Palawan and Cuyo

Palawan and Cuyo, (Hani: 파라원 나라 크요, as Parawoun nara Kuuyo) officially known as the Crown Dependency of Palawan and Cuyo from 1946-1971, and then the Commonwealth of Palawan and Cuyo from 1971-1996, was a Sierran territory created in 1946 by the Convention of Hanyang which ended Sierran suzerainty over Hani and granted most of the Han archipelago independence as present-day Hani. Under the agreement, the Han province of Palawan and the Cuyo islands was leased by the Han government to Sierra for 50 years, and Sierra returned the entirety of the leased lands (with the exception of a small port in northeastern Palawan Island today known as Camp Maiden) to the Han government in 1996. It was initially established as a Crown dependency in 1946 and then an unincorporated, organized territory under the title, "Commonwealth" in 1971.

Under Sierran rule, Palawan and Cuyo experienced rapid economic development and infrastructural improvements, and was an important territory for Sierra economically and militarily. The territory was home to two large naval installations (Camp Maiden and the Serra Naval Base), and a thriving tourism sector. The territory also had a large community of Sierrans, mostly the families of military personnel stationed at the two Sierran bases, or business professionals. The community was unofficially segregated from the rest of the Han native population, with non-Han Sierrans residing and working within the base areas which had a 10-mile radius "exclusion zone". This became a major source of controversy among the Han public and when Palawan and Cuyo was retroceded back to Han in 1996, tensions between the non-Han Sierrans who chose to remain in the former exclusion zones and the incoming Han community led to clashes, and fuel for anti-American Han nationalism in the early 2000s.