Arkonia

Introduction
The Republic of Arkonia, Commonly known as Arkonia, is a city-state in the Mediterranean. An economic powerhouse that trades with Europe and North Africa, it faces regional instability and therefore has a strong military that requires conscription. Arkonia is populated by 7,000,000 people, mostly of European descent, and is a parliamentary democracy, with a unicameral legislature based on the Westminster system of governance. Arkonia borders Italy and Malta, and influence shows. Highly cultured and heavily Catholic, Arkonia's outside structure shows antique style buildings that are in fact high tech buildings and apartments, following an economic boom that concerned people that their culture would vanish. Arkonia has been said to have been populated since 5600 BC, and has been ruled by the Roman and Moor Empires, then the Ottomans until 1923, when the Turkish president Mustafa Kemal Ataturk handed over rule to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom ruled Arkonia until its Independence in 1965 alongside Malta, and is a member of the EU, NATO, The United Nations, WTO, and WHO.