The Antarctic Region is a constituent commonwealth of Vekllei.
| Antarctic Region | |
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| Constituent Commonwealth of Vekllei | |
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| Area | 16,493 km² |
| Capital | Helena |
| Constituents | 5 |
| Population | 118,982 |
The Antarctic Region (Vekllei Antarctica) is a constituent commonwealth of Vekllei, comprising largely isolated and scattered island republics in the south Atlantic and Antarctic oceans. It is the least-populated and least-developed of the regional commonwealths, and its republics are dependent on small trades, fishing, and Vekllei Commonwealth institutions like the military and civil service.
The Antarctic Region extends from the Santes and Sude Republics in the Antarctic Ocean to Ascension just below the equator. Compared to other commonwealths, it has vast internal distances between sparse and isolated island republics. It includes desert and temperate islands like Ascension and Helena, as well as barren and wind-worn rocks in the Antarctic.
The Antarctic Region occupies a strategic position in the South Atlantic, and bolsters the Vekllei claims on the antarctic continent. Many of its republics host air bases or naval stations that support Vekllei sovereignty over nearly the entire Atlantic Oceans, from Arctic to Antarctic.