Iriyan Jaya
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| Motto: From many nations, from one nation | |
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| Region | Broad Rim |
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| Capital | Molybdenum |
| Official Language(s) | Senet |
| Leader | Harry Senate |
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| Currency | Iriyan Jaya Click (IRJC) |
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The Federation of Iriyan Jaya (Senet: Janaljanalkoler Estiden Jayal Irian) is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 445 million enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct. The current president is Harry Senate, a Shiriyu of Gadolinium, Sakalum, and the capital is Molybdenum.
A federation of nine provinces and one autonomous republic, seven ethnic groups dominate the Island, the Chalkyitsik, the Neal, the Shiriyu, the Brigolians, the Shu-Mai, the Toz, and the Illyrians. The federal government does its best to balance the freedoms of these nations by taking a mostly hands-off stance to local affairs, and instead handles foreign and economic affairs as part of its day to day business.
History
Anthropologists still debate over the arrival of man, but most agree that Jaya Island was settled about 5,000 years ago. Tribal folklore describes a mainland called Pakelon, a location that still has yet to be pinned down. These settlers landed in separate locations: the Chalkyitsik landed in the northwest; the Neal landed in the northeast; the Toz landed around Botany Bay; and the Shiriyu and Shu-Mai landed near present day Polonium. From there, the settlers spread out over the Island and began to cultivate the land.
About 1500 years ago, the Five Nations began to interact with one another, and in 1721, a series of treaties were enacted to formalize relations. The most enduring of these treaties was the Treaty of Witol, establishing the conlang of Senet as the language of diplomacy for the Island.
Brigolian colonists landed 500 years ago, encountering, in the words of Captain JS de Sailor, "a primitive people ripe for taming." The Island was claimed in the name of the Brigolian Crown, and was divided into three principalities, the Principalities of Selenium, Rampart, and Queen's Village. Oppressive rule by the Crown reduced the populace to serfdom, growing cash crops of coffee, pineapple, and cocoa.
In 1954, Shiriyu rebels rose up and declared the independenc of the Free State of Sakalum, triggering the Iriyan Independence Wars. These wars concluded in 1962, with the Treaty of Central City. Many Brigolians chose to remain rather than return to Brigoliland, but a great cross-migration did occur of Brigolians leaving the Island and overseas Islanders returning to rebuild the nation.
The Treaty of Central City created several independent states,
