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Kaotainesia (Chinese: 高台民國; Pinyin: Gāotái Mínguó, Wade-Giles: Kaot'ai Minkuo) officially the Republic of Kaotainesia, is a sovereign state and island country in. It is located on nine islands, the main one, Tatao Island, being the biggest one out of all and where the majority of the population resides. It has maritime borders with Japan to the north and Tseng to the east. The capital and largest city is Kangkou, which has 4.9 million residents, while the country itself has 11.2 million residents. The official languages are Mandarin, Hokkien, Spanish and Hakka, aswell with multiple indigenous languages being spoken around the island. Kaotainesia is divided into seven cantons with one federal district in the north, comprising of the capital.

People have inhabited the area of Kaotainesia for thousands of years, beginning with indigenous peoples. Around 100 BC, Chinese peoples arrived and colonized the area, and established the Nantaonesian Empire in the 1100s, which was a maritime republic. It was later colonized by and  forces who both proclaimed British Nantao, the British Southern Cantons and the Viceroyalty of Chinese Spain. Kaotainesia later became a Japanese client state in 1916 under protectorate status, and gained independence in 1944. It adopted its current government in 1990.

Kaotainesia is a highly developed state and ranks 14th on the.

Etymology
The name of the country comes from founding father David Kao, who was a political activist and helped win over from Japanese occupation, combined with the Chinese word for "tower" (台, tái) for the mountainous terrain, and the Greek word "nesos" (νῆσος), which means "islands". The full Chinese name of the country is "高台民國" (gāotái mínguó/kaotai minkuo), which means "Gaotai Republic".

Prehistory (1450 BC - 1701
During the late Paleogene period, the island that comprises of what is now Kaotainesia split off from mainland. Beginning atleast 3,500 years ago, the first settlers arrived from what is now. They were the ancestors of the indigenous peoples of Kaotainesia, and their languages later evolved to be the three main indigenous languages of the islands. Over time, the main island, Tatao Island, slowly sank lower until the eight other islands surrounded it, forming the Kaotainesian Archipelago.

Beginning 100 BC, Han Chinese people from mainland settled around the islands and established friendly relations with the local indigenous people. In 1104, they established the Nantaonesian Empire, a maritime republic which had control of many (mostly uninhabiated) islands accross the northwest. Relative peace was in Kaotainesia until many powers began to arrive in 1701.

Colonization (1701 - 1916)
In 1701, the British people arrived and set up a settlement near the city of Kangkou (Jamestown, Kaotainesia) aswell as multiple trading posts. They explored around the area and found many Chinese and Austronesian settlers. Later in 1714, the Spanish arrived and created various settlements (the most prominent one being San Pedro). Eventually in 1721, the Han and Austronesians had enough. Them and the European powers fought in a huge war that ended in European victory.

Immediately after, the Treaty of Jamestown was signed, and the colonies of British Nantao, the British Southern Cantons and the Viceroyalty of Chinese Spain was established, and stretched accross the archipelago. The also recieved some parts of land aswell. The Han Chinese and the indigenous tribes were heavily discriminated and subject to various amounts of discrimination and abuse. British Nantao had the worst offender with racism, with the dictator-like governer Arlington Rutherford even having the Chinese and indigenous peoples work as slaves. Eventually though, this treatment came to an end once the came.

Japanese occupation (1916 - 1944)
In 1916, the invaded the territories of Kaotainesia. The European forces fought poorly against the Japanese, and eventually were defeated. All European powers quickly withdrew from Kaotainesia and on July 24th, 1916, Kaotainesia became a client state of Japan, essentialy a colony. Many of the cultures (at the time comprised of Chinese, Austronesian, mixed-race and Spanish) were forcibly assimiliated into Japanese culture and political oppression was high. Eventually in 1944, the native Han and Austronesian people rose up against the Japanese occupation, aswell as the Allied powers invading the Japanese occupation of the islands. This caused the end of Japanese rule and the Japanese later withdrawled. Immediately after, the peoples of the islands established a republic, which was the Kaotainesian Federal Republic.

Kaotainesian Federal Republic (1944 - 1970)
"Main article: Kaotainesian Federal Republic" In 1944, after the withdrew from the archipelago, the Kaotainesian Federal Republic was created. Named after freedom fighter David Kao and the mountainous areas that took up the majority of the landscape, the economy began to rise. Television was later launched in 1962 with RTK Television, and the music, cinema and general culture industries were considered at their peak. However, these peaceful times eventually came to an end in 1970.

Presidency of Tsao Kang-li (1970 - 1974)
"Main article: Kaotainesian military junta and Red Terror (Kaotainesia)" In 1970, the military officer Tsao Kang-li took power of presidency via a coup. He immediately declared himself Eternal President and began completely rewriting the laws and constitution of the country to make himself in full power. Political oppression was extremely high, and he was extremely commonly referred to as a dictator, and he turned the country into a one-party state, with the only legal party being the Communist Party of Kaotainesia. Many influential people from the state were imprisioned, including politican Sun Kang-sheng (president before the coup happened), political philosopher Cheng Kai-hsuan (who had an extremely negative view on communism) and film director Yang Kai-hsiang (cinematic pioneer and creator of the Kaotaiju genre - imprisoned for "Imperialistic activities"). Many people consider the 4 years of his presidency to be the worst years in Kaotainesia's history.

Modern KFR (1974 - 1990)
Eventually, the people of Kaotainesia had enough. Starting in April of 1974 and lasting for three months, the 1974 Kaotainesian protests and riots began. Many people rioted in the streets and protested against Tsao Kang-li's unfair presidency. Over hundreds of students were gunned down and many thousands of more imprisoned. Eventually, on June 17th, 1974, Kang-li was captured, imprisioned and then later executed for crimes against humanity. After that, free elections (which had not taken place since the late 1960's) took place, the economy began to progress again and many civil liberites were reinstated. Despite this, Kaotainesia was still a very conserative nation, with developing political freedoms. However, between the late 1970s to the early 1990s, an economic miracle began to occur. Kaotainesia began to be a mass producer of technology and the economy was thriving.

Contemporary era (1990 - present)
In 1988, Kang Lien-chun was elected president of Kaotainesia by an extremely narrow vote. He was the very first president that was the member of the Kaotainesian Democratic Party since the 1950's, and promised the country to be as stable and as free as possible. On February 23rd, 1990, he put forward the Ziyou Acts, a series of many social and political reforms that a few days later, dissolved the KFR and established a free republic.

By the end of 2022, there were 5,321 cases and 349 deaths of COVID-19 in Kaotainesia.

Media
Kaotainesian media usually uses Mandarin in media, but also frequently uses Spanish, Hokkien and Hakka aswell

Television
98.9% of Kaotainesians own a television. The state-owned broadcaster, Kaotainesian Diffusion Corporation (KDC), was launched in 1944 after Japanese rule ended, and broadcasted radio programming into the country. Television launched in 1962 with the transition to full color broadcasts beginning in 1972 and completing in 1978. There was a monopoly on television broadcasting until main commercial network Maoquin Radio Television launched in 1975. Other commercial broadcasters include Kangkou Television Network, TV12 and TBA.

Film
Main articles: Cinema of Kaotainesia and Kaotaiju

The cinema of Kaotainesia is quite popular in Kaotainesia proper, and the Aritonazcas. A major genre of Kaotainesian film is Kaotajiu, a portmanteau of "Kaotainesia" and the Japanese word for monster, "", which began in the 1960's to spiral off of the success of Japanese monster films such as. It is also sometimes referred as "Kuaishou" as a Chinese pronounciation of the Kanji.