Asauna

**Asauna** is an island in the Western Outer Region bordered by both Neopalita and Desert Island to the northwest, Kiwi Island to the northeast, Tikal Island and Kelly Island and Valentine to the east, Lepps Island to the southeast, Leland to the south, and Layers Island to the southwest. Asauna is also the largest island in the region geographically.

Some explorers came into contact and established the nation in 1917 and called it the Desert Island Federation, this name today is still colloquially used. However, it is mainly called Asauna to avoid confusion with the Desert Island Republic. Kiwi Islanders fled to Asauna to establish small societies on other parts of the island in the 1920s and French is spoken within those communities. However, those communities have faced discrimination by the government in the past.

Asauna is home to a number of native plants and animals, which play an important role in keeping the island's climate in check.

Asauna is a developing country, ranking 84th in the Global Development Index. However, it is among the largest economic trading partners in the outer region as well as Central America and the Caribbean. Asauna is a regional power, having power within the region as well as the Western Outer Union.

The country has been ranked as partly free in terms of political rights and civil liberties, scoring a 62/100 as of 2021. Even though civil liberties are generally respected, the king has on certain occasions revoked some or all of these rights, especially during times of major unrest. Moreover, there are no elections in Asauna at the federal level and citizens instead have to vote at the provincial level or local level, and the government has been accused of discriminating against ethnic minorities. Asauna's eight provinces, as well as the capital, have substantial self-autonomy and the constitution allows for them to pass their own laws within their borders without any approval or involvement from the federal government, just like the states in the Yoshi States.

Asauna has also been accused of stringent rights abuses against undocumented immigrants, especially in the case of those from Neopalita and sometimes Tikal Island. Foreigners wishing to enter Asauna are required to obtain a visa regardless of which country they live in, and separate visas are also required to visit different provinces and to a greater extent, anywhere outside of New Mildred or Asunna, all of this in response to the 2004 Asaunese Flu Epidemic. Even before then, the country was already notorious for imprisoning illegal immigrants including asylum seekers indefinitely and prohibiting them from leaving the country or having access to legal counselling or use of a telephone. Asauna has continued to breach WOU laws by incarcerating asylum seekers indefinitely in undisclosed locations and either not allowing them to leave the country or deporting them back to unsafe countries without the option to go to any other country, even after being told to stop.

At the same time, the government allows its own citizens to travel abroad without restrictions and allows them to visit any country they wish provided that they have the requirements for the country that they wish to visit. Neopalita is the only country that Asaunese nationals need special government permission to visit and actively bars travel there without such, and Neopalita is the only country that is completely banned from entering into Asauna under any circumstances.