✹ Hintuwan Lore Thread [READ ONLY, DO NOT POST]

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Born: November 5, 2005
Palatial Tower, Haijing
Spouse: N/A
Issue: N/A
Education:

Prabusa School,
University of Hintuwan

Prinsepe Romulo, officially Romulo Macaraeg Luntian y Nguyễn, is a prince of the throne of Hintuwan. A junior member of Hintuwan's ruling Luntian Clan, he is the fourth son of Lakan Lontok XI Luntian and Dayang Quynh Hong Nguyễn.

Romulo is a promising athlete. Excelling in various sports (especially football), he is particularly passionate about promoting physical fitness and well-being among Hintuwani youth. Romulo is often seen participating in sports events and encouraging a healthy lifestyle.

[Hintuwan]

Born: July 3, 2011
Palatial Tower, Haijing
Spouse: N/A
Issue: N/A
Education:

Te Kura Emepaia, Tangatarehua

Prinsepe Bagtas, officially Prinsepe Bagtas Dagucurong Paham Luntian y Nguyễn, is a prince of the throne of Hintuwan. A junior member of Hintuwan's ruling Luntian Clan, he is the fifth and youngest son of Lakan Lontok XI Luntian and Dayang Quynh Hong Nguyễn.

Bagtas is still in the early stages of his education and lives a largely private life unknown to the rest of the world. Despite his young age, he shows great curiosity and enthusiasm for learning. His carefree and joyful nature brings a sense of youthful energy to the royal family.

In 2019, Prinsepe Bagtas was sent to Tangatarehua - where he currently resides - to study at the prestigious Te Kura Emepaia.

[Hintuwan]

Born: April 15, 1993
Palatial Tower, Haijing
Spouse: N/A
Issue: N/A
Education:

Prabusa School
University of Hintuwan

Dayang-dayang Ilisha, officially Dayang-dayang Ilisha Maganda Luntian y Nguyễn, is a princess of the throne of Hintuwan. A junior member of Hintuwan's ruling Luntian Clan, she is the eldest daughter of Lakan Lontok XI Luntian and Dayang Quynh Hong Nguyễn.

Ilisha is a strong advocate for women's rights. Engaged in initiatives that empower women, she actively supports education and career opportunities for females across Hintuwan. Her dedication to gender equality has earned her respect both nationally and internationally.

[Hintuwan]

Born: February 28, 2001
Palatial Tower, Haijing
Spouse: N/A
Issue: N/A
Education:

Prabusa School
Marchioness University, Hospe (Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering Systems)

Dayang-dayang Ai, officially Dayang-dayang Ai Yaling Paham Luntian y Nguyễn, is a princess of the throne of Hintuwan. A junior member of Hintuwan's ruling Luntian Clan, she is twin sister to Princess Maya and a daughter of Lakan Lontok XI Luntian and Dayang Quynh Hong Nguyễn.

Dayang-dayang Ai is a versatile individual with a keen interest in technology and innovation. Involved in various tech-related projects, she aims to position Hintuwan as a hub for technological advancements. Ai Yaling is also an ambassador for STEM education, encouraging young minds to pursue careers in science and technology.

[Hintuwan]

Born: February 28, 2001
Palatial Tower, Haijing
Spouse: N/A
Issue: N/A
Education:

Te Kura Emepaia, Tangatarehua
University of Hintuwan (Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration)

Dayang-dayang Maya, officially Maria Agrippina Pia Paham Luntian y Nguyễn, is a princess of the throne of Hintuwan. A junior member of Hintuwan's ruling Luntian Clan, she is twin sister to Princess Ai and a daughter of Lakan Lontok XI Luntian and Dayang Quynh Hong Nguyễn.

Dayang-dayang Maya, is passionate about environmental conservation. Engaging in sustainable practices, she advocates for eco-friendly initiatives and is involved in projects that address climate change. Her commitment to environmental causes reflects a broader commitment to the well-being of the nation.

[Hintuwan]

Born: December 9, 2021
Palatial Tower, Haijing
Spouse: N/A
Issue: N/A
Education:

N/A

Dayang-dayang Alex, officially Dayang-dayang Maria Alexandra Lucila Macadalisay Luntian y Nguyễn, is a princess of the throne of Hintuwan. A junior member of Hintuwan's ruling Luntian Clan, she is the youngest daughter of Lakan Lontok XI Luntian and Dayang Quynh Hong Nguyễn.

Alex brings joy and laughter to the royal household. While too young to have defined interests, her presence symbolizes the continuation of the Luntian legacy.

[Hintuwan]

Operation Southern Sentinel is the official code name for the ongoing anti-insurgency operation in the La Paz and San Bernardino Governorates against the Communist Party of Hintuwan (CPH). The operation began in earnest on June 9th, 2023 in response to heightened insurgent activities led by the CPH. Operation Southern Sentinel was launched to restore order and eliminate threats to regional stability. It is a coordinated effort by Hintuwan's security forces, with support from international allies such as Mediama and Allanea to counteract communist influence in the region. The city of Van Hoorn has become the operation's focal point due to the insurgent stranglehold of the surrounding countryside and the strategic importance of the region.

Since the end of the Hintuwani Civil War the Communist Party of Hintuwan (CPH) has been engaged in a range of activities aimed at challenging the established government and promoting its socialist agenda. These activities - characterized by both political and militant tactics - such as guerilla warfare, propaganda and recruitment, assassination and kidnappings, urban and rural terrorism, as well as disruption of local industry among many others aim to overthrow the ruling Commonwealth government and establish a socialist state. The CPH is considered a banned political party by the Constitutional Court of Hintuwan due to its open support for violence against civilian and state actors. Negotiations between the CPH and the Commonwealth government have fluctuated back and forth, with the most recent efforts towards reconciliation occurring in 2018 when both sides declared a ceasefire on Christmas Day. This ceasefire has since been broken by both sides and the government is reluctant to pursue further negotiation.

Some communist states such as the Union of Albandrite Socialist Republics (UASR) openly support the CPH. Political commentators from Hintuwan have accused the UASR of directly supplying arms and equipment to the communist movement in Hintuwan but the UASR has not made any direct admission of doing so.

On August 4th, 2023 the Mediaman intelligence agency MI-6, operating in Bellingham Park, detected unusual readings attributed to foreign submarine activity in Hintuwani waters. Once confirmed access to the information was granted to Hintuwan's National Assembly (Kapulungang Bayan) which formed an investigative committee on January 19th, 2024, to determine the nature and origin of the readings. The committee has thus far been inconclusive.

Forces Involved

Operation Southern Sentinel involves a combination of targeted military strikes, intelligence-driven counterinsurgency efforts, and strategic engagements. International and local forces are working in close coordination to dismantle CPH networks and restore peace to the La Paz and San Bernardino Governorates.

Commonwealth Ground Force of Hintuwan (CGFH) (Hintuwan)

• 22nd Division Commonwealth Scouts Company
• 5th Special Operations Combat Brigade
• 60th Jungle Warfare Special Operations Battalion
• 81st Infantry Battalion (partially deployed)
• 103rd "Diamante" (Ulayawan) Infantry Battalion (partially deployed)

Commonwealth Air Force of Hintuwan (CAFH) (Hintuwan)

• CAFH Air Group No. 44 "Diwata"
• CAFH Air Group No. 47 "Nephilim"

Tajijstani Air Force (Tajijstan)

• 1st Free Sakhan Aerial Defense Force Wing

Interministry Task Force Hintuwan (Allanea)

• Undisclosed number of civic volunteers

Royal Median Army (Mediama)

• Satellite imagery, technical and reconnaissance aid (in the form of drones)

[Hintuwan]

Haijing El Viejo (Pordhesian: Haijing the Old), is a neighborhood comprising the original downtown area of Haijing. It is also known as Oud Haijing (Doraltic for "Old Haijing"), Benedenstad ("Lower City", contrasting it with Weltevreden, de Bovenstad "Upper City"), or Kota Luma (Hintuwani for "Old Town"). It spans 1.3 square kilometers within the North Bank section of Haijing. The largely Chinese downtown area of Pecinan is also considered a part of Haijing El Viejo.

Haijing El Viejo was the first walled settlement of the Pordhesians in the Tunduk region. It was originally established as an inner-walled city with its own castle. The area gained importance during the 17th-19th century when it became the headquarters of the Pordhesian Southern Seas Company. The area contains Pordhesian-style structures mostly dated from 17th century, which contrasts with the surrounding kampung (villages), orchards, and rice fields. Dubbed "The Jewel of the Southeast" in the 16th century by Western sailors and traders, the area was a center of commerce due to its strategic location within the spice trade industry in the archipelago.

The area declined in prominence in the early 20th century due to the stagnation of its water canals which combined with the warm and humid climate of Hintuwan would often cause outbreaks of tropical diseases like malaria. Much of the old town became neglected and abandoned due to its decline in importance, and slowly its canals were filled up. Countryside villas were preferred by wealthier residents, which caused the city to grow southward. This process led to the foundation of a separate estate for the city's elites on the outskirts of the original old town during the Doraltic occupation of Hintuwan known as Weltevreden.

Notable Sites

• "Old Town" Haijing El Viejo
  
  • Haijing History Museum (Formerly the City Hall of Haijing)
  • Fine Arts and Ceramic Museum of Haijing (Formerly the Court of Justice)
  • Treasury Museum of Hintuwan (Former Headquarters of Banco Luhan, the main bank of the Pordhesian Southern Seas Company)
  • Port of Kalapa Tunduk (Original port of Old Haijing)
• Kota Pecinan (Haijing Chinatown)
  
  • Metro Pecinan Market
  • Rangsei Plaza
  • Dharma Pecinan Temple (Oldest Han temple in Hintuwan)
• Weltevreden
  
  • Young Republic Park
  • Moser District
  • Favre Hills

[Hintuwan]

Ethnic Masangkayan at the Khmaumonorom Fluvial Parade in 2016

The Masangkayan are a predominantly Muslim Hintuwani ethnic group native to the coasts of Santillán and Dapitlupa, east of the Khmaumonorom River on the Gamabang Peninsula. They speak Masangkayan, a rural dialect of Luhanon. As of 2024, there are an estimated 1,517,120 ethnic Masangkayan in Hintuwan. They are known for their seafaring abilities, mercantile attitudes, and metal crafts.

Masangkayan culture can be characterized by:

• Lake Bakunawahan and folklore shared among other Hintuwani indigenous peoples typically associated with it
• Torogan (lit. 'resting place' or 'sleeping place'), a traditional ancestral house for Masangkayan nobles built without nails using fitted joints and fiber lashings
• Kising, a pre-Pordhesian handwriting based on Ancient Doravan characters with 19 consonants and 7 vowels
• Okir wood carvings and the practice of lining the insides of jars with silver
• Kulintang, a type of gong music typically also played with a Masangkayan flute known as Idula
• Hinghing, a royal dance accompanied by Kulintang composed of a prince and a princess weaving in and out of crisscrossed bamboo poles clapped in syncopated rhythm

The term Masangkayan is an exonym first used by the Macapulao Empire to refer to the area around the ancient city of Zambate now recognized as the provinces of Santillán and Dapitlupa, which it held as a territorial possession until its collapse and annexation into Hintuwan by the Batara Restoration Dynasty in 1136. During Kepulungan rule beginning in 1154, the administration of these territories became split between the Kedatuans of Turarong, Sriwidadi, and Idang.

The modern Masangkayan are believed to be descendants of Luhanon fishermen who left Lake Bakunawahan and gradually settled elsewhere due to the depletion of its maritime resources around the 16th and 17th centuries, becoming a distinct people. These migrants usually consisted of merchant clans of the Luhanon which established trading routes near the coast and profited from the lucrative trade brought about by Western traders. Some Masangkayan clans, however, are descendants of outcast clans that left Lake Bakunawahan after one of their clan members committed a murder. Along with other peoples inhabiting the Gambang Peninsula, the Masangkayan gradually adopted Shia Islam as their predominant religion due to trade with Eastern merchants.

The Masangkayan were excellent in maritime activity as they were traditionally sailors and pirates. They used to ply the route connecting the Hintuwan Sea with the Southern Sea from both the north and south. In 1762, they began raiding Pordhes-held colonial territories along the way. Masangkayan piracy gradually declined by the turn of the 19th century as a result of increasing crackdowns by the Pordhesian authorities on crime in the region, as well as the increasingly agricultural lifestyle that they began to live as a result of integration into the Pordhesian Empire.

"Further northeast [of Gambang] there are uncultivated islands inhabited by barbarian bandits called Masañaka [sic]. When a merchant ship is blown off course to this country, these bandits assemble in large numbers and capture the crew, tie them between large bamboo sticks, cook them over a fire, and eat them. The chiefs of these bandits bore holes in their teeth and decorate the holes with gold. They use the tops of human skulls as eating and drinking vessels. The deeper one goes into these islands, the more cruel the bandits are."

— Heinrich Brandão, Pordhesian Conquistador, Relaciones de las Islas Hintuwani (1762)

Masangkayan peoples are often stereotyped as being backward, vulgar, and crude even among Hintuwanis owing to their historical association with piracy, exile, and usury. Upon discovery by the Pordhesian Empire in the 18th century, it was widely reported that the Masangkayan practiced cannibalism although modern historians question the credibility of these reports - arguing that the description by Pordhesian explorers at the time was a consistent and demonstrable ideological and rhetorical device to establish perceived cultural superiority over Hintuwani people.

Indigenous Masangkayan clans largely opted out of the Hintuwani Revolution when it began in 1904 but formed resistance groups and waged guerilla warfare against the Doraltic occupation of Hintuwan from 1906 to 1943.

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Rômlen is a Hintuwani city in Samráng Province and the capital of the Governorate of Sarikula. It is the largest Hintuwani city on the eponymous island of Sarikula. In 2020, Rômlen had a recorded population of 132,930. It is situated on tall cliffs facing the North Hintuwan Sea. Behind the city is a forest that spans hundreds of square kilometers, while several remote communities of privately owned villas and manors dot the hills surrounding Rômlen.

In antiquity, Samráng Province was continuously inhabited by Late Neolithic to Iron Age proto-Hintuwani cultures. A skullcap dated to be from between 350 and 377 CE, the oldest human remains to be discovered on the island of Sarikula, were found near where the city of Rômlen now stands in Ayokan Caves which was once used as a burial place by the natives. Over time, Rômlen came to adopt a Kedatuan style of local government similar to other Hintuwani polities.

In 1749, the first Pordhesian conquistadors landed on Sarikula. They described the men of Rômlen as being tattooed and the women as being ornamented with intricate jewelry, some of which were golden. They also identified them as animists though they paid tribute to the Datu of Macapulao. In 1785, with the cooperation of native leaders, Pordhes established an entrepot in Rômlen in the hopes of creating a permanent commercial foothold in Sarikula. Rômlen was frequently attacked and intermittently captured by pirates throughout its time as a Pordhesian colony. In 1904, Governor-General Luca Molinero issued a decree declaring Rômlen the permanent capital of the District of Sarikula. This status was carried over into the Doraltic colonial era and Hintuwani independence.

Rômlen has a mild tropical monsoon climate characterized by cooler weather compared to the rest of Hintuwan, an average relative humidity of 86%, and abundant rainfall. With its high elevation, the city gets foggy, windy, and cooler temperatures during the months of December, January, and February.

Rômlen hosts a regional trade port that services many local and international fishing companies. It must be traversed through a steep road carved inside the cliffs. The port of Rômlen is the only port on the island of Sarikula, but due to a lack of investment, it can only dock two container ships at any given time. During the last decade the decaying infrastructure has hampered economic growth, but a thriving fishing industry has kept many of its residents employed. The thousands of tons of fish that it produces are packaged and distributed all around the country. Many Hintuwani citizens enjoy it with salt and butter.

Water and fuel for electricity are delivered to Rômlen by ship from Macapulao and Zamabate. The city has no major hospitals but state-of-the-art clinics are distributed evenly throughout its metropolitan area. Rômlen hosts one major government-accredited university, Sarikula State College, several secondary schools, and an unspecified number of privately-owned Sunday schools for Christian children and madaris (madrassah) for Muslim learners.

According to 2020 statistics, 66.60% of the people of Rômlen are adherents of Christianity. Islam has a relatively large adherence of 32.16%. The remaining proportion of the population adheres to other beliefs such as folk religion and other sects.