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{{Infobox former subdivision
|conventional_long_name = Some latin name of the HB archipelago idk
|common_name            = Exponential Nusantara
|subdivision            = Colony
|nation                 = Empire of Exponent
|status_text            = Exponential colony
|government_type        = {{wp|Crown colony}}
|title_leader           = Monarch
|title_deputy           = Administrator
|leader1                = [[Titus V]] ''first''
|leader2                = [[Publius II]] ''last''
|year_leader1           = 1521-1528
|year_leader2           = 1572-1608
|deputy1                = [[Titus Caelestis]] ''first''
|deputy2                = [[Sextus Gavros]] ''last''
|year_deputy1           = 1521-???
|year_deputy2           = 1608??
|year_start             = 1521
|year_end               = 1608
|event_start            = [[Anjani Empire|Anjani revolts of 1525]]
|event_end              = Noordenstaater occupation of Exponential Nusantara
|image_flag             = 
|flag_type              = 
|p1                     = Anjani Empire
|flag_p1                = Flag_of_the_Majapahit_Empire.svg
|s1                     = Company Territory of Hindia Belanda
|flag_s1                = Drap NTC.png
}}The '''[[Empire of Exponent]]'s colonialism in Hindia Belanda''' marked the first time a foreign power had taken hold of the territory that makes up modern-day [[Hindia Belanda]]. Exponential rule lasted for 87 years; what started as a benign quest on the Exponential part to secure trade agreements with spice-producing states in the Hindia Belandan archipelago became a period of rule characterised by frequent hostilities and unlikely alliances between the Exponential Empire and the tributary states of the Anjani Empire that had sought independence from their liege. 

The period saw the introduction of Christianity to the archipelago, through the efforts of Roman Catholic missionaries who proselytised to the Hyangist population, and the establishment of numerous trading posts and forts. The era of Exponential colonialism left an imprint on Hindia Belandan culture, particularly in the presence of Romanesque architectural elements that survive to the present day and the sudden proliferation of literature in 16th-century Hindia Belanda through the {{wp|printing press}}. The introduction of the {{wp|Latin language}} to Hindia Belanda and the efforts of Exponential scholars to translate Hindia Belandan literature dating from before the time of the Anjani Empire represented the first of subsequent attempts by Western Astyrian civilisations to study Sythithian civilisations. Contemporary historians accept these undertakings as instrumental to the preservation of ancient Hindia Belandan literature. The inclusion of the original text in the translations of these literature contributed to a greater understanding of ancient Austronesian culture as present in Hindia Belanda which proved useful to the [[Noordenstaat|Noordenstaaters]] who would later defeat the Exponentials and occupy the archipelago.

==History==
===Establishment===
[[File:ExpoArrivalHB.jpeg|thumb|upright|left| Exponential explorers disembark in the port city of Anjani, 1473]]
After solidifying their hold on Hesperidesia throughout the 14th and 15th centuries, the Emperors of Exponent began to look elsewhere to spread their religion and draw new lands into their empire. After establishing a permanent outpost on [[Khayr Var]], Emperor [[Julius II]] decided to prepare an expedition to the Nusantaran archipelago, in what is now [[Hindia Belanda]], where rumour held there to be 'a vast pagan empire' rich in trade goods and spices. Led by [[Titus Caelestis]], the first Exponential explorers with a mandate to establish a trading post moored their ships at [[Anjani]] in 1473, a port city and capital of the weakening [[Anjani Empire]]. There Titus Caelestis and his entourage were initially well-received by [[Raden Parawardana V]], the King or ''Ratoe Agong'' of the Anjanis, who allowed the Exponents to trade at Anjanian marketplaces and establish contacts with Anjanian tributary states across the Nusantaran archipelago. Raden Para

===Permanent settlements===

===Conquest of the Northeastern Islands===


==Administration==

==Economy==
===Trade===

==Religion==

==Decline and legacy==
Exponential architectural elements can be found in surviving structures built in the 1500s throughout Hindia Belanda. A monopteros in Bukit Ilias dedicated to the Shia Imams was constructed in 1578, possessing elements of Exponential and local architectures. The monopteros and its surrounding gardens can be found today within the grounds of the Shia Convocation Headquarters, from where the leader of the Esoteric Shias deliver talks every evening.

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