Alapaevsk Atoll

To see the other parts of the islands that were occupied see articles Russian Alapaevsk Atoll, American Alapaevic Territory, and Greenlandic Alapaevsk.

The Alapaevsk Atoll (Ethanian: Алапӕвская атоллъ, Alapaevic: Этанскойзэ шӧрмуӵ [literally translated as "Ethanian island"], Russian: Алапаевская атоллъ), also transliterated as the Alapayevsk Atoll are a group of islands (incorrectly called "atolls") administrated by Ethania. A fourth of the islands were occupied by Ethania after an agreement with Russia, the United States, and the Greenlandic Empire. The natives of the islands are called the Alapaevic people, who speak the Alapaevic language.

Sovereignty
The island has always been inhabited by the native Permic people known as the Alapaevic. They were traditionally fishermen, which is why their language is mainly used with family and fishing. The Alapaevsk Atoll's economy traditionally relied on fishing. In 1874, the Russian Empire occupied the group of islands, and it was a part of the dominion territory of the empire, it was also occupied by the Russian SSR.



However, when the Soviet Union fell, the island was automatically a part of Russia, but it was still unclaimed by any sovereign nation. When people realized the islands were unclaimed, four nations wanted the island for themselves. Those nations were Ethania, Russia, the United States, and the Greenlandic Empire. Because they didn't want to start a war, they created an agreement known as the Alapaevsk Island Agreement, which was to split the island into quarters. Each respective nation took ¼ of the archipelago. The Ethanian side is known as the "Alapaevsk Atoll" or the "Ethanian Alapaevsk Atoll".

Population shift
In 2000, the governments of each nation encouraged their citizens living on the archipelagos to move to their respective nation's side of the archipelago. A flock of Ethanians moved to the Ethanian side of the archipelago, and each of the population shifted. Despite this, some ethnic Russians and Greenlandic Inuit still remain on the Ethanian side.

Languages
The official languages of the Alapaevsk Atoll are Ethanian, Russian, and English, just like Ethania's. Greenlandic is also spoken by Inuit there. However, Alapaevic, the language of the Alapaevic people, is widely spoken, but there is no official status of Alapaevic. The Alapaevic language is losing speakers because most of the population has shifted to Ethanian and Russian.

Ethnic groups
Ethanians take 66% of the total population, with the indigenous Alapaevic people taking 29%. There is a significant minority of Russians and Greenlandic Inuits, who are situated primarily in the capital, Alapaevskar.

Religion
A majority of the population is Christian, specifically the Ethanian Orthodox sect. However, there is a significant minority of other Orthodox Christians, Catholics, and Protestants.

4% of the population are shamans, which is the traditional religion of the Alapaevic. The remaining 2% are mainly Muslims and Jews.