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People's Republic of Ankahira Repoblika Vahoaka ao Ankahira | |
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| 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 |
| Auguste Mamitiana | |
| Gabriel Razafinjato | |
• Premier | Haja Lalanirina |
| Legislature | General People's Congress |
| Congress of the Elders | |
| Congress of the People | |
| Independence from Estmere | |
| 1950 | |
| 1980 | |
| 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 since the country's inaugural elections in 1989.