Balak Numudu
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| Capital | Numudu | ||||
| Languages | Balak, Coastal Jutean | ||||
| Government | Mixed colonial and local administration | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Treaty of Sitti and Balakia | 1874 | |||
| • | De facto end of the colony | 1955 | |||
| • | De iure restoration of Jutean sovereignty | 1974 | |||
Balak Numudu, alternatively known as Colonial Numudu, was a colony in Jute, created as a result of the Treaty of Sitti and Balakia. According to the Balak Empire, it consisted of the coastal Jutean city of Numudu and surrounding territories, however, Jutean understanding was that only a single free-harbor zone in the town of Numudu was under Balak control. The confusion arose from the specific interpretation of the phrasing "Community of Numudu", as a "community" in Balakia is generally used to refer to an entire town and sometimes its surroundings, whereas in Jute an unspecified "community" refers exclusively to neighborhood-level administrative divisions that can not have more than 1,000 inhabitants. This was a frequent source of conflict and friction between natives and colonial officials, the most famous being the Zaratan Incident.
The colony (with unclear borders) was officially under Balak administration from 1874 to 1974, however, after the loss of the Balak mainland in 1952 the remaining territories still considering themselves as making up the Balak Empire gave up on enforcing their claim, with the settlers either leaving or naturalizing, becoming citizens of Jutean communities.