Onotene

Free Chiefs of Onotene Ono'ten Ne Ganyadewagadêsgega (Onotenian) Ononten Ne Ganyadewagadehske (Daganian)
Flag Coat of Arms
Anthem: Hail to the Chief
Capital	Canandaigua
Official languages	Onotenian Daganian
Ethnic groups (2022)	47% Onotenian 40% Daganian 10% North Galian 3% East Galian
Religion (2016)	97% Northern Polytheism 3% Other
Demonym(s)	Onotenine Onotenian
Government	Federal tribal confederacy
• Secretary-in-Chief	Ontig Keru
• Commander-in-Chief	Daiga Meru
Legislature	Assembly of Clans
Establishment
• Independence	4 July 1985
• Current Constitution	2 April 1991
Area
• Total	573,499 km2 (221,429 sq mi)
Population
• 2019 estimate	3,800,000
• 2016 census	3,712,544
• Density	6.47/km2 (16.8/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	2022 estimate
• Total	₭15.1 billion
• Per capita	₭4,071
Gini (2022)	41.2 medium
HDI (2022)	0.724 high
Currency	De Jure Onotenine Ont (Ø) De Facto Galian Shekel ($) Yawathan Yenaholi (¥)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+963
ISO 3166 code	OT
Internet TLD	.ot

Onotene, officially the Free Chiefs of Onotene, is a country in western eastern Galia. It is a federal state, with individual clans making up the domestic political units of the country. These clans, presided over by a chief, are autonomous within their own borders. Their chiefs make up the Onotenine executive council, the Assembly of Clans. This system of government makes Onotene one of the few de jure oligarchies on the planet. The country covers over 574,000 square kilometers, mostly dry desert, resulting in a very sparesely populated area. The capital and largest city is Canandaigua, on the shores of the Daigua Lake. Onotene is bordered to the west by Onhsanenea, the north by Dumatina, Louisiana and Janolia to the east, and the Naossian Gulf to the south. It's population of 3.8 million primarily lives around the Daigua Lake.

Like much of the territories in that part of Galia, what is now Onotene was independent for several centuries, primarily populated by nomadic desert-dwellers called Daganians. These nomadic tribes would be absorbed into the Dilanoyawathan Empire as the province of Dumatina-Onotene. During the collapse of the Yawathan National Republic, the province of Dumatina-Onotene would go independent but a brutal civil war in the 1990s led to the division of the province off of more or less ethnic grounds. Unlike other post-Yawathan states, Onotene never experienced a period of democracy, but rather implemented a tribal federation controlled by hereditary chiefdoms. International observers have labeled Onotene as an authoritarian state with limited civil rights. Most of the country is dry desert, with the remainder being mountainous territory. The population is primarily divided between Onotenians who live on or near the Daigua Lake and the Daganians, which are primarily nomadic desert dwellers.

Onotene, while poor, has escaped much of the crushing poverty of its nieghbors. This is due in part because of access to one of the largest sources of fresh water in the otherwise dry Galian interior. In addition, the economy is buoyed by natural resource extraction, concentrated in mining operations in the west, with the Onotenine mountains representing some of the largest deposits of minerals in Galia. However, the country experienced a currency collapse in the mid 2010s. While the ont has officially recovered, the Galian shekel and Yawathan yenaholi are still commonly used as the ont remains distrusted by much of the population. The country is a member of the Global Community and the Mutual Defense Pact.