Republic of Innominada
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Republic of Innominada Republica de Innominada สาธารณรัฐ อินโนะมินาดะ ສາທາລະນະລັດ ອິນເນາະມິນາດະ | |
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 Location of the Republic of Innominada in Septentrion, as it appeared after Argentstan's secession. Dark green: controlled areas. Light green: claimed areas. Red: demilitarized zone. | |
| Capital | San Miguel |
| Largest city | Puerto Alegre |
| Recognised national languages | Kedi Argentan |
| Recognised regional languages | Taleyan |
| Demonym(s) | Argentstani |
| Government | Military junta |
• General | Thanasak Chaychna |
| Sovereign State | |
| Area | |
• Total Land | 370,751.80 km2 (143,148.07 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 0.8% |
| Population | |
• 2019 census | 24,620,000 |
• Density | 66.41/km2 (172.0/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $236 billion |
• Per capita | $9,585 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $132 billion |
• Per capita | $5,361 |
| Gini (2019) | 41.8 medium |
| HDI (2019) |  0.702high |
| Currency | Republican Dollar (RID) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 |
| Date format | yyyy-mm-dd; CE(AD) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +96 |
The Republic of Innominada (Sylvan: República de Innominada; Kedi: สาธารณรัฐ อินโนะมินาดะ, Satharnrath Xinnoaminada; Argentan: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ອິນເນາະມິນາດະ, Santhanalad Innominada), also known as South Innominada, is a country in South Hemithea, Septentrion. It was formerly part of Innominada, but was split off as part of the Menghean-occupied zone following the Innominadan Crisis in 2015. It borders the People's Republic of Innominada to the northwest and Argentstan to the northeast, with its south coast running along the strategic Strait of Portcullia.
Prior to colonization, the south coast of the Innominadan Peninsula was home to a collection of small kingdoms and city-states, which flourished on the lucrative trade network linking Menghe to Meridia. The local population was mostly Kedi-speaking, and after the 10th century, predominantly Shahidic. The Yi dynasty conquered the area in 1317 and ruled it for two hundred years.
Not long after breaking away from Menghe, the independent kingdoms were annexed by Sylvan conquistadors, who integrated them into the colony of Innominada. Innominada transitioned to commonwealth status in 1883, and in 1967 a syndicalist government took over the country.
In 2014, Innominada descended into civil war, with the main opposition force establishing a stronghold in the south. Menghe invaded on September 21st, carving out the Republic of Innominada and installing Martínez's opposition force as the new government. Tensions between the Martínez government and Menghe continued to grow, particularly after Argentstan's secession referendum, and in January 2018 Menghean troops intervened to establish the Second Innominadan Republic under General Thanasak Chaychna.
Name
When the first Sylvan explorers arrived on the west coast of Hemithea, they labeled the region Terra Innominada, literally "Unnamed Land," on their maps and in their records. Originally, they applied the name to the entire continent, to express its unknown status and unclear extent. Although it was likely intended as a temporary label, pending a royal decision on whether to name the new land after the King or one of the lead explorers, the name stuck, and by 1510 it was recognized as the official name of Sylva's colonial possessions along the west coast.
Following partition in 2015, the Maverican-backed government retained the full title People's Republic of Innominada, claiming to represent the prewar government of the whole country. The Menghean-backed portion adopted the full title "Republic of Innominada." The Republic of Innominada is sometimes referred to as South Innominada, but it officially eschews this label, which implies that it does not lay claim to the north of the peninsula.
Some figures in the Thanasak government have floated the idea of renaming the country Kedia, after the Kedi people native to the region. As of November 2019 the leadership of the country has not officially adopted this proposal for discussion.
History
Precolonial history
The first organized states on the South Innominadan Peninsula appeared during the 2nd century CE. Most of these were small, Kedic-speaking lowland city-states which relied on fishing and rice farming. As the cross-strait sea trade between Menghe and Meridia expanded from the 7th century, the coastal kingdoms flourished, growing to eclipse their inland counterparts.
Sea trade brought the coastal kingdoms into contact with Taleyan merchants from West Meridia, who brought Shahidism to the region. In tandem with the rise of the Ao Mangkot Sultanate in what is now Argentstan, Taleyan-dominated states extended their control inland, fusing Shahidic teachings with local cultural practices.
The Menghean Yi dynasty launched an invasion of the southwestern regions in 1292, proceeding first through Lakkian lands and then into Ao Mangkot. Yi troops completed their conquest of Southern Innominada in 1317, ending the Southwest Expedition and establishing dominance over trade in the South Sea Crescent. Menghe administered the south coast territories directly through its own administrators, but allowed local linguistic and cultural practices to continue. Menghean rule lasted two centuries, ending abruptly in 1521, when the Menghean Black Plague incapacitated the country's central leadership and allowed Kedi rebels to launch a successful uprising.
Colonial rule
The hard-fought independence of the South Coast kingdoms would prove short-lived. Almost as soon as word arrived that Menghe had lost control of the region, Sylvan conquistadors launched an invasion from the west, attacking the outermost of the states in 1524. By this time, the Black Plague was wreaking havoc in Kedi lands as well, and it had been joined by smallpox and other diseases to which the conquerors were immune. By 1533, the conquistadors had established control over all of what is now the Republic of Innominada, as well as most of what is now the People's Republic.
Because the southern areas of the colony were already densely populated when the conquistadors arrived, the Sylvan leadership adopted a different approach from the small-parcel settlement of the northwest. Farmland in the south was collected into large hacienda estates, which were handed out to conquistadors as a reward for their service. The native people living on these estates were tied to the land as slaves. Abuse, summary execution, and repeated disease flare-ups steadily drained the local population, and sexual relations between masters and slaves gave rise to a new social class of Mestizos, or mixed-race persons. In 1654, fearing that the slave population would be exhausted, the Viceroy of Innominada forbade procreation between Creoles and natives, allowed non-Creoles to practice religions other than Catholicism, and required that slaves be allowed to farm some of the land for subsistence. The resulting system of serfdom and segregation, later copied to the Northeast Frontier, stabilized the population ratio but maintained a racial hierarchy which would long trouble Innominadan society.