Sudenia

Sudenian Egalitarian Republic República Igualitária Sudense
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Para a Sudénia Brilhar "For Sudenia to Shine"
Anthem: Para a Sudénia Brilhar
Location of  Sudenia  (dark green) in the Confederation of the South  (light green)
Capital	Queirós
Largest	Vitória
Official languages	Portuguese Māori
Ethnic groups	84.2% Sudenian 10.5% Resident foreigners 5.3% Māori
Government	Unitary Egalitarian Republic
• Representative	Tiago Ramos
• Vice-President	Bianca Martins
• Speaker of the Assembly	Luísa Yang
Legislature	National Assembly
Independence from Portugal
• Declared	1909
• Establishment of the Egalitarian Republic	1954
• Current Constitution	1955
Area
• Total	268.021 km2 (103.483 sq mi)
• Water (%)	1.6
Population
• Estimate	13 047 300
• Density	48.7/km2 (126.1/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	701.405$ billion
• Per capita	53.758$
Currency	Cruzeiro () (SDC)
Date format	dd -mm-yyyy
Driving side	right
Internet TLD	.sd

Sudenia, officially known as the Sudenian Egalitarian Republic is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific, consisting of 2 main landmasses, Taícaro Island and Crimson Island, 2 smaller archipelagos, False Island and Savage Islands, and 700 other islands. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Peaks, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. It lies southeast of Aurea, across the Torres Sea. It has an estimated population of 13 million people. Its capital city is Queirós and its most populated city is Vitória.

Sudenia was the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. In the 13th and 14th centuries it was populated by Polynesians, who developed a distinct Māori culture. In 1591, Luís Vaz de Torres would be the first European to sight the archipelago. In 1606, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós officially discovered the islands, setting the beginning of European colonization of Sudenia. The relationship between the Portuguese and the Māori was tenuous, and the Maori population dwindled due to conflict and diseases. In 1821, after the Portuguese transfer of power to Aurea, the Māori were recognized as Portuguese citizens and subsequently integrated into Portuguese society. The Sudenian Revolution led the country to independence in 1909 and established the Sudenian People’s Republic, an unitary socialist state. The 1954 Revolution overthrew the authoritarian regime and established an egalitarian system. During the Great Divide, Sudenia de facto broke the diarchy despite being a member of the Eastern Bloc. In the ongoing Tripartite War, Sudenia occupied much of the Indian Ocean and invaded Aurea in 2058.

Sudenia is a developed country and is one of the most developed regions in the Eastern Bloc. It is one of the global leaders in science and technology, credited for numerous inventions in the 20th and 21st centuries. It ranks very highly in international measures of quality of life, human rights and environmental friendliness. It has the highest measured equality in the world. Numerous political scientists credit this performance to its unique political and economical system. Sudenia is a member of the International Council, the Eastern Bloc, the Confederation of the South, and has observer status in the African Development Initiative

Etymology

The first name for the island was Terra de Queirós ('Land of Queirós'), after its discoverer, while the name Teíca (from Te Ika-a-Māui, the Māori name for Taicaro Island) was also used, albeit less regularly. By the end of the 17th century, the portuguese name Sudénia became the most used, coinciding with an increase in migration to the colony. Its etymology is unknown, and all existing theories are widely disputed. The folk etymology in both Sudenia and Aurea holds that an unknown Luso-German exclaimed "Das ist der Südenland" ("That is the Southern Land", refering to Terra Australis) when they sighted the islands, and the suffix -land was later replaced by the latin suffix -ia, of the same meaning. This theory is widely believed to be false

History

Colonial period

Erection of a Padrão by the Portuguese in False Island

After the discovery of Aurea in 1525, there was little interest by the Portuguese to explore south of Aurea, as they believed they already had found Terra Australis. Luis Vaz de Torres was the first European to sigh the archipelago, probably São Miguel Islands, which led him to believe it was an atoll. Portuguese maritime exploration in the region would recommence after the English Invasion of Brazil. In 1606, an expedition by Pedro Fernandes de Queirós was blown of-course by the Antarctic currents and would land on False Island. The discovery of Sudenia, along with any discovery in Australia, was kept secret due to Portugal's policy of secrecy. The continent would remain unknown to the rest of the world until 1909.

The island's ealy population consisted of a mix between native portuguese and Eastern and Southeastern Asians, mainly from the ports of Macau and Malaca, some of which were bought as slaves. The indiginous population slowly dwindled across the 17th and 18th centuries due to conflicts with the Portuguese, famine and european disease. Nevertheless, Portuguese exploration of colonization of Sudenia was mostly limited to Crimson Island due to by Māori resistance, although missionary work would convert most of the native population to catholicism across the two centuries.

Sudenian colonization took a new profile after the transfer of the Portuguese court to Aurea in 1801, following the Portuguese Crisis during the Liberal Wars. In 1805, Portugal created the 'Colony of Sudenia', and started investing in the island and incentivizing Asian migration. In 1821, the Portuguese and numerous Māori tribes would sign the Treaty of Taieritanga, which stopped conflicts and ensured to the native population protection and integration into Portuguese society after near extinction. The treaty would allow Portuguese colonization to expand to the more fertile Taicaro Island, marked by the founding of Vitória in 1836. The Sudenian Golden Rush in the 1830s and 1840s further incentivized migration to the island and developed its infrastructure. Thus, the island's population reached roughly one million in 1900, more than doubling across the 19th century.However, Portuguese industrialization on the second half of the century was inequally favored Aurea, and Sudenia largely remained an emprovished, agrarian region, Vitória and Magalhães being the sole exceptions.