History of Adoria

*THIS ARTICLE IS OFFICIALLY ONLY LEGACY. THE HISTORY OF NEW ADORIA CAN BE FOUND HERE.*

## Prehistoric Records

*Main article: Prehistoric Adoria*

Both Homo Neaderthalensis and Homo Sapiens arrived on this Island at 20,000 BCE, but Homo Sapiens eventually took control of the island and the Neanderthals died out.

## Antiquity

*Main article: Antiquity in Adoria*

The natives lived in peace with each other until a roman group of explorers under king Ptolemy of Mauretania were blown off course and landed on the unforeseen island, after returning to the Roman empire, Claudius was informed of the land mass discovered off of Mauritania and he decided to leave it be as colonizing it was considered infeasible with the terrible Roman Navy of the time. The island was later raided by visigothic warriors in 476, the history of Adoria after the visigothic encounter is poorly documented and the location of the island was lost to history and its very existence became a myth to many and centuries later historians would claim the fountain of youth lay somewhere on the island

## Rediscovery

*Main article: Rediscovery of Adoria*

The island  was rediscovered by Genoese navigator Antonio de Noli on behalf of Henry the Navigator around 1452, he later returned to portugués king Alfonso to report his findings and portugués sailors under Diogo Alfonso and Antão Gonçalves colonized the island with about 2,000 soldiers.

## Colonial Period

*Main article: Colonial Adoria*

From 1498-1834, The majority of deported Jews during the Portuguese Inquisition were sent to the island of Adoria resulting in a sizeable Jewish minority. The Portugués claim on the island was affirmed following the treaty of Tordesillas.

During the Peninsular war of 1809, the French forces under General Berthier attempted a landing on Adoria but failed miserably and Berthier and a majority of his men were captured by the 4000 man strong portuguese-anglo garrison. Following the Vienna Conference, European powers pressured Portugal into granting Adoria more autonomy under an absolute monarchy client state of Portugal and would stay that way until the Great Kusti Riot of 1848 advocating for more rights, this resulting in king João II of Adoria to step down in favor of his son, Gabriel I who made the monarchy a constitutional monarchy.

## Industrial Revolution

*Main article: Industrial Revolution in Adoria*

Throughout the industrial revolution, adoria was a center point trans atlantic trade and development. Many british as well as Americans migrated to adoria creating a sizable english speaking population. Through the riches of trade, adoria developed as the fastest nation under portuguese influences, in the process making portugal rich as well. Adoria was one of the first nation to have a fully functioning railway, and was well ahead of industrialization as other countries like Spain, and Italy.

## Decade of Crisis

*Main article: Decade of Crisis*

The Island returned to ambiguity until 1902 during the infamous Solvent Crisis. The crisis arose when German Kaiser Wilhelm II visited Solvent and tried to sway influence of Gabriel I Away from Portugal and to start supporting Germany instead. The international crisis was ended by a conference in Algiers which resulted in less autonomy in Adoria and a stronger European influence.

## During World War I

*Main article: Adoria during World War I*

During WW1 the Island was mostly used as a FOB for Entente troops. Although adorian infrastructure and people weren't affected greatly through the great war, Portugal forced great taxes onto Adoria to repay for the war effort.

## Interwar Period

*Main article: Adorian Interwar Period*

**Economics**

Although Adoria did not sustain any heavy casualties during the great war, its participation racked up debt creating inflation and subsequently plunging the Adorian economy into a recession for 2 full years before the recovery in 1923 mostly due to the Redenomination of the Adorian Real and the investments of the portuguese government into the Adorian economy.

The Adorian economy was heavily affected in 1929 at the start of the Great Depression. The newly recovering economy faltered under the strains of unemployment, hitting a record high in 1934 of 35%. Most of the major mining corporations active at the vast iron reserves in the eton mountain range were nationalised by the portuguese Estado Nova and the Adorian Congress League, the associate corporation to the Peoples Congress Party. In 1934 Portugal enacted a series of legislation called the Colonial Reimbursement Acts, which taxed the colonies of Portugal at a base rate set by the Estado Nova to repay the investments of 1923 and to cope with their own recession. Adoria did not recover from the Great Depression until after 1939, when the european war effort increased demands in Aodrian Iron reserves.

**Politics**

After the war, Adorian politics was shaped by the 1st Republic in Portugal. The Portuguese Rebublicain Party in Portugal was mirrored in Adoria with the Adorian Republicain Party. Although the government was democratic and liberal, it did little to cope with the inflation taking place in 1919 - 1923. This made the government very unpopular. The coup of the Estado Nova in portugal in 1926 replaced the incumbent president of Adoria, Santiago da Costa, and the unstable liberal government with Ronaldo Hughes. At first the new government was popular with their harsh policies regarding the economy, but soon Hughes close relation to the hated Portuguese government the new government began to lose popularity. Through the later 20’ Adoria was turned into an oligarchical state ruled by the corporate fascist party, the peoples congress. Elections were held but rigged. This reflected the circumstances in the father state of Portugal. During this period, a new liberal movement formed in Adoria, calling for an independent and democratic rule of Adoria. This movement formed a party referred to as the Revolutionary Congress. At its height, during the 1928 elections the RC racked up a total of 27%, but winning only 5 seats in parliament due to meddling of end results. During the 1932 elections two new populist parties emerged. The Ultranationalists, getting a total of 15% and the Socialist Workers Party (Is still the same as the one in recent history) led by Jaao Bothleo (Father of Miguel Bothleo) getting 7%. Due to the introduction of the CRA, both parties jumped in polls in 1934. The months leading up to the 1936 elections were chaotic, the Peoples Congress effectively banned the advertisement of other parties apart from themselves. The National Guard had frequent clashes with the Mocidade National, the Ultranationalist militia, and the Red Youth, the SWP’s militia. In the end, the 1936 elections were rigged, putting a 90% majority of the PC in parliament. The combination of censorship, recession, unemployment and the reimbursement acts culminated in the great Adorian protests in 1936 where thousands took to the streets in major cities from March 13 - March 29. The protests called for independence and transparency of government. The government retaliated with violent paramilitary crackdowns onto not only protests, but all major political parties as well. When this did not disrupt the insurgencies, the PC reacted by arresting all major opposition government MP’s, banned the SWP and exiled Jaao Bothleo. The increasing tensions caught the eye of Portugal who subsequently took over supervision of the situation in Adoria. On the morning of the 29th of March, the 2nd lancers regiment and the 15th infantry regiment were deployed in Adoria. Ador City was occupied by the 1st and 2nd battalion of the 15th infantry regiment. Only after 9 months of direct and indirect influence in Adorian politics did the protests die down. From the periods of 1937 - 1939 the government was reinforced. Elections were banned and Adoria was turned into an autocratic regime. Portugal ensured full control over their colony through their colonial brigades which protected the national government of Adoria.

## World War 2

*Main article: Adoria during World War II*

During world war 2, Portugal remained neutral therefore Adoria remained neutral as well.

## Post-War Adoria

*Main article: Post-War Adoria*

The Salazar government during the 1960s reduced Adorian autonomy to practically none strengthening the Tension between Adorian nationalists and the Portuguese who were seen as ‘oppressors’ by many.

## Adorian May Revolutions

*Main article: May revolutions*

In 1976, with the inspiration of the Mozambique rebellion, Adorian Separatists rose up in every major city, after about 2 months, Portuguese soldiers were pushed out of Adoria and a Treaty in Lisbon led to Adorian total independence. After the rebellion they ousted the Royal House and executed them publicly.

## Adorian Civil War

*Main article: Adorian civil war*

The poorly led Adorian nation quickly turned into a civil war between Adorian ultranationalists (backed by the US and France) vs Adorian monarchists (backed by Portugal and Spain) vs the Adorian United Left (backed by the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Cuba and North Korea). The AUL would eventually win after a terrible 3-year civil war.

## Adorian People's Republic

*Main article: Adorian People's Republic*

From 1980-1990 Adoria (renamed the Adorian People's Republic) was ran by a Communist Dictatorship led by Miguel Botelho until his death. Under the rule of Miguel Botelho thousands were killed. The APR was a brutal regime of suppression, at the forefront the feared PSC (peoples security committee). Missiles were placed in adoria in 1980 from the soviet union, but later removed on request of Ronald Reagan.

## Recent History

*Main article: Recent history of Adoria*

A republic was formed in the fallout of the Adorian People’s Republic, but through instability and a general power vacuum, big lobbying firms and prominent politicians took hold of the government, exploiting adoria’s iron reserves and leading it into economic downfall in 2008.  later corrupted. The reign of the oligarchs did not end until 2016, when the banner rebellion started. Corruption has been steadily decreasing and ties with the portuguese was slowly being healed after centuries of tension and hate. This led to many government critics voicing their opinion against the corrupt regime. In 2016, protests started with following the arrest then forced suicide of Anglo-Adorian pro-democracy author and public figure Jonathan Costas in 2017. These protests culminated in the Banner Rebellion (noted by revolutionary flags sewn on the uniform of pro rebellion soldiers) The peaceful revolution led to a smooth transition to a democracy in mid-2019. A constitutional monarchy was reformed in early 2019 as a symbol of Adoria. Soon after, following a referendum, the island returned to a republican state. Though in recent times political turmoil has to lead many to call for the turn of the monarchy.