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Oldham Road

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Motto: "We will continue to prove that Oldham Road is, without question, the greatest dynasty ever created." -First Ruler Lee Chiba 1996
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Region	The Spectrum
Capital	Two Eighty
Official Language(s)	English
Leader	First Ruler Lee Chiba
Population	1.445 billion (as of 1/3/07)
Currency	Ego
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The Dynasty of Oldham Road, also known as O-Road or OR, is a massive, socially progressive and devout nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates and compulsery military service. Its omnipresent and slightly corrupt government works hard to make sure that Oldham Road is well defended and remains a religious and spiritual nation.

The national anthem of Oldham Road was unofficially changed from 'Oldham Paves The Road Of Justice' to 'O-Road Porn Groove Remix' in 1998. The anthems are very similar but the latter sounds more like music heard in a pornographic film.

History

Oldham Road is a second generation member of The Spectrum having joined a long while after its creation. It is known to most nations for the controversy of invading the then Former Free Lands Of Ediroth. Despite this, Oldham Road would become the fifth UN Delegate of The Spectrum replacing the former UN Delegate of Buttery Boonswoggles. The highlights of Oldham Road's term as UN Delegate include; contributing to the large number of fourth generation nations joining The Spectrum and successfully helping to prevent a war between the nations of Mushy Pea and O Re Sa Ma. Oldham Road is a founding member of The Good Guys, along with Sherylannia, which now includes eight nations of The Spectrum.

The Early Years
In the past, Oldham Road was a massive pathway used by nations of The Spectrum to transport supply's from the Western nations of The Spectrum to the Eastern nations and vice-versa. Over time, people began to settle along the road and it soon developed into a small region. Bandits would then dominate the area for a over a decade, stealing goods from the merchants and soldiers from other nations travelling through the area. Eventually, the region became big enough to be classed as a nation.

The First Civil War
The four local bandit tribes then formed an alliance and named the area Oldham. However, this alliance wouldn't last very long and the four bandit tribes went to war with each other. The victor of the civil war was the tribe of Kaito, lead by its leader Saruwatari Kaito. Saruwatari then changed the name of his nation to Oldham Road, in honour of the nations past heritage. Before his death, Saruwatari awarded himself with the title of Emperor. Saruwatari, was then succeeded by several generations of his family. Each new Emperor changing the political stance of the region, having a negative effect on the economy, and damaging the moral of its people

The Second Civil War
In the year of 1994, it became evident that Emperor Yamada Kaito (Saruwatari Kaito's great-great grandchild) began to use the nations wealth for his own personal needs and ignored those of the people. This resulted in a two year power struggle as several regional Lords rose up against the Emperor and fomed a coalition against him. With their followers they marched to the capital in an attempt to overthrow Emperor Yamada Kaito. However, they underestimated Yamada and his followers resolve and were defeated in several battles by Grand General Lee Chiba. It became clear to the rebel Lords that the only enemy that could challenge Yamada Kaito's reign was from the inside.
At this time Emeror Yamada Kaito became more erratic in his decisions but also became more complacent. The Grand General of Yamada Kaito's army Lee Chiba grew weary of his Emperor's decisions aswell and set a plan in motion in which he would perform a military coup. He sent a message to the Emperor, delivered by his closest friend and advisor Kaza Masato, that the rebel forces had surrendered and were awaiting Kaito's punishment. Chiba advised Kaito to come in person to deliver the punishment to the rebels himself. It is believed that a various number of omens occured warning Kaito not to go, but they were all dismissed by Masato. When Kaito arrived he was ambushed and killed by Chiba himself. Lee Chiba then took to the thrown announcing himself as First Ruler, ending the long line of Emperors of Oldham Road, although the title of Dynasty was kept.

The First Ruler's Rule
Although political freedoms are still rare, the civil rights and economic status of Oldham Road have since improved, making the First Ruler popular amogst the people. Also, Chiba has battled hard to eliminate some of Oldham Road's traditional habbits with his 'New O-Road Order' campaign with the controversial slogan 'Tradition's Shite'.

Geography

Oldham Road is located in the central area of The Spectrum, sharing a boarder with Calumnius to the north-west, I Know Better Than You to the north-east, Sherylannia to the south and Sabrateur to the west. Oldham Road also shares a border with the now barren wasteland formally known as Ediroth.

Physically, the north and north west of Oldham Road is dominated by a rugged mountainous region whereas the rest of the land is characterised by low altitudes, fertile river valleys and has a fairly flat landscape. The eastern lowlands receive summer rain, whereas it gets increasingly drier towards the west. Socially and economically, the north western regions remain underdeveloped while the the rest of the Oldham Road regions are more developed. This has resulted in a divide of the country and hostile attitudes by citizens from the north western regions of Oldham Road to the rest of the nation. The core's of Oldham Road are considered to be the central plains and Ducca's Valley (south east). Today, the capital of Oldham Road is Two Eighty which is located in the southern area of the central plains.

Politics

Over several hundred years of its existance, the nation of Oldham Road has taken on a total of four different political stances. This is largely due to each new Emperor of the nation applying their own personal views to government proceedings. These four politcal stances, catagorised by the UN, include; Democratic Socialist, Inoffencive Centrist Democracy, Corrupt Dictatorship and Father Knows Best State.

Since taking the thrown, First Ruler Lee Chiba has made a number of political changes. He has appointed Four Grand Generalissimo's to watch over the four provinces of Oldham Road, and Chiba himself will govern the Four Grand Generalissimo's. This political structure has been given the nickname of the 'Wolfpack' by the local people. This is because despite being ordered to govern seperate provinces the five leaders are rarely out of each others company, travelling in a 'pack'. Also, the five leaders of have the national animal; the gray wolf kept as pets.

Oldham Road has a reputation of not getting involved with political matters of The Spectrum and often taking situations too lightly. However, O-Road recently helped cause amendment to the Representative Democracy Act 2007 by objecting to clause 2. This is largely believed to be because it involved alterations to the postition of the UN Delegate. The politics of Oldham Road itself revolve around a rarely used political system, whilst keeping civil rights high. Oldham Road has always had a suffering economy larely due to the changing of political stances and corrupt government officials.