Ikuta

Ikuta, officially the Hindu Republic of Ikuta (Lingala: கூதரியாசா இந்து யா இகுதா 'Kutariasa Indu ya Ikuta'), is a country in Central Orkita. It shares its border with Ukiswi and the Central Orkitani Republic. Ikuta has a population of 72.1 million and has a total land area of 1,179,940 km2. This makes Ikuta the Nth largest country in the world by land area. The capital of Ikuta is Mbaza, but before 1960, it was Luanda, which is the country's second largest city.

Ikuta is home to nearly half of Orkita's tropical rainforest, and is classed as a megadiverse for biodiversity, with over 3,000 endemic plant species.

Ikuta was formerly a colony of Naikulalnadu, as part of Ukiswi, which became independent in *year*. However, religious tensions due to Ikuta being a majority Hindu region within Ukiswi, a majority Muslim state, lead to the Ikuta war of independence and Ikuta being established as its own nation. 20 years after Ikuta's independence, Eastern Ikuta broke away as a separate nation now known as the Kaskazi republic. The country is named after the Ikuta river, which flows through much of the country including the largest city Kinshasa, and has second biggest watershed of any river in the world.

There are dozens of languages spoken in Ikuta. Lingala and Naikulal are two official languages of the country. Naikulal is still spoken among the Ikuta elite and in most government ministries. The other provincial level languages spoken in Ikuta are Kimbundu, Bushong, Kongo and Kasai. Zande is also one of the regional languages of Ikuta. It is spoken in Kilaku Region. Ikuta is the most populous Hindu nation in Orkita. Voduns have historically been persecuted in Ikuta, reducing their population from around 8% to 3% of the country's total throughout the 19th century through forced conversion and emigration. Many Ukiswi Hindus also immigrated to Ikuta after independence, with the Ikuta government still giving full citizenship to all Hindus in Ukiswi.

While Ikuta is a medium-income nation and a regional power within Orkita, the country still struggles with a low literacy rate and high unemployment, especially in rural areas. The Agari-based Intelligence Unit Arthavyavastha classes Ikuta as a 'hybrid regime' on their democracy index.

Kongo: 7.5m

Kasai: 15.1m

KiMbundu: 20.6m

KiLingala: 25.4m

Ngando: 1.2m

NW Frontier: 1.7m

Mbanza: 100k