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The United Isles of Myrtannia

Form of Government: Federal Republic

Population: Approx. 1.441 billion

Currency: Myrtannian Sohnner

National Animal: Dryad

National Motto: "Of the people, for the people, by the people."

1. Brief History

The United Isles of Myrtannia, formerly known as the Allied States of Myrtannia, was once nothing more than a group of four islands. Two of them, the so-called 'main islands' were home to the largest populations amongst the four. On the southernmost island, home of the Lahar, Yoham, and Ramalah provinces, was largely Muslim by faith; its population was largely of a middle-eastern appearance. By contrast, the northernmost island (including Turku, Ebhoy, and Fergot provinces) had a population that mostly caucasian in appearance, but whom largely subsribed to the philosophy of Bhuddism. Trade was soon established between the two islands, and relations grew quite strong. Later, the discovery of the two smaller islands - Scandon Island and Sayiid Island - a full circle of trade was established between all four.

Eventually, this relationship led to the formal establishment of one federal government for all the islands. Delegates from all four islands, and from each province, gathered in the growing city of Halosen, where they constructed the Constitution of the United Isles. The United Isles of Myrtannia had been formally formed.

2. Atlantian Oceania

150 years after the original uniting of Myrtannia, the United Isles was ready to move to a region less crowded than the Pacific. This meant searching for a new home that might be welcoming as well as active. Too many potential regions were inactive in diplomatic channels - the last thing Myrtannia wanted. Finally, word reached Halosen from a longtime friend - the Free Republic of Lamoni. They had moved to Atlantian Oceania, and Myrtannia decided that this region would be the best place to move as well. So it was that the United Isles transported itself to the AO region, and began to open diplomatic channels with neighboring lands. Trouble would soon find Myrtannia, despite its peaceful intentions.

2.1: Atheistic Right

The first major problem to affect Myrtannia was the fact that the Darwinistic Peoples of Atheistic Right happened to share the Second Island with the United Isles. For a long time, the UIM simply tried to ignore this belligerent nation on its doorstep. When AR announced its intentions to develop and test nuclear weapons, the government in Halosen reacted with defensive measures immediately. The Myrtannia Defense Force was dispatched in large numbers along the UIM-AR border, ready to fend off any potential invasion. Meanwhile, the United Isles Commandoes were sent behind the lines to assist the Allied effort of sabotaging the AR war machine.

In addition, the MDF finally crossed the border when news of the SDL forces fighting AR troops that had been sent to invade Myrtannia was received. These MDF troops were used mostly to fill holes in the SDL line, and suffered minimal casualties as they saw mostly mopping up actions. Myrtannia's other contribution to the effort was through the production of pro-Allied propaganda that was sent to the people of the AR lands.

After the fall of the Great Lion, dictator of Atheistic Right, a great onflow of Jewish citizens from Myrtannia emmigrated to his former lands. They had relatives or friends who had secretly done so earlier in order to be with their own relatives and comrades. This gradual migration in secret over the years, combined with the onflow of migration after the cessation of hostilities, had its roots in religion. Orthodox Jewish synagouges in Myrtannia had long been home to rabbis that taught the faithful that the promised land would one day be just to the west of their adoptive homeland. Many took this to heart after the move to AO, and moved into AR by hook or by crook. A few years after the initial mass migrations, a new nation rose from the ashes of AO.

The provisional government of the area, with help from the Myrtannian government, formed a brand new state - the Federation of Yihsrael. Back in their homeland, the Yihsraelis have now rebuilt the Great Temple. They are now fighting an insurrection by the few devoted followers of the Great Lion that remain in their lands.

2.2: AOWAR

At the outbreak of hostilities in the AOWAR, Myrtannia was in a moral crisis. On one hand, they had an obligation to assist SDL allies against the agressors. On the other, the Constitution strictly forbids the use of Myrtannian troops in anything other than peacekeeping or self-defense. Since none of the SAAS powers had ever threatened Myrtannia, President Holton was voted out of office by the National Congress for his request that they declare war. Porfirio Trahin was breifly President, and infuriated the SDL with his isolationist/nationalist rantings. Trahin suffered a heart attack, and remains in the hospital to this day. New acting President Mohammed Akbar-Maheed revised the neutral stance of Myrtannia to allow the sending of all needed fiscal and medical support to SDL allies. The Nurses Battalion, a group of volunteer Myrtannian nurses, has volunteered to assist the Alliance of Nine States specifically, though no response has been recieved as of yet.