Guenung

Guenung, officially the Republic of Guenung (Kigbenung: Ŋhurhǝɽhǝhaɲa Gbenuŋ) is a country in the Miligbekojongu Archipelago in Nesiondalsa. It lies in the Indian Ocean, west of Tsanakarun and Usheigep, north of Eruchimpep, and south of Faibatkintra; it shares maritime borders with the aformentioned countries. Kumbop is the country's capital and largest city. The country's population, estimated at 43 million, is composed of 5 main ethnic groups: the Mvamanesa who comprise the majority of Guenung'a population, the Mugbenung who are historically dominant in politics and culture, Mukatrabilasa, Myanyalyambe, and the Mbaimaivelre.

Humans have lived in Guenung for over 60,000 years. The Tawlic peoples were the first people to migrate to Guenung around 7,500 BCE, naming the island "Gbenung", meaning "water land". Due to its strategic location in the Indian Ocean, Gbenung became a major center for maritime trade in the Indian Ocean, with Omani Arabs, Austronesians, Bantus, and Nytans massively migrating to Gbenung Island, causing the Gbenung Kingdom to become the wealthiest and most prosperous country in Nesiondalsa. The importance of Gbenung heavily attracted Europeans, and the Portuguese established several trading ports along the western coast. In 1645, the Dutch East India Company invaded Gbenung, the Krunghom Kingdom, Camatanam Sultanate, and Sultanate of Barundi to wrestle control of the spice trade, but the Dutch were defeated in 1718. After Gbenung refused to establish ports along its coast and trade with Europeans, Gbenung was annexed in 1880 after a two-year long war. During British rule, mass atrocities were perpetrated, due to extremely high demand for gold, phosphate, and iron. Decades of mass exploitation led to the Guenungese Liberation War, which began in 1946 and ended in 1955 when a peace treaty was signed in Kumbop.

The People's Republic of Guenung declared independence from Britain and it was established on 29 December 1955. Guenungese nationalist Phajosa Mesraṉin was elected the President of Guenung. Even though Mesranin claimed that Guenung was democratic, it was run as a dictatorial one-party state, with his Guenungese Communist Party being the sole legal party. After Mesraṉin's death in 1964, his son, Phajosa Khuos̱in, took power. Due to fears that Guenung would face a revolution, Phajosa liberalized Guenung's economy in 1986 and it dissolved the People's Republic on 1 September 1988. Since then, Guenung has become one of the most liberal and free democracies in Nesiondalsa.

Guenung is a developed country with an advanced, high-income social market economy; it has the 7th-largest economy in Nesiondalsa. It provides very high standards of living, safety and economic freedom, as well as free university education and a universal health care system. Guenung is a founding member of the Federation of Nesiondalsan States, Group of 192, the Organization for Economic Cooperation, Trade, and Development, the AANOA Development Bank, and the Non-Aligned Movement, and the Economic Community of Miligbekojongu. The