Taiwoqa

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Capital		Talikanesa
Official languages		NAME, NAME, Atruozan
Ethnic groups		Saidras, Atruozans, Denevaghi, Zhizhao, Uluq
Demonym		Taiwoqan
Population
-	estimate	8,320,000
Antipodes		Jahukuk Sea
Date format		dd.mm.yyyy CE
Drives on the		right
Calling code		+244

Taiwoqa (TBD: Caylimáńpawôqạ́ [cäjɬimä́ŋpäwɑ᷇qʌ́]), officially the Confederation of Taiwoqa, is a country located in Baredina. Bordered by Nolcik to the southwest and Translira to the south.

Politics

Administrative divisions

Lima'u wilderness/national park where the uluq can be nomads in

Demographics

According to the 2020 census the majority of Taiwoqans are part of the Saidras ethnolinguistic group (53.6%), followed by the Atruozan groups (20%), Denevaghi (7.4%), Zizhao (7%), Other (5%), and the Uluq (2%). Approximately 732,000 Taiwoqans live abroad, mainly in other Saidras dominant countries in Southern Baredina.

Ethnic groups

The Saidras are the largest ethnolinguistic group in Southern Baredina. Taiwoqa has eight ethnic groups belonging to the Saidras: the Cisuci, Yunus, Kangu'ong, Yaqumun, Ekamenong, Seqipilecek, Hakumun, and the Aynoci. In total, the Saidras make up 53.6% of the total population. The largest ethnic group in the country are the Cisuci, numbering at just shy over a million people (12.4% of the total population).

The Saidras immigrated into Southern Baredina roughly around YEAR. WIP

Often called the backbone of the confederacy, the Atruozans make up 20% of the total population of the country (1,664,000 people), with the largest ethnic group being the Bedok Atruozans (8.4%), followed by other miscellaneous Atruozan groups (8%), and the Eyalu (3.6%).

The Atruozans influenced Saidras culture, language, and history dramatically at the dawn of Saidras immigration into Southern Baredina. Today the Atruozans make up a large part of elite society within the country, with many Atruozans dominating in politics, agriculture, government, and education. Taiwoqan national identity would be incomplete without the Atruozans.

Denevaghi (WIP: artists, singers, dancers, their own sect, unique architecture...)

Zhizhao people make up 7% of the total population (582,400), mostly residing on the islands in the northeastern part of the country. An ancient people, the Zhizhao existed in Southern Baredina before the Saidras immigration. They possibly have ties to the Neviric people up north, but that is widely contested. The Zhizhao are a bitter people who isolate themselves from other ethnic groups in the country. General sentiment towards the Saidras, their oppressors, is negative at best and violent at worst. In order to keep the peace, the confederacy established a semi-autonomous region for the Zhizhao to govern themselves. The Zhizhao are most notable for their fashion, art, literature, philosophy, and masonry.

Uluqaamatravasiinuk, or commonly known as the Uluq, make up just 2% of the total population, numbering at only 166,400. They mostly live within the foothills and taiga regions in the western part of the country. A peaceful and nomadic group, the Uluq live simple lives fishing, hunting, and gathering for trade in the Lima'u wilderness. The Uluq are a small but ancient ethnic group existing before the Saidras migration; much of their history was primitive and unremarkable. The Uluq primarily work in the forestry, logging, hunting, woodworking, and fishing industries.

Religion

Valley of the Saints (statues, temples, oh my!)