Uttayao
Democratic Republic of Uttayao Uttayao | |
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| Motto: Hidup Bangsa Amlah Yang Gemilang! | |
| Anthem: Kegemilangan Negara | |
| Capital and | Mankmai |
| Official languages | Amlah |
| Recognised national languages | Amlah |
| Recognised regional languages | Sahaja, Citiga |
| Ethnic groups | Amlah, Citiga, Sahaja |
| Demonym(s) | Uttayan |
| Government | Semi-presidential republic |
• President | Makara Chey |
• Prime Minister | Samnang Keo |
| Legislature | National Parliament |
| Senate | |
| House of Commons | |
| Establishment | |
• Kingdom established | 1198 |
• Sachasiman conquest | 1571 |
• Union of Sachasima and Uttayao | 15 November 1947 |
• Uttayan Revolution | 25 May 1973 - 14 August/19 December 1974 |
• Independence declared | 19 December 1974 |
| Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 19,280,000 |
• 2014 census | 18,930,000 |
| Currency | Tunai |
The Democratic Republic of Uttayao or simply Uttayao, is a nation in southwest Coius.
The Kingdom of Uttayao was founded in 1198, and existed for over 300 years before being conquered by the Kingdom of Sachasima in 1571. It would remain under Sachasiman rule as a puppet state ruled by a cadet branch of the Wattana dynasty in Sachasima for 400 years afterwards. In late 1947, soon after independence was restored to Sachasima, the two unified as the nation of Sachayao. Growing anger in Uttayao would eventually boil over in 1973 as Amlah militants rose up against the monarchy. After months of fighting and mutual war crimes, the war ended with a Sachasiman withdrawl from Uttayao in mid-1974, after which independence would be declared in December.
Suriya Chey, the leader of the Amlah militias, would become the first president, followed by his wife Makara Chey after his death in 1985. She would step down due to health issues in 1991, and the Amlah ultranationalist Khanh Soun would succeed her. Soon after taking power, Soun began importing copius ammounts of weapons into Uttayao. An insurgency by the Sahaja Freedom Front began in early 1992, and Soun responded with attacks on Sahaja villages and towns.
In June 1993, two battalions of soldiers in the army rebelled and began fighting the government. Fighting between government forces and the rebels would continue through to May 1994. On May 10, 1994, a then-unknown group called the Sahaja Army for Islam attacked a branch of the national university in Gwakyi, resulting in 34 deaths. In response, the government forces began a campaign to wipe out the Citiga and the Sahaja Muslims. The campaign led to the deaths of 190,000 Sahaja Muslims and 430,000 Citigas, and is now known as the Uttayan genocide. In early September 1994, the campaign of genocide ended when Soun was deposed in a coup and the rebels took control of Mankmai.