Daobac
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Daoan Congressional Republic | |
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| Motto: Tiến bộ và thịnh vượng "Progress & Prosperity" | |
| Anthem: Trong biển chúng ta là vinh quang In the sea we are glorious  | |
 Location of Daobac highlighted in dark green Members of the AON highlighted in light green. | |
| Capital | Congvat |
| Largest Metropolitan Area | Congvat Metropolitan Area |
| Official languages | |
| Recognised regional languages | |
| National language | Daoan |
| Ethnic groups (2020) | Daoan 79% Kajeran 11% Others 10% |
| Religion | Tinthan 84% N'nhivara xx% TBD xx% |
| Demonym(s) | Daobac |
| Government | Unitary Dominant-party Presidential Republic |
• President | TBD |
• Vice President | TBD |
• Speaker of Congress | TBD |
• Chief Justice | TBD |
| Legislature | Congress of Daobac |
| Establishment | |
• First Daoan Conclave | 10 February 200 |
• Tahamajan Incorporation | 21 November 1011 |
• Second Daoan Conclave | 07 July 1355 |
• Kajeran Incorporation | 25 October 1601 |
• Referendum | 04 September 1841 |
• Independence | 04 September 1845 |
| Area | |
• Total | 83,520 km2 (32,250 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 10 |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 8,841,521 |
• 2020 census | 8,553,903 |
• Density | 102/km2 (264.2/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total |  $490 Billion |
• Per capita | $45,000 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $351 Billion |
• Per capita | $41,800 (12th) |
| Gini (2020) | 39.1 medium |
| HDI (2020) | 0.911 very high |
| Currency | Gil (G) |
• Summer (DST) | Not Observed |
| Date format | DD/MM/YYYY |
| Driving side | left |
| ISO 3166 code | DAO |
| Internet TLD | .dao |
Daobac, officially referred to as the Daoan Congressional Republic (Daoan: Cộng hòa Quốc hội Đảo Bắc), is an eastern Malaio island nation located within the Kayatman archipelago. The country is comprised of the two main islands of Bautroi and Dammay with its population evenly distributed as well as the two lesser islands of Anhtrai and Chịgái located south east of Bautroi, with its population distributed quite evenly between the two home islands. Daobac also shares a maritime border with Kajera to the south east. The island nation encompasses a total area of 83,520km2 (32,250 sq mi), is home to approximately 8.5 million people with a population density of 102/km2 (264.2/sq mi). Daobac's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) extends 200 nautical miles from the island's coast and is approximately xxx,xxx km2 (xxx,xxx sq mi) providing it with abundant fishing grounds. As a member of the Association of Ozeros Nations and to promote regional unity, Daobac has two official languages (Daoan and Nylele) and recognizes four regional languages (Kajeran, Raji, Tsurushiman and Rilik). Daoan is the lingua franca of the country and is used in public services, business, media, education & commerce. However, most Daoans are proficient in at least two langauges: Daoan due to it being the lingua franca of the country, and either Nylele or Rilik. Both are classified as compulsory secondary languages, due to Nylele's status as one of the AON's lingua franca's, as well as Raji's common usage in both day-to-day social and mercantile/commercial exchanges.
Throughout the classical age tribes from the Malaio and Ochran continents sent explorers to both discover new fishing grounds and establishment settlements throughout the Kayatman archipelago. The islands of Bautroi and Dammay were two among the many islands that were settled by these tribal explorers. The islands of Bautroi and Dammay are considered as the cradle of Daoan culture & civilization and over the centuries these settlements developed their own unique cultural identities. Tribes on both islands were hunter-gatherer societies in nature and relied primarily upon the sea for nourishment with limited success in agriculture on both islands. The tribes of Bautroi and Dammay gradually evolved into a sea-faring society, ships from both islands regularly raided and pillaged other tribes throughout the archipelago and occasionally the nearby Ochran mainland. Daobac first rose as a cohesive polity at the dawn of the 3rd century in the year 200 when the first Daoan Conclave was established as an alliance and confederation of Daoan Raiding parties and is considered by modern historians as among the first proto-state in the region. The Daoan Conclave was essentially a pirate republic, where its members agreed to only attack settlements and vessels that are not part of their confederation. In the 10th century the Conclave would come into conflict with the expanding Tahamajan Empire and would be incorporated by the Malaio superstate in the 11th century.
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Classical Age
Post-Classical Age
This polity would eventually come into contact with the Tahamajan Empire in the 10th century which led to a century long guerilla conflict when Daoan raiders, now turned pirates, ambushed and harassed Tahamajan vessels and settlements. The Daoan Pirates however were unable to sustain their guerilla tactics indefinitely, as the Tahamajan had greater resources to replace the vessels and manpower they lost compared to the Daoan Pirates. By the 11th century the Daoan Conclave agreed to be incorporated into the Tahamajan Empire, in exchange the Daoan Pirate Lords were granted commissions from the Tahamajans. The commissions made the Daoans privateers under the Tahamajans which permitted them to continue their raiding and pillaging way of life against non-Tahamajan vessels and settlements as well as protecting the Kayatman sea from incurssions.