Akboria

Akboria, officially the State of Akboria is an island archipelago between Aslana and the Philippines. It consists a cluster of 7 islands. The population of Akboria is 11,243,148.

The largest city and capital of Akboria is Greater Aklaea, with a recorded population of 2,234,435. The Greater Aklaea Metropolitan Area has a population of 7,433,097.

5,000 Century BCE - 905 CE: Prehistory
Akboria was once connected to Aslana as recently as 500,000 years ago after humans discovered Aslana, but a suspected earthquake event caused Akboria to break off from Aslana, most of it's landmass sinking below the ocean. Humans would not inhabit the islands until 1850 BCE. The first humans in Akboria founded chiefdoms across the islands, marking the development of civilization in Akboria.

The first true government in Akboria sprouted in the 4th century CE, when on the island of Aklaea, several warring tribes were defeated by the Knova tribe, forming the Knovan Empire. Knova, with it's superior fighting forces compared to the rest of Akboria's tribes, began conquering the neighboring tribes. The Knovan Empire successfully united Akboria in 905 CE, marking the end of Akboria's prehistory.

905 CE - 1869 CE: Pre-colonial and Imperial Akboria
The Knovan Empire retained control of their territory for almost a thousand years.

The Knovan Empire discovered Aslana in 1716 CE, after the formation of the Aslanian Empire. They made peace with the Aslanians and agreed to the formation of a trade alliance.

1863 saw the first contact of Western colonial powers. The empire that first contacted Akboria was the British Empire. One group of ships, known as the Akborian Fleet in Akboria, opened fire on the capital of Aklaea, burning it to the ground. The fleet, now fleeing from the Knovan Imperial Navy, disappeared into a storm, never to be seen again. The fleet consisted of 7 ships, but only 2 have been found so far. The U.K. even to this day denies this fleet ever existing. However, this incident marks the beginning of the British-Akborian War, when Akborian forces attacked a nearby British shipping vessel. Weeks later, fleets of the British Navy arrived to take over Aslana. What ensued was the British-Akborian War.

British - Akborian War
The war was considerably short, being only about 4 months long. Most of the war was the British Navy attacking Aklaea with cannon fire for 4 months until they announced their surrender, ending the nearly thousand-year rule of the Knovans over Akboria. The emperor of Akboria, Golon Myunfi, was at the surrender of Knova to the British. He agreed to give up all rule of Knova in exchange for the peace of the Knovan people. He was exiled to Aslana, where he later died in 1903 from polio.

Independence
In 1962, the first activist for Akborian independence was Jackson Smith, a British-Akborian male born in 1945. He began holding speeches in his local town advocating for Akborian autonomy when he was 13 due to the mistreatment of Akborians by the British in his town. His greatest speech took place in 1961, the speech attended by over 300,000 Akborians. He rallied for the Akborians to rise up and petition the British government for independence. British newspapers reported negatively on him, giving him a negative image that still persists to this day in Britain. Later that week, he made the still-controversial move to launch a march on the Akborian territorial governor's house.

State Chief Evans Era
Following the coup d'etat of the Republic of Akboria, the people were, interestingly enough, given a choice on who to elect as their new leader. This was an interesting event due to the fact that it was truly democratic during the election of an authoritarian figure. After the results of the election came in, a government official named Leo Evans was elected State Chief, beginning his rule over Akboria.

State Chief Fernsby Era
After the death of State Chief Evans in 2016, another government official in Evans' cabinet named Gerald Fernsby took office, becoming the second State Chief. To instill his dominance over the country, on February 15, 2016, he suspended state media, the Akborian internet, and all flights in and out of Akboria for "safety concerns." In reality, he was in the process of reworking the entire system of Akboria in his government's favor, planning his full autocracy of the country within a few years. Flights resumed out of Akboria on February 18, 2016 while the internet and state media were resumed on February 21, 2016. Fernsby had ordered all internet service providers and media outlets in Akboria to abide by the National Security of Media and Telecommunications Act, outlining the rules all internet service providers and media outlets were required to abide by to continue operations in Akboria. Again, Fernsby stated that this was for "safety concerns," but in reality, he was installing methods of censorship into Akboria.

December 2017 saw Fernsby passing the National Republic Internal Security Act, which allowed the government to capture suspected "threatening persons" and arrest them without a warrant. This act was instated by Fernsby to legally incarcerate political opponents of Fernsby's administration. This did not go over well with the Akborian public, and protests soon broke out, the first beginning on December 11, 2017. Protests began peacefully, but it many became violent as time went on. As many as 4 million people participated in the protests at one point.

These protests received international media coverage as Akboria was thrust into the world spotlight since the 1998 war. Swathes of reporters attempted to enter Akboria, but most were denied by Fernsby's regime. Only the Associated Press and ABC news was allowed in, becoming the only news reporters reporting the other side of the story.

The Airport Revolution
The Airport Revolution was the revolution that initiated the overthrow of the Akborian dictatorship. It's namesake comes from the revolution's base of Aklaea International Airport.

On February 2018, the Airport Revolution began after demonstrators in the arrivals hall of Aklaea International Airport.