Vhenaiti

Kingdom of Vhenaiti Vhena Rakatiratankata Vhena'iti (Vhenaitian) Kuninke'a Neke'a (Tene)
Flag Royal Emblem of Vhenaiti Royal Emblem
Motto: Uno sumus animo English: "We are one of soul"
Royal anthem: Vhenaiti our Homeland
Map of the Vhenaiti archipelago
Capital	Port Prosperity
Largest city	New Providence
Official languages	English · Vhenaitian · Tene
Recognised national languages	Hiri · Dutch · Japanese
Ethnic groups (2023)	54.2% Vhenaiti 22.5% Asian 13.9% Tene 5.2% European 4.4% Oceanian
Religion (2023)	43.8% Christianity 42.7% Buddhism 13.5% Other religion
Demonym(s)	Vhenaitian
Government	Unitary parliamentary consitutional monarchy
• Ariki	Hina II
• Chancellor	Horatio Okada
• Lords-President	Frederick Evans
• Assembly Speaker	Sera Adakai
Legislature	Huihui
• Upper house	Estates Royal
• Lower house	National Assembly
Independence from  the United Kingdom
• Golden Revolution	16 June 1947
• Proclaimed	18 August 1947
• Recognized	17 June 1953
• Current constitution	9 September 1966
Area
• Total	37,571 km2 (14,506 sq mi)
Population
• 2023 census	21,982,229
• Density	585.06/km2 (1,515.3/sq mi)
Gini (2021)	0.299 low
HDI (2023)	0.973 very high
Currency	Vhenaiti dollar (VTD)
Time zone	UTC+13:00 (VNT)

Vhenaiti (Vhenaitian: Vhena'iti; Tene: Neke'a), officially the Kingdom of Vhenaiti (Vhenatian: Vhena Rakatiratankata Vhena'iti; Tene: Kuninke'a Neke'a) is a sovereign island nation located in the northern Pacific Ocean. The country, located entirely within an volcanic archipelago of the same name, is comprised of 27 islands.

Vhenaiti was first inhabited by Melanesian Motu settlers who arrived from Papua New Guinea. Later, several waves of Athabaskan-speaking peoples arrived from the Pacific coast of North America and southern Alaska and settled the northeastern portions of the archipelago. They were later joined by Polynesian settlers from the Marquesas Islands. The Polynesians settled and intermixed with both the Melanesians and Athabaskan-speaking peoples, which would eventually lead to the ethnogenesis of the modern Vhenaiti people. The first Europeans and Asians to arrive in the archipelago were Dutch sailors and Japanese soldiers that were part of a Dutch East India Company expedition. The company would claim the archipelago and name it New Batavia.

After the collapse of the Dutch East India Company in 1799, the government of the Netherlands nationalized the colony until the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, when it was formally ceded to Great Britain. British colonization brought settlers from the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, and southeastern China. It was ruled by Great Britain as a crown colony until its independence in 1953. Since independence, the country has joined the United Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum. It is a regional power and the third wealthiest country in Oceania.

History

Precolonial history

The first peoples to reach what is now the