Obanacia

Obanacia (Hajorian: Obunesiya [oːbuːnɛsiʲaː]; Baritoa: Taihowonisia), officially the Republic of Obanacia (Hajorian:  Tahanjai Obunesiya) is a country in the Nesionytan Islands bordered by Hangala via Jari, and is located south of Dajankagru, Adrian Islands, and the French overseas department of New Gallia, and west of Sittapini and the Kanuzunda Islands. Demographically, it is the most diverse country in the archipelago, comprising about 104 ethnic groups, and has a population of 12,119,584 as of 2021.

The Kagrash people, descending from the Nytan people of Dajankagru, settled in Obanacia in the 6th century. Several ethnic groups coexisted in the island and numerous kingdoms thrived over the years. In 1558, the Hajor kingdom unified the island with brutal force, but still retained ethnic harmony. In 1889, British colonialists attempted to conquer the island, but were defeated by the Obanacian forces. A year later, the Obanacian king, Rasa Tahamirjadasa, made peace with the British and converted his kingdom to a republic. Due to his severe Hajor nationalism, he wanted dominance over the archipelago and further spread the Hajor culture, so in 1909, he annexed the predominantly-Hajor state of Hangala. Neighboring Nesionytan states recognized this annexation as illegal, but the Hangalan Hajors accepted it since they wanted to be unified with the Obanacians for a long time. Later, Tahamirjadasa conquered the Kanuzunda Islands and Sittapini and established the Obanacian Empire in 1913. The empire grew strong overtime and has become a regional power in Nesionyta. In 1920, Tahamirjadasa renamed Obanacia to the Mahbartha Empire, named after. During the, Mahbartha joined the Axis powers. In 1942, Tahamirjadasa was assassinated by an anti-fascist. The country pulled out of war after his death and renamed itself back to Obanacia. It withdrew from the Kanuzunda Islands and Sittapini a year later, but Hangala remained part of Obanacia until 1950. The country adopted its first constitution in 1952, and has been ruled by the social democratic Obanacian Labor Force since the 1960s. In 1983, the country updated its constitution.

Obanacia has the fastest growing economy in the Nesionytan Islands, and is a. It is a member of the, , and is a founding member of the Federation of Nesionytan Islands and the Committee of Development of Kagrash Economies. The headquarters of CDKE is also located in Jokani.

Names
The official name of Obanacia is the Republic of Obanacia, according to the constitution. The official name was conducted in 1950, replacing Federation of Obanacia after Hangala gained independence. The name change occurred mostly due to the country's transition to a unitary state, but eventually became a federacy again in 1983, after the constitution was rewritten.

The country historically had many names. The current name, 'Obanacia', most likely dervied from the Nytan word, 'sastava', which means pearl, and a misspelling of the Greek term for islands, 'nesia'. The Nytan word was corrupted and simplified to a way to make it sound like a unique country name. Thus, Obanacia basically means 'pearl islands'. Another etymology of this is the Dajankagrash phrase, 'apah nas', defining 'lived by humans', and the Latin -ia suffix, thus the second meaning of Obanacia is 'land resided by humans'. According to the ruling party OLF, however, the word 'obu' is the Hajorian translation of pearl, and 'Nesiya' is the shortened variant of the Hajorian 'Nesiyanuta', and the country's name simply means 'pearl of Nesionyta'.

Sastava is another name for Obanacia, mostly coined by Tahamirjadasa. One of the Obanacian kingdoms during the ancient times was named 'Sastava', and is often used by Obanacian Hajors to show respect to their ancestors. A referendum was held in 1980 to change the country's name to Sastava, but 67% voted against this. Other names include Satewapini, the Sittapinian name for Obanacia, Mahbarta, the former name used from 1920 to 1943, and Sajujeng, the Dajankagrash name.

Demographics
According to 2021 status, the population of Obanacia is 12,119,584. Around 69% of the population are between 15 to 49 years old, 10% of them are below 14 years, another 10% are around 49 to 80, and 11% are above 80 years. Obanacia has a relatively low poverty rate, with 6% of its population living under the poverty line, compared to 35% in 1967. The sex ratio is 998 males per 1,000 females. Obanacia is ethnically diverse, and the constitution recognizes 104 ethnicities residing in the country.

Ethnic groups
The ethnic Hajors make up the dominant ethnic group in Obanacia, comprising 32% of its population, and 3,878,267 people. The Hajors dominate Obanacian politics, culture, and media. According to the constitution, the president and prime minister should be ethnic Hajors, with the 'Jati' title placed before their names. The vice president shall be an ethnic Baritoa, which comprise 28% of the population, making it Obanacia's second largest ethnic group. Other ethnicities include the Dajankagrash (21%), Sittapinians (10%), Raqandaha (4%), Far (2%), and others.

Languages
Hajorian is the most widely spoken language in Obanacia, natively spoken by 30% of the country's population, and is its lingua franca, spoken and understood by 70% of the population. It is one of the three official languages of Obanacia, along with Baritoa and Barashan. Baritoa is the second most widely spoken language, spoken by 29% of the population, and Barashan, a dialect of Dajankagrash, is spoken by 18% of the population natively. All these three languages have official status and are regularly taught in all schools. Estimates state that around 74% of the Obanacian population are quadrilingual, who at least speak all of the three languages and one additional language, mostly, fluently.

Barashan is spoken by the ethnic Dajankagrash in Obanacia. It is mutually intelligible with the standard Dajankagrash language and is often classified as a dialect of that language, even though Barashan is treated as a different language in that country. Standard Hajorian, along with the Hangalese dialect, are both spoken in the country. Hangalese, on the other hand, is not recognized as a dialect of Hajorian in neighboring Hangala, and is constitutionally recognized as a different language. Sittapinian is the most widely spoken language in Obanacia that is neither official nor a part of the Kagrash language family, spoken by 10% of the population. Other languages include Raqandaha, Far, Tazadzha, Zahamese, Polpalorawe, and others. The ethnic Malays speak Rejatuan Malay, a dialect spoken in the island of Rajatawan, and the Indian minority speak a variety of  known as Sastavani.

Media
Main article: Mass media in Obanacia

Obanacia has many newspaper publishers in different languages, the largest three of which are the Hajorian Fahantalih, the Baritoa Waqtan Barit, and the English Obanacian Week. The Obanacian Week was banned several times due to its controversial news reports. It was also accused of supporting the opposition parties, which the Obanacian Week declined doing so. In 2008, Obanacian Week acquired the magazine publisher, Sastava Soul, which almost went bankrupt.

The country began radio broadcasts in 1939, with the launch of OB8K, Obanacia's oldest radio station, which later evolved into Voice of Obanacia and Obanacian Educational Radio in 1953. OER is the country's largest radio broadcaster, offering educational and public affairs programming. OER broadcasts in Hajorian, English, French, Baritoa, Ulakisonian, and many others. The network operates twenty AM stations and seventeen FM stations all over Obanacia. The government-owned Voice of Obanacia operates nineteen AM stations and twelve FM stations, and, unlike OER, broadcasts 24 hours a day.

OER helped bringing television to Obanacia in 1962, and launched OET. It was used for educational purposes only, until a local telecommunications company, DasabCom, came up with a non-educational television station. OER's brief monopoly on television ended when Sastava Television was launched in 1969. Sastava Television offered quality programs and movies, which led to the channel being the most watched in the country in the mid-1970s. Several rival television stations rose in the early 1980s, with We Are One in 1981, NTN in 1984, and OTV in 1985. Obanacia was the first Nesionytan country to cease analog broadcasts in 2008, thus officially transitioning to digital broadcasts that year.