Selatainesia

Selatainesia (Chinese: 塞拉台民國; Pinyin: Sèlātái Mínguó, Wade-Giles: Sailat'ai Minkuo) officially the Republic of Selatainesia, 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. Selatainesia is divided into seven cantons with one federal district in the north, comprising of the capital.

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

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

Etymology
The name of the country comes from the Malay word for south, "Selatan", which is in turn derrived from Proto-Malayic word "sAlatan" The Chinese name for the country is 塞拉台 (Sèlātái), a direct translation from the Malay word. The old and archaic spelling is 南國, which means "southern island".

The old name for Selatainesia, "Nankuvo", comes from the direct translation of the archaic name to Tamil, "நாங்குவோ" (Nāṅkuvō). Some people still favor this name and use it.

Prehistory (1450 BC - 1701
During the late Paleogene period, the island that comprises of what is now Selatainesia 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 Selatainesia, 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 Selatainesian 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 Nankuvo Empire, a maritime republic which had control of many (mostly uninhabiated) islands accross the northwest. Relative peace was in Selatainesia 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) 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 Nankuvo, 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 Nankuvo 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 Selatainesia. The European forces fought poorly against the Japanese, and eventually were defeated. All European powers quickly withdrew from Selatainesia and on July 24th, 1916, Selatainesia 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 modern Selatainesia.

Post-independence era (1944 - 1964)
In 1944, after the withdrew from the archipelago, Selatainesia was created. After this the economy began to rise. Television was later launched in 1962 with RTS 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 (1964 - 1974)
"Main article: Selatainesian military junta and Red Terror (Selatainesia)" In 1964, 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 Selatainesia. 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 Selataiju genre - imprisoned for "Imperialistic activities"). Many people consider the 10 years of his presidency to be the worst years in Selatainesia's history.

Modern era (1974 - present)
Eventually, the people of Selatainesia had enough. Starting in April of 1974 and lasting for three months, the 1974 Selatainesian 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 and longtime president Kao Lung-kuok (president 1974 - 1992) was elected, the economy began to progress again and many civil liberites were reinstated. Despite this, Selatainesia 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. Selatainesia began to be a mass producer of technology and the economy was thriving.

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

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

Television
98.9% of Selatainesians own a television. The state-owned broadcaster, Selatainesian Diffusion Corporation (SDC), 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 1976 and completing in 1980. There was a monopoly on television broadcasting until main commercial network Maoquin Radio Television launched in 1976. Other commercial broadcasters include Kangkou Television Network, TV12 and TBA.

Film
Main articles: Cinema of Selatainesia and Selataiju

The cinema of Selatainesia is quite popular in Selatainesia proper, and the Aritonazcas. A major genre of Selatainesian film is Selataiju, a portmanteau of "Selatainesia" 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. The famous film character of Selatainesia is Kanglong, the symbol of Selataiju.