Bayaw
Free City of Bayaw ᜄᜏᜐ᜔ᜈᜓᜈ᜔ ᜅ ᜊᜌᜈ᜔ ᜈᜒᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜏ᜔ Gawasnon nga Bayan ning Bayaw | |
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| Motto: ᜀᜆᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜋᜆᜍᜓᜅ᜔ ᜈᜄ᜔ᜊᜌᜏ᜔ ᜃᜈᜆᜓ Atong pagkamatarong nagbayaw kanato "Our justness exalts us" | |
Anthem: ???  | |
 Photographic Montage of Bayaw city. | |
| Capital | Bayaw (city-state) |
| Largest District | Kutawato |
| Official languages | Bayawese |
| Active Military | 72,000 (2015) |
| Ethnic groups | 72.6% Bayawese 18.3% ??? 10.1% Others |
| Demonym(s) | Bayawese |
| Government | Unitary absolute monarchy |
• Lakan | Seri Humamay |
| Makisig Libunao | |
| Legislature | Consultative Plenum |
| Independence | |
• Lankanate of Bayaw | ??? |
• ??? Protectorate | ??? |
| Area | |
• | 914 km2 (353 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2018 census | 7,142,239 |
• Density | 7,814/km2 (20,238.2/sq mi) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $329.9 billion |
• Per capita | $46,193 |
| Gini (2014) | 45.9 medium |
| HDI (2017) | 0.932 very high |
| Currency | bulawan ( ) (BYB) |
| Date format | dd.mm.yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +420 |
| ISO 3166 code | BYW |
| Internet TLD | .by |
The Free City of Bayaw (Bayawnese: ᜄᜏᜐ᜔ᜈᜓᜈ᜔ ᜅ ᜊᜌᜈ᜔ ᜈᜒᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜏ᜔; Gawasnon nga Bayan ning Bayaw), commonly known as simply Bayaw (Bayawnese: ᜊᜌᜏ᜔; Bayaw), is an island city-state in ???. Located in ???, Bayaw shares maritime borders with ??? to the south and east while a causeway connects Bayaw with ??? to the mainland in the north. The city-state is home to 7.1 million people, 14% of whom are foreign nationals, including permanant residents. The population is packed into a land area of only 914 km2 (353 sq mi), making it the ?th most densely populated sovereign states in the world.
In antiquity, the Lakanate of Bayaw was a major trade hub and was known for its extensive trade networks across the ??? region, establishing trading relationships with the ancient civilizations of ???, ??? and ???. A seafaring people, Bayawnese balangay ships ferried cargo around the region which made Bayaw a significant entrepôt of regional maritime trade.
Bayaw is a unitary absolute monarchy, with Lakan Seri Humamay as head of state. The lakan is the monarch of the Free City and wields near absolute political power. The rule of the Lakan is assisted by the Mahasenapati, a position appointed by the lakan with a role similar to that of the western concept of a prime minister.