Orland

Orland, officially the Federal Republic of Orland, is a sovereign island nation located in the Atlantic Ocean. This nation is owned by the user Mappist.

Pre-Human Discovery
The point of departure from our timeline is that approximately 83 million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth. The asteroid created a new land mass, which has not been considered a continent. The asteroid, which has no official name, struck the Earth in such a manner that nothing major changed besides the creation of Orland.

Etymology
The true origin of Orland is unknown, but it has been speculated that an English captain, upon coming to the island, told his crew that this was “...our land…,” but that has never been verified. Another theory, mainly among native tribes, is that a Chief Native, rumored, declared the famous speech “Not Land of Evil Spirits, but of Our!” during the early 1400s. The latter is heavily debated among historians and theorists.

Pre-Age of Discovery
During the Ice Age, Orland was once connected to mainland America. Not much is known during this period, besides that it was barely, if at all, populated.

Sometime in the mid-1300s Native Americans began to settle and live in Orland. It is speculated that the tribal communities sailed to the land mass, and they began to populate it. The Native Americans were believed to stay due to the good, rich soil and the wildlife that populated the island.

Sometime during the early 1400s the Chief Native, Ohiyesa Doe [last name unknown], gave his famous speech “Not Land of Evil Spirits, but of Our!,” which described the evil spirits wandering around Orland. It also described that Orland was the people’s land, and they should keep it theirs, and not let it be taken over. People have said that the evil spirits represented the newly-found empires, and their lust for power and wealth.

Early Age of Discovery
In 1632, the English began to discover the eastern side of Orland. The previous warnings from Ohiyesa made the Natives begin to fight to keep their island. The first offensive by the Natives was a decisive tribal victory. This prompted the English to take the island by force.

The English began their offense in 1633, when the news spread that the first colonials to discover Orland had died from a tribal conflict. The English began an offensive in the north and east. They then began to burn and destroy the homes and crops of the Natives. The Natives surrendered after 2 months of conflict. Orland was then annexed by the British, as stated in the Treaty of Plymouth.

European Settlements
After the formal annexation of Orland, the English flocked to the coasts. They began to build towns, and small cities. The biggest of these cities was New Warwick, which is situated in the northern region of Orland. Many of the southern region’s towns contained farms. Cities were later established in the west, once Orland became an independent nation.

The effect of the Native Peoples was disastrous. An unknown, but very large, amount of Natives died during the first ten years of colonization. The mass deaths were due to disease and murder.

Native Relations
Relationships between the Colonists and Natives progressively became worse. Colonists attempts to expand into the west coast had been failing for years on end, due to Natives attacking them. Natives were also attacked by the Colonists daily.

Taxes
After the Seven Years War/French and Indian War the British imposed taxes onto numerous objects. The Colonists, like the Americans, despised this. In 1775, when the American Revolution began, the Colonists in Orland felt hatred towards the Americans. They knew that this could possibly result in heavier taxes from the British.

Once the American Revolution ended, their fears came true. The British imposed heavy taxes onto Orland. This was to help pay for two major wars in the past fifty years, and to keep the Orlandish in check in case they also wanted to revolt.

Late 19th Century
During the late 19th century, the Orlandish felt aggravated towards the British. This was caused due to numerous factors such as, but not limited to: taxes, invasions, and, most importantly, dragging the Orlandish into wars.

The Orlandish wanted to remain neutral for many wars, such as the Napoleonic Wars, the Opium Wars, the Boer Wars, and many more, but they were forced into combat numerous times. This caused Anglo-Orlandish tensions to build. A revolt against the British even began in 1891, but was crushed. The conspirators were almost all executed, but a few were sentenced to life imprisonment.

World War I
By the time World War I started, the Orlandish wanted to revolt against the British. They saw this as their chance, and they started the Orlanish Revolution. The revolution was, for the most part, successful and by late 1916 the Orlandish secured their island, and more importantly, their independence. The Orlandish were mainly supported by the Germans, in an failed attempt to make Britain not declare war, as they’d be preoccupied with the revolution.

On October 16th, 1916, the British Empire granted Orland independence. On October 17th the Orlandish quit the war.

Interwar Period
The new nation, which was in partial ruins from the British bombings, now had to elect a leader and draft a constitution.

The first election in Orland took place in 1920, after the government had been set up. After the voting was finished, it was concluded that Reuben Mills, of the Freedom Party, had won. He took it upon himself to rebuild the economy, and to ally with nations to secure independence. His first years in office were a major success. He had completely improved the economy, almost getting it out of debt, and he had allied with the follow nations: Finland, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia.

The Soviet Union saw this as an aggressive move because Orland was allying with their lost land. This would cause tensions between the two nations until World War II.

Mills also focused on building up a strong and able army, in case Britain tried to invade them.

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