Karianka

Republic of Karianka, or just Karianka (in Finnish and Karanese, Karääiankan Tasavalta) is an independent sovereign state located in North Europe. It has population of approximately 14,3 million people and it's the most crowded Nordic country although it had population of only 80,000 in 1930 without Petroskoi and Pietari. Also its density is 50 people per km sq so it isn't too crowded per km. It has GDP (PPP) of 690 billion $ on total and 48,00 $ per capita. People used to be much more poor than other countries but most of the Karanese people used to interest in fishing and the biggest economical source of Karianka used to be fishing. But after the Second World War, Karianka became a science country and now, it's one of the developed countries, interested in service and industrial sectors.

Its capital city is Pietari and its official languages are Karanese and Finnish which are used by most of the population as the first language but there are languages that has significant number of speakers in Karianka eg. Russian, Karelian...

Karianka shares borders with Samiland and Finland to the west, Russia to the east and Balt Federation and Republic of Sankt-Petro to the south.

Karianka is also a member of the United Nations, Finnic Commonwealth (with Finland, Samiland, Balt Federation and Sankt-Petro), NATO and European Union.

Etymology
There is no certain idea for Karianka's name but the most common idea is it's a Turkish origined word. It's a compound word with "kar" that means snow in Turkish, and "ankâ" that means phoenix in Turkish and Islamic mythology. Historians explain that as "Turks named Karanese people as "karanka(lar)" that means snow phoenix because they were never giving up and their land were full of snow".

Karianka in other languages
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 * German: Karianka
 * Russian: Кариянка (Karijanka)
 * Turkish: Kareyanka

Karianka in ONs' languages
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First Millenium
Karanese people established their first known state in 700s in Raakka (Rika in Modern Karanese, current city of Riga, Latvia) in the leadership of Kimi I. Historians claim that Karanese people came from Murmansk and Karelia and they got mixed with Cumans and Kipchaks from Ukraine. Karanese Kingdom reached its peak borders at 870s with Kimi III, Naskaa (Pietari in Modern Karanese, current city of St. Petersburg) to Lans (Lugana in Modern Karanese, current city of Lugansk). Vikings also influenced Karans during the First Millenium.

Religious Era
Karanese people adopted Catholicism in 13th century but some of the Karanese people became Orthodox in 17th century.

Orthodox Archduchy of Alanovska (Alnesia)
Lord Alanov of Karelia established Orthodox Archduchy of Alanovska and made Alanovska holy place in 1733: Alanovska was bordering three cults of Christianity: Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Protestantism. Alanovska was known as "Karianka" in southern countries and "Alnesia" or "Karanesia" in western countries.

Holy Region of Alnesia
In 1769, Sweden conquered Alnesia from Russia and named Alanovska as Holy Region of Alnesia. Matthew I of Karianka became the first and only duke of Alnesia.

Finnic Civil War
In 1799, Finnish people revolted against Sweden and Finnic states became independent. Finnic Commonwealth was established in 1805 after the civil war.

Duchy of Karianka
Kok I became the first duke of Karianka in 1799. Duchy of Karianka lived until 1836, the Second Russian Invasion of Finnic Commonwealth.

Archduchy of Karianka
When Russians conquered Karianka, emperor of Russia, Nicholas I ordered to establish a new autonomous state in Karianka called Archduchy of Karianka. His son, Nicholas I of Karianka became the duke of Karianka in 1859, until his death in 1891. Nicholas I of Karianka also became a Field Marshal after he commanded the Russian army of Danube against Turks. Archduchy ended in 1922, while Roman I, grandson of Nicholas I of Karianka was ruling.

Republic of Karianka
In 1922, Finnic white arms defeated Finnic red arms and Russian Red Army and Samiland, Finland and Karianka got independence. Inka Bambag became the first president of Karianka.

World War II
Karianka fought at the side of Germany and Hungary as Axis against Russia.

Geography
The country mainly spans on Kola Peninsula, Karelian Region, Ex-Leningrad Oblast region and Lake Ladoga.

Climate
Karianka mostly has a sub-arctic climate to the north. It's possible to find a humid continental climate in the southern parts of Karianka, like Pietari, Alana or Bambaaki. Except Murman and St. Peter of North, most inhabited cities of Karianka are located in south, mostly in zone with humid continental climate.

Administrative divisions
Karianka is divided into 5 regions called maakunta and 2 metropolitan areas.