Ahptan
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| Motto: Submit to Allah, Ahptan, and the Crown! | |||||
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| Region | Middle East | ||||
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| Capital | Ahpt | ||||
| Official Language(s) | Arabic | ||||
| Leader | King Farid al-Whalid | ||||
| Sovereignty | -Federation in 750
-Ottoman colony in 1517 -Republic in 1922 -Kingdom in 1925 | ||||
| Population | 7.1 million (2007 est.) | ||||
| Currency | Ahptan Arabi (Å) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .ahp | ||||
| Calling code | +041
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| ISO Code | AHTN
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The Kingdom of Ahptan (Arabic: أهبتن المملكة العربية ) is a sovereign, monarchist nation on the Arabian Peninsula. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia and sea borders with Egypt in the Red Sea. It has an estimated population of 7.1 million.
The early beginnings of the kingdom was a federation of cities and towns whose trade goods came as far as Manchuria to the far east. Later Ottoman conquests disbanded the federation and ruled the area until the end of World War I when the same cities from the federation declared a republic. The current Kingdom was founded by Amad al-Whalid when he led a rebellion in 1923 against the newly-formed republic and ended successfully in 1925 with the proclamation and recognization of the kingdom of Ahptan.
Ahptan is known for having a extremely large market place in it's capital city of Ahpt, despite nearly closed borders and shifting trade routes due to nearby conflicts in Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, and the Levant Region. Ahptan is generally perceived by the western world as being a backwards, third-world country due to it's poor human rights record and half a century of closed border.
History
Main article: History of Ahptan
In 1922, with the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the city of Ahpt and the neighboring cities declared independance and established a republic. Amad al-Whalid, field marshal of the then known Ahptani Republic, deemed the government useless and declared a monarchy in 1923, thus triggering the Ahptani Civil War which lasted almost 3 years. In 1925, Amad captured the capital city of Ahpt and declared the Kingdom of Ahptan with him as the ruler.
After setting up the new Whalid dynasty, Amad closed the country to the outside world except Saudi Arabia in a method used similarly by North Korea. During World War 2 (1939-1945), Ahptan sent military supplies to fellow Arab nationalists in Egypt, Transjordan, and Syria to fight against the British occupation. In the Arab-Israeli War (1948-1949), Ahptan followed Saudi Arabia and Yemen and declared war on the new state of Israel by sending 700 men fight along side the Jordanian forces. In the Six-Day War (1967), Ahptan sent 900 men to fight with the Egyptian forces in the Sinai Peninsula and sent an additional 200 men to fight with the Syrians in the Golan Heights.
Amad's rule came to an end when he died in 1974 and left his son, Farid al-Walid, the throne. When Farid came into power, he opened the country's borders strictly to other Middle Eastern countries to increase trade and hastened the industrialization process of Ahptan.
During the Gulf War, Farid expressed support for Iraq but did not send any assistance due to Saudi Arabia's entry into the war on the side of the United States. And currently in the Iraq War, Ahptan sends weaponry and funds to the Iraqi Sunni insurgents.
- See also: Red Sea Federation, Ahptan under Ottoman rule and Ahptani Republic
Geography
A nation in the Middle East, Ahptan is located on the western strip of the Arabian Peninsula. The country's entire western side is bordered by the Red Sea and the land area is entirely arid desert. The capital, Ahpt, is located in the interior of the country away from the Red Sea and is the most eastern inhabited city of the nation.
Ahptan's terrain is all desert filled with dunes here and there with sparse vegetation growing. Oases aren't common but are more common in the nation's interior than the surrounding Middle Eastern region.
The cities are all connected through dirt roads but with the growing industry long highways are being used increasingly in a rapid rate. Each city contains a moderate amount of people based on the ration of cities to person in the country. But out of about 7.1 million people, 2 million live in the capital.
