The Locke Oyashima Archipelago (SoulCal)

The Locke Oyashima Archipelago was a city state located on small connected islands in the east china sea, south of japan. the city of SoulCal is the city that the nation covers.

## **-lore section-**

-\*editor note\* to aid with historical context the current year in LOCKE™ lore is 1984-

### **early pre-history of the archipelago**

#### **founding**

founded in the mid 1600`s by Spanish born Italian noble Alexander Nightlocke after his travels from east asia , the Nightlocke dynasty founded the The Locke Oyashima Archipelago as a safe haven for those to be safe from oppression and to seek opportunity. this was one of the core beliefs of the Nightlocke family for years to come.

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#### **cultural expansion**

during the mid to late 1700s, French and American migrates introduced iwa voodoo to the archipelago , who had previous been followers of Titosim , merging beliefs in the years to follow , the sub religion of Locke voodoo was created , with influences from the iwa voodoo , Tito-Catholicism and folklore from traders traveling from japan and the Americas after trade opened up with Canada . the religion has affected the archipelago significantly from its architecture to its political system

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#### **the British taxation war and colonial era**

the early to mid 1800's led to the British and Chinese opium war , witch led to the British navy stumbling across SoulCal selling copper and gunpowder to the Chinese to aid in the war. the British got into a disagreement with LOA governors over the refusal to pay taxes to the British to remain independent. this in turn caused British forces to forcefully colonise the city state from 1832-1874. the archipelago was helpless to these invaders after being economically crippled after the civil war.

#### **the 30 day rebellion of 1874**

on may 14th 1874 , a rebellion led by a 19 year old Azriel Siren Nightlocke stormed the streets of Soulcal , blockading the harbours from British forces and defending the sea walls from incoming navy. the consistent defence and the Chinese offering help to the archipelago people led to negations from the British on the 6th of June 1874 , creating the treaty of the commonwealths on the 13th June 1874. this declared the LOA an independent sovereign state once more. this is now celebrated each year as "sabato di libertà" by the citizens of the archipelago .

#### **the outbreak and the order**

in 1881 a large unknown object was found to be growing under the capital of the LOA. this sparked a conflict that resulted in the death of the kaiser , and the reorganisation of the government , re-titling the crowned leaders to "grand monarch" to fit in line with the growing British populous. , you can read more about it here : Order of the omniscient heart.

#### **the crowning of Reverie Lucien Nightlocke (beginning of the LOA tech-industrial era)**

on the 12th of may 1928 Azriel Nightlocke passed away , leaving the throne of the LOA to his eldest child , Reverie Lucien Charles Nightlocke , who had been working in Charleston till the southern states collapse , they returned home to attend their fathers funeral. on the 12th of October 1928 , Reverie was coronated as the new monarch of the archipelago. during the coronation , they stated their 6 year plan for technological integration and economic expansion :

> Too long has the looming threat of economic recession been a fear in the minds of our people , too long have we been over shadowed by republics and federations for our size and for our strength. today that changes. Today I announce the construction of a rail to circle the globe , a rail that will connect the world to our city , to open new markets and give us the economic monopoly we once had before the colonial era. i also announce the formation of a new ministry to be formed : the ministry of technological interrogation , as we will be making the lives of all of the archipelago better with the use of public transportation , industrialised mining , automation of the production of foods and clothing and the new housing to be built with this technology so that any citizen of our nation will have a roof. I thank all of you for coming , Long live the Archipelago!
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> Reverie Lucien Charles Nightlocke - during the end of their coronation

### **economic crash and fall of the nation**

after constant strain from other nations , the lacking economy of the LOA led to its fall , with its mining industry not able to compete and tax being too high for most people , the LOA collapsed on the 20th march 1938. reverie left to mexico , changing his surname to Del Locke for safety of him and his pregnant wife, and set up in a small town named Soul-cal.

## **-Server history section-**

### **creation**

the LOA was founded after \_novermbrlight donated his previous nation to ireland and moved to the island of toshima with plans to origanally quit jes. he decided agaisnt this and on chrismas day founded tsukuyomi , witch would eventually be renamed to new london and then new-vienna.

### **planning**

the project planning of the expanstion of the city state is looking verry good , with new members joining almost every day and the economy increasing in worth (see chart)

    as seen here , the rapid economic growth in the first month and half may cause recession from the need of in state markets will decrease , intern causing business to fall and affect tax for the state .

### **renaming and lore purge**

to adhere to server naming rules , the NICO was renamed to the LOA as it was easier to be shortened to simply Oyashima , a name previously allowed by staff. due to the renaming , the lore written and other builds in the city-state have to altered to fit in with the story.

####  **economic decline**

due to economic decline in an unavoidable decline in town activity , funds have began to run short , causing the construction of the city to be drawn to a halt from lack of resources. to combat the issue the The Locke Oyashima Archipelago tax codewas made , and will be collected at the end of each month to help gather materials to expand.

####  **collapse**

due to economic decline , the city state could not recover from debt and had to relocate , leaving soulcal in ruin on march 20th 2023