Matoranesia

Matoranesia, formally referred to as the Matoranesian Island Nations, the Matoranesian archipelago, and the Matoranesian Islands, is a country located in North America. The capital of Matoranesia is Matoranesia City. The archipelago itself, Matoranesia, is located near northern Aritonazca, above Azara, and east of Goiky and Mixopolis Island. It neighbors with Kyao to the east, and borders Nova Fresia.

The nation also possessed Aletumña and Kyao until 1989, leading to the independence of many other territories which were once possessed by the Matoranesian islands. Nova Fresia is an exception to this, being formed in 1988. There is potential for further breakdown of Matoranesia due to political conflict affected by the Aletumñan civil war.

Matoranesia is considered an advanced country and has some of the largest technological advances since early computer systems debuted for military use in 1945, imported from the Republic of Wilson. The nation has one of the highest immigration rates in Aritonazca as of 2022. As a result, many languages across Metropacifica are spoken in the nation.

Prehistory - 1850: Original tribal era
Prior to the 1471 Arito earthquake, the Matoranesian Archipelago was an entire continent that had incredibly close maritime borders to the Arito subcontinent. There were a countless number of tribes in the location, including the Matoran, Aletumñan, and Skakdi people. They had settled around the archipelago and some even into Azara and the Arito subcontinent itself. Due to this, there was a Matoran settlement in modern day Fir from 540 AD to 765 AD, which was eventually annexed by the Vicnoran Kingdom. Native Goikish people were also introduced into the area at some point in time, introducing the Goikish language to the area.

The first Matoranesian settlement not from original native settlers was populated by Maori people and was settled sometime in 800 BCE. Vicnoran culture was introduced into Matoranesia in the late 1400s after multiple ships evacuated due to the 1471 Vicnora earthquake. The earthquake as well destroyed some settlements in the southern portion of the archipleago. There were further settlements from various Asian and European cultures in the 1700s, leading to the formation of many colonies in the archipelago.

1850 - 1917: Colonization
The mid to late 1800s marked a high increase in the settlement of the nation, with heavy Maori, Japanese, and Russian influences in power. In 1915, political power was given to native tribal chieftains and Vicnoran citizens operating for the Japanese colonists. In 1917, the nation declared independence.

1917 - 1945: Early Matoranesia
The nation then proceeded to take over a majority of the island chain to reclaim the original tribal properties that were colonized by multiple Asian nations. The nation did not participate in World War II, but American forces occupied 4 military bases in the time, at locations that are currently civillian airports.

1945 - 1989: Political corruption; Kunchaian era
After the end of World War II, a Skakdi revolutionist named Vosesyrika Kunchaia had taken office into the Matoranesian government after the death of the previous leader of the nation, starting a a new monarchy. She was focused on taking back the nation for herself and to reunite less significant and populated territories into Kunchaian territories. The first being the hostile takeover of Aletumña.

After her death from natural causes in 1971, her daughter Yurokora took over and was put into power. She had put in even more violent forces into present-day Aletumña and put the local religion into extinction. Any believers in other beliefs than the Matoran and Skakdi native religions were persecuted for going against the Kunchaian law system. This included execution of Aletumñan people and destruction of local towns/tribes in the area and places of religious importance.

Matoranesian culture was incredibly toxic towards other cultures in the Kunchaian era, resulting in a high crime rate and extreme amounts of hate crimes towards smaller now-extinct tribal groups in the local area. Yurokora recieved several threatening messages in 1982 which convinced her to go into hiding in a bunker in Makutaia in the state of Destral. The Daxian Military Federation had gone on a search for Yurokora in the late 80s to expose her many criminal offenses and religious persecutions.

On April 20, 1989, Yurokora Kunchaia was found with an accompanying 25 Matoranesian military officers in Destral by the DMF, which led to a large-scale shootout which led to the deaths of 23 people, including Yurokora herself. Living relatives of the Kunchaian family surrendered the nation to the DMF, which merged with other rebellion groups and formed the modern Matoranesian government. The Kunchaian rule and influence collapsed within a few months afterwards, resulting in the formation of many new independent states. A majority of the archipelago was still Matoranesian-occupied territory.

1989 - 2022: Reformation and independence
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2022: Aletumñan civil war
On January 8, 2022, Aletumñan territory was forcefully invaded by a group planning for a "Kongo free of Matoran influence". This led to a months-long conflict which is still being fought as of November 2022. Matoranesia has situated multiple attacks in the island chain, resulting in around 9,500 deaths due to bombings, protests, and terrorist incidents.

Geography
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Territories
Matoranesia has 15+ states with high population rates. TBA

Economy
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Culture
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Politics
Presidents in Matoranesia are voted in every 5 years in July.

Media
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Climate
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Trivia

 * The nation is mostly based off of Lego Technic properties such as Bionicle and Pokémon regions, with geographic improvisation and worldbuilding. The Technic Heroes franchise does not exist in the universe with Matoranesia due to this.
 * The nation always has had same-sex couples or LGBTQ+ expression legal due to the Matoran culture being largely liberal.
 * Matoranesia is one of the only nations to have digital piracy completely legal and endorsed by the government.
 * The average life expectancy is 90.
 * Similar to Indosa, the nation does not enforce COPPA, resulting in a large preteen internet demographic.
 * The national sport of Matoranesia is Kolhii, similar to El Kadsre and Uniotia.