Chamorro Islands

Chamorro Islands Autonomous Area I Tåno' Autonomo
Autonomous Island Territory
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Nickname(s):  "Chamorro" "Kyōdaijima" (HCL)
Motto(s):  Libre, Fuetsao, Mandaña' Free, Strong, United
Soverign State	Neo-Korea
Chamorro War	1921-1929
Chamorro Islands Unification Referendum	1987
Founded by	Jent Oratmangoen
Named for	Chamorrans
Government	Devolved Oratmangoenist One-Party State within a Pan-Hiakemirist One-Party State
• Guia	Shimizu Pangelinan
• Riprisentånte	Aoki Ina
Legislature	Konsehon Nasionåt
Population
• 2030 estimate	7,200,000
• 2034 census	7,285,180
GDP (nominal)	2034 estimate
• Total	c. 460 Million MSD
• Per capita	63,800
Gini (2034)	31.4 medium
HDI (2034)	0.784 high
Time zone	UTC+6 (Svetvostok Central Time Worldtime)
Driving side	left
Calling code	+93
Website	.chm

The Chamorro Islands, more officially the Chamorro Islands Autonomous Area or the I Tåno' Autonomo (Chamorran) is an Autonomous Island Territory of Neo-Korea representing the Chamorro People. Originally entering Kāichrén hands as a result of the Chamorro War, the process of mutual movement would link the two populations on a distinct cultural and political level, with Chamorro willingly rejoining Neo-Korea following the negotiations which lead to the 1987 Chamorro Islands Unification Referendum. The official languages of the area are Chamorran and the Pan-Hiakemirian Constructed Language, which share an equal role in governmental and cultural programing. Economically and militarily, the Chamorro islands play a key role in the organization of defensive capacity against Marquesan and Aureumterra, with a number of major military industrial centers being present on the island.

The Chamorro Island Chain is comprised of a total of 14 islands, although the southmost island (the Islan i Manå'na') considers itself culturally and politically distinct, and has been pushing for further devolution since the early 1990s. The climate of the islands is generally tropical, with hot and humid summers and limited presence of snow even during the coldest of the winter months. It is home to a number of ethnic groups aside from the Chamorrans, although attempts to secure official recognition for these groups has been unsuccessful on a broad level due to resistance by members of the Chamorran community. The capital of the islands is Dañkulog, or "Great River" - named for its placement upon the largest river in the Chamorro Islands, a placement which assisted in its capacity for trade and commerce both before, during, and after the colonization of the islands by Marquesan. Especially notable in regards to this early trade was interaction with Azura and Cathalina-Magea, which resulted in interbreeding between those populations and the Chamorrans.

The CIAA is one of the most prosperous parts of Neo-Korea based on per-capita presence of currency, owing to a lack of damage from the Kāichrén Civil War and its retained prominence in the process of trade with Marquesan. The Islan i Manå'na' also contains one of the few actual oil reserves of note present in Neo-Korea, although this has been less economically exploited than would be expected due to the large focus on and state-investment into synthetic oil produced through coal liquification. In general, the Chamorro Islands possess a number of unique vegetation and fauna, which are crucial to the unique culinary, artistic, and general cultural heritage originating from the islands.

Etymology

The Chamorro Islands have gone through a number of names throughout history, including Dañkulu na Tåno', traced back to the earliest recorded records of a unified Chamorran civilization, and Kyōdaijima - "Brother Island", named by the Kāichrén diaspora to the region. In general, the most favored non-official name remains simply "Chamorro", as a result of the I Tåno' Autonomo's favoring of a singular Chamorran cultural group as a part of its adoption of Oratmangoenist political and cultural policy regimen.

The name for the islands in Marquesan, the Île du Commerce, is perceived as insulting in the modern era due to its restriction of the island's nature to simply being a port for trade. Using such, or using Marquesan language as a whole, has lead to assault or other forms of violence against the individual who did such.

Nicknames for the country include the "Western Extension" or "Nishikuchō", in a reflection of the naming of the Nán Yánshēn (the "Southern Extension") and its position to the far west of the current territory occupied by Neo-Korea. Additional nicknames are based on geographic features, including the "Islas Manma'kadena" (Chained Islands), occasionally used as a negative term by those who seek greater devolution, "Yutakajima", or "Rich Islands" based on the presence of notable natural resources not available in Neo-Korea itself, and other names.

History

Signs of human life have been found dating back to the approximate period of 1500BCE, although the first settlers of the region are believed to have originated from regions to the west of what is now Veliksaria at some point in the early 1800BCE period, with the lack of artifacts from that time traced to a series of natural disasters.