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State of Itacati

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Itacati (Namean: I-ta-ca-ti) is a state in southeastern Ancoria. Its capital and largest city is Nicópolis. The second most populous state in the Ancorian Federation, Itacati is a major contributor to the Ancorian economy, responsible for approximately one tenth of the GDP of the Federation's Plateian states. Bordered by Ipitanga and Pijirica to the north, Alcântara and Porangatama to the east, Porto Sereno to the south and Místria and Natalândia to the west, the state also surrounds the territory delineating the Federal District. A number of major highways run through the state, forming an inland terrestrial transit nexus vital for the trucking industry's logistics.

With a land area of 199,870 square miles, it is the third largest Plateian state of the Ancorian Federation, with its territory being host to a significant amount of agricultural and industrial economic activity. Six of the country's largest terrestrial mining operations are located within Itacati, the largest among them being O Gongo (“The Gong”). Itacati is also the largest producer of coffee and milk, which are also staples of its culture.

Itacati is also host to a number of key defensive assets to the Federation and the broader Commonwealth, such as the Escudo da Serra supergun network and the Citadela de Itaguaçu. The headquarters of ENGEBEL, one of Ancoria's largest defense contractors, is located in the city of Magistrados.

History

Prior to the Eurysian arrival, the southern regions of Itacati were a hinterland of the Goitacá Empire, a pre-colonial civilization that existed in southeastern Ancoria. Hundreds of different indigenous peoples are known to have inhabited the state before colonization, many of them non-Goitacá, belonging to the A'uwē ethnolinguistic family. The conquest of the Goitacá Empire in the early 6th century S.C. led to the abandonment of many settlements in Itacati, leaving behind a number of archaeological sites across the state's southern regions.

While initially of little interest to Viratian colonizers, the discovery of gold and diamonds in the region led to the Ancorian Gold Rush, referred to in Viratian as the Ciclo do Ouro (“gold cycle”). A high tax was placed on the captaincy, leading to twenty-five percent of gold yields to be sent directly to the Viratian crown. Known as the Spill (“A Derrama”), this tax proved a motivating factor in local elites conspiring towards independence. The Itacati Inconfidence would prove one such foiled attempt at secession, with the conspiracy being broken up by Viratian colonial authorities in 698 S.C. Despite its failure, it would go on to inspire Ancoria's independence in 708 S.C.

Itacati would be elevated to the status of province with the declaration of the Ancorian Empire, proving highly influential in its early politics on account of its economic and political leverage. The Cidade Real (“Royal City”) was constructed in 711 S.C., just north of the border with Porto Sereno, to serve as the summer court of the Ancorian imperial crown. Many artists, poets and leadership figures hailed from the province, influencing a great amount of early Ancorian literature. Attracted by work opportunities, successive waves of immigration would bring a number of diverse peoples to settle in Itacati; while most of their original homelands were in Eurysia, many newcomers hailed from Arioserica—the first of several such arrivals from the Asterian region.

Itacati became a state following the abolition of the monarchy, and continued to hold an influential position in early republican politics. In 900 S.C., the state government of Itacati signed an agreement with the federal government, conceding territory for the establishment of an inland Federal District, which would be completed in 905 S.C. Still, reinforced by more waves of immigrants and refugees from the Arioserican Wars, it remained a stronghold of monarchist politics until around the beginning of the Rational Calendar, as the beginning of the National-Statist regime and the subsequent banning of political parties made such political positions irrelevant. Economic downturn would hit Itacati, brought on by the advent of offworld mining operations, though the state remained an important center of industry among the Plateian states of the Federation.

Pressured by business interests among the Plateian states, the National-Statist regime sought to reopen the mines in Itacati to better compete with offworld mining initiatives. Drilling surveys led to the discovery of more rare metals deep beneath the surface, leading to a reopening and vast expansion of the mines, chief among them Boitatá, Casagrande, Inferno, Itaiquara, O Gongo, and Serra de Deus, despite opposition from environmentalists. This would yield a return of steady economic growth from the 0050s onward. As democratic movements opposed to the authoritarian governance emerged in the 0060s and 0070s, Itacati would be a stronghold for student movements as well as the broader MDPA. The eventual end of the regime in the 0080s would lead to the restoration of democracy in the country, and, following the disbanding of the MDPA, the state would remain a politically pluralistic swing state, often having PST or MDA governments.