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Seinoku
Aikōa-koku, Aikoa, West Skanda, Skanda


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Metropolitan Expressway cutting through Hokkyo Downtown

Seinoku, lying on the northeastern coast of East Meterra. Hokkyo, in the centrally-situated Hokkai Bay, is the capital and the largest city in the country. Located wholly within the tropics, Seinoku encompasses diverse ecosystems, including the mountainous forested areas of the southern frontier, the fertile rice fields of the central plains, the small plateau of the southeastern coast, and the rugged coasts along the narrow valleys of the northwest.

Contact with settlers from the Empire of Dazhou and the merchants from De Long Guo in the early centuries CE brought profound changes to Seinoku, including the Arianese writing system, Kensuism, and many artistic forms from Iteria and Auroria. The first few steps at political unification occurred in the Uulyn conquests and the 2nd Warring States period. In 1514, Shogun Teiwara conquered the remnant Uulyn protectorates and Tagabay petty kingdoms in Seinoku. They were divided between his commanders who established new daimyos. In 1531, the daimyos of Seinoku joined the Kamaheo Kingdom.

Seinoku was the largest territory in the Kamaheo Kingdom when it was annexed by Andrenne in 1896. The kingdom was divided into separate protectorates and Seinoku was named Scanda Occidentalis (Umbrial: West Skanda), a constituent protectorate in the Skandan Union, a colonial federation. In 1923, the federation received limited dominion status, with greater control over internal affairs. The Kamaheo monarchy was maintained until their removal in their failed Koa Revolt in 1932, replaced Ko'i Akashihito with Hakurakoya Komiro, leader of the Taiseiyokusankai. The Skandan Liberation Army began a guerilla rebellion against Valkyrist Andrenne during the Fascist War. SLA-controlled Skanda was recognized by the Allies in the Treaty of Izu (1945). Independence referendums would be held in the former protectorates of the Skandan Union, under the supervision of the Socialist Party of Skanda, the government of the Provisional Socialist Republic of Skanda. Hakarukoya attempted to stabilize the situation, entered a cease fire agreement with Iraelia and Syrixia in the Treaty of Adonai-Jireh, and vowed to continue the Fascist War in support of the Valkryists and the Dominion.

Opposition in Seinoku to the Socialist Party of Skanda hindered their local agenda. Factionalism in the SPS intensified, especially for their resentment of the Syndicalist faction. Most of whom were SLA leaders in Seinoku. In 1947, renegade SLA syndicalists and Skandan Royal Army forces in Seinoku overthrew the PSRS administration in Hokkyo in a coup. They suspended the referendum and proclaimed the secession of Seinoku from the PSRS. The new West Skandan Forces were able to prevent an SLA invasion. In 1951, Hakurakoya was captured when SLA forces liberated Kuhena. The Taiseiyokusankai surrendered to the SLA in the Treaty of Saito. The end of the Fascist War brought the two sides together to sign the Skandan Armistice Agreement in 1952. It did not end the civil war. Further peace negotiations in the 1960s broke down.

The cease-fire ended in the 1st Crescent Islands War. Seinoku won and occupied the disputed islands. Both governments did not fully recognize mutual sovereignty until 1998, after the 2nd Crescent Islands War, when the Kingdom of Skanda, as Seinoku was officially called, and Socialist Skanda confirmed the separation in the Treaty of Kuhena. The Crescent Islands were returned to Skandan control. Seinoku restored Akashihito Kamaheo as monarch in 1946 based on a popular referendum, one of many compromises between the SRA and the SLA. Political authority, however, was challenged by the Kazoku, the Skandan aristocracy, which had taken power through the militarist Nationalist Party. By the end of the 20th Century, parliamentary democracy steadily gained wider popular support. A coup in 2006, when the military tried to overthrow an elected government, was prevented by Grand King Akashihito III.

Until the second half of the 20th century, Seinoku was primarily an agricultural country, dependent on its exports, especially to Andrenne. Decolonization and the emergence of anti-imperialist countries, especially in neighboring Iraelia and Skanda, encouraged Seinoku to expand its trade relations with other countries. Since industrialization in the 1960s, increasing numbers of people have moved to Hokkyo and to other cities. Although the greater Hokkyo metropolitan area remains the preeminent urban center in the country, there are other sizable cities, such as Deika in the south, Bergstad in the southeast, Musutafu, Hosu, and Jaku in the center, and Maynila in the northwest. It also began to develop a more extensive and varied industrial sector. Tourism has played an increasingly important role in the economy, noted for beautiful beaches and a nightlife that includes a flourishing sex and recreational drug trade. The impact of rapid modernization is evident in many aspects of Seinokan life. In contrast to socially conservative Kyowara, Seinoku has diverged from beliefs that the family is a rigid, social institution. In the 1960s and 1970s, Seinokans saw three members of their royal family divorce and future Crown Princess Tsukiko, who has never married, has become more like other Seinokan families.

The social and cultural gap between Seinoku’s two main groups—the indigenous Tagabay of Ano'an heritage and the Seinokan Iziku, the ancient Proto-Iziku migrants from mainland Skanda—has decreased since the 1970s, though educational and economic differences between the two groups remain. Immigration from other areas—Iteria, Craviter, and other parts of Meterra—has also made a mark, and Seinokan culture today reflects these many influences. Minority rights issues continue to play an important role in Seinokan politics.


Quick Facts
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Flag of Seinoku
Anthem:
Prayer to the Emperor
(Kimigayo)
Head of State:
Grand King: Akashihito III
Head of Government:
Prime Minister: Shinzo Yomoya
Capital: Hokkyo
Population: 34,564,810
Form of Government:
Constitutional monarchy
with two legislative houses
(Senate [70];
House of Representatives [222])
Official Language: Iziku
Official Religion: None
Official Name:
愛子ア国
Aikōa-koku
(State of Seinoku)
Total Area (Sq Km):
378,464
Density: Persons Per Sq Km:
91.3
Urban-Rural Population:
Urban: (2024) 54.3%
Rural: (2024) 45.7%
Monetary Unit: Seinokan kugai (K)
Literacy: Percentage Of Population
Age 15 And Over Literate:

Male: (2021) 96% Female: (2021) 93%
GDP (Nominal):
(2024) 535.804 billion IBU
GDP per capita (Nominal):
15,501 IBU​
 
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