Daiju (country)

Daiju is a country located in the Daiju Isles. It consists of around 2.700.000 people in total population and more than half of the country's population is located in the Minnesea Island, the largest island in the Daiju Isles.

# History

## **Early history**

Humans first discovered the archipelago of Daiju around 52,000 BCE, and arrived at around 3,000 BCE. The population flourished during 2,000 BCE thanks to ideal agricultural conditions and the mastering of farming the native crops. In 700 BCE, the country of Daiju has traded with multiple other countries through inter-island and international trade, which has fundamentally shaped the country's history.

## **The Berry Wars**

Following the arrival of the european settlers in 1516, the daijuans were pleased to introduce their home country to the newcomers, until the europeans had discovered the existence of the **Daiju berry**, which was able to cure every diseases, infections, or harmful ailments, including even every type and stage of cancer. Because of this, the europeans had took a large amount of these berries, to the point that they're nearly gone from the Daiju Isles. Realizing this, the daijuan natives quickly declared war over the europeans greedily taking almost all of the berries, and the Berry War had begun.

### **Battle at Minnesea Island**

The war started at the largest and most populous island of the Daiju archipelago, where a troop of europeans had planned to attack the native daijuans. The europeans had brought a large amount of ships intended to provide more fire power in support of the landing force. The following day that they had arrived there, the europeans must cross 23 miles of mangrove swamps and as they struggled to navigate it, the daijuans had their chance. They quickly opened fire, forcing the europeans to go back, however, they were lost, and as they were trapped in the deep swamps, tropical diseases started to afflict the soldiers. The daijuans, which had mastered to traverse the swamps, thought that they would win over the europeans, however, an unexpected force of nature had attacked both the daijuans and the europeans. A giant daijuan catfish, known locally as Old Buck, had unexpectedly attacked the daijuans and europeans during the battle, killing hundreds of soldiers, and before they had captured the monstrous catfish, it had already disappeared into the rivers without a trace. Legends say that the descendants of Old Buck may still be lurking, waiting for any unlucky person to take refuge in the Minnesea mangrove swamps.
For the europeans who have passed the dreaded mangrove swamps of the Minnesea Island, they would have to face another threat. The minnesean natives had prepared their entire army, consisting of 72,000 soldiers, 100 fighter planes, 17 tanks and 250 artillery. A battle between the survivors of the mangrove swamps and the minnesean army had begun, with the minneseans winning due to the amount of troops they have in comparison to the few of europeans, though some soldiers had lost their lifes during the battle.

### **Second and Final Battle**

Despite considerable losses during the battle in the Minnesea Island, the daijuans were still not giving up during the war. As the europeans had prepared for the second battle of the war, so did the daijuans.
The southern parts of the archipelago had been attacked by the europeans, and as a response to this the daijuans had prepared all of their soldiers in a giant battle between the europeans and the daijuans. It was a very tough battle lasting for a year, but the daijuans had got the upper hand before more of the europeans had come and started flanking the daijuans. In response the daijuans had sent all armies from each islands, they quickly began to outnumber the europeans and had more firepower, resulting in the europeans forced to leave the archipelago, ending the war.