Raismang

Raismang (/reɪmaŋ/) (YinYangiese: 河冰; Ráymāng; Ice Glacier) (Raismangese: Remanwa; /ʁɛmɑ̃wa/) is a state located in northeast YinYangia. It borders Utanga to the west, Xiang to the south, and Amrekshakir to the southeast. It is YinYangia's smallest state in terms of area.

Etymology
Many people mispronounce the state as rice-mang, but the 's' is silent in 'Rais', since this is the French romanization of 河 (Ráy). The reason the state's name's first half is in French is the port of Puka which was a colony of France. Mang is a YinYangiese word for ice.

History
During the prehistoric times, Raismang was uninhabited, until the Vasqarqatian Empire expanded to the region in 8 BC. It was named '' (Mirutuasaqali), or 'unknown land' in the Vasqarqatian language.

The port of Puka was established in the northeast of the region. In 300 AD, the Vasqarqatian Empire was split into the kingdoms of Akasayadi and Mirutua. The Kingdom of Mirutua dominated the Mirutuasaqali region and also conquered parts of. It became an empire in the late 300's.

In 456 AD, Mirutua became the first empire in Gawudzan Island to adopt Christianity as the state religion, and started to persecute the indigenous religions. In 500 AD, the emperor of Mirutua established the Church of Emperor Krumenfi. The Mirutuans were defeated in 903 AD by the Muslims and their kingdom was replaced with the Sultanate of Maritia, after many Mirutuans converted to Islam.

The sultanate was later conquered by the Christians in the southern kingdom of Twarukasia in 951 AD and massacred muslims. Islamic influence and architecture is still prevalent in Raismang, especially in Mumatsejer.

In 1184 AD, the Han Chinese started to settle in the island. The Twarukasians heavily defended their state, but were defeated. In 1190 AD, the Mang dynasty was established in the region of Mirutuasaqali, and was the first Chinese dynasty in Gawudzan island.

The region was commonly referred to as Raymang by the Han Chinese, due to the presence of ice glaciers. The Han greatly Sinicized the Mirutuans and Twarukasians in the region, angering the Twarukasian Kingdom, declaring war in 1200. The Mang were heavily trained, and invaded the Twarukasian Kingdom. The Tottomics of Twarukasia later moved to Suhiara.

The Mang dynasty invaded and sinicized the Esemarics, Ishturkanians, and Basardenians, and the dynasty was replaced with the Gawudzan dynasty in 1270 AD, which was possibly the origin of the name of the island.

The Qing dynasty conquered Gawudzan Island along with the Raymang region in 1641. Raymang's independence was restored as the puppet state of Raymangwak. It was later annexed by the Gawudzan Republic in 1800.

The French occupied the port city of Puka on September 10, 1878. There, a French-based creole was created, under the name of Raismangese. After mass protests in the Gawudzan Republic and the colony of French Puka itself, France retreated in 1893, and the city-state of the Republic of Puka was established.

In 1890, the government of the Gawudzan Republic planned to create states for the country. The first proposal matched ethnic boundaries, and for Raymang, its boundaries followed the ethnic divisions. But due to the rapid development of the city of Tawzihila, the Tawzihilese region had to be reincorporated in 1897. In 1900, the border between the proposed Raymang state and the proposed Filipino state was set on the Vaqarim mountain range.

The state of Raymang was established in 1901, after the Gawudzan Republic created seven states under the reformed 1900 consitution. It was renamed to Raismang in 1925, and its capital was shifted to Ngabay from Tawzihila. The city-state of Puka joined the Gawudzan Republic in 1930, and the economy of the country drastically skyrocketed.

After the establishment of Toralaq Republic on July 18, 1936, Raismang was converted to an autonomous state of Dinpuka, under the same 1901 borders. Its capital was set in the port city. On October 25, 1999, YinYangia reverted the name of Dinpuka back to Raismang, two days after the Toralaq Republic was dissolved. The capital was also shifted back to Ngabay, due to the nearly equal populations of the Raismangese and the Han Gawudzan. Both Raismangese and YinYangiese were stated as the official languages of the state.

In 2004, the separatist Muvment d'Remanwa was established, due to human rights abuses by the YinYangian government, although there were rare cases. The organization was blamed for 40% of the state's terrorist attacks. After the 2006 Malodin KFC bombings, the Government of YinYangia recognized it as a terrorist organization. In 2008, the state officially adopted its flag, making it the last YinYangian state to do so.

Cities and towns

 * Dursha
 * Tawzihila
 * Wahawaka
 * Zhongmao
 * Ngabay
 * Puka