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| - Akitsu is made up of many islands, one of which makes up the vast majority of Akitsu's land area. The largest islands in Akitsu is Akishima, which is also home to Akitsu's capital of Kobara and Akitsu's most populous city Magawa. Archaeological research has shown that people have lived in Akitsu since the upper paleolithic period. The first written mention of Akitsu appears in Chinese texts aound the 1st century AD, around the same time the first written accounts of Japan appear. Akitian history is characterized periods of influences from other nations, most notably one by Japan that even resulted in Akitsu adopting a dialect of the Japanese language as it's own language. The period between 1410 and 1658 AD, known within Akitsu as the "Eisen Period", is marked by a period of near constant warfare as various warrior clans battled to control Akitsu. In 1658 a stalemate was reached and Akitsu was divided into three kingdoms. In 1899 a powerful nationalist movement, feuled by corruption and human rights abuses in one of the kingdoms, succeeded in unifying Akitsu. Akitsu adopted it's first official constitution in 1905, however this constitution still gave the Emperor considerable powers. The constitution was replaced in 1960 by one that significantly reduced the powers of the Emperor, but allowed him to retain some influence in the government. Both of these constitutions were written by the order of the Emperor himself in response to popular opinion.
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