Qikiqvut

Qikiqvut (Inuknait: Qiqiqiivut), officially the Republic of Qikiqvut (Inuknait: Republikki Qiqiqiivut) is a sovereign state and island country in North America. It lies in the, more specifically Baffin Bay, and is comprised of an archipelago of 5 islands. It has maritime borders with to the east,  to the west and the El Kadsreian territory of Nuuknunaat to the north. The capital city is Bakkisisamat, with a population of 110.773 residents comprising around 24.4% of its population, while the country actually has 453.990 residents. The official language is the Inuknait language, with, , and  being minority languages.

The original inhabiatants of Qikiqvut were several Paleo-Inuit cultures, including the, and aswell as various  such as the  people. In the 1600s, the city of Bakkisisamat was constructed, being the foundation for the newly formed Talisiut Empire, which expanded accross the surrounding islands including some parts of and. In the late 18th century, the empire broke up into five independent states due to a period of social instability and backwardsness, before succumbing to colonialism from (more specifically the  part) and the  in the early 19th century. The Empire of Great Qikiqvut later declared indepence in 1909, forming the first concept of a modern Inuk state, before becoming a colony of the Sentanese Empire in 1925 from an invasion from the north, later becoming independent again with the Inuknait People's Republic in 1945, ruled by authoritarian and socialist leader Antero Maksagakkonen, before his death via execution caused by the 1957 revolution that year, later forming the Inuk Republic of Qikiqvut governed by president Keimo Tatletik, father of the Tatletikist ideology for most of its lifetime, with a complete rewriting of the Constitution resulting in the creation of modern Qikiqvut in 1984.

Qikiqvut is a developing country and ranks 59th on the.

Etymology
The name comes from the Inuit words for island (qikiq) and land (vut).