Qenitoyna

Qenitoyna, formally known as the Free Republic of Qenitoyna, is a state in Avalonia.

Qenitoynan Empire
(Inca socialism and expansionism; no fixed borders, but continuously expanding sphere of influence, wherein subjects have to expand that influence.) Ruling ethnolinguistic group subjugates and assimilates groups into its state, army, workforce, religion, etc. Nahuatl allowed to retain some independence as they're proven to be valuable warriors. Pipil are, geographically, well within the Qenitoynan area, but violently resistant to Qenitoynan expansion at the time of (AyG?) colonial arrival.

First Colonists
First colonists gain exclusive rights either through conquest or trade deals, and are able to use enforce these rights over an expanding territory known as Pastoyna. These rights allow them to dismantle institutions of the Qenitoynan Empire and press native populations into slavery,

Later Colonists
Alongside those seeking fortune, there were clergymen, both performing administrative work for the colony and doing missionary work among the natives. The Missions and Monasteries established in the area were, with church support able to assert their autonomy from the aristocracy of the first colonists, and provide protection to the Christianised natives living and working in the monasteries. The most notable of the Monasteries were those established by the Society of Jesuits which were bolstered by an influx of Jesuits expelled from their homeland in the year 1XXX.

Other colonists who failed to assert rights over territory or arrived too late to even claim rights over territory, were hired to do work in the colonies as skilled tradesmen, but their descendants born and educated in Pastoyna would be considered less competent than those who received education back in their homeland, putting those who couldn't afford to be educated back in the homeland only just above Christianised natives in the colonial hierarchy.

Natives in Pastoyna
Under colonial rule, native peoples were forced into heavy labor extracting resources and farming cash-crops for the profit of the colonial aristocracy. Some tribes were exempted from grueling manual labor because they were considered more valuable doing other services; the Pipil, for example, had a long history of conflict with the Qenitoynan Empire and were favored as fighters and the enforcers of colonial law. Those natives who both converted to the colonial religion and spoke the colonial language were generally able to avoid forced labor (though they might still be obliged to take a paid position leading laborers.) Those who only adopted one of the colonial practices, on the other hand, might be exempted only if they were favored by someone higher in the hierarchy. Because of their position in the hierarchy, there were numerous native revolts and mutinies, the colonial empire gradually enacted reforms elevating the lower classes, culminating in an isolated citadel, Aztetepec, --where Qenitoynan institutions and religion had survived-- being granted the same autonomy as Christian monasteries, and the empire declaring a policy of self-rule in Pastoyna.

Pastoynan Self-Rule
The so-called "self-rule" of Pastoyna simply meant removing imperial troops and oversight from the colony. With no higher authority than themselves, the Pastoynan aristocracy were able to reverse some of the egalitarian policies most recently introduced by the empire and assert their authority as superior to that of the monasteries.

Revolutionary Qenitoyna
Tries to revive Qenitoynan imperial culture, alienating other ethnocultural groups. Claims rights over Qenitoynan Empire's former sphere of influence, creating tension with neighbors. Tries to integrate with communist and/or Avalonian Blocs, pissing off reactionaries. Uses corvée labor in mines, oppressing own citizens.

Rise
Earthquake kills miners. Miners go on strike. Military fights miners. Foreigners use opportunity to intervene (aiding miners? economic sanctions? blockade? navy on standby? army building up on borders? actual invasion?) Head of the revolutionary military uses opportunity to indefinitely delay transfer of power from Revolutionary armed forces to civil authorities. Qenitoyna gives up on operating mines and on integrating with international blocs; chooses non-alignment to appease foreigners. Probably some coup d'etat(s). Armed forces divided into way too many branches of service and organized under too many different tribal, regional, religious, and political authorities, making the country very resistant to coups.

Fall
The loss of the mining sector and growth of military cripple the country's economy. Corruption in the state owned plantations producing controlled substances and deterioration of controls to prevent coups (limitations on live fire and interservice training and encouragement of ethnocultural and interservice rivalries) lead to regional warlords having most the real power in Qenitoyna. Violence and drugs from Qenitoyna, probably not great for stability of Northern Avalonia. Foreign trainers and equipment sought by warlords, so they can create peace (with themselves controlling the drugs.) Education and medical services largely either religious or military in nature.

Liberalal Reforms
In the year 20XX dictator for life, XXXX XXXXX died, and his wife Xoana Zihna de XXXXX took power. The XX year old proved to be a surprisingly capable stateswoman, despite her old age. She would introduce a series of reforms to rebuild the economy and stabilize the country. Firstly, she liquidated the defunct state mining corporation so she would have capital for other reforms. The de facto autonomy of various tribes, monasteries, and regional militias was acknowledged and these organizations were given de jure civil authority and representation in a newly formed legislative branch, but regional militias were to accept restructuring of the military (though, for some time, members of the First, Seventh and Fifteenth Pipil's Militias, being wary of the central government, resisted reform under the Guise of the Last Pipil's Army. Most of the militias were transformed into local police agencies, but some were transformed into national organizations, like the Nahuatl People's Revolutionary Militia being reformed into the Guarda Ilhuicaatl, where the air and coastal defense assets would be concentrated.

Shares of the (defunct) state logging enterprise and (corrupt) state (insert pharmaceutical here) plantations would be sold which in addition to the liquidation of the mining assets, would be used to help offset the costs of restructuring of these enterprises. To facilitate these enterprises and encourage foreign business, Qenitoyna rewrites some laws to be more conducive to international business and more cooperative with international arms and drug control, while taking out loans for infrastructure projects, including major expansions of the harbour and airport in the capital, and of transportation connecting these to the rest of the country.

Regional warlords become civil authorities of their respective regions and tribes, and are organized into a legislative body with the authority to select Zihna's successor. A supreme court and a military court are established to prevent further infighting under pretenses of peacekeeping or justice.

Demographics
30% Qenitoynan Temple 25% Marian Christian 25% Other Christian (mainly folk-christianity and Jesuits) 20% Other (mainly irreligion and Avalonian religions)