Novayan Archipelago

**DISCLAIMER AND AUTHOR'S NOTES**
The **New Novayan Military Administration of Equestria** *was inspired by and based on the **Canterlot Commissariat** (**Special Autonomous Commissariat for the Administration of the City of Canterlot and the Former Royal Demesne Thereof**) from the Hearts of Iron IV mod* **Equestria At War***.*
Also, while everything here is indeed My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, all of it is now **anime and human.**

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It is true that everything in this page is completely My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. However, what you will read in this article is not about ponies, but everything in this article were inspired by Equestria At War and Millennium Dawn.
And in case y'all asked, YES I returned to MONKE, by playing *Equestria At War*, the very mod I've been playing.

**Novaya**, also known as the **Novayan Archipelago**, **Novayan islands** or **Commonwealth of the Novayan Islands** (Novayan: *Komonwelth ng , was a devolved dependency to the east of Equestria. The region is characterized by a range of mountains, tropical and jungle rainforests, hills, islands, and wetlands. It is a sparsely inhabited region, and yet a developed urban region of 123 million people.*

Prior to the commencement of the Great War, Novaya had been slowly yet steadily progressing to the point it reached a more controlled and supervised industrial revolution and by all means achieved technological superiority unlike the slow-paced Equestria and Zebrica, both of which developing quickly yet created nigh-impractical technologies. Conflicts between Equestria and Zebrica eventually sparked into the Great War, dragging the archipelagic region alongside its benevolent overlord into the war.

The Novayan military proved ironically to have a significant role in the war, as its military equipment helped put a dent in the Zebrican war machine while suffering few. Its technological might also blunted the Zebrican military, as their missiles were intercepted by anti-ballistic missiles and patrolling air units.

## Government and politics

The Novayan archipelago is a unitary royal constitutional dependency under the Principality of Equestria. The Princesses of Equestria served as its monarchs, but the government is ran by the Governor-General, who is appointed by vote for two-three terms of six years each.

After the advent of the Great War, however, the Governor-General established the Directorate, a council of military officers charged with ensuring the safety of Novaya and Equestria. This act effectively transformed the dependency into a military junta for the duration of the war.

### Military

The Novayan Commonwealth Armed Forces (Novayan: *Sandatahang Lakas ng Komonwelt ng Novaya*), or Novayan Armed Forces (Novayan: *Sandatahang Lakas ng Novaya*) is the unified military force of the Novayan archipelago, operating independently of Equestrian military command yet answerable to it during times of war. It consisted of the Army, Air Force and Navy, with a total personnel number of 120,000 in active service and 180,000 in reserve service; the reservists' numbers increased from 180,000 to 700,000 and the active personnel's numbers from 120,000 to 300,000 in response to the Great War.

It was a technologically-advanced military, albeit one never used during peacetime outside of civil defense training and community-based activities; the advent of the Great War meant that the Novayan military was forced to deploy its forces as well as train its forces for eventual combat.

## References

1. ↑ called as such by Novayans, but called Roamans by Equestrians
2. ↑ Despite such technological disparity, Novaya's people refuses to see itself as technologically-advanced out of humility even when others say they were; the Great War finally forced the Novayan people to acknowledge its superiority, though remained loyal to Equestria.
3. ↑ This, however, comes with the fact Novayan combat units have fewer troops in numbers; this was ultimately offset by their being highly-trained and -equipped soldiers.