Aslana

Aslana is an island located in the Philippine Sea located 235 miles east of the Philippines in Asia and around 30 miles north of Palau in Oceania. It consists of the main island of Aslana and the Sixfen Archipelago. Aslana is the third-largest island behind New Guinea and ahead of Borneo. As of the 4th Aslanian National Census, the country has 83.7 million registered residents. The Sixfen Islands Special Administrative Territory (SISAT) is not counted in the Aslanian population count. SISAT has 4.5 million residents.

The largest city and de facto capital, Velstra, has a recorded 13.3 million registered residents as of the 4th Aslanian National Census. The de jure capital, Kanapurna, has 8.1 million registered residents as of the 4th Aslanian National census.

650th Century BCE - 1702: Prehistory
The Aslanian subcontinent broke away from the Philippine Peninsula during the late Paleogene period. It wouldn't be until 650,000 years ago when humans discovered the continent from the Philippines. Around 1,500 years ago, the tribal confederations in the Northwest formed the Fupata Civilization, the first civilization on the continent. The Fupatanese began to expand south, integrating tribes into their civilization. By the 8th century CE, the Fupata Civilization had reached a population of 1 million. Most tribes encountered by the Fupata were glad to integrate themselves into the civilization, but notably the southern tribes resisted and formed the Cafnuh Civilization named after famous tribe leader Errnglere Cafnuh, later romanized into the term Kafna. As civilization advanced, both civilizations began to clash with each other more as they began forming legitimate governments.

They remained uncontacted until the Qing Chinese discovered Aslana after establishing a base in the Sixfen Islands in 1701, known to the Qing Chinese as East Tainan. The Qing Chinese established a base on the northern coast of Aslana. The Fupatanese found out about the base and perceived it as a foreign invasion of their territory. They destroyed the base within a day and the Qing Chinese launched a full-scale invasion of Aslana.

They couldn't get far due to the Fupatanese guerilla tactics that managed to drive the Qing Chinese out of Aslana. As they did so, they launched an invasion of Cafnuh, finally destroying their civilization. A famous Fupatanese military general named Wqen (pronounced as When) Aslania sacrificed his life to save his division at a strategic battle that would determine the outcome of the war would be the inspiration for the new empire in honor of his sacrifice. The Fupatanese renamed themselves the Aslanians and declared the formation of the Empire of Aslana in 1702.

1702 - 1858: Imperial Aslana
The Aslanian Empire, though an empire by technicality, didn't really own colonies. Their only colony was East Tainan, bought from the Chinese in exchange for a military and economic alliance. They also received gunpowder, allowing the Aslanians to use firearms in their military.

They began to modernize, using stone to build massive structures to house their residents. By 1840, the population of the empire reached 15 million. In 1843, the city of Yelmenax, now known as Velstra, was designated as the capital, housing the emperor and the imperial government.

During the First Opium War, the British Empire landed in New Tainan, naming it the colony of the Sixfen Islands, named after a still unknown person commonly named James Sixfen as by account of the descendants of the colonists. Their landing spot was on the largest island of the chain, establishing the colony of Sixfen on the south coast of the island. The Aslanians found out about this and threatened to destroy the colony if they did not conform to their local rules. The colony sent out a message to the British government to dispatch help. Weeks later, after conforming to Aslanian rule to prevent destruction, a small fleet of British ships arrive to seize control of the islands on June 11, 1840. On June 13, 1840, the archipelago was seized by the British and was declared the Colony of Sixfen.

Not much happened in Aslana until the Second Opium War, when the British planned an invasion of the Aslanian mainland in order to put down any resistance the Aslanians may mount against the British for seizing East Tainan, now known as the Sixfen Islands. The British had also rallied up French armaments to help them seize control of the island. On July 18, 1858, the British and French forces landed on the Northwestern coast of Aslana and mounted an assault on Aslanian forces. Just like the Qing, the British and French forces had much difficulty traversing the jungle terrain. By February 1859, their forces, exhausted, had reached Yelmenax. Upon entrance of the city, the began lighting wooden buildings ablaze, causing the skies above Yelmenax to become blackened and sooty. By March 3, 1859, the remaining Aslanian resistance had capitulated and Aslana was under colonial rule.

1858 - 1915: Colonial Aslana
The British and French began to make their claims to the now free Aslana. By 1861, the plan was for the British to assert their claims on all areas north of Yelmenax, now renamed to New Pacifica. The French asserted their claim to all the land below New Pacifica. The city was divided from the side, creating the city of New Pacifica (British) and Nouveau Pacifique (French), known as North New Pacifica (British) and South New Pacifica (French).

The British set up the British Aslana Authority and the French set up the French Aslana Authority. The British began to create new settlements such as New Westminster on the Westminster Islands, later known as Kanapurna. The French retained the Aslanian place names outside of Nouveau Pacifique but left most of South Aslana in neglected disrepair.

By 1913, the French side of Aslana believed they had suffered long enough and planned an uprising against the French Aslana Authority to reestablish a free Aslanian state. Their first plan was to take the governor of French Aslana, Jacques Tremble. On July 12, 1914, the Aslanian Nationalist Army was formed.