Cooperative Countries of a Shared World, Take 2

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Official Name(s) Inuit Nunangat ("The People's Homeland")
Commonly known as: Nunangat
Territorial description: OTL Greenland, Newfoundland & Labrador (minus Avalon penninsula), Nunavut, Northern Quebec, and northern NW Territories and Yukon
Government: Loose federation of tribes, federal elected council that operates by consensus, government based on Inuit traditions, traditional Angakkuq ("shaman") is appointed by the council and serves for life as head of state, with no formal power but large symbolic authority
Capital: Nunajnguk (OTL Nain, Labrador)
Head of State: Angakkuq Iqniq Kuvageegai
Head(s) of Government: Power is highly decentralized, no person holds de facto control
Population: 335-345,000 (some rural areas are hard to count)
Religions: Traditional Inuit beliefs 80%, Hagenist Christianity 20% (most Christians mix some traditional beliefs into their practices). Non-religion statistics not collected but is rising among younger people, estimated 10-15% of the population
Languages: Various Inuit dialects, Norwegian spoken by some
Ethnic groups: 94% Inuit, 4% White/European (mostly Scottish), 2% non-Inuit Native American
Level of Tech and Development: Mixed, many people live in traditional rural communities without electricity or modern amenities, but increasing numbers live in highly modern towns along the coasts 
Level of Freedom: Few laws, mostly based on tradition and culture. No laws regulating free speech but criticism of the government and elders is traditionally very taboo. Representatives elected democratically, but because of traditional authority of leaders elections are frequently uncontested and politicians serve for life
Trends: Population and economy has been rapidly growing since the 1980s, increasing urbanization
Founding date: 1865 (Declaration of Nunajnguk, independence from Norway claimed) , 1869 (Norway renounces claims as part of end of the Baltic-Atlantic War) 
History: Nunangat is the state of the Inuit people. Beginning in the 1600s, the Inuit lands were colonized by the Kingdom of Norway, and Norwegian war and disease decimated the Inuit people and forcibly converted them to Christianity. By the early 1800s, the Inuit were beginning to recover and a there was a renaissance of Inuit culture and nationalism across the colonies. A couple small rebellions were attempted and crushed, but in 1865 the Inuit saw their chance with the start of the Baltic-Atlantic war. Inuit leaders met in Nunajnguk and issued the Declaration of Nunajnguk declaring the Inuit lands united and independent from Norwegian rule. The Inuit rebels were assisted by Norway's enemies, and with the country at war Norway could not afford to send troops to the far north to put down the rebellion. At the end of the war Norway recognized Nunangat's independence.

After the war, Nunangat's leaders worked to restore traditional Inuit culture, by replacing Norwegian with native languages and Christianity with traditional beliefs, which was mostly successful. The nation remained rural and isolated from the rest of the world for most of it's history. Things changed in the 1980s, when the country experienced a massive economic boom due to exploration of natural resources and air travel making rural areas more connected. This lead to rapid change, as people moved to urban areas for the first time and the country's population more than doubled from 1980-2010. Some of the natural resources have run low recently, but economic growth has continued with the development of wind and hydroelectric power as a major industry. Because of its vast resources compared to small population, Nunangat now has one of the highest GDP per capita in the world, and urban areas have access to all modern amenities. The country has been a pioneer in the development of alternative energy and satellite internet.

The economic boom has also brought problems to Nunangat. The natural resources boom and government members who traditionally are in office for life has led to massive corruption. The population boom has created a large class of younger people who are tired of the traditional system of government which keeps them out of power in favor of elders. There have been a number of protests (the first ever in the country) by disaffected youth in recent years. In 2009, a large corruption scandal involving many members of the government including Angakkuq Aituserk Kappiataitok led to youth riots across the country, which was a massive shock to older Nunangat residents who had never even imagined such a thing. The riots led to Kappiataitok's resignation, making him the first ever Angakkuq to resign instead of dying in office. Since then there has been some change to governing traditions, but the nation's government system makes any change extremely slow if not almost impossible and many older residents are fiercely resisting any weakening of Inuit traditions.