State of Ibitinga
| State of Ibitinga Estado de Ibitinga (Viratian) 伊比廷加州 (Tenzanese) Tetama Ibitinga (Goitacá) |
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| Overview | |
| Capital (and largest city) | Mirmidão |
| Government type | Federative unit |
| Governor (head of state) | Gilberto Mulder |
| Vice-Governor (head of government) | Carlos Michel Oliveira |
| Legislature | Assembleia Legislativa de Ibitinga / Nhemongaba Ibitinga / Ibichinga Rippō Gikai (unicameral) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 5,925,485 |
| Demonym(s) | Ibitinguense(s) |
| Language(s) | Viratian (official), Goitacá (official), Tenzanese (official) |
| Religions | • Canonical Soterianity (majority) ↳ Archdiocese of Mirmidão • Shimbutsudo (minority) • Pietist Soterianity (minority) ↳ Benenuntial Pietist • Caldeckist Spiritism (minority) • Tenzanese new religions (minority) ↳ Spiritual Purifying Church • Folk Soterianity (minority) ↳ Charismatic Soterianity • Goitacá pantheon (minority) • Irreligious (minority) • other minority religions, spiritualities and new age religions |
| Ethnicity (based on national classifications) | • Asterian 48.10% • White Ancorian 27.80% • Pardo 16.40% • Indigenous Ancorian 6.40% • Zano-Ancorian: 1.30% |
Ibitinga (Tenzanese: 伊比廷加, Ibichinga) is a state located in western Ancoria. It is bordered by the Kingdom of Guasuguay to the west, Caeteguaçu and Natalândia to the north, and Místria to the east. Its capital and largest city is Mirmidão. Much of its economy is centered around agriculture, with Ibitinga being an exporter of wheat and cattle products.
A multitude of rivers run through the state, connecting the Paraguaçu Sea and the Guasuguayan wetlands further south. A number of unique natural features are also of particular interest, such as the vast cavern network of St. Catherine's Abyss. Ibitinga has a unique Ancorian-Tenzanese culture, influenced by Tenzanese immigrant farmers that arrived during the late Imperial period. About half of Ibitinga's population speak Tenzanese as a first language.
History
The first Eurysian settlement of the region came in the mid-7th century S.C. with missionaries of the Order of Soter, with Mirmidão foremost among these fortified missions, referred to as reductions. Missions of the Order of Soter protected the indigenous Goitacá peoples from bandeirante slavers, while also spreading Soterianity. The region would come under formal Viratian rule soon thereafter, becoming part of the Captaincy of Místria. Still, the region would remain sparsely populated until the Imperial period, with mass migrations of settlers embarking for the peripheries. Ibitinga would be reorganized into the Imperial Territory of Ibitinga in 868 S.C., followed by an organized campaign for widespread settlement of the region, both for economic reasons and for the sake of reinforcing the porous frontier.
In order to mitigate tensions with recent waves of Tenzanese immigrants in Místria, Emperor Dom Augusto I authorized the relocation of a number of families to Ibitinga. By then, many of the reductions had been abandoned or left in disrepair. Tenzanese farmers would quickly settle in the region. Persistent raids by bandeirantes and hostile natives would lead to the formation of militias, to which the settlers soon found allies with the Order of Soter. The construction of the Místria-Mirmidão railway would bring with it stability to the region, though Ibitinga would remain a territory well into the republican period.
Ibitinga attained statehood in 933 S.C., shortly after the construction of the AN-028 highway through the state. Since then, it has stood as an agricultural powerhouse, further bolstered by the Commonwealth's common market.