South Kesh

The Union of South Kesh (Ramayan: Uni Kesh Selatan, IPA: /ˈuni keʃ səlaˈtan/) is a federal semi-presidential republic located in South Kesh. It shares a maritime border with Ramay to the west and is considered the southernmost portion of mainland Kesh. The Union of South Kesh has a land area of 400,000 square kilometers spanning several climate zones, boasting a population of over 54 million people comprised of a variety of native ethnic groups subdivided into four citizenship classes. Kotamaju serves as the national capital of South Kesh and thus serves as the administrative hub of the four constituent republics. Other major cities include Situgawe, Maninjau, Tanimbar, and Juninta, capitals of the constituent republics as well as the largest city within each respective one.

South Kesh is a federal state with four constituent republics, namely Sukamulyo, Reregan, Bauksia, and Menyawi. Each of the constituent republics house citizens according to their citizenship class. Each republic gets their own president, constitution, official languages, anthems, and laws, however, are still subordinate to the federal government in Kotamaju.

Etymology
The name speaks for itself.

Apartheid Era
With failing economic life and stability, as well as an internal turmoil within the ruling South Keshian People's Party, the apartheid Keshian National Congress (SKNC), led by ethnic Yafans, seized control in what is now known today as the 17th of December event of 1968., in which the South Keshian president at that time Armand Tantular was kidnapped and exiled along with other high ranking officials. The SKNC declared the remainder of the year to be a reconstruction period and enacted several apartheid laws that would come into effect on new year's day 1969. The move was seen as political and a combination of both hatred and revenge of the SKNC towards members of other ethnic groups in their relations within the time frame of the past hundred of years.

On new year's eve 1969, the SKNC divided the country into four autonomous and separate republics but still under the helm of the central federal government in Kotamaju that would serve as the homelands of the different citizenship classes assigned to individuals on an ethnic, genealogy, and merit-based background. The four republics correspond with the four citizenship classes, in which the lower classes were often ethnic groups which the ruling SKNC despised the most, and were left to do basic and arduous tasks that were very low-paying and substandard, even for South Keshian standards. The massive exodus on new year's day was met with heavy resistance from the ethnic groups that have been forced to move, but were responded by military action, known as the scare of 1969. In addition of the creation of four new republics, buffer zones were created in between the republics to prevent illegal commutation from citizens of either side.

Suddenly, millions of South Keshians were forced into their respective republics and had to travel hundreds of kilometers, many on trains, busses and motorcycles without any clear destination in mind. Professionals were allowed to keep their first-class citizenship even though their far descendants must adhere to whichever ethnic group class they belong to. By the early 1970s, the economy of South Kesh had returned to normal levels with each citizenship class tasked with a different sector of the economy, most notably bauxite mining. This created a huge equality gap within South Kesh, and has led to massive riots and unrest within the republics, but were calmed before the spread of violence could happen.

South Kesh became a closed and neutral country independent of any major power blocs, and restricted heavily the flow of information and people from within and outside South Kesh. South Kesh broke off ties with all major power blocs and focused on specific nations bilateral relations. South Kesh's relations with Ramay greatly improved during this period as the SKNC viewed Ramayans as cousins of the South Keshians divided on national lines.