Tekeleb

Tekeleb ( Irjysian pronunciation: [tɛkeleb]), officially the Tekeleb People's Republic (Tekeleb Manusavo Manuraje [tɛkeleb mɐnusaːvo mɐnuɾɐʤe]) is a country in the Nesionytan Islands, located in the Irjysian Archipelago. It shares maritime borders with Morasavia to the west and Maryaadah to the south. Tekeleb is composed of a main large island and four smaller islands, three of which are uninhabited. The capital of Tekeleb is Suhar.

Homo sapiens have arrived in modern-day Tekeleb in 2nd century BC. It was once controlled by the Rajate of Irjysia for many years, until its split into three rajates in 845 AD, one of them being Rajate of Tekeleb, named after the Tekeleb river. The Rajate of Tekeleb was centered in Muwalteke on the Strait of Irjysia. In 1004, as Tekelebese soldiers allegedly destroyed a Morasavan battle ship, the Rajate of Morasava declared war on Tekeleb, starting the Three-Rajate War, ending until 1295. Tekeleb began to develop its agricultural sector, and began trading with the Nesionytan Empire. The Nesionytans began to heavily influence the rajate, with the traditional Irjysian script dropped in favor of the Kubusa script and its capital being shifted to the Nesionytan-founded Suhar.

In 1694, Tekeleb was annexed by Irjysia, which was renamed to Maryaadah. This resulted into the loss of Tekelebese identity and culture, which were mixed into Maryaadanese customs. Tekelebese people protested against this, but were stopped as protesters were ordered to be tortured and hanged for treason. Tekeleb later became part of British Irjysia in 1786, which was later dissolved and the territory became part of Maryaadah again. Both Tekeleb and Morasavia were granted independence on August 29, 1822. While Morasavia was economically stable, Tekeleb was recorded as the poorest Nesionytan country, with over 96% of the population living under the poverty line. This was blamed by corruption and thievery of their wealth by Maryaadah, so Tekeleb cut ties with the country, which worsened its situation, leading to the 1825 Tekeleb famine, killing over 25,000 people. The rajate began to be reformed in the 1830s by improving its agricultural economy, and beginning to industrialize. Its economy grew at the rate of 494% by 1893.

On September 14, 1942, Tekeleb announced its support of the during the. After the war, Tekeleb began to heavily trade with the, thus heavily improving relations between the both countries. It was the first country in the Irjysian Archipelago to abolish on February 5, 1948 in favor of a. Later, its economy began to fluctuate during the 1950s and 1960s, and eventually began to decline in 1965. The Tekelebese maldhav also crashed, with its inflation rate being 90%, the highest in the Nesionytan Islands. This was protested by anti-Rajate groups in 1968 who demanded the country to be a democratic republic. Protests began to escalate violently, and were eventually turned into a full-scale war in 1970. During the first stages of war, the anti-Rajate Army of Freedom in Tekeleb turned to Walakarimasism from after them being funded by Hangala. On January 19, 1972, the rajate was forced to be dissolved after the Fall of Suhar, and was replaced by a Walakarimasist socialist republic.

The Walakarimasist republic was subject to human rights violations, mass executions, and a tightly controlled economy. Tekeleb was heavily downgraded to the poorest and the least democratic country in the Nesionytan Islands. It only traded with Hangala and other fellow Walakarimasist states such as Zahama. In 1989, when Velekam Wahutribha took over as president, he began to reform and open up Tekeleb's economy, with only a few Western and Nesionytan states allowed to trade. Foreign investment into the country was also restricted. This helped with the slow growth of Tekeleb's economy, and jumped into a lower middle income country by 1998. It also restored ties with Maryaadah in 2000 and stopped jamming overseas signals. After the, Tekeleb's economy badly deteriorated, but began to flourish after aid and funding from Maryaadah and Morasavia. Today, the country has a, but is still accused of human rights violations and authoritarianism, especially during the Olakha Winthupenja administration since 2009.