Amkwana

## What is Amkwana?

Amkwana is a wealthy and futuristic country run by a monarchy. It has a rich culture and unlike other parts of Africa, resisted colonization and the slave trade, allowing it to develop a lot quicker and catch up with first world countries and eventually surpassing them.

The citizens of Amkwana speak Amkwan, a dialect that is relatively new, having been initiated as the national language just three hundred years ago. As a general summary of the language, it is a mix of all ancient dialects that were once spoken in Amkwana, but over time got put together and turned into a different language altogether as they pick and chose the different terms they wanted to use for their language.

The current population of the country as a whole is one hundred fifty-four million. The citizens of the nation are called Amkwanans.

Their laws are very similar to the modern day laws of AU-13 (Earth's universe), but unlike most of Earth's laws, it is absolute treason to kill or even injure royalty. They take protection of their royalty very seriously considering their past of assassinated monarchs and have a very resilient guard protecting them. Injuring royalty can go anywhere from a decade in prison to the death sentence depending on the severity. Murder of royalty results in the death sentence.

The national currency is Konewe.
!K 1 = $4.78

## Where is Amkwana?

Since Amkwana is on the coast, it has beautiful beaches. It also has magnificent jungles and cliffs. Amkwana is located on the west coast of Africa in AU-15. The climate is generally hovering between warm during the summer and breezy and slightly chilly during the winter months, but around the year the weather is rarely cold or warm enough to cause major drought or snow. They produce rice, peanuts, sorghum, cassava, and coffee beans.

## History

Amkwana originally began as an empire on the west coast of Africa, appearing just before the rise of the Ghanaian Empire. They were later annexed into the Ghanaian empire in 800 AD, when the people began moving further inland due to floods. People eventually began moving back to the coast of Amkwana in the 12th century, before the beginning of the Four West African Wars in 1185. The Four West African Wars were a result of the fall of the Ghanaian Empire, the growth of the Mali Empire, and the rebellion of the Amkwanans, not wishing to be annexed into another empire. The first war lasted six years, and resulted in a tense armistice that was later broken just a year later and resulted in an even bloodier second war that lasted ten years and ended in 1201. Another war broke out in 1203 as people began to break away from the Ghanaian Empire. It ended in 1208 after five years of warfare. The last war happened in 1216 and ended in 1219 with the declaration of Amkwana's independence from both empires. After earning the respect of the crumbling Ghanaian Empire and invoking fear in the Mali Empire as well as threatening peoples around them, they began to withdraw from the Amkwana area and allowed the people to develop their country in peace.

## Mottos

* "Kiss our asses."
* "Humans are generally a stupid species but then we have the occasional geniuses. Moral of the story: don't be a generally stupid human."

(as they stand, these are joke mottos often used by the people, but the actual motto is going to be created soon)

## Royal Family

In order of line of sucession.

* Queen Ngozi
* Prince Consort Abiodun
* Princess Zakhele
* Princess Mbhali
* Prince Chikere and Prince Esi (twins)
* Princess Kayin
* Prince Kofi