Yangaea

The Community of Yangaea
Motto: "The World's Nation."
Capital	Xate
Official languages	English Maori creole
Ethnic groups	95% Semi-Maori 3% Maori 2% other
Demonym(s)	Yangaean
Government	Socialist Anarchy, Oligarchy
Legislature	National People's Congress
Formation
• Crowning of Rurik	862
• Establishment of Pav'	880
• 1300	Duchy of Chekhov
• 1547	Tsardom of Pavlovsk
• People's Federated Republic of Pavlovsk	19 October 1917
Population
• Estimate	3,550,000 (76th)
Currency	Ruble (RUB)
Time zone	UTC +2 to +12
Driving side	right
Calling code	+669

Yangaea, officially the 'The Community of Yangaea', is a small island country off of the coast of Perth. The nation identifies itself as a socialist anarchy, but generally operates as an oligarchy, with the power being shared by two elected leaders.

History

Ancient native history (pre-1840)

The islands were originally inhabited by a population called the Maori, who likely arrived from other nearby islands. The island was undiscovered by the developed world until its discovery by Brittanian explorers in the late 1600s. The native population at the time of discovery was around 250,000, almost all of which lived as a part of one tribe in southern Yangaea. The tribe depended on fishing and hunting the local iguanas for sustenance.

Colonization and Collapse (1840-1872)

After the British colonized Perth, they looked to also take what they called "New Perth", or modern day Yangaea. They sent in around 2,000 men in June of 1840 to build a city and "civilize" the natives. 6 months later, a British general came to check on the colony. The white men had completely accepted the native culture, and abandoned Christianity for the native folk religion. In addition, around 75% of the native women had been impregnated by the European settlers. Not long after the settlers and natives had completely assimilated into one single society. When a British ship returned in early 1872 to check in on the colony's progress, the ship was captured and converted into a