Hangala

Hangala (Hajorian: [həŋaːla]), officially Federal People's Social Democratic Republic of Hangala (Hajorian:  Mitaha Nasé Amagiba Nasajileri Tahan'aiva Hangala), colloquially known as Seahorse Island, is a socialist island country in the Nesionytan Islands bordering Obanacia, and located south of Ucia. It is mostly known for its unique seahorse-like shape and its authoritarian regime, being ruled by the Walakarimasi family since 1967. It has a population of 5,193,001 as of 2021, and has an area of 18,442 km². Hangala consists of 7 provinces, with its capital, Nayabari, being a fully government-controlled entity.

Homo sapiens settled in Hangala since the 1st century BC by the Hajors from Dajankagru. The Kingdom of Hangala was established in 24 BC, and was the longest lived state in the Nesionytan Islands. Its and  industry made Hangala one of the most important trading centers in the archipelago. In the 6th century, several Hajors, along with other Kagrash peoples, began settling in neighboring Obanacia. The Hangalese conquered a large part of the Obanacian island, with an influx of Hajors migrating there. The newly-established Hajor Kingdom cut ties with Hangala in 1559 and declared war on them in an attempt to unify all the ethnic Hajors into one state, but were gradually defeated. In 1761, after the death of Jati Sarisari Mahadevashramataye Bhajawakala III, the Kingdom of Hangala was briefly renamed to Mahadevashramataye Kingdom to honor the king, but two years after the ascending of the throne by his son, the name was reverted back to Hangala. In 1909, Hangala was illegally annexed by Obanacia, and independence was not restored until 1950. The Republic of Hangala was established that year on March 19, and was governed by Kafali Mahadevashramataye, who was often accused of human rights violations.

On May 25, 1967, the Walakarimasi family and their supporters led the brutal Seahorse revolution, which overthrew the civil government and replaced it with a socialist authoritarian regime. The Federal People's Social Democratic Republic of Hangala was established on May 30, 1967, with Walakarimasism as the main ideology. The country's socialist ideology was meant to compete with and, even though they fully supported the Ulakisonian People's Republic and the. In 1970, Hangala attempted to conquer and spread the Walakarimasist ideology to Obanacia, but only managed to split the Jari island into two halves, thus creating one of the only land borders in Nesionyta. However, the Walakarimasist ideology has successfully been spread around Zahama in 1971 and Ucia in 1973 through communist insurgencies. During the First Nesionytan War in 1979, Hangala funded the Ulakisonians, which forced the Obanacian government to heavily control their territorial waters and airspace to prevent any funding to the Ulakisonian communist government. The Hangalese government made peace with Obanacia in 1989, and opened up trade with them in 1998. From 2002 to 2007, Hangala suffered a famine that resulted in the deaths of 100,000 people and caused 2 million people to suffer from food insecurity, due to increasing sanctions and trade embargoes against Hangala caused by escalating authoritarianism, plus the sudden decline in food production. After the famine began in 2002, Hangala began to seek foreign investment, abolishing the planned economy in 2009 and encouraging foreign investment to heal the economy. However, the current president Jati Bhavadev Galajari Hakalamaha Tarungawat Walakarimasi caused hyperinflation by rapidly increasing the money supply in higher monetary incentives in order to provide incentives to compensate for the famine, causing unemployment, economic inequality, and poverty rates to rapidly rise since 2009. This triggered a nationwide socioeconomic and political crisis. The country adopted its current constitution in 2015.

Hangala is a federal socialist Walakarimasist republic, and is the second-least democratic Nesiondalsan country according to Freedom House, only behind the Islamic emirate of Keimasia. Previously, the Hangalese economy from independence was heavily dependent on iron and phosphate production, which made Hangala the wealthiest country in Nesiondalsa. This was the case until the Hangalese famine occured in 2002 due to food shortages and economic mismanagement, causing the country to rapidly reduce its iron and phosphate production in favor of curbing food shortages. The excesses and poor policies of the incumbent government mainly by rapid increases in money supply had caused an economic collapse in Hangala. At present, Hangala struggles with rapidly increasing hyperinflation, shortages of basic goods, unemployment, poverty, disease, high child mortality, malnutrition, severe crime, extremely high economic inequality, and corruption. The crisis in Hangala has contributed to a rapidly deteriorating human rights situation and has caused 2.5 million people to flee from the country. Hangala is a member of the, , , , and the Committee of Development of Kagrash Economies.

Media
Media is heavily censored in Hangala, and foreign media is often jammed, especially ones that are considered threatening to the nation. The only legal newspaper publisher is Nasebartavai (People's Newspaper).

Hangala has thirty government-provided television stations, with the two largest being Kilejaraye and Sabhasharo.