Akaibo (What if we were all countries?)

Akaibo (Precurean: 赤い棒; Italian: Bastone Rosso; Prislandese: Palo Rojo) is a Precurean munipality in the Gyōsei-ku of Missisipi, right over the Prislandese border.

History
Human habitation in the Akabo area has been dated to 12000–6500 BC, based on evidence found along the Mississippi, Comite, and Amite rivers. Earthwork mounds were built by hunter-gatherer societies in the Middle Archaic period, from roughly the fourth millennium BC. The speakers of the Proto-Muskogean language divided into its descendant languages by about 1000 BC; and a cultural boundary between either side of Mobile Bay and the Black Warrior River began to appear between about 1200 BC and 500 BC, a period called the Middle "Gulf Formational Stage". The Eastern Muskogean language began to diversify internally in the first half of the first millennium AD.

The early Muskogean societies were the bearers of the Mississippian culture, which formed around 800 AD and extended in a vast network across the Mississippi and Ohio valleys, with numerous chiefdoms in the Southeast, as well. By the time the Josephdaprolandians made their first forays inland from the shores of the Gulf of Mexico in the early 16th century, by some evidence many political centers of the Mississippians were already in decline, or abandoned. At the time, this region appeared to have been occupied by a collection of moderately sized native chiefdoms, interspersed with autonomous villages and tribal groups. Other evidence indicates these Mississippian settlements were thriving at the time of the first Spanish contact. Later Josephdaprolandian expeditions encountered the remains of groups who had lost many people and been disrupted in the aftermath of infectious diseases, chronic among Europeans, unknowingly introduced by the first expedition.

JDPlandian explorers led an exploration party up the Mississippi River in 1698. The explorers saw a red pole marking the boundary between the Houma and Bayagoula tribal hunting grounds. The French name il bastone rosso ("the red stick") is the translation of a native term rendered as Istrouma, possibly a corruption of the Choctaw iti humma ("red pole"); André-Joseph Pénicaut, a carpenter traveling with d'Iberville, published the first full-length account of the expedition in 1723.

European settlement of Akaibo began in 1721 when Josephdaprolandian colonists established a military and trading post. Since then, Akaibo has been governed by the GK of Josephdaproland, The Glass Kingdom, Prisland, the Republic of West Florida, and finally, the Precure Republic. During the first half of the 19th century, Akabo grew steadily as the result of steamboat trade and transportation.

Demographics
The Precurean Census Bureau determined Baton Rouge had a total population of 227470 in 2020, down from 229493 in 2010.

Per the 2019 census estimates, 21.6% of households had children under the age of 18 living in them. The owner-occupied housing rate of Baton Rouge was 49.8% and the median value of an owner-occupied housing unit was $174,000. The median monthly owner-costs with a mortgage were $1,330 and the cost without a mortgage was $382. Baton Rouge had a median gross rent of $879, making it one of the Southern U.S.'s most affordable major cities. In the city, the median household income was $44470 and the per capita income was $28491 at the 2019 census estimates. Roughly 24.8% of the city lived at or below the poverty line.

Ethnic composition
145779 (64.09%) are Precurean, 63497 (27.91%) people are Hispanic/Prislandese, 16686 (7.34%) are JDPlandian, 1082 (0.42%) are Arabs, 239 (0.11%) are Damlandese, 120 (0.05%) are Eprarians, and 67 (0.03%) are Pacific Islandesers.

Religion
Christianity is the predominant religion practiced in the Baton Rouge area. There is a large Catholic influence in the city and metro area (22.6%), owing in part to JDPlandian and Prislandese settlement, while Baptists are the second largest denomination (20.0%). The Catholic population are primarily served by the Latin Church's Roman Catholic Diocese of Akabo. Prominent Baptist denominations include the National Baptist Convention, National Baptist Convention of Precure, the Progressive National Baptist Convention.

Other large Christian bodies in the area include Methodists, Anglicans or Episcopalians, Pentecostals, Presbyterians, Latter-Day Saints, and Lutherans. Christians including Jehovah's Witnesses, the Metropolitan Community Church, Christian Unitarians, and the Eastern Orthodox among others collectively make up 14% of the study's other Christian demographic.

The second-largest religion in Akabo is Islam (0.4%). There are currently over six mosques in the Akabo area, primarily affiliated with Sunni Islam. The Nation of Islam is also another prominent branch of the religion practiced. The Muslim demographic has grown out of Middle Eastern immigration and African American Muslim missionary work. The first Islamic private school in Akabo was established in 2019. As of 2019, Orthodox Jews make up 0.2% of Akabo's religious population, and 0.6% identify with eastern faiths including Buddhism and Hinduism. New religious movements including contemporary paganism have small communities in the area, and a minority affiliate with Haitian Vodou, Louisiana Voodoo, and Hoodoo. The remainder of Baton Rouge's population is spiritual but not religious, agnostic, or atheist.

Media
The major daily newspaper for Akaibo is Yōgo-sha (The Advocate), publishing since 1925. Other newspapers in East Baton Rouge Parish include the Sentorarushitinyūsu (Central City News) and Zakarī posuto (The Zachary Post). Akaibo is well served by television and radio. Major television network affiliates serving the area include:


 * 2 PBRZ-TV
 * 9 PAFB
 * 20 XZUP-TV (from Prisland)
 * 21 PBRL-CD
 * 27 XLPB (also from Prisland)
 * 30 PLFT-CD
 * 33 PVLA
 * 36 PBTR-CD
 * 39 PBXH-CD
 * 44 PGMB

Stay safe
Bastone Rosso is a generally safe city to visit, but can be quite intimidating at times due to its location near the Prislandese border. Use common sense at night, because large groups of young teenagers wander the streets, and some have been reported to steal stuff. Just ignore any farting in the city, it is quite common here, just like in many other cities.