The Ukallik Shogunate

The Flag of the former Ukallik Shogunate.

## Summary

**The Ukallik Shogunate (Also known as Aquila by locals)** was a country located in the Southern Ends Region and was one of the two nations that were present in the classical age.

Founded in Late June of 2021 (The start of the server) by the former Shogun Alex626, it was a country influenced by the Sengoku Period of Japan between the years 1467 to 1615. Regarded by players of the era as a country "that exists", it was highly targeted by nations due to it's poor infrastructure and lack of retaliation when provoked, as it tends to avoid conflict as Alex626 fears that if he done so, his country would fall. However this was challenged in the Ukallik-Wikenfjorn War, in which its result was what Alex626 feared.

## Country Overview

The Ukallik Shogunate was originally named Aquilla by Alex626, however due to an misinterpretation by Squid when he was defining the borders, Aquilla was named the Ukallik Shogunate, named after Izumi Ukallik, the lagomorphic main character in Alex626's fictional series "Cras Es Noster".

During its short existence, The Ukallik Shogunate only had two cities: Ayoto and Aquilla, with Ayoto being its capital and largest city. It also is where the Shogunate Royal Family formerly resided and is the seat of the Shogun. The country until the end of the classical era, didn't have a formal currency as the server didn't have a currency plugin at the time. So in compliance, they traded things with iron and gold until the establishment of the Garian Standard in the late Ukallik Period. It's economy was closed, relying on itself to gather resources and infrastructure. Many historians believe that this factor was the main reason why the Shogunate fell in the Southern Ends by the end of the classical period.

Due to poor documentation and an incident in which Alex626 had to forced to reinstall Minecraft after his game was creating problems in the server, %99 of the screenshots of the classical period was lost, however artwork and depictions of the Ukallik Shogunate are still being drawn to this day to the best of Alex626's memory in order to preserve its history as it was one of the most important civilizations in the history of the server.

## Cities

### Ayoto

**Ayoto** for the most of the Shogunate's existence serves as the capital and a city state up until the Aquilian Expansion. It was formerly the seat of the **Ukallik Clan** and its branches. It's main source of resources was it's surrounding environment and it's mineshaft. The city's infrastructure consisted of oak wood and cobblestone, which make it vulnerable to cannons, air bombings, and fire. Surrounded by the city was the Capital Building. The building had a fair share of incidents involving terrorist bombings and constant bombardment in the Early Classical Period. Originally build on a raised dirt structure with wooden walls surrounding the fortress, inspired by buildings in Total War: Shogun II Rise of the Samurai, it's outer dirt walls were soon replaced by cobblestone after countless creeper explosions and bombardment. It's rooftop was gold, symbolizing peace and prosperity.

It has a coastal fort on the west side of Ayoto named the Western Fortress, and throughout the country's history, serves as the main line of defense against any invader who dared to attack Aquilian soil. It was on an island walled off with cobblestone and coastal field cannons armed on every side. In the fort there's a tower that serves as a long range coastal defense with siege cannons fortifying the tower. During the Battle of Ayoto, Viking\_Seagull and Squid successfully destroyed the walls and the tower of the Western Fortress. Much to Alex626's disappointment, the field cannons were unable to penetrate most of Viking\_Seagull's walls and gave up on the idea of wasting ammo for a cannon that can only do minimal damage and eventually have to rely on his bow to attempt to kill Viking\_Seagull. In the end Alex626 have to abandon it as the damage was too great and there was no way to quickly replace the field cannons as fast as Viking\_Seagull and Squid were pelting cannonballs at him.

It's standing magnum opus is the fortress that lies east of Ayoto, and was the place where the final battle of the Wicken-Ukallik War occurred. It consisted of cobblestone, with it's purpose being the last line of defense of the country in the event that the main capital falls into the enemy hands. Inside the castle it contains a pig and sheep pen and a mini wheat farm, as it was build to last a siege as Alex626 puts it personally *"Until the server glitches out and dies."* It also has two towers, one containing siege cannons and the other serves no purpose but to dock airships. It short existence came to an end after a successful break in made by Viking\_Seagull and Alex626 fled without being captured.

For the rest of The Ukallik Shogunate's existence up until the Ukallik-Wikenfjorn War, it stood as the country's first and last defense until its ultimate destruction in Mid-August 2021 as cannon fire and bombings blew the city up into ruins. The city marked the end of the Classical Period and gained the status as a historical site by Late August of the same year.

### Aquila

**Aquila (Not to be confused with the name of the country)** was originally to be a place where the remaining Ukallik family will be exiled if the mainland fell into the enemy's hands during the Ukallik-Wikenfjorn War, but has been annexed by Wikenfjorn after the war as part of the treaty. The city is not exactly a city, resembling more as an outpost as it's only structure was the city hall fortress itself. Settled on a swamp island, Alex626 regard the island as *"Ugly and undesirable to be build on"* as he preferred oak forests, plain islands, and snowy terrain. As of today, Wikenfjord has officially not claimed Aquilla and it's regarded as neutral territory that anyone can grab.

## Military

In terms of military, Aquila was behind in all military technologies up until the year 1 B.W. Although the country has an iron surplus, it didn't have enough gunpowder to fully support a modernized army. The military throughout its history used copper and iron weapons, with them being katanas, spears, and pikes. It's armor consisted of Iron most of the time because of the lack of diamonds the national reserve has. Although it did had matchlocks In 1-2 B.W, it was deemed too slow and inefficient in combat due to limited ammunition and would be used in close combat if needed. It later found use of flintlock snipers by the Late Aquilan Period.

## Economy

By economical standards, Aquila had the lowest in terms of cash, due to its closed economy and slow gathering of resources. Historians pointed out that this is also a factor of why Aquila fell in the Ukallik-Wikenfjorn War.

## Collapse

The Ukallik Shogunate was put up to the challange during the Ukallik-Wikenfjorn War, a conflict started by the Shogunate that lasted a week whose reason of doing so was to subjugate The Democratic Republic of Wikenfjorn to become a dual government-like state. During the conflict, Alex626 experienced multiple problems regarding his connection, this is to be called the Crash Crisis, named because of the fact that Alex626 when playing Minecraft, cannot work nor play the game for over 30 minutes at a time. This ultimate misfortune was the final straw that broke the camels back. Although fighting well, Alex626 gave up due to connection problems.

The war ended with Wikenfjorn winning, in which annexed all of the lands owned by Aquila except the Aquila Islands. The Ukallik Family was subjected to Viking\_Seagull as citizens of Wikenfjorn, much to former Shogun Alex626's dismay. Wanting to have creative freedom after a day, Alex626 snuck his family out of the country and went into exile in the Squidonain Empire on the condition that the former Shogun has to construct buildings in order to cover for war debt.

After constructing the Squidonian Cathedral and multiple buildings, Alex626 was granted freedom under Squid's promise to help him rebel against Wikenfjorn, and founded the Neo Shogunate. Today, the de-facto state is in open rebellion with Wikenfjorn, with hopes of wiping out the country and converting everyone to Buddhism, and the Ukallik family is still in exile in Squidonain Empire to this day.