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===Dalish, Cuthish and Mascyllary colony=== | ===Dalish, Cuthish and Mascyllary colony=== | ||
The first Berean to assert a territorial claim on Akawhk and its adjacent areas was [[Wesley Middelton]] who landed at Middelton Grove near Marthasbucht Bay in August of 1522 as part of his third expedition in the Alvinian archipelago, and claimed the island of Akawhk as well as the surrounding archipelago for then-[[Emperor of Cuthland|Emperor]] [[X]] as the ''Isles of the Saint Godwhin''. Despite this, and because of the larger significance of [[First Cuthish Empire|imperial Cuthish]] colonization efforts in [[Ochoccola]], the Cuthish made no further attempt at consolidating their claim. In April 1524, the crew of the ''Schwalbe von Pereuth'' captained by {{wp|guild|guilded}} {{wp|merchant}} Heinrich Johnemann lowered their anchor in the Marthasbucht Bay, the first Berean naval presence on the island, and subsequently claimed it for the ''[[Købmandslaug]]'' under the name ''Ny Rødby'' (New Rødby); a Dalish {{wp|fur trade|fur trading}} station and small settlement of some 140 individuals was founded at Rotfell Square. | The first Berean to assert a territorial claim on Akawhk and its adjacent areas was [[Wesley Middelton]] who landed at Middelton Grove near Marthasbucht Bay in August of 1522 as part of his third expedition in the Alvinian archipelago, and claimed the island of Akawhk as well as the surrounding archipelago for then-[[Emperor of Cuthland|Emperor]] [[X]] as the ''Isles of the Saint Godwhin''. Despite this, and because of the larger significance of [[First Cuthish Empire|imperial Cuthish]] colonization efforts in [[Ochoccola]], the Cuthish made no further attempt at consolidating their claim. In April 1524, the crew of the ''Schwalbe von Pereuth'' captained by {{wp|guild|guilded}} {{wp|merchant}} Heinrich Johnemann lowered their anchor in the Marthasbucht Bay, the first Berean naval presence on the island, and subsequently claimed it for the ''[[Købmandslaug]]'' under the name ''Ny Rødby'' (New Rødby); a Dalish {{wp|fur trade|fur trading}} station and small settlement of some 140 individuals was founded at Rotfell Square. | ||
[[File:GezichtOpNieuwAmsterdam.jpg|230px|thumb|left|Cuthish ''Akawhk'', previously ''New Rødby'', as seen from the Alexandra Gate in c. 1700]] | |||
The colony of New Rødby was centered on a small strip of flat land between the coarse and hilly terrain of the Marthasbucht {{wp|Peninsula}} that would later be known as Annental. In 1543, a temporary wooden {{wp|stockade}} was erected around the settlement for protection against occasional native Pintachee raids and skirmishes, and construction on a {{wp|citadel}} on Loremey Island was started. However, ''Købmandslaug'' and subsequent [[Kingdom of Dalland|royal Dalish]] control would prove to be short-lived as the fledging albeit small settlement under Johann Kristiaan was unable to muster any resistance against Cuthish troops under the command of Colonel Clyde Quainshead, and surrendered to a seizure of the colony in June 1601. The Cuthish promptly assured the Dalish settlers to remain in the colony and allow religious freedoms, while the construction of the citadel was resumed and finished in 1660, and the colony renamed to ''Akawhk'', in recognition of the Pintachee term for the Marthasbucht Bay. {{wp|Epidemic|Epidemics}} such as the {{wp|yellow fever}} and repeated, oftentimes violent, encounters with the Berean population caused a gradual decline of the Cinoe and Sanoia population sizes by the 18th century, dropping to below 10,000 by 1710; nevertheless, the non-Berean population of Akawhk still outnumbered the new settlers. | The colony of New Rødby was centered on a small strip of flat land between the coarse and hilly terrain of the Marthasbucht {{wp|Peninsula}} that would later be known as Annental. In 1543, a temporary wooden {{wp|stockade}} was erected around the settlement for protection against occasional native Pintachee raids and skirmishes, and construction on a {{wp|citadel}} on Loremey Island was started. However, ''Købmandslaug'' and subsequent [[Kingdom of Dalland|royal Dalish]] control would prove to be short-lived as the fledging albeit small settlement under Johann Kristiaan was unable to muster any resistance against Cuthish troops under the command of Colonel Clyde Quainshead, and surrendered to a seizure of the colony in June 1601. The Cuthish promptly assured the Dalish settlers to remain in the colony and allow religious freedoms, while the construction of the citadel was resumed and finished in 1660, and the colony renamed to ''Akawhk'', in recognition of the Pintachee term for the Marthasbucht Bay. {{wp|Epidemic|Epidemics}} such as the {{wp|yellow fever}} and repeated, oftentimes violent, encounters with the Berean population caused a gradual decline of the Cinoe and Sanoia population sizes by the 18th century, dropping to below 10,000 by 1710; nevertheless, the non-Berean population of Akawhk still outnumbered the new settlers. | ||
Even though coastal {{wp|fog}} was a common issue when navigating Akawhk's waters, Cuthland recognized the strategic and economic importance of the archipelago due to its deep and sheltered {{wp|natural harbour}} and expanded the colony as a vital and advantageous {{wp|port|port for trade}} as part of the Cuthish colony of Ochoccola throughout the 18th century. It was a major center of {{wp|slavery}} through the economic methods utilized by the former ''Købmandslaug'' colonizers, and the demand for slave labour for port work. The geography of Akawhk did not allow for the large-scale cultivation of {{wp|plantation|plantations}} or the sufficient supply of the growing island population with food. During the [[War of the Cuthish Succession]], attempts by the [[Norden|Nordic]] were made to take control over Akawhk through the Battles of Loremey Citadel in November 1730 and July 1733, the former of which seeing the repulsed bombardment of the citadel installation by multiple | Even though coastal {{wp|fog}} was a common issue when navigating Akawhk's waters, Cuthland recognized the strategic and economic importance of the archipelago due to its deep and sheltered {{wp|natural harbour}} and expanded the colony as a vital and advantageous {{wp|port|port for trade}} as part of the Cuthish colony of Ochoccola throughout the 18th century. It was a major center of {{wp|slavery}} through the economic methods utilized by the former ''Købmandslaug'' colonizers, and the demand for slave labour for port work. The geography of Akawhk did not allow for the large-scale cultivation of {{wp|plantation|plantations}} or the sufficient supply of the growing island population with food. During the [[War of the Cuthish Succession]], attempts by the [[Norden|Nordic]] were made to take control over Akawhk through the Battles of Loremey Citadel in November 1730 and July 1733, the former of which seeing the repulsed bombardment of the citadel installation by multiple Nordic {{wp|ship of the line|ships of the line}} led by the ''Jutehataren''. In 1733, Nordic captain Herluf Bragge seized the colony with success and rechristened it to ''Kristiansborg'' on the behest of then-[[Monarchy of Norden|King]] [[Monarchy of Norden|Kristian IV]]; pursuant of the 1740 [[Treaty of Nyhavn]], Norden returned Akawhk back to the Cuthish Empire. With the onset of the [[Cuthish Revolution]] in 1795, the colony became a destination of refuge for {{wp|Enlightenment|enlightened}} and {{wp|liberalism|liberal}} thinkers after the events of [[Bloody Monday]], and for {{wp|monarchism|monarchists}} and other political dissidents during the [[Republican Terror]] in Cuthland from 1797 to 1801. That same year, during the [[Cuthish Revolutionary War]], the Mascyllary warship ''Lauenburg'' captained by admiral Eduard Lukas von Heidelhoff seized Marthasbucht, which was then known as Akawhk. The largest city on the island, as well as the bay, was named after [[Monarchy of Mascylla|Sophia Martha of Marlburg-Gränich-Freida]], {{wp|royal consort}} to then-[[Monarchy of Mascylla|Crown Prince Lukas Augustus]], and the assumption of control was affirmed through the [[Treaty of Swithtun]] in 1801 which concluded the Revolutionary War in Berea. | ||
===Overseas territory and modernity=== | ===Overseas territory and modernity=== | ||
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Akawhk | |
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| Commonwealth of Akawhk Gemeinstaat Akohk (Hesurian) X Akcohkv (Pintachee) | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: "Geeint in Blut und Schwur" "United in Blood and Oath"  | |
| File:Location of Kolepak.map | |
| Sovereign state |  Mascylla |
| Mascyllary annexation | 31 August 1802 |
| Devolution | 4 June 1939 |
| Current constitution | 12 April 1996 |
| Capital | Marthasbucht |
| Government | |
| • Type | Devolved parliamentary dependancy under a constitutional monarchy |
| • Monarch | Dorothea I |
| • Governor | Ruprecht Kvuyk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 992 km2 (383 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 2,086,221 |
| • Density | 2,103.0/km2 (5,447/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Akawhkian |
| GDP (PPP) | |
| • Total | $113.5 billion |
| • Per capita | $54,414 |
| GDP (nominal) | |
| • Total | $102.9 billion |
| • Per capita | $49,316 |
| HDI | 0.904  |
| Currency | Akawhkian Karning (APK) |
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Akawhk (Pintachee for 'Crane Bight'; abbreviated AK), officially the Commonwealth of Akawhk (Pintachee: X Akcohkv; Hesurian: Gemeinstaat Akokh), is an overseas territory of the Crowned Republic of Mascylla located in the southeast Alvinian islands in the western Agric Ocean and approximately 70.1 km (43.5 mi) south of Socapatoy, the capital city of Ochoccola. With a population of 2,086,221 inhabitants in 2016 and a land area of 992 km2, it is both the largest Mascyllary overseas territory by size and population. Akawhk is simultaneously the name of the urgan agglomeration and the archipelago on which it lies, encompassing 37 islands and situated in the X Sea between Ochoccola, Chelagey and X; the de facto capital and "largest city" on Akawhk is Marthasbucht with 839,710 inhabitants in 2018.
The archipelago was originally inhabited by indigenous Pintachee tribes, who were displaced and gradually assimilated by colonialists of the Købmandslaug and subsequently Dalland, having landed at Akawhk in 1524, before it was acquired by the First Cuthish Empire in 1601. The colonial holding that grew out of it was frequently contested by Berean powers, ultimately captured by Mascylla after the Cuthish Revolutionary War in 1802 and having ruled it since then, with brief periods of Cuthish military and civil administration in the 19th and 20th centuries. The abolition of slavery, shared insular regionalism and acceptance and merging of Akawhk's diverse demographics culminated in a distinctive identity preserved today and shared by Cuthish, Hesurian, indigenous and Caphtoran alike. Following the almost complete destruction of the city by the 1909 earthquake and subsequent fire, it was newly rebuilt and became the focal point of significant Alvinian immigration. Since the end of the Mascyllary colonial empire in the 1990s, Akawhk's political status in the future has consistently been an issue of intense debate.
Akawhk as a political body is a self-governing devolved dependancy under the constitutional monarchy of Mascylla with its own constitution, locally elected democratic government and complete autonomy of interior policy, while Mascylla is responsible for its enacting of state law, integration to a common market, foreign relations and defense. Due to its geographical proximity and history, Akawhk features a culture uniquly merging Ochoccola's and Mascylla's, and its two official languages are Hesurian and Pintachee, and while the former is predominant, 91% of the population are able to speak Pintachee fluently. Its strategic location and abundant supply of trade goods are main drivers of the economy of Akawhk, with the largest sectors being maufacturing, offshore insurance, tourism and shipping trade; its economic development made Akawhk historically Alvinia's most highly developed area and featured its highest life expectancy and GDP per capita despite severe income inequality, which makes it an attractive destination for, often illegal, migration and human trafficking mainly originating from Ochoccola.
Etymology
History
Kingdom of Dalland 1524–1601
First Cuthish Empire 1601–1802
Mascyllary Kingdom 1802–1910
Second Cuthish Empire 1910–1913 Mascylla 1913–presentPrehistory and Pintachee
Current archeological evidence suggests human habitation in and around Akawhk and its surrounding islands since at least 1,200 B.C., though the discovery of traces of earlier settlements at Point Leyffen near Philippsburg potentially shifts the date of human arrival on the shores of the island back to 1,500 B.C. The ancestors of the indigenous Pintachee people, who were living on Akawhk and the south-western portion of X at the time of Berean arrival and contact, were in all likelihood Mavronesian tribes who migrated to Alvinia by sailing over the Iremic Ocean some 8,000 years ago. The Pintachee were organized into multiple tribes throughout their history as Akawhk was inhabited by the Cinoean and Sanoian people, the latter of which were spread as far north as modern-day Digalua in Chelagey along the X coast.
Dalish, Cuthish and Mascyllary colony
The first Berean to assert a territorial claim on Akawhk and its adjacent areas was Wesley Middelton who landed at Middelton Grove near Marthasbucht Bay in August of 1522 as part of his third expedition in the Alvinian archipelago, and claimed the island of Akawhk as well as the surrounding archipelago for then-Emperor X as the Isles of the Saint Godwhin. Despite this, and because of the larger significance of imperial Cuthish colonization efforts in Ochoccola, the Cuthish made no further attempt at consolidating their claim. In April 1524, the crew of the Schwalbe von Pereuth captained by guilded merchant Heinrich Johnemann lowered their anchor in the Marthasbucht Bay, the first Berean naval presence on the island, and subsequently claimed it for the Købmandslaug under the name Ny Rødby (New Rødby); a Dalish fur trading station and small settlement of some 140 individuals was founded at Rotfell Square.
The colony of New Rødby was centered on a small strip of flat land between the coarse and hilly terrain of the Marthasbucht Peninsula that would later be known as Annental. In 1543, a temporary wooden stockade was erected around the settlement for protection against occasional native Pintachee raids and skirmishes, and construction on a citadel on Loremey Island was started. However, Købmandslaug and subsequent royal Dalish control would prove to be short-lived as the fledging albeit small settlement under Johann Kristiaan was unable to muster any resistance against Cuthish troops under the command of Colonel Clyde Quainshead, and surrendered to a seizure of the colony in June 1601. The Cuthish promptly assured the Dalish settlers to remain in the colony and allow religious freedoms, while the construction of the citadel was resumed and finished in 1660, and the colony renamed to Akawhk, in recognition of the Pintachee term for the Marthasbucht Bay. Epidemics such as the yellow fever and repeated, oftentimes violent, encounters with the Berean population caused a gradual decline of the Cinoe and Sanoia population sizes by the 18th century, dropping to below 10,000 by 1710; nevertheless, the non-Berean population of Akawhk still outnumbered the new settlers.
Even though coastal fog was a common issue when navigating Akawhk's waters, Cuthland recognized the strategic and economic importance of the archipelago due to its deep and sheltered natural harbour and expanded the colony as a vital and advantageous port for trade as part of the Cuthish colony of Ochoccola throughout the 18th century. It was a major center of slavery through the economic methods utilized by the former Købmandslaug colonizers, and the demand for slave labour for port work. The geography of Akawhk did not allow for the large-scale cultivation of plantations or the sufficient supply of the growing island population with food. During the War of the Cuthish Succession, attempts by the Nordic were made to take control over Akawhk through the Battles of Loremey Citadel in November 1730 and July 1733, the former of which seeing the repulsed bombardment of the citadel installation by multiple Nordic ships of the line led by the Jutehataren. In 1733, Nordic captain Herluf Bragge seized the colony with success and rechristened it to Kristiansborg on the behest of then-King Kristian IV; pursuant of the 1740 Treaty of Nyhavn, Norden returned Akawhk back to the Cuthish Empire. With the onset of the Cuthish Revolution in 1795, the colony became a destination of refuge for enlightened and liberal thinkers after the events of Bloody Monday, and for monarchists and other political dissidents during the Republican Terror in Cuthland from 1797 to 1801. That same year, during the Cuthish Revolutionary War, the Mascyllary warship Lauenburg captained by admiral Eduard Lukas von Heidelhoff seized Marthasbucht, which was then known as Akawhk. The largest city on the island, as well as the bay, was named after Sophia Martha of Marlburg-Gränich-Freida, royal consort to then-Crown Prince Lukas Augustus, and the assumption of control was affirmed through the Treaty of Swithtun in 1801 which concluded the Revolutionary War in Berea.
