Merriamia

Merriamia, officially the Oriental Republic of Merriamia (Simplified Chinese: 东方梅里亚米亚共和国; Dōngfāng méilǐ yǎ mǐ yǎ gònghéguó) is a country in Southeast Asia, sitting on the South China Sea sharing maritime borders with China on the north, Taiwan on the northeast, and the Philippines on the southeast. The main island of Merriamia has an area of 33,000 km2 (12,741 sq mi), and is the island where the majority of the country's population lives. With 48.03 million inhabitants, Merriamia is among the most densely populated countries in the world. The capital is Puyi, named after the last emperor of the Qing dynasty who granted their independence 3 years prior to the dynasty's collapse in 1912. Puyi, along with the largest city Shunzi City and Yijun, forms the largest metropolitan area of Merriamia.

Austronesian-speaking ancestors of Merriamian indigenous peoples settled the island around 5,500 years ago or earlier than that. Even after the Han Chinese mass immigration in the 17th century, Austronesian peoples remain in the majority ethnic groups of the country. The island was annexed by the Qing dynasty at the same time Taiwan was annexed. In 1909, the country declared it's independence and was recognized by China in the same year, but at the same time, Merriamia's political system is extremely unstable. During the second World War, Merriamia negotiated with the US to become a territory of theirs to avoid any annexation from the Empire of Japan, which US accepted. Merriamia became an American territory up until 1956, under the 'Treaty of Shunzi'.

In the late 1950s, Merriamia's economy started growing rapidly, entering a period of rapid economic growth. Merriamia's export-oriented industrial economy is one of the largest in the world by nominal GDP, with major contributions from steel, machinery, electronics and chemicals manufacturing. Merriamia is a developed country, and it ranks in terms of political and civil liberties, education, health care and human development.