total	4,851 km2 (1,873 sq mi)
Population
• 2019 estimate	12,859,986
• 2010 census	10,387,790
• Density	2,651/km2 (6,866.1/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	$550.89 billion
• Per capita	$53,032.45
Gini (2010)	24.3 low
HDI (2010)	.912 very high
Currency	Ankahi pound (₤)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy CE
Driving side	right
Calling code	+52
Internet TLD	.ak

Ankahira, also known as the People's Republic of Ankahira (Ankahiran: Repoblika Vahoaka ao Ankahira), is a sovereign island nation located in the Banfura Sea of the Vehemens Ocean approximately SOMENUMBER of kilometers off of the continent of Coius. It nautically borders Estmere via Kingsport to the northeast, Gaullica via Nouvel Angelet to the southeast, Nasana, Rwizikuru, and LOREM to the northwest, and LOREM to the south. The nation is estimated to have a population of roughly 12,859,986 citizens with its capital residing in the city of Maintinana, which serves as its capital city, a province-level city, and a major political, social, and economic hub.

Human settlement on the islands has occurred ever since roughly 327 BCE, with settlements initially being founded by Sublustrian sea-faring tribes. Though significant mixing between Bantu and Sublustrian peoples did occur, later arrivals of Bantu migrant tribesmen was largely resisted, preserving the Ankahi people as a distinct ethnic and linguistic group from the rest of Bahia. The region unified under the Kingdom of Sambanara, which lasted from 1389 to 18XX. The region was first discovered by Estmerish explorers in SOMETIME, with the Sambanaran monarchy granting increasing concessions in exchange for industrial, educational, and infrastructural development in the islands. The region was a de-facto colonial possession of Estmere, with the Sambanaran monarchy having been slowly reduced to a ceremonial role, by the mid 18XXs. The region was fully subsumed into colonial Estmere in 19XX. The region fought with Estmere on the side of the Grand Alliance during the Great War seeing moderate fighting during the conflict, with both Estmerish and Ankahi-Estmerish forces skirmishing with Gaullican forces numerous times.

Increasing education, population, industrialization, independent printing publications, and the growth of urban areas in Ankahira, combined with a growing awareness of Bahian equalism, statist, pan-Bahian nationalism, and republican ideals, in the wake of the Great War led to the foundation of the Ankahiran National Association (Ankahiran: Fikambanam-pirenena Ankahiran; FPA). The organization, the predecessor to the modern-era Ankahiran National Party (Ankahiran: Antoko Nasionaly Ankahiran; ANA), began a campaign of non-violent protest known as the War of Words which negotiated self-rule and a relatively independent political sphere by 1950. The Ankahiran National Party, then under the country's first Ankahi head of state and government -- Auguste Mamitiana, began implementing and promoting pan-Bahian socialist policies, though it maintained cordial relations with Estmere by maintaining many core Estmerish commercial interests. The region saw stable economic growth from 1955 on through the modern era, being under the rule of President Gabriel Razafinjato of the Ankahiran National Party since the country's inaugural elections in 1989.

Ankahira is a unitary dominant-party parliamentary constitutional republic comprised of SOMENUMBEROF provinces. The economy is almost entirely dominated by the manufacturing and shipping of goods, with most economic activity by percentage occurring in the sectors of shipping, industry and finance, though there is still significant specialized agricultural market within the country. Its primary industries are financial services, industrial manufacturing, shipping, and telecoms. Ankahira is a member of the Community of Nations, the Global Institute for Fiscal Affairs, and SOMEOTHERORGANIZATIONS.

History

Pre-colonial Rule

Main article: Kingdom of Sambanara

Colonization and Early Colonial Rule

Main article: Treaty of Accession (Ankahira)

Great War and Late Colonial Rule (1926-1989)

Main articles: Ankahiran involvement in the Great War and War of Words (Ankahira)

Ankahi riflemen during the Battle of Doncaster Forest, 1927

The region was, like the neighboring Colony of Rwizikuru isolated and surrounded by Gaullican forces. As a result, in consultation with the Ankahi monarch Andrianavalona III, the region was placed under martial law and governed directly from Ashcombe with Head of state of the People's Republic of Ankahira#Governor-General Nathaniel Berkeley serving as the military governor of the region for the duration of the conflict.

(Detailed Great War portion TBC)

Independence and Reorganization (1990-2000)

Main articles: Maintinana Accords and Ny fandaminana indray Fe-potoana

President Gabriel Razafinjato giving his inaugural address, 1990.

On midnight of 1 January 1990, Estmere officially granted Ankahira its independence, as agreed to in the Maintinana Accords, and power was transferred to Ankahiran political authorities with an official ceremony. Gabriel Razafinjato was inaugurated at noon of that day, with now-former Governor-General Lloyd-Sutherland departing Maintinana for Ashcombe shortly thereafter. In his inaugural speech, President Razafinjato thanked Estmere for "doing much to ensure our nation be placed on the path of modernity" and pledged to "represent all Ankahirans, both foreign-born and native born, and to do well by all by continuing the blessed peace and development we have enjoyed thus far."

Per the 1989 elections, the Antoko Nasionaly Ankahiran was granted a three-fourths majority within the legislature, now known as the General People's Congress (Ankahi: Ankapobeny Kongresim-bahoaka; AKb). The ANA-dominated AKb then convened and elected Théodore Raharinaivo as the first Premier, who was subsequently approved by President Razafinjato.

Razafinjato, along with Raharinavio, quickly set about reorganizing the government from the federal system established under Estmere into a unitary system in order to "maintain the systems of power established by Comrade Mamitiana. Known as the Reorganization Period (Ankahi: Ny fandaminana indray Fe-potoana) the various councils of the region saw themselves stripped of their power to govern locally and began to send representatives to Maintinana to serve within the Congress of the Elders. In addition to this the government quietly established a quasi-secret police known as the Matoatoa and passed multiple pieces of legislation restricting racial violence and allowing government surveillance in order to "maintain the security and balance of the nation." The changes in governance, while overall popular given the accomplishments of the ANA, saw some resistance by local leaders as well as the opposition Democratic Union Party (Ankahi: Antoko Sendika Demokratika; ASD) in the form of the 1990 Ankahiran protests, which were quietly repressed by the security forces along with the Matoatoa that same year.

In addition, the government expanded many of the Mamitianaist Bahian equalist policies implemented during self-rule by focusing on developing rural areas and linking them to the central government, further expanded the welfare and healthcare systems to all citizens, saw the creation of a job guarantee program, developed many new public works projects, made the Ankahi language the co-official language of the nation, and increased funding for education.

The period following independence also saw intense integration of Ankara into regional and international affairs, with the region signing many Entrepôt trade pacts and agreements with foreign countries, most notably Estmere, LOREM and LOREM.

The 1995 elections within the country saw the return of the ANA to its position of power within the government, once again retaining its three-fourths majority within the Parliament. Following these elections, President Razafinjato declared that he and his party had a "mandate from the people" to continue his policies. Diverging somewhat from the policies of Mamitianaism, the nation also pursued a unique foreign policy, positioning itself as "the link between Euclea and the rest of Coius" and securing trade, finance, and manufacturing deals from both sides of the political spectrum. These policies, a form of equalist market economics now known as Mamitianaism-Razafinjatoism, saw many Ankahirans benefit economically.

Subsequent elections in 2000 saw the ANA continue to maintain its grip on power, the installation of Masoandro Rakotoniaina as Premier following the decision of Théodore Raharinaivo to decline the position, and saw a deepening of the government's direction on Mamitianaism-Razafinjatoism, with its policies being continued into the new millennium.

Modern Era

A panoramic view of the central Maintinana cityscape and anchored ships from the Eastern Shore. Entrepôt trade makes up a large portion of the economy.