Matobo

Matobo, officially the Republic of Matobo (Matobwe: Nyika yeMatobo) is a located in southwest Miju. Its territory also includes the island of Nduri. It is surrounded by the Meskuswe Sea to the south and east, Lu'Wavzo Mountains to the west, and the Kupenya River to the north. It shares a land border with Tsongtiko. Covering an area of 3,757,317 square kilometers, Matobo is the largest country in southern Miju and consists of many climates. Its population of 168,951,244 is made up of 184 distinct recognized ethnic groups.

The first settlers in Matobo landed 8,000 years ago in the fertile Sahezi River delta region and developed an agrarian society. Matobo's first political system, the Zadwabi Empire, was founded in the 20th century BCE. In the 4th century AD, the warlord Kugenda the Great led a massive army of Matobite nomads from the Likwende Plateau southward down the Kupenya River and conquered the Zadwabi capital of Indiluku. This brought a cultural shift to the Empire and led to the establishment of the yeLukubo Dynasty, which ruled the region until the Tsibonga Crisis in the 9th century AD. The succeeding yeBondo Dynasty expanded aggressively northward along the Kupenya River and established trade throughout Miju. Sinjunese explorers landed in Matobo in the 15th century, and were restricted to three trading ports in the southern parts of the empire. Dynastic rule was ended in the mid 19th century, after a series of unequal treaties and military conflicts with Sinjunese powers led to the occupation of several key Matobite cities. Matobo won a streak of battles against Sinjunese imperials in the early 20th century, and re-established its complete sovereignty in 1922. After using the Eulhae War as a means of pushing foreign powers further out of the continent, liberating other subjugated Mijunese nations, and consolidating its own power, the Republic of Matobo was founded in 1943.

Today, Matobo is a regional power with a quickly growing economy and expanding infrastructure. It is one of the founding members of the Pan-Miju Conference and maintains a policy of intervention regarding the well-being of other Mijunese nations. Matobo is renowned for its beaches and is a major tourist destination.