Tshaka

The Tshaka Kingdom (: amaTshaka), also known as the Kingdom of Tshakaland, is an island country located in eastern Osova. It shares a with Rhodanthian via Viceroy's Pass to the north-west, and borders the Neptic ocean to the south-east. Part of the Neptic Ring of Fire, Tshaka encompasses a of about 2,561 islands, known as the Zucary islands, with two main islands (Inyoka and Ikhaka) constituting approximately 92.9% of the country's 242,700 square kilometers (93,707 sq mi). The islands are a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of their wildlife is found nowhere else in the world. The archipelago's diverse ecosystems and unique wildlife are threatened by the encroachment of the rapidly growing human population and other environmental threats.

Most of the Kingdom's population is drawn from just one cultural and linguistic group, the amaTshaka, for whom the state is named, though significant minorities such as the amaXhalo (originating in Rhodanthian), and the indigenous amaZantsi exist, alongside the descendants of white Hyspaniard settlers. Massiachism is the largest religion in the country, mainly Horizon and Vordic Rite. and are the two official languages of the state.

The Kingdom's economy weakened following the 1992 Civil War, but has since strengthened considerably. The economy is based mostly on subsistence agriculture. Coffee and tea are the major cash crops for export. Tourism, especially ecotourism, is a fast-growing sector and is now the country's leading foreign exchange earner. Another driving factor of economic growth has been investment and foreign aid from Achtotlan, the country's largest export partner outside Osova.

Politics
Tshakaland is a with  system of government under a. The basic structure of the Kingdom's political and legal institutions is described by the Constitution of Tshakaland. The current constitution was adopted in 1995, following the 1992 Tshaka Civil War.

Military
The military of the Tshaka Kingdom is known as the Tshakaland Defence Force, and it is made up of four branches: army, navy, air force and royal guard. The Royal Guard is a paramilitary group largely derived from the civil war-era Homeland Restoration Front, a militant faction loyal to King Manxiwa. While it's stated purpose is the defence of the King and the Royal Family, foreign observers have noted the use of the Guard as a form of external in the rest of the armed forces. Royal Guards were also deployed on the streets during and after the 2008 election, in response to large-scale civilian protests against both the monarchy and the newly elected government.

Overall, the TDF employs around 80,000 personnel across all branches. Most of the TDF's equipment is relatively poor, consisting largely of 1960s and 1970s Hyspanic and Anglian imports prior to the breakdown of Hyspano-Tshaka relations. Since 1995, Tshakaland has cooperated extensively with Achtotlan to modernise the TDF, employing several hundred and  to improve training and discipline, alongside imports of newer equipment. In 2014, the government of Tshakaland granted 30 year leases for three naval facilities in southern Inyoka to the Achtotlaner government, as well as two inland facilities for use by private contractors, primarily the Quetzal Group. Some 2,000 Achtotlaner troops are estimated to be deployed in Tshakaland as of 2018.

Ethnic groups
The amaTshaka, speakers of the and the namesake of the state, make up the overwhelming majority of the population, though they are not a unified group, and are split into about five major tribes, which themselves have their own subtribes and clans, along with corresponding local linguistic variation. There is also a small group, mostly in the northern cities, of Hyspanic and Zusean descendants, as well as foreign expats concentrated in the capital.

Two minorities which do see some discrimination are the amaXhalo - remnants of Rhodan traders who settled on the islands - and the amaZantsi, the original inhabitants of the islands prior to the arrival of the Tshaka. Some foreign observers have criticised direct state involvement in discrimination against the Zantsi in particular, who find themselves regularly harassed by Tshaka-dominated local agencies and police and are disproportionately impacted by poverty in the region.

Religion
Horizon Massiachism is the dominant religion, practised by 90% of the population, though traditional polytheism, Vordicism, Hanaf and Umzambalo also have footholds.