The Kingdom of Luxembourg

**Backround information**

The Kingdom of Luxembourg is a colonial empire that lasted from 1800-1944 and then revived in 1980. The House of Burgandy was the main house that ruled Luxembourg for their whole history.

**Inception**

The Kingdom of Luxembourg was founded in 1800 when King Oscar the 1st invaded Belgium with only 7,000 men. He then established the capital in modern day Liége which was called Luxembourg City back then. It only became a colonial empire in 1829 when King Leo the 1st set off on a voyage to get a colony. He landed in modern day Panama and named the new colony New Luxembourg.

**Colonial Growth**

His son Leo the 2nd set off to Africa and named the African colonies, African Diekirk. Eventually they got to the middle east and the pacific and exploited the resources there. Then after Leo the 2nd, the empire split ways on how to rule the colonial power.

Some kings like Oscar the 3rd wanted colonial expansion but unpopularity and not a lot more land changed his ways. Other kings like Joe the 1st wanted people to prosper. Some kings were very unpopular because of their actions like Wayne the 1st who commited mass slavery and murders in African Diekirk. Others grew unpopular because of a power struggle like a duel leadership from Mary the 1st and Leo the 4th causing political instability.

By 1900 they were considering selling some colonies but eventually after economic reform didn't have to. And right when things looked good for the minor colonial power. In came WW1.

**WW1**

The current king at the time was Wayne the 2nd and he wanted glory for himself. He decided to join with the German side and annex the Netherlands in just 4 days. The people were filled with patriotic spunk. But then a double invasion from France and the UK caused Luxembourg to lose their front and get annexed.

**The after effect of WW1**

Thankfully the treaty of Versailles wasn't too hard on them. Only some reparations and the liberation of the Netherlands. But then the Great depression happened. France and the UK now demanded more reparations for their economy and Luxembourg almost went bankrupt. Eventually John the Brave refused to pay reparations and France declared war on Luxembourg. But because of the French's ravished economy, Luxembourg pushed back and the French white peaced Luxembourg. and then came WW2

**WW2 and the collapse of Luxembourg**

WW2 came and because of diplomatic ties with Germany and poor relations with France, Luxembourg joined the axis. Immedietly they went after the Netherlands and took over it all in only a week. Then with german support, took over france. Luxembourg held out raids of british colonies and bombed military factories. But eventually they counter attacked and Luxembourg was taken over again.

**After WW2**

The treaty of Cardiff was much more harsh on Luxembourg. They had to release all their colonies, Give all their money and resources to the UK and France, and become a French puppet. They at least got to keep the Netherlands. The king in power, Edward the 1st commited suicide. and his 2 sons, Leo and George lived their life normally. They also had a puppet king, Camille the 1st, but he was killed by assasins after just 2 months on the throne.

**Their release from puppetdom and their return to colonialism**

Eventually the French released Luxembourg as an independent country because they kept killing all their puppet kings and their new king was George's son, Elias became Elias the 1st and Luxembourg became The New Kingdom of Luxembourg. Incredibly Elias brought back Luxembourg to greatness, getting back all their colonies in the Great Luxembourgish Expanish and reforming basically everything from education to economy.

**Luxembourg today**

Today Luxembourg is still an absolute monarch. Their leader is now Queen Rachel the 1st. The population of Luxembourg is 39 million making it the 38th most populated country. Their biggest city is Liége which is their capital, Baghdad, Brussles, New Luxembourg, and Amsterdam. Their size is the 12th biggest country about the size of Saudi Arabia. Their economy is thriving as the country with the 9th highest GDP putting it above Italy and Canada. Luxembourg has gone through a lot but they have perservered through it all.