Yaponesia

The Yaponesian Archipelago
Yaponesia is a nation located on the far eastern side of the Eastern mini-continent. It goes by the formal name of 'The Yaponesian Archipelago'.

Geography
The capital city of Yaponesia is Solaré. The country shares borders with Comino and Calypso to the west, and a sea border with Lolee to the south via the 'Archipelago Islands'. Much of the northern regions of the country are mountainous, with some volcanoes towards the eastern coast, such as Mt. Kažarno.

History
The territory was first populated by the native 'Yaponjin' tribes in the south and the 'Orientals' in the east. However, the nation of Yaponesia was soon founded by travelling Xorientians from the north, and the country underwent a technological revolution, becoming the prosperous and popular nation it is today. The archaic Yaponesian language is still mainly spoken, however, and remains one of the most complicated languages across the continents.

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Yaponesia debuted in the Nation Song Contest 6 as the first country from the eastern continent with the touching ballad, Hand in Hand by Leehom Wang and David Tao, performed by various other Taiwanese artists as well, supporting SARS victims in 2003. The song failed to pass the semifinal, coming 21st out of 26 countries.

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Yaponesia participated for the second time in the Nation Song Contest 7 semifinal, once again under national broadcaster YETI. Their entry was an upbeat rock song Ready to Go by Republica. The song qualified for the final after reaching joint 12th place out of 28, where it then came joint 18th out of 26 countries.

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Yaponesia entered the semifinal of the Nation Song Contest 8 with Secret Smile by alternative rock band Semisonic. They failed to qualify, coming 19th out of 26 countries. Yaponesia also had the privilege of producing the recap video for the semifinal of this edition. The video went on to receive honours from the distant country of Japan, presumably due to the presence of Ugaly's song that year.

NSC ESC
Yaponesia also participated in the first Eurovision Special of the NSC with the Turkish song from 1989, Bana Bana by Pan. Despite coming a low 19th out of 22, the song still enjoyed more success at the NSC ESC than the actual Eurovision Song Contest, where it came 21st.

Nation World Cup
Yaponesia also enjoyed relative success at the Nation World Cup in Adamsburg, in which the national football team managed to get through to the quarter finals where they were knocked out by Rotterdamus.