The Unitary State of the 'Akh and Steel (USAS)

# The United Commonwealth of the 'Akh (UCA)

## Information

The United Commonwealth of the 'Akh (UCA) is a nation situated on a landmass named **Bayt** and an island named **Nunaipik** in the far South West corner of Orion. It is split between the **Enlightened Mongznupna Khandom** and the **Kingdom of Bayt**. The Kingdom is populated by the mysterious **'akh**- a shadowy carnivorous species, and the Khandom is populated by a mixture of humans and 'akh. The union deems the preservation of technology and knowledge for future generations, by way of recovering, restoring and recording the knowledge and technology of the world as its mission. The official languages of the union are English, Arabic, and 'Akh, and it has a population of 2.

## History

### Tribes and original nations

For centuries, the 'akh were split in small, undocumented tribes, always on the move. Eventually, these tribes started making settlements, and over time, these new "tribe-nations" as they are called in 'Akh (in English these would most likely be known as kingdoms), started diplomacy with each other. And over time many cultures developed independently from the rest of the world.

### The Forgotten Empire and The Prophesised Disaster

#### Empire

One of the first nations (one forgotten to time until recently) was a sea-obsessed empire named B‬𐤉‬g𐤁‬𐤋‬𐤀‬𐤂‬𐤊 𐤏‬‬𐤉‬𐤋‬y𐤌‬𐤄‬𐤍, which most likely controlled most of the trade and power on the continent.

#### Prophecy

According to very few archaeological remains, a well respected mage in the nation told that she foresaw that awful things would happen in the near future and that everyone needed to leave. While the exact contents of the prophecy are unknown, it is hard to imagine something so terrible to make an entire kingdom leave their homes.

#### Divergence from the Bayt mainland

This was taken very seriously and 3 months later, on the first sight of snow the entire empire was on the waves leaving their home. After this point the history of the 'akh splits in two - the 'akh still on Bayt and this forgotten culture going into the waves. It is believed that the Mongznupa, a divergence of the 'akh species on Nunaipik, are the direct descendants of this civilization.

### Disaster

Soon, the other kingdoms were beginning to construct ships and reach islands and even the main land, where small settlements appeared, however these villages seem to have disappeared around 850 years ago. Around this time, what historians believe was a mini ice age happened in the south-west of Orion and killed many, with estimates reaching as high as 20 million deaths in the 'akh population alone. This sent many cultures and kingdoms extinct, wiping their existence off the face of Orion. Slowly, as most of the ice melted, the surviving 'akh started to rebuild, and vowed to record as much history and technology as possible so something like this wouldn't destroy their cultures again. Before this, the 'akh inhabited the entirety of Bayt, but now only a small corner of it has 'akh inhabitants, and even to this day, a lot more of Bayt than before is covered in snow and ice.

### Kingdom of Bayt

After many decades of rebuilding, a movement started growing in the Bayt inhabitants, called All-'Akh, the goal of which was to unify the 'akh into a single nation, and to work together to relearn the cultures of their ancestors. This resulted in the formation of the **Kingdom of the 'Akh**.

(will add info on mongznupna here later)