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'''Ashkenang''' | '''Ashkenang''', formally the '''Ashkenauk Confederated Republic''' is a country in northern [[Cusinaut]]. It spans a swathe of mostly land-bound seasonal tundra bordering [[Maloka]] to the west, [[Netansett]] to the south, and the [[Algosh Republic]] and [[New Harren]] to the east. It is composed of eleven states, one territory, and seven Semiautonomous Republics. | ||
=History= | ==Etymology== | ||
==Geography== | |||
==History== | |||
===Prehistory and Industrial Era=== | ===Prehistory and Industrial Era=== | ||
===Northern Confederation=== | ===Northern Confederation=== | ||
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===Final War of the Deluge=== | ===Final War of the Deluge=== | ||
As the war progressed, various opposition elements within Ashkenang formed the Ashkenauk Revolutionary Popular Reclamation Council. The Council, officially proclaimed in January [[2023]], was an alliance of resistance cells supported by the [[Occident]], revolutionary socialists, M'acunist traditionalists, and other elements who opposed Algosh domination. From then on, the Council assumed leadership of popular resistance to the Algosh-dominated government, directing sabotage campaigns while providing intelligence to both the [[Faneria]]n and [[Urcea]]n armed forces. | As the war progressed, various opposition elements within Ashkenang formed the Ashkenauk Revolutionary Popular Reclamation Council. The Council, officially proclaimed in January [[2023]], was an alliance of resistance cells supported by the [[Occident]], revolutionary socialists, M'acunist traditionalists, and other elements who opposed Algosh domination. From then on, the Council assumed leadership of popular resistance to the Algosh-dominated government, directing sabotage campaigns while providing intelligence to both the [[Faneria]]n and [[Urcea]]n armed forces. | ||
The advance of [[Faneria]]n forces into the Cusinaut interior, combined with grievous defeats of Algosh forces in the east at the hands of the Urceans, offered opportunities to the peoples of northwestern Algoquona. Many local garrisons were either ejected by the Fanerians or significantly reduced in size in order to provide forces in the east, weakening the hold of Algoquona over the area. On 18 April [[2023]], Fanerian forces issued a crushing defeat on the few remaining armored Algosh forces 73 miles west of Ashkenauk, precipitating a hasty withdrawal of Algosh forces from the region. That night, the Ashkenauk Revolutionary Popular Reclamation Council declared the independence of the "Ashkenang Republic", and forces loyal to the Council seized control of Ashkenauk and ejected the small remaining garrison of Algosh-aligned militia. On 19 April, the new Republic was recognized by [[Faneria]], [[Urcea]], and all [[NSTA]] members. On 20 April, some of the small indigenous nationalities in the northern Algoquona region also declared their independence, and following two days of negotiations they officially joined the revolutionary effort, with the state being renamed the Askhenang Confederate Republic. | The advance of [[Faneria]]n forces into the Cusinaut interior, combined with grievous defeats of Algosh forces in the east at the hands of the Urceans, offered opportunities to the peoples of northwestern Algoquona. Many local garrisons were either ejected by the Fanerians or significantly reduced in size in order to provide forces in the east, weakening the hold of Algoquona over the area. On 18 April [[2023]], Fanerian forces issued a crushing defeat on the few remaining armored Algosh forces 73 miles west of Ashkenauk, precipitating a hasty withdrawal of Algosh forces from the region. That night, the Ashkenauk Revolutionary Popular Reclamation Council declared the independence of the "Ashkenang Republic", and forces loyal to the Council seized control of Ashkenauk and ejected the small remaining garrison of Algosh-aligned militia. On 19 April, the new Republic was recognized by [[Faneria]], [[Urcea]], and all [[NSTA]] members. On 20 April, some of the small indigenous nationalities in the northern Algoquona region also declared their independence, and following two days of negotiations they officially joined the revolutionary effort, with the state being renamed the Askhenang Confederate Republic. | ||
===Ashkenauk Republic=== | ===Ashkenauk Republic=== | ||
== Politics and Government == | == Politics and Government == | ||
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The Council of Directors is the executive branch of Ashkenang's government, comprised of twelve Directors. Per the Constitution, it serves as an executive committee, nominally sharing all executive authority but having the authority to appoint a chairperson - the President - to direct its affairs. In practice, this means that the President executes much of the day-to-day lead authority of the country under the approval and confidence of the Council. The remaining eleven Directors each have a specific policy portfolio and functionally serve as {{Wp|cabinet minister}}s. | The Council of Directors is the executive branch of Ashkenang's government, comprised of twelve Directors. Per the Constitution, it serves as an executive committee, nominally sharing all executive authority but having the authority to appoint a chairperson - the President - to direct its affairs. In practice, this means that the President executes much of the day-to-day lead authority of the country under the approval and confidence of the Council. The remaining eleven Directors each have a specific policy portfolio and functionally serve as {{Wp|cabinet minister}}s. | ||
====President of the Council of Directors==== | ====President of the Council of Directors==== | ||
The President of the Council of Directors is the de facto chief executive of the country and is often referred to in foreign press as simply "the President". Though the President does not have direct authority as an individual to make war or peace or direct the affairs of the military, the position is viewed to have the confidence of a majority of the Council of Directors to direct its policy affairs. Accordingly, the President is envisioned by the constitution as having the ability to execute the broader dictates, policies, and aims of the sovereign | The President of the Council of Directors is the de facto chief executive of the country and is often referred to in foreign press as simply "the President". Though the President does not have direct authority as an individual to make war or peace or direct the affairs of the military, the position is viewed to have the confidence of a majority of the Council of Directors to direct its policy affairs. Accordingly, the President is envisioned by the constitution as having the ability to execute the broader dictates, policies, and aims of the sovereign Directors as its both its legal executor and leading representative. | ||
The President can only be chosen from among duly appointed members of the Council of Directors. The President serves the same term of office as the other members of the Council in their capacity as a Director; their term of office as President at the pleasure of a majority of the Council of Directors. | |||
===Corporatism and Foreign Influence in Ashkenang=== | ===Corporatism and Foreign Influence in Ashkenang=== | ||
===Political Parties=== | ===Political Parties=== | ||
The Confederation has a largely two-party political system split between the Blue Party and the Yellow Party; of these, the Blues are more conservative, pacifistic, religious, and focused on traditional life, whereas the Yellows are more militaristic and expansionist, supportive of Occidentalization, and promulgate a doctrine of centralization of power. Both are kept in check by a number of foreign advisors from abroad, as while Faneria maintains a large stake in Ashkenang's statebuilding process as its original patron nation, other Cronan powers (namely [[The Cape]] and [[Arcerion]]) have exerted influence in the area. In general, Arcerine and Capetian advisors have tacitly supported the Blue Party, whereas Faneria supports the Yellows due to its declared intent to build Ashkenang back into a hub of regional influence in [[Cusinaut]]. | The Confederation has a largely two-party political system split between the Blue Party and the Yellow Party; of these, the Blues are more conservative, pacifistic, religious, and focused on traditional life, whereas the Yellows are more militaristic and expansionist, supportive of Occidentalization, and promulgate a doctrine of centralization of power. Both are kept in check by a number of foreign advisors from abroad, as while Faneria maintains a large stake in Ashkenang's statebuilding process as its original patron nation, other Cronan powers (namely [[The Cape]] and [[Arcerion]]) have exerted influence in the area. In general, Arcerine and Capetian advisors have tacitly supported the Blue Party, whereas Faneria supports the Yellows due to its declared intent to build Ashkenang back into a hub of regional influence in [[Cusinaut]]. | ||
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== Demographics == | |||
===Ethnic Groups and Semiautonomous Republics=== | |||
===Religion=== | |||
===Health, Wealth, and Education=== | |||
== Economy == | |||
== Military == | == Military == | ||
The Confederate Army consists of a single brigade-scale formation, organized as an 'Armored Regiment' more akin to an armored cavalry unit, supported by a Confederate Air Guard and Coast Guard. Ashkenang maintains four fighter aircraft and several scout planes and a small fleet of helicopters, as well as a few patrol boats for riverine and coastal patrol duties; it only has brown-water naval capabilities. By far the largest portion of the Confederate Army is made up of the Territorial Guards, a mixture of gendarmes and reservist forces maintained locally and called up in times of crisis to form a large militia force around the core of the Central Army. Ashkenang has drafted plans to expand the ground forces of the Confederate Army at an undetermined point in the future, with internal legal disputes and the threat of warlordism preventing such plans from being immediately implemented out of concern for unfettered military control of the civilian government. | The Confederate Army consists of a single brigade-scale formation, organized as an 'Armored Regiment' more akin to an armored cavalry unit, supported by a Confederate Air Guard and Coast Guard. Ashkenang maintains four fighter aircraft and several scout planes and a small fleet of helicopters, as well as a few patrol boats for riverine and coastal patrol duties; it only has brown-water naval capabilities. By far the largest portion of the Confederate Army is made up of the Territorial Guards, a mixture of gendarmes and reservist forces maintained locally and called up in times of crisis to form a large militia force around the core of the Central Army. Ashkenang has drafted plans to expand the ground forces of the Confederate Army at an undetermined point in the future, with internal legal disputes and the threat of warlordism preventing such plans from being immediately implemented out of concern for unfettered military control of the civilian government. | ||