West Papua (Republic of West Papua) - Formerly known as Netherlands New Guinea, after the Dutch colonists pulled out in 1963, it was then suddenly annexed by Indonesia. It declared it's independence in 1974, as the Republic of West Papua, but that was quickly crushed by the Indonesian military, as was the next effort in 1984, this time as the Republic of Great Melanesia. Those currently seeking independence are aiming to set up a Tribal Democracy, meaning an independent confederation of the tribes of West Papua, but they expect Indonesia to be very tough on those who openly look for it, forcing the independence underground. West Papua is currently the combined Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, Indonesia's most easterly provinces, which form the western half of the Oceanian island of New Guinea. The independent country, Papua New Guinea, which itself operates with a tribal rural system, forms the other half of the island.

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South Moluccas