Aslana

Aslana is an island country located in the Philippine Sea located 235 miles east of the Philippines in Asia and around 80 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. As of the 4th Aslanian National Census, the country has 83.7 million 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 economic capital, Velstra, has a recorded 13.3 million residents as of the 4th Aslanian National Census. The seat of government (the actual capital), Kanapurna, has 8.1 million residents.

6,500th Century BCE - 1702: Prehistory
The Aslanian subcontinent broke away from the Philippine Peninsula during the late Paleogene period. Around this time, Praeteria broke off from Aslana. It wouldn't be until 650,000 years ago when humans discovered the continent from the Philippines, forming tribes on the 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.

Several tropical storms warded off potential explorers such as Ferdinand Magellan their true first contact was the Qing Chinese discovered Aslana after establishing a base in the Sixfen Islands in 1699, 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 the next year.

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 in honor of their most revered monarch in their history, Greiymohn Ayslunuh and declared the formation of the Empire of Aslana in 1702.

1702 - 1859: Imperial Aslana
The Aslanian Empire didn't have many colonies. Part of their land was own by the Fidesian Empire. 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.

1859 - 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. They took Jacques Tremble was taken hostage a week later. They demanded independence for his release and that he would be exiled back to France. Negotiations began on July 28, 1914, but World War One put down these negotiations. A rushed telegram to Aslana declaring that negotiations would stop until the end of the war was misunderstood that they would not accept their demands. Jacques Tremble was killed and the Aslanian National Army declared war on French Aslana.

British Aslana also saw the foundation of the North Aslanian Republican Army. Both colonial powers distracted by World War One, their forces fell within months. The British and French decided to approve Aslanian independence to save their forces for World War One. Though the Aslanian armies were both Aslanian, they had opposing ideologies. The Aslanian Nationalists wanted to install an authoritarian, ultranationalist, fascist (neofascist after WW2) government to restore Aslana to it's former glory. The Aslanian Republicans wanted to install a democratic government based off the governments of the west such as the United States. These opposing views boiled into the First Aslanian Civil War.

1915 - 1917: First Aslanian Civil War
The First Aslanian Civil War was officially declared on March 11, 1915. The South made an offensive up the Yelmenax Peninsula to drive the Republican forces out of the South. The North made an offensive to cut them off at New Pacifica. The North managed to cut off the bulk of the South's forces in the Yelmenax Peninsula and laying seige to New Pacifica. During this time, the Sixfen Colony declared their independence from Britain and became the Republic of the Sixfen Islands. The South resigned to signing an armistice with the North, leading to 74 years of division.

1917 - 1941 | 1949 - 1988: Divided Aslana
The armistice, known as the New Pacifica Agreement, divided the countries into North and South, being pushed apart by a heavily fortified demarcation line that ran horizontally across the island. Famously, Caledonia City was the start of this line, starting the border down Caledonia Avenue, the main street of the city. At the time, the city was small and only had a population of 4,000 people. By the 1930s, North Caledonia City has grown to only 350,000 people, while South Caledonia City had around 800,000 people due to the centralized universal healthcare and benefits for those loyal to the South Aslanian government and "pure" people in the eyes of the government (basically Nazi and neo-Nazi after WW2), while the North had a decentralized economy and services, leading to people having less children to lower costs of living.

However, tensions soured as South Aslana established the Nationalist Air Force in 1930, as the North did not have an air force. Periodically, the NAF would carpet bomb cities close to the border to assert their dominance over North Aslana.

Japanese presence Aslana (1941-1945)
In 1941, Imperial Japan sent an ultimatum to all the governments of the islands to join an alliance of benefit to the Japanese or they would be attacked. All governments rejected the letter. The Japanese began to invade the islands, but the invasion became stagnant due to the deep Aslanian terrain. The occupied areas became puppet states as the current nations were defending their forces. They joined the Allied Powers in 1945. Japanese Aslana, Praeteria, and Sixfen Islands all were surrendered and returned to sovereignty by 1946.

1946-1988
After the reinstatement of sovereignty for all islands, South Aslana was established as the Democratic Republic of South Aslana. Plans for reunification were initiated, but in 1950, the Interim President of the DRSA, Pierre Dupont, was assassinated by an unknown rifleman. The Deputy Interim President, another hardliner Aslanian Nationalist named Francisco Hartford, was sworn in as President, returning the country back to the Nationalist Republic of Aslana. This move was actually quite popular among the area's general population due to the Japanese occupation demoralizing and attempting to replace their nationalism.

However, South Aslana was left alone in the world with its ultranationalist policies, especially after Germany's surrender during the Second World War. On a state trip to South Africa in 1950, Francisco Hartford noted how the government retained their nationalism and superiority even after the Second World War with Western support. Upon returning to South Aslana, Hartford began to sign new laws to apply to South Aslanian life, forgoing the ultranationalist policies of the early 20th century in favor of ones similar to Jim Crow and Apartheid, oppressing non-French and non-Kafnaese alike. Hartford created a new concept of the French-Kafnaese, called the summpopulum, a portmanteau of summum (supreme) and populum (people). This concept was popular among citizens and helped justify the removal of ultranationalist laws.

North Aslanian Coup d'etat
Main Article: 1963 North Aslanian Coup D'etat In 1963, Lieutenant General Greimon Hakmion, commander of the 3rd North Aslanian Infantry Division, had been tried by court-martial and was found guilty for corruption and bribery with the Philippine Army's 2nd Infantry Division. He was popular among the division and many others, so Hakmion, soon to be dishonorably discharged, began to plan a coup d'état of the North Aslanian Government and establish military junta to take a more harsh approach to homeland defense. Over several phone lines, three other bases began to mobilize, sending forces. One of these lines are intercepted by NorTeCom, but a staged attack by pro-Hakmion employees prevented NorTeCom from informing the police by starting a fight in the building to buy Hakmion and his forces time.

Hakmion's forces included:


 * 18,530 soldiers
 * 830 NCOs
 * 55 M24 Chaffee Tanks
 * 75 Armored Vehicles
 * 15 Bell UH-1A Iroquois "Huey" Helicopters

On April 11, 1964, at 5:51 A.M, Hakmion's forces, now known as the Aslanian Liberation Force, began to depart from Falkmint Army Garrison, 12 miles north of New Pacifica. He was broken out of prison by a bribed guard. With several tanks mobilized, the force departed at 6:01.

At 7:18 A.M, the forces arrive at New Pacifica. Local police reported the sound of tanks and helicopters. They also reported the sound of military personnel telling civilians to stay inside homes for their safety. This news quickly spread to the government, which deployed the entire New Pacifica Capital Police Department and pro-government military forces to defend the capital. Hakmion's forces split up through the capital's streets to confuse the pro-government forces. Hakmion's tanks began firing upon the National Assembly after the soldiers defending it refused to back down. Three helicopters dropped soldiers into the assembly for infiltration. At the time, the National Assembly was in session. A shell hit 90 meters away form the Assembly Floor, causing the building to begin to shake. The Assembly was quickly evacuated. The anti-government soldiers met 5 pro-government security force soldiers while infiltrating the bulilding. No members were killed in the ensuing firefight against security forces but twelve were injured. Eventually, the soldiers retreated and most of the Assembly were evacuated from the back. However, around a quarter of the Assembly were still in the building and were arrested by Hakmion's forces. The rest of the Assembly members were evacuated to Andygan Air Force Base, a pro-government base. They remained there for the duration of the coup, where they were exiled to Praeteria for the remainder of the military rule, which would also be under North Aslanian rule for around five years.

At 10:11 A.M, the National Assembly building was seized by Hakmion's forces. The President had been evacuated along with the Prime Minister an hour earlier. The Prime Minister made it out, but the President was mortally wounded in the fighting, dying six days later under the military's rule. The PM also made it to Andygan, fleeing to Guam to seek asylum in the United States. Later, he would go to start the North Aslanian Republic in exile.

Hakmion seized the capital at 10:50 A.M. At 11:31 P.M, after reaching an "agreement" with NorTeCom (they the threatened to shell NorTeCom), Hakmion went on national TV and order all news networks in the country to broadcast his takeover address to every possible channel, including international channels if possible.

Hakmion's message was this:

(27 minutes of a TV card saying "ALL CHANNELS ARE NOW OFFLINE. PLEASE AWAIT A MESSAGE FROM LIEUTENANT GENERAL GREIMON HAKMION.")

"I, Lieutenant General Greimon Hakmion, commander of the 3rd North Aslanian Infantry Division and commander of the Aslanian Liberation Force, have liberated North Aslana from it's South Aslanian sympathizing government, threatening our very existence. For many years now, North Aslana has been slowly kneeling down to South Aslanian nationalism. We cannot let them take our own national identity and destroy it. therefore, our takeover of the former government will preserve North Aslana as a nation. As a people. Immediately taking effect as of the completion of this speech is the National Preservation Act, which will begin the process of solidifying our national identity by the creation of the Committee for Civil and National Defense and the abolition of the Assembly. We will lead North Aslana to victory as a united people.

Hakmion set up a military junta of 5 members, each were the chief of a major civil defense branch (Chief of the Army, Chief of the Navy, Chief of the Air Force, Chief of Police, and Chief of the Government, which was Hakmion himself). The government began cracking down on anti-government and anti-military opposition, setting up a national curfew from 10:00 P.M. to 5:00 A.M. All international travel was regulated by the military government and had to be approved by the North Aslanian Air Force.

The junta's rule came into question in 1968, when the junta made the decision to begin deporting lifetime North Aslanian citizens to random countries due to "mass erroneous documentation." This decision enraged the North Aslanian public, which began to protest. The junta ordered a military blockade of the National Assembly building, the headquarters of the military junta. The blockade refused to fire into their countrymen, despite the junta's order to fire at will. Protests raged on for several days until the blockade finally relented and gave up, allowing raging protesters to enter the National Assembly building. Soldiers defending the building fired live ammunition into the crowd, but the 100,000+ protester crowd overpowered the forces. The junta evacuated into a room in the Assembly building. After nearly two hours of

Post-Military Dictatorship
In 1973, South Aslana was hit by the worldwide oil crisis, marking the beginning of the end for South Aslana. South Aslana was a heavily oil-dependent country, In the middle of this crisis, the nationalist government banned the sale of oil canisters to curb the panic buying of fuel. By 1975, the country's oil reserves were expected to run out. After the oil crisis, prices on oil and petroleum were returned to normal, but the citizens of South Aslana began to turn against the nationalist government, sowing the seeds of rebellion.

As an armed conflict seemed inevitable, in 1977, South Aslana, in total secrecy, began the Eastford Nuclear Program, a deterrent against North Aslanian invasion of the country. The country began a deal with Apartheid South Africa to get uranium under the guise of constructing nuclear power plants in the country. In 1980, the first South Aslanian nuclear weapon was completed, Rugissementlion 1 (Lionroar 1). In 1983, they tested their missile, measuring out to 25 kilotons.

In 1982, South Aslana made a deal with Iran to purchase 12 of their F-14 Tomcats gifted by the United States before the Iranian Revolution.

1988 - 1992: Second Aslanian War
"See Also: 1988-1992 Second Aslanian War"

First United Aslanian Republic
The Third Aslanian Civil War ended in 1991 in a North Aslanian victory. After years of unrest in the Sixfen Islands, the now united Aslanian military liberated the islands from Aslanian Nationalist rule in January 1992 after the Nationalist coup in the Sixfen Islands in 1990 to establish the Sixfen Nationalist Republic in Operation Swift Liberation. The Sixfen Islands Special Administrative Territory (SISAT) was designated and an agreement was signed to guarantee independence after 32 years. Until then, SISAT would enjoy ample amounts of autonomy, allowing them to even elect a president to represent SISAT as a representative to the Aslanian government.

In December 1996, it was revealed that 6th prime minister of Aslana, Trent Orca, was convicted of treason by being a contributing party to the Palace Plot, a plan to overthrow the democratic Aslanian government and establish a far-right authoritarian dictatorship in Aslana, similar to the ultranationalist government of South Aslana. On January 11, 1997, protests erupted in New Pacifica for Orca to be removed from office and be sentenced to life in prison.

On March 15, 1997, the National Assembly moved to impeach Prime Minister Orca and convict him of treason and corruption. The impeachment vote result was 122-128, the Assembly acquitting Orca on March 19, 1997.

Protests erupted again, more violent this time, leading to several riots to break out across Aslana. The most notable of which was the 1997 Unity Plaza Riots, killing 15 and injuring 560 people and riot police. On May 13, 1997, the Assembly moved for a second impeachment of Trent Orca. At this point, about a third of the National Assembly had resigned (83 assembly members) due to public pressure, so many independent politicians had been appointed to assembly members in snap elections in voting districts.

The second impeachment of Orca began on May 14, 1997. This time, the Assembly voted 200-50, the impeachment was successful. Trent was convicted of treason and first-degree corruption. He was removed from office on May 27, 1997. Usually, the Deputy Prime Minister would assume the role of Acting Prime Minister, but an investigation revealed that the entire Prime Ministerial Cabinet was part of the Palace Plot.

Reviewing this, the Assembly agreed that the constitution allowed for too much power to the Aslanian Prime Minister and moved for a referendum to suspend the United Aslanian Republic's constitution. The referendum passed with 57.13% voting in favor of a constitutional revision. The revision was finished on December 11, 1997, abolishing the Prime Minister and granting the President, what was previously a largely ceremonial position, the powers of a president in a presidential republic. This constitution took effect on December 14, 1997, effectively abolishing the parliamentary republic and creating a presidential republic.

Territory
Aslana is a unitary state consisting of 9 provinces, 4 national cities, and 1 special administrative territory.

Current Territories
The list of Aslanian provinces are:


 * 1) West Aslana
 * 2) Alecman
 * 3) Tenkerla
 * 4) Paleemar
 * 5) Walsmerno
 * 6) Lunmera
 * 7) East Aslana
 * 8) Reulmea
 * 9) Ayerlermana

The list of Aslanian national cities are:

The provinces are divided into voting districts, the legislative counties of Aslana. Each voting district elects one representative to the National Assembly, the primary legislative body of Aslana.
 * 1) Velstra
 * 2) Kanapurna
 * 3) Caledonia City
 * 4) Eastford City

The only Aslanian special administrative territory is the Sixfen Islands, officially known as SISAT (Sixfen Islands Special Administrative Territory). They are allowed to vote in elections, but the National Assembly must pass with a majority to give the president of SISAT one vote. This passed in 1999, giving the SISAT president a voice. After this, the National Assembly had to pass by a super-majority to give the SISAT president more votes. Currently, the SISAT president has three votes.

Former Territories
Aslana's modern extent included all the provinces, SISAT, and the North Akboria Island.

Government
Aslana is a presidential republic, as the semi-presidential republic was abolished in 1997. The highest position in government is the Aslanian president. The president is elected every 5 years with a majority of the National Assembly and has a three term limit, allowing for a president to serve for a maximum of 15 years.

The Aslana National Assembly, the main body the Aslanian legislature consists of 25 senatorial officers, 150 assembly members and the Speaker of the National Assembly, a member of the National Assembly. Every 5 years, the National Assembly elects a speaker along with the president. The Lower National Assembly Speaker and the Upper National Assembly Speakercan serve for a maximum of two terms or ten years. To elect a president, each member of the National Assembly is given 6 electoral votes, a total of 1,050 electoral votes. Each member represents a district.

The chambers under the National Assembly include:


 * Upper Assembly
 * Lower Assembly

The Upper Assembly has 25 senatorial officers, appointed on the basis of the top 25 most populous districts they are representing in Aslana. They elect one of their own as their speaker, also knows as the Speaker of the Upper Assembly. Each senatorial officer gets six votes instead of one, bringing their power as equal to the Lower Assembly. As mentioned before, to become a senatorial officer, the district they are representing must be in the top 25 most populous districts in the country. The least populated district, Poymino, has a population of 850,000.

The Lower Assembly has 150 assembly members. Each member is elected by their respective districts.

Media
Aslanian media consists of the public and private broadcast sectors. Telecom companies also have a stake in media as many of them hold smaller subsidiaries in the media industry.

Public Broadcast

 * 1) Aslanian Northern Broadcast Service
 * 2) Aslanian Southern Broadcast Service
 * 3) Aslanian Overseas Broadcast Service
 * 4) Sixfen Broadcast Service

Private Broadcast
The actual media operations within the country are also divided into public and private sectors.
 * 1) Horizon Telecommunications (HorTeCom)
 * 2) SunRise Cable
 * 3) Orca Satellite
 * 4) Northern TeleCom (NorTeCom)

Public Media

 * 1) Aslana General Broadcast Corporation (AGBC)

Private Media

 * 1) Greater Westminster Network Corporation (GWNC)
 * 2) Aslana Broadcast System (ABS)

Trivia

 * 1) Velstra's metro