New Samon (roleplay)

New Samon, formally the Socialist Ocean Territories of New Samon, is a federal republic situated in The Leftist Assembly. It is on a small island on the Isaway continent. The nation was formed in 2020 after a short civil war, with four states- Golling, Rotshire, Pumten, and Dollingstar. The capital Whalingrad is located in Dollingstar.

The nations currency are walis and the national animal is the fish.

History

Discovery (1322)

According to historians, the nation was discovered in 1322 by Felix Sharck, an explorer from the Minoh village in now mainland Isaway. He led a team of ten in hopes of finding riches for him and the village. The team found none, and so the island remained unsettled.

First Settlement (1638-1639)

In late 1638, a young explorer named Henry Salham reportedly heard tales of an uncolonized land. The explorer was from the same area as the now gone Minoh village. The city he was from was called Golling, which is the namesake for a state. He went out with about forty people to colonize the lands. They set up a small fishing village named Samon in 1639.

Samon City (1640-1670)

The village appointed Salham as first mayor in 1640, and became an autocracy due to laws not being put in place. Under his rule of seven years the village grew into a small city for historical standards, with around a six-hundred residents largely due to immigration to the country. He died in 1647, with his son Timothy Salham being put in power. He grew the nation more in ten years, expanding borders, bettering living standards, and growing a larger population. The original city was named Old Samon. The nation would hold two-thousand residents in 1658. Timothy Salham passed in 1670, giving power to his son.

Rule of the Salham Dynasty (1670-1768)

The Salham dynasty would last for less than one-hundred years more, until 1768. The nation grew from forty to eighty-eight thousand, encompassed the island, and had outstanding living conditions for its time. Modern historians from New Samon consider a great nation and arguably performed as well as the current nation even as a monarchy. Records show that the people held great freedoms and Samon was a pacifist nation.

End of the Samonese Nation (1768-1801)

In 1768, a large military landed on the beaches and sieged Old Samon for unknown reasons. An official declaration of war was sent to the then ruler George Salham from a large nation called Turdle. The nation was under a military dictatorship, with the general leading them, and infamous in Imaway for its conquests. The city of Old Samon was set ablaze the next night it was conquered. Samon quickly fell in a year due to being a pacifist nation and held a small, unarmed militia. George Salham was executed the day after. The inhumane ways of the conquest angered the population, who showed much resistance against the Turdle army. Samon was named a colony of Turdle and governed with much force. The rule lasted until 1801.

Overthrow of the Turdle Rule (1801-1803)

In mid-1801, an independence movement quickly grew, resulting in riots, protests, and small conflicts. What is now known as Bloody Sunday, a massacre from Turdle forced took place in order to crush morale of the movement. Historians believe a thousand to ten-thousand Samons were murdered. The move angered the population more, and an organized riot took place the following day. News reached mainland Turdle and soon revolts took place around the lands. The riots eventually turned into what would be considered a revolution, and the weakened Turdle forces were crushed in 1803.

Aftermath and First Samon War (1804-1806)

Governments were quickly formed in 1804, with the island separated in four. The nations were called Golling, Rotshire, Pumten, and Dollingstar. The nations remained relatively peaceful until 1809, when Pumten was transformed into a police state with the rise of John Farington to power. He vowed to unite each nation under the Pumten name. He targeted Dollingstar and quickly took the nation. Golling and Rotshire formed a military alliance and swiftly defeated Pumten in 1806, but left the nation alone.

Midyears (1806-1818)

After the humiliating defeat, John Farington was assassinated by the government. George Irving was put into power, who grew the nation’s military to avenge their defeat. The nation was plagued with unrest which resulted in an iron grip on the nation. This caught notice of the old alliance of Golling and Rotshire who embargoed Pumten, which angered the nation. Pumten declared war once again in 1818.