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Tribal affiliation also plays a large role. Most Oan people strongly identify with a particular ancestral group that is usually based on an island called a tribe. Each tribe has a hereditary or elected Chief who represents it in the Council of Chiefs, the upper house of the Oan legislature. For instance, the Toka tribe which is based in Tokamotu is regarded as the most powerful tribe in the country because it controls the wealthiest island. The Noa tribe was a big influence in the autonomy of the Konoa Semi-autonomous Region. This is also why the [https://tep.wiki/wiki/Great_Morstaybishlia#Late_Modern_(1803_-_21st_century) Morstaybishlian partition of the Oan Isles] in the late 19th century was so devastating as the Koroi tribe was divided in half, an act for which the nation has not fully forgiven the Morsts over a hundred years later. Moreover, this is why the slave trade by the Morst is a source of [https://forum.theeastpacific.com/oan-news-t3208-s90.html#p241684 historic friction] as many clans and tribes were broken.
=== Role in the UNAC===
The [[United Nations of the Auroran Continent]] is an international organization formed in 2017 at the Auroran Reunification Summit held in [[Emberwood Coast]] at the invitation of President [[Nimona Poole]]. This organisation has accumulated political power such that analysts state it is a loose confederation. The Oan Isles is a founding member state thus is participates in its initiatives and structures and is subject to its laws and directives. The UNAC has exclusive jurisdiction in areas of intra-Auroran travel, customs union, monetary policy and related areas. It has shared jurisdiction over maritime resources and intra-Auroran commerce and trade. The Oan Isles maintains exclusive jurisdiction over domestic affairs and national defence. Citizens of the Oan Isles can appeal decisions made in the [[Law of the Oan Isles#Judiciary|Supreme Court of the Isles]] to the [[Auroran Court of Justice]]. Through subscription fees, the Oan Isles contributes to the running of the UNAC, but it also receives disbursements on areas such as emergency response, education, environmental protection, science and research etc.
The Oan Isles is represented in the Council of the UNAC (the upper house of the UNAC legislature) by Iparema Huinga. The country elects 16 seats in the Auroran Parliament of which 7 are held by the Auroran Social Democratic Party, 6 are held by the Auroran Green Party and 3 are held by the Auroran Independence Party. The country is represented on the [[Auroran Court of Justice]] by Pounamu Waitangi JACJ. On the UNAC Commission, which comprises the executive branch of the UNAC, an Oan citizen, currently Ahera Oka serves as the Commissioner for Finance. Furthermore, former Oan Prime Minister, [[Locklyn Le Roy]] is the President of the [[Auroran Monetary Fund]] which is located in [[Tokapa]]. The Governor of the [[Bank of the Oan Isles]], Pauro Toangakau, sits in the Board of Governors of the [[Auroran Central Bank]].
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