Kraaka

Kraaka, officially the Democratic Republic of Kraaka (Kraaki: Kahtaa Dekreski Republekaa), is a unitary sovereign nation in central Korasha. Nominally a constitutional republic, the nation has been governed as a military dictatorship following President Mbelu Kalwanda's emergency decree in 1910. The nation is bordered by Vashari to the north, Khar to the east, Toru and Koolo to the south, and Vaatume to the west. The largest city and capital of the nation is Gorkaash, though other major cities include Kakoo, Cuutu, and Orsk.

Kraaka was first inhabited by the Kraaki people in the 12'000s BCE according to archeological evidence found at historical sites along the Goog River.These people largely lived a hunter gatherer lifestyle, hunting different wildlife like impala and ostrich, with tribes and clans fighting over hunting grounds on numerous occasions throughout the centuries. Archeologists and historians agree that there was never any civilization in Kraaka which built sophisticated cities or societal structures, though a common ethnic identity and culture did emerge in the region through a common set of languages, with the largest of them being Kraakan, while other regional languages such as G'hesk, Lie, and Udiu sprung from Kraakan, largely being mutually intelligible. It would be in the 1000s CE that Kainist missionaries arrived in the nation, and it was in the period between 1000 and 1200 that the original pagan culture came to coexist side by side with the Kainist religion, with the the native religious groups and the newly converted Kainists fighting several wars with one another. This fighting persisted for centuries, with millions dying in brutal warfare in the region, until the arrival of Avanoran explorers, most notably the Gelenian explorer Lysander Edison, in 1633. Kraaka was coveted by the Gelenians for its agriculture and natural resources - especially its diamond mines. The nation was organized as Gelenian Kraaka, and was ran by a colonial Governor-General appointed by the Gelenian government. After the Gelenian Civil War in the 1770s, the government began to be privatized, with several major corporations from Gelenia demanding greater say in the colony's management. The country soon became an engine for Gelenia's industrialization, though remaining strictly controlled by Gelenia's government, who reorganized it into Gelenian Central Korasha in 1823. The colony was subject to invasion from Augustine forces during the Great War, with nearly 8.1 million people from Central Korasha dying in the conflict for the Gelenian Empire. With the decolonization efforts of the 1880s, the colony of Gelenian Central Korasha was dissolved, and several new countries were drawn up from its former borders: with Kraaka gaining independence in 1882. The country went through a period of political instability, brought on by fighting between warlords who established power in the national interior, before the government collapsed in 1899, then being reestablished through Gelenian intervention in 1904, and since has faced two coups - with the most recent being in 1910.

Kraaka is one of the least free nations in the world, currently existing as a military dictatorship under President Mbelu Kalwanda, who dissolved the constitution and its protections in 1910 in response to gang violence in the country's interior. Political and civil liberties are heavily restricted, and many face arrest or even torture from government forces. Additionally, exploitation, gross mismanagement, and corruption have wreaked havoc on the national economy, with the nation being one of the poorest on the planet, with the Union of Nations claiming that even those numbers may be inflated. Kraaka is a suspended member of the Korashan Forum, and remains an observer nation to the Union of Nations, after partially withdrawing in 1922.