WT: I'm probably going to screw this up, as I feel like I was purposely vague with this in previous answers, but I may have assigned each country already and may accidentally invert them. Still, I guess I'll correct if it's pointed out I've retconned something older.
East Hyenya, the nation on the interior side of the mountain range, would be classified as a Matriarical Dictatorship. It's a brutal place, where its leadership is decided by the strongest females among them. Hence there's no room for a 'royal bloodline' to take hold since literally any other female can challenge and overthrow them. Male hyenas are second-class citizens and are treated harsher than females in every area of life.
West Hyenya is a democratic republic where males and females are supposed to be treated as equals, and leaders are elected. But there's still a hint of female bias here and there. That said, West Hyenya is doing all it can to combat that, sometimes even over-correcting by being softer on males which causes its own issues. But they are actively trying to find that balance, and the nation is doing better for it. West Hyenya is also closer to contemporary technology levels, while those in the East are about twenty to thirty years behind, and pretty much only get tech upgrades when they invade East Hyenya and steal it.
West Hyenya can't go five years without attacking and trying to forcibly re-incorporate East Hyenya back into itself. As such, the border between the countries is always slightly in flux. West Hyenyan's tend to be old-school zealots that believe in female superiority that is in line with the old ways. To them, the fact that the East Hyenyans have split the motherland and actually treat the males of their species as equals is seen as a slap in the face to their ancestral goddesses. This zealotry is why they can't let East Hyenya go, and will probably continue to try to invade them to 're-unify' until they destroy themselves or both sides. East Hyenya simply wants to maintain its right to exist and keep in step with the world around them as they continues to progress. It wants its people to work together on equal footing to improve everyone's lives.
Sadly, West Hyena's fervent pursuit of keeping the old ways can only end one of two ways. With its own destruction, or with the destruction of both countries. This is why East Hyenya has come to the nuclear talks table, as a deterrent. Whether it would work or not, who can say?
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