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| − | | <small>Unofficial Seal of the Empire</small>
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| − | | '''[[Capital]]'''
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| − | | [[Port Sunlight|New Tenochtitlan]]
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| − | | '''[[Language|Official Language(s)]]'''
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| − | | [[wikipedia:Classical Nahautl|Nahautl]]
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| − | | style="white-space: nowrap;" | Absolute Monarchy
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| − | | style="white-space: nowrap;" | '''Founded''' <div style="text-align: left;">'''Dissolved</div>
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| − | | style="white-space: nowrap;" | 17th August 1514<br>2nd July 1953
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| − | == History ==
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| − | The subject of the island's history prior to the year 1514 is a matter of some controversy among academics. Mexica, or Aztec historians have traditionally argued that the present-day Fiefdom was deserted until the arrival of Lord Huitzilíhuitl II in August 1514 and his band of followers and vassals. Historians of European descent, however, have cited recent archaeological evidence to suggest that the island was inhabited for some time after the last Ice Age. The matter, needless to say, is one avoided by the government of the Fiefdom as it is directly related to notions of religious legitimacy and divine sanction. Rumours exist that a series of cave paintings have been discovered within the Tlacaelel mountains in the North of the island, though this area is within a restricted military area and thus cannot be legitimatised by academics either within the Fiefdom or internationally. It seems certain, however, that the true history of the island of Otiacicoh began on the Mexican mainland shortly before the invasion of Hernan Cortés.
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| − | === The ''tlatoque'' Huitzilíhuitl II ===
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| − | The 'speaker', or elder, Huitzilíhuitl II was undoubtedly a man of both courage and foresight. Born in approximately 1470/1471, in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan to a noble family with links to the royal family. Indeed, Huitzilíhuitl was named after the Aztec Emperor of the same name, who died in 1417. Much of Huitzilíhuitl's early life is lost in history, save that, for the most part, he led a relatively normal life of an Aztec noble. Such was his normality that, were a historian to embark upon counter-factual history, it does not seem foolish to assume that Huitzilíhuitl II would have perished with his kinsmen in either the battles with Spanish invaders or in the plagues of smallpox that followed contact with Europeans. However, on the night of the 6th December 1511, at the age of 41, Huitzilíhuitl had a dream concerning the sun-god Huitzilopochtli. As the legend goes, just as Huitzilopochtli had guided the infant Aztecs to their new city of Tenochtitlan and the founding of a great empire, so at the close of that age did ‘He’ guide the young nobleman to the founding of another great empire. The vision, put simply, warned Huitzilíhuitl that the Aztec would fall within a few short years and that he was to lead some of the people to safety. Such a message, given to a peasant or a merchant, might not inspire any belief. Huitzilíhuitl, however, was one of the leading figures in the society of Tenochtitlan and his vision inspired a number of followers. With Aztec society and power at its height, most could not foresee the swift collapse of all around them. Not being ship-wrights by nature, it took a number of attempts, some ending with fatalities (including the death of Huitzilíhuitl's youngest son) before a craft of sufficient strength to survive the journey to the island granted to the nobleman by Huitzilopochtli. By this time, July of 1514, a number of men of strong religious faith had also begun to see omens of doom travelled to the coast to travel with Huitzilíhuitl. It was in late July 1514 that the make-shift fleet set sail to make the perilous trip to Otiacicoh. Most within the capital and the empire considered Huitzilíhuitl to be a fool, a man who would flounder at sea. They did not know that in six years their people would be vanquished and devastated by Cortes and the Spaniards.
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| − | The journey to Otiacicoh took many lives, and recent estimates suggest that of the twenty ships that left Mexico, only 8 ever made it to the island. Some, however, place the figure at closer to 14. Regardless of this, Huitzilíhuitl and his family were fortunate enough (though some would say divinely blessed) to survive and made landfall in mid August of the same year. While the first few years were difficult, by 1519 the first settlement on the island, the current capital city, was founded. This city, which retained its original name until the 1950s, was called New Tenochtitlan and is stilled collectively called this by many Mexica speakers. The city’s founder, upon hearing of death of the last Emperor in old capital in 1521 (Cuauhtémoc), declared himself the new Emperor, Or ''Great Speaker'' of the Aztec people and thus the successor to the Central American kingdom. The strength of the Spanish, and the weakness of the band of settlers on the distant island, has always meant that this claim has been regarded as wholly titular in standing.
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| − | === From Huitzilíhuitl II to Uncle Noel ===
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| − | Having passed away at the advanced age of 84, Huitzilíhuitl II was able to transfer the Aztec throne to his son Tízoc II. Tizoc, while not as gifted as his father, ruled the settlers well and was able to expand not only borders of his kingdom but also to cement his family's monopoly of power. Unlike the old Empire, the new Aztec emperor was granted his royalty by act of birth rather than the good wishes of the nobles/elders. Tizoc, recognising that the majority of the nobles had perished with the Spanish invasion, ruled by Imperial Fiat- a pattern that would last for hundreds of years. A full list of the Emperors during the period before the Revolution can be found in Arthur Chatterley’s ''The Age of the Emperors'', 1894, London Publishing House. A number of key events did occur during this period, including the Smallpox Plague of 1609 and the establishment of the [[Calmecac of Nanauatzin]] in 1742. However, much like early modern Japan, the island shunned the outside world and attempted to preserve its culture and tradition. This was to change, however, during the mid-nineteenth century when a large deposit of coal was found upon the island. Collectively known as the Time of Huehuecoyotl- that of almost shape shifting change. Otiacicoh 's isolation, having been broken by the arrival of the HMS Thunderchild in 1846 in the harbour of New Huehuecoyotl, created a migration of European settlers keen to find a new way of life. This is was a massive migration not on the scale of the United States of America, but with the proximity to Mexico and South America, it was inevitable that some would attempt to make a home there. Not only were the newly-arrived Europeans culturally different from their Aztec neighbours, but they were also educated in the fundamentals of capitalism. Soon, a European with a grasp of the language and a desire for hard work could arise a significant fortune. This led to the rise of the Industry Barons, second and third generation Europeans who acquired great wealth in a previously stagnant land. The first great Industry Baron was Montgomery J. Davies I. Born in the rural Lincoln, he had travelled with his family at a young age to the iron mines of western Otiacicoh. His father, Wilbraham Davies, used his knowledge of British mining techniques to extract more ore in a few days then native mines produced in a year. Montgomery Davies built upon this success and soon became the richest man on the island, save the Emperor. Such new money inevitably clashed with the established nobility, and the years 1880-1940 were an age of social unrest. Weak-willed Emperors, trapped in their grand palaces, fell victim to the machinations of either the nobles or the Industry Barons. The political discord resulted in economic stagnation, as the Imperial government was unable or unwilling to fight the monopoly of the Industrialists.
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| − | |width="30%" align="center" |<small>Preceded by:</small><br/>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4b/Aztecempirelocation.png/250px-Aztecempirelocation.png<br/>'''[[wikipedia:Aztec Empire|Aztec Empire]]'''
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| − | |width="40%" align="center" |<small>1514-1953</small><br>http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g83/tsarnoel/Aztec_flag.gif<br>'''Empire of Otiacicoh'''
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| − | |width="30%" align="center" |<small>Succeeded by:</small><br/>http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g83/tsarnoel/small.gif<br/>'''[[Uncle Noel|Serene Democratic People's Fiefdom of Uncle Noel]]'''
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