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The Democratic States of Axdel
Motto: Rise Through Revolution
Anthem: "Hardship of the past"
Capital and largest city		Nniikt
Official languages		New Axdelian and Staynish (simplified)
Ethnic groups (2016 Estimate)		99.3% Human 0.7% Other
Demonym		Axdel, Axdels, Axdelian
Government		Democracy
-	President	Leon Jolva
-	Vice President	Derek Guenner
Legislature		National assembly
-	Upper house	Senate
-	Lower house	House of Representatives
Area
-	Total	(n/a) km2 (n/a) sq mi
Population
-	2016 estimate	67,020,953
-	2010 census	64,217,345
-	Density	(n/a)/km2 (n/a)/sq mi
GDP (nominal)		2016 estimate
-	Total	$1,935,830,525,613.88
-	Per capita	$28,883.96
Gini (2016)		23.9 low
HDI (2016)		0.834 very high
Currency		Axdel Kirib (A♅)
Date format		DD/MM/YYYY
Drives on the		the right
ISO 3166 code		AXD
Internet TLD		.axd

The Democratic States of Axdel, commonly known as Axdel, is a nation situated on the eastern area of the continent Aurora. It borders with Staynes, South Staynes, Emberwood Coast, Quartz Fern Coast and Gradea. Axdel exists approximately between the latitudes of -40S and -50S, and between the longitudes of 60E and 80E. The nation has an estimated population of 67,020,953 with a GDP per capita of $28,286.38 and little wealth disparity, with the richest 10% earning only 2.5 times more than the poorest 10%. The largest city and capital Nniikt contains 11,122,854 individuals.

A young nation, The Democratic States of Axdel formed in 1996 after the collapse of the Republic of Norograd due to civil war (see Seven Days of Anarchy), After which the Axdel coalition gained power and established the nation.

Government

(in good time)

Military

The Axdel Armed forces is very technologically mixed, with approximately one third being made up of old Norogradian units, and the rest being modern post-revolution technology. The military runs on a 'one step ahead of you' policy, with a relatively large portion of departmental spending being focussed on reconnaissance and deterrence. Military spending accounts for 11% of government expenditure, or approximately 106.8 Billion. The Military has joint ownership of the Axdel National Space Agency, and utilizes their resources to operate their numerous spy satellites. Controversially, a large amount of the humanitarian donations sent to Axdel post-revolution went into military RnD, and the funds are still being used to further the highly advanced Falcon-class and Supreme-class frigate programmes.

Army

Navy

• Aircraft carriers

ANV Ziggurat

• Destroyers

• Frigates

ANV Sledgehammer

• 12 Submarines

ANV Quark

(more soon)

Air Force

History

Ancient Axdel

The earliest recorded incidence of settlers in the Axdel area dates back to 4281BCE, where like minded religious groups began living communally in small villages. These people were divided into two peaceful sects; the Noct people, who worshipped the god of death, Noct, and behaved rather jingoistically. And the Sek people, who worshipped the god of life, Sek, and behaved more peacefully and impartial compared to the Noct. The two sects often had human sacrifices, with the Noct preferring to burn their victims alive over a bonfire, and the Sek usually left sacrifices hung on poles, where carrion birds would eat them alive.

Beginning in 752BCE, the Noct people began constructing City forts, vast metropolis's surrounded by defensive walls. The first city fort built was named Fort Noct, With modern day capital Nniikt being build over the original site.

The Seven Days of Anarchy

The seven days of anarchy, otherwise known as the Norogradian civil war, was a devastating internal conflict that happened in the Republic of Norograd. It's cause is attributed to the actions of radical dictator Keit Narvga, who had enacted an "essentialism operation" in order to achieve ultimate economic, social and political stability. This process involved cutting all unnecessary areas of the nation, including many core businesses, and culling workers deemed useless by the state.

The project remained classified for six years, until an as yet unknown hacker leaked 839GB of incriminating data on a popular data leak website. The data contained information linking the government to the controlled collapse of several major corporations, as well revealing the existence of horrifying "factory camps", where the jobless would be worked to death in lethal conditions producing high risk ordinance including weaponised anthrax, nerve agents, and heavy vehicles in preparation for strikes on numerous nation across the Auroran Continent.

Immediately following the leak, there was public outcry across Norograd as organised riots sprung up outside major government structures. During this time, a breakaway faction of politicians and political philosophers known as the Axdel Coalition formed, who hoped to seize power over the nation and overthrow Keit quickly and efficiently. However before an uprising could be properly organised, an extremist anarchic militia known as the Norograd Armed Rebels had formed, and had already seized a military base, which contained a sizeable unit of heavy armour, as well as several chemical WMD's. Tensions rose when the Norogradian military began mobilising infantry and armoured vehicles into several major cities to quell the uprising, killing over 50,000 protesting civilians.

The NAR, collectively outraged by the actions of the military, ignored the pleads of the Axdel Coalition for a quick efficient takeover and began combating the Norograd military forces in the cities. They moved in immediately and utilised their chemical weaponry to combat the Military, unwittingly killing many millions with a combination of Hydrogen Cyanide and VX gas. Furious and dumbstruck, Keit Narvga ordered total focus onto the eradication of the NAR, pulling all available personnel into the cities to fight, leaving the general populace of Norograd unkempt. This led to a seven day period of lawlessness whilst the NAR and the Military were engaged in conflict, which earned the war its name. Witness reports and video footage suggest that looting, arson, rape and murder were commonplace during this time.

Only known photo of the Nniikt nuclear detonation

The NAR forces in Nniikt eventually succeeded to push the Military back to the central government structure. Realising his defeat was near, Keit ordered the annihilation of the city center in order to prevent the rebels from gaining control of the nation. A small thermonuclear warhead with a yield of 100kt was detonated at a low altitude over Nniikt, levelling the city center and removing almost all NAR and Military presence from the area and initiating a cease fire in all other areas . The Axdel Coalition, which had been keeping a low profile for the duration of the war, used the opportunity to gain the faith of the stricken surviving populace by organising the humanitarian aid sent from other nations; supplying support, food and water. Approximately 15 million people died during the war, and was the greatest motivating factor in the formation of modern Axdel.