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|official_languages = {{hlist|[[Maalit language{{!}}Maalit]]|[[Tiiu language{{!}}Tiiu]]|[[Qabóri language{{!}}Qabóri]]}}

|national_languages = <!---->

|languages_type =    National language

|languages =          [[Ænglish language|Ænglish]]

   | 8.9% [[Ardmori people#Ænglo-Ardmori|Ænglo-Ardmori]]

   | 7.2% [[Demographics of Malentina|Other]]}}

|leader_title1 =      [[Presidency of Malentina|Presidency]]

|leader_name1 =      [[Siwasyan T'ukri]]<br>[[Daniel Duke]]<br>[[Pedro Čivok]]

|leader_title2 =      [[Vice President of Malentina|Vice President]]

|leader_name2 =      [[Colin Ross]]

|leader_title3 =      [[Legislative Speakers of Malentina|Legislative Speakers]]

|leader_name3 =      [[Churan Illiari]]<br>[[Nicholas Miller]]<br>[[David Čošescok]]

|established_event4 = [[Starlit Revolution]]

|established_event5 = [[Conference of the New Confederation|Confederacy]]

|currency =          Malentine Pound

|cctld =             .mt

'''Malentina''' ([[Maalit language|Maalit]]: ''Mááleen'ti''; [[Qabóri language|Qabóri]]: ''Mâlintunóc''; [[Tiiu language|Tiiu]]: ''Amtàà'uska''), officially the '''Presidential Confederacy of Malentina''' (Maalit: ''Mááleen'ti Uqaalatikis Aptúúnala''; Qabóri: ''Tascena'ató Kuscant Mâlintunóc''; Tiiu: ''Poha'abíísdataabus Amtàà'uska''), is a country in southern [[Crona]] in the western parts of the [[Songun sea#North Songun Sea|North Songun sea]]. The nation is made up of as a set of three larger islands just of the coast of [[Istrenya]]. Beyond it's closest neighbour Malentina also has maritime borders with [[Kelekona]] and [[Arcerion]]. While Malentina is connected to the rest of the world through the ocean, this is at great risk to the nations sovereignty as the nation is by far the weakest of those bordering the Songun Sea. Especially [[Arcerion]] and [[The Cape]] both hold immense influence thanks to the [[Warrington Strait]] and the [[Songun Straits]] forming natural chokepoints when exiting the Songun Sea.

Malentina is a somewhat modern name taken from the term commonly used in [[Ænglish language|Ænglish]] to refer to the indigenous tribes living on the islands that the nation now encompasses, that being ''Malentinu''. This term developed from combining the names of the two most populous indigenous tribes on the islands, which are the ''Maaleens'' and the ''Tinuuds''. The name was created by the indigenous tribes as a way for them to "reclaim" their home islands, which by the time of the name's formulation had been under the rule of Occidental colonists for many years, for themselves. There still exists a small minority within the Ænglo-Ardmori population who still use the former colonial name of [[Pertooluna]] from before 1933; ironically Pertooluna comes from the butcherization of the name used for the Cartadanian colony of [[Puerto Luna]]

==History==

With the help of a small amount of archaeological findings within on the islands it is believed that the cultural history of the indigenous Malentine peoples date back to around 1600 BC. Very little is known about this period, especially as the island's geology have made it very difficult to find any archeological artifacts, and interest in the prehistoric era of the islands have largely been suppressed by the Malentine government for fear of encouraging rebellious sentiment. The earliest instances of what is known about the early history of Malentina is connected to the era of the [[North Songun Civilization]], whose largely well-preserved records first mention the islands and their indigenous peoples as early as the year 700 BC.

When traders from the North Songun Civilization first encountered the indigenous islanders they were noted for their excellent navigational skills, making use of well-crafted canoes, as well as fishing expertise. What likely drew the traders' attention the most, however, would be the vast amounts of wealth that was primarily displayed through an abundance of {{wp|pearl|pearls}}. These pearls were among the first things that the North Songun traders would start buying for use in their trade networks, the pearls having first entered the North Songun capital of [[Maktalin]] as late as approximately 500 BC. The first urban settlements would soon be established on islands by the year 350 BC, slowly integrating the indigenous tribes into the larger North Songun Civilization. Many records would consider Malentina to first exist as a truly civilized entity around the period of the 5th to 3rd Centuries BC, although modern scholars have largely debated upon this subject with many claiming that Malentina would not be deemed a truly civilized entity until much later.

The government of Malentina is primarily inspired by the confederal system of [[Arcerion]] despite how it appears to be at first glance. Indeed, although many of the highest offices differ greatly from Arcerion's system, it retains many similarities in its functionality. The government of Malentina has four main components, those being the [[Malentine Senate|Senate]], the [[Trissembly of Malentina|Trissembly]] (contains the three subnational legislatures), the subnational cabinets for the country's three main components, and the national cabinet for the country in its entirety. Another very notable difference is the fact that the Malentine system functions as a {{wp|presidential republic}} as well as the fact that Malentina is a {{wp|directorial republic}} and thus has no one-person {{wp|head of state}}.

Because the Malentine government in its current state has only really existed since 1987, as well as the tension between the largely poor indigenous groups and the largely wealthy foreign groups, with many mixed-race peoples being within the latter group, the government currently suffers from a lack of popular legitimacy in the eyes of approximately two-thirds of its populace. The actions of previous governments have also soured Malentina's relations with many Occidental nations, which it has only recently began attempts at repairing these relations since the late 2000s; Malentina has instead resorted to closer ties with its fellow Cronan nations such as [[Kelekona]] and [[Tierrador]] as well as non-Levantine powers such as [[Daxia]] and [[Caphiria]].

According to the Malentine [[Constitution of Malentina|constitution]], which itself is in compliance with the 1987 [[Treaty of the New Confederation]], Malentina is required to separate its executive branch into three separate institutions, all of which function somewhat differently from one another. The directorial presidency is commonly referred to pejoratively by the indigenous Maaleens and Tiuuds as the "Treaty Triad", though officially it is referred to as the "[[Presidency of Malentina|Presidency]]". Each member of the Presidency makes up the {{wp|head of state}} and {{wp|head of government|government}} for each of their respective confederated republics, effectively meaning that Malentina has three presidents. Each president is obligated to bring with them a number of cabinet members to assist them in serving the roles of external affairs as needed for the Presidency as a whole. Executive actions for the confederacy at large, such as determining highly important trade agreements, are required to be carried out through the use of a simple majority compromise system of voting wherein each confederated republic receives one vote and is to vote either for or against the proposed executive action.

Elections for each of the presidents differ between each of the three confederated republics. Although each presidential election takes place every seven years, each confederated republic has their own institution for the purpose of carrying out these elections. The northern republic makes use of the {{wp|two-round system}} where multiple presidential candidates compete in the first round, and only the top two presidential candidates in the first round compete in the second round assuming that no candidate has been able to attain a simple majority in the first round; this system arguably ensures that a candidate is guaranteed to win a majority. The eastern republic makes use of an {{wp|electoral college}} system where the president is elected by the [[Malentine House of Commons|House of Commons]] based on a direct advisory vote; all members of the House of Commons are not legally obligated to vote based on the wishes of their constituents, however, and may vote for any presidential candidate as they wish. The western republic makes use of the {{wp|instant-runoff voting}} system, a form of {{wp|preferential voting}} that eliminates the candidates with the fewest votes until one candidate has a simple majority of votes. Traditionally, no president stays after serving a single term, but there exists no legal mechanism to enforce this.

 

Each of the confederated republics' internal governments have their own domestic departments which handles the internal affairs of each republic separately. While each of these internal cabinets have their own differences in offices and even functions, they all still share many similiarities thanks to the influence of the Arcer political system.

The Malentine legislature is split between the [[Malentine Senate|Senate]], serving as the collective upper house for the three republics, and the [[Trissembly of Malentina|Trissembly]] which itself consists of the legislatures of the three confederated republics; the [[Gathering of the West]] for the western republic, the [[Malentine House of Commons|House of Commons]] for the eastern republic, and the [[Malentine Northern Assembly|Northern Assembly]] for the northern republic. Each of the three confederated legislatures work separately and independent from one another in domestic legislation for each of the confederated republics, but they may meet up together to form the Trissembly which is when they work together to handle legislation on the national level; the Trissembly serves as the lower house counterpart to the Senate, and is formed once every spring and once every fall for a span of one month for each session.

 

The Senate consists of highly important and powerful citizens who hail from either the old aristocracy, the so-called "Starlit families" in reference to these political dynasties having emerged during the Starlit era, and noted academics and businessmen. Although the Senate was originally intended by the Treaty to be a largely ceremonial legislative house with great limitations to their power and ability to propose and pass new laws and resolutions, their association with the political elite of Malentine society has allowed for it to steadily grow influence over time through the manipulation of the Presidency and the use of corruption. Although the Constitution stipulates that laws proposed by the Senate should be debated upon by the Trissembly in order to be passed, it has become a common trend for many of these proposals to by duly approved without prior discussion or debate. Indeed, proposals that have been drafted by the Trissembly have largely been rejected by the Senate in recent decades, which is in stark contrast to the early years of the confederacy when proposals drafted by the Trissembly were largely approved without further issue.

The member legislatures of the Trissembly consist purely of elected positions, itself through a proportional voting system, and each of them have their own number of seats and domestic responsibilities. However, because there is no set equilibrium for the amount of seats for each of the member legislatures of the Trissembly thanks to the Treaty explicitly stating the amount of seats each of them should get, there is an immense power imbalance within the Trissembly as all three members must have equal voting power, thus leading to the scenario where the western and northern legislatures each technically hold more power than the eastern legislature does even though the latter has more seats than either the western or northern legislatures. This in turn has led to many issues arising over the perception of a seemingly clear bias in legislative decisions and the counting of votes. This problem is further exacerbated by the length of terms within each of the member legislatures of the Trissembly; the House of Commons holds an election every two years, the Gathering of the West holds an election every five years, and the Northern Assembly holds an election every seven years. The variation in legislative term lengths has increased the chances of there being a confederated president whose legislature is controlled by an opposing party, with the northern president most likely to have a legislature that is not as likely to be held by an opposing party.

The demographics of Malentina is noted for having a large amount of diversity in the religious, cultural, and political spheres. This has led to many situations wherein there exists a great power imbalance between the average citizenry who are largely indigenous to Malentina and the political elites who are largely foreign to Malentina whether they be Occidental or Cronan. It is only through the support of radical elements which ensure a fiercely loyal armed forces that the ruling classes of Malentina has been able to keep the indigenous Maaleens and Tinuuds from rising up in revolt against them.

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| label3 = [[Ardmistizo]]

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There are currently five main ethnic groups in Malentina, each of whom with differing ethnic origins that happen to have a few similarities in some cases. The largest ethnic group is the indigenous [[Maaleen people]], with the indigenous [[Tinuud people]] coming close as the second-largest ethnic group in the country. Overall, the Maaleens and Tinnuds make up 67.5% of the population, and yet they are among the poorest and least socio-politically influential people in the country. The [[Ardmistizo]] people, people of primarily mixed indigenous and Ardmori ancestry, make up the third-largest ethnic group in the country, and are closely related to the [[Costizo]] people, who make up the smallest denominated ethnic group in the country. The names of these two ethnic groups are respectively the portmanteau of Ardmori and Mestizo, and Coscivian and Mestizo; Mestizo, meaning "mixed person" in [[Pelaxian language|Pelaxian]], is a word that originates in [[Vallos]] and was used to describe the descendants of mixed race Vallosi-Pelaxian couples who lived in the interior areas of the [[Viceroyalty of Los Rumas]]; Mestizo is also used to collectively refer to the Ardmistzo and Costizo populations, and is also used in official census documents which state that they currently make up 16.4% of the population.

The fourth-largest ethnic group in Malentina, making up 8.9% of the population and yet is supposedly one of the more powerful ethnic groups due to their greater amounts of wealth on average, are the [[Ardmori people#Ænglo-Ardmori|Ænglo-Ardmori]] people; the descendants of Ænglish Protestant refugees who have fled to [[Ardmore]] from mainland Levantia due to Ardmore's relatively tolerant attitude towards Protestants. They are also closely related to the [[Arco people]] of [[Arcerion]] and have historically played a huge role in Ardmori, Arcer, and Cronan history as a whole. The smallest ethnic group are small groupings of indigenous people and Occidentals who are not of a significant enough population to be given their own category; they are mostly [[Kelekonese people|Kelekonese]], [[Telekonese people|Telekonese]], [[Pan-Qabóri civilization|Qabóri]], and non-mixed [[Coscivians]] and [[Cartadanians]]. The Kelekonese and Telekonese people in Malentina are usually either the descendants of North Songunese people who have moved to the archipelago during the height of the [[North Songun civilization]] or the descendants of refugees who have fled [[Kelekona]] in the late 1970s, and the Qabóri people are the descendants of settlers from the [[Qabóri Woqalate]] (now [[Tierrador]]); all three groups are, much like the Ænglo-Ardmori people, wealthier on average compared to the indigenous Maaleen and Tinuud populace.

There exists four main linguistic groups in Malentina, which are primarily based upon ethnic origins, but they may also be described in terms of the environment that a given demographic has been raised in; for example, a Maaleen family raised in a primarily Ænglo-Ardmori neighborhood is more likely to pick up Ænglish than a Tinuud family raised in a primarily Costizo neighborhood. The main linguistic groups are as follows:

* People of mixed-race origins, those being the Ardmistizos and Costizos, are the most likely group to be multilingual; mixed-race people typically speak an indigenous language, such as Maalit or Tiiu, and an Occidental language such as [[Ænglish language|Ænglish]] and [[Cartadanian language|Cartadanian]]; the [[Coscivian language|Conscivian]] language, although not classified as an Occidental language due to [[Kiravia]]'s largely longtime insular isolation, is often grouped in with Ænglish and Cartadanian for the sake of simplicity;

* People of largely Occidental origins, such as the sizeable [[Ardmori people#Ænglo-Ardmori|Ænglo-Ardmori]] minority and the smaller groupings of both [[Cartadanians]] and [[Coscivians]] (again, Coscivians are generally not classified as Occidental; they are grouped in with the other two ethnic groups for simplicity's sake); these three groups often speak their own languages, though Ænglish has been picked up as a sort of a nationwide {{wp|lingua franca}} due to its sheer prevalence;

* Although these languages have not been given their own category due to the low amounts of them in Malentina, the North Songunese tongues of [[Kelekonese language|Kelekonese]] and [[Telekonese language|Telekonese]] are spoken amongst the Kelekonese and Telekonese minority in Malentina;

* Similarly, there exists those who speak the [[Qabóri language]] as their primary tongue; although not an official linguistic group, this minority is noted to have enough political influence to make Qabóri an official language in Malentina.

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