Dunica

Dunica, officially the Broken Union of Dunica, is a federal republic spanning Western Balteca and the Eastern Dunic Ocean.

Dunica is a founding member of the Baltecan Society, and is known across Mytas for her cattle ranches and tobacco farms, natural riches and mining industry, ancient Attaloc ruins and colonial history, tall cities and technological innovation, stunning mountains and hot beaches, and unique political system and entrenched corporate power.

Geography
Dunica is subdivided into seven States and various Dunic Island Territories.

New Bamberg (NB)
Governor: Director of the Broken Union of Dunica

State Capital: Bamberg City

Main newspaper: the Bamberg Bugle

Old Bamberg was settled by Anglernian merchants, who transformed the warm but barren Baltecan coast into a bustling center of culture and commerce, attracting immigrants from each continent. New Bamberg is what remained of the state following the devastating catpox epidemic that led to millions of deaths. Old Bamberg, while no longer quarantined, is filled with ghost towns and a haven for criminals. New Bamberg, meanwhile, hosts the Union's federal institutions, is the nation's most populated city, and is famed for being a hub of entertainment, wealth, innovation and excess.

North Cordona (NC)
Governor: "King of Cordona"

State Capital: La Raz

Newspaper: the One Cordona Chronicle

North Cordona is a rich State stretching from the Dunic Ocean to the Attolac Mountains, north of the Cordona River. North Cordona is an autocratic state that forms the backbone of the Dunican economy through its wealth in gold and copper mines and strong tourism sector, driven by Atolak ruins and impossibly tall pine forests. Since the previous Governor declared himself King and laid changed state law to blur the separation of power and put in place a dynasty, the state has been in a "soft war" with South Cordona along the Cordona river, with no apparent stronger side. North Cordona is the historic center of the classical Atolak Empire.

South Cordona (SC)
Governor: Governor of South Cordona

Capital: Castra

Main newspaper: the Dunic City Daily

South Cordona is an economically-depressed State located South of the Cordona River. The vast Nuego Doja desert renders most of the State an inhospitable dusty wasteland, though rich in oil and a cheap destination for Osanan tourists. Various corporations hold significant power in the state, which relies on the private sector to employ and feed its population and fund the soft war against North Cordona.

Nansota (NS)
Governor: First Chief of the Nannasotah Confederacy

State Capital: Nansota City

State Currency: Nansoter (ⲛ)

Main newspaper: the Nansota City News

Nansota is a historically native Baltecan territory, governed by the Nannasotah first peoples, a tribal confederacy that pre-existed West Artopan settlement. The State is known for its distinct native Baltecan culture, its myriad state parks, large ranches, and summer camps at beautiful Lake Nannasotah. Nansota is the only State with its own currency, the Nansoter (ⲛ), and recognises Nannasotahan as an official language equal to Ayerish.

Vostana (VT)
Governor: Chairman of the Wishwell Corporation

State Capital: Newton

Main newspaper: the Newton Observer

Vostana is the breadbasket of Dunica, housing over 90% of the nation's fertile land fit for arable farming, thanks to the wide river that runs through the state and is its namesake. The state was founded as a loose coalition of Wynnic, Anglernian and Ambresian farming families to better protect their lands and collude on trade. These families eventually formed the Wishwell Corporation, which currently holds a near-monopoly on wheat and corn and projects political power through the Wish Party, a proxy of the company which controls a majority of seats in the Vostana state legislature.

Mota-Tui (MT)
Governor: Mayor of Mota-Tui City

State Capital: Mota-Tui City

Main newspaper: the Morning Sun

Mota-Tui is named after the twin volcanoes of Gran Tui and Mota Menor and the island kingdom that grew around them. From medieval times, the native Tuians explored the ocean, populated tiny islands and atolls, and built a small oceanic kingdom that was often centuries ahead of its time in its institutions and governance. Lyngarian colonists reduced Tuians to a vassal, which precipitated an economic decline that is felt even today, through high corruption, crime levels, and regular acts of terror by Tuian monarchists.

Palmeda (PA)
Governor: First Admiral of the Palm Harbour Fleet

State Capital: Palm Harbour

Main newspaper: the Navy Daily

Palmeda is a state borne from Lyngarian military conquest, which wiped out the budding Paui Paui civilization and replaced it with a highly militarised maritime colony. Key for protecting trade routes and explorations across the Dunic Ocean, Palmeda has retained its naval military legacy and is now directly governed by the Dunican navy.

Dunic Island Territories
Main Newspaper: the Island Times
 * Yewberg. Capital: Zaotown.
 * Saint Jako. Capital: Linkage.
 * Falarion and Terbinfea. Capital: Bago.
 * Berkos. Capital: Port Solace.

Until 1510: Pre-Lyngarian Period
Not much recorded history remains from pre-contact Dunica, although there is evidence of an empire that ruled here a few centuries ago. Ruins of what is now known as the 'Atolak Queendom' stretch across the Dunican coastline and further inland, with even traces of the civilization reaching different islands in the Dunic.

1510 to 1699: West Artopan Exploration
Early exploration of Dunica revealed large deposits of valuable metals. Disease decimated native populations quickly. The Drakewai Islands were annexed with little resistance. Native Baltecan tribes banded together in the "Nannasotah Confederacy", exercising a considerable amount of political capital in a short number of years through deals with the Avedorans.

1699 to 1818: the Dunican Dominion
During this time, Dunica was controlled as a single entity by a council of West Artopan representatives, effectively acting as a corporation. Through many unilateral partnerships in spite of wars on the Artopan continent, nations exercised shared control and responsibility over the resources and people of Dunica. Native Baltecans were systematically killed and/or moved from their lands to tiny reservations. From 1785 to 1818, a long-slow revolution of exploited workers slowly and painfully capsized the Dominion.

1818 to now: the Broken Union of Dunica
Since the revolution, Dunica has gained a constitution and is now broken up into seven states: New Bamberg, Nansota, Mota-Tui, Vostana, Palmeda, North Cordona and South Cordona. Power is highly devolved to the states, making politics difficult and internal conflict widespread. But at least it's democratic, right?