Dakuat

Dakuat is a country in northern Zamoroziet. 
Dakuat's capital city of Qua-Daku, as well as over two thirds of the national population, is located in the southeastern section of the country, along the Daku River, which flows northward toward the Dakuat Sea (a branch of the Encircled Sea).
In 1867, Dakuat and Nunat held border talks to finalize their respective borders. The final treaty resulted in Dakuat receiving a western coast, although this coastline is quite rocky and usually ice-bound year round. There are only two minor ports on this coastline, and they are accessible only one to two months each year. The western coast lies over a small mountain range from the rest of Dakuat, and hosts only 5% of the national population.
Following the 1867 border treaty with Nunat, the Kalajiit tribal confederation in the extreme north sent a messenger indicating that they did not recognize Dakuat sovereignty in their affairs. Dakuat responded with a message granting them "full autonomy" and made no efforts to actually control the territory. Official government maps still show Kalajiit as part of Dakuat, but list it as an "autonomous zone."
In the 1870s, a railroad from was proposed running from the Encircled Sea, on the Gulf of Somal, all the way to Qua-Daku. However, the project was shelved due to funding and technical challenges.
Reindeer herding and mining serves as one of the primary economc activities of the Daku River Valley.
Dakuat is ruled by the Atunshey, who administers the country through a hierarchy of tribal chieftains (sheys). The current Atunshey, Anjor Shey (b.1855), was educated abroad (in Prem-Bol) and was expected to be "weak." Instead, Anjor has proven remarkably canny and extremely tough, willing to mix foreign reforms with traditional lifestyle.
The national bureaucracy, however, is not highly modern.
The country's National Army is small, but professionally organized under the direct command of the Atunshey. A large portion of the troops are organized as cavalry, organized into squads of nine men, each provided with three heavy sledges or two-wheeled wagons and draft reindeer.
Telegraph lines reached Qua-Daku in 1895.
Surnames did not arrive in Dakuat until the 1880s, and nearly half the population still only carries one name.
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