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Tauland is a highly developed country, ranking as the third-highest country on the Human Development Index in Asia. It is a member of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee, the GIP-20, and Tiger Club. Its economy ranks as the world's tenth-largest by nominal GDP. Its citizens enjoy one of the world's fastest Internet connection speeds. The country is the world's fifth-largest exporter and eighth-largest importer. Since the 21st century, Tauland has been renowned for its influential pop culture, particularly in music (T-pop), TV dramas, and cinema, a phenomenon referred to as the Tauland Wave which has begun to spread its culture around the world and make the country more familiar to many people who previously knew little of the nation.
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The name Taulandt has its roots in ''Tau'' (Sirayan language, people) + landt (''Dutch'', land). It was formerly called Dutch Formosa during its early colonial years (from Portuguese ''Ilha Formosa,'' beautiful island). It is unknown when the name ''Taulandt'' was first used to refer to the island. The earliest mention the name Tauland (and the language Tauaans) was in an official document by the local colonial administrative office about the island's status in 1739. However, it was not until the 1800s (when the colonists started to begin forming their own identity) that the name ''Taulandt'' became a common nickname for the island. The nation's name was officially confirmed in the ''Treaty of Batavia (1891)'', which had established the independence of the nation.
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== Government and Politics ==
''De Republiek van Taulandt'' is a constitutional republic, a decentralized unitary state with elements from a parliamentary representative democracy.
▲De Republiek van Taulandt is a constitutional republic, a decentralized unitary state with elements from a parliamentary representative democracy that takes the form of two bodies, the lower house or <u>Huis van de Burghers</u> directly elected per popular vote. The upper house or <u>Huis der Heeren</u> are indirectly elected by the provincial estates. These two houses together form the Staten der Formosa. They share power with the Raadspensionaris which is elected by popular vote and has wide executive powers, and the judiciary which has the ability to keep all in check by interpretations of the constitution. Thus Tauland's system has often been described as the evolution of the old Staten-Generaal system with a strong centralized government.
=== Administrative divisions ===
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As of 2021 the population of Tauland consists of the following:
* 70% '''Creools'''; mixed race people of mainly Han Chinese, European, and Aboriginal ancestries
* 20% '''Chinese'''; descendants of Han immigrants, mainly from Hokkien and Lingnan regions. Little to no racial admixture
* 5% '''Dutch'''; descendants of European, mainly Dutch-speaking settlers. Little to no racial admixture
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