Pukara

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The Military Colony of Pukara, is a majority military-led located on the Pukara peninsula on the far west of the Paracas Coast.

It was founded in 1935, as a client state of SiWallqanqa. Having existed since 1926 as a dependency of SiWallqanqa, serving as the western base for their influence over the western Paracas states following the South Avalonian War.

The national motto of Pukara is "Service and Sacrfice" reflecting the nations somber attitude towards conflict.

History
First named the Cape of Heady Sails by Vallisian explorer Jean-Paul Satracé, later renamed Cape Conway during a Tiplansk surveying mission, after Governor Jan Conway of the Port Hope Colony. In 1845, it was again renamed, this time to the Shipwreck Cape to honour the several dozen ships that had perished sailing past it.

Government
The phrase Military Colony had been used to describe Pukara since 1927 and due to its fitting nature, was adopted into the formal name for the nation at independence. In its functions as a military colony Pukara in reality serves as the collective military base and training areas for the allied forces of ECOMsAD. Only 10% of the land area of Pukara is owned and controlled by the military, but it contains 70% of the total population (only 40% of the permanent population, as per ECOMsAD military rotations).

In reality, most of the country functions as a typical republic, with the local municipal and rural council governments determining non-military planning and governing. Recieving an according budget provided by the military governments treasury department.

Military
The military of Pukara is known as the Armed Forces of Pukara and was founded in 1927. Its main headquarters if located outside of the city of Kortya Kortya.

The Gendarmerie Criminal Investigations Academy and the Army Officers Academy are located on the outskirts of the town of Crawford, Otway. The Air Force and Navy Officers Academy is located on the outskirts of Bear Trap, Colac.

Flora and Fauna
Pukara is home to wide variety of plant and animal life, primarily concentrated on the littoral regions or the inland seasonal rainforests. Notable examples of coastal wildlife are:, petrels, , , , sea-lions, southern right whales, humpback whales and killer whales.

Notable inland and rainforest-bound bird species are:, a wide variety of parrots, cockatoos and herons. Pukara is also home to various owls such as the:, , (which is the national animal of Pukara) and. Notable land species include possums, wombats, echidnas, pangolins and introduced.

Geography
Much of the inland is covered either by dry grasslands, temperate rainforest or dry eucalyptus forest. The western coastline is predominately short jagged cliffs. With the sheltered south and eastern coast having long sandy beaches and coastal wetlands.

Languages
The main languages spoken in Pukara, are:

With the following being common amongst international and ECOMsAD soldiers stationed in Pukara:

Tourism
Whale watching. Surfing on the western coasts, beach holidays on the eastern and southern. Sailing and fishing. Nature tours in the rainforests. SCUBA diving and salvaging the hundreds of wrecked ships on the western coast. Visiting the Dawson Owl Sanctuary, the largest wildlife sanctuary dedicated to birds of prey on Avalonia (each year it takes on several dozen international veterinarian students and eco-tourists for contracts working and contributing to their conservation efforts. It is popular amongst international students, mainly Vallis)

War Memorials
Pukara has the highest density of war memorials in the entire southern hemisphere, the main one being the Shrine of the Soldiers Sacrifice dedicated to every unknown soldier and warrior to have died in either colonial wars or modern wars, it serves as the centrepoint of the Reconciliation Day celebration, marking the end of the South Avalonian War.

There are memorials (graveyards, statues, pillars, gardens, monuments and shrines) dedicated to many wars and causes there: the colonial conflicts of Avalonia, the period of violence from 1890-1920, the South Avalonian War, south Avalonian involvement in the Grand Campaigns and the Kesh War, the Quechuan War, the Eurekan War and the recent SiWallqanqan Civil War.

This high density of memorials, in part honours the tens of thousands who fell in some of the bloodiest fighting of the South Avalonian War.

The, is a road following the Southern coastline of Pukara, and is commemorated as the largest war memorial in the southern hemisphere. It passes several tourist destinations and coastal features, and is a well-known tourist destination. At every kilometer a marker is set, inscribed with the names of a fallen soldier.