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Due in large part to its proximity to the ocean, Okunbana is much flatter and lower in elevation compared to the other states. It is the agricultural breadbasket of the Federation, producing a majority of its food, and while most of its old growth forests have been long since cut down, it does maintain some rainforest areas and in any case still sees the rainfall of any other tropical rainforest region.
As of 2021, Okunbana had a population of 11,026,654 people. The current Premier of Okunbana is Ifedayo Irau, a member of the Social Alliance party elected in January of 2022. She is the first Banian of mixed heritage—her mother is Okunbanian and her father New Ranite—to serve in the role. The Premier is appointed by the state legislature, known as the Okunbana Legislative Assembly, and is considered the head of government of the state. The nominal head of state of Okunbania is the King of the Okun, currently Adebayo VIII, who is of the same Oluwa dynasty that served as Kings of Okunbana since the 10th century CE. The King of the Okun has no reserve power and cannot act without the advice of the Premier, but nominally appoints the Premier and summons and dismisses the Legislative Assembly. While the King no longer has political power, he remains an important cultural figure and an ambassador of Okunbana and its culture. Since the ratification of the Constitution of 1963, when a King of the Okun takes the throne, they travel to Newport and pledge fealty to the elected Presidency of the Federation.
===Mikubana===
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Prior to the union of Okunbana and Mikubana in about 1200 CE, a third tribe known as the Loko merged into the Miku. The Loko, who are elves believed to be closely related to the Miku who lived along the upper Loko River valley, are still extant as an ethnic group in modern Mikubana. Since the Federation era, Mikubana has itself functioned somewhat as a federation between the Miku and the Loko. All state government bodies have seats reserved for those of Loko descent, including some of the state's seats in the Council of Communities. However, for census purposes, the Loko are considered to be part of the Miku ethnic group.
As of 2021, Mikubana had a population of 10,493,232 people. The current President of Mikubana is Ayokunle Ariwa-Oorun Yamisi, a member of the Federal Unity Party. The President of Bana is elected every five years on a fixed-term separate from that of Mikubana's parliament, known as the Mikubana House of Representatives. A President does not require the confidence of the House of Representatives to serve, and it is possible—and common—for the House to be controlled by a party that opposes that of the President. Legislation requires the approval of the House and the President, making Mikubana a presidential system unlike the other jurisdictions in the Federation. Unlike Okunbana, Mikubana has not retained its traditional monarchy, having abolished it in 1937. This action, done to appease the growing socialist movement, was one of the reasons the national legislature, dominated by Okun nationalists, moved to make socialist political parties illegal in 1939, precipitating the Civil War.
===New Rania===
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The New Ranite Church is a religious belief centered around the teachings of a prophet called Ori, who taught that the traditional pantheon of the Raonites—from whom the Emperors of Ni-Rao claimed descent—was false and that the afterlife would only be open to people who followed his teachings. Ori taught about the holiness in "ordinary work and toil" such as craftsmanship or farming, and calls for women to serve primarily as wives and homemakers. While the Church no longer holds official power in New Rania, more than two-thirds of the New Ranite population continues to follow the faith. The High Prophet of the New Ranite Church remains a powerful figure, although since the separation of church and state, the law in New Rania has gradually established protections for things such as women in the workplace and restrictions on child labor.
Nearly half of New Rania's population is in the Ranisport metropolitan area, with the outer areas (called "the out-country") much more sparsely populated. The areas of New Rania to the east, south of the Loko River and Lake Unar, are known as "Translokonia" and is largely a protected wilderness area. New Rania has significantly less transit infrastructure than the other states in the Union, with fewer highways and only one rail line.
The current President of New Rania is Rou Manao, who is a political independent formerly of the Federal Unity Party. Prior to 1974, the President of New Rania was a directly elected position in a Presidential government system, but since the country joined the Federation, it has operated on a parliamentary system in which the National Council, the state's legislature, appoints a President from among its membership. The National Council serves fixed six-year terms, with the most recent election in 2017. While that election produced a Federal Unity Party majority, after Federal Premier Maku Mtebe, the leader of the party, was removed in a motion of no confidence in 2021, President Manao and a majority of the Federal Unity members of the National Council left the party, creating a government that for the first time anywhere in Bana is not affiliated with any party.
==Economy==
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