New Israel (Toyotomi)

New Israel is a member-state of the consisting of the island of Bandjiman and the southeastern corner of the continent of. It is predominantly Jewish.

History
In 1704, the newly-appointed Quampaku granted to a group of Jews living in Japan a colony in the province of Xinnoranda. They were granted the southern island of Bandjiman and territory to its north, which became named New Israel (Xinnisurayeru). The reasons for Fidefiro's decision are uncertain. According to one story, a Jewish doctor had saved his life during a childhood illness. Another story has it that his mother was Jewish. Still a third story claims that he secretly converted to Judaism in his youth. Still a fourth simply claims that the Jewish petitioners simply paid him off.

Most historians today believe that it was a combination of factors, chief among them being a desire to populate the continent, combined with a lack of ingrained anti-semitism among the Japanese.

While all of Australia was open to Jewish settlement, Jewish autonomy extended only to the boundaries of the New Israel colony, and thus, most of the Jewish immigration was focused there.

During the Wars for Independence, when and the rest of Xinnoranda revolted against centralist Japanese rule, New Israel supported the central government, fearing a loss of their autonomy in the event of Xinnorandan nationhood. New Israel thus remained a direct Japanese colony for longer than Xinnoranda itself. It was granted independence within the Federation in 1816, shortly after the.

Politics
New Israel is unique among member-states of the FJN in that the Emperor is officially referred to as Protector rather than Emperor within the state.

Economy
The currency of New Israel is the Sheqel divided into 100 agorot (sg. agora). The Sheqel is pegged to the Xinnorandan momme at a rate of 1:1