Alaskan Republic

The Alaskan Republic, frequently reduced to Alaska is a legitimately recognized country in North America, sharing a maritime border with Russia and a land border with Canada. It is the 17th biggest country in the world, though it has the smallest population density in the world, not including dependencies. Its population density is only 1.3 people per square kilometer. The reason is that Alaska is an Arctic country, and some spots are inhospitable. Most people are concentrated in cities around the coast, these include cities like Juneau and Anchorage.

It's economy mainly includes oil, fishing and natural gas. Tourism also is a major industry in Alaska, due to it's critically acclaimed landscape.

Etymology
When Russians settled Alaska, they introduced the name "Аляска, tr. Alyaska", which was shortened when Americans came to the land. It was derived from an Aleut idiom, which is usually translated into "the mainland", but it literally means "object to which the action of the sea is directed".

Pre-colonization
Before the Russians settled Alaska, many indigenous tribes inhabited Alaska for thousands of years. Evidence shows that they inhabited the island by using the Bering land bridge. In the Aleutian Islands, native tribes do still exist.