Pataga

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**Pataga**, officially the **Patagan Republic (Hulutau Nipataga)**, is a nation in southeast Yuzoa. It was formed after the Patagan Revolution in 1850. The nation's culture is decently diverse, with the primary ethnic groups of the country being the Taupataga (Patagan) and the the Tahilaga (Silang). Pataga is bordered by Silang'guba to the east, Ahtalstan to the north, Krapati to the west, and Rekklia to the south.

## History (700 C.E.-)

### Pre-Unification (???-700 CE)

While much of the history of Pataga before its formation into an empire is unknown the known information is extremely fragmentary. It is speculated that the Patagan people migrated to the region from Silang'guba and formed numerous tribes around 2400 B.C.E., intermingling with the Feyian's and Ahtals in their migrations. As a result of overtime separation the Gubans in Pataga and the Gubans in Silang'guba diverged into their own distinct groups, as the Patago-Gubans entered the early modern period of Patagan Tribal history. After a few hundred more years the early form of the Guban Language also diverged to form the Old Patagan language, which itself lasted until the mid 1700s when it finally died out with its last speakers, and became a widespread language among the tribes. In 2000 B.C.E. evidence of the first writing in the region was first found among the Mari'bora Clan. The Mari'bora Clan would prove influencial as it had a series of agreements with other tribes and seemed quite comparable to the cities in Silang'guba, although arguably not as advanced as Ginigingulu. By the mid 1100s B.C.E. the Mari'bora gained a rival in the rising Matibaya family, who were conquering their neighbors and becoming a tangible threat to the Mari'bora. Eventually in 900 B.C.E. the Mari'bora-Matibaya War broke out and resulted in the conquest of the Mari'bora lands by the Matibaya family, who officially proclaimed a state in the region, the Matabara Kingdom and married several members of the two families together to create stronger ties of dynasty. Matabara would go on to wage wars with nearby city-states such as Manabata, and begin expanding eastward into the modern Patagan Dulu. In 700 B.C.E. the Matabara sent explorers north and east to find other nations to trade and potentially conquer, one of those nations was the Kori Empire along the coast of Ukes. A war was eventually fought between the Matabara and Kori and it resulted in the Matabara paying homage to the Kori Empire as a vassal state.

### Old Patagan Empire (700 CE-760 CE)

*Main article Old Patagan Empire*

The Old Patagan Empire, as it would come to be described by modern historians, was founded in 700 CE and roughly encompassed the northern half of the modern republic. Throughout the milennia long lifespan of the empire it would see sporadic fighting with the Silang'guban polities to the east. Eventually the state would collapse after an invasion by a recently formed Silang'guba in 760 CE, although the occupation would come to an end in 950 CE.

The history of the Old Patagan Empire would be marked by conflict and collapse, with Pataga repeatedly having to fight for, and at times regain, their independence as the centuries went on. First beginning in 760 CE, Pataga would lose their independence to the First Kingdom of Silang'guba, but eventually would go on to regain their independence in 950 CE following the first division of Silang'guba. Pataga would go on to experience a golden age in a two hundred year period of independence, lasting until 1207 CE, where they would be conquered by King Kahu the Terrible. Following the collapse of Silang'guba and the beginning of the Silang'guban Dark Ages in 1217 CE, the Patagan people return a renewed state of independence, which would turn out to be their longest period of independence yet, topping out at over five hundred years, which would eventually end with the final invasion of the Old Patagan Empire by Silang'guba, resulting the abolition of the state as a whole in 1730 CE. Following 1730 Pataga would remain under the control of Silang'guba for 120 more years, afterwhich a series of events would lead to the collapse of Silang'guban control over the region culminating in the Patagan Revolution in 1850 CE.

### Patagan Revolution (1850 CE-1851 CE)

*Main article: Patagan Revolution*

Following the 120 years of Silang'guban rule since the end of the Old Empire, the people had grown discontent with the status quo of Silang'guban rule over their territory. After calls for reform were repeatedly ignored, Haalans and Patagans took to the streets around the country to call for change. In 1849, riots eventually erupted after it was rumored that twenty people were killed in an act of police brutality later termed the "Haala Massacre" due to everyone who died having been faithful Haalans, and the armed forces were called in to intimidate the protestors. Eventually various members of Patagan nationalist circles organized and formed a new party near the end of the year, the Patagan Freedom and Liberation Party, to try and fight for Patagan independence in the Pagulung Pangtao, while their militant allies formed the Patagan Liberation Front to fight against Silang'guban military and police forces.

Eventually the Pagulung Pangtao passed a law which effectively implemented martial law in the Patagan provinces, the law would only serve as the justification the PFLP and PLF needed to make their move, and in mid 1850 they declared their intention to seceed from Silang'guba, with the PFLP walking out of the Pagulung Pangtao. While among the PLF, they began arming loyal cells across Pataga and soon stormed the historic Patagan city, Haala Kamuti, and declared it the provisional capital of the newly formed Patagan Republic. With the Patagan provinces in disarray, the Silang'guban army failed to respond, with various members of the legislature bickering on a response. Eventually it was shown to be inevitable that Pataga would break away, and the Silang'guban government ordered the military to stand down, although sporadic military units would continue their campaigns for several days, with reports of killings occuring from military units stationed in what was left of the Silang'guban controlled Patagan provinces. Eventually the PFLP, now the ruling party of the Patagan Republic, sent Belaron Malano to negotiate a treaty with the Silang'guban government. Soon enough, in 1851, the Silang'guban government agreed to the terms negotiated by the Patagan delegation and signed the Treaty of Haala Kamuti, which solidified the independence of the Patagan Republic, but had been unable to resolve the issues of the Dulu region, among other areas, which would remain a sore-spot in Patagan-Silang'guban relations for years to come.

### Colonial Ventures (1854 CE-1960 CE)

*Main article: Patagan Empire*

Soon after independence, Pataga sent colonists to the coast of modern day Ovulangea and Kamutia and established trade outposts in the region, chief among them being Dohulbo. As the Patagan colonizers moved north, they encountered the Kuvan people on the fringes of their colony, and signed treaties with them promising protection from varying Ovul and Interak polities. While Patagan Dafab consisted of the entire West Lozed Archipelago. It was bought by Pataga to help with Dafabsid's economic crisis. Pataga held on to the archipelago until the Nine Years' War, where a referendum was held on each of the islands to determine their future status.

#### Patagan Mazan

*Main article: Patagan Mazan*

Soon after independence, Patagan companies, with funding coming directly from the government, would send colonists and traders to the coast of modern day Kamutia, then a part of Ovulangea, in an effort to set up trade outposts in the region to capitalize on trade from the Mazan Sea. Various settlements would be founded in the early days of the Patagan Mazan Company, chief among them being Dohulbo. Eventually the company went bankrupt as trade proved to not be as reliable of a source of income as it was hoped, and the Patagan government officially absorbed the company and established a colonial office in the newly christened colonial capital of Dohulbo. Eventually over the years the colony would see an expansion north, with the establishment of cities such as Bluewater (1854) and the establishment of various rail lines to connect the cities and forts throughout the southern portion of the colony.

Following several wars and further expansion north, in the process conquering forts such as Luvina, conquered during the First Ovul-Patagan War, as well as founding further settlements in the region such as Parcili, Fran, and Consta. With further expeditions of the River Gravia proving to be successes for the efforts of colonization. While throughout the whole of colonization, Pataganization efforts also took place, and eventually Patagans made up a majority of the population of the colony. However it all came crashing down with the Nine Years' War and the concurrent Patagan-Kamutian War. Which resulted in the independence for Pataga and expulsion of 36% of the Patagan population of the former colony, with most of them fleeing to Pataga, Ebura, and other neighboring states.

#### Patagan Lozed

*Main article: Patagan Dafab*

In the late 1890s, Dafabsid was hit by an economic recession, and in an effort to try and revitalize the economy various Dafab offers were sent to Pataga, which had begun to form a expand their colonial empire to the region by that time. An agreement was reached in 1888 with the formation of the Pact of Lozed, which stipulated that Dafabsid would come under the protection of Pataga for fifty years and that Pataga would buy the West Lozed archipelago from Dafabsid. The pact would remain in place for the agreed duration but following its end, the future of Patagan Lozed was put into question, and some within the Dafab government called for a renegotiation of the Pact of Lozed, while others, being the more prominent faction, called for the retrocession of the West Lozed archipelago back to Dafabsid. Eventually the argument was put on hold due to the beginning of the Nine Years' War. While Pataga had seen great success on the Ikuni Front, in the West Lozed Archipelago they saw relative stability, as the islands were occupied by CoAxis forces at the midpoint of the war. But following the end of the war, Pataga called for the return of the islands to Patagan jurisdiction, but Dafabsid, arguing they won the islands and thus had no obligations to return them, was forced to agree to a referendum on the future of the islands; the options being reunification with Pataga, reunification with Dafabsid, independence, or annexation by a third party (such as Danellia, Saeoria, or Bazia). The results of the referendum were contested, with no single majority on the colony as a whole, although a clear trend emerged among the three islands of the archipelago, with the easternmost island voting overwhelmingly in favor of remaining in Pataga, with the middle island being contested between Patagan and Dafab sovereignty, and Zefash voting overwhelmingly in favor of annexation into Dafabsid. To compromise, the island of Feshaya would become a condominium between Pataga and Dafabsid, being named that as Feshaya means "shared" in Dafabsidi. A second referendum would be held on the island in 1973, in the height of the Patagan military junta's rule, but the results again favored the status quo and not independence, as was hoped by some fringe Feshayan activists.

### Collapse of the empire

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The Patagan Empire was dissolved as a result of the 9YW. Pataga was wracked with instability and political turmoil as a result of the war, and wouldn't fully recover until years after the war had ended. While the Treaty of Hidulu, signed in 1958, required Pataga give up Patagan Mazan and the three northern and previously disputed provinces of modern Silang'guba, and for a referendum to be held in each island of the West Lozed archipelago on who would control them.

### Patagan-Kamutian War

*Main article: Patagan Kamutian War*

The Patagan Kamutian War was fought in the wake of the Treaty of Hidulu and precipitated the Third Patagan Revolution. The Third Patagan Revolution was fought after socialists and others who lost faith in the government as a result of losing the Patagan Kamutian War rose up to depose the government and fix the problems wrought by the Treaty of Hidulu.

### Third Patagan Revolution

*Main article: Third Patagan Revolution*

After successfully defeating Silang'guba in the Ikuni front of the Nine Years' War, the Patagan government gained the Dulu region as part of the Treaty of Hidulu. However not long afterwards, the Aruthunian minority in the Dulubagu and Dulu region at large, having been inspired by the Aruthunian Revolutions in Rekklia and Silang'guba, began their own revolt against the Patagan government under the banner of the Aruthunian Unification Front, employing guerilla warfare in the mountains of Dulubagu and the forests of the Dulu region. They also carried terror attacks on major Patagan cities including in Haala Kamuti, the increasing violence, alongside the worsening Patagan Kamutian War caused the declaration of martial law by the current Tauhulu, Karan Panata. During the conflict, the civilian government was suspended and many Patagans faced the violation of their civil rights such as indefinite detention, torture, and occasional attacks against Aruthunian Patagans, which would only serve to radicalize them further into joining the AUF, which would only lead to more attacks against Aruthunian Patagans.

Eventually Panata would begin a campaign to consolidate power under his office, using his allies in the Senate to pass bills which suspended various Patagan civil rights and liberties. Eventually Panata would pass a bill which banned all opposition parties, forcing the former opposition and Patagan intelligencia into hiding, where they would form the National Democratic Front and begin to gain allies among those discontent with the ever expanding regime. in 1966 the NDF would come to a controversial agreement with the Congress of Aruthunian Nations to cede the Dulu region back to Silang'guba in exchange for substantial financial and military aid in toppling Panata's regime. Eventually the Patagan economy collapsed as the GDP fell dramatically while government debt and inflation skyrocketed to extreme levels. Finally in 1971 the Patagan government defaulted on their loans and were faced with the Illudaga Demands the next day. Due to the worsening mental state of Panata, a border skirmish days prior, and the refusal of the Demands, the Coalition invaded Pataga, while the Alliance of the Orient voted against intervening on the side of Pataga against Silang'guba and the Coalition.

After the invasion began, Panata reportedly spiraled further into madness. With the military leaders in agreement they enacted a coup against Panata and his loyalists in August of 1971, placing most of them under house arrest, sidestepping the Senate, and rendering the office of Tauhulu a de-facto figure head. Following some sporadic fighting the junta saw the writing on the wall and agreed to the Illudaga Demands, travelling to Hidulu to sign the Treaty of Hidulu, transfering the Dulu region back to Silang'guba. While another term of the treaty stipulated that the military junta allow for democratic processes to resume, they never fufilled their obligation to do so and remained in power for several more years until Lena Denara was able to topple the military junta and restore democracy in Pataga.

### The Ostkél Conventions

*Main Article Osktel Conventions*

The Ostkél Conventions were a series of conventions held in Ostkél, Ahtalstan, in 1960 CE. Ahtalstan was one of the few nations which remained neutral in the Nine Years' War, which is part of the reason they were chosen to host the Conventions. The purpose of the conventions was to bring a formal end to the 9YW and formalize any changed brought about by treaties signed during the war. The conventions also had a secondary objective to establish a set of international laws relating to how wars are to be conducted, which shall bind all who sign, and to lay the groundwork for a further cooperation between nations in the future, eventually culminating in the YCIC in 1977. While Pataga was a major part of the Conventions, having won in the Ikuni Front, they refused to concede Mazan or the Dulu at any point in the negotiations. Although representatives of the Kamutian National Government did show up to the Conventions, much to the frustration of the Patagan Delegation. Eventually it was agreed that Pataga would keep the Dulu region, although the Patagan delegation threatened to walk out at various points whenever the issue of Kamutia was brought up. While in regards to Patagan Lozed, the delegation was far less concerned, some delegates arrived with the attitude that it should be given away, but eventually the opinion slid towards agreement with their former enemies that a referendum should be held to determine the future of the islands. Despite clashing with other delegations over territory, the Patagan delegation unanimously agreed to all other aspects of the Conventions, such as the establishment of international law and rules of war.

### Greater Pataga *(Patagalakihi)*

*Main article: Greater Pataga*

Greater Pataga (*Patagalakihi*) is a pan-nationalist concept supported across the political spectrum, albeit to varying degrees, with the most moderate of irredentists standing to the left and to the center, while the most extreme stand on the right. The nationalist concept is fueled in part by the doctrines of the Haala faith in regards to paradise, which states that paradise will be brought about through the unification of all followers of the faith, which ethno-nationalists interpret to mean Patagans as a whole. While historically the claims originate in the Patagan Revolution and the vague nature of the Treaty of Haala Kamuti, which had been unable to resolve the issue over the provinces, as nationalists such as Belaron Malano had desired the region as a whole, a desire the Silang'gubans were quick to protest against. Although eventually the cause of the nationalists would be bolstered with the outbreak of the Nine Years' War. In their minds they thought that by joining the war, they could invade Silang'guba and annex the Dulu region. Although it would later turn out that the Nationalists were not unfounded in their hopes, as Pataga decisively won the Ikuni Front and annexed the Dulu region from a crumbling Silang'guba, finally putting the 110 year long debate to rest. Although despite the fervor of the victory for Pataga, things soon spiraled out of control as a resurgent Silang'guba, taking advantage of a Pataga deep in political turmoil and foreign military defeat, would take the chance and invade Pataga to reclaim the Dulu Region, despite the best hopes of the nationalists, the military junta formed in the crisis would only capitulate and agree to foreign demands, which would only further enrage the nationalists, who took to the streets in anger, chanting anti-Silang'guban slogans and calling for a renewed war of expansion to "correct" the wrongs inflicted upon them. Despite some sympathies in the military junta, cooler heads prevailed and war did not come to pass, with various Patagan nationalist leaders facing arrest for "subversion of the peace" and being sentenced to harsh prison time.

Claims of Patagan revanchists vary wildly, with more conservative claims limited to just the Dulu region, while more liberal claims include the Dulu Region and the West Lozed Archipelago, and the most fanatic claims usually include those, plus Kamutia in its entirety, citing its formerly Patagan majority population and former status as the prized Patagan colony.

## Administrative divisions

Pataga has 3 different territorial subdivisions

* 1st-level subdivisions called States (Hatilupa)
* 2nd-level subdivisions called Counties (Hatibaya)
* 3rd-level subdivisions called Autonomous Regions (Rayahatilupa)

### States

   Pataga has fourteen states, also known as *Hatipula*. The states of Pataga are able to act with wide degrees of autonomy from the government based in Haala Kamuti. The subdivisions originally had their origins in the pre-independence provinces of Silang'guba, although various new provinces have been made and dissolved over the years.

### Counties

While Pataga has numerous states, the counties, also known as *hatibayas*, are under the jurisdiction of each state. As part of a state the counties handle local matters delegated to them by the state and national governments. For all intents and purposes they are the lowest conventional administrative unit in the Patagan Republic, although in some areas, smaller units are used for various cultural or historic reasons.

### Autonomous Regions

Separate from the states and counties are the Autonomous Regions, or *Rayahatilupas*, the ARs act as autonomous regions for specific ethnic groups native to that region, such as the Ahtals, Feyis, or Tahilga. They were established in the democratization reforms under Lena Denara in an effort to wipe away the negative effects of the former military junta, as well as to implement new policies to improve the lives of all Patagans. The ARs all have their own legislatures, although they all have different names.

## Government & Politics

### Tauhulu

*Main article: List of Patagan Tahulu*

The President (*Tauhulu*) is a position constituting a combined head of state and government. The current president of Pataga is Raban Balina, elected in 2016.

### Patagan Senate

The Patagan Senate, also known as the *Pangangatawang Pangpataga*, is the national legislature of Pataga. Members of the senate are elected to every two years and are limited to three terms only. The senate is elected through a system of Single Transferable Vote, also known as STV, with seats being allocated through a model of proportional representation with seats being reapportioned every census year by the Patagan Census Committee. The Patagan Senate had existed since the foundation of the country in 1851, but was eventually sidelined in the wake of the failed Patagan-Kamutian War during the dictatorial reforms of the mentally unstable Tauhulu Karan Panata. Following a six year military junta lasting from 1971-1977 Lena Denara was able to retake power from the junta and restore the supremacy of the Patagan Senate to the pre-junta era. With the resolution of the military junta Patagan politics would return to a state of normalcy and the Senate would work extensively with Lena to ensure the blunders which eventually created the military junta could not and would not happen again.

### Patagan Political Parties

*Main article: Patagan Political Parties*

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### Foreign Relations

*Main Article: Foreign Relations of Pataga*

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#### The Alliance of the Orient

*Main Article: Alliance of the Orient*

The Alliance of the Orient is a military and trade alliance between Pataga and various other states in southern Ikuna. The alliance was founded in 1895 as a political bloc aimed at protecting trade interests and sovereignty of the member states. The alliance throughout its history almost always unilaterally agreed on foreign policy until the Third Patagan Revolution, where the Alliance turned away from Pataga due to increasing authoritarian tendencies from the reigning Tauhulu. Although after the revolution ended, relations continued to remain cold for years as the military junta, which agreed to give up power with the end of hostilities, refused to give up power until Lena Danara was able to regain control and force the junta into hiding, re-establishing the primacy of the Tahulu, which had been a de-facto figure head under the junta, re-establish the supremacy of the legislature, which had been sidelined by the junta, and repeal the dictatorial mandates of the previous Tauhulu, Karan Panata. All while being the first woman elected to Tauhulu in Patagan history. Following the turbulence of the 1960s, the Alliance has remained stable and has even begun to stagnate, but in recent years has conducted trade with the Greaty Ohuryean Technocracy to the north.

#### The Yuzoan Council of International Cooperation

*Main article: Yuzoan Council of International Cooperation*

The Yuzoan Council of International Cooperation, better known by the acronym "YCIC", is an international organization responsible for maintaining peace and security between the nations of Yuzoa, as well as ensuring that friendly relations are maintained. The YCIC also has a stated goal of promoting cooperation between member states. The YCIC is housed in the City State of Fja, in the far north of Yuzoa. Pataga was one of the founding members of the alliance in 1977, which was a big step forwards for Lena Danara in the wake of the dictatorial military junta. Pataga would go on to send a senator as a representative for the Alliance of the Orient on the Security Council that same year. While also serving on the council as an AoTO Representative or as a standalone nation in 1979, 1983, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2009, and 2013. Pataga elects their YCIC Senators through Senatorial vote, while the representative for the Alliance of the Orient is voted on based on an alliance-wide popular vote after being selected by a Presidential approval.

## Economy & Trade

Pataga's primary exports are minerals, wood, cocoa beans, and fish, while their primary imports are corn, rice, sugar, poultry, silicon, and ice. Pataga's major trading partners include the Greater Palantine Republic, Krapati, Silang'guba, and Rekklia.

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## Culture

### Demographics

(Note; from 1851-1950 Patagan Mazan was included in the official census)

### Education

In Pataga, children begin their education when they are 5 years old and graduate at 18 years old. Primary schooling is funded through the government with some support through private non-religious funding. While on the other hand there are Haala based schools throughout the country, with the most prestigious being in the most significant cities for the Haala Faith, primarily in the capital, Haala Kamuti. Faith schools, due to not receiving government funding, rely mostly on funding from the Institute for the Haala Faith, which alongside working with the Paru and religious organization itself, also oversees Faith schools across the country, organizing a religiously approved curriculum to abide by, while also allowing for some level of independence from school to school.

### Literature

Pataga's literature is almost as rich as the history of the country, with various works of literature renound through the country by large sections of the populace. Pataga itself is known for a decently literate and educated society, with the upper classes giving their children the best to offer in regards to Patagan literature and written works. The autobiography of the Founding Father of Pataga, Belaron Malano, is revered almost to the degree that the Haala Scriptures or Declaration of Independence are today. While in the realm of religion, copies of the Haala Scriptures are bought and read by millions of Patagans every year. In the realm of fiction, the book Enalon, having been published by a soldier who was stationed all around the Alliance of the Orient in the late 1800s and early 1900s, recounts fantastical tales of gods, dragons, and other mythical creatures. The novel, while entertaining to many, also serves as an allegory on morality and the concept of faith.

### Religion

*Main article: Haala Faith*

The dominant religion practiced by the Patagan is named the Haala Faith, which was founded by the Prophet Haala Kamuti. The faith proclaims that its followers must reunite all Patagans into their homeland before paradise can be achieved. The Haala Faith is led by the Paru, the Paru acts as the leader of the Haala faith and is elected by all faithful followers twenty years or older. While the Council of Ministers (*Bukulutau Nitausali*) are the religious advisors to the Paru, and work to help them on religious affairs.

### Vexillology

The modern flag of Pataga has largely remained unchanged since its creation in the early days of the republic. The design traces its roots from several sources, with the colors and star originating from the flag flown by the revolutionaries of 1849-1851, and the symbolization having been pulled from Pataga's long and rich history. Although alternate symbols have been proposed throughout the years, no significant change has occured to the flag, with the major changes occuring during the presidency of Lena Denara changing the color of the flag to a darker hue. Although a proposal has recently emerged to change the Patagan flag again, although it is not expected to make it past the Committee of the National Symbols, the leading government body on the flag of Pataga, among other national symbols of the country.

#### National Flag

The flag has three stripes on the flag, two going horizontally with the third at a diagonal angle, with a star in the center. According to the Committee of the National Symbols, the yellow stripe represents the hotter climate in the north of the nation, the green represents the fertile center of the nation, the red represents the blood spilled in the Pataga Revolution. The star represents the four most important parts of Pataga society. The top point of the star represents the importance of unity, the right point represents the people of Pataga, the left point represents the military might of the nation, and the bottom of the star represents the need for a stable economy. While the star as a whole represents how freedom is a beacon of hope to all Patagans, a star that shines brightest when it has a people behind it.

#### State Flags

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Each of the Patagan States are able to design their own state flags, although they can't be displayed in some way that suggests the states are superior to the national government.