Mannatiua

Mannatiuan Free Association of Communes Kommunalvabamaa Mannatiulaane (Liidurian) Irekle Kommunal-Berlәšmә Mannatiyo (Forthons) Dibenindi'zobemaadzidkaa Mangitigweyaa (Ziibwingon)
Motto: "Peace to all, death to tyrants!"
Anthem: Unto The Breach
Capital	Chauegan
Largest city	Agogibing
Official languages	Liidurian
Recognised national languages	Forthons, Ziibwingon
Recognised regional languages	Regional languages in Mannatiua
Demonym(s)	Mannatiuan
Government	Libertarian Socialist Federation under a Unicameral Nonpartisan Consensual Soviet Democracy
• First Citizen	Remond Povel
• First Commissar	Ulle Must
Legislature	Revolutionary Federal Commissary
Formation
• Settlement by the Ziibwingon Peoples	12th Century CE
• Establishment of Mannatiua Colony as part of the Forthons Expulsion from Liiduria	19 March 1749
• Crown Colony	18 July 1805
• First Republic	18 August 1866
• Kevmian Empire	5 October 1867
• Second Republic	16 May 1895
• Free Association of Communes	18 December 1922
• Constitution	8 January 1943
Area
• Total	2,326,532.44 km2 (898,279.20 sq mi)
• Water (%)	5.4
Population
• 2020 census	21,442,089
• Density	9.22/km2 (23.9/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	219.24 Billion US$
• Per capita	10,225 US$
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	384.39 Billion US$
• Per capita	17,927 US$
Gini (2016)	26.1 low
HDI (2017)	0.833 very high
Currency	Mannatiuan Misuabic (28.37 MAM = 1 US$) (MAM)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	right
ISO 3166 code	MT
Internet TLD	.mt

Mannatiua, officially styled the Mannatiuan Free Association of Communes, is a federal union of Nineteen Communes and four Federal Cities, including the nation's de facto capital of Chauegan. While acting as a sovereign state, the nation's governmental system is founded upon the principles of Communalist Anarchism, the Non-aggression principle, and Semi-direct Democracy, making the terminology of conventional statehood highly contentious in reference to Mannatiua.

While technically land-locked, Mannatiua is located in the core of the Vestric Great Lakes region, with all but one of the five Great Lakes composing significant portions of the nation's territorial waters. It is bordered to the Northwest by Skjoldeland, to the southwest by the Free Territories of Cartessa, and to the south by Encessia. In total, Mannatiua is 2,326,532.44 km² (898,279.20 sq mi) in area. Much of the country is unpopulated, with the south-central regions of the country being occupied by the Great Zhingwaakwag Forest, one of the largest boreal forests in the world - a region that has generally been left undeveloped for much of history, and is a WECO Ecological World Heritage Site. Due to the vast regions of wilderness in the center of the country, much of the population and economic activity takes place in and around the Mannatiua River Lowlands in the Northwest and the shores of Lakes Madakweda and Ostego in the South, with the largest economic center being located in Agogibing, the nation's sole current Alpha city.

Mannatiua has been host to native Vestric peoples since c. 1100 CE, with the Ziibwingon cultures being the most prominent, establishing major settlements along the Mannatiua River and Great Lakes. The earliest arrival of Asuran colonists came in the form of the Forthons people as a result of mass expulsions from Liiduria in the mid-18th Century, with promises of resettlement in the Vestric Interior being used to mask an attempt to halt Lhedwinic influence in the Great Lakes region. The contact between the Forthons exiles and the Ziibwingon was, in contrast to previous relations with the Liidurians, marked by cooperation and mutual respect. While Liidurian imperial interest in the Mannatiuan interior was low for much of the early history of the settlement, the discovery of vast mineral deposits near the North Shores of Lake Madakweda, primarily of copper and iron, resulted in much more rapid exploitation of these resources and a revocation of the First Colonial Charter that established autonomy for the Forthons, with the region being organized into the St. Aubert's Land colony in 1805. A string of revolts took place throughout the 19th century, largely started by the increasingly disenfranchised Ziibwingon and Forthons in response to combative colonial policies. The Colonial Governor held largely responsible for the violence was recalled in 1859, placing the colony directly under imperial control. This move forcibly ended slavery and indentured servitude in the colony, and restored many of the rights lost to the Forthons and Ziibwingon since 1805 thanks to reforms in Liiduria proper. This, however, led to a period of political and extrajudicial hostility by the Liidurian populations which settled in the Colony over the 19th Century, which resulted in a short-lived republic in 1866, and a coup in 1867 which established the Kevmian Empire that, while not reinstating the most egregious of abuses against formerly-enslaved peoples and persecuted minorities, was a brutally repressive and kleptocratic state, which through economic mismanagement and nepotism collapsed in 1895. Attempts by a new republic at meaningful reform were made, none of which were successful, leading to the radicalization of the nation's lower classes and an extremely violent Revolution in 1922 that installed the first iteration of the modern anarchist government. Political violence finally ceased in the country following reforms in 1942, setting the nation on a trajectory towards peaceful, independent development as a non-aligned nation during the Cold War years.

21st Century Mannatiua is a multiethnic and multicultural society, composed of numerous identities from across Vestrim and the Western Hemisphere at large, colonial and indigenous, all of which participate actively in the governance, economy and cultural development of the nation. Its official language is Liidurian, and its two subordinate national languages are the culturally-significant Forthons and indigenous Ziibwingon languages, both of which are taught in all schools across the country. It is considered a newly-industrialized nation, and is among the fastest growing economies in the world, though it continues to face issues rooted in relative political isolation due to its consistently radical policies and beliefs.

History

Main Article: History of Mannatiua

Pre-Colonial Mannatiua

Main Articles: Pre-Colonial Vestrim

Forced Settlement by the Liidurian Forthons

Main Articles: Forthons People, Antiforthonsism

Revolution of 1922 and Early Radical Period

Main Articles: Mannatiuan Revolution

The Terrors

Main Articles: Black Terror (Mannatiua), Little Terror (Mannatiua)

21st Century

• November 2012: Mannatiua comes under fire for support of the resurgent Chawpisuyu rebellion, though aid has been limited to providing food and developmental aid, no current plans to provide direct military support - volunteer units with Mannatiuan arms have been reported however, souring ties with Rosia
• January 2019: Point Sylvestri Observatory Incident in Isolaprugna results in five Mannatiuan scientists going missing alongside the other 27, status unknown
• May 2020: Mannatiua becomes the first signatory to the Tibu Charter, aligning with its founder Linavia, breaking with its post-Cold War policy of strict non-alignment.

Politics and Government

Executive Ministry

Main Articles: First Citizen of Mannatiua, Executive Commission of Mannatiua

Legislature

Main Articles: Revolutionary Commissary of Mannatiua, First Commissar of Mannatiua

Military

Main Articles: Free Association Army of Mannatiua, Black Navy