Ethanian overseas departments

The Ethanian overseas departments are three territories controlled directly by the Ethanian government. They were all occupied by Ethania in 1998. The three overseas departments are Ethanian Micronesia, the Alapaevsk Atoll, and Ethanian Sahara. Though they are directly governed by Ethania, they are free to choose (an) official language(s) and have a couple local laws.

Ethanian Micronesia
Main article: Ethanian Micronesia

In 1998, there were some allegations of human rights violations in what was then called Portuguese Micronesia. Portugal didn't do a good job keeping track of the island and things were getting chaotic there. However, the Ethanian government, backed by Russia, decided to occupy the land. Portugal, not being happy about this, declared war on both Ethania and Russia.

Ethania won the island and occupied it with the help of Russia. Since then, the Ethanian government has made some strict deportuguization rules by removing Portuguese as an official language, along with encouraging Portuguese Creole-speakers to speak Ethanian and Russian.

Much of the population has converted from Catholicism to Orthodoxy since the Ethanian presence on the island.

Alapaevsk Atoll
Main article: Alapaevsk Atoll

A group of archipelagos (though they were incorrectly called "atolls") in Northern Siberia were unclaimed in 1998, but still administrated by Russia de facto. Four main powers Ethania, Russia, the United States, and the Greenlandic Empire all wanted the group of islands. A war almost broke out between Ethania and Russia versus the United States and the Greenlandic Empire. However, to prevent a war, the four nations signed an agreement to split the islands evenly within themselves. Each nation took ¼ of the archipelago, with the Ethanian side being known as the "Alapaevsk Atoll". The remaining islands are governed by the other nations.

Ethanian Sahara
Main article: Ethanian Sahara