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

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 - 1859: 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.

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 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 61 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, 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 alliance with 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 carpet bombed and invaded. All governments agreed and became Japanese allies, notably the Aslanians adding Japanese to the start of their country names (i.e. Japanese North/South Aslana). The Aslanians, for their quick agreement, received the gift of independent military forces but with heavy influence from the Japanese.

During the invasion of Okinawa. Aslana and Praeteria were invaded by the Allies. This battle would last until two days before the official Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945. New Pacifica and Eastford Citywas carpet bombed multiple times, resulting in over 12,000 total casualties

United States Occupation (1945-1949)
The end of the Second World War led to the Eastford Agreement, where the United States would designate Aslana and Praeteria as a United States territory. The population was complacent with this decision, but then they began to see that their national identity was quickly being erased. In 1947, the Aslanian Nationalists and Aslanian Republicans began to plan independence movements, both sending majority referendum results to the United States government for independence and military withdrawal from the islands. Praeteria and the Sixfen Islands would also send majority referendum results for independence. With the United States on the brink of the Korean War, all referendums were approved and on June 15, 1949, North Aslana, South Aslana, Praeteria, and the Sixfen Islands gained their independence from the United States.

1949-1988
After the withdrawal of the United States military from the 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 a hardliner Aslanian Nationalist. The Deputy Interim President, a hardliner Aslanian Nationalist named Francisco Hartford

In 1963, Lieutenant General Greiman 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 plane a coup d'etat 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 Chaffe 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. Civilians reported the sound of tanks and helicopters. They also reported the sound of military personnel telling civilians to stay inside their homes and not to resist. 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. Unfortuantely, not enough were able to mobilize to defend, Hakmion's tanks firing upon the National Assembly. Soldiers began toAt 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, but they met 5 soldiers, which immediately fired upon the Assembly. Two members were killed in the firefight and 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 Hawaii 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 three international news networks with offices in the country to broadcast it worldwide.

"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. I have dissolved the National Assembly. I have also declared martial law in Aslana for the foreseeable future.

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, Rugissement Lion 1 (Lionroar 1). In 1983, they tested their missile, measuring out to 10 kilotons.

1988 - 1992: Second Aslanian Civil War
In August 1988, among strained tensions with North Aslana, there was an increased military presence on the border nearest to New Pacifica. A defector from South Aslana alerted the UN and NATO of South Aslana's nuclear program. Several countries placed sanctions on South Aslana for the illegal nuclear program and declared an ultimatum where South Aslana must dismantle all nuclear weapons or armed conflict will arise.

1992 - present: United Aslana
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 escape to 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 agreeement 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.

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

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 districts, the legislative counties of Aslana. Each 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 admistrative territory is the Sixfen Islands, officialy 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 supermajority to give the SISAT president more votes. Currently, the SISAT president has three votes.

Government
Aslana is a semi-presidential republic. 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 "superchamber" of 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. A common nickname for the Speaker of the National Assembly is the "Superspeaker," due to the National Assembly being considered a "superchamber". The National Assembly Speaker can 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 650,000.

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
 * 2) SunRise Cable
 * 3) SkyLine Satellite
 * 4) Northern TeleCom (NorTeCom)

Public Media

 * 1) Aslana General Broadcast Corporation (AGBC)