Saint Usdorian Isles

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Language(s): Usdorian, Tukawoan, Arkumian

Currency: Lethel

Anthem: *Usdorians. rise!*

Capital: Tukawo

## Overview

The Saint Usdorian Isles, or Saint Usdor is a group of islands in Southeast Oyersia. It has a long history of colonization. Saint Usdor consists of forests and Pacific jungles. It is a republic and has a population of about 2.8 million people. The capital of Saint Usdor is Tukawo. The military was founded in 1795, to see more about it go here: Saint Usdorian military

## History

### 1790 - 1830

In 1790 a fair sized crew on an Arkumian ship passed by the island. It was marked on the map and in 1793 an Arkumian ship landed on the island with a few soldiers. They set up a small outpost and began trading with the Natives. It was established as their colony and a small force was established on the island. In 1824, the island had about 3,000 Arkumians on it.

### 1831 - 1850

So, now that Saint Usdor is a colony of Arkum, the military force there grew much larger and the capital was established where the island had been found. The colony was named ''Arkumian Usdor'' or just ''Arkumian East Usdor''. A police force was established on the island and continued growing from there.

### 1851 - 1870

The colony continued growing a bit, and become a main colony of Arkum. Anyways because nothing interesting happens in this time let's timeskip a bit.

### 1870 - 1882

The colony had grown quite a bit since last, although this brought up some troubles. In 1871 a large revolution took place, mostly civilians and a few colonial troops vs. the Arkumians. The rebels fought hard and took over most of the island although they were quickly put out as many reinforcements came to the island. Most things returned to normal after, but the military there needed modernizing. In 1879 another smaller revolution took place, although the rebels, consisting of natives and more colonial troops were quickly destroyed, as most of the members in the rebellion were exiled to a nearby island, but later returned a few years later. In 1880 the military there underwent modernizing.

### 1883 - 1895

After the rebellions, the Arkumians got a bit more harsh. The Arkumians began to rely more on native infantry in their army and established the Royal Police Corps consisting of natives and Arkumian NCOs and officers. In 1895 most uniforms were by then up-to-date for most standards of the rest of the world, or Harkegen at least.

### 1896 - 1907

At this point, production on the island ramped up. More modern buildings were built and the capital had become fairly large. As most military funding was cut on the island, less military personnel were stationed there, the island mostly consisted of native police, auxiliaries and some tropical Arkumians. In total there were about 600 personnel on the island. In 1907 Arkum joined the war on the Enttente side and used Saint Usdor as the main trading and stationing holdout in Oyersia. Many ships were stationed there as the population grew.

### 1907 - 1909

During the war, the Arkumian navy stationed here, and fought close to the island. Many forts were built on the coast line and a reserve was set up there. Lots of combat, big or small, occurred on the coasts near Saint Usdor, mostly against Donvillia and Gizati, although most forces wouldn't get passed Aleutia. 3 major battles occured, 1 in the water and 2 on land. Sometimes Donvillian or Gizati landing parties would beach on Saint Usdor, but most were beat quickly. A major invasion occured in 1909 and the Donvillians and Gizati got some progress, although, as I said were quickly pushed off the island by Arkumian, Palmenian and some Cesterrans. The campaign lasted about 6 months. In total, the Arkumian holdout was fairly successful in Saint Usdor, although most landing parties in Gizati failed..Arkumians didn't land on ''gizatipoli'' although a few native Usdorian regiments took part, although most were wiped out quickly or didn't have enough members.

### 1911

In 1911, Saint Usdor was given independence. The planning and meeting of this was shady and not much is known about it, but the Arkumians left peacefully.