Amurru (OFK mandate)

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The OFK Mandate of Amurru is a joint puppet state of the Organization of Free Kingdoms, administered mostly by Egypt and Hatti. The mandate was created at the end of the OFK-EC War and officially recognized after the signing of the Treaty of Euphrates during the Damascus Peace Conference in 76 AEE. 
The mandate effectively replaced the Kingdom of the Levant. After the fall of the kingdom, Egypt regained its territories in Canaan and Phoenicia agreed to rejoin it voluntarily, thus leaving only northern Levant, the former Kingdom of Ugarit, with its fate undecided. Both Egyptians and Hittites laid claim to it, but soon an agreement was reached to make the territory into a puppet state to be administered by all OFK members, with Egyptians and Hittites playing the main role. Thus the mandate was established in 76 AEE and Baluzum II, an Amorite noble, was made its king. 
The Mandate is set to last at least 10 years, and in 87 AEE the OFK powers are expected to make a decision on whether to retain it as a puppet state or give it full independence, so it would become an equal member of the faction. However, in the meantime it remains a puppet with little local power. The country has no army or navy, but is home to thousands of OFK soldiers and hundreds of warships, being the most militarized zone in the coalition, as it is the first line of defense against the Eastern Coalition. 
The ethnic composition of the region is not different from that of the Kingdom of the Levant or Kingdom of the Ugarit, with the exception of an influx of Assyrians, who, after realizing that Assyria will not be retaken by the OFK, took the offer to resettle in Amurru, with the ability to visit and trade with Assyria. This includes thousands of former Assyrian soldiers who served under Tiglath-Pileser, their families, political refugees, and others. The country has an urbanization level of 28.3% and a literacy rate of 20.8%, both being comparatively high even among OFK members. The country also has the lowest rate of slaves in its population in the OFK and is working to abolish slavery completely.
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