I should like to post a new Empire. I hope to update it. I'll begin anyways.
But enough introducing. Lo! Open your eyes and gaze upon the new
OCEANIC EMPIRE
Onwards with Territories:
As I thought that Oceanic islands were tiny I counted them as half like it says in the 1st post. However, I did count New Caledony and Hawaii as an entire claim. So there are in total 14 bits of land.
Flag:
A bit crappy, but inspired in most amazing flag of Greenland. Sea, sky, sun and island, with four white stars because many oceanic island states have something similar.
EDIT: Now that I see, they are a bit difficult to see. Sorry about that.
Claims:
Capital: Nauru
Religion: Traditional
History:
From centuries, polynesian, melanesian, micronesian and other pacific people were left out of high councils and important nations, as they lived in the very outskirts of the world and were always kinda poor and miserable. But many people always have underestimated them and knew nothing of the great advancements of the great empires, like the Samoan, that once dominated this entire ocean.
Now, after the cataclysm that shook the world they are readier than ever to finally take a position of dominance on the seas of the world, for they were nearly untouched while entire civilizations and states collapsed and crumbled around them.
A Nauruan chief, Kamehameha, his name honored by the great and fierce king who in 1810 united all of Hawaii, has been able, over the past years, to unite, militarily and diplomatically nearly all of the pacific islands.
But his objective is far more broader. With an extensive population that nearly collapses the production capacity of these islands, he seeks expansion through uninhabited zones and proclaims his benevolent desire to all good nations to act, with the use of his invincible naval force consistent of modern enormous catamarans, inspired in the mighty ships of old, to drive commerce, stability and prosperity to all the world so that all humanity can recover from the huge disaster and enter a second golden age.
The new state offers shipments of tones of
Gardenia Taitensis to every nation on earth to honor our new friendship and demonstrate our desire of a prosper and peaceful earth.
EDIT: MORE HISTORY:
A bit of lore on Oceania, responding to the question of the very origins of our proud nation:
The beginnings of this story go past until before the cataclysm, where an event happened that altered the course of this nation.
The doom was near, and all the major occidental governments made several plans to protect everything possible.
One of those plans regarded the safekeeping of all the major works of art of humanity for future generations. Several worldwide organizations worked jointly in this massive super secret project, such as the NATO, the Commonwealth and some other nations of the G-20.
All these works of art would be stored in a secret place that nearly no one would knew it existed.
And the choice was Nauru. The tiny island nation, with an incredible history that nearly everyone in this thread knows about I think, was chosen because of a decent infrastructure network, remoteness, and a crippled environment within the island, perfect to invest massively on huge storehouses and give employment to a population with no work, as the guano exploits were depleted.
The operation was a success. Giant buildings arose in the island, and thousands of paintings, sculptures, original manuscripts and a long etc. were, in a massive operation, seized one night and in one the most complex logistical challenges by humanity, transported to the island.
Of course, the population didn't receive this news well but the path to war was already set and everybody knew it. The location remained secret and many stories put it in a cave in Montana, in the very unreachable depths of Siberia, Greenland or Yukon, or even in the midst of the Saharan desert or in the Showa scientific station in the Antarctica.
Then, during and after the great cataclysmic wars, although many topics were more important, rumors placed the new el dorado of the arts in a pacific island: Kirakira, in the Salomon Islands, or Nauru. Nauruan inhabitants were obliged to remain completely silent in exchange of considerable subsidies by the Australian government, and a secret department that supervised the island very closely.
But then, as the ashes of war perched on the ground and a new horizon of peace and ruin began to loom in the watery horizon of the Nauruans, they seized opportunity swiftly, declared total independence of any external power and began commercializing these works of art to private companies and collections, rich men and countries in a most underground fashion, binding themselves in a web of mist. Of course, they sold each piece to an incredible price that led to the world's maybe most massive infrastructure project ever seen:
Nauru in the year 2010, some decades before the cataclysmic wars:
Nauru in the moment of breaking up with Australian supervision:
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Nauru on the joining of the UN, nowadays:
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With all the new cash the island transformed itself in massive harbor fortress. A dike would be constructed all around the island, the reef would be lowered so that great ships could pass, hundreds of anti-air and anti-sea modern artillery, along with fleets of helicopter,s were disposed in bases around the dike. Harbors were created, carving in the earth and filling the water, a great aircraft base was constructed, although it until now is never been capable of being fully operational as planned, due to prioritization of the fleet in the army's budget (80% normally), and the island began to specialize in commerce around the world and ship making industry. Just after the great war Nauru profited from the crippling nation that would later finish to disappear by buying thousands of tones of source and construction materials at a risible price, but keep buying in order not to deplete the reserves in a long time.
Nauru specialized in all ships that are in shape and form of catamarans, double deckers. Many engineers specialize their knowledge on this type of ship making. The workforce was brought from all the corners of the world: Intellectuals, dissidents, immigrants… Thousands and more came here to survive the slaughter. In exchange for living in Nauru they would work 6 hours a day for food, a quasi unpaid force, would learn nauruan language, and agree that their children would be nauruan only and would renounce the nationality of their fathers.
Nauru, as the most important faction in the region, always in the last 50 years took the lead in the political field of Oceania and just now nearly every island here has been finally fully integrated to the Kingdom. Stretching from Hawaii to the borders of Papua New Guinea and the Easter Island, now officially RapaNui, the nation is firmly reigned by the benevolent king Kamehameha, although he only has nominal and representative authority, as declared in the new Constitution of 2089. Each island has a high level of auto governance, and many citizens look to the realization of a pseudo realization of the Utopia island of Thomas Moore, although it is known that the book was written as a subtle satire and the author knew that a society like that is not feasible.
Now, Nauruan fleet is among the highest of the world, because apart from all the high class ships that it has at its command, a significant portion of the population owns ships as someone would own a car, and patriotic citizens are more than willing to help with their ships against an enemy And our nations has over 10 million inhabitants, so that quite a lot of ships. On the contrary, ground army is not extended and researched at all, consisting military doctrines on amphibious assault and defense. The air army is indeed better than the ground one.
The pacific state will not sleep now onwards, being this time the key years of the beginning of a new era. Our country pleads for the survival, rights, and power for the indigenous parts of the world that still survive.
