Minaro-Cohasia Autonomous District

Minaro-Cohasia Autonomous District
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Demonym	Micoan
Ruler	President "Skyla" Skyler Nyancy
Ŋational Motto	"Mico ahead all"

Minaro-Cohasia Autonomous District, also known as Mico or Sirenguard, is an autonomous district belonging to the Free City of Yetch Bay. The district is known for its unique underground settlement and the Great Bamboo Disk. The district is located on the Khallisiphia in the center of the Great Sea. In 1601, the Minarian people arrived on the island. Republic of Khalisinia was founded by the Minarians and Cohasians in 1826. The ŋation fell into a dictatorship in 1875, in which it was renamed to Republic of Sirenguard. In 1951, Free City of Yetch Bay invaded and incorporated the ŋation in order to assert dominance on the Yetch Bay. Nowadays, the district remained distinct from the rest of Imerchal and the Ŋorld, being ahead in technology but still lacks behind in socioeconomic aspects.

History

Pre-Minarian Era (1550s - 1620s)

The Minarian people were thought to have diverged from Proto-Pono-Minarian people in the 1550s. Evidenced by recognizable cognates between Modern Minarian and Toki Pona. The ancient Minarian people might have migrated northwest through Þunan Qumreá and Marcyland, as seen from Middle Kyawcenni and Śácamþaśá loanwords in the language. The Minarian concept of a guardian divine mermaid (Siren) might’ve stemmed from Śácamþaśán mermaid deities. According to folklores, the Siren guided Minarian people northward and to settle on the third island they see. Assuming they sailed straight northward from Marcyland, the first island they’d have seen would be the Sheep island (, Republic of Kyaw Cen, KKC) and the second island would be Parkow island (, Republic of Kyaw Cen, KKC). Although, their fleet might’ve splitted into two, with one group having Khallisiphia as their third island and another having Draungeris, evidenced by Old Minarian artifacts being found in Draungeris.

Minarian Era (1620s - 1826)

The Minarians are thought to have settled on Khallisiphia in the early 1600s. According to Imerchali records, the first Quing, Wawəj I, proclaimed herself a God, which angered the Siren and caused her to banish the Minarians underground and forbid them from settling over the ground again. There isn't much evidence that the Wawəj dynasty existed, for most if not all have been destroyed by the dictatorship regime. Wawəj I - Wawəj VII are thought to have existed, but their existence cannot be confirmed. The Minarians settled in a large cave and dug rooms into the cave wall, in which the cave is now called Kirin. Their food source consisted of underground fish, glowberries, and Khalisinian Cow meat.

In the 1750s, Siamese-speaking Cohasian people migrated from South Ildorgear to settle elsewhere after disagreements with the local government, splitting from the Vixennic people. They migrated westward and were informed by Imerchalis that there is an “empty” island in the Yetch Bay. The misunderstanding that the island was empty might’ve stemmed from sailors not seeing any over-ground settlements on the island, and assuming no one lives there without realizing that there are actually people but they live underground.

The Cohasian people arrived in Khallisiphia and went down the staircase where they met up with the Minarian people. According to legends, a person volunteered to help the two groups communicate, somehow knowing both languages even though the two languages were spoken on the opposite sides of the Gulf and there’s no way anyone could’ve known both.

The earliest evidence of trade between Khallisiphia and other ŋations dates back to 1797, and they are trade receipts between “an·meinar” and several merchants from pre-Imerchal Nahan people. Receipts show that their main imports are foods and lumber, while their main exports are ores (mainly redstone and copper), and stone materials (stone, cobblestone, granite, and deepslate). While the trade was mainly bartering, records showed that currency such as emeralds, diamonds, slablets and slab shavings had been used to some extent. There is not much historical evidence about Khallisiphian cultures due to most historical records being destroyed during the Cultural Reset. Though according to foreign records, Khallisiphian society revolved around clans. Each clan has their own field of expertise. With every member of a certain clan being expected to learn the skill of the expertise and have a relevant occupation. Marriage often meant someone leaving their own clan and joining their partner’s. They were also expected to change their occupation and learn new skills, even though they already have a different occupation and skills. There was no concept of the binary gender system. People dressed, acted, and expressed themselves however they wanted. Even though marriage is not limited to gender, they’re thought of as a financial decision rather than a romantic one. Due to them being underground, the dead cannot be buried easily. So they resorted to baking their ash into a brick.

Republic Era (1826 - 1876)

Thuna “Sǎtþāh” Cynthia Octasoia in 1856, restored and colorized

In 1783, both sides signed the Treaty of Kirin which divided the north side of the staircase to Minarians and south side to Cohasians, with the staircase and the overground being shared by both sides. 2 years later in 1785, Cohasian people dug tunnels into the stone wall and founded Plaza. In 1826, Thuna “Sǎtþāh” Cynthia Octasoia, accompanied by multiple scholars and Quing Wawəj VII officially declares the Republic of Khalisinia to be a sovereign ŋation and her as the first Thuna (title equivalent to President/Quing). She then went on to rule for another 33 years until she resigned due to health concerns in 1859. The treaty established the Culfuna as the state’s legislature. With the Culfuna having to meet these requirements:

• The Culfuna must have at least 16 seats

• The amount of seats must be an even number

• Exactly half of the Culfunists must represent Cohasians, and another half represent Minarians.

Color-Corrected version of the Khalisinian Flag as depicted in the treaty.

The last clause aimed to make the Culfuna fair to both parties by equally representing both of them. But at the time, the Minarian population outnumbered the Cohasian by 3 to 1. This caused several protests against the government by Minarians that would eventually lead to the coup. The Thuna is to be an elected office, having power equivalent to Presidents of today. There is no term limit or term. The only ways someone could cease being the Thuna is to resign, die, or get voted out by the Culfuna. Every month, the Culfuna may call for an approval rate survey. If the Thuna’s approval rate is under 40%, an election is to be held. The treaty also specified an official flag for Khalisinia. Though the official construction guidelines were never given, an image was provided instead.

The Red-Green-Blue flag is known colloquially as The Ribbon, Nasinulí “color path”, or Þæ̌b Sáhm Síh “three color stripe”. It is thought to have stemmed from the color of ribbons worn by merchants. Mimicking a rainbow, they were worn to let the Siren know that they’ve come overground with good intentions. And just like a rainbow, they’ll not be there for long. The post-Cynthia republic era was thought to have 2-3 Thunas, but was ended with a violent coup by the People’s army. Khalisinia industrialized relatively fast, with the main fuel being redstone, geothermal energy, and coal, three of which are abundant underground. Khalisinia was considered by many to be “the closest thing to Steampunk”, and some even claimed that “if they had been overground, they would’ve invented powered flight.” Even with industrialization, the clan system still stands, moving away from each clan teaching their members to perform manual labor to buying plots with the “clan’s money” to build factories. Though Khalisinia was still far from self-reliant. It still needed to import large amounts of food from foreign couŋtries. But now textile and redstone equipment was also one of their main exports. Healthcare in Khalisinia was also more advanced than other couŋtries at the time. This is due to the knowledge gained as byproducts from their main research priority; curing Redstone Blight. This research project was started by Thuna “Sǎtþāh” Cynthia Octasoia during near the end of her presidency. According to sources, she was the first recorded case of Redstone blight. Due to redstone’s glowing effect that charmed many, it has been used in cosmetics and accessories. People used to wear redstone clothes, apply redstone paste into their teeth, trace their veins with redstone paint, dye their hair with redstone dye, and wear redstone contact lenses. This amount of exposure to redstone which has never been seen before anywhere else caused Redstone Blight to almost exclusively occur within Khalisinia. In some languages, Redstone Blight is called “Khalisinian disease” or similar.

Government

Minaro-Cohasia Autonomous District has a democratic government. With the Culfuna being the district's council and the Thuna being the governor. Each session, the Culfuna would bring up 1-4 "matters". Usually being policy, laws, or issues or problems that need fixing. The Culfuna will discuss them and vote on whether to pass them or not. The Thuna and the vice Thuna would also vote on it because they're technically still members of the Culfuna. Then the Thuna and the vice Thuna will vote amongst each other whether to pass it or not. If they disagree (1-1), then the tiebreaker goes to the Shaman who represents the Siren and her will. The current Thuna is President "Skyla" Skyler Nyancy. The Culfuna currently has 64 seats in total. There is no term limit to being Thuna. The district can have its own laws, diffrent from that of the rest of the FCYB, but is still under the Imerchali constitution.

Party name	Minarian Seats	Cohasian Seats	Total Seats	Faction	Color
Party of All Folks	7	5	12	Government
People’s will	5	4	9
Step Forward Party	3	2	5
New Left	2	2	4
Green Party of Sirenguard	1	1	2
Democratic Socialist Party of Sirenguard	2	4	6
Unity Party	1	4	5	Opposition
Conservative Party of Sirenguard	5	4	9
Ætérnalist League	1	1	2
Third Way	3	3	6
Party-ing	1	0	1
Advancing Sirenguard Party	1	2	3

Name in other languages:

• Cohasian: Qěd-Pǒkqœ̄hŋ-Tōn'ēhŋ Minaro-Kohasian [χèːt̚.pòk̚.kɔ̄ːŋ.tōn.ēːŋ mi.na.ro.ko.ha.siə̯n
• Toki Pona: ma lawa ala Miko /ma ˈla.wa ˈa.la ˈmi.ko/