The Lakayan Federation

The Free Federation of Lakay and the Volkotti Straits (Euluska: Velkoälderu Lyv ka Lakéi ö Volkotti Valmë) was the nation state comprising the tropical continent of Lakay & Volkotti (the Wolcott Straits, an archipelago to its north). It was a wide-spread and highly culturally diverse group of states headed by a federal government, spreading across a massive area of land and sea. 
== Brief History ==
Lakay and Volkotti (the Wolcott Straits) had been home to countless indigenous groups in history, the most notable of which were the countless Kaneeyi nations, the Uiyet horse lords, the Verdis subterranes, and the Bayut mountaineers. Starting in the the mid-13th century under Euluskan Emperor Rómlaz XII and his successor, Empress Dateriä II, Lakay and Volkotti began being colonised. There were various conflicts, including the Great Lakayan Rebel War, and the native resistance to colonisation hampered the march of imperialism. Nonetheless, the Empire was able to colonise much of the north and east coast as well as most of the habitable parts of eastern and central Volkotti. Lakay was a colony for resources primarily, which were unique or plentiful amid in the tropical island, but later it also became a penal colony, where the Empire sent criminals to labour in the hot sun. It was also a hotspot of piracy and wars between the Empire and the northern Vortic Mercatorium, who laid claim to some of Volkotti. This stayed this way for centuries, until in 1513 during the final decade of decline of the Empire, the infamous heroic freedom fighters known as the Lakayan Liberators united the four aforementioned great tribes. They overthrew the Empire in Lakay and declared it to be a free federation ruled by the indigenous people and the descendants of the prisoners sent here. And that is how the Lakayan Federation formed! It was ruled by the sole survivor of the freedom fighters, the now legendary name of Lord-Governor Machavellio 'Livrettador' di'Sforza, and his wife, Commander in Chief Leona Adler-di'Sforza. Then, members of the four main indigenous groups helped to maintain their power and autonomy - these were Cetanwakuwa Biting Shark of the Kaneeyi; Viceroy Fanakhati of the Verdis; Prince Ĝile of the Uiyet, and Princess Kotsayin of the Bayut.
=== Later Roles ===
In 1519, the great armies of the Federation allied with the opportunistic Vortic Mercatorium to form the Vortais-Lakayan Navy. This united force attacked the Empire's home coast of the Fallo and the Horn, fought naval battles around the Lyskeiön Capital Territory, and sacked Lyskeiön, killing the final Emperor and crushing the crumbling Empire's head. This caused the Empire to fragment into successor states, ending it forever. 
Its other important role in history was in 1561, still under Lord-Governor di'Sforza, when the Federation blockaded the port of Felonil at the request and convincing of the elite Night Watch fireteam. Felonil's government had been infiltrated by a shadow cabal of fascists known as The Oracles, and martial law had been declared. The Federation bombarded the city, led a ground assault to free loyalists, and with the Night Watch, killed or captured the Oracles. With its leadership non-existent, Felonil would devolve into anarchy, so Lakay annexed it and renamed it to Halcyon. They declared Halcyon the new capital of the Federation, and there was mass migration from Lakay to there. The Federation remained in control of Halcyon until partway through the God Wars of the 17th & 18th centuries, where a global era of harsh snow and dangerous warring meant that it could no longer spread its reach so thin, and ultimately the Federation retreated to control Lakay and Volkotti alone. 
In the Collapse Era (post-God Wars), the Federation still ruled Lakay and Volkotti, and was a modest and decentralised nation led by the descendants of the di'Sforza dynasty.
== Demographics and Culture ==
* The official languages of the Federation were Euluska and Kaneeyi, but Verdis, Bayut-Bayat, and Uiyar were also used, as well as occasionally some Vortai and a lot of creole languages. 
* The population of the Federation was low for such a big area; about 5.1 million in 1600 (excluding Halcyon; its population was around 12 million in 1600); and 8.1 million in the 250s C. 
* The federation's population makeup was about 40% Euluskans (descendants of prisoners and settlers), 30% Kaneeyi, 10% Vortic, 7% Uiyet, 5% Bayut, 3% Verdis, and 5% other. 
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