Khakassia (What if we were all countries?)

Khakassia (Khakas: Хакасия, Хакас Чирі, Khakasiya, Khakas Çiri), officially the Republic of Khakassia (Khakas: Хакас Республиказы, tr. Khakas Respublikazy), is a country in Asia. Its capital city is Abakan, which is also the largest city in the republic. As of the 2010 Census, the republic's population was 532403.

History
The territory of modern Khakassia was the core of the old Yenisei Kirghiz state from the 6th century CE. In the 13th century, following a defeat by the Mongols, the majority of the Kyrgyz people migrated southwest to Central Asia to what now is Kyrgyzstan. Modern Khakas people regard themselves as the descendants of those Kyrgyz who remained in Siberia. Many of the indigenous Khakas people converted to the Russian Orthodox faith and gradually abandoned their nomadic way of life, proclaiming their own republic in 1890.

Religion
According to a 2012 survey, 31.6% of the population of Khakassia adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 6% are unaffiliated Christians, 1% are Orthodox Christian believers without belonging to any church or are members of other (non-Russian) Orthodox churches. 2% of the population adheres to Slavic native faith (Rodnovery) or Khakas Tengrism and folk religion, 1% to Islam, 1% to forms of Protestantism, 0.4% to forms of Hinduism (Vedism, Krishnaism or Tantrism) and another 0.4% to Tibetan Buddhism. In addition, 38% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 16% is atheist, and 2.6% follows other religions or did not give an answer to the question.