Kadavu

Empire of Kadavu Emepaea o Kadavu
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Schepper Bescherm Keizer en Vrijheid
Capital and	Suva
Official languages	Dutch, Kadavian
Recognised national languages	Maori, English, Hebrew
Demonym(s)	Kadavian
Government	Semi-constitutional monarchy
Legislature	Provincial Assembly
Establishment
• First Austronesian nomads settle in Kadavu and surrounding islands.	~3000BCE
• Annexation by the Tuʻi Tonga Empire	973CE
Population
• Estimate	744,456 (1992)
• 1990 census	728,390
• Density	46.4/km2 (120.2/sq mi) (148th)
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$4.5Bn
• Per capita	$6040.27
Gini	24.9 low
HDI	0.736 high
Currency	Koloniaal Guilder (KGR)
Time zone	UTC+12
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1
Antipodes	Gourma Rharous, Tombouctou, Mali.
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy (CE)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+913
Internet TLD	.kd

Kadavu, officially the Empire of Kadavu (Polynesian: Ka Noho Aupuni o Kauavu), is a island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific about 1,100 nautical miles (2,000km; 1,300mi) northeast of Yangaea's North Island. Its closest neigbors are the Melanesian Republic to the west and southwest, the Island States of Micronesia to the north, the United Polynesian Islands to the east, and Yangaea to the south. Kadavu is divided into two main archipelagos, the Fijian archipelago, and the Tuvalian archipelago. These two archipelagos are made up of hundreds of smaller islands, many of which are uninhabited, and house the Kadavian population of 774,000. The majority of the population live in the Fijian archipelago, but more and more and migrating to the Tuvalian region. Virtually all gold mined in Kadavu, a staple of the economy, is produced in the south, with sugar plantations and other farms dominating the Tuvalian region. Around 3/4 of Kadavians live on islands' coasts, due to the volcanic terrain making it dificult to develop infrastructure inland.

Kadavu has one of the most developed economies in the Pacific thanks to its abundant forest, mineral, and fish resources. Its currency is the Kadavian Guilder, and its main sources of foreign exchange are its tourism and sugar and gold exports. However, in recent years, the financial sector in Kadavu has boomed and is expected to dominate the countries' GDP in the coming years.

Politics and government

Kadavu is a semi-constitutional monarchy, with the majority of the power vested in the monarch and his advisors, while minor executive and legislative powers are given to the Provincial Governors.