Vandaysia

The Republic of Vandaysia, or just Vandaysia (in indonesian "Republik Vandaysia" and in dutch "Republiek Vandeisië" is an independent sovreign state located between Oceania and South-Eastern Asia. Its capital city is Sangkhat (former Darwin) and its official languages are Indonesian, English and Dutch, which is most of the population's second language, many other less used languages exist in the country, especially in Papua.

Ethymology
Vandaysia comes from the word "Vanda" which comes from the word "Banda", which is the main sea of the country.

Other used names

 * Vandesia
 * Bandaysia
 * Eastern Indonesia
 * Australasia

Real Languages

 * Italian: Vandesia
 * Greek: Βανδαισία
 * French: Vandaysie
 * Esperanto: Vandajzio/Vandaizujo
 * Spanish: Vandisia
 * Finnish: Vandesia
 * Russian: Вандайзия
 * Catalan: Vandàisia

ON Languages

 * Atlasian: Bandasia
 * Esceosian: Vandézia

History
WIP

The First War of Unification
On March 27, 2098 rebellions break out in the indonesian province of West Papua, with the support of the militaries of Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Australia. As the Indonesian government finds this out, it declares war on the three countries, which, after a long battle win, the Treaty of Port Moresby is officially signed, giving West Papua to Papua New Guinea, West Timor to East Timor and a few minor islands to Australia.

The total collapse of Indonesia
After the terrorist organization of the Islamic State of Sumatra and Java gets stronger and stronger each month and the many different people in Indonesia start demanding more and more autonomy on August 12, 2122 the central government of Indonesia completely collapses, forming in the east of the country the State of Banda Sea and making Timor annex some former indonesian isles. On 2134 the nations of Papua New Guinea, Timor and The State of Banda Sea unite forming the Vandaysian Confederation.

The alliance with the Dutch and the conquer of Northern Australia
Soon after the independence of Vandaysia, the government started searching for allies and traders in the area and in western world. In europe, the newborn Dutch Empire is doing the same and as an alliance request Vandaysia cedes Northern Papua to Netherlands, and gives them a few military bases. After a few years the two nations became very strong trade partners and allies and on 2139, with dutch support Vandaysia goes to war with Australia first, annexing Northern Australia.

The conquer of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
Two years after the annexation of Northern Australia, Vandaysia attacks Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, creating the vassal state of Vandaysian Lesser Eastern Islands.

Geography
The country mainly spans between the Malay archipelago (parts of Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Maluku and Southern New Guinea island) and Northern Australia. Vandaysia is one of the countries in the world with the most islands, having nearly 10,000.

Climate
Vandaysia mostly has a Tropical rainforest climate, in the north of the country and a Tropical monsoon one, in the south; In the most southern parts of the country it's possible to find a hot steppe climate, with very hot summers and nearly no rain and a temperate-subtropical hot summer climate in the southeast.

Administrative divisions
Vandaysia has 8 regions. (WIP)

Telecommunications
(See more here: Telecommunications in Vandaysia )

Television
Vandaysia has two main public founded broadcasting networks, VPT (Vandeisische Publieke Televisie, in english Vandaysian Public Television) which broadcasts programs mainly in dutch language and VTFEIS (Vandaysian Television For English and Indonesian Speakers), many private broadcasting networks/channel also exist.