Daqaan

Dakan (Dakani: Daqaan: [Dæqa:n], officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Dakan, is a country in Eastern Romaxia. It is bordered by Talamia to the south, Cessnia to the southeast and the Hosinser sea to the east. It covers an area of 1,834,000km² and has a population of 38.4 million. It is the 4th largest country in Romaxia and 5th by population. The capital and largest city is Saaman and other major cities are Qandur, Kxhabar and Zadur.

Democratic Socialist Republic of Dakan Kxamal Daqaan Sojaliz Ankemaj
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Motto:  "Xatem -Takeen -Suqemena" (French) "Peace – Work – Fatherland"
Capital and largest city	Saaman
Official languages	Dakani
Ethnic groups	62% Dorena   17% Satari   14% Makhnam   2% Talamian   2% Naatakum   1% other   1% non-Romaxian
Demonym(s)	Dakani
Government	Republic
• Prime Minister	Ibraam Jamuur
Legislature	National Assembly
• Upper house	Regional Representative Council
• Lower house	House of People's Representatives
Formation
• Declared	1 January 1745
• Annexation of Makhnama	1 October 1833
Area
• Total	1,834,000 km2 (708,000 sq mi) (5th)
• Water (%)	5.3
Population
• July 2018 estimate	38,929,878 (8th)
• 2012 census	38,463,836
• Density	20.9/km2 (54.1/sq mi) (30th)
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$1.251 trillion
• Per capita	$21,421 (14th)
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
• Total	$25.759 billion
Gini (2018)	44.6 medium
HDI (2017)	0.782 high (20th)
Currency	Dakani Kaal (XAF)
Time zone	UTC-2 (ERT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (not observed)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+237
Internet TLD	.dk

Etymology

Originally, Dakan was an exonym given to the region by people's to the west of the country referring to the biggest river in Dakan. They called it 'Degon' which means wide in their language. The name came to refer to the Dorena and Satari people in the region and the Dakani name 'Daqaan' was used when the country unified in 1745. The river is still known as the Degon in Daqaani.

Many Makhnam people consider themselves to not be Dakani, as th Makhnam region was not historically included as part of the region known as Dakan.

Politics

Dakan is a democratic republic and it has been formally socialist since 1895, however it has had various different government ideologies since then. Dakan is a unitary state and a parliamentary system.

Dakan's Parliament is bicameral, and consists of the lower House of People's Representatives (HPR) with 368 members, and the upper Regional Representative Council (RRC) with 104 members. The HPR is elected in multi member constituencies. The RRC is also elected by region, however its members are not permitted to have party affiliation.

The Dakani constitution, founded in 1963, has 131 articles and has been amended 34 times. To be amended, th constitution needs 60% support in the House of People's Representatives and 50% support from both the Regional Representative Council and the public in a nationwide refurendum which requires over 60% turnout.