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West Skanda
にしアイこアくに, Nishi Aikoa no Kuni, West Skanda
Albrekt Auriksen Cultural Center in Manira Central Business District
West Skanda, lying on the northeastern coast of East Meterra. Manira is the capital and the largest city in the country. Located wholly within the tropics, West Skanda 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 merchants from Syrixia and De Long Guo in the early centuries brought profound changes to the Tagabay people of Ano'an heritage, the native inhabitants of West Skanda, including the Arianese writing system, Kensuism, the Suchari language, and many artistic forms from Iteria, Auroria, and Craviter. In the 14th Century, Skandan conqueror Ishiyama na Matsukea invaded the Skandan adventurer kingdoms and Tagabay thassalocracies in West Skanda. The new lands were divided between his commanders, the foundation of the Western Kazoku or the West Skandan stratocracy. When the Kamaheo Kingdom was founded in the 16th Century, West Skanda was its largest territory until the entire kingdom was annexed by Andrenne in 1896. It was divided into separate protectorates. It was named Scanda Occidentalis, the original Umbrial name of West Skanda. It was 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 Western Kazoku reformed into a landed aristocracy as loyal intermediaries of the new colonial order. The Kamaheo monarchy was retained until its removal for their attempted Koa Revolt in 1932, replacing Ko'i Akashihito with Hakurakoya Komiro, leader of the Taiseiyokusankai. The Skandan Liberation Army led a guerrilla rebellion against Valkyrist Andrenne during the Fascist War. In 1945, the Allies recognized SLA-controlled Skanda in the Treaty of Izu. 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 West Skanda 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 West Skanda. In 1947, renegade SLA syndicalists and Skandan Royal Army forces in West Skanda overthrew the PSRS administration in Manira. They proclaimed the secession of West Skanda 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 in the Skandan Armistice Agreement in 1952. Further peace negotiations in the 1960s broke down. The cease-fire ended in the 1st Selinesian War. West Skanda won and occupied the disputed islands. Both governments did not fully recognize mutual sovereignty until 1998, after the 2nd Selinesian War, when the Kingdom of Skanda, as West Skanda was officially called, and Socialist Skanda confirmed the separation in the Treaty of Kuhena. The name "West Skanda" was adopted as the official international name. The Crescent Islands were returned to Skandan control.
West Skanda restored Akashihito na Kamaheo as monarch in 1952 based on a popular referendum, one of many compromises between the SRA and the SLA. By the end of the 20th Century, the survival of parliamentary democracy depended on an executive monarchy that balanced power between Western Kazoku militarists and commoner democrats. A coup in 2001, when the military tried to overthrow an elected government, was prevented by the incumbent High King Akashihito III. He serves as co-leader of the government alongside an elected state chancellor.
Until the second half of the 20th century, West Skanda 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 West Skanda to expand its trade relations with other countries. In 2024, it became one of the founding members of the Association of Nations. Since industrialization in the 1960s, increasing numbers of people have moved to West Skanda and to other cities. Although the greater West Skanda metropolitan area remains the preeminent urban center in the country, there are other sizable cities, such as Batangasu in the southeast, Deika and Jaku in the center, and Bergstad, Kumintang, and Manira 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 its beautiful beaches and its nightlife that includes a flourishing sex and recreational drug trade. The impact of rapid modernization is evident in many aspects of Aikoan life. In contrast to the other, more socially conservative Iziku countries, Aikoa has diverged from the beliefs that the family is a rigid, social institution. In the 1960s and 1970s, the divorce of three members of their royal family and the Crown Princess Tsukiko's rejection of married life reflect the dramatic shift in values for most Aikoan families.
The social and cultural gap between Aikoan's three main groups—the indigenous Tagabay, the Arianese Skandans from both Arianese merchant and labor migration, and the majority Aiko'a-na, the Skandan migrants—has decreased since the 1970s, though educational and economic differences between the three groups remain. Immigration from other areas—Iteria, Craviter, and other parts of Meterra—has also made a mark, and Aikoan culture today reflects these many influences. Minority rights issues continue to play an important role in Aikoan politics.
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West Skanda
にしアイこアくに, Nishi Aikoa no Kuni, West Skanda
Albrekt Auriksen Cultural Center in Manira Central Business District
West Skanda, lying on the northeastern coast of East Meterra. Manira is the capital and the largest city in the country. Located wholly within the tropics, West Skanda 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 merchants from Syrixia and De Long Guo in the early centuries brought profound changes to the Tagabay people of Ano'an heritage, the native inhabitants of West Skanda, including the Arianese writing system, Kensuism, the Suchari language, and many artistic forms from Iteria, Auroria, and Craviter. In the 14th Century, Skandan conqueror Ishiyama na Matsukea invaded the Skandan adventurer kingdoms and Tagabay thassalocracies in West Skanda. The new lands were divided between his commanders, the foundation of the Western Kazoku or the West Skandan stratocracy. When the Kamaheo Kingdom was founded in the 16th Century, West Skanda was its largest territory until the entire kingdom was annexed by Andrenne in 1896. It was divided into separate protectorates. It was named Scanda Occidentalis, the original Umbrial name of West Skanda. It was 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 Western Kazoku reformed into a landed aristocracy as loyal intermediaries of the new colonial order. The Kamaheo monarchy was retained until its removal for their attempted Koa Revolt in 1932, replacing Ko'i Akashihito with Hakurakoya Komiro, leader of the Taiseiyokusankai. The Skandan Liberation Army led a guerrilla rebellion against Valkyrist Andrenne during the Fascist War. In 1945, the Allies recognized SLA-controlled Skanda in the Treaty of Izu. 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 West Skanda 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 West Skanda. In 1947, renegade SLA syndicalists and Skandan Royal Army forces in West Skanda overthrew the PSRS administration in Manira. They proclaimed the secession of West Skanda 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 in the Skandan Armistice Agreement in 1952. Further peace negotiations in the 1960s broke down. The cease-fire ended in the 1st Selinesian War. West Skanda won and occupied the disputed islands. Both governments did not fully recognize mutual sovereignty until 1998, after the 2nd Selinesian War, when the Kingdom of Skanda, as West Skanda was officially called, and Socialist Skanda confirmed the separation in the Treaty of Kuhena. The name "West Skanda" was adopted as the official international name. The Crescent Islands were returned to Skandan control.
West Skanda restored Akashihito na Kamaheo as monarch in 1952 based on a popular referendum, one of many compromises between the SRA and the SLA. By the end of the 20th Century, the survival of parliamentary democracy depended on an executive monarchy that balanced power between Western Kazoku militarists and commoner democrats. A coup in 2001, when the military tried to overthrow an elected government, was prevented by the incumbent High King Akashihito III. He serves as co-leader of the government alongside an elected state chancellor.
Until the second half of the 20th century, West Skanda 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 West Skanda to expand its trade relations with other countries. In 2024, it became one of the founding members of the Association of Nations. Since industrialization in the 1960s, increasing numbers of people have moved to West Skanda and to other cities. Although the greater West Skanda metropolitan area remains the preeminent urban center in the country, there are other sizable cities, such as Batangasu in the southeast, Deika and Jaku in the center, and Bergstad, Kumintang, and Manira 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 its beautiful beaches and its nightlife that includes a flourishing sex and recreational drug trade. The impact of rapid modernization is evident in many aspects of Aikoan life. In contrast to the other, more socially conservative Iziku countries, Aikoa has diverged from the beliefs that the family is a rigid, social institution. In the 1960s and 1970s, the divorce of three members of their royal family and the Crown Princess Tsukiko's rejection of married life reflect the dramatic shift in values for most Aikoan families.
The social and cultural gap between Aikoan's three main groups—the indigenous Tagabay, the Arianese Skandans from both Arianese merchant and labor migration, and the majority Aiko'a-na, the Skandan migrants—has decreased since the 1970s, though educational and economic differences between the three groups remain. Immigration from other areas—Iteria, Craviter, and other parts of Meterra—has also made a mark, and Aikoan culture today reflects these many influences. Minority rights issues continue to play an important role in Aikoan politics.
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Flag of West Skanda
Anthem:
Prayer for the High King
(Kimigayo)
Head of State:
High King: Akashikoa III
Head of Government:
State Chancellor: Shinzo Yomoya
Capital: Manira
Population: 34,564,810
Form of Government:
Executive monarchy
with two legislative houses
(Senate [400];
House of Representatives [222])
Official Language: Skandan, Tagabay
Official Religion: Kensuism
Official Name:
Skandan: アイこアのくに (Aikoa no kuni)
Tagabay: Estado ng Kanlurang Skanda
(State of West Skanda)
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: West Skandan kugai (WSK)
Literacy: Percentage Of Population
Age 15 And Over Literate:
Male: (2021) 96% Female: (2021) 93%
GDP (Nominal):
(2024) 1.513 trillion IBU
GDP per capita (Nominal):
43,770 IBU
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