Ashkenang

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Ashkenauk Confederated Republic

Flag
State emblem of Ashkenang
State emblem
Location of Ashkenang (green) in Cusinaut (gray).
Location of Ashkenang (green) in Cusinaut (gray).
Official languagesAshkenauk
Ethnic groups
Ashkenauk (86%), Malki (4%) Algosh (8%), Rianee (1%), other (<1%) (check vs official numbers)
Demonym(s)Ashkenauk
GovernmentFederal parliamentary republic
• President of the Council of Directors
some dude
LegislatureConfederated Council
Independence from Algoquona
• Ashkenauk Revolutionary Popular Reclamation Council
2023
• Ashkenauk Constitution ratified
2024
Population
• 2025 estimate
20,894,300
GDP (nominal)2025 estimate
• Per capita
$8,136
Gini (2025)Steady 59.6
high
HDI (2025)Increase 0.462
low
CurrencyNoler (NLR)
Time zone??
Mains electricitytest
Driving sideright
Calling code4-(349)
Internet TLD.ahk

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.

Etymology

Geography

History

Prehistory and Industrial Era

Northern Confederation

War of the Northern Confederation

Algosh Conquest and Occupation

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 Fanerian and Urcean armed forces.

The advance of Fanerian 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

Politics and Government

The government of Ashkenang is based on a reformed version of the government of the Northern Confederation and is governed under the Constitution of 2024. The Constitution of 2024, which itself incorporates large parts of the Northern Confederation's "Received Guidances", was designed to codify the tradition-based unwritten constitution of the Confederation with some alterations to strengthen the stability of the state.

Ashkenang's government has been referred to by some scholars as a "parliamentary democracy with extra steps" based on its practical values being balanced with the nominal traditions of the Northern Confederation.

Confederated Council

The Confederated Council is the unicameral national legislature of Ashkenang.

Council of Directors

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 cabinet ministers.

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 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

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.

Culture

Demographics

Ethnic Groups and Semiautonomous Republics

Religion

Health, Wealth, and Education

Economy

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.