Ahhiyawa

### GDP

• Total: 8.8 million Egyptian shematy (71 AEE)• Per capita: 64.17 Egyptian shematy (71 AEE)

The Kingdom of Ahhiyawa was a puppet state of the Mycenaean Confederation, located in southwestern Anatolia. The first Mycenaean colonies there had been established as far back as around 350 BEE and over the centuries the Mycenaeans had colonized this land and pushed most of the Luwians out to the west. In 21 AEE, during the Second Hittite-Egyptian War, the territories were reorganized into the Kingdom of Ahhiyawa to make its administration easier, as prior to that the colonies had been divided among the 15 kings of the Confederation.

Ahhiyawa acted the same as the other former Mycenaean puppet Wilusa, established a decade prior. The king of Ahhiyawa collected his own taxes, but had to send part of the revenues to Mycenae, and could not raise his own armies or navies, except men needed for garrison and border and sea patrol duties. During wars, the Mycenaean kings were free to conscript any men from the region for their own armies. The Ahhiyawan king was monitored to make sure he did not conspire with the Hittites and, just like the Wilusan king, did not have the right to vote on international matters.

Most of the population was Mycenaean and followed the Mycenaean religion, though a sizeable portion was Luwian, mostly living further inland, as the Mycenaean colonists mostly stuck to the coasts. Some Hittites and people of other groups were also present. Ahhiyawa had an urbanization rate of 29.4% in 71 AEE. Also, the country was known for its shipbuilding industry, with the ships having been exported to the kingdoms of the Confederation and even Egypt.

The puppet kingdom had a GDP per capita of 64.17 Egyptian shematy, which was very close to that of the Confederation itself, and quite a bit higher than Wilusa, mostly due to Ahhiyawa being more stable. The Mycenaean shematy was the official currency, but it was accepted only in a few of the coastal cities.

Following the Wilusan king's lead, the Ahhiyawan king had also recently expressed thoughts to the wanax about the puppet kingdom becoming a full member of the Confederation, with all its rights and obligations, prior to the Great Powers' War. While Ahhiyawa had been part of the Mycenaean sphere for much longer than Wilusa and was wealthier and more stable, some kings were still skeptical of the idea of letting it attain the same rank as their own realms.

**Spoiler warning: this section contains spoilers for the novels The Rise of Kemet and the March of Deshret.**

Once the Great Powers' War began in 71 AEE, Ahhiyawa was invaded by Hittite and Luwian forces from the east, but, unlike Wilusa, did not completely fall. In 72 AEE the Mycenaean and Ahhiyawan forces inflicted a decisive defeat on the invading Luwian army near Milawanda, thus allowing the Mycenaeans to regain Ahhiyawan territories and invade Lukka, eventually taking all of it by the end of 74 AEE and putting it mostly under Ahhiyawan occupation. The Kingdom of Ahhiyawa remained a puppet state until the end of the Hittite Civil War in 75 AEE and remained that way for a couple more years until 77 AEE. However, in 77 AEE it was officially granted the status of a Mycenaean kingdom, along with Wilusa, and became part of the Confederation, with all the rights of the other kingdoms, due to the new Mycenaean wanax Tirynthius, with the approval of the majority of other kings, declaring that Ahhiyawa was worthy enough and proved itself during the war to receive this status. However, this caused some controversy as some kings accused Tirynthius of doing this to increase his popularity and the number of supporting kings for his claim to the throne, as the Ahhiyawan king Phidippus IV was a known friend of Eteweokles and Tirynthius, and, unlike, Eetion III, was not so neutral in these succession matters.