5th Countries of an Alternate World Thread

[Nusantara]

And it's back, the fifth edition of the Countries of an Alternate World is here.

However, unlike the other games where there the GDP and history would be posted later, you can post it now. Please follow the below rules and format to the letter, or your nation will not count.

Rules
1. All Countries must make up ONE, PRESENT DAY WORLD.
2. Smaller the better, but I won't restrict size. Make big empires if you must, but put them in terrible locations i.e. Siberia. I want the world to finish in enough time to let history unfold, but slow enough for everyone to participate that wishes to. I hope you understand what I mean.
3. You may only post one nation for every page. If this becomes popular then I will make it one nation for every two pages.
4. Do not wank your nation to ASB levels.
5. Flags are fine, but not required.
6. Please post a map, but it's not required. If you don't post a map, then describe your countries location well enough for us to interpret where it is. When using maps, please use the map I used in this OP.
7. The POD is 1 A.D.
8. No Draka, Peshawar Lancers, or any other AH literary bull-crap. Be creative. I would be disappointed to see cliche and unoriginal nations.
9. The year that this map is in is 2010 A.D.
8. Have fun, and be creative. (But not ASB)

[B]EXAMPLE NATION[/B]

[U]Official Name: [/U] (The [Government Type] of [Nation Name])
[U]Common Name(s)[/U]:
[U]Government[/U]: (Political Ideology)
[U]Capital:[/U] 
[U]Language(s): [/U](List percentages also)
[U]Head of State: [/U]
[U]Population:[/U] (Be realistic)
[U]Religion[/U]: (List percentages also)
[U]Founding Date:[/U] (Independence, unification, etc)
[U]Date of Max Extent:[/U] (when was your nation the largest and/or most powerful. Please state which)
[U]Economy: [/U](First World, Developing, Third World)
[U]Brief History: [/U]

Srivijaya

Official Name: The Greater Kingdoms of Srivijaya
Common Name(s): Srivijaya
Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Capital: Palembang
Language(s): Sanskrit (97%, official language), English (65%, secondary language), Malay (35%, regional language), Javanese (32%, regional language), other regional languages
Head of State: Rajah Saramatunga IV
Head of Government: Prime Minister Sri Mulyani
Population: 97,000,000
Religion: Hinduism (46%), Islam (32%), Buddhism (10%), Christianity (3%), no religion/Athiest (9%)
Founding Date: 683 (First Srivijaya Kingdom), 1325 (Current Srivijaya Kingdom)
Date of Max Extent: 1855, largest
Economy: First World
Brief History:

The Kingdom of Srivijaya was first founded in 683 in Southern Sumatra. Due to its strategic trade location the kingdom quickly became an important stop in the Silk Road's sea trade routes. The Srivijaya were masters of trade and shipbuilding, and in the 800's their influence spread until Champa and Khemer in the north and Raja Ampat (western New Guinea) to the east.

However, rebellions and civil war forced the first dynasty to surrender, leaving the once great Srivijaya empire in ruins. The Srivijaya became a minor city-state until the 1300's, when a claimed descendant of the old kingdom rallied the people and reunited the Kingdom. A new era of prosperity for the whole of South-East Asia was to come.

In the 1500's Srivijaya and the other Asian states began the colonization of southern Africa, and by the 1800's Srivijaya was one of the most powerful states in the world, with even claims in the New World. Today, Srivijaya is not the most influential or strongest nation in the world but still has a great history and is highly stable politically.

 

[Lalli]

Official Name: Finnish Federation
Common Name: Finland
Government: Presidential Republic
Capital: Helsinki
Languages: Finnish (85 %), Estonian (6 %), Karelian (4 %), Swedish (4 %), Others (1 %)
Religiouses: Lutherians (87 %), Orthodox (12 %), Others (1 %)
Head of State: President Sauli Niinistö
Head of Government: Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen
Population: 7 995 000
Founding Date: 1919
Date of Max Extent: 1933-
Date of Current Borders: 1933
Economy: Wealthy
Most important Line of Business: wood industry, electronic, malms, fishing and farming equipments
Conscription: Yes

Brief History: Finland declared indepent from Russia era of its Civil War. Finland conquered Karelia from Russia and in 1933 Republic of Estonia joined to Finnish Fedration. After this Finland has live long peace era. Economy and standard of living has grow.

 

[Cuāuhtemōc]

Official Name: The Coptic Kingdom of Egypt
Common Name(s): Egypt
Government: Constitutional monarchy
Capital: Alexandria
Language(s):
- Official Language: Coptic & Egyptian Greek (94% combined)
- Other Language: Other (6%)Head of State: Pharaoh Antonius Baradaeus
Head of Government: Prime Minister Amadeus
Population: 37,124,986
Religion: Coptic Christianity (89%) Islam (11%)
Founding Date: 789
Date of Max Extent: 1576
Economy: Second World
Brief History: Separated from the Eastern Roman Empire in 789 following the turmoil following the Muslim Arab conquest of Constantinople. A Roman general by the name of Flavius Augustus fled the city with an army of 19,000 troops and sneaked on board a couple of ships and sailed to Egypt.

 

[Orko]

Official Name: United States of the Levant
Common Name(s): Levant
Government: Federation
Capital: Palmyra
Language(s): Greek(30%), Arabic(27%), Hebrew(25%), Phoenician(18%)
- Official Language: Greek, Arabic, Phoenician, Hebrew
Head of State: President Leonitos Cardasis
Head of Government: Prime Minister Yehonathan Halevi
Population: 43,534,700
Religion: Greek Gods(22%), Arabic Gods(18%), Judaism(20%), Phoenician(14%), Christianity 7%, Islam 5%, Atheist and Agnostics 11%, other 3%
Founding Date: 69 AD, New independance 790 AD, transition to federation 1911
Date of Max Extent: 1253
Economy: Between developing and First world
Brief History: The Great Jewish revolt has been much more succesful. In fact, it was so succesful that it convinced other surrounding provinces(Cilicia, Syria-Phoenicia, Cyprus, Nabatea) to revolt. Those revolting nations managed to achieve independence through war, and bonded together to create a defensive bloc. As time proggressed, the block became more unified until it became a single nation. It was, however conquered, but revolted again in 790. The nation than resisted multiple occupations by foreign powers. It finally became a federation in 1911, after the abdication of the King.

 

[Cuāuhtemōc]

Official Name: The Vandal Kingdom
Common Name(s): Vandalia
Government: Constitutional monarchy
Capital: Carthage
Language(s): African Romance (65%) Vandalic (20%) Berber (15%)
Head of State: King Flavius Geiseric
Population: 8,567.495
Religion: Roman Catholicism 65% Arian 30% Other 5%
Founding Date: 790
Date of Max Extent: 809
Economy: First World
Brief History: Following the Arab conquest of Constantinople, the Roman Empire fell onto collapse for good. The
Romance speaking populations in conjunction with the remaining Vandals launched an uprising against the imperial
government and declared independence.

 

[charlies]

i claim next, will try and make a vandalia, not sure how succesfull it will be

 

[charlies]

Official Name: The Glorious Mithraic kingdom of Iyatalion under god
Common Name(s):Iyatalion
Government: Parliamentary monarchy
Capital: Vencha (venice)
Language(s): Lattani (67%) Italian(18%) German (10%) French (5%)
Head of State: Ceaser Menicio Lakanus
Population: 38,700,000
Religion: Mithras cult (83%) orthodox Christians(13%) jewish 4%
Founding Date: 434(in OTL Croatia)
Date of Max Extent: 670
current borders:1702
Economy: First World
Brief History: Mithras worshippers in the roman army refused to serve with Christians, under Verimus they were able control a small area of land around the city of split, when the empire became officially Christian they became a magnet for thousands of surviving Mithras adherents, aswell as jews and Romano-pagans. Having fought around 50 wars with the crusaders and the Catholics since there creation they have been a perpetual thorn in papal backsides,

 

[Cuāuhtemōc]

Official Name: ar-Rūm
Common Name(s): Rum
Government: Islamic theocracy
Capital: al-Qusṭanṭiniyah [OTL Constantinople]
Language(s): Arabic 99% Other 1%
- Official Language: Arabic
Head of State: Caliph Mohammed Abbas
Head of Government: Vizier
Population: 79,678,956
Religion: Islam 98% Other 2%
Founding Date: 790
Date of Max Extent: 1420
Economy: Second World
Brief History: Muslim armies conquered Constantinople and the Arab general Abbas declared himself Caliph.

 

[kasumigenx]

Pulilu
Capital: Palayan
Language: Ibanag
Religion: Islam
Territory:Eastern Luzon north of Laguna de Bay.

Tondo Empire
Capital: Tondo
Language:
official: Tinondo(mixture of Pangasinense, Sambal, Kinumintang and Ilokano)
Other languages: Pangasinense,Ivatan, Sambal, Kinumintang and Ilokano
Religion: Islam
Territory:Mindoro,Western and Southern Luzon

 

[Cuāuhtemōc]

Nice idea. I like it.

 

[Saepe Fidelis]

Official Name: Minarchist Republic of Kalinga and Bengal
Common Name: Kalinga, Bengal
De Facto Government: Presidential Republic
De Jure Government: Technocratic Presidential Republic
Head of State: President Kharavela Juganagh phd (People's Technocratic Party)
Head of Government: Speaker Aihole Muda (PTP)
Capital City: Kalinga
Population: 114,600,000
Religion: 60% Hindu, 30% Jain, 10% Buddhist
Founding Date: 1865
Current Borders: 1914

Brief History:
Having rebelled against the Indian Empire and attained independence after a bloody 6 year struggle, Kalinga was founded on the sites fo the ancient kingdom. A one-party government was established to promote national unity, yet in 1903 two more partie swere founded, the Kalingan Democratic Front and the Hindu National Party. The Technocratic Party has, however, held power since 1984 having defeated all other comers in elections which occur every 6 years. Since 1984 there have been 4 heads of state and 9 heads of government.
Kalinga has recently entered an economic boom, and is currently the world's 12th largest economy, set to overtake Delhi in 2012. The 2008 Kalinga Olympics were seen as the signal that the 21st century will be Indian, and Kalinga is the forerunner in the sub-continent.

 

[Hominid]

Irokwoy

Official name: Irokwoy Republic
Government: Democratic Republic
Capital: Irokwoy City
Languages: Mohawk (40%), English (20%), other languages (40%)
Head of State: Big Forest (OOC: trying to come up with a generic Native American name)
Population: 1,342,655
Religion: Indigenous ones
Founding date: sometime in the 1500s
Date of Maximum extent: 1807-today
Economy: first world
History: Irokwoy was founded in the 1500s. It gradually became more democratic. When the Europeans began to arrive in the region in the early 18th century, they became strongly allied with the English against the less powerful Welsh. Today, it is a modern and thriving democracy, a sharp contrast to most of the surrounding areas.

 

[Hominid]

And here's the map:

 

[IsraFrance]

Official Name: The Republic of Vinland
Common Name(s): Vinland
Government: Parlamental democracy
Capital: Nya-Oslo (on OTL Newfoundland)
Language(s): Norweigen (40%) Dane (30%) Sweedish (15%) Finnish (10%) Other Nordic languages (3%) other native american languages (2%)
Head of State: Trygve Lindberg
Population: 10,079,000
Religion: 70% Protestant chirstens 15% Jewish 8% protestant 6% Muslim 1% others
Founding Date: 1324 (Claimed By Norway) 1401 (Councered and split by Sweeden and Denmark) 1490 (Independence) 1812 (Kind resigns, changes into a democracy)
Date of Max Extent: around the 1700s, when Norway tried for dozens of years to reannex them.
Economy: Minor First world (like the weaker members of the EU)
Brief History: Inspired by the viking tours of north america, Norway diceded to get it self some of it's "historical area" and Colonized the hypothetical areas of Vinland and more, later, during a political low time in scandinavia, the Danes and sweedes teamed up to take Norway's over seas teritorys, spliting Vinland with North to Denmark and south to Sweeden, after it's independece, Norway still wanted it's rebeling areas in the far west, and had the long and bloody Vinland-Norway war, which it lost after 71 years. Even during it's Kingdom phase, Vinland was one of the most secular nations in the world, with an accual freedom of relegion, explaining the rather large number of Jews there.
During most of the world wars, Vinland remained Nuetral. it is a memeber of all the Scandinavian and nordic Unions and a great Ally of Irokwoy

 

[Zuvarq]

What's the point of posting history, when people just ignore it when world history and world wars are decided?

 

[trekchu]

Official Name: The Empire of the Germans
Common Name(s): Germany, the German Empire
Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Capital: Frankfurt am Main
Language(s): German (80%) Dane (3%) Polish (10%) Others and dialects (7%)
Head of State: Emporer Friedrich Wilhelm IX of Germany and King of Prussia
Population: ~110.000.000.000
Religion: 70% Protestant 20% Jewish Rest others
Founding Date: 1848
Date of Max Extent: 1898- (after annexation of German Austria, extents OTL Empire borders without Alsace but with OTL modern day Austria.
Economy: First world, (Automobiles, Heavy Machinery, shipbuilding, Meat, Wood, Grain, Electronics)
Brief History: After the popular revolutions in most of the German states in 1848 the national assembly offered the crown to Prussia's King Frederick Wilhelm IV who decided to accept after the Austrians brutally put down the revolts in Vienna and faced ever more public unrest under the condition that he was allowed to keep his Prussian titles and was allowed to style himself as Emporer of Germany and King of Prussia. Economic growth and political development similar to that of other European States followed, while Austria entered an irreversible downward spiral, leading to the brutal Austrian Civil Wars between 1878 and 1891, after which Austria Hungary was split. In 1898, after years of continued economic Hardship and with the tacit consent of the other European Major Powers, what remained of Austria was annexed into Germany proper.

 

[kasumigenx]

Pulilu
Capital: Palayan
Language: Ibanag
Religion: Islam
Territory:Eastern Luzon north of Laguna de Bay.


Tondo Empire
Capital: Tondo
Language:
official: Tinondo(mixture of Pangasinense, Sambal, Kinumintang and Ilokano)
Other languages: Pangasinense,Ivatan, Sambal, Kinumintang and Ilokano
Religion: Islam
Territory:Mindoro,Western and Southern Luzon

 

[Hominid]

What's the point of posting history, when people just ignore it when world history and world wars are decided?

Well, in my opinion, histories prevent people from saying, "Hmm...I'll create a Romansch-and-Esperanto-speaking, Phoenician-alphabet-using, reformed Mormon constitutional monarchy inhabited by Azeri ex-hippies that covers Cape Cod, Somalia, Fiji, St. Kitts and Nevis, and a few parts of northern Cornwall and Devon." It makes people think more about their country.

To make things simpler, I'll create a timeline of all mentioned dates.

 

[charlies]

can i post?

 

[DjBaraca]

Official Name: Sultanate of Delhi
Common Name: Dehli, Mughal
De Facto Government: Semi-Constitutional Monarchy
De Jure Government: Technocratic Presidential Republic
Head of State: Sultan Zulfikar II Raza ibn Mirza
Head of Government: Zulfikar II Raza ibn Mirza, Prime Minster Muhammad al Taraki (DNP)
Capital City: Delhi
Other important: Mumbai, Amhedabad, Pune, Surat, Jaipur, Karachi, Islamabad, Kathmandu, and Kabul
Population: 361,713,000
Economy: minor First World (with high amount of industry, and production)
Religion: 70% Islam, 20% Hindu, 10% Buddhist
Founding Date: 1876
Date of Max extent: 2010
Current Borders: 1946

Brief History:
The Sultanate rebelled against the Indian Empire. Led by the charismatic noble Altair ibn Mirza gained its independence after a bloody 4 year struggle. After their victory Altair was crowned Sultan. Needing to keep the appearance of freedom set up a democratic government and allowing them to introduce laws, but the sultan would have final say in all things. Delhi is listed as the major causes of the collapse of the Indian Empire, fighting two decisive victories in 1885, and again 1898. During the first world war Delhi sided with the allies and invaded Persia and Afghanistan. Annexing Afghanistan and parts of Persia. The time of peace lasted till the 2nd world war where Delhi would side again with the allies taking much of Persia and southern India. Since then a proxy cold war has been going on with Kalinga. Delhi is a economic powerhouse, all though it appears that Kalinga might over take them economically, militarily they are the most dominate in Indian ocean and possible in Asia. They are currently trying to gain the Olympics for 2020. The future looks bright for this nation as it become the center of the of world, as the Indian century dawns.