Salvation Emirate of Australia

The Salvation Emirate however forboding its size may seem, is welcome to all who obey its laws. There is among the population a shared heritage not just in religion, but in struggle. The Royal Everts family- Dutch Indonesians - rules the land with a cautious yet attentive grasp.

A nation forged during the Great Deluge, from those Indonesian Muslims who had fled towards Australia hoping for safe harbor. They did not get far, at first. It took many decades, but from his base off of an island to the west of Papua, towards the end of his life the Emir was able to secure for his progeny the riches of Australia. Even in his youth, the Emir understood this land to be one difficult to govern, to put it mildly. The laws of Islam could not simply be imposed without carrots and sticks on the population.

Within 4 years of landing in what was once the Australian Northern Territory, the Emir's brother Abdullah, had established the first school of higher learning focussing on the training of doctors. It would be here that, in addition to medical training, pupils would be offered a chance to join a number of organiizations adjoined to the government such as the Royal Nurses Corps, which would offer a stipend and guaranteed work either as a nurse to the army, the Emir's court, a teaching role in the subsidiary colleges, or at a number of regional facilities. The only catch? Convert to Islam, and spread the deen.

Within 10 years of landing in Australia, the region became home to over 40 mosques- mostly consecrated out of older churches. Communities were reorganized under a system similar to the Ottomans, wherein a Christian polity could govern itself as long as their laws did not go against those within Islam. Even then, there would be exceptions made. The end goal would be subservience and conversion.

Over the Emir's life, the governance of the nation became more complex. Regional councils were established to split between his family members male and female, with an understanding that none shall break apart from the family and that all shall help one another. A National Council, made up of 11 members of the Royal Family, and 8 "Public Electors" from the majority Dhimmi population once every decade. The Public Electors are advisory positions on paper, yet many have the ear of the Royals in their given region.

The Royal Family comes from a long line of Dutch and Indonesian civil servants, with the Royal titles only being fashioned out of the horrors of the Deluge. With independent Kingdoms not being uncommon in Indonesia's history, it was thought by the current Emir- now in his late 70s - that fashioning himself as the Emir of an island sheparding his people towards safe harbor in Australia would be fitting. This, of course, is a secret of high national security.

Demographically, the Emirate is around 40% Muslim of some description, with most being Sufi-adjacent and adhering to one of the approved Madhab. The Emir has set up a National Islamic Committee in order to regulate what mosques may not preach, and how to handle conversion of the local Australian populace. Lamb has seen a marked rise in husbandry, and drop in price compared to pork. Although the banning of haraam meat has not been fully undertaken, the Government has subsidized lamb husbandry in the interior to a degree where it no longer makes sense, and in his old age, the Emir's children may have different plans for the country.