Silla (The Orange Outback)

Silla, (Korean: 신라; Japanese: 新羅 Shinra; Chinese: 新罗 Xīn luō) officially the Republic of Silla (Korean: 신라민국; Japanese: 新羅民国 Shinra minkoku; Chinese: 新罗民國 Xīn luō mingguo) was a country in that controlled the southeastern portion of the Korean Peninsula from 1965 until its dissolution and unification with the rest of Korea in 1993. The country was founded by a Korean Buddhist Priest named Im Sin-Hyeon in 1965 as a safe-haven for Korean Buddhists and Confucianists who were being supressed and persecuted by the Rhee-Kim government in Korea. The country would continue being a safe-haven until its dissolution in 1993.