The Admiralty of Arkhanon

The Admiralty of Arkhanon is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its soft-spoken computers, flagrant waste-dumping, and irreverence towards religion. Arkhanonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chalnova. The average income tax rate is 38.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Arkhanonian economy, worth 40.5 trillion tzubals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 62,152 tzubals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

## History

Arkhanon was officially founded in 1648 by the Dutch East India Company, but left relatively alone by colonists. In 1677 the Dutch established the town of Neochori (now Chalnova) as a simple resupply port for trade ships and a "toll-gate" for the rest of the region. In 1799, when the Dutch East India Company was defunct, the nation gained it's independence until 1894, when the United Kingdom colonized the island and established a major naval base there.

### World War I

Arkhanon was not a particularly active nation during the Great War. Mainly assisting Japanese raiding parties on the Eastern Front, the nation was mostly overlooked. Imperial Japanese Naval assets were gifted to the U.K. through Arkhanon. Otherwise, the decent sized island acted as a rear stronghold for the Royal Navy operating with Japanese supply lines.

### Interwar and World War II

Arkhanon was officially give it's independence in 1918 as part of the Treaty of Versailles, to which it immediately made an alliance with Russo-English powers. At this point in time, the nation had grown to half the size it is today, and was an international hub for trade and naval operations.

#### Chinese Campaign and the Fall of Burma

Reluctant to lose an ally, the now-rebranded Emirate of Arkhanon did not enter the war until the Royal Navy requested. After an Arkhanon-bound RN supply ship was raided by Japanese submarines, general consensus agreed that Arkhanon would have to enter the war. With a navy outstripping the RN and almost matching the IJN, the Emirate made the decision to defend Burma from Japanese invaders. This failed horribly. Four Arkhanonian cruisers (ANS Valeorn, ANS Celamen, ANS Falagas, ANS Seralen) and two destroyers (ANS Lumpon, ANS Helixon) sank, and the current flagship (ANS Halamyr) was damaged beyond repair and scuttled. Nursing this loss, the Arkhanonian Naval Commanders called the First Fleet back to home port and waited to rebuild and rearm.

#### Midway, New Guinea, and Guadalcanal

Arkhanon assisted the United States during this period, leaving the Royal Navy to deal with the area North of Australia. Multiple Naval Air flights were sent to USN carriers and USMC airbases, in order to help with the war effort. A prototype rotary-wing aircraft was developed for the US Army, but was scrapped due to **[REDACTED]**. No ground personnel were sent to combat IJA forces on the islands, but airstrikes and naval battery support fire was used liberally to invade key locations.

#### Tokyo Campaign

Arkhanonian Naval Air Wing forces were used relentlessly in bombing Tokyo, Japan. Mainly targeting military strongholds and population centers, Arkhanonian fighters escorted B-29 bombers used by the United States, as they far surpassed P-51 Mustang fighters and were a close match to the relatively modern Westland Wyvern in speed. Also, Kuromorimine (defunct 1974), the current Arkhanonian nuclear initiative, obliterated smaller naval bases as if they had never existed. This information was declassified with the deconstruction of the Berlin Wall.

### Postwar and the Cold War Period

During the Postwar, Arkhanon was seized by Soviet forces and annexed into the USSR, changing the country's name to "Balota". However, the governor assigned to Arkhanon was lenient, and practically used the island as an excuse to get away from the Socialist Republic. Soon after 1970, Arkhanon regained independence, but a large majority of people in the country spoke Russian and wrote in Cyrillic. This set of languages and English were soon adapted with the native languages.

### Modern Day

Arkhanon kept relatively to itself in the late 1990's to early 2000's and 2010's. The only notable event from that time period was the most recent American manned Lunar mission, carried out in 2019.

## Culture

### Religion

Organised religion in Arkhanon is entirely outlawed. Any followers of religious groups or sect are given a single chance to justify themselves in a court of law. If they do not see the errors of their ways, they are admitted to a mental hospital for insanity, for at least five years. If they do not improve within this time frame, they are executed as humanely possible. Private religion is legal, with a few exceptions. Any pressuring or forcing of religion onto any one person results in the same trial.

### Crime

Crime is practically non-existent, but not entirely due to police forces. Pop culture does not romanticize crime, and youth rebelliousness is at an all-time low. Police are polite and lack the corruption of some other nation's civil protection. The only notable crimes are petty thievery and the aforementioned "ban" on religion.