Confederation of Novayan States

The **Confederation of Novayan States** (**CNS**), also known as the **Novayan Confederation** or **Novaya**, is a country primarily located in the Novayan continent located east of Atelansia. It consists of 15 states, a federal district, four major unincorporated territories, five Antarctic colonies, and three interplanetary settlements (one on Runa, one on Maryuka, and one on Mars). It is situated in the Western and Central Pacific Oceans and had 4,869 islands. It shares maritime borders with Australasia to the southwest and the Federal Republic of the Philippines to the west. Novaya is a multinational state, consisting of diverse ethnicities both native and foreign as a result of the colonization of Novaya. Morales is the nation's national capital city, and Yanosama is the largest city.

## Politics

### Overview

The Confederation of Novayan States operates under an Authoritarian Democratic government, in which the military is involved. It is one of few superpowers in Armanya, second only to the Federation of China, third to the Union of Bravnekan Republics, and fourth to the United North American States; this is due to Novaya being humble and unwilling to be a part of the growing self-interested world and instead opting for cooperation and trade. To the many nations of the world, Novaya is seen as a potential challenger to the world led by the UNAS due to its involvement in the Space Race and having three interplanetary colonies.

In the year 1994, the Novayan Confederation is hit by an economic downward spiral that left many citizens jobless, many schools, banks and hospitals closed down, and many companies defunct. As part of the reforms necessary to combat the depression, policies were enacted to ensure that every citizens receive jobs. To this end, a distributist policy is put in place, where small-scale entrepreneurs and family businesses were provided the means by which they can sustain themselves; families are permitted to purchase and sell goods at reasonable prices while member-owned mutual organizations and cooperatives were further encouraged. Anti-monopoly regulations were also put in place to allow for a fair and free economic competition and farmers were given better wages than before, but the most notable economic change is the adoption of renewable energy sources, which were used for the interplanetary colonies during the Space Race, and the confiscation of assets owned by companies with questionable and illegal values and moral codes.

The Novayan Armed Forces received reforms related to the economic reforms such as the adoption of a military reserve force system, which allows for the 2,150,000-strong military reserve force to acquire civilian jobs while still being a part of the military, and a force rotation system where 1/3 of each division, regiment, brigade, and/or battalion undergo military activity for three months before being rotated. The Novayan military-industrial complex, which kept the Novayan Armed Forces equipped for a potential Third Great World War, had begun transitioning its focus from the production of military equipment to that of civilian goods and services.

In the year 2001, should Novaya be included in or be the focus of the September 11 attacks, the Novayan government will abide by the resistance's warning of the Taliban regime's impending collapse, with the options to utilize airstrikes to weaken the Taliban significantly. After the Taliban fractured from infighting or airstrikes, Novaya will occupy Afghanistan and, against demands by the United North American States, allowed the Taliban to remain on the conditions that it cuts off all links with al-Maya and Pakistan and that it is to reform itself. Should Novaya not be the focus of the September 11 attacks, the Novayan government will condemn the invasion of Afghanistan orchestrated by the United North American States.

In the Third World War between the Allied Nations, Soviet Union and Empire of the Rising Sun on Earth, elements of the Novayan Armed Forces will fight on the Allied side; these Novayan units will fall under the command of admiral Borealis Norsoutha III, who would become the commander of the Novayan Expeditionary Force and later involve in a relationship with then United States Army lieutenant colonel Yuri Ichigo herself.