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The Yeosan Islands, officially the Equatorial Republic of the Yeosan Islands, is an island nation comprising an eleven-island chain lying entirely on the Equator, located 1,840 km east of Komishima, and 3,080 km east of Akiteiwa and continental Kesh.

Etymology
The name "Yeosan" derives form the words 여 (yeo), meaning 'many', and 산 (san), meaning 'mountain'. According to old sailor journal entries, this name was first used in [tbd language] to refer to the group of islands in the ??th century by East Keshian merchants who had spotted them on their way to Komishima, and whose only point of reference to describe the new territory were the many peaks across the islands.

Prehistory

 * Main article: Thetys Ocean migration

Evidence suggests that around 3,000 years ago successive waves of human migrants from Southern and East Kesh, as well as Western Avalonia to a lesser extent, spread across the Western Thetys Ocean, populating its many small islands. For much of its history, the Yeosan Islands have hosted a variety of sailing communities and coastal powers from different regions of the world. They were first settled in the 2nd millennium by Austronesians as part of their migration wave from Southern Kesh, who then designed stick charts to map ocean swells and navigate between the islands in the Thetys Ocean. By the 1st millennium, these voyager communities, due to geographical distance and cultural isolation, eventually emerged as a distinct ethnolinguistic people group unique to the region.

Government

 * Main article: Government of the Yeosan Islands

The Yeosan Islands is a, comprising five territories. The Constitution of the Yeosan Islands is codified, and establishes a in the form of the, the , and the.

Executive

 * See also: President of the Yeosan Islands, Chief of the Yeosan Islands

The of the Yeosan Islands is the President, a 6-year term elected position. The President isn't directly elected by the people, instead they are the head of the political party or coalition to obtain majority at Parliament during. Apart from being head of state, the President is also the of the armed forces. A ceremonial head of state exists in the form of the Chief of the Yeosan Islands. The title of Chief is and although it predates that of President, the former has no actual power in government, and ultimately serves as a symbol of national and cultural identity. Chiefs do hold the constitutional right to dispute the position of by challenging any newly elected President to combat, however, this is not done in modern times. Because of the power of influence held by the Chief, they will by convention show support to the government as to maintain order amongst the general public.

The Cabinet of the Yeosan Islands, formed by the, is a body of high-ranking state officials part of the Executive power, tasked with the responsibility of overseeing the departments known as , that in turn handle specific areas of politics (e.g. Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, etc.). The Ministers are drawn from the Legislature through the process of among a preselected group of candidates from the different political parties and coalitions.

Military
lol what

Geography
Volcanos. Jungle. Many a birds. very hot (on the literal equator). Maybe a dodo-in-mauritius scenario with species surviving longer in yeosan than in the mainland.

Economy

 * Main article: Economy of the Yeosan Islands

heavily dependant on tourism. privatization everywhere. very middle of the road: not poor, definitely not rich. the rich are very rich and the poor are very poor - capitalism baby. Definitely expensive to live (gotta ship everything and the kitchen sink)

Demographics
Very homogenous. ~80% native Yeosani, with the rest being East Keshian (Aki, Kodeshia) - maybe Avalonian or Southern Kesh too? Official language: Korean, written in hangul

Culture
Fun traditions ideas:
 * During marriage each spouse must hold a candle until it fully consumes. If any of them lets go of the candle, the marriage is believed to be "smeared".
 * Annual race from the westernmost to the easternmost island without using modern vehicles
 * Coconut ceremony: men must perform it during their 18th birthday (consists cracking a coconut open without modern tools under a specific time limit)
 * Big belief in prophecies and clairvoyance
 * People cannot wear black to funerals, they must wear white (black is believed to trap the spirit and bound it to earth - very bad juju)
 * TATTOOS


 * Essentially Korean architecture and cuisine.
 * Lunar calendar
 * Honorifics
 * Entertainment: taekwondo, (kpop??), survival shows in the wild.