Ackerland

The Commonwealth of Ackerland is a state in the Republic of Atlion, formed in ******. It is located on the western majority of the island of Ablion, forming the largest state in the union. It's largest town and capital is the city of Stauffenberg, Claus County. It's culture is heavily derived from the German state of Bavaria, in which it has gained its language, dance, religion and lifesyle. The Ablion Plains, seen as a natural wonder, for its massive expansion of endless farmlands and small Germanic towns plot the once undevloped land.

The states literally means, "Farmland" in German. This dates back when Bavarian Germans whom settled the land, simply called the land they planted on as the 'Die ackerland', which was seen as a general ownership by all of the pioneers. When General William Straut, whom applied the state to the Ablion Senate in ***** was met with fierce resistance after fears from the eastern Ablionian that the German population was too foregin and extremely diffrent from the ***** and **** cultures of the eastern Ablionian states.

Ackerland has a unitary economic system, which consists primarily as being the breadbasket for the Ablion Republic. The Ackerland Farmer's Union is the largest worker's union inside the state and is heavily envolded with the economy of the state and formed the Ackerland Farmer-Labor Party in 1945, which is currently the largest party inside the state.