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Tyrosh, officially the Acadian Overseas Territory of Tyrosh, is an Acadian territory located north of Caseusopolis and east of the United States of Antarctica. The territory has an area of about 14,000 square miles and a population of about 4.1 million as of 2018. As Acadia's largest territory by both area and population, the territory plays a major role in the Acadian economy, supplying most of the resources needed in Acadia and its other colonies. Since becoming a territory of Acadia, many independence have sprung up, causing several insurgencies.

The island was originally settled by penguins from mainland Antarctica around 500 BC, with the penguin groups eventually setting up their own kingdoms throughout the island. All of the kingdoms were united as the Kingdom of Tyrosh in 900 AD, which was an independent country until colonization by Francterre in the 1600s. Tyrosh eventually gained its independence from Francterre in the 1960s as the Republic of Tyrosh, and a few years later became a communist country after a coup. It was invaded in early 2018 by Acadia and has been an Acadian territory ever since.

Early history
Tyrosh was originally settled by a group of penguins from mainland Antarctica in 500 BC, who established many different tribes on the island. Many of these tribes eventually grew to become kingdoms over the next few years, and by 200 AD, several kingdoms had been established on the island. For years these kingdoms were separate from each other both culturally and linguistically, and would often go to wars with each other over territory and resources. Many of the kingdoms did establish trade relations with other countries outside Tyrosh as well, such as the High Penguin Confederacy.

Kingdom of Tyrosh and colonization
Eventually, in 927 AD, the Kingdom of Rathylar began to go to war with its neighbors, taking advantage of the infighting to defeat them one by one. These kingdoms were incorporated into the Kingdom of Rathylar, which continued to conquer the rest of Tyrosh. By 935 AD, the entire island was now under Rathylarian rule, which had renamed itself to the Kingdom of Tyrosh, since it now controlled the entire island. Over the next few years, the Kingdom of Tyrosh was a major regional power, controlling most of the surrounding sea, and was allied with the High Penguin Confederacy.

In the late 1600s, Francterre wished to dominate trade in the region, and attacked the port city of Valysar to establish as a Francterran colony. The High Penguin Confederacy was undergoing internal struggles at the time and could not defend its ally, and in the resulting war, the Kingdom of Tyrosh was forced to hand over Valysar as a Francterran colony. The resulting humiliation from having lost the war encouraged the king's younger brother to usurp the throne and take control of the country so he could retake Valysar, causing a civil war to erupt.

During the civil war, Francterre supported the current king, as he was loyal to the Francterrans, and after five years of war, the current king remained on the throne, whereas his brother fled to the High Penguin Confederacy. However, the war left much devastation around the island, leaving both sides weakened, which ended up giving Francterre more control over the country. In 1679, Francterre established complete control over Tyrosh, turning it into a Francterran colony, although the King was allowed to stay in power, but as a Francterran puppet.

Independence
In 1964, under pressure from the international community, Francterre gave Tyrosh independence, and the Republic of Tyrosh was established. The new republic lasted for about seven years, during which it was incredibly unstable, until communist members in the government, supported by the Comintern during the False War, overthrew the government, establishing the People's Republic of Tyrosh. The People's Republic of Tyrosh joined the Comintern, and began strengthening its military in case of war with the Nationalist Bloc during the False War.

Despite the Comintern losing the False War, Tyrosh remained as a communist country, although it was isolated from most of Antarctica except Zhou, which was also communist, due to its communist ideology and multiple penguin rights violations. Tyrosh eventually allied itself with the other two communist countries in Antarctica, East Pengolia and North Joseon, after they were founded. East Pengolia was considered Tyrosh's closest ally, and the East Pengolian government gave Tyrosh hundreds of millions of Fish worth of foreign aid each year.

In 2017, Acadia began threatening Tyrosh due to its communist government, and began formulating plans to invade the country, but they were never put into action since Acadia was dealing with a potential invasion from the United States of Antarctica. However, in 2018, an incident occurred on international waters where a group of Tyroshian ships began firing on some Acadian merchant ships after they refused to stop for an inspection. This sparked angry reactions within Acadia, and an investigative task force was assembled to investigate the incident.

War with Acadia
After discovering that the Tyroshian government had direct involvement in the incident, and ordered the ships to fire on the Acadian ships, Acadia began mobilizing its forces in Alexandria and New Caseusopolis, the closest countries to Tyrosh. In March 2018, Acadia, along with Dragonstone and Furshire, launched an invasion on Tyrosh. Although East Pengolia attempted to defend its ally, the country surrendered after the capital, Ghoyan Drohe, fell to Acadian forces. Tyrosh was made into an Acadian territory under military occupation, with a military governor being appointed.

Government
Before the Acadian invasion, the government of Tyrosh was a communist country, and the head of state was the President while the head of government was the prime minister. There was also a bicameral legislature, consisting of the upper Senate and the lower Council of Representatives. However, despite this, Tyrosh was a communist dictatorship, with the President of Tyrosh having near absolute power in the country. Private ownership was also forbidden, with everything belonging to the government, and criticism of the government was also forbidden as well.

Since the Acadian invasion, Tyrosh has been under military occupation, with a military governor appointed directly from Delphi controlling most of the power of the territory. While most rights remain suspended under martial law, private ownership is no longer forbidden, with citizens being free to own property. It is expected that after a certain period Tyrosh will no longer be under military occupation, with elections for the position of governor and members of the colonial Parliament, along with multiple local elections, being scheduled to take place in 2020.