Imperial Republic of Molothia

## Basic Description

The Imperial Republic of Molothia is a nation consisting of Northern Africa and some of Southern Europe.

## History

When the Sacred Portuguese Empire took control of Northern Africa, many riots happened, but none were successful. Then a group of Portuguese-Natives banded together forming the Defensive Forces of Molothia, after Hizzanh Molothia, who advocated African colony independence. They came together after Hizzanh was hanged for treason, feeling a need to continue his legacy. Their President, Santiago Silva, officially declared war on the Sacred Portuguese Empire on May 11th, 1687. They fought for 6 years, and came out victorious on June 14th 1692, becoming the first African nation to gain independence, as the Republic of Hizzanh. When Silva died, João Ferreira was elected, and immediately began expanding. After fighting the Great African War during July 1698-March 1702, against the Sacred Portuguese Empire, Tibetan Union and Burman Federation, they gained mass amounts of land. They expanded a little bit into Southern Europe, but only took some large islands. Under the influence of President Afonso Santos, they invaded the Republic of Nile, gaining control of the Suez Canal. They also invaded some small islands off the coast of Africa. President Antonio Pais held a vote for a name change, the options being the current (Republic of Hizzanh), Imperial Republic of Molothia or Federal Republic of Africa. Imperial Republic of Molothia won. The nation continued to strive until Many countries put a blockade on them. The economy took a big hit, and had to surrender the islands of Corsica and the regions of Lazio, Campania, Basilicata, Calabria, Matruh, Al Jizah, Al Minya, Bani Suwayf, and Al Fayyum, they were allowed to have trade again. The blockade had made many Molothians unhappy with the President being easy on the countries. Many regions opted to leave the nation. The people who wished to leave formed the Army of Ferreira, based on the first imperial President. The Molothian Assembly made a speech, calling it an “unorganized small rebellion.” The Army of Ferreira was outraged, and declared independence on January 7th, 1723. They established the Imperial Monarchy of Ferreira, and defeated the Molothians at the Kebbi region, their first official territory. They established their capital in the mid-northern part of the region, naming it Pais. The Imperial Republic of Molothia realized that this was serious, so after 17 years of war, the Molothians came out victorious. Many Molothians felt it wasn’t a victory however, due to the death count of 130 million Molothians and Ferreiraese. The toll was a total of 40% of the population, and the nation was devastated. Most of the money had been spent on the military, but many Molothians lost land, access to water and food. Molothia quickly became a very poor country. However, a new President changed everything. Leonor Melo put a price on going through the Suez canal, and many countries were forced to take the long journey south, or pay a small fee. All of the payments combined made Molothia a striving economy, well on it’s way of becoming the number one economic power. President Melo made sure a large percentage of the money was spent on military, to make it the greatest military power in the world, while also maintaining a stable economy. Many future president’s used this same code, known as the Leonor Code. Some President’s began making good relations with other independent African nations. This lead to Molothia becoming the number one economic power in the world. They had the strongest military and economy. They had seemed to be striving, until it was conquered by the New Portuguese Empire on December 18th, 1799. The nation lasted for 106 years, had seen 9 wars, and was one of, if not the greatest nation to exist.

## Reinstatement and Regaining Power

The Molothian Reinstatement happened after the fall of the New Portuguese Empire in 1922. The Imperial Republic of Molothia was smaller than it was formerly, so it began expanding again. After many wars and annexations, they had taken control of all of Northern Africa. They set out to conquer Southern Europe, and was largely successful. All of these battles were won mainly due to the Commander of the Molothian Armed Forces. Leonor Pereira, named after Leonor Melo. He ran for President during 1934, and won in a landslide victory. He began expanding into the Middle East, but stopped after many Middle Eastern nations stopped trading oil with them. They immediately pulled out, fearing a repeat of the Great Trade Famine. The nation got into war with the Italy-France, a powerful dual monarchy that wished to claim back the Sicilian and Southern Rome Territories. Many of the battles were won, but they lost the war due to having a smaller army, thus making the people mad at the union for losing many lives. Italy-France not only took the Sicilian and Southern Rome territories, but also took the Suez Canal. They were now getting the massive amounts of money to pass through. The Molothian Assembly decided to print money. This was a major mistake. The Portucent was now worth 0.0078 USD. The economy was in trouble, and they wouldn't be able to defeat Italy-France due to their military might and economic power. They Assembly then decided to make revolutionary ideas in Italy-France. This was humongously successful, creating the "Thousand Nations of Italy-France." With their enemy gone, they declared war on Nile Empire, which had taken Italy-France's African territories, including the Suez Canal. The Nilans were crushed, and the Molothians were able to reinstate their global power. They blockaded the Thousand Nations, and annexed many of them. However there was one who would not fall. Paris. Paris had gotten extremely powerful by creating ideologies appealable to many, thus increasing their population and army size. They then annexed many neighbouring nations, and adapted their culture into theirs to gain even more support. Many countries had even joined Paris due to struggling economies and propaganda about Peace in Paris. They had eventually taken all of Benelux and Mainland France. They declared war on the Imperial Republic of Molothia when they invaded the Monaco area. The war lasted 39 years and took as many as 1.6 billion lives. The Imperial Republic of Molothia had won and they didn't support the idea of Paris still existing, so they annexed them on June 18th, 1987.

## Industrial Revolution and Industrial Wars

The Second Industrial Revolution had been going on since the reinstatement of Molothia, so they had been reborn a powerful industrial state. They had continued expanding throughout the War of the Mediterranean (Between Italy-France and the Imperial Republic of Molothia) and the Parisian War. After the Parisian War, the industries could finally relax from shifts that lasted days to produce enough firearms. This however, decreased the industrial power. The Molothian Assembly pulled together a required hours of work, consisting of 12 hours. Many nations were also rapidly increasing industrial power and this began the Industrial Wars. Many countries fought to see who could make the most industrialized and advanced countries. Many of them stopped trading to test their limits. This included the Imperial Republic of Molothia, due to their massive sphere of influence, giving them enough materials. At first, Molothia fell behind many countries during the beginning of the Industrial Wars, but turned things around after the invention of Techoal. Techoal was a technologically made coal, that greatly increased speed and better fires. The Industrial Wars ended after a series of riots during 1992-2000 due to long working hours and abuse, with the official victor, as the Imperial Republic of Molothia.

## Nuclear Conflict

The Nuclear Conflict began in 2001 when the Grand Monarchy of Spain successfully created the first Quark Bomb, a super powerful bomb that could destroy entire districts. Many nations had already had nuclear power including nukes and missiles before, but this began a nuclear race, to make sure a nation could survive a nuclear war. The Grand Monarchy of Spain immediately began more powerful tests of the Quark Bomb, creating the Strange Quark Bomb, which could wipe out multiple districts in one go. The Portuguese was annexed under threat of nuclear armageddon on them on April 26th, 2002. The Spanish began using this same tactic on many countries, but it wasn't very successful due to the Nuclear Conflict's mass armies of atomic weapons. The Imperial Republic of Molothia began production of the Neutron Bomb, which was possibly more dangerous than the Strange Quark Bomb. The Molothians used spies to monitor how well other countries were doing, until one spy was caught and executed. This butchered the Molothian reputation, becoming known as a "spy central." Many nuclear test centers were made private to only high ranking government officials. The Molothians finished the Neutron Bomb, and threatened the Spanish to surrender 100 Strange Quark Bombs or their capital would be destroyed. The Spanish replied by saying if that happened, they could count on that every city in Molothia would be gone. This increased tensions between the Grand Monarchy of Spain and the Imperial Republic of Molothia and made both countries designate one another as enemies. They continued the race as the Molothians worked on making quantities of nuclear weaponry as the Spanish worked on new types of bombs, creating the Strangelet Bomb. The Nuclear Conflict until the ANTO (Anti Nuclear Treaty Operation), consisting of 46 nations world-wide demanded they stop production. At first, they didn't give in, but during the summer of 2005, they both agreed, ending the Nuclear Conflict.

## DPOA

The DPOA (Defensive Pact of Africa) was formed after the end of the Nuclear Conflict to protect all African nations. The Imperial Republic of Molothia was one of the founding members along with Hizzanh Federation, Monarchy of Terra, Hin Siu and Cao Ni. After some time, the Imperial Republic of Molothia's Worker Party was charged with 3 Million Portucent for breaking the rule of no harmful protests, and the debt was immediately put on the government by the President of the Worker Party. The Molothian Assembly debated what to do, when they received a letter stating if they did not pay within 48 hours, they would be kicked from the DPOA, and annexed. The frightened government paid the money, but was on careful lookout from then on. The Imperial Republic of Molothia was almost kicked for having the word "Imperial" still in their name, a symbol of military might. The Assembly explained it had been their name since the 1800's and weren't going to change it. After many more close calls, the Molothians were demoted from their position of Security Council member. The Molothians felt they had been treated awfully, so they quit the DPOA. Their leaving kicked off many other resignments from the other nations, and the DPOA was disbanded in 2009.

## Alliances

The ANTO was disbanded and many countries began to produce nukes and bombs, but more casually and not massive amounts. The Grand Monarchy of Spain and the Imperial Republic of Molothia became allies when they realized they had similiar religious beliefs and currencies. They also allied with Hin Siu and the Tibetan Empire due to hopes of peace.

## Current Events

The Imperial Republic of Molothia is currently looking for another ally in order to put in place another invasion of Europe. President Hi Suun was elected, and the first asian to become President.