Kustakuna

Federal Republic of Kustakuna Foederalis Respublica Orarum Kunarum
Capital	Lovarium
Largest	Clausentum
Official languages	Latin
Recognised regional languages	Quechua Ayelish
Ethnic groups (2015)	79.8% Runakuna 11.5% Belisarian 3.3% Rezese 2.9% Belfrasian 0.8% Mutulese 1.4% Other 0.3% Mixed
Demonym(s)	Runakuna
Government	federal parliamentary republic
Legislature	National Council
Establishment
• Kustakuna Confederacy	1554
• Republic of Kustakuna	1845
• Federal Republic of Kustakuna	1952
Area
• Total	234,904 km2 (90,697 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate	2,736,108 (2017)
• 2010 census	2,653,553
• Density	11.65/km2 (30.2/sq mi)
Currency	Parsalis (KPS)
• Summer (DST)	not observed
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy
Driving side	right
Internet TLD	.kk

Kustakuna (Latin: // () Orarum Kunae), officially the Federal Republic of Kustakuna (Latin: Foederalis Respublica Kustakunae), often abbreviated to KFR (Latin: FRK), is a federal parliamentary republic on the continent of Oxidentale. The Federal Republic is located on the northern coast of the continent, bordering Sante Reze to the east and south, Mutul to the west, and Ayeli and Belfras across the sea to the north and northwest, respectively. Kustakuna is composed of 23 constituent states. In all, it covers 234,904 km², and is inhabited by just over 5.2 million people.

Kustakuna traces its origin from numerous indigenous tribal nations along the coast, notably the Wutawi and the Allpaqayra, which dominated much of Kustakuna's history up to the 16th century. In 1314, a union of smaller tribes ended the increasingly tyrannical rule of the Wutawi to establish the Kustakuna Alliance. At the time, the Alliance only consisted of the central coastal regions and the nearby Channel region it controls today. Wars in the following centuries allowed the Alliance to consolidate control of other tribes, including the weakened Wutagawi refuge strongholds. Upon consolidation of the major population centers, the Alliance founded the Kustakuna Confederacy in 1554, establishing Latin as the national language and utilizing Scipian-style national institutions. In 1845, the recently formed Republic of Alpavatia joined the Kustakuna Confederacy to create the Republic of Kustakuna. The country would then undergo a series of reforms and conflicts to finally become the Federal Republic of Kustakuna in 1952.

The nation consists of the southern mainland, a large island to the northeast, and a series of lesser islands to the northwest, the Intillapas. Kustakuna has a varied climate ranging from tropical rainforest in the southern borderlands to cooler, more mediterranean coasts and islands in the north. The country is home to an overabundance of resources for its small size, with some of the most commonly extracted and exported being oil, wood, and assorted manufactured goods.

Etymology

The name Kustakuna comes from the shortening of the ancient native word Kustaykukunaquchapi, which translates to "our coasts on the sea", referring to the ancient belief that the Runakuna people had exclusive rights to the various coasts they inhabited. These rights were believed to supersede even those of the gods themselves, and certainly of any other people in the world, hence the use of the "exclusive our" (-yku-). As the language evolved, the word Kustakuna became synonymous with the translation "Coasts of the People", which was later translated into Latin as "Orarum Kunae" as the country's official name.

History

Main article: History of Kustakuna

Kayamuca Empire

Founding and Rise

The Kayamuca Empire would be the first recorded instance of the Wutawi creating a government system beyond mere tribalism. Wutawi tribes in the Wataslia region began to strengthen in the 6th century as a result of sequential successful crop seasons. The Empire began with the accession of Yevedi Kayamuca the Great in 632 AD, who won the support of friendly tribes. He had argued that when united, the Wutawi could be stronger than they ever had been. Dissenting Lords and Elder Councils capitulated to the steady advancement of the Imperial military, and by 817 AD, the Kayamuca had controlled much of the northern Oxidentale coasts and the adjoining sea.

Golden Ages

During the rule of the Kayamuca Empire, the Wutawi experienced two distinct "golden ages", separated by intermittent civil conflicts and governance crises. The first lasted only 23 years, from 847 to 870, during the rule of Yevdinehi Aswam II. The Yevdinehi brought stability to the fringes of the Empire, allowing the core to be protected, and allowed for free mobility which led to the spread of intellectualism and commerce. However, his overly liberal policies led to his downfall as the free mobility meant that Runakuna assassins were able to infiltrate the core provinces of the Empire, causing the death of Aswam II. His death in 869 AD was covered up while the Imperial Courts searched for a suitable successor, but it was eventually exposed a year later, leading to substantial public unrest. Despite immediately installing the nephew of the fallen Yevdinehi, the unrest had spread beyond the control of the Imperial Army, beginning a twelve year period of instability.

After consolidating control for 46 years, the great-grandson of Tulsua the Weak, Yevdinehi Asuye the Wise brought about the second golden age. This lasted for 243 years, from 928 AD to 1171, and saw the rebirth of intellectualism and commerce that had been suppressed for over a half-century. The Kayamuca's military strength ensured border security and subject population control, while the trading powers brought the regional populations closer together. Despite the troubles across the sea, the core provinces of the Empire enjoyed many decades of growth and prosperity.

Decline and Fall

The decline began in 1012 with the loss of several settlements in the colony of Karumitma on the coast of northern Belfras. The exact events surrounding these colonies are lost to history, but verified letters written between military commanders indicate a combination of native attacks and a general exodus of inhabitants in search of better opportunities. At the turn of the millennium, the core of the Kayamuca Empire had been redirecting its national focus on shipping and protection at sea against pirates and marauders. From this, an already thriving economy grew enormously, attracting people from all corners of the Empire to the homeland. Colony after colony fell as settlements failed to maintain sufficient populations and succumbed to revolts of the colonized native population.

Between 1054 to 1171, the Kayamuca dynasty slowly lost control of its periphery, and was left with the Imperial core and several border territories. What followed was a turbulent time as the Kayamuca began to lose control of the core as well, and warrior-kings sprang up across the western Kustakuna provinces. The second golden age ended as Yevdinehi Tudehi died without a direct heir, causing the Imperial Courts to appoint his unpopular younger brother to the throne. The core was in dissent against the new Yevdinehi, and less than a decade later, the border regions were in open rebellion. The Kayamuca managed to hold control over the core for many decades, brutally suppressing minority populations and constantly recruiting young men to defend the borders.

Eventually, the borders would crack in 1309, as an alliance of new kingdoms and communes marched with a unified army against the Kayamuca, which was already experiencing its death throes. After a four year long siege, the army fell upon the capital city and massacred the inhabitants of the city, including the remaining Imperial Family. Two hundred years of warring and general instability would follow, until the Confederacy's formation.

The Confederacies

The two centuries leading up to the Clausentum Conference were marked by many wars, smaller conflicts, and ethnic cleansings. As a result, modern day Kustakuna is very sparsely populated with people of native Wutawi descent. The depopulation of the inhabitants of the former Kayamuca empire opened the way for Runakuna kingdoms, tribal alliances, and republics. In 1527, as a response to increased Belisarian trade presence, the seventeen major sovereign Runakuna states convened in the city of Clausentum to discuss issues to their mutual benefit. What resulted in 1554 was the formation of the Kustakuna Confederacy, a loose federal union of fifteen Runakuna states, which became seventeen as the two dissenting Conference delegates finally agreed to join the Confederacy, and nineteen as two Mutaguara tribal regions applied for membership. The Confederacy began as a mutual trade and defense union, with all other governance structures retained by each state. Conflicts within the Confederacy were quickly solved, and border battles with the Mutul became more frequent.

The Allpaqayra tribes to the north observed this increase in power, and in order to remain competitive, responded with similar moves in the mid-1600s, designed to facilitate trade and attract Belisarian contacts. Mere decades later, representatives from Latium, Ghant, and Ahkad began making proposals for permanent trading centers for exclusive and streamlined trade between the Allpaqayra and their nations. Settlements around these trading centers would become cities, and the Allpaqayra tribal governments became concerned that they were losing control of their land. As a response, they convened in 1772 to form the Allpawata Confederacy, in a model mirroring that of the Kustakuna. The trading cities and international partners retaliated to this consolidation of power by rebelling against the Allpawata Confederacy, and terms dictated by the Trading Cities forced the Confederacy to become a Republic in 1824. Elections for the new Republic took place in 1828, after a short interim government. The results of the elections were highly contentious, following Trading Cities' claims that they had been manipulated by the former Confederacy. Following sustained revolts, the results were then discarded and international oversight was requested and provided by the Kustakuna Confederacy and ???.

The First Republic

Fears of renewed revolts resurfaced prior to the third election in Allpawata, as there would be no international military presence or oversight to maintain the peace. Incidents of violence and suppression occurred day after day, growing in intensity as the election approached, and the government of Allpawata realized that their position was untenable, and began negotiations with the Kustakuna Confederacy to create a larger union of the two nations. This only served to inflame the already-present tensions, provoking riots in the Trading Cities, fueled by the belief that such negotiations were being conducted to disenfranchise the Belisarian-descent populations. As a concession, the Kustakuna Confederacy allowed the Cities to be incorporated into autonomous regions in what would become the Republic of Kustakuna. Despite protestations from incumbent representatives across Allpawata, the leadership of the native party understood the risk in not moving forward with the agreement. Thus, the Republic was formed in 1845, standardizing the governance structures across states and creating a stronger national identity that appeared to move beyond ethnic borders and prior history.

In order to pursue this new national identity, the national government seated in Lovarium... (1845 to 1882)

ANP vs Unionist dynamic leading up to 1928. (1882 - 1928)

Civil War

Main article: Kustakuna Civil War

Dissatisfied with the governance of the Alpavatia Autonomous Regions under the Republic, the Allpaqayra people overwhelmingly voted for the Allpaqayra Nationalist Party in the 1928 election, which gave the ANP the mandate that they had been waiting for for several election cycles. After the heavily fought and contested 1928 elections, the ANP gained de jure control of much of the island. Several months later, they declared unilateral independence from the Republic of Kustakuna, with the intent of reestablishing the Republic of Allpawata. Unwilling to let the larger island undergo a long and bloody struggle, at the risk of affecting the rest of Kustakuna indirectly and directly, the President instructed the National Army to reestablish Unionist presence and control on Alpavatia. As national troops moved into TBD in November of 1929, they were met with surprisingly heavy resistance by separatist forces, beginning the first official engagement in the Kustakuna Civil War.

(Detail major events from 1929 to 1933)

Once it became clear that the National Army and the Unionist government were incapable of making any advances at suppressing the insurrection, a coalition of opposition parties, in coordination with several military generals, staged a coup against the ruling Unionist Party in April 1933. The Bloody Coup resulted in the total removal of all Unionist politicians and affiliated officials from the government and armed forces, and the government came into the control of the Republicans and high ranking military officials. Together, they declared a provisional state in which the Constitution was suspended pending the reunification of the country and the establishment of a new Constitution, and in the meantime, Kustakuna was effectively put under martial law. Once the civil war ended in 1935, the Second Republic was declared to be officially established.

The Second Republic

The Constitution of the Second Republic incorporated several articles aimed at addressing the self-governance concerns that the separatists had raised prior to the civil war. However, ANP politicians continued to protest the exclusion of home rule, a concept central to their platform. Without home rule, Allpawata could never truly be free, as prominent ANP governor Taqa Llantu famously said in August 1935. Despite the Nationalists' objections, Kustakuna remained stable for nearly a decade and a half. During this time, the Republican Party, with the help of the Progressives, enacted a sweeping plan that would modernize the country after the lost years of the Civil War. The Progressive Party had just won more seats in the National Council than projected in 1936, sending a message to the majority-led Republican government that progress would be demanded by the people of Kustakuna.

Such progress began to manifest in many areas of Kustakuna, especially in its infrastructure. Dam building projects dotted the nation's rivers, roads were being paved to connect distant towns, and electric power lines were strung from building to building, up and down the streets. Kustakuna reached out to the international community to foster ties that would benefit itself, and as President Julius Materu said, Kustakuna was "becoming a country worthy of the world stage". However, politicians at the time continued to assert that they had no intention of becoming a global power through power and might, but rather through innovation and knowledge. The Republican government also invested heavily in educational institutions, which saw the beginning of free public schools and even universities, something not yet seen globally.

Critically, these improvements sometimes failed to reach the distant areas of the Alpavatian island, where ANP support was strongest. The Nationalists blamed the Republicans and Progressives for the lack of development in their corner of the country, and marked them as the epitome of the south that still conspired against Allpawata. Tensions came to a head in 1947, when the Allpaqayra National Party vacated all their seats in the National Council. A former combatant in the civil war and then-representative of the ANP, Urumi Tanwa declared the resurrection of the Republic of Allpaqayra and was subsequently elected President by the ANP. Despite these developments, it was clear that the constituencies of Alpavatia did not completely support the ANP's actions, and other representatives from the island condemned the move, citing diplomatic means to be more effective.

Rejecting all calls for diplomacy and peace, the ANP staged a guerilla war against the Republic of Kustakuna, beginning what would be known as the Allpaqayra Insurgency. Urumi Tanwa disappeared from public view for several years, preferring to conduct the insurgency from security. The conflict lasted five years and over 10,000 lives were lost, both civilian and military. When it became public knowledge that a special ops mission had successfully captured Tanwa and his top brass, the ANP's military arm began to crumble. Despite several cells continuing to hold out in remote towns, the insurgency was effectively over in the spring of 1952. During the last few months of the Insurgency, Republican politicians had been working toward a solution with representatives from Alpavatia, and a few weeks after the end of the insurgency, a new Constitution was revealed. Unlike the Constitution of the Second Republic, the new one included home rule and several other progressive tenets such as gender equality, religious freedom, and worker's rights. Also unlike the former constitution, it was put to a vote and was overwhelmingly approved by the population.

The Federal Republic

(1952 - present)

Demographics

Ethnic Groups

The Kustakuna Federal Republic is home to a wide variety of ethnicities, both native and immigrant. These groups vary in size, with most populations being tribal groups numbering in only the thousands, usually located in the borderlands between Sante Reze and Kustakuna proper. The dominant ethnic group is the native Runakuna people of Kustakuna, inhabiting much of the mainland and parts of other regions across the Federal Republic. Other notable ethnic groups are the Allpawata, Ninqaku, Germans, English, and Latins.

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Kustakuna Census Division, 2015

Largest Cities

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