Archive:Akamyokulta

Presidential Republic of the Yokulta Islands Nórtjúldŋoalám Agámjokuldaid
Flag
Motto: "May your bow bring you welfare. / Sónto vinin ahvoaine valjugat."
Anthem: Islands, islands, of our people / Agámd, agámd, jokulduid
Capital		Koarátkeiŋ
Official languages		Niryokulta
Recognised regional languages		Ngeyv, Duryk
Ethnic groups		Yokulta, Duryk, Ngeyv
Demonym		Yokulta
Government
-	President	Šielvi Ŋoarvis
Population
-	2015 census	52 494
HDI		0.712 high
Currency		Yokulta Varkul (YVA)
Drives on the		left
Internet TLD		.aj

Akamyokulta (Niryokulta: Agámjokulda [ˈakæ:mjɔˌkʰʊɫta]), officially the Presidential Republic of the Yokulta Islands, is a country located in the northern area of the Sea of Alpa. The nearest countries are Ngeyvger, Durykia and Qgam. The Yokulta nation is withdrawn and often considered as xenophobic due to people's general disgust towards another races and most of the nations, what means that the number of migrant inhabitants is really small. It is also confirmed that more than 70% of total population is able to use a bow, so it is certain that archery is Akamyokulta's national sport.

The country consists of 18 larger islands and dozens of smaller, often uninhabited ones. According to 2015 census, there was 52 494 total inhabitants, with ~89% of them living in Sákčuitagámdŋuolašat (Southern Islands area); and ~28% of total population living in the capital Koarátkeiŋ's district.

Languages spoken in Akamyokulta include Niryokulta, the official language with a huge dialect spread due to long distances between single islands, and regional languages Ngeyv and Duryk, spoken mainly on the eastern islands by native minorities. These two languages are also the most often taught at Yokulta schools and is estimated that about 20-40% of Yokulta population is able to speak a second language on some level.

Etymology

Akamyokulta (in Niryokulta Agámjokulda) literally translates as 'the land of my people' (agám-jokul-d-a; land-human-PL-POSS.1S.NOM).

Geography

All Yokulta islands are located in the north of Sea of Alpa, between West Miraria and Alpa, west from Durykia, Ngeyvger and Qgam. Akamyokulta is divided into three regions – Sákčuitagámdŋuolaučat, Šoalčuitagámdŋuolaučat and Painčuitagámdŋuolaučat, all of them consisting of 16 islands with population higher than 50 inhabitants and dozens of smaller islands with less than 50 inhabitans or uninhabited islands.

Sákčutagámdŋuolašat (lit. 'southern islands region'; abbr. SAŊ) is a region where capital Koarátkeiŋ is located and where lives the largest part of population, 46 970 inhabitants (2015 census), 45 716 of them living on the three biggest islands. The Arctic Circle runs through the middle of this region.

Painutagámdŋuolašat (lit. 'eastern islands region'; abbr. PAŊ) is a region with 3352 inhabitants; county seat is Durigkeiŋ located on the Dianagám island. There lives the highest number of Duryk and Ngeyvic people due to short distance to both countries of Durykia and Ngeyvger.

Šoalutagámdŋuolašat (lit. 'northern islands region'; abbr. ŠAŊ) is region with the smallest number of inhabitants, 2172; county seat is Ŋümtjóŋ located on the Ŋümtagám island.

Politics

Military

The country has only the navy – there is 203 active soldiers (2015 census).

Economy

Transport

Yokulta people use mainly boats to travel between single islands. Very small percentage of people owns a car to travel on the islands between towns and villages, so the most common way of transporation is walking (especially in urban areas) and animal-based transport.

Tourism

Due to hate and "disgust" of Yokulta people towards other races and their overall dislike of foreigners (over 70 % of Yokultans claimed they wouldn't want their neighbours to be foreigners/people of different race or species), tourism is not much advanced. Average number of tourists per year is about 400 persons.

Demographics

Language

Official language is Niryokulta. Two regional minority languages are Ngeyv and Duryk spoken mainly in region Painčuitagámdŋuolaučat (altogether it's estimated there is 2,000 to 4,000 speakers).

Niryokulta has a big dialectal spread due to long distances between single islands and regions, with about 55,000 native speakers and insignificant number of L2 speakers. There live around 48,000 native speakers in Akamyokulta, though the remaining 7,000 lives in Durykia, Ngeyvger and some other countries.

Culture

Flag

The flag has four colours – white, yellow, blue and dark blue, representing typical phenomenons of the islands. White symbolises snow. Yellow are sun rays, referring to arctic nights with little or none daylight. Blue is sea surrounding the islands and dark blue circle is moon, that had a special place in indigenous religion.

Akamyokulta's flag

Literature

Literature in Akamyokulta was not favoured until second half of 20th century where it gained popularity with a series of crime novels published in the 50s by Pierm Sahče Šienvis. A number of authors followed him, together with Nierva Ŋeivis, today's most popular crime novel author.

There is also a small number of books from educational literature.

Cuisine

Yokulta cuisine consists mainly of fish and other sea creatures because they are easily approachable and cheap; families making a living from fishing consume fish on a daily basis.

Sport

Sport is an important part of life of Yokultans, as most of them are used to take care of cattle and animals in general or to walking long distances since only a small number of population owns a car. Overall said, they are quite active and they like to sport – more than 50 % claimed they do so every day. The most favorite and also the national sport is archery. It originated from a way of hunting typical of Yokultans, a bowfishing, and it slowly became not only the way how to get food but also recreational activity. It is estimated that more than 90 % of islands' population have shot a bow at least once, over 70 % shoot regularly and about 10 % shoot proffesionally.

A number of Yokultans also likes to fish, using various methods – with rods, spears, harpoons and nets; these are the most common ways.

Bowfishing

Bowfishing is a method of fishing practised by Yokultans. It uses specialised archery equipment, notable is the use of arrows attached to a reel attached to a bow.