Planetary Republic of Moñái

The Planetary Republic of Moñái, rendered in English as the Planetary Republic of Monai, is an autonomous planetary governorship of the Stellar Republic of Tupã. Comprised of Moñái, its moon, Iracema, and the O'Neill cylinder Saci-2, it has a total population of approximately 4.48 billion people. Aside from Saci-1—which is a federal district under the direct authority of the Stellar Republic's government—the Planetary Republic operates autonomous sovereignty over the broader Moñái sphere.Its capital is Ibiporanga, situated in the Greater Ibiporanga Metrozone, located on Moñái.
Colonized in 2291 after 39 years of earthforming efforts, Moñái was particularly desirable due to its similarity to Earth, with a day length of 24 hours 35 minutes. Part of the broader Terran Species Preservation Initiative, urbanization and industrialization on the planet were heavily restricted by ecological preservation laws, as the primary purpose of Moñái was the preservation of Earth's tropical species. Following the colonization of Tupã Prime and Refúgio, the Planetary Republic of Moñái was established in 2382 per the petitioning of its local government. Granted autonomy within the Stellar Republic, Moñái maintained its ecological protection laws, continuing in the spirit of the initiative that brought about the system's colonization in the first place.
Moñái its known for its cultural diversity, being host to many of the South American indigenous peoples relocated from Earth amidst its biosphere collapse. Its lingua franca is Portuguese, particularly of the Tupanese dialect. As a result, many Monaiese regard themselves as the successors to Lusophone and broader Latin American culture. In the Coalition, Moñái is significant both on account of its vast natural resources and its status as a popular tourist destination, with the Moñái Paleozoo a significant source of tourist revenue and pharmaceutical investment.
Compared to the broader system, the Planetary Republic of Moñái boasts a significantly higher standard of living, with its GDP per capita surpassed only by that of the space colony Saci-1.
== Etymology ==
Moñái is named after a legendary serpent in Guaraní mythology. It is rendered in English as Monai, and in Portuguese interchangeably as Moñai or Monaí. While incorrect, Monaí has displaced most other terms, at least in spoken word, on account of many of its Lusophone inhabitants.
== History ==
Moñái was regarded as a viable exoplanet for colonization since the 2100s, though the Machine War of the mid-2100s and the Corporate Revolution of the 2200s would greatly delay such lofty initiatives. The collapse of Earth's biosphere in the aftermath of the Corporate Revolution would lead to the Terran Species Preservation Initiative, which proposed the relocation of flora and fauna species from the Amazon and Congo rainforests, among other vestiges of the biosphere. This ran parallel to broader plans to relocate indigenous peoples threatened by the encroachment of urbanization and industrialization, leading to the plan to colonize the Tupã system.
Earthforming started in 2252, with settlement progressively expanding over the decades that followed, primarily by peoples from Latin America. Beyond the Coalition's plans was the exodus of many Unifaith adherents in 2273, fleeing persecution in New Rome. While initially regarded as illegal squatters, the Coalition colonization program came to tentatively permit their settlement of the planet, establishing themselves in what is now the city of Saudade.
With colonization was completed in 2291, Moñái was initially the epicenter of human settlement in the Tupã system. However, rising demand for further, less restricted settlement would lead to initiatives commencing on Tupã Prime and Refúgio in 2360. These projects would surpass Moñái in population by the 2380s, and, fearing their political irrelevance, Moñái successfully lobbied for autonomy in 2382 as a response to the growing encroachment of corporate entities in the Tupã system. While much of Moñái's land remained allocated as nature preserves, some areas were nonetheless granted to financial interests, allowing for limited mining, as well as pharmaceutical and genetic research.
Moñái would experience a cultural renaissance with its newfound autonomy, with its planetary government seeking to embody the various cultures to which it owed its heritage. Various architectural works, reflecting a mixture of colonial and modernist styles, would reflect the cultural optimism of the time period. Moñái intelligentsia regarded themselves as the successors to the cultural legacy of Latin America, and many cultural practices, such as Carnival, flourished on the planet.
The collapse of order on Tupã Prime and Refúgio led to an abrupt influx of refugees, and an increase in corporate military presences in the region. These various anti-corporate and ethnoreligious insurgencies would eventually escalate to become the Bernauerstad Independence War in the 27th century, with the Krieland Insurgency foremost among them. These various escalations would lead to a more direct Coalition military presence on both Tupã Prime and Refúgio as part of the broader War on Terror, to which Moñái has found itself having to accommodate Coalition forces. This, paired with moral and ethical objections to the presence of corporate pharmaceutical research facilities has led to an increase in direct actions perpetrated by the Hand of Gaia and the Holy Army.
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