Alaska

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Великое Княжество Аляскинское
Grand Duchy of Alaska
File:Alaskaflag.png File:Alaskacoat.png
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: (in Latin) Stella polaris Caesarem duxit
(The north star guided the emperor)
Anthem: Святой Иннокентий
("Saint Innocent")
File:LocationAlaska.PNG
Capital New Archangel
Largest city New Archangel
Official language(s) Russian
Government Constitutional monarchy
Feodor IV
Pyotr Olegovich Kedrov
Area 1 717 854
Population
 • Density
 
807,223
0.46/km²

population_density_rank =/km²

Currency Alaskan ruble (MCC)
Time zone
 • Summer (DST)
Alaskan
Aleutian (UTC-9
-10)
Alaskan DST
Aleutian DST (UTC-8
-9)
Internet TLD .ak
Calling code +17-9
* Nicholas II abdicated as Tsar of Russia and Grand Duke of Finland 15 March (n.s.) 1917 but "omitted" to specify as Grand Duke of Alaska; remaining imperial family fled to Alaska following execution of Nicholas II on July 17 (n.s.) 1918.

The Grand Duchy of Alaska (Великое Княжество Аляскинское, Velikoye Kiyazhestvo Alaskinskoye, or Аляска, Alaska) is a country in western Arctic North America.

It occupies the large Alaskan peninsula, the Aleutian Islands, and a "panhandle" extending southward along the Pacific coast of North America, bordering British Columbia. The capital, New Archangel, is located in this panhandle, on Baranov Island.

The official language is Russian; the majority of the population is ethnically Russian, but a substantial minority (40%) of the population is of native American (Inuit, Athabaskan, Tlingit, Haida, Aleut, and Yupik) descent.

History

Alaska is the last remnant of the Russian Empire, with the surviving members of the imperial Romanov family fleeing here following the Russian Revolution in of 1917. From Alaska, formally titled the Russian Empire as opposed to the USSR, they attempted to press their claim to the Russian throne, but, denuded of power, eventually gave up. The country subsequently assumed the name Alaska, albeit styled a Grand Duchy rather than an empire in order to suggest that it was merely a part of a greater Russia upon which the family might eventually exercise a pretension.


Countries of North America

Alaska - British Columbia - California - Canada - Denendeh - Louisiana - Kalaallit Nunaat - Mar de Cristal - Massachusetts Bay
The Maritimes - Nehiyâwaski - New Wales - Nunavut - RIPP - Texas - Vermont - Virginia
Philadelphian Union: Illinois - Kansas - Lakota - New Netherland - Pennsylvania
Overseas territories: Bermuda - Île Saint-Jude

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