Lore

Throughout the rich culture & history of Salagalu, many events has occurred throughout the nations history Some minor, some that impacted the nations course of history. In this page, you will learn about the history of the island and how it came to be as well. *Users has the ability to shape the course of Salagalu History through World Progressions.*

**Please note that the entire lore is completely fictional and meant to give more life to Salagalu.**

## Prior to the empire

Between 2000 B.C. to 500 B.C., The history of Salagalu commenced when the Lalonunu tribes made contact with the island during their expedition to discover islands in the South Pacific Ocean via celestial navigation, a way for Polynesians to travel across the Pacific Oceans to make contact with undiscovered lands. The [[Serenity Island]] was first settled before the Lalonunu would eventually venture their way to find more islands, eventually landing their way to the [[Sautuwai Island]], located 30 miles north to the main island, and several small unnamed islands.

Although the island was isolated and limited contact with the outside world were made, it was not until 1675 when Albert Farlow, who was sailing as part of this expedition to find new land for the British Empire, sighted the island and visited there. He would visit the island for the 2nd time in 1686 to record data on the island, and again in 1689 on his 2nd voyage before noticing the people's hostility towards the outsiders. Many European empires would come to charter the island between 1690 to the mid-1700's to learn about the island's history. One of the ship who were on an expedition for the British Empire struck a rock off coast of the Serenity Island during a violent storm and blown onto the [[Talona Beach]]. The people who were nearby thought the British were here to invade the island they vowed to protect, only to find the ship completely unmanned when the crewmembers had evacuated from the ship. The abandoned ship carried a lot of weapons and tactics at the time the ship was beached and soon confiscated by the people for the queen. Tauaalo I would later take the throne and lead her country, uniting the rest of the island under her own power.

### Colonial period & the Cultural Rebirth

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#### Reign of Tauaalo

After the rise of power, Queen Tauaalo (Sali Tauaalo) established the nation known as the Lalonese Empire and reigned power over the Serenity, Sautuwai, Waka, and Alliance island. Shortly after the establishment, the queen ordered all citizens to not attack the outsiders if they don't have any weapons and establish a friendly relationship if they're willing to trade. Under her power, she began establishing trade partners as a way to improve quality of life for all the citizens and boost the nations economy. During her ruling, out, the island was frequently visited by sailors from around the world because of the friendly relationship between Lalonunu and the Sailors, eventually turning the island into a hub for sailors to enjoy.

By 1779, Salagalu began establishing different water collaborated to create a network of trade routes connecting the Lalonese islands with neighboring Polynesian countries. The empire's strategic location allowed for the exchange of goods. During this period under her power, there were trouble in the Waka island who are seeking independence in 1792 citing imposed harsh laws and heavy taxes, sparking the outbreak of the Waka Independence Movement. Also in the spring of 1793, Talona was also seeking to remove Tauaalo from power, so while Lalonunu would be focused on attempting to suppress the uprising movement with brute force, the distraction would give Talona some time to overthrow, but it ultimately failed.

##### Expansionism

Beginning in late 1808 until 1815, Tauaalo would begin expanding the country beyond its border, starting with various uninhabited nearby islands that was not claimed by anyone, before focusing towards annexing said islands and then expanding outwards. Nearby nations who felt that Lalonunu is becoming a threat banded together, and an attempt at reconciliation between Lalonunu and nearby nations had failed, triggering the Lalonunu-Polynesia war. After many victories, Lalonunu had finally emerged as an empire. Tauaalo's power would cone to an end in 1821 when she was assassinated in her palace.

### Reign of Sabavua

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Queen Sabavua (Uʻilani Sabavua), reigned power. The Lalonese royal family has a Matriarchy tradition which only allows women to rule over the island (A tradition which continues to this day) on the believe that, "While all men leads his country, Woman shall lead the same way". A couple decades after she came into power, Sabavua started to notice that something was wrong with the residents (Later ended up being syphilis), She went to the sailors on the island and question what's going on with the citizens. Eventually, she realized what was happening with the locals and ended up passing a law in 1841, prohibiting any form of prostitution (For now). The sailors weren't happy with the changes made to the island, and as a result, boycotted the changes by refusing to trade with the island. The economy is mostly dependent on Prostitution and export of Polynesian native fruits, but with prostitution illegal, her action caused a short-term economic loss. Eventually, the imperialists got involved and weren't happy with the changes made, nearly cutting economic ties at the sailors request until the queen was able to make a compromise: An economic reform. Her plan was to industrialize the island and reshape the local economy to make up for the prostitution industry shutdown. Her calls on industrializing the island wasn't her idea, but rather from the residents after several paintings that was presented to her reveals what life was like in Europe, which gave her the idea of voting rights as well as equal human rights as the females. One of the other paintings depicts slavery in America, but this was not in her mind, so something had to be dealt with to prevent the economic collapse, immediately.
### Salagalan Rebirth & Sabavua's reform

Her economic reform was signed by Queen Sabavua in 1844, and in her minds saw the changes more as a quality-of-life improvements, rather on modernizing the island. Her plans worked, which creates jobs for the residents to start selling their own goods and help with the economy, while abolishing slavery. Her next move was to carve out road for residents to easily travel, establish the country's first shipping company ([[Pacifica Lines]]), and invest heavily into health to take advantage of the stable economy she established. Unfortunately, she would later suffer a heart attack in front of a crowd from old age and pass away in 1869.

Queen Kalani would take the throne and continue the wishes of her previous monarch, by advertising the country as an exotic honeymoon getaway to many European countries and America, given it's vast beauty of the island, to the point where several independent journalists from Germany, Dutch, Russia, and America would flock to the island with their wives to see the island. The economy was booming which even allowed people to establish Kamatumbua as an important economic powerhouse as well as other cities under the queen's request. Everything seems to go well until disaster struck in 1899 which would saw the long but painful downfall to the monarch.

Hurricane Kaori, a Category 3 Cyclone made landfall on the island, causing severe damages to properties since the structure were not designed to withstand Category 3 Cyclone. 564 fatalities were recorded. In the aftermath of the hurricane, the loss were so devastating that bringing back the economy would be a huge challenge. During that time, the nation suffered a widespread famine that much so, the 1904 Salagalu Uprising resulted in the death of the Lalonese Empire and the royal family exiled to nearby nation.

## State of Salagalu

Related article: **State of Salagalu**

The State of Salagalu was established by Kukana Nahele after taking power, now named after the Salagalu region. Immediately after the takeover, he requested aid

Salagalu Memorial Chapel. The area was split into 6 separate provinces, each with their own governing power and their own culture. They were given set rules on what to do and what not to do, mostly not to start a tribe war as to keep the country under control.

##### 1973 Salagalan Revolution

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## Socialist Republic of Salagalu

Related article: Socialist Republic of Salagalu

#### ??? era and failed economic reforms (1984 - 1990)

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#### Downfall of communism & transition to Democracy

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