Southern Kingdom of Shintaro

Shintaro, officially the Southern Kingdom of Shintaro, sometimes also referred to as the Kingdom of Shintaro or the Cloud Kingdom of Shintaro, is a Kingdom and a Ninjagoan colony/puppet state in the north-western part of the South New World, known by indigenous tribes as Quito, western explorers as part of Naturheim and by Way of the Ninja adherents as Shintaro. While having the largest exports of goods in Ninjago's sphere, and ShitCraft's biggest export of blackstone, it is the poorest of all Ninjagoan colonies, as the wealth accumulates in the GPL-Tech company, which owns 80% of the Shintaro colony from a one year lease. Shintaro is also a member of the Greater Pacific Co-Prosperity Sphere.
== History ==
When the colonial government of Shintaro was established, it was a kingdom in name only, as it had no royalty. The Ninjagoan government had certain plans set up for the colony however, wanting to make it fit the description of Shintaro and having the people known as the Sky Folk or Shintarians from Way of the Ninja myth. The Shintarians were described as the pure white people who lived in Shintaro, or in the south-eastern part of the landmass Ninjago, near mountains, lush forests and meandering rivers (See: motto heya). At arrival, with help of GPL-Tech, Ninjago set up research facilities in the region, to determine which racial group would fit the description of a Shintarian the most. GPL-Tech found many issues with determining the Shintarians, as most indigenous groups in the area had a darker pigmentation. The palest indigenous group in the research belonged to the Chachapoyas group, who has also been fittingly historically been called the Warriors of the Clouds by the Inca, however, even then they had a darker pigmentation than the Ninjagoans. What Ninjago did to solve the Shintarian issue had mostly gone unnoticed, but when it surfaced it became a large controversy, where Ninjago has been filed to have made a series of human rights abuses. Ninjago has however rejected all claims or put the blame on GPL-Tech.
Firstly, Ninjago set up a caste system, where the more white the indigenous group was, the higher rank they had in the Shintarian society. The whitest, including some people with albinism, were put as the royal family, including the current leader Vangelis. The group defined as the darkest skinned, as well as Raukirlandians (despite being white), were either moved out of urban areas, expelled from the colony, murdered or put into forced labour in the great mines of Shintaro. Other systems were set up as well, including certain marriage bans and insentives to make the more white-colored to have more births.
== Politics ==
=== Leader ===
Vangelis is the de jure leader of Shintaro, titled as the King of the Southern Kingdom of Shintaro. In ShitCraft V, while still being highly discriminatory, Ninjago had in contrast to previous years given its puppet states great autonomy. Shintaro is in contrast very influenced by Ninjago, especially GPL-Tech who owns most of the colony and been ruling it with a tight grip, even referred to as totalitarian. Unlike other pupper governments, where Ninjago had placed pro-Ninjagoan leaders, Shintaro has been different as Vangelis never has publicly been supportive to Ninjago or to the Shintarian government. This makes him a true puppet, as he has no authority and only being a symbol.
=== Secession movements ===
Despite having high censorship, surveillence and strong punishments, various succession movements exists. Many of these are on Shintaro's banlist and are often met with severe punishment, including public beheading. Many does still believe however, that if Shintaro is given the right opportunity, might be the first colony to secede from Ninjago. Some point to the end of the GPL-Tech lease in 2022.
== Identity ==
The made up identity of Shintarians is mainly really used by the young population who has been indoctrinated with Ninjagoan propaganda. A Shintarian mainly follows the Inca religion, where their main god, the Initi, has been compared by the Ninjagoans to the First Spinjitzu Master. The symbol of Initi can also be found in the center of the flag. All groups of Shintarans are also taught State Way of the Ninja, mainly focusing on the Way of the Ninja Shintaro land, its history and identity. Due to being a mix of different indigenous groups, there is not a single language spoken by the Shintarians, however various types of Chachapoyas are most common, besides Ninjagoan. Due to the Ninjagoan indoctrination, many Shintarians identify to their selected caste, 
== Controversy ==
=== Human rights abuses ===
In August of 2021, GPL-Tech and Ninjago created a caste system in Shintaro, much ressembling the racial hierarchy at the home islands. What differs, however, is that the people may belong to the same ethnic group, where individuals may only show certain different phenotypes, in this case being the skin coloration. The 'lower caste members' have been taken from their families or marriages and been put outside urban regions, expelled from the colony, forced sterilized, murdered or been put into forced labour in the great mines of Shintaro. Young Shintarians are taught both indigenous and Way of the Ninja religions and ideologies in school and to dislike other Shintarians of lower castes. Indoctrinated individuals who believe in the Ninjagoan propaganda have even made slang for the lower castes, calling them Geckles or Munce. Some regard this as one of ShitCraft's worst humanitarian crisis after the Kurenjingu, the Oroch genocide and the Kanbojian human rights abuses.
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