Columbus Islands and Warsangali (CLOSED MT, ATTN WARSANGALI)

[Luziyca]

July 7, 1976
Gewemujeh, Kingdom of Columbia

The Columbian Islands had a long history before the present. First settled by the Jiwewafanyakazi (Stoneworkers) tribe several thousand years ago, in 1638, a disgraced Luziycan noble, Trabaoven Lijeh discovered the islands and named them after a Pagan God, Columbia, "Goddess of Wind," and returned. He was exiled, but not before having 300 people, men and women sail to the islands. He then named himself King Columbus I of the Kingdom of Columbia, a tributary state to his homeland, the Kingdom of Bethlehem. In 1863, it became a tributary state of Luziyca, but during the late 1890s, the Jiwewafanyakazi were assimilated, many of them children, whilst all the adults resisting the rule exterminated. By 1913, the Jiwewafanyakazi tribe was virtually extinct as a separate ethnic group. Or so it was thought.

Indeed, many of the survivors called themselves "Mutato," and over time intermarried with Luziycans. By 1945, the second to last King, King Alexander V (r. 1945 to 1971, b. 1891, d. 1971) granted Swahili to be named an official language and discovered that there were isolated communities of the Jiewewafanyakazi. The population was only at 781,296 people, of which only 10% of the population were Luziycan, the rest being native, but the Luziycan minority had a lot of rights, compared to the Mtoto. It is still an absolute monarchy. Now, the last King, King Columbia XIX (b. 1937, r. 1971-) was at the Palace, when the phone rang from the capital of what will be Warsangali.

"Hello. This is His Majesty, King Columbia XIX of the Columbian Islands..."

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[Warsangali]

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July 7, 1976
Gewemujeh, Kingdom of Columbia

The Columbian Islands had a long history before the present. First settled by the Jiwewafanyakazi (Stoneworkers) tribe several thousand years ago, in 1638, a disgraced Luziycan noble, Trabaoven Lijeh discovered the islands and named them after a Pagan God, Columbia, "Goddess of Wind," and returned. He was exiled, but not before having 300 people, men and women sail to the islands. He then named himself King Columbus I of the Kingdom of Columbia, a tributary state to his homeland, the Kingdom of Bethlehem. In 1863, it became a tributary state of Luziyca, but during the late 1890s, the Jiwewafanyakazi were assimilated, many of them children, whilst all the adults resisting the rule exterminated. By 1913, the Jiwewafanyakazi tribe was virtually extinct as a separate ethnic group. Or so it was thought.

Indeed, many of the survivors called themselves "Mutato," and over time intermarried with Luziycans. By 1945, the second to last King, King Alexander V (r. 1945 to 1971, b. 1891, d. 1971) granted Swahili to be named an official language and discovered that there were isolated communities of the Jiewewafanyakazi. The population was only at 781,296 people, of which only 10% of the population were Luziycan, the rest being native, but the Luziycan minority had a lot of rights, compared to the Mtoto. It is still an absolute monarchy. Now, the last King, King Columbia XIX (b. 1937, r. 1971-) was at the Palace, when the phone rang from the capital of what will be Warsangali.

"Hello. This is His Majesty, King Columbia XIX of the Columbian Islands..."

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"Hello, Your Majesty. I am President Kelechi Hossain of the newly independent nation of Warsangali, which borders one of your maritime borders. I would like to propse to you a plan for our nations."

[Luziyca]

"We shall hold a referendum," he said. "I have hopes that these islands join your nation in a sovereign state, blessed by the Lord."

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July 10, 1976

On that day, the results were revealed, with 89% approving the joining of the federation, 10% opposing it, and 1% requesting full independence. As a result, the Luziycan Armed Forces withdrew from the Columbus Islands, ending its status as a protectorate. Unification will take effect within one year from that date. Immediately, the King announced his abdication and named Kelechi Hossain the President of the Colombus Islands. The shilling was adopted, but for one year, it will be legal tender alongside the Columbian lira (1 lira = 24 ishrini, 1 ishrini = 10 senti, 1 centi = 4 robo, 1 lira = 1 Luziycan lira).

During the year, Warsangali laws were put into place, and an orderly transition was occurring. It had its own Congress (Swahili: Shirikisho), and was known as the "Republic of East Warsangali" (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Mashariki Warsangali). It seemed to be carving itself into Warsangali, and was extremely stable.

[Warsangali]

"We shall hold a referendum," he said. "I have hopes that these islands join your nation in a sovereign state, blessed by the Lord."

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July 10, 1976

On that day, the results were revealed, with 89% approving the joining of the federation, 10% opposing it, and 1% requesting full independence. As a result, the Luziycan Armed Forces withdrew from the Columbus Islands, ending its status as a protectorate. Unification will take effect within one year from that date. Immediately, the King announced his abdication and named Kelechi Hossain the President of the Colombus Islands. The shilling was adopted, but for one year, it will be legal tender alongside the Columbian lira (1 lira = 24 ishrini, 1 ishrini = 10 senti, 1 centi = 4 robo, 1 lira = 1 Luziycan lira).

During the year, Warsangali laws were put into place, and an orderly transition was occurring. It had its own Congress (Swahili: Shirikisho), and was known as the "Republic of East Warsangali" (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Mashariki Warsangali). It seemed to be carving itself into Warsangali, and was extremely stable.

Hargeibuta, Warsangali

By contrast, on the mainland the nation was falling apart. The Ruridovans who had released Warsangali only a month before the annexation of the Columbus Islands had left behind a good government, but there was also a large amount of discontent and the Federal Government woulnd up unable to really fill the vacuum that had emerged as Ruridova left. Factions began to arise: Kelechi Hossain led the Warsangali Liberal Party, and this faction dominated the Warsangali Federal Government, which had its capital in Hargeibuta. The National Conservative Party began to splinter, holding not only its seats in the Federal Congress but also hosting a rival government in Addis Ajuba. The Ethiopian Christians, Copts, Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox all started their own religious factions; the Lord's Liberation Army, the Warsangali Catholic Alliance, the Followers of Christ Movement, and several dozen others. The Jews in the nation founded the Militia of Moses. The Muslims founded several factions as well, among them the Light of Allah Alliance, the Mohammedian Liberation Group, and al-Sahlabiyyah. The Ba'athists of Ar-Rabalistan started the Warsangal Ba'athist Party. Communists and socialists started the Warsangali People's Army, the Nastional Socialist Worker's Front, the Warsangali National Anti-Capitalist Front, and- you guessed it- several others. The National Military became entranced with the ideas of weither the aforementioned Ba'athist group or the Warsangali Militarist's Paramilitary Army. Many local tribes began rekindlimg old rivalries quashed under Ruridovan rule. Local warlords began trying to gain power. The only place that seemed content to be under Hossain's rule were the Columbian Islands. No one had fully challenged Hossain's fragile rule on Warsangali, but it did not seem like it would be long before Warsangali collapsed. Hossain, seeking safety, moved his residence to Gewemujeh.

How much longer would he last?

[Luziyca]

September 23, 1977
Jiwemji, Warsangali

By that point, Gewemujeh was renamed to Jiwemji, by the Mayor, elected in 1976 and the first native mayor, of the Mtoto ethnic group, Otenio Thobemiwe. The Royal Palace was renamed the Presidential Palace. By that point, the lira was no longer legal tender, but stability was still strong. The Congress on the Columbian Islands were dominated by three parties, which were the Liberal Party, the National Conservative Party and the True Whig Party. However, officers trained by Luziycans were able to preserve order, thereby avoiding the instability that has plagued the mainland.

On that day, Otenio made a proposal to create a policy on "Brotherhood and Unity," like how Yugoslavia had a policy, to grant the tribes internal autonomy, but united. They won't be given independence, but rather, the same autonomy as the Yugoslav Socialist Republics.

[Warsangali]

September 23, 1977
Jiwemji, Warsangali

By that point, Gewemujeh was renamed to Jiwemji, by the Mayor, elected in 1976 and the first native mayor, of the Mtoto ethnic group, Otenio Thobemiwe. The Royal Palace was renamed the Presidential Palace. By that point, the lira was no longer legal tender, but stability was still strong. The Congress on the Columbian Islands were dominated by three parties, which were the Liberal Party, the National Conservative Party and the True Whig Party. However, officers trained by Luziycans were able to preserve order, thereby avoiding the instability that has plagued the mainland.

On that day, Otenio made a proposal to create a policy on "Brotherhood and Unity," like how Yugoslavia had a policy, to grant the tribes internal autonomy, but united. They won't be given independence, but rather, the same autonomy as the Yugoslav Socialist Republics.

Although the vote passed in the majority of the various Warsangali factional governments, this did not help tribal plight in Warsangali nor did it help the warring between any of the other factions. Hossain ordered martian law to control the citizen militias, terrorists, and tribal insurrections, but the military itself was divided and chaos continued.

[Luziyca]

July 10, 1978
Jiwemji, Warsangali

(dirty yellow is Swahili)

Otenio was at the former King Columbia I Square, now the Kelechi Hossain Square. It was ironic, that the former King, King Columbia XIX abdicated, hoping for a stable Warsangali, but it was quite the opposite. On a podium, with the flag of Warsangali behind her, a 75 meter flagpole, she waved to the crowd. Many native faces, but some Luziycan faces.

"Dear people of Warsangali and the Columbus Islands. I, Mayor Otenio Thobemiwe of Jiwemji, the provisional capital of Warsangali," as she referred to it since the President and in turn, the Government of Warsangali resides here on the island, "have an announcement. As of today, we are announcing to place the control of water, electricity, and waste disposal onto the hands of the Government of Warsangali, on behalf of the islands, to encourage the spread of electricity and clean water within the Hossain Islands, or the Columbus Islands. Thank you, and God Bless Warsangali."

Here, the crowd cheered. The mainland was falling quickly...

[Warsangali]

July 10, 1978
Jiwemji, Warsangali

(dirty yellow is Swahili)

Otenio was at the former King Columbia I Square, now the Kelechi Hossain Square. It was ironic, that the former King, King Columbia XIX abdicated, hoping for a stable Warsangali, but it was quite the opposite. On a podium, with the flag of Warsangali behind her, a 75 meter flagpole, she waved to the crowd. Many native faces, but some Luziycan faces.

"Dear people of Warsangali and the Columbus Islands. I, Mayor Otenio Thobemiwe of Jiwemji, the provisional capital of Warsangali," as she referred to it since the President and in turn, the Government of Warsangali resides here on the island, "have an announcement. As of today, we are announcing to place the control of water, electricity, and waste disposal onto the hands of the Government of Warsangali, on behalf of the islands, to encourage the spread of electricity and clean water within the Hossain Islands, or the Columbus Islands. Thank you, and God Bless Warsangali."

Here, the crowd cheered. The mainland was falling quickly...

The military in shambles and fighting with itself as the Ba'athists and the Militarist's Paramilitary, tribal warfare escalated and many tribes on the mainland began to engage each other in massive battles much as they had before Ruridovan occupation. A car bomb in Addis Ajuba that killed 37 in front of the HQ of the National Conservative Party was found to have been started by the Lord's Liberation Army, and the local terrorist group al-Sahlabiyyah hijacked a passenger airliner over Hargeibuta and flew it into the naval docks in Ukungumji, killing all 374 on board and 159 on the ground. The other factions also began making moves to gain power and land. Warsangali was only listed as one nation in atlases out of ease. It had fallen apart. Yet, despite the chaos on the mainland, the Islands remained calm and securely under Hossain's control.

[Luziyca]

Feb. 9, 1979

By that point, under the popular demand of the islanders, Otenio Thobemiwe announced that she will run for the Presidency of Warsangali and the Hossain Islands, as a founder of her own political party, the People's Action Party, known as the PAP (Swahili: Hatua ya Watu Chama, HWC) with the goal of representing the peoples of Warsangali, and to adopt Titoism as their ideology. Thobemiwe also announced that if the PAP wins, a new capital city will be formed in a location with water but having limited contact with the tribes of Warsangali, with the goal of stability in Warsangali by 1985.