Confederation of Novayan States

Novaya, officially the Confederation of Novayan States and the Novayan Confederation, is a continental country 719 km off the coast of Atelansia. Situated north-north-west of the Saderan Empire and east off the coast of Atelansia, it consists of one continent roughly 3/9 the size of Atelansia, several islands, and a few island clusters and archipelago.
The Novayan continent was colonized by Austronesians, Polynesians, Malays, and Aetas in 1293 BC. The arrival of the foreign powers between 1468 and 1776 - the Holy Roman Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britannia, the Hispanian Empire, the Dutch States, the Bravnekan Empire, the Italian states, and the Germanic states - and the Novayan Wars for Independence between 1789 and 1891 led to the creation of the Free City-States of Moscow, Irkutsk, Omsk and St. Petersburg, the Atlasian Principality, the Sovereignese State, the Kingdom of New Bavaria, the Federal Republic of Alnoria, the Republic of Nemaria, the Varbosian Empire, the Gallian Commonwealth, the Independent State of Dominion Bay, and the Commonwealth of the Southern Novayan Islands. The Yanosama Conference led to the reunification of these Novayan continental countries into the Confederation of Novayan States, although Southern Novaya (Commonwealth of the Southern Novayan Islands), Dominion Bay (Independent State of Dominion Bay) and Gallia (Gallian Commonwealth) were given greater autonomy as part of a compromise in the Yanosama Conference.
Novaya is one of the founding members of the International Union, World Trade Organization, Association of Southeast Atelansian Nations, the Atelansia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, the League of Non-Aligned States, and the East Atelansia Summit. It also hosts the headquarters of the League of Non-Aligned States. Novaya is seen as a developed market and a newly-industrialized country, where it transits from an agriculture-based economy to one involving services and manufactured goods; despite this, agriculture remains one of the most important factors of the Novayan economy. Along with three other nations, Novaya is one of Southeast Atelansia's predominantly Christian nations. It is also considered the youngest superpower in Southeast Atelansia, second only to the Union of Bravnekan Republics and, in turn, the United North American States; this is due to its eight lunar colonies on Runa and its overseas military presence and sphere of influence in Kurdistan, Transamur, Zeitschland, Neue Zeitschland, Chile, Romagna, Portugal, Venezia, El Salvador, and Haiti.