Asteklion

Free City of Asteklion Ελεύθερη Πόλη του Αστακλείου
Motto: Διατήρηση και προστασία Preserve and Protect
Capital and largest city	Asteklion
Official languages	Istroyan
Ethnic groups	66.8% Istroyan 33.2% Other
Demonym(s)	Asteklian
Government	Unitary dominant-party parliamentary republic
• President	xx
• Prime Minister	xx
Establishment
• xx Era	c. 3000 BC
• Istroyan settlement established	c. 1160 BC
• xx	xx
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• the Collapse	7 June 1923
• Current constitution	16 August 1955
Population
• Census	5,285,016 (2026)
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	xx
• Per capita	$43,704 (2026)
Currency	Drakhma (DRA)
Driving side	right
Internet TLD	.ak

Asteklion, officially The Free City of Asteklion (Istroyan: Αστέκλιον), is a sovereign city-state in eastern Sarpedon. It borders xx and shares maritime borders with xx. The country's territory is composed of xx, reclamation efforts of land damaged by the Collapse are being made by the government and currently contribute to 23% of the current area. The population is approximately 5.6 million and has the xx greatest population density in the world. Due to the multicultural population and wanting to respect cultural identities, it has xx official languages; Istroyan, xx and xx. Considered to be a crucible of the Istroyan civilisation, Asteklion is renowned for being one of the most ancient cities in the world and is one of the warmest cities on Sarpedon; large factors of it's success with tourists.

Asteklion is a unitary parliamentary republic, and a developed country, with a high-income economy. While elections are considered relatively free, the government exercises a large amount of control over society and politics, and the Asteklion People's Party (APP) has ruled ever since the city's independence after the Collapse. Asteklion is also the founder of the Sarpedonic-Levantine Trade Cooperation (SLTC). Asteklion's culture heritage and significance place it within several international institutions such as xx.

Once a ritual site during the xx Era, Asteklion was originally settled a fishing town but later became an important polis established by Istroyans during c. 1160 BC. Asteklion later reigned over two other districts, of whom Arethusa I was the ruler, before the Istroyan decline. The people were described as culturally diverse and accepting but however had a contradictory martial history with surrounding poleis. Many battles have been recorded with their neighbours, most notably the Battle of Myndomenus, which was one of the bloodiest battles in Istroyan history.

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History

Main article: History of Asteklion

Prehistory and early history

Main articles: Stone Age History of Asteklion and Bronze Age History of Asteklion

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Istroyan period and the decline

Main article: Iron Age History of Asteklion

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the Collapse period

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Modern period

Main article: Modern History of Asteklion

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Geography

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