Ackesia

United Republic of Ackesia Free Realm of Ackesia
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Motto:  "Unity, Progress, Freedom"
Anthem: The Greatest Bond
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Capital	Beldon
Official language	Ackesian
Ethnic groups (2018)	69% Ackesians 10 % Lunderfrausian 10% Ecelean 11% Gostian
Religion	Church of Verro
Demonym(s)	Ackesian
Government	Presidential Republic
• Statsminister	Zachariah Ackerman
• Protosenator	Saveliy Masters
Legislature	National Senate
Establishment
• Foundation of the Kingdom of Ackesia	1134
• Republic of Ackesia	1962
• End of the War of Opposing Salvations and Foundation of the United Republic	1963
Currency	Mag (₥)
Time zone	UTC-6
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+42

Ackesia officially the United Republic of Ackesia is a republic located on the continent of Lira in the region of Greater Olympus. It is bordered by ______ Its capital Beldon is the largest city and social-economic hub of the nations economy while the former capital, Avondale, stands as the cultural epicenter of the nation.

Former known as the Kingdom of Ackesia, the nation is a harbor of natural resources and deep rooted culture in eastern Lira. The last century of the nations history has seen it take the largest progressive steps towards liberalization since the invention of electricity with the opening of its borders to the west and the conclusion of what was known internationally as the Stew Uprising and locally as the War of Opposing Salvations. It was during this conflict in the 1960s that poverty and famine pushed the nation past the brink and several different factions each with their own ideology rose up to either topple or empower the monarchy which lead Ackesia. Many died during this conflict, and though the armies of republicanism had the clear upper hand, those loyal to the Royal House of Avondale held on to enough power to force a peace. The end of the conflict saw the abolishment of the absolute monarchy in Ackesia with the abdication of the Royal titles by the Avondales, and the establishment of the United Republic. However within one province the royals were allowed to remain and style themselves as the Prince(cess) of Avonmark where they would remain in a ceremonial position among the majority pro-royal populace.

Today Ackesia is no less divided than it was during the war. However liberalization of much of the urban centers of the nation have begun to shift the political views of the youth, though the culture of Ackesia shows little will to reduce its hold on society. Poverty is one of the many issues facing Ackesia today as it continues to plague the nation and its economy. Homelessness, crime, and hunger are as much a problem in the western provinces today as they were during the Stew Uprising after a very brief improvement during the initial decades of the republic. Internationally Ackesia is known for its resource exports such as ______ which are prominent among the world's economy. Internal strife and destabilization of much of the nations infrastructure due to economic troubles has however caused its export ability to suffer, further aggregating the economic problems of the nation.

Etymology

Ackesia is derived from the word for the "Ach" people, a ethnic group of nomadic herdsmen on the Liran plains as far back as 1,000 BC. The Ach people settled along the Achillian river and created some of the first settlements in the nation around this time. Come the early 3rd Century the land of Achlandor enveloped much of the area around the modern capital. Throughout the early middle ages many neighboring Kingdoms ruled over this area, until 1134 when the first Kingdom of Ackesia was established.

History

The earliest records of civilization associated with the name Ackesia was the first nomadic peoples to settle around the Achillian River in the central Liran plains, and began to call themselves the "Ach" people after the violet flowers that flourished there. These settlers banded together in hundreds of seperate tribes focused mostly on farming and hunting/gathering of the plentiful resources in the Achillian River Valley. For hundreds of years these people existed in close knit tribal groups until the threat of ______ invaders from ____ saw the formation of the first tribal alliances that quickly evolved into the first Kingdoms. For centuries this progresses until the beginning of the first century A.D. when five such kingdoms dominated the area settled by the "Ach" people. These five kingdoms changed litte over the course of the Dark Ages, vying for power over eachother and the Achs for much of this period of history.

It was not until the medieval period of history that consolidation of the five Ach Kingdoms began. Up until this point several large scale conflicts known as the Wars of True Violet between the kingdoms and their close neighbors had left the Ach people economically shattered with plague and famine striking at the very homes of these kings and their subjects. With a large percentage wrapped up in the conflict as either combatants or civilian causalities, frontier regions of the Ach people were left as easy prey for their more ravenous neighbors. In midst of this an alliances was formed between the Kings of Beldon and Foxgrove via the marriage of their eldest children that saw the most powerful faction emerge by the name of the Kingdom of the Foxvale. This Kingdom embarked on a centuries long campaign to both expel the foreign kingdoms from the lands of the Ach people and bring to submission the petty Kings of the smaller Ach kingdoms. It was known as the 100 Years of Kin Blood where Achs killed Achs in ruthless acts of factional geocide and senseless violence, but the House of Crownfox would not be stopped until it has subjugated all of the Ach people. Most had conceeded that the Foxvale would rule over the lands with cruelty and fear, but some of the remaining Dukes and Lords resisted, the most famous being Julian Avondale, the Duke of Avondale in the eastern Ach lands. At the head of the Alliance of Free Lords, Avondale broke the superior sized Froxvale army at the Battle of the Peligran Ford and set the Crownfox campaign back tremendously. For several years they would not launch another offensive, and finally after many more Achs died, Lord Avondale and his Alliance of Free Lords decleated victory and ironically concluded to prevent future conflict they would found a unified Kingdom with the principles of peace and goodwill towards all Ach people known as the Kingdom of Ackesia in 1134.

In the next few centuries up until the period of renaissance in Ackesia, the Ach people enjoyed relative peace and isolation to go about their typical agrarian lives. Livestock and farming became the chief industries in Ackesia with little import export from beyond their borders.

Poverty and famine rittled the nation in the early 1940s leading to the largest recession the nation had seen in its 800 year history. Those who lived in poverty and hunger began to outnumber those who did not, and much of the blame for the situation was placed on the mismanagemnt of Ackesian resources by te Royal Government appointed by King James Avondale the X. King James' Prime Minister was accused of funneling govenrment funds during this time to private investments which lead to public outcry in the starving nation. As pressure mounted on the monarchy to resolve the situation, incidents began to mount to the detriment of the Royal Government such as Prince Jacob the II being accused of raping three separate women at the Royal College of Beldon while partying lavishly with foreign VIP students in his Royal Family owned estate in Beldon. This news sent outcry acorss the nation not only because of the three girls and their story being swept under the rug by Royal Family owned media, but at the small insight of the Royal Family's lavish lifestyle during times of total poverty for most of their subjects. Large scale protests ensued, centered around the largest city, Beldon, where the party and rape occurred.

As the protests raged on for nearly a week, commerace in the city of Beldon had shut down completely and pressure from the aristoracy of Ackesia to put and end to these demonstrations forced King James Avondale to intervene. It was on March the 13th 1958 he ordered the Royal Army into Beldon as a show of force in hopes the protests would disperse out of intimidation. What instead happened was a bloodbath, as a massive mob of imovrished subjects and deomonstrators descended upon B Company of the 33rd Royal Dragoons in the middle of Julian's Square, and incident known as the Massacure of the King's Men where all the soldiers in B Company were brutally killed by the overwelming mob while at the same time killing nearly double their number of demonstratiors. The riots had now reached a fever pitch and Royal Army commanders on the ground in Beldon

Geography

Warezen skyline.

The western half of the Achkadia is known as the Hochland, and forms what is known as the foothills of the Windigberge mountains. It is dominated by hills and low mountains, including the Birgit near which is the highest point, at 671 metres. Other mountains are the Elise at 498 metres near Dietmar. The region less densely populated than its counterpart, with only one city, Helmuth, with a population of more than 200,000 people.

The eastern half of the country is called the Grünländer, and is more densely populated than the Hochland. It is also more diverse and can be divided into five geographic sub-regions. The Warezen plateau, in east-central Achkadia, is a large, flat, sandstone formation, and the site of the city of Warezen. Dieter, in the far east of Achkadia, has craggy terrain and thick forests. The Kuno valley is the lowest-lying region, running along the southeastern border. Lilaländer, in the far northeast is Achkadia's industrial heartland and home to many of Achkadia's largest towns.

Politics

Military

The military of Ackesia is known as the Ackesian Republican Guard