Anatoliká

The Kingdom of Anatoliká (Greek: Βασίλειο της Ανατολικά, Vasíleio ti̱s Anatoliká) (French:Royaume de Anatolika) is a Constituent country of Diadochia, ruled by the Diadochian Emperor as King of Anatoliká.

Geography

Anatoliká is sometime considered the heartland of the empire, due both to its central position and to the very valuable role it has played over the centuries. For centuries Anatoliká provided the empire with grain and food to feed the empire's millions as well as men for the Armed Forces.

Politics

Nikolas VI, the Diadochian Emperor rules over Anatoliká has King of Anatoliká. Anatoliká is a Constituent country within the Diadochian Empire and has been such for the last thousand years. The Kingdom is administered by a Governor-General appointed by His Imperial Majesty the Emperor. The Government of Anatoliká works with the Governor-General to administer the kingdom. The Government answers to a bicameral Senate of Anatoliká consisting of a Upper Chamber and a Lower Chamber. The Senate is a legislative body that has legislative powers to make laws within Anatoliká. However laws passed by the Parliament of Diadochia take precedence over laws by the Senate of Anatoliká.

Anatoliká is allotted a number of seats in the lower house of Parliament, the House of Koiná. The Anatolikán nobility, which makes up the core of the Diadochian nobility is allotted a number of seats in the upper house of Parliament, the House of Archontes. Like all other constituent countries within the Diadochian Empire, Anatoliká has its own national symbols, a national flag, national coat of arms, national customs and it even issues its own postage stamps with an Anatolikán style.

Anatoliká is divided into 18 counties: Aeolis, Bythinia, Cappadocia, Caria, Cilicia, Doris, Galatia, Ionia, Lycaonia, Lycia, Lydia, Mysia, Pamphylia, Paphlagonia, Phrygia, Pisidia, Pontus, and Troad.

Culture and Society

The culture and society of Anatoliká can be considered the dominant culture of Diadochia, because of much of what is considered Anatolikán customs and traditions are also considered Diadochian customs and traditions.

Music

The musical traditions of Anatoliká are unique to the region. An important part of Anatolikán music is the Acritic songs, heroic or epic poetry set to music that emerged in the medieval ages. These songs celebrate the exploits of the Akritai, the frontier guards who defended the empire's borders against the treat of Muslim conquest in the medieval ages.

The most popular musical instruments include the Pontic Lyra, the Dankiyo and Tulum, both types of bagpipes, Davul, a type of drum, the Aulos, a wind instrument, the zurna, a type of horn.

Dance

There are many traditional folk dances within Anatoliká. Dances in Anatoliká vary from area to area because Anatoliká is one of the country's most diverse region. Dances performed in the Pontus, one of most distinct regions of Anatoliká are very sharp and require a whole lot of movement because they originated from war dances.

Many Anatolikán dances retain aspects of Persican and Greek dance styles

Cuisine

The modern Anatolikáns continue a number of ancient culinary traditions passed down from their ancestors for several centuries. These include the preparing of wind-cured meats known as pastirma, a delicacy popular in Cappadocia. Many other dishes make use of a spinach-like herb madimak, to make dishes that are a variant or similar to Spanakopita, a savoury spinach pie. Other dishes kinteata soup, Pirozhki, Pisia, Sousamopita, Varenika, Felia, Otia are dishes popular around the northern area of Anatoliká, in and around Pontus.

Economy

The economy of Anatoliká is diverse but it is mainly based upon agriculture and mining and the rural centers which lay upon the valleys and plains. In the medieval age Anatoliká was the heartland of the empire's resources and manpower up until the 1500s. In the rural countryside of mainland Anatoliká, Greek-speaking peoples work mainly in the agricultural sector, while there are several cities in Anatoliká, where major industries are strongest in the area. The largest city is Eríkópóli̱s, which is also the capital of Eríkópóli̱s