Republic of Solague

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**Solague**, officially the **Republic of Solague** is a country located in Merdimia, it is only bordered by Ferrum Debueno in the west, as it is almost entirely surronded by the Soloicean. It is the world's largest country. With a current population of 26,694,200. It is also the world's most populous country. The country's capital is Augustus, and the largest and most populous city is Ambriose.

## Etymology

The word Solague is derived from 11th century Middle Solagist. In old English, the territory was named Solagua. The Solagist name *Solague* (a compound of the words *sol* and *agua,* although slightly edited) literally means "sun water" due to sunshine gleaming down upon the seas around continental Solague. A person from Solague is called (a) *Solagist* or *Solagists* (multiple people).

## History

### Prehistory

Solague's prehistory begins during the early 1000s, with Ulysses D. Sallow discovering the desert part of Solague accompanied with his exploration crew. It's theorised that Sallow started in modern-day Ferrum Debueno, later adventuring across Mirage and beyond the Bridge of Prosperity. He crossed the Strait of Millard by building a stone bridge using only his fists, which would lead Sallow into discovering a brand new landmass.

Sallow and his crew were shocked at the "odd combination of climates," as he wrote in his diary. The crew settled, built a few wooden structures on Ambriose Island which would supply food and animal products to them. It did not take too long for natural disasters to kick in, though. Under the span of six months, they already suffered many natural disasters like hurricanes and other various storms. Water levels rose significantly, which made habitation more difficult for the ancient explorers.

In the end, Sallow ordered everyone to evacuate - leaving the old island colony abandoned for more than 700 years.

After Ulysses Sallow and his crew abandoned the primeval Solague, the extreme weather progressively got calmer and calmer. A volcano had erupted in the distance, which caused the formation of Addity Island. In reality, they could've stuck around, but the crew considered it to be a message from the Gods; that they leave immediately.

### Merdimian Arrival

Sometime during the 1700s, a group of people who were settled in different parts of the modern-day Merdimia continent grouped together to venture out beyond the Tendus Sea, as they had heard of the aforementioned legendary Tale of Sallow and the mystery of the lost island. So they reached for this mythical island through the Tendus Seas and beyond, and soon enough they would find themselves nearing the Island of Solague - what had first been thought to be but a foolish legend by many turned out to be reality.

Shocked, the Merdimians would immediately halt near the shoreline. They would get out their boats and step into the island, they would then begin wandering it and scooping it out for any potiential threats, but to their surprise, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. What many thought was a lost island, destroyed by raging tsunamis and extreme weathers, turned out to be a very peaceful, calm, and quiet island.

A few days later, the Merdimians would initiate plans to start settling on this island, with small parts of the group going back out to bring their friends and family to settle. Some would settle on the coast, some on the shorelines, and others would settle in the very center of the island, with few settling in the desert mostly due to its much warmer temperature as compared to the rest of the island.

### Unification of Solague

*Main Article: Unification of Solague*

Approximately a few months after, a large group of Oestians along with Merdimians led by John Allens, Oscar Solague, and Bradley Williams would begin forming a major conquest plan to annex the entire Solague Island as part of a new-formed nation in an attempt to unite what was then a large mass of many different ruling tribes and settlers, after a long and exhausting war with various clans and tribes, their plan had succeeded. By 1821, most of the Solague Island was under the control of the newly established republic - The Solagist Republic.

### Solagist Republic (1821-1848)

The Solagist Republic's government and parliament would fully form a few months after the establishment of the republic, with a representative democratic system in place and John Allens being elected the first president of the republic in an election against Oscar Solague which Bradley Williams chose to abstain from despite being able to run in the elections, "I'd rather stick to my own battles", he said.

The republic was a relatively large nation at the time. At its greatest extent, it would stretch from modern-day New Oriens in the south to a little more than half of Montanis in the north and half of Ambriose in the west.

As cities were built, the economy grew, the nation evolved, and elections went on, one mayoral election in particular would drift the fate of Solague, for better or for worse. An individual who was relatively new to the political scene, the lone son of Oscar Solague, Monty Quartz, would enter strongly into the field, as he would win the people of Augustus easily and go on to win the 1850 mayoral election. Being the son of one of the key founders of the republic was not the only thing benefiting him however, as Quartz had quickly become very popular among the common men of Solague, as he had campaigned for moderate nationalism, industrialization, and progressivism. He believed that Solague was to play a bigger role in the global field, and sought to make it happen.

After winning the mayoral elections, Quartz would introduce major changes to Augustus (Central Solague at the time) - the capital of the republic. As he had improved the roadways as well as the buildings, he had also called for farms to be constructed to improve agriculture in Solague. John Allens, president of the republic at the time, would begin to dislike how much power and influence Quartz was gaining in such a short amount of time, fearing for his own power and influence, Allens would begin to suppress Quartz's influence through propaganda, fake facts, sabotages, scapegoating, and so on and so fourth.

Eventually, a group of radically pro-Quartz rebels whom identify as "Kortziens" would begin to secretly devise a plan to overthrow John Allens and his supposedly corrupt government and place Monty Quartz as the new ruler. They would eventually begin causing assaults and attacks all around Solague every once in a while to shake the stability of the republic and cause it to become more prone to an all-out rebellion. Allens would blame the attacks on Quartz, stating that he was secretly building up an army to destroy Solague from the inside out, since Allens has had a long history of blaming many attacks and sabotages on Quartz even long before this group showed up. The public's trust in Allens would gradually decrease, as he'd begin losing popularity among many.

As the Solagist Republic grew weaker and weaker, the Kortziens would start attacking more and more often and in much bigger numbers, as they had secretly recruited hundreds of people within the nation. Their attacks were not harmful however, as they were simply collerateral attacks, protests, electricity cuts, and so on rather than terror attacks. Eventually, the leaders of the rebel group would come out and declare themselves a public organization set out to eliminate the current governement and install a much safer and honest one with Quartz in charge. Monty Quartz would publicly condemn the group and state that he has no ties to it or its goals whatsoever, but rumors would gradually begin circulating that Quartz was helping the group advance its goals in secret by helping them, through planning and funding their attacks.

Furious, Allens would immediately declare war on the Kortziens and swear that he would completely eliminate the group and anyone associated with it. His promise was broken however, as the weakened republic failed to fight the much stronger and well-armed group. After a lengthy war, the Kortziens would finally manage to overthrow the president as well as the governement of the Solagist Republic with the help of the general public's support as well as funding from wealthy politicans and businessmen who were against the first governement.

### Empire of Solague (1848-1851)

After Quartz was placed in charge of the republic by force, he would immediately abolish the electoral system of Solague, thus turning it from a republic to an empire. He would then give the famous Speech of Construction, thus encouraging the people of Solague to seek knowledge, progress, and creativity. As a result, the Empire of Solague would go on to become the source of many foundations and inventions such as modern agriculture, cameras, manual and later automatic farms of different kinds and uses, and so on.

## Geography

Situated in the middle of the world, Solague lies north of the Tendus Sea and east of Millard's Peninsula. To the west of continental Solague exists a long man-made path to Ferrum Debueno. Solague is the largest nation on the SMP, and has multiple territories overseas such as the Vinland Colony and North O'Burg Island. North O'burg Island is a nature reserve that is meant to preserve the O'burg Archipelago.

Solague has 9 provinces or regions, based on geographical features. Even though these provinces don't serve any political or administrative purpose, it is considered a beauty by many citizens; plus part of their self-identity as Solagist citizens.

The tallest point of Solague is at the border between the Solague Highlands and the rest of the nation, at 84 blocks high. On the contrary, the lowest point is anywhere around its coast; which is at 61 blocks high (0m above sea level).