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|native_name =        ''Netansettee Gil'ahana'' ([[Quonish language|Quonish]])

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|englishmotto =       ("Bound Together")

|other_symbol_type =  [[National emblem of Netansett|National emblem]]

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|39.8% [[M'acunism]]

|established_event1 = [[Netanic League]]

|established_event2 = [[Hukon League]]

|established_event3 = Autocracy established

|established_date3 =  29 April 1840

|established_event4 = Independence secured

|established_date4 =  1940

'''Netansett''', officially the '''Dominion of Netansett''' ([[Quonish language|Quonish]]: ''Netansettee Gil'ahana''), and formerly known by most of the [[Occident]] as '''Huconia''' until 1910, is a country located in south-central [[Cusinaut]], a subcontinent located in northwest [[Crona]]. It is neighbored by the [[Algosh Republic]], a protectorate of [[Urcea]], to the north, [[Canespa]] to the west, [[New Harren]], a [[benefactor confederacy]] under the presidency of the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]], to the east, and the [[Kiravia|Kiravian]] [[Overseas Regions|overseas region]] of [[Porfíria]] to the south. It is a semi-federal state where the main subdivisions of the nation have their own legislative assemblies and subnational ministries all the while the central government retains very strong oversight over these subnational entities.

In the early modern period, [[Kiravia]] militarily subjugated the Netanic state but did not establish economic overlordship or settler colonies beyond the immediate coastal littral, which became [[Porfiria]]; accordingly, the arrival of the colonial era changed very little beyond becoming part of Porfírian colonial claims. In the place of the old monarchy, the eight social tribes established the Hukon League, which eventually became the official representative of indigenous people in the territory claimed by Kiravia; it concluded with the Treaty of Vittēmur in [[1773]], which created a line beyond which [[Occidental]] people could not settle. The Vittēmur line eventually became a jurisdictional boundary between the colonial Porfírian government and the Hukon League, and today forms Netansett's southern border. During the 19th century, the Hukon League would begin social and political integration of its various constituent elements while also gradually gaining further autonomy from the Porfírian colonial government.

''Netansett'' is the traditional indigenous name for the geographic region the country occupies, its rough translation being "wooded hills". For many years, and even up until Netansett's admission into the [[League of Nations]] in the 1950s for some countries, the country was given the [[Coscivian]]-originated {{wp|exonym}} of "Huconia", itself being derived from the [[Hukon League]], which was a tribal league under the sovereignty of [[Porfiria]]. This term was formally disavowed in [[1910]] as the nation's government began to request other nations to refer to it by its indigenous {{wp|endonym}} of "Netansett", though some nations have continued to insist on using "Huconia" in diplomatic relations for the next forty years. The name of the Hukon League is in turn derived from the [[Treaty of Hukon]], which was named after a then-major village in modern Netansett. The term was never officially adopted by the people of Netansett themselves and was only ever used by Occidental countries.

By the late 1600s and early 1700s, the leaders of the Netanic League grew increasingly concerned about the presence of the militarily powerful foreigners increasingly seen in and around Cusinaut on a yearly basis. Due to their animosity with the neighboring [[Algosh people]], local alliances or membership in the hated [[Northern Confederation]] were not an option, so the Netanic League developed a different approach. The decision was made to open one city, Lichai, to Occidental trade, intending to provide large numbers of goods to the Occidentals for relatively low cost in exchange for gold and weapons. Through negotiation, it was determined that Netansett's best contributions would be {{wp|tobacco}} and {{wp|indigo}}, and prominent Netanic leaders began to build private plantations to grow and harvest these crops for export. The nation's output was relatively small at first, but by [[1700]] political and social leaders began to fully transition the country into an exporter, creating both social and political institutions to help facilitate the growth and sale of these goods. This process created what was known as the "Export Society", a new set of institutions in Netansett that eliminated many of the remnant migratory tribal lands and massively enriched a small class of planters, who would soon become the leading economic clique in the country by [[1720]].

The new, wealthy exporters that emerged as a result of the new economic institutions and their new planter elites came to the attention of [[Kiravia]], who sought a colonial interest in [[Cusinaut]] and especially sought control of the city of Lichai. Kiravian traders and agents began to work on sowing discord among the members of the Netanic League. This was accomplished by first establishing an island colony in [[1709]]; this new island colony, [[Porfiria]], was largely focused on exploring trade in the area immediately near Lichai and to create a sense of distrust amongst the member tribes of the Netanic League. The hope was that the Netanic League would grow more and more unstable to the point of collapse, thus allowing for the Kiravian colony to establish a new tribal confederation that would be under their sovereignty and influence, giving them a sizeable cut of the profits from the lucrative exports. The efforts of the Kiravian traders, merchants, and agents soon paid off by the mid-18th Century when the member tribes of the Netanic League began to turn against one another, fearing that their former allies would try to eliminate them.

The destruction and disintegration of the Netanic League in the mid-18th Century splintered the twelve former member tribes, who all sought divergent interests under their new Kiravian overlords while at the same time vying for the favor of said overlords in hopes of attaining some sort of influence over the other tribes. Eventually, four of the twelve tribes would find themselves becoming direct subjects of the Kiravian colony of Porfiria through land seizures in the coastal littoral; these four tribes would be disintegrated as a result, thus leaving eight extant tribes. After about a decade or two of economic and military power struggles in the hinterlands of Porfiria, the eight remaining tribes, under the mediation of Porfirian colonists, signed the [[Treaty of Hukon]], named after the village in which it was signed, thus forming the [[Hukon League]] in 1764. The Hukon League was established to serve as a means to represent the extant indigenous tribes in Porfiria and as a way for the colony to effectively influence the tribes without shedding further blood. This allowed for the nascent indigenous planter aristocracy to retain immense power and privileges in exchange for paying a {{wp|flat tax}} to the Porfirian colonial government to contribute to the overall prosperity of Kiravia. A further treaty, the [[Treaty of Vittēmur]], was signed in 1773 and established the Vittēmur line which forbade non-indigenous people from settling in indigenous territory, thus recognizing the Hukon League as a separate entity within Porfiria.

Although its independence was formally established, Netansett was subject to several political and economic treaties as part of the negotiations and deals the Netanic elite had made with the Kiravian colonial elite in Porfiria in order to secure independence. These treaties made it so that an Autocrat could not be sworn in without the approval of Kiravia; if Kiravia rejected the proposed Autocrat then a new election would need to be held to suggest an alternative Autocrat. This kind of political oversight was done so as to ensure that Netansett's Autocrat would remain friendly with Kiravia, thus no Autocrat had dared to take actions that would be deemed contrary to Kiravian interests for fear of being forcibly removed. Extensive economic concessions were also made as a result of these treaties, ensuring that Kiravia would have a monopoly on all Netanic exports from which Kiravia would sell to the rest of the world at a {{wp|markup (business)|markup}}. This also meant that Kiravian businesses would often inspect Netanic plantations to ensure that the quality of goods exported from Netansett were of top-notch quality, often with grave consequences should a plantation owner fail to meet these expectations. Nonetheless, both the Kiravians and the Netanic elite were able to maintain a symbiotic relationship for the most part.

 

With the advent of the [[Kiravian Civil War]] and the subsequent period known as the [[Kiravian Sunderance]], with the establishment of [[Porfíria]] as a major constituent part of the [[Kiravian Remnant|remnants of the pre-socialist Federacy]], Netansett found itself in a newfound position of relative strength and soon began diplomatic and military posturing against the Kiravian remnants in Porfiria. As the remnant could not afford any disruptions in Porfíria while it was more focused on far more pressing matters, the remnants agreed to renegotiate most of its treaties with Netansett. In the resulting 1940 Settlement, Netansett's position relative to Kiravia was reestablished on mostly equal terms, with much of the Kiravian political and economic oversight over Netansett being removed. The [[Kiravian Union]] retroactively recognized the 1940 Settlement in [[1941]] in an effort to normalize its diplomatic relations in [[Crona]] and in hopes of swaying Netansett towards socialism someday. The end of the period of economic and political exploitation coincided with the end of the [[Second Great War]], allowing Netansett to join the newly established [[League of Nations]] as an independent state.

As part of the overall plan to Occidentalize the nation's economy, Autocrat [[Maitsoi Taphanso]] implemented an ambitious policy in [[2018]] to seize vast plots of land for the construction of major infrastructure, such as highways in exchange for half of its fair market value. This program would inevitably put the government and ruling classes in opposition to the nation's powerful and largely aristocratic planter classes, as their cash crop farms occupied the vast majority of the land area that was to be seized in the interior part of Netansett. Several attempts were made by leading planters to end the policy, but by [[2024]] it was clear these efforts had failed. In response, about a third of the Council of Ministers and the Chief Minister, aligned with the planters and owning large plots of lands themselves, resigned in protest. This had the effect of both alienating the planter class from the political ruling elite Tsailists but also practically eliminating the influence of the planter class in government. Accordingly, between [[2025]] and [[2030]], the rate of land seizures had accelerated, except many of these lands were auctioned off to private Netanic economic interests or even to foreign investors, deeply angering the planter elite. This divide set the administration of Autocrat Taphanso and the planter elite on a political collision course throughout the first half of the 2030s, especially as the continually-growing middle class continues to demand further reforms.

 

Netansett is a {{wp|federation#De_facto_federations|semi-federal}} {{wp|assembly-independent republic}} under an {{wp|anocracy|authoritarian semi-democracy}}. The current form of government that runs Netansett is often described by many countries as an {{wp|autocracy|autocratic}} republic, which has been in power since 1840, it having succeeded the confederal Kiravic dependency of the [[Hukon League]]. The international community, specifically the [[League of Nations]] considers Netansett to have a "mostly fair" electoral system through various observations over the years, with voter suppression being surprisingly low despite the consistently low {{wp|voter turnout}}. Netansett is notable for being a highly-centralized federation, often being given the term "semi-federation" due to the high central government oversight. Netansett has also been criticized as being an {{Wp|ethnostate}}, in which non-Netanic individuals are traditionally viewed by both the citizenry and the government as bring transients, and thus have limited civil, political, and economic rights compared to their Netanic neighbors.

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