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The Provisional Government of Bana lasted for 13 years until it was replaced by a new Constitution that established the Federation of Bana. The system of co-consuls was replaced with a single Premier and cabinet appointed from among the members of the Federal Congress. A figurehead President was elected by the Council of Communities, the upper house of the legislature, that was designed to give equal representation to the constituent peoples of the federation. A new capital city was established, Newport, which was declared to be a district governed directly by the Federal Congress outside any individual state. In 1974, the Free State of New Rania agreed to join the federation after several years of diplomatic negotiations and a referendum. New Rania, a small country of less than a million residents at the time, had long been dependent on Bana both economically and militarily. In 2018, Premier of New Rania Arik Rao was elected President of Bana, the first time a New Ranite had served in that role.
Relations with Tavaris were relatively warm after the Civil War, largely out of acknowledgement the provisional government felt it owed to Tavaris for maintaining their two largest cities during the war. The two nations exchanged ambassadors - not just "ministers" - beginning in 1940. However, a diplomatic fallout in the 1970s over a dispute centered around airspace violations ended the official relations between the countries. In 2012, they established "back-channel" communications through the Asilican embassies in the two countries, and in 2020, formal relations are restored and ambassadors again exchanged, but relations quickly soured when Tavaris announced a [[Nuclear weapons state|nuclear program]].
In 2009, Bana established a comprehensive defense agreement with [[South Hills Council of Governments|South Hills]], largely in response to Tavaris joining the [[Union of Commonwealth Alliances]], that allowed South Hills to establish a military base in Ranisport as well as other various defensive arrangements. Since then, significant investment has come from South Hills into Bana, particularly in land development in rural New Rania. Bana also maintains close relations with Asendavia and the Asendavian-affiliated countries in the region. In 2021, Bana established a comprehensive military and economic partnership with the [[Federation of the Southern Coast]], including various visa-free travel arrangements and the establishment of a Southern Coast military presence at the Federal Armed Forces base at North Lanu.
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