Apalachea

Apalachea, officially the People's Republic of Apalachea (: Po-ítsi i-apálac-âlki im-itálwa, "Our People's Nation of Apalachea"), is a country in Yeongju. Apalachea is bordered to the west by Apalachee Bay, into which the Halputtahatchee River empties.

The area that now constitutes Apalachea has been inhabited by various groups of peoples, including the ethnic Apalachee whom populated the mouth of the Halputtahatchee River. The inhabitants of the land lived in a smattering of largely unaffiliated towns along the river called idalwá. When Jeongmian colonizers arrived in the 19th century, these idalwá coalesced into a loose federation in order to fight back the foreign invaders, but to little avail. Apalachea existed under the colonial rule of Jeongmi for centuries, during which native Apalachee culture fused with the colonial Jeongmi culture to form a precursor to the prevailing culture in Apalachea today. The country won its independence in the Apalachee Independence War, part of wave of decolonization that swept the globe as a result of the Great Eulhae War as well as other internal pressures in Jeongmi at the time. Resistance against its colonial master had united Apalachea in war, but the fragile, newly-sovereign country struggled to form strong self-government in the decades that followed independence. The weak state of the government was exploited in 1956 when a hohnhyeol estate owner named Gun Song violently overthrew the republican government and established himself as dictator. Song's oppressive rule and unpopular attempts to fully embrace Jeongmian culture and institutions rapidly culminated in popular revolt. The Apalachee Revolution began in 1968 and ended with the formation of a new communist government in 1972, headed by Hachuabshi-Apalachee revolutionary leader Kikisoblu "Mí:kko-ɬákko" Cocheta.

Under Cocheta's rule, Apalachea has undergone arduous reorientation, including an conscientious move away from Jeongmian influences in favor of traditional Apalachee institutions. Apalachea is a developing country, and is currently in the process of industrializing and transitioning its colonial economy into a self-sufficient one. Major exports include citrus, sugar, and fish. The country's income equality is the highest in the world, yet the average income is vanishingly low and the country ranks fairly low on the.