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==Etymology==

Kelekona has been considered rather controversial amongst the indigenous Kelekonese population due to it not only being an {{wp|exonym}} brought upon by a foreign power, but also because it suggests that Kelekona is a nation-state as the main ethnic group of the country is known in Ænglish as the Kelekonese people. As such, there have been numerous proposals to form a committee to change Kelekona's name to an {{wp|endonym}} to more properly reflect that it is a multiethnic indigenous Cronan state and to effectively separate the nation from its past as a Varshani tributary state, especially after the occupation of Varshan ever since the end of the [[Final War of the Deluge]]. However, due to the fact that the Kelekonese government has been prioritizing the consolidation of its control over the entirety of the nation through a very slow and arduous process of recovery from its current dismal state of abject poverty and devastation, these proposals have never been able to come to fruition.

==Geography==

The smallest areas of Kelekona are much of the northwestern portion of the [[Malentine Islands]]. Known as ''Rawrayaqukunatarakuna'' ("Burning Sands Islands"), these islands are vital for the nation's fishing sector of the economy, and its major point of contention since the 1980s with the Telekonese Conflicts. To this day, Kelekona still maintains a claim over Arcerion's [[Foxhey Islands]]. The islands, much like the nearby coastal areas, are home to the warmest temperatures in Kelekona due to its proximity to the Malentine Bay.

===Destruction of the Sister Cities===

During Varshan's transformation, the twin cities of [[Tutayopakayu]] and [[Churumayka]], which were located at the mouth of the Innis river and were two of Maktalin's wealthiest tributes, were destroyed in one of the most destructive earthquakes in the history of Crona. The [[1391 Sister Cities earthquake]] had grave religious implications. The destruction of two major tributary cities was interpreted by many of the North Songun as a sign of divine displeasure, and in the ensuing chaos and religious turmoil the nomads of the Tashnacate took advantage of the new instability and conquered the North Songun by the year 1399. The Tashnacate was noted to be rather lenient and allowed the North Songun to retain its culture and its elites, but that did not stop the instability caused by the sudden destruction of the Sister Cities which was soon exacerbated by the rapid decline and eventual collapse of the Tashnacate by the year 1498, leaving the newly-independent North Songun city-states in a state of complete vulnerability.

====Bush Wars====

{{main|Arcer Bush Wars|Act of Abjuration}}

Kelezuno would not get directly involved in any of the Bush Wars until 1964 when the Kelezunese economy collapsed due to the importation of higher-quality foodstuffs from Arcerion. Seeking revenge against this perceived slight towards them, and fearing that inaction may incur the wrath of Varshan, Kelezuno began to send aid to the [[Free Telekoni People's Movement]], a Telekonese left-wing nationalist movement operating in the Innis River basin. As the Arcer economy expanded even further with the opening of a major shipping port in the Arcer city of Oakham, so too did Kelezuno's support and funding for the Telekonese insurgents as they attacking Arcer farmers and rail lines. Neighboring [[Tietechaxha]] soon joined in on the opportunity to cripple and damage the Arcer economy, leading to a sharp rise in not just attacks against farms and rail infrastructure, but also government buildings and key civil infrastructure. Soon, Kelezuno began to prop up a second insurgent group, the [[Kelezuni Militia for the Liberation of Indigenous Peoples]], and had began to send aid and funding to indigenous movements in Arcerion such as the [[Free Indigenous Army]], the [[Movement for the Liberation of Aboriginals]], and the [[Riverland Workers' Party]]. Initially, these insurgencies had scored multiple victories thanks to the Arcer military undergoing austerity measures in the mid-1960s, but the tide had eventually turned and by late September of 1975, Kelezuno had ceased all aid and funding to these insurgent groups and had dissolved the KMLIP. Just four days later, Kelezuno had passed the [[Act of Abjuration]] on 2 October, formally declaring independence and ending nearly four centuries of servitude under Varshan and abolishing the Varshani-originated monarchy in the newly-independent state.

====First civil war====

{{main|First Kelekonese Civil War}}

===Socialist republic===

====First Telekonese conflict====

{{main|Telekonese Conflict}}

In an effort to bolster its dwindling legitimacy, to mobilize strong patriotic feelings of the glory days of the North Songun era, and to distract the people from the woes of economic stagnation and multiple failed promises after the initial reforms, the socialist regime began to mobilize the [[Kelekonese People's Army]] and the [[Kelekonese People's Navy]] for an eventual attack on Arcerion in hopes of reclaiming some islands that were historically a part of the Telekonese homeland, feeling confident that the war-weary Arcers would not come to the defense of these islands or seek to retake them which may in turn allow for the Kelekonese government to press their claim in the League of Nations. At four hours after midnight on 12 August 1986, just before daybreak, Kelekonese naval vessels were spotted off the coast of the Foxhey Islands, and soon the islands of Sharnwick, Larton, Gramsby, and Swindon were seized by the Kelekonese forces, with Farnsworth and Port Gibson coming under attack not long afterwards. Despite the Kelekonese hopes for a swift takeover of the islands, they were instead met with a warning to withdraw any and all forces within ninety-six hours or otherwise face a counterattack from Arcer forces. During the brief occupation, the Kelekonese forces faced attacks and violent protests from the Arcer inhabitants of the island, with some twenty-four Arcer citizens being killed as a result.

===Junta of 1988===

{{main|People's Republic of Kelekona|State of Kelekona}}

The loss of the first Telekonese Conflict was not without consequence nor retaliation from Arcerion. The socialist government had attempted to stabilize the country by hastening some key economic reforms, such as ''[[Project Cyber-Trade|Qallarnyawpariynin Antanyiqiqumusiku]]'' which was an attempt at emulating the economic practices of the North Songun civilization via a cybernetic form of a socialist economy, but every single one of these reforms was too little, too late. Throughout much of 1988, the regime was plagued with a series of popular protests, marches, and riots, but it was not until 14 June when the protests have reached their peak with a student protest in the nation's capital of Maktalin which soon spread across the country as the students were soon joined by {{wp|children}}, {{wp|housewives}}, {{wp|priests}}, and many others who have grown increasingly tired of the increasingly {{wp|totalitarian}} form of socialism that had ruled Kelekona for the past eleven years. The protests were soon able to [[1988 Kelekonese Revolution|overthrow]] the socialist republic and soon established the [[People's Republic of Kelekona]] (''Kelekona Runallaqta Ripuwlika ''), which introduced sweeping democratic reforms while still committing to a more {{wp|libertarian socialism|libertarian form of socialism}}.

===Yellow revolution and minarchist rule===

{{main|Yellow Revolution|Free Republic of Kelekona}}

Asides from the brutal methods of repressing protests against the regime, the military junta was also noted for being highly {{wp|ethnocentric}} in nature, believing that only people of North Songun ancestry were "true Kelekonese" and that the nation's [[Jawaruna]] minority, people of Varshani ancestry who have lived in Kelekona and the preceding Kelezuno tributary state since the late 16th Century, were at fault for the centuries of decline that the North Songun civilization had suffered under. With that, the junta began to heavily persecute the Jawaruna through forced displacements and {{wp|internment camps}} while confiscating their possessions to distribute them to loyal supporters of the regime. The actions against the Jawaruna garnered even more international condemnation, with many calling it an ethnic cleansing given the nature of the persecutions. It was also during this time that a group of internationally-educated students formed an opposition group known as the ''[[Dawn of Liberty Party|Pakariyninqispikaykawpayphatma]]'' (PQK), a political party heavily influenced by {{wp|right-libertarian}} ideologies from the Occident such as {{wp|night-watchman state|minarchy}} and ''{{wp|objectivism|paqtachismu}}'' ("objectivism"), the latter of which was developed by Kelekonese philosopher [[Ninasisa Pariwana]] during the socialist era.

The multiple incidents and controversies surrounding president Llipya had damaged Kelekona's economic position, causing it to greatly lag behind the rapid expansion of the economies of Alstin, Arcerion, and [[Paulastra]]. Seizing an opportunity to fulfill his own political ambitions, Natanayil Qarawi began in 2006 to draft up plans for another attempt at gaining control over the Arcer economic center through Dunborough and the Innis River basin. He knew full-well that such plans would come to the attention of the OPSNS and that the OPSNS had been tracking his faction within the armed forces, which was what he wanted. He had no intention in actually invading Arcerion, but rather to seize control over Kelekona by force. All he needed now was for Arcerion's reaction to give the instability he needed to put an end to the Kelekonese libertarian experiment and to discredit it in the eyes of the people of Kelekona, and the upcoming Arcer pre-emptive strikes would be a key event in his plans. The Arcer General Staff began to draft out plans that would cripple Kelekona's military capabilities and wipe out much of the senior staff of the Kelekonese Armed Forces, the civilian government, and even key strategic sites.

In June, Kelekonese forces attempted several times to cross the Arcer border in an attempt to seize road junctions or border crossings, but Arcer forces were able to repel them with every attempt. The attacks continued even as international reactions to the attack were generally mixed considering how sudden these attacks were, but the Arcer government would attempt to justify these attacks by claiming that they were necessary so as to prevent Kelekona from instigating another Telekonese conflict ever again. Overall, the two-month conflict resulted in no casualties being inflicted on Arcer forces asides from some injuries, and the crippling of Kelekona's defense capabilities with over 300 casualties and damages to the country that have yet to be repaired as of 2034 with the advent of the collapse and subsequent occupation of Varshan after the [[Final War of the Deluge]].

====Second civil war====

{{main|Second Kelekonese Civil War}}

The [[Final War of the Deluge]] had resulted in a huge influx of migrants from neighboring Varshan trying to escape the violence and warfare that have risen up since the start of the war in 2020. Many of these migrants have fled to Kelekona, resulting in a {{wp|refugee crisis}} as the junta had to work on giving these migrants food and shelter, but because the influx was much larger than their ability to settle the refugee the Kelekonese government and economy quickly became overwhelmed by the sudden increase in population with the latter collapsing in 2021 and the former being plunged into instability and chaos once more. President Qarawi had to establish multiple {{wp|refugee camps}} just to house the migrants while he tried to integrate them into the Kelekonese economy, and yet more and more refugees would arrive in Kelekona with each passing day thus leading to a rise in open opposition against the junta for its failure to effectively manage the refugee crisis in a timely manner.

====Suyus====

====Wamanis====

====Thistiritus====

====Ayllius====

The lowest administrative division, which is at the fifth level, are the ''aylliukuna''. These correspond to the main federative units of a ''ripartamintu'', and form the most local instance of {{wp|democracy}} in Kelekona. An ''aylliu'' consists about 500 people, and the main governing council functions on the basis of {{wp|direct democracy}}, encouraging its residents to directly participate in local affairs. As the primary point of contact with the government for most citizens of Kelekona, it is through the ''aylliukuna'' that petitions to the government sent to at first before being transferred to higher divisions as needed, even all the way up to the Qhapaqs' Council in some cases.

==Demographics==

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Kelekona has nine recognized ethnic groups in the country, all of which are represented approximately in proportion to the amount of people they have in the 100-member Council of Nobles, but only seven of them have their own ethnic homelands. The largest of the nine recognized ethnic groups are the [[Kelekonese people|Kelekonese]], known to themselves as the ''Mayukimsaruna'' ("Tri-river people"); so-called due to their traditional homeland being located between the Innis River, the Cochrane River, and one of the branches of the Innis River Basin. The second-largest ethnic groups are the ethnic Varshani peoples, descendants of the former ruling bureaucracy of the tributary state of Kelezuno and, more recently, Deluge refugees; they are known by Kelekona's six indigenous groups as ''Jawaruna'' ("Foreigners") or more derogatively as ''Nunat'irachakakuna'' ("Soul-pullers") in reference to the long-time Arzalist practice of human sacrifices. The [[Telekonese people|Telekonese]], known locally as ''Uchuytarakunaruna'' ("Little islands people"), make up the third-largest ethnic group in Kelekona, and primarily reside in the coastal and insular southern regions of Kelekona.

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===Linguistic demographics===

===Religious demographics===

The vast majority of Kelekonese citizens are of the [[North Songun civilization#Religion|Nahibian]] faith, an indigenous faith that is commonly said to have been single-handedly established by its namesake the Maktalinese priest-king Nahibe, but more recent scholarship have debated this and have since explained that much of the framework behind the Nahibian faith was more likely to have been the work of multiple prophets and priests over the span of several decades. Historically, Nahibianism was the primary religion of the North Songun civilization and of northern Crona during the years of North Songunese hegemony, but when the North Songun civilization collapsed by the 16th Century it was soon overtaken by the [[Arzalist]] faith from Varshan, specifically its [[Orthodox Arzalism|orthodox]] sect. It would not be until the 19th Century when Nahibianism would experience a revival, soon growing from a holdout in northern Kelezuno to becoming the largest religion in the country as well as in neighboring [[Titechaxha]].

A sizeable minority of Kelekonese identify as irreligious, meaning that they have no religious affiliations whether because they were not raised in a particularly religious household or because they have rejected religion altogether. The rise of irreligiosity began in the 1980s during the socialist era, and the abject devastation and chaos of subsequent eras have led to more people to renounce religion entirely. Following the irreligious are a group of people of varying faiths that do not comprise of a significant amount of people to be given their own separate categories, most often people living in small, {{wp|Protestant}} missions.

Arzalism was once the majority religion in Kelezuno throughout much of its existence until the Nahibian revival of the 19th Century. It is speculated that the vast majority of the nation's irreligious might actually be practicing Arzalis as successive Kelekonese governments up until the Qarawi regime and beyond have either been complacent in or even outright encouraged the persecution of Arzalis, thus forcing many to hide their faith by identifying as more palatable affiliations such as irrelgion, Nahibianism, or even a form of Christianity.

==Commitments to pacifism==

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