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
• President	Zachariah Ackerman
• Presiding Delegate	Saveliy Masters
Legislature	National Diet (Lower) Chamber of Proxy (Upper)
Establishment
• Foundation of the Kingdom of Ackesia	1134
• Republic of Ackesia	1988
• End of the War of Opposing Salvations and Foundation of the United Republic	1989
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.

The War of Opposing Salvations

Poverty and famine rattled the nation in the early 1980s 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 mismanagement of Ackesian resources by the Royal Government appointed by King James Avondale the X. King James' Prime Minister was accused of funneling government funds during this time to private investments which lead to public outcry in the starving nation. In the late 1980s 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. This news sent outcry across 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.

Massacre of Beldon

As the protests raged on for nearly a week, commerce in the nations largest city of Beldon had shut down completely and pressure from the aristocracy of Ackesia to put an end to these demonstrations forced King James Avondale to intervene. It was on March the 13th 1987 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 impoverished subjects and demonstrators descended upon B Company of the 33rd Royal Dragoons in the middle of Julian's Square, and incident known as the Massacre of Julian Square where all the soldiers in B Company were brutally killed by the overwhelming mob while at the same time killing nearly double their number of demonstrators. The riots had now reached a fever pitch and Royal Army commanders on the ground in Beldon angered about the brutal murder of their soldiers at the hand of the mob took it upon themselves to put down the bloodthirsty peasants. Ordering the 3rd Royal Army Armored Division into the city, the Royal Army Commanders began 8 hours of bloody rampage which saw the deaths of 1,312 demonstrators on the streets of Beldon. It was later revealed that this was in direct contradiction to orders given from the Royal Palace in Avondale, but the damage had been done. Word of the Massacre of Beldon began to spread and demonstrations featuring the poor, sick, and hungry began to pop up all around the nation. All of this was aggravated by the fact that western populations of the nation differed significantly in cultural and religious views. Most saw themselves as liberal and following the practice of Recantism. These populations were most susceptible to the movement that started with the Massacre of Beldon, as opposed to the heavily Verro populations of Eastern Ackesia where protests were minimal.

For months the protests continued, until a more formalized movement rose from the ashes of the chaos. A young radical by the name of Zachariah Ackerman who gained notoriety from speeches given to assembled protestors in the city squares of Beldon, began to organize the movement into a more coherent and driven group of visionaries. Up until this point the protestors had done little more than tear up the streets of the cities in western Ackesia, the government forces simply waiting for the chaos to subside before moving back in and establishing law and order. Ackerman saw this as a status quo in which the people of Ackesia did not win. No real progress was being made to make his people free, so he took action.

Bonfire Notice

On the morning of December 11th 1987 Ackerman and his followers armed and organized set themselves upon the under-guarded Royal Public Administration Building in the center of Beldon. It was many years later that Ackerman revealed they chose the Public Administration Building as their target due to the Royal Army's low urgency for its security. Those guards who were stationed at the building had already been swayed to the cause of Ackerman and simply surrendered their weapons at the sight of his group of armed revolutionaries. From there Ackerman destroyed thousands of paper records pertaining to citizens within the city, be it criminal, tax, or property documents of noble families. Using the radio station in the building he then broadcasted what later came to be known as the Bonfire Notice proclaiming the city of Beldon to be a free city state from Monarchic rule. Ackerman called for the rising up of those who as of today were no longer subjects of the Avondale King and to liberate their home from his forces. As had been standard practice for the Royal Army after the Massacre of Beldon, the garrison of Beldon retreated from the city as protestors grew in force once more. Little did they know they would not enter it again.

Siege of Beldon

Ackerman's movement had begun, and days after the Bonfire Notice the city had been radically changed. Those still loyal to the King sensing the coming tide fled to the east, all the while Ackerman's movement encountered a groundswell of support. The thousands of supporters organized themselves as the Ackesian Democratic Front, and began the arduous process of fortifying the city against the Royal Army. Armories were raided and weapons distributed to the militia Ackerman had formed, and on Christmas Day 1987 the Royal Army returned in force. What ensued was a thirty-day conflict in the outskirts and streets of Beldon as Ackerman's forces ambushed, raided, and drove back the Royal Army forces from the city. The Siege of Beldon conclude with a death toll of 1,200 Royal Army Soldiers and 742 Revolutionaries.

News of Ackerman and the ADF's victory spread quickly, and in the east where the more traditional and Verroist population resided. Thus the King's own groundswell began. The media under Sir Sampson Watts carefully crafted their narrative about the hedonistic and liberal Recantism movement occurring in the west of Ackesia. Thousands of Ackesians flooded the Royal Army Depots and Royal Militias were formed to fight off the perverse movement in the west, and with this the war truly began.

First Republic of Ackesia and Eastern Campaign

Several cities followed Beldon's lead in the months after the first Siege of Beldon. Forces who expelled their Royal Army Garrisons began to form into organized units and joined Ackerman's cause in the western portions of the nation. After much urging from his followers and his reported reluctance to bring more bloodshed to his people, Ackerman led these forces on a campaign throughout western Ackesia expelling any presence of Royal government or Army from the land. With the west united under Ackerman and the popular support of the majority of the population of Ackesia, on September of 1988 in the same public administration building Ackerman delivered his Bonfire Notice the year previous, the first Republic of Ackesia was declared. A draft constitution was made in the style of the constitution of Carelia and it was proclaimed elections would be held after the winter concludes and the newly formed Republican Army could secure their eastern border with the Kingdom of Ackesia.

Before the ink was even dry on the document, Ackerman led his forces east towards the Achillea river where he felt the border best exist. During this time Ackerman attempted many communiques with the Royal Government to try and declare a truce, however all attempts were met with silence as he led his force east. In November of 1988 at the Gladden Ford, the Republican Army was ambushed by the tsunami of fanatically loyal Royal Army Militias and regulars. Within a few short hours the Republican Army had been reduced by a third and Ackerman's commanders urged him to retreat west. Relenting the Republican Army quickly with the use of public transportation assets such as trains and buses relocated west under a unrelenting air campaign by the Royal Air Force. This bloody trail was dubbed the Spite of the King’s Road and the Republican army was nearly brought to its breaking point in the ensuing days.

Atrocities of the Royal Milita

Close behind the retreating Republican Army, the militias of King James inadvertently began a campaign of terror along the western bank of the Achillea. Towns, villages, cities were sacked by forces inspired to defeat the hedonistic rebels of the west. This campaign was brought to an end as soon as it was realized by the commanding generals of the Royal Army, and many soldiers involved were executed as a result for their crimes against their countrymen. The damage however had been done as the west further slipped from the grip of the Kingdom of Ackesia. Furthermore the loyalties of the militiamen began to falter after their brothers in arms whom they saw doing what they set out to do in killing the western traitors were executed by their own commanders. King James Avondale himself flew to the scene of one of the sacked villages and it was recorded by one of his aides that he openly wept for what he had done by allowing Sir Sampson Watts to stir his subjects to such radical hate of their countrymen. Watts was dismissed from the Kings service and the militias disbanded, much to the decry of the King's generals who now were left with minimal forces as they attempted to push west. The King however in solemn regret would hear none of it, and instead returned to Avondale. In later interviews with King James he said for the record that at the moment he touched down in Avondale and returned to the Royal Palace, he disinherited his son Prince Jacob whose rape of the 3 college women in large part was a catalyst for this bloodshed.

Disinheritance of Prince Jacob and the Republican Counter Offensive East

The disinheritance of cruel Prince was however not enough to quell the appetites of the people of Ackesia, there was now blood in the water. With the further massacre and bloodshed of non-combatants and the knowledge that the Royal Army had weakened by the dismissal of the militias, further cities rose up in revolt. Eastern cities such as Foxvale rose up in resistance, expelling Royal rule and dealing a brutal blow to Royal Army Logistics as the railheads and bases in the major eastern city were no longer available to use in their campaign west. Forced to retreat across the Achillea the Royal Army moved to try and regain their former eastern cities. At the same time Ackerman had regrouped, and with the rage felt by many of the Ackesian people for the bloodshed, set in his mind to cross the Achillea to liberate all of Ackesia. It was a feat he did not himself believe he could accomplish, but with further support from eastern cities who desperately cried for help to the Republic he felt righteous bravery to press forward.

After a few short weeks the Republican Army was deep into the east, lifting the siege of Foxvale, and pressing ever closer to the royal capital of Avondale. The fighting thickened as populations closer to the capital increasingly grew unsupportive of the approaching Republican Army. Resistance and insurgencies increased, harrying at the supply line of the Republican forces and destroying much of the armored units the Republic had gained through raids on Royal Army depots. Upon reaching the outskirts of Avondale, the fighting became relentless, and subjects of the King fought with as much passion as those who fought for the republic. In the suburb of Avongrove the fighting came to a stalemate, casualties mounting as the fighting was drawn out for weeks. The Royal Capital of Avondale however stayed strong, and Ackerman had a choice to make as to whether it was worth the lives of his solders to besiege such a city that did not welcome his movement.

The Eatery Truce and Abdication of King James

After follow on weeks of suffering and bloodshed, news came that the Royal Palace sought a truce with the Republic. King James wished to meet with Ackerman and his commanders, and on the 3rd of June 1989 a meeting was held in a small Eatery outside of the capital between Ackerman and the King. There King James Avondale agreed to abdicate the throne, surrendering his forces and city to the new republic under the conditions that his family would be permitted to remain in Avondale and style themselves as Prince(cess) of the semi-autonomous province aptly named the Principality of Avondale. This in large part due to the popular support of the monarchy in the capital amongst an anti-republican populace. To appease this populace to seek peace with the republic he fought at the negotiating table for their semi-autonomy and right for Avondale politicians to make decisions for Avondale. It was agreed Avondale would be established as a semi-autonomous province.

The King agreed that within this province they should only be the figureheads and republicanism should be allowed to take root and allow the people to control their own government. It was also agreed by the two parties King James and Prince Jacob should forgo any titles in this new principality and rather the title of Grand Prince of Avondale should go to his younger son, Prince Deon the II. With both sides in agreeance the siege was lifted, and both Ackerman and the former king walked out of the 9th Street Eatery to declare to the world the peace of Ackesia.

Formation of the United Republic

Months later with forces withdrawn to their homes, the Royal Army disbanded with the exception of a Royal Guard, and democratic institutions forming in all corners of the nation, the United Republic of Ackesia was declared as it exists today on November 14th 1989.

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