Akkarden
The Protected Isolate of the Aakan Territory is the name the lands in Sempiternica belonging to the Aakka People under the protection and guarantee of the International Forum, as well as separately by Vistaraland. While the lands are formally under these protections, the Aakkan administer it completely autonomously, with the IF preserving their voluntary isolation by the means of covert non-participant observation in coordination with the Hegelwoud Society of Interpretivist Thought, a sociological research foundation under Verian-West University.
Protected Isolate of the Aakan Territory | |
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  Flag of Aakarden (Left) and the Flag of the International Forum (Right) | |
Motto: "Leave nothing behind but memoriam."[n 1] | |
Anthem: "Song of the Aakkan" (Unofficial) | |
| Status | International Forum protectorate |
| Capital and largest settlement | Aakka |
| Common languages | Aakan |
| Diplomatic languages | Early Modern Vistarian |
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| Demonym(s) | Aakan |
| Government | Autonomous IF-Protected Tribal Administration under Collective Leadership |
• Secretary-General | Remy Jacques |
• Security Council Chairperson | Klara Sarinov |
• High-Commissioner | Freida H. Dirkheim |
• Observational Lead | Arnold Scholtz |
• Lord Protector | Pieter L. Hagelwoud (honorary) |
| Establishment | |
• Formation | Antiquity |
• Discovery | 13 July 1612 |
• Edict of Protection | 21 September 1614 |
• IF Administration | 12 February 1923 |
| Population | |
• 1612 census | 1,984 |
According to archaeological records, whilst most early Cava - having evolved from Treeclaw - fled north into Aurora following the freezing of Sempiternica, some were left isolated and forced to adapt to the harsh cold environments, returning to a carnivorous lifestyle, sustaining on fish and developing a rudimentary culture and language - outlining territory by forming paths from the sea to their communal settlements, in what foreigners have called snoways.
The isolated community was discovered by Vistari Explorer Matthias D. Hagelwoud in 1612, who referred to them as the Aakan, after a native word which is now believed to simply mean 'No'. Hagelwoud wrote a report on the population using non-participant observation, before campaigning Emperor Frederick II 'the Patron' to offer his protection to the land's unique scientific opportunity. Such a protection was granted, and renewed by the IF in 1923 after making agreements with Vistaraland, with the Heglewoud Family continuing to bear the title of Lord-Protector of the territory to this day.