Republic of Malacca (Eastern Manifest Destiny)

Republic of Malacca 馬六甲共和國 (ZH) Republik Malaka (Malay/Indo) மலாக்கா குடியரசு (Tamil)
Motto: "Unity under Nationalism"
Anthem: Song to the Auspiscious Cloud
Capital(s):	Kuala Lumpur (political) Jakarta (military) Nanjing (claimed)
Largest city	Singapore
Official languages	Mandarin Chinese English
Recognised regional languages	Hokkien Tamil Malay Punjab Hindi
Demonym(s)	Malaccan Malaysian Chinese
Government	Unitary semi-presidential republic
• President Chiang Kai-shek • Vice President Sukarno • Secretary of State Hussein Onn

The Republic of Malacca, also known as Malaysia, was a sovereign nation located in Southeast Asia. It controlled what is now Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Singapore, Papua New Guinea and Brunei. It also claimed the entirety of China and Mongolia.

History

Formation (1947 - 1952)

Following the Second World War, many of the former European colonies were seeking independence, and Malaysia was no different. Chiang Kai-shek, along with other surviving KMT veterans of the Chinese Civil War, incited the Malaysian Chinese populations to revolt against the British government. Initially, the efforts were unsuccessful, but following an inclusion of non-Chinese Malaysians and disgruntled European settlers, the revolts started to work. The popular revolts and revolutions forced the British government to retreat from Malaysia, maintaining ground in Burma and Singapore. With the success, the revolutionaries created the Republic of Malaysia on 10 October 1948. 

Capture of Singapore and the invasion of Dutch Indonesia

Following the successful insurrection in Malaysia, the newly formed Cabinet of Malaysia decided to incite more riots amongst the Indonesian Chinese population against the European rule. The demonstrations and riots were quickly put down by Dutch colonial forces, which cause further resentment of the Dutch from the Indonesian Chinese population. On 5 March 1949, the Republic of Malaysia sent Chin Peng, a highly regarded Malaysian independence advocate, into the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. The following day, the Indonesian Chinese Association was formed with Chin Peng as the head. In the weeks to come, the ICA began recruiting more members, eventually even founding the Indonesian Independence Directorate, which was based in Aceh. From there, the IID and ICA began arming its members from weapons smuggled in from Japan, Shanghai, and California. On 5 May 1949, the IID formed the Indonesian People's Army and began a year-long campaign against the Dutch across the Dutch East Indies. The campaign was initially successful, with the IPA capturing many islands from the Dutch. The movement began to falter when an Anglo-Dutch coalition force defeated the IPA's 5th banner in Jakarta. Chin Peng then requested military assistance from Malaysia, to which the government responded yes. Two days later, the first Malaysian troops landed in Java and began attacking Dutch forces, eventually forcing the Dutch to surrender in Jakarta, although a holdout unit supported by Timorese loyalists remained in the newly formed Republic of Timor-Leste and the eastern coast of Kalimantan. 

Annexing Indonesia and expansion into Borneo and Brunei

After the defeat and surrender of the Dutch forces after the Fall of Jakarta, the Indonesian Independece Directorate and the Indonesian Peoples' Army became the Provisional Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Interim Indonesian Armed Forces. The Indonesian Chinese Association supported the government but secretly worked with the KMT in Malaysia and the Malaysian Expedition Force Indonesia to succeed the PGROI with a unified Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and East Timor. After a number of conferences and meetings between both sides, the PGROI accepted the terms put forth by the Republic of Malaya and the Indonesian Chinese Association and merged with the former to form the Union of Indo-Malaysia in the spring of 1950. While outlining the new constitution, Defense-Minister-turned-Cabinet-Official Lim Chong Eu told Chiang Kai-shek and the other drafters that the name "Union of Indo-Malaysia" was not a suitable name. They agreed and settled on the Republic of Malacca, completing the constitution and offically adopting the new name on the 2 April 1951. 

After the official formation of the Republic of Malacca, the Malaccan Army was preparing for an invasion of Borneo/Kalimantan, hoping to seize the entire island from the Bornean rebels and Dutch holdouts who controlled the island. On Halloween 1951, Major General Suharto led the Borneo Expedition Army to conquer the Borneo/Kalimantan from the newly formed Republic of Borneo, which was allied with the Kingdom of Brunei. The intial landings onto the western coast of the island were horrifically costly, with the Dutch Indos machine guns inflicting nearly 3,000 casualties on Suharto's forces in the first landing. On the second day of the invasion, Col. Abdul Nasution lead 20,000 Ache auxillary forces into the southwestern coast of Borneo and seized much land due to the lack of enemy forces in the area. More troops were sent into Borneo, and Suharto finally broke through Bruneian forces in Sibu, the capital of Borneo. Following the surrender of the Republic of Borneo, it was integrated into the Republic of Malacca, preserving it's original borders. 

Next on the list was the annexation of Brunei, which Suharto's forces were ready to fight against if necessary. Despite this, Suharto's forces marched into Brunei's capital, Bandar Seri Begawan, without any resistance and the Sultan agreed to abdicate the throne. On December 29, 1951, the monarchy was official abolished by the Republic of Malacca Occupational Forces and Brunei was admitted into the Republic of Malacca as the Brunei Autonomous State, which allowed Brunei to maintain it's own separate self-defense force from the Brunei Garrison of the AFROM. The BAS was allowed to have its own constitution and official languages, but must follow Malaccan Federal Law. Due to the persecution of Muslims in the majority-Chinese regions of Malacca as well as the Designated Federal Cities, which did not allow mosques and churches to be build on those areas, many muslims emigrated to the BAS as a safe haven for muslims. 

Invasion of Portuguese Timor and Papua New Guinea

On February 9, 1952, the Republic of Malacca declared Timor to be Malaccan territory and invaded and subsequently conquered western Timor from Indo and Moro forces. Then in May of 1952, the invasion of Timor-Leste began and ended with the annexation of Timor-Leste in 10 July 1952. Following that, an occupation and annexation of Papua New Guinea took place on the 4 August 1952.

Early Administration (1953 - 1956)

Following the complete annexation of maritime Malaysia and the entire Indonesian archepelago, the first focus of the newly formed Malaccan government was to satisfy the Indonesian population. President Chiang Kai-shek appointed General Sukarno of the 23rd Jakarta Banner as the Vice President of the Republic of Malacca and Malayan Independence advocate Hussein Onn as the Secretary of State. The former President of Indonesia and his entire staff, as well as the former staff of the Republic of Malaya became Chiang's cabinet. 

Initially, the goal of the Malaccan government was to appease the population. The government, which largely favored ethnic Chinese, became more open to the non-Chinese populations. This largely worked in the Buddhist, Christian, and certain Muslim areas across Malacca. However, the Moros and the Sabah Islamists were not satisfied, demanding fundamentalist sharia law be implemented on all muslim subjects of the Republic of Malacca. The Malaccan government tried to appease them by implementing parts of sharia law, including the ban on alcohol for all Muslims, but excluding capital punishment. Although this appeased much of the Sabah Islamists, the Moros wanted capital punishment. Eventually, negotiations devolved into tension, and finally, the Moros declared West Timor the Bangsamoro Islamic Republic and illegally seceded from Republic of Malacca. Although Chiang wanted to pursue a passively aggressive tactic, many of the Indonesian senators urged Chiang to pursue an invasion and military occupation of West Timor, the latter tactic prevailing. 

Martial Law in Timor and Sabah (1956 - 1957)

Main Article: Moro Uprisings in Timor and Sabah (Eastern Manifest Destiny)

Following the secession of West Timor, the Moros landed in Eastern Sabah and tried to convince the Sabah Islamists to join them in the Islamic Crusade, to which many resisted, with only a couple local majors and some military officials joining. As a response, the Governor of Sabah declared martial law across the entire state and sent in troops from the Sabah regiment, which were supported by the Sabah Islamic Front against the radicalism Moros and Moro-backed Sabah extremists. Both sides clashed in Tongod, with the Malaccan government forces prevailing over the Moro-backed extremists.  

Two days after the clash, the Singapore 4th Banner landed in West Timor and fought their way through the Moro forces and eventually capturing the capital of Kefmananu. Under the orders of Vice President Sukarno, the Singapore regiment was ordered to implement and enforce martial law and harshly suppress any Moro uprisings. The following day, the reconstituted 23rd Banner from Jakarta arrived to further suppress the Moros. The Timorese garrison also sent a regiment to Kefmananu as "peace keepers", while Timorese officials declared martial law the following day. 

Chinese New Year Massacre and Bandar Seri Begawan Riots (1957 - 1959) 

After the events of 1956 and 1957, the government of Malacca was pressured by many non-Muslims citizens to restrict Muslim rights. This came after the massacre of a Timorese Christian choir by a Moro Islamist named Nur Misuari.