Central Republic Of Nyo
The Central Gondwanan Republic Of Nyo Central Republic Of Nyo | |
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Motto: Blessed Be The Nyo River | |
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| Capital and largest city | Bahati |
| Official languages | Staynish, Nywalli |
| Demonym(s) | Central Gondwanan |
| Government | Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic |
• President | Bwana Mkubwa |
• Prime Minister | Rashid Khnuas |
• President Of Senate | Stiaan Pistorius |
| Legislature | Parliament |
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| History | |
• Colonized | 1879 |
• Independance | 1958 |
• Current Constitution | 2011 |
| Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 48,320,430 |
| GDP (PPP) | estimate |
• Per capita | 1,320 SHD |
| GDP (nominal) | estimate |
• Total | SHD$88 Billion |
| Gini (44.8) |  28.2low |
| SDI (2019) |  0.465low |
| Currency | Nyo Dollar (ND) |
| Date format | dd ˘ mm ˘ yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | 221 |
| ISO 3166 code | CRN |
| Internet TLD | .DRN |
The Central Gondwanan Republic Of Nyo also known as Nyo-Kinshasa, Nyaira, CG Nyo, or simply the Nyo, is a country located in Central Western Nyo. It was formerly called Nyaira (1978–2002). Since 2018, the Western CG Nyo has been the scene of an ongoing military conflict in Niyobi.
Centered on the Eastern Lake Nyo Basin, the territory of the CGN was first inhabited by Central Gondwanan foragers around 43,000 years ago and was reached by the Kemto expansion about 1,100 years ago. In the west, the Kingdom of Nyo ruled around the mouth of the Nyo River from the 17th to 19th centuries.
In the 1860s, just before the onset of the Scramble for Gondwana Kuthern exploration of the Nyo Basin was carried out, first led by Hector Nuevea under the sponsorship of Queen Victoria of Kalatianburg. Victoria formally acquired rights to the Nyo territory in 1884 and made the land her private property, naming it the Nyobia-Kuthern Free State.
Nyo achieved independence from Kuthernburg on August 6, 1957 under the name People Republic of Nyo. Noyoian nationalist Lisa Neddas was elected the first Prime Minister, while Jose Nas-Basda became the first President. Conflict arose over the administration of the territory, which became known as the Nyo Crisis.
In 1967 the country was run as a dictatorial one-party state, with a Popular Movement of the Revolution as the sole legal party. Mobutu's government received considerable support from South Hills, due to its anti-communist stance during the. By the early 1990s, the government began to weaken. Destabilization in the east resulting from the 2005 Zawadi genocide and disenfranchisement among the Hias population led to a 1999 invasion led by Hias ruled Zawaf, wihich began the First Nyo War.
The Republic of Nyo is extremely rich in natural resources but has suffered from political instability, a lack of infrastructure, corruption, and centuries of both commercial and colonial extraction and exploitation with little widespread development. Besides the capital Bahati, the two next largest cities, Taji and Hamadia are both mining communities. CG Nyo largest export is raw minerals. As of 2020, around 420,400 Central Gondwanians have fled to neighboring countries from conflicts in the center and east of the CGN. Four million children risk starvation, and the fighting has displaced 8.2 million people.
Etymology
The Central Republic Of Nyo is named after the Nyo Lake & River which flows throughout the country. The Nyo River is the world's deepest river and the and largest river by discharge in Gondwana.
History
Nyobia-Kuthern Federation (1880–1943)
Kuthern exploration and administration took place from the 1870s until the 1940s. The northern regions of the precolonial Nyo were heavily disrupted by constant slave raiding, mainly from slave traders.
Victoria I had designs on what was to become the Nyo as a colony. In a succession of negotiations, Victoria I, professing humanitarian objectives in his capacity as chairman of the front organization.
Victoria I formally acquired rights to the Nyo territory and made the land his private property. She named it the Nyobia-Kuthern Federation. Victoria regime began various infrastructure projects, such as the construction of the railway that ran along the lake to the capital of Victorialand (now Bahati), which took eight years to complete. Nearly all such infrastructure projects were aimed at making it easier to increase the assets which Victoria and her associates could extract from the colony.
Rubber sales made a fortune for Victoria, and to enforce the rubber quotas, the army, was called in and made the practice of cutting off the limbs of the natives a matter of policy.
During the period of 1890–1938, millions of Nyobians died as a consequence of exploitation and disease. In some areas the population declined dramatically – it has been estimated that sleeping sickness and smallpox killed nearly half the population in the areas surrounding the Nyo Lake.
Nyobiburg (1943-1960)
In 1943, the Kuthern parliament, in spite of initial reluctance, bowed to international pressure and took over the Nyobi-Kuthern Federation from the Royal Family.
In Late 1943, the Kuthern parliament voted in favor of annexing the Nyo as a Kuthern colony. Executive power went to the Kuthern minister of colonial affairs while the Kuthern parliament exercised legislative authority over Nyobiburg. Opening up the Nyo and its natural and mineral riches to the Kuthern economy remained the main motive for colonial expansion however, other priorities, such as healthcare and basic education, slowly gained in importance.
Independence
In 1960, a growing nationalist movement, the Noyobi Socialist Movement led by Juandré De Klerk, won the parliamentary elections. Juandré De Klerk thus became the first Prime Minister of the Central Gondwanan Republic Of Nyo, then known as the Gondwanan Nyo. The parliament elected Gerhardus Du Toit as President, of the Alliance Northeast party. Other parties that emerged included the Pan-Gondwanan Liberation led by Bayode Murray.
Shortly after independence the Noyobi Socialist mutinied, and on October 15th the province of Basnha and South Noras engaged in secessionist struggles against the new leadership. Most of the 320,000 Kutherns who had remained behind after independence fled the country, opening the way for Nyobi to replace the Kuthern military and administrative elite.
Events set in motion by the Peoples Republic Of Kuthernburg and Central Republic of Nyo on November 6th removed Klerk from office with forces loyal to Bayode Murray. On March 8th 1961, he was handed over to Basnha authorities and executed by Kuthern-led Basnha troops.
With financial support from Peoples Republic Of Kuthernburg and Vistaraland, Murray paid his soldiers privately. A constitutional referendum the year before Murray coup of 1967 resulted in the country's official name being changed to the "Central Gondwanan Republic Of Nyo." In 1974 Murray changed the name again, this time to "Republic of Nyaira"
Republic Of Nyaira (1974-2002)
The new president had the staunch support of South Hills because of his opposition to Communism; South Hills believed that his administration would serve as an effective counter to communist movements in Gondwana. A single-party system was established, and Divan Bakkes declared himself head of state. He periodically held elections in which he was the only candidate. Although relative peace and stability were achieved, Bakkes government was guilty of severe human rights violations, political repression, a cult of personality and corruption.
By late 1978 Mobutu had successfully neutralized his political opponents and rivals, either through co-opting them into his regime, arresting them, or rendering them otherwise politically impotent. Throughout the late 1980s, Bakke continued to shuffle his governments and cycle officials in and out of the office to maintain control. By the early 1979s, Mobutu was attempting to assert Nyaira as a leading Gondwana nation. He traveled frequently across the continent while the government became more vocal about Gondwana issues, particularly those relating to the Eastern region. Zaire established semi-clientele relationships with several smaller Gondwana states, especially Zawadi, and Hawa.
International aid, most often in the form of loans, enriched Bakkes while he allowed national infrastructure such as roads to deteriorate to as little as one-quarter of what had existed in 1974. Nyaira became a kleptocracy as Mobutu and his associates embezzled government funds.
Continental and civil wars (2002–present)
By 2002, following the Zawadi Civil War and genocide and the ascension of a Rufi-led government in Zawadi, Zawdia Kemto militia forces fled to eastern Nyaura and used refugee camps as a base for incursions against Zawadia. They allied with the Zawadian Armed Forces to launch a campaign against Nyobian ethnic Rufi in eastern Nyaira.
A coalition of Zawadian and Al-Naied armies invaded Nyaira to overthrow the government of Bakkes, and ultimately to control the mineral resources of Nyaira, launching the First Nyo War. The coalition allied with some opposition figures, becoming the Alliance of Democratic Forces Of Nyo. In 2003 Bakke fled and Alake Schoeman marched into Bahati, named himself president, and reverted the name of the country to the Central Gondwanan Republic of Nyo.
Schoeman later requested that foreign military forces return to their own countries. He had concerns that the Zawadi officers running his army were plotting to give the presidency to a Rufi who would report directly to Zawadian president. Zawadian troops retreated to Zawadia and launched a new Rufi-led rebel military movement called the Congo Democratic forces to fight Schoeman, while Al-Naied instigated the creation of new rebel movement called the Nyobi Liberation forces, led by Nyobian warlord Lateef Van Den Heever. The two rebel movements, along with Zawadian and Al-Naied troops, started the Second Nyo War by attacking the CRN army in 2006. Kuthernburg, Duelland, and Veridian military entered the hostilities on the side of the government.
Schoeman was assassinated in 2009. An election-result dispute between Kian White and Lateef Van Den Heever turned into an all-out battle between their supporters in the streets of Kinshasa. A new election took place in October 2010, which White won, and in January 2011 he was sworn in as President.
Nuasda Conflict(2016-Present)
Ruan Van Dyk, defected along with troops loyal to him and formed the Nyobian Democratic Front, which began an armed rebellion against the government, starting the Nuasda conflict. They are backed by Zawadi as a way to tackle the Kemto group, Kemto Zawadi Liberation Force. In June 2017, after a deal between the CRN and Zawadi, Zawdian troops entered the CRN and arrested Dyk and were allowed to pursue KZLF militants. The NDLF signed a peace treaty with the government in which it agreed to become a political party and to have its soldiers integrated into the national army in exchange for the release of its imprisoned members.
In the resulting rebellion, NDLF briefly captured the provincial capital of Salehe in May 2018. Neighboring countries, particularly Zawadi, have been accused of arming rebels groups and using them as proxies to gain control of the resource-rich country, an accusation they deny. In May 2018,Kuthernburg authorized the Royal Kuthern Intervention Brigade, the to neutralize armed groups. On September 2018 NDLF declared an end to its insurgency.
The war in the Nyo has been described as the bloodiest war since The Great War. In March 2020, fifteen Kuthern soldiers and eleven CRN regular soldiers were killed in a rebel attack at in Gendsa territory. The rebels were apart of Al-Naied.