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Early humans arrived in the [[archipelago]] during the [[Pleistocene]] with fossilized remains of [[Wikipedia:Java Man|Java Man]]—a form of ''[[Wikipedia:Homo erectus|Homo erectus]]''—dating back 1.5 to 1.7 million years ago. Modern humans arrived later around 50,000 years ago, followed by waves of migration of [[Austronesian peoples|Austronesian peoples]] from [[Taiwan]] spanning multiple millennia from 4,000 to 2,000 BC. Being at the crossroads of [[East Asia|East]] and [[South Asia]], the region quickly became an important hub for maritime trade, leading to the rise of [[Greater_India#Indianization_of_Southeast_Asia|Indianized]] thalassocracies such as [[Wikipedia:Srivijaya|Srivijaya]] and [[Wikipedia:Majapahit|Majapahit]], and the spread of [[Hinduism in Nusantara|Hinduism]], [[Buddhism in Nusantara|Buddhism]], and later [[Islam in Nusantara|Islam]] in the 13th to 15th centuries by Arab and Indian traders.
Early humans arrived in the [[archipelago]] during the [[Pleistocene]] with fossilized remains of [[Wikipedia:Java Man|Java Man]]—a form of ''[[Wikipedia:Homo erectus|Homo erectus]]''—dating back 1.5 to 1.7 million years ago. Modern humans arrived later around 50,000 years ago, followed by waves of migration of [[Austronesian peoples|Austronesian peoples]] from [[Taiwan]] spanning multiple millennia from 4,000 to 2,000 BC. Being at the crossroads of [[East Asia|East]] and [[South Asia]], the region quickly became an important hub for maritime trade, leading to the rise of [[Greater_India#Indianization_of_Southeast_Asia|Indianized]] thalassocracies such as [[Wikipedia:Srivijaya|Srivijaya]] and [[Wikipedia:Majapahit|Majapahit]], and the spread of [[Hinduism in Nusantara|Hinduism]], [[Buddhism in Nusantara|Buddhism]], and later [[Islam in Nusantara|Islam]] in the 13th to 15th centuries by Arab and Indian traders.


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)|federal constitution]] modeled after the [[United States]].
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)|federal constitution]] modeled after the [[United States]].


[[Origins of the Nusantaran Civil War|Decades of controversy]] regarding the role of religion in government led to the [[secession of 11 western Mandalas]] to form the [[Islamic Emirate of Nusantara]] in order to establish an [[Islamic state]]. Fighting against the [[Confederate (Nusantaran Civil War)|Confederation]] in a [[Nusantaran Civil War|civil war]] from 1860 to 1865, the Emirates were defeated and the country was reunited. Emerging from the war a more [[centralized state]], the [[Reconstruction Era]] saw rapid [[Industrialisation|industrialization]], [[Modernization theory|modernization]], and [[overseas colonization]].
[[Origins of the Nusantaran Civil War|Decades of controversy]] regarding the role of religion in government led to the [[secession of 11 western Mandalas]] to form the [[Islamic Emirate of Nusantara]] in order to establish an [[Islamic state]]. Fighting against the [[Confederate (Nusantaran Civil War)|Confederation]] in a [[Nusantaran Civil War|civil war]] from 1860 to 1865, the Emirates were defeated and the country was reunited. Emerging from the war a more [[centralized state]], the [[Reconstruction Era]] saw rapid [[Industrialisation|industrialization]], [[Modernization theory|modernization]], and [[overseas colonization]].


[[Sorcery]] was [[discovered]] in New Guinea in 1912. Its [[rapid adoption]] [[reignited tensions]] between Islamists and Nationalists, leading to decades of [[political violence]]. Nusantara's [[monopoly over sorcery]] cemented its status as a global power. Under ''[[Ganyangkan]]'', Nusantara pursued an aggressive foreign policy to secure mana reserves and [xyz]. By 1967, extreme political polarization gave rise to the Genura party, bringing the country into World War 2 as an Axis power.
[[Sorcery]] was [[discovered]] in New Guinea in 1912. Its [[rapid adoption]] reignited [[tensions]] between Islamists and Nationalists, leading to decades of [[political violence]]. Nusantara's [[monopoly over sorcery]] cemented its status as a global power. By 1967, extreme political polarization gave rise to the [[Genura party]], bringing the country into [[World War 2]] as an [[Axis power]]. After the [[pandoric bombings of Jakarta and Palembang]] in 1975, Nusantara [[surrendered]] and came under [[allied occupation until 1980]]. The [[post-war period]] saw [[rapid economic growth]], the continued development of sorcery, and democratization.  


Nusantara monopolizes it -- barring anyone outside the country access to the new discovery
Nusantara is a federal constitutional republic. The national constitution grants considerable autonomy to the 38 Mandalas and separates powers among executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
 
It was rapidly adopted throughout the archipelago
 
Reignited tensions between Islamists and Nationalists
 
There were lots of political violence during this era
 
Nusantara manufactures the first magic super-weapons, capable of leveling an entire city
 
Nusantaras aggressive foreign policy massively decreases its popularity abroad
 
An extremist far-right ultranationalist party seizes power
 
The country becomes a totalitarian dictatorship
 
World War 2 begins (1967)
 
Massive insurgency begins
 
During this time, another country manages to get ahold of sorcery, as well as information about the super-weapons
 
These super-weapons are dropped on Jakarta and Palembang, instantly killing millions
 
Nusantara surrenders
 
Aftermath: loss of colonial possessions, restoration of democracy, rapid economic growth
 
 
 
A string of high-profile assassinations


== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==