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Threatened by the growing presence of European powers in the region, the confederation was initially formed as a defensive military pact between regional monarchies. Capitalizing on the ongoing [[Wikipedia:Napoleonic Wars|Napoleonic Wars]] in Europe, the pact successfully expelled European powers in a [[War of the Two Oceans|war from 1811 to 1815]]. The [[Treaty of Singapore (1816)|Treaty of Singapore]] signed the following year established a unified Nusantaran state under a [[Constitution of Nusantara (1816)|confederal constitution]] modeled after the [[United States]]. The new nation pursued rapid [[Industrialisation|industrialization]] and [[Modernization theory|modernization]], allowing the country to project its power beyond the [[Wikipedia:Sunda Islands|Sunda Islands]] with the annexation of [[Malaya]] in 1876, [[Wikipedia:New Guinea|New Guinea]] in 1888, and the [[Philippines]] in 1899. | Threatened by the growing presence of European powers in the region, the confederation was initially formed as a defensive military pact between regional monarchies. Capitalizing on the ongoing [[Wikipedia:Napoleonic Wars|Napoleonic Wars]] in Europe, the pact successfully expelled European powers in a [[War of the Two Oceans|war from 1811 to 1815]]. The [[Treaty of Singapore (1816)|Treaty of Singapore]] signed the following year established a unified Nusantaran state under a [[Constitution of Nusantara (1816)|confederal constitution]] modeled after the [[United States]]. The new nation pursued rapid [[Industrialisation|industrialization]] and [[Modernization theory|modernization]], allowing the country to project its power beyond the [[Wikipedia:Sunda Islands|Sunda Islands]] with the annexation of [[Malaya]] in 1876, [[Wikipedia:New Guinea|New Guinea]] in 1888, and the [[Philippines]] in 1899. | ||
Decades of controversy regarding the role of religion in government eventually led to the secession of 11 western Mandalas to form the [[Islamic Emirate of Nusantara]] in order to establish a state governed by Islamic jurisprudence. Fighting against the | [[Origins of the Nusantaran Civil War|Decades of controversy]] regarding the role of religion in government eventually led to the secession of 11 western Mandalas to form the [[Islamic Emirate of Nusantara]] in order to establish a state governed by [[Wikipedia:Sharia|Islamic jurisprudence]]. Fighting against the [[Confederate (Nusantaran Civil War)|Confederate]] in a [[Nusantaran Civil War|civil war]] from 1896 to 1900, the Emirates were defeated and the country was reunited. | ||
The discovery and later the monopolization of magic by Nusantara propelled the country to superpower status. | The discovery and later the monopolization of magic by Nusantara propelled the country to superpower status. | ||