United Manonan States

           The United Manonan States, often just called Manona or the Manona States, is a Federal Republic of 14 States, 8 Territories, and 1 insular area located in the south-west quadrant of the Sun Prairie Nations. As one of the five nations carved out of the Old UNSC in the aftermath of the Second Great Prairie War, the United Manonan States was under the control of the United Federation for the first 3 weeks of it's existence, before it was released under a constitutional system which survives to this day. 

 It's territory is approximately equivalent to the territory of the old United States of Communism, the precursor to the UNSC. Since the end of the Long Recess, the United Manonan States have become one of the foremost military powers in the whole of the Sun Prairie Nations, building up their Air Force, Navy, and a nascent space program. The U.M.S. was created as an artificial state after the end of the Second Great Prairie War. As one of the five "Advised Nations" the Manonan government was entirely subservient to the will of the United Federation Government. However, the Federation was very quick to release the nascent nation from it's control, giving it full and total independence on the 21st of December, 2021. 

Following the end of the Long Recess, John Banks-George was elected Prime Minister, replacing Nick Lapord. During the instability which followed the Long Recess, the United Manonan States began to re-industrialize, rebuilding old UNSC factories and, with the aid of Gateway Co. and Banks-George's vast personal fortune, constructing new infrastructure such as the Gateway Heavy Industries - South Waubesa fleetyards, the largest shipyard ever built in the SPN. It began flexing it's muscle on the international stage as a Great Power, a status which was confirmed by the outcome of Prairie War III, where it was one of three superpowers to come out of the conflict, alongside the West Mendotan Republic. 

Post-independence, the United Manonan States remained part of both the Sun Prairie Area Treaty Organization, the Prairie Union, and signed a specific treaty of mutual defense with the United Federation.

History

     The United Manonan States was founded on December 9th, out of most of the former core states of the UNSC. It is the smallest new nation to come out of the UNSC save for Centralia, and was the first to have it's governmental system established. It is a parliamentary system, with each state electing 4 Members of Parliament, and the territories elect one. This brings the total Parliament to 33 members, with Nicholas Lapord as the current Prime Minister.

      The 14 States currently in the UMS are Brittingham, Alliantia, Waubesa, Odana, Capitol Springs, South Waubesa, Fitchburg, Middleton, Moundshire, Meadowood, Veroven, Springdale, Cabaedee, and Nordelle. (Those in Bold are founding states)

On October 27th, 2021, John Banks-George was elected the 2nd Prime Minister of the United Manonan States, replacing Nicholas Lapord. His administration would go about a rapid armaments program following the end of The Long Recess, largely in reaction to the military buildup of multiple other powers. The United Manonan Navy and Airfleet both received massive modernizations and advanced warships, while the army was reorganized and new formations created.

On November 18th, 2021, the United Manonan States became the second country to achieve independent spaceflight, after the United Federation, and became one of 6 countries (UFP, WMR, FWR, New UNSC, New Washburn being the others) to reach space; Facilitated by the launch of the Liberty-I Rocket, with the Beagle re-useable space capsule launching from Allianta Spaceflight Centre, in a mission titled 'Liberty 5.'

National Anthem

The United Manonan States' national anthem is "Advance Manona Fair"