Neonia

Neonia, officialy the Republic of Neonia, is a country located in Central Aritonesia. The country is comprised of 4 prefectures; Shiguto, Amery, Cochuga and Hangugosi, aswell as 1 automonous prefecture, Nuosu. The official languages are Japanese and English are both the official languages and are spoken by almost all of the population, with Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese and Korean also being spoken.

The capital city of Neonia is Teiedo, and the largest city is is Shiguto City, which was formerly the capital from 1931 - 2020, with over 4.2 million residents, comprising around 25% of the population, while the country itself has around 19.7 million residents.

Neonia is a unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic divided into 4 prefectures and 1 automonous prefecture. Neonia is a developed country and ranks twentieth on the.

Etymology
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Prehistory (1500 BC - 1914 AD)
During the late Paleogene period, The Arito continent broke up from the North American continent. The continent was later discovered by humans in around 6,000 BC where they colonized the entire mainland. They reached where Neonia is in around 1500 BC and was only comprised of small tribal confederations before they formed an absolute monarchy around the area of the former lake that the city of Hâkântıtłân (now a suburb outside of Shiguto City) was built on an island around 300 AD. It became one of the most powerful and influental kingdoms, lasting until 1831 due to the Conquest of Aritonesia, and it became a now divided state controlled by European and Asian powers, with indigenous peoples (such as the Khaltajazecs and Vicnorans) were expelled, put into slavery or killed due to them being native peoples. In 1850, colonial rule came to an end when the area of what is now Neonia was invaded by New Japan, and now native peoples had rights again but were now a tiny minority, representing only 5% of the population of at the time 2 million.

Sentanese occupation (1914 - 1931)
New Japan eventually became the Sentanese Empire in 1914, and it was under the control of the constitutional monarchy. Aswell as many foregin ethnic groups immigrating, mass immigration to the country was advertised, but it failed due to ethnic unrest.

State of Fujishiri (1931 - 1950)
On September 21st, 1931, Kazuko Takamori formed the State of Fujishiri, originally called the Fujishirian Sentanese Republic. On October 17th, 1931, after a month of conflict, Kazuko signed an agreement with the Emperor Asuka of Sentan to form the presidential state that what is now Neonia.

Imperial Kingdom of Neonia #1 (1950 - 1969)
The Imperial Kingdom of Neonia, also the Imperial State of Neonia or the Neonian Empire, or more simply and occasionally (for the first time), Neonia or Neonia, was created following the Zahav Imperial Front's victory over the republican forces, and it was backed by the Sentanese State and the Neonian Transition, which made it the imperial state ruled by the Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy ruled by the House of Zahavi, with the economy growing faster and in 1952, television launched with NDRB's television program.

DR of Neonia #1 (1969 - 1975)
In October 13th, 1969, the Amery Socialist Citystate, the Unitary one-party Marxist-Leninist-Maoist seperatist state which covered the prefecture of Amery, was created, at first it was only recognized by socialist and communist countries and after its formation, the Vlokozu Union, which with the PRC eventually forced most countries to recognize it despite it without a seat in the UN, the military was angry at the monarchy for not taking control so it formed a coup and on October 25th, the Unitary authoritarian multi-party parliamentary republic was formed, which was called the Democratic Republic of Neonia. It was the rare authoritarian democracy, and one of the most democratic and liberal ones, despite it being almost far-right. Elections were supposed to happen every 6 years, but in early 1973, Juan Francisco de Kumamoto, an unliked military general, took control of the government instead, almost made it Bolivarianist and even Socialist, and caused mass inflation, which got at the worst in August 17th, when 1 dollar was 18,575,000 Neonian yen, and many companies temporarily got filed for bankrupcy, people lost a lot of money and it was estimated that 25% of the population lost their homes, but Juan was kicked off of presidency after protests and riots in late August and early September, and was returned to the former president.

Imperial Kingdom of Neonia #2 (1975 - 1983)
The former president, Gertjan van Akimori was accused of rigging the 1974 Neonian elections in December, so from Janurary - April 1975, imperialists (which at the height of the protests were around 95% of the population) were protesting about him, so the Zahavi royal family lead a coup d'etat against him, and they came to the thrown on April 7th, 1975, and Renzashita II was coronated on April 18th, 1975. Almost immediately after this, an economic miracle occured, slowly progressing in 1975 and then in March - April 1976, the economy exploded, and became one of the richest countries in Aritonazca. Unfortunately, on April 16th - 18th, 1980, forces from the ASC invaded Shiguto City, and bombed an oil field, so the country was put on martial law until May 1st.

DR of Neonia #2 (1983 - 1990)
The imperial state was overthrown by Takahiro Itei (いてい孝宏, Hepburn; Itei Takahiro) in the 1983 Neonian revolution. He a military general in the army, who was tired of the monarchy's western ways. He wanted to make the country be more nationalist and care more about itself.

After the revolution, he converted the country into an Iteist military dictatorship, however, it was one of the most politcally liberal of all of dictatorships, with limited political repression. Itei converted the country to traditional ways and make people and the country more self-sufficent, aswell as establishing higher relations with Asian countries such as. He found a personality cult of him to be sickening and unlike other dictators, did not like propaganda very much. On November 10th, 1989, the Neonian army officially pushed into the Amery Socialist Citystate and finally annexed it into its territory. After that, Itei introduced many reforms into the country, including economical ones. He officially resigned on December 31st, 1989, and asked his prime minister, Kentarō Altankhuyag, to dissolve the country into a democracy next day on January 1st, 1990.

Contemporary Neonia (1990 - present)
After democraticization, Neonia had another economic miracle that started in February 1991, quadrupling the economy and turning it into a tiger economy. Neonia had the 2nd biggest GDP in the El Kadsreian Archipelago by 1996, the peak of the economic miracle, and in 1996, same-sex activity was finally legalized.

A conserative nationalist coalation led the country from 2006 - 2010.

In 2008, Neonia was hit hard by the Great Recession and lost its title as the second largest economy in the Aritonazcas to Sentan and Mahri.

In 2010, a constitutional crisis occured, when 5th president Kensuke Ishikawa of the Conserative Party started to pass controversial laws and say controversial things. In the end, after protests, he eventually resigned, and was immediately suceeded by president canidate Marquita Park-Lee of the NDP, the first female president of the country.

In September 2020, president Kumamoto Tsunesaburo lead a coup d'état and transitioned the country into a Unitary dominant-party presidential republic after overthrowing the current president and prime minister at the time, and was the president of the 2nd Republic of Neonia up until the riots and unrest of 2022, when he transitioned the country back into a semi-presidential republic following the 2022 referendum, but stayed as president. Kumamoto will not be allowed to run in the 2024 Neonian general elections.

As of the end of 2022, there have been 175,021 cases and 3,496 deaths of COVID-19 in Neonia, mostly in Shiguto City and its metropolian area.

Geography
Main canon=The geography of Neonia/Neonia is varied. The country is made up of an island and several other smaller islands to its south. The country is very mountainous, with the Sanmyaku (center), Matcawasi (northeast) and Beimai (north) mountain ranges being the biggest, forming the Neonian Alps, with mountainous fjords in the coastal and uninhabiated north. The highest point of the country is Hitonako at 5954m. The country has hilly plains with humidity ranging from humid to semi-arid in the centre and east, is heavily forested in the north and west and is mainly dry and arid in the east. The country recieves a lot of rain, especially in the south and in the Toshima archipelago. To the south of the country is the. The biggest lake is Lake Kurukutan, and is located at the coast of the cities of Shiguto City and Sakana.

Neonia is prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, blizzards and tsunamis due to its proximity near the Ring of Fire. Destructive natural disasters happen a few times each century, such as the 1984 Nueva Nayarit earthquake, 1994 Neonian blizzards and earthquakes and the 2019 Hitonako volcanic eruption. Neonia is partially effected by climate change.|-| GMK's canon=The geography of Neonia/Neonia is varied. The country is very mountainous, with the Sanmyaku (center), Matcawasi (northeast) and Beimai (north) mountain ranges being the biggest, forming the Neonian Alps. The highest point of the country is Hitonako at 5954m. The country has hilly plains with humidity ranging from humid to semi-arid in the centre and east, is heavily forested in the north and west and is mainly dry and arid in the east. The country recieves a lot of rain, especially in the south and in the Toshima archipelago. To the south of the country is the. The biggest lake is Lake Kurukutan, and is located at the coast of the cities of Shiguto City and Sakana.

Neonia is prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, blizzards and tsunamis due to its proximity near the Ring of Fire. Destructive natural disasters happen a few times each century, such as the 1984 Nueva Nayarit earthquake, 1994 Neonian blizzards and earthquakes and the 2019 Hitonako volcanic eruption. Neonia is partially effected by climate change.

Climate
Main canon=The climate of Neonia is varied. It has a mainly subtropical climate, with cold winters and hot summers. A cold air current from Novaustria gives it cooler temperatures from the surrounding area, resulting in unusually cold temperatures and occasional but annual snow. The snow usually arrives in December and usually melts in early February, although snow itself can also happen in February. In the mountains, snow melts in mid-late March and sometimes even in April, although the higher mountains and the central volcano of Neonia are permenately snowcapped. Rain is also somewhat common around the country, especially during March - May and September - October when heavy monsoonal rain hit the country, sometimes flooding parts of it, although the people are mainly used to these. The hottest temperature ever recorded in Neonia was 48°C (118°F) in Muitoquente in Cochuga, on June 21st, 1993 at 12:13pm, and the coldest temperature ever recorded in Neonia was -32°C (-25.6°F) on the Hitonako Volcano, on December 21st, 1994 at 04:17am, during the 1994 Neonian blizzards and earthquakes, when the country looked like it was covered in snow. |-| GMK's canon= The climate of Neonia is very varied. The main population centers revolve around continential climates (Dfa - Dfb, Shiguto City and Dwa - Dwb, Yenjing and Golyeosan), semi-arid and meditarrenian climates (BSk and Csb, Nuevo Santiago), subtropical climates (São José, Cfa) and oceanic climates (Cfb, Lukhur). Snow in the winter is extremely frequent accross the country even in the south. The snow usually arrives in light forms in mid November and in extreme amounts usually on December 1st and usually melts in late March, although snow itself can also happen in March. In the mountains, snow melts in mid-late April and sometimes even in May, although the higher mountains and the central volcano of Neonia are permenately snowcapped. Rain is also somewhat common around the country, especially during March - May and September - October when heavy monsoonal rain hit the country, sometimes flooding parts of it, although the people are mainly used to these. The hottest temperature ever recorded in Neonia was 45°C (113°F) in Muitoquente in Cochuga, on June 21st, 1993 at 12:13pm, and the coldest temperature ever recorded in Neonia was -37°C (-34.6°F) on the Hitonako Volcano, on December 21st, 1994 at 04:17am, during the 1994 Neonian blizzards and earthquakes, when the country looked like it was covered in snow.


 * Spring: March 1st - June 1st
 * Summer: June 1st - September 12th
 * Autumn: September 12th - November 20th
 * Winter: November 20th - March 1st

Economy
The economy of Neonia is the ?th largest in Aritonesia. As of 2020, Neonia has a GDP nominal of $5.2 trillion USD and a GDP PPP of $5.5 trillion. The Neonian yen is the currency for the nation. Neonia went under two recessions, the first one in 1973 and the second one in 2008. Neonia was majorily hit by the Great Recession but did not lose any economic title.

Neonia's main exports and sources in income are from electronics, technology, oil and petrolium. The electronics producer Aircom and oil and petrolium company NEORAMCO are based in Neonia.

Neonia formerly was a third-world colony during colonialism, but its economy rose after it became part of New Japan and the Sentanese Empire, although after independence the economy was comparable to the economy of modern day (nominal) Suriname, but after the monarchy was established the economy grew, until the dictatorship where it dropped a little but stayed average before the August 1973 incident, when it became almost third-world, but slowly recovered until April 1975 when the economy started to go up faster, eventually skyrocketing the following year, before slowly dropping from 1983 - 1989, rising slowly in 1990 and skyrocketing again in 1991, dropping in 2008 due to the Great Recession and slowly recovering today.

Territories
Neonia has four prefectures, Shiguto, Amery, Cochuga and Hangugosi. Neonia also has one automonous prefecture, Nuosu, aswell as having one federal city, Teiedo.

Culture
Main article: Culture in Neonia

The culture of Neonia is extremely varied, being predominately Japanese with minor American and British influences, with the main culture changing depending on which part of the country you are in (e.g. Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Yi, Indigenous, etc.). Mostly, the culture is mixed.

Personal naming
In Neonia, there are two naming systems that are required to be used. One is the Western-style name, which is a non-Japanese, Chinese or Korean first name at the front and then the Japanese, Chinese or Korean surname at the end, which is used in English documents, the other is the Eastern-style name, which is the full name in Japanese, Chinese or Korean in traditional orer. An example would be a child with the Spanish name "Ricardo Pérez" with his family's Japanese name "Higashiyama (東山)" and his parents gave him his Japanese name "Ryū (龍)", then his full legal name would be "Ricardo Higashiyama Ryū Pérez (リカード東山龍ペレズ)". WIP

People are allowed to have Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Sichuan Yi and indigenous names but they will always have seperate Japanese-language names that would be occasionally used, but not always.

Education
Neonia's educational system is divided into four phases, Pre-school, primary school, secondary school and college/university. Primary school begins at the age of 6, and secondary school begins at the age of 14. Both primary and secondary school are divided into twelve grades. The school days are from Monday to Friday. The average primary school day is from 9:00am to 3:15pm, and the average high school day is from 8:45am to 3:30pm.

Pre-school is optional in Neonia, but primary school and secondary school are compulsuary. College and university are both optional, and a person begins either college or university at the age of 18. The average pre-school day is from 9:00am to 12:00pm.

The school year in Neonia begins on the last Monday in April, with a 2-month summer holidays break beginning on the first Friday of June, two 2-week long breaks on the last Friday of October and the third Friday in December and a 3-month long break on the last Friday of Janurary, with school resuming after the break. Neonia uses a quatrimetral term system.

In the Neonia School Ciricculum, students are taught how to learn, speak and write in English and Japanese beginning at the age of 6, which is compulsuary in primary schools, although most students would've probably learnt a small amount of either languages by then. Children are also taught how to learn, speak and write in either Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Nuosu, Malay, or Tamil depending on the region or area, which is also compulsuary, aswell.

School levels
The year structure is summarized below:

Politics
Neonia is a unitary semi-presidential republic. Neonia's political system can be consisted to be a combination of elements from United Kingdom and the United States political systems as well as distinctive Japanese, Taiwanese and Tsengian features.

Parliamentary elections are held every two years with presidential/general elections being held every four years beginning in Janurary 1990. Prime ministers can only have up to five terms and presidents can only have three. If a president or prime minister resigns during his or her term, he or she is succeeded by the second most popular vote.

Parliamentary elections are held between Janurary 2nd - 16th, while presidential elections are held between Janurary 16th - 30th. The next elections in Neonia will be the 2024 Neonian parliamentary elections and the 2024 Neonian general elections.

Kumamoto Tsunesaburo reigns as the President of Neonia since 2020 with TBA as the prime minister since 2022. The president has more authority than the prime minister, who in which the latter (the PM) reports to the president.

The Parliament of Neonia was established in Janurary of 1990 to replace the military junta government that was used originally from 1983 - 1990.

Neonia has many political parties. They include, but are not limited to the Neonian Democratic Party, the Conserative Party of Neonia, the Liberal Party, the Neonia Green Party, the National Front of Neonia, the Social Democratic Movement and the Neonian Worker's Union. Banned parties include but not limited to the Scarlet Jiefangjun, the Communist Party of Neonia and the Neonian Vlokist Party.

Television
99.8% of all Neonians own a television. The main television channels, owned by the public broadcaster Neon Radio and Television Network, include NRTN 1, 2, 3, 4, K and 24. The state-owned public broadcaster is NKT, with the main educational broadcaster being NHN. Commercial television networks include Metrovision, SBN, Tsu TV, MTN, TV11 and Tele12.

Neonian television mainly uses English and Japanese when it comes to languages, but local networks also use the local languages spoken there (e.g. RTA using Chinese).

Pay television providers are NDCom Television, TSUSAT, DirecTV, ElStar and Cignal. Free-to-air providers are Freeview and Freesat.

ITU prefixes assigned are: JC-JY for Shiguto, BD-BH for Amery, XF-XW for Cochuga, HB-HL for Hangugosi and YJ-YS for the Nuosu Autonomous Prefecture. Only a few selected stations can have the "JO" prefix in Shiguto as to not be careful to clash with the ones in Japan.

Film
Neonia's film industry (nicknamed 'Neonwood') dates back to the 1900s. Cinemas in the country first opened in the late 1890s's, but aired foregin films. The first Neonia-made film premiered in 1902. In the Neonian film market, Neonwood delivered a 35% share of the box office, while its two main rival film industries, Hollywood and Kadsrewood take 40% and 25% shares respectively.

Internet
Internet launched in Neonia on Janurary 30th, 1990. By 1995, 20% of the population had internet, and by 2000, 57% of the population had it. Nowadays, 98% of the population has internet in Neonia. 49% of internet users in Neonia rely on NDCom for their internet service, and NDCom started their internet services in 1994.

Mobile service is also majorily provided by NDCom. 2G services were rolled out in 1997, and 3G services began in 2002, with 4G services being rolled out between 2009 - 2010. 5G was officially rolled out throughout the country in 2019, and was majorily used by 2020. In 2002, mobile phone usage surpassed landline phone usage.

The main telecommunications provider in Neonia is NDCom.

Population
The population in the country is around 19,781,234 (2020 estimate). The largest city is Shiguto City, with a population of 4.23 million people.

Languages
The most common languages that are spoken in Neonia are Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese and Korean. The most spoken language is Japanese, which is spoken by 19.1 million people in the country, followed by English at 18.9 million. It is compulsory to learn English and Japanese, with Japanese being used in conversations, government messages on television and English being used both mixed in with other languages, as a lingua franca and as a chat language on the internet so people from different language-speaking prefectures can understand each other. A variety of other Asian and European languages are spoken in Neonia, mainly by foreign immigrants. Multiple dialects for Chinese are spoken in the country, such as Standard Neonian Mandarin, Cantonese and Hokkien.

People/Trends

 * Neonia is more commonly known as "Neonia", being called this on some world maps, and use formally and informally.
 * Neonia's currency is Neonian yen.
 * Neonia's current population is about 19.7 million people.
 * The life expectancy in Neonia is 85.9 for men and 88.9 for women.
 * Neonia has one of the highest average IQs in the world, with an average IQ of 105.
 * Neonia has six official languages: Japanese, English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese and Korean.
 * Neonia has many other minority languages.
 * The drinking age is 18 in Neonia.
 * The marriage age is 18 in Neonia.
 * The average age is 52 in Neonia.
 * When referring to something belonging to Neonia, it is referred to as "Neonian".
 * Same-sex activity was decriminalized in 1996, and gay marriage is currently pending legalization.
 * Draft dodgers, LGBTQ+ persons, and refugees have had the right to seek asylum in Neonia under the Geneva Convention since 1990.

Events

 * Notable events in Neonia since the 19th century
 * Notable events in Neonia in the 1900s
 * Notable events in Neonia in the 1910s
 * Notable events in Neonia in the 1920s
 * Notable events in Neonia in the 1930s
 * Notable events in Neonia in the 1940s
 * Notable events in Neonia in the 1950s
 * Notable events in Neonia in the 1960s
 * Notable events in Neonia in the 1970s
 * Notable events in Neonia in the 1980s
 * Notable events in Neonia in the 1990s
 * Notable events in Neonia in the 2000s
 * Notable events in Neonia in the 2010s
 * Notable events in Neonia in the 2020s

Landscape
Neonia is located in North America; El Kadsre is Neonia's neighbor country. Neonia has one of the tallest mountains and the highest volcanos in the El Kadsreian Archipelago. Neonia is one of the most urbanized nations in Aritonazca - with 85% of the country being so.

Industry
Neonia's technology and electronic industry makes up atleast 39.9% of its GDP. The major industries in Neonia are electronics, software, machine tools, chemicals, oil, petrolium and processed foods.

Crime
Neonia's crime rate depends on the area, with big cities being the most affected and small villages and small towns being the least effected.

The national emergency number for Neonia is both 911 and 211.

Trivia

 * In Blue91233's canon, Neonia is located in the Nazca Islands.
 * The countries canon is way different to InfiniteEffect's main version of ND, where in DLFW canon it is a size of a small country, rich, democratic and a nice place to live in, rather in ROBLOX it is poor, futuristic/cyberpunk, ruled by corporates, extremely oppresive and genuinley just a bad place to live in.