Alaska
Alaskan Democratic Federative Republic Аляскинская Демократическая Федеративная Республика (Russian) Alyaskinskaya Demokraticheskaya Federativnaya Respublika | |
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 Flag | |
| Capital | Yelisavetagrad |
| Largest city | Novoarkhangelsk |
| Official languages | None at the official level |
| Recognised national languages | Russian |
| Recognised regional languages | English, Auetian, Inuit |
| Demonym(s) | Alaskan |
| Driving side | right |
| Internet TLD | .ak |
Alaska (Russian: Аляска, Alyeska), officially the Alaskan Democratic Federative Republic (Russian: Аляскинская Демократическая Федеративная Республика, Alyaskinskaya Demokraticheskaya Federativnaya Respublika), and commonly abbreviated as the ADFR (АДФР); is a sovereign state located along the northwest coastal region of North America. The nation is a federation of 14 governorates with a pollution of 20,088,997 which are bordered by Laurentia to the east, Oregon to the south, and Siberia west of the Bering Strait.
The present-day territory of Alaska was once a part of the Russian Empire (with some territory being acquired from the United Kingdom). The numerous gold rushes in the area helped Russian America grow as a valuable region of the empire in the nineteenth century, attracting settlers from Russia, as well as California, Texas, and the United States. By the turn of the century, and the fall of the Russian Empire that followed, Alaska became an independant nation. During the Cold War, Alaska served as a vital ally of the United States and a buffer between the two superpowers.
Alaska is unique in that it's both the only nation in the New World with Eastern Orthodox majority and the only nation outside Eurasia to have a Russian-speaking majority. Much like other nations across the Americas, Alaska is a nation of immigrants. Those of Russian, Ukrainian, English, Norwegian, German, and Chinese descent currently make up the biggest demographics within the nation.
Etymology
The name Alaska is derived from the Aleut idiom alaxsxaq (алахсхаӄ). The word literally translates as "the object to which the action of the sea is directed" and figuratively means "the mainland" (as opposed to the islands of the Catherine Archipelago). The word was adopted into Russian as Alyaska (Аляска). While the Aleuts (for the most part) limited the name to the peninsula of the same name, the Russian colonists gradually broadened the term to include all of their territories in North America.
The nation is formally known as the "Alaskan Democratic Federative Republic" (ADFR), which was formally adopted in the 1930s. The name was adopted to show the young nation's commitment to democracy and federalism, as well as being an homage to the failed democratic governments of Russian Eurasia.