User:Brant/History of Acadia

Acadia has had a long history, with the country being under the rule of another larger empire throughout most of its history, until gaining independence from Puffle'and during the Acadian Revolution, which was a part of the larger Antarctic Revolution. The country was previously part of the High Penguin Confederacy, then became a Francterran colony for less than 200 years, though the period of Francterran rule would influence the country's culture. Acadia was then conquered by Puffle'and, who held it as a colony for more than 300 years until 2000.

Early history
The island that is now Acadia was first discovered by penguins during the Land of Lord Guin, but was never settled due to its perceived insignificance and small size. Over the next few hundred years, the island came under the rule of the Land of Asgard, and later the Peninsulan Slav'ens, but it was never settled either, though there is evidence that there may have been a military installation there in the past. After the Peninsulan Slav'ens came Damelaw, who never settled the island and didn't really care for it either, which allowed the first settlers to settle there.

The island was rediscovered by Francterran Viking Penguins from Francterre in 500 AD. They immediately started building houses, which grew to become a large village. They named the place Acadia, possibly after the name of a mythical place in Snowpriot legends. Soon, more penguins from the mainland came, and the island became more populated. Penguins started to move away from the town and create farms on the island, since the soil was good for farming. By 550 AD, a kingdom was founded and a King was crowned, establishing the Kingdom of Acadia, which lasted for 200 years.

In 750 AD, after about 200 years as an independent country, the High Penguin Confederacy, the new government in Antarctica, used their superior military power to peacefully annex the island. The High Penguin Confederacy was quick to make the island an important port, due to it's deep natural harbor. The island quickly became a stopover for merchants and traders, who would stop by and sell their goods. Due to its central location, traders from the Asiapelago, and Ninja Archipelago all came to the port to trade. It is said one could hear voices of ten different languages in the streets.

Middle Ages
During the middle ages, the population rapidly grew, hitting around 120,000 in 1200, larger than Snä Vinn, the neighboring city to the north, which was the capital of the Province of Mhic Lonnai. This was considered a very large population for its time. This was contributed to by many factors, which included the lack of disease and famine, coupled by the rise of new medicine and farming techniques. There was also few wars and strife in the surrounding lands, which allowed trade to flourish. Many people, fleeing serfdom on the mainland, also fled to cities such as Acadia.

Also during this time, Acadia was a county, a subdivision of a High Penguin Confederacy province, under the rule of the Esser family, the same family Brant is part of. To strengthen their rule, they built Acadia Castle, also known as Château Acadia, which would serve as their home, administration building, and fortress for the next 500 years. The medieval period was the time of most growth in Acadia, as the population nearly doubled between 1150 and 1200. The island became one of the largest and most important port cities in Antarctica.

During this time, Acadia's rapid growth meant it quickly became a regional power, with Acadia's navy being one of the largest and most powerful navies in the region at the time, which helped expand and protect their expansive trade routes. Though Acadia was under the rule of the High Penguin Confederacy, the island had a high degree of autonomy, and established connections with many countries. Acadia's vast wealth and power helped the Essers become one of the richest and most powerful families in Antarctica in the future, but had already been influential nobility back then.

Francterran Rule
In the early 1600s, Francterre, who wanted to create a series of trading posts around Antarctica, and had already colonized Crebbec in Calada, looked to Acadia to establish a foothold in Antarctica. At the time, the High Penguin Confederacy was undergoing internal struggles, meaning its power was weak, especially in the farther regions from the capital, such as the Antarctic Peninsula. In 1610, a Francterran fleet carrying 10,000 soldiers seized Acadia from the High Penguin Confederacy, overwhelming the High Penguin defenders, who were outnumbered five to one.

Although integration of the populace into the Kingdom of Francterre was difficult as with most conquered territories since the people had lived under the rule of the High Penguin Confederacy for hundreds of years, the fact that the population was ethnically Francterran and had retained close ties with Francterre made integration easier than with most newly conquered territories. Many of the things associated with Francterre that are prevalent in Acadia today are traced back to this period of Francterran rule, rather than from the original settlers from Francterre.

Puffish Rule and the First Acadian Revolution
In the 1700s, during the Intercolonial Wars between Francterre and Puffle'and which was ongoing in Calada, Puffle'and invaded Acadia with a fleet carrying 15,000 soldiers and seized it from the Francterran defenders, who this time were outnumbered fifteen to one, as most had been sent to fight in the Ninja Archipelago. After the end of the war, Francterre was forced to recognize Acadia and its colonies in Calada as territories of Puffle'and. Acadia now became a Puffish colony, and the Puffish began trying to integrate Acadia into Puffle'and.

To prevent an attack in the future by either Francterre or the High Penguin Confederacy, the Puffish expanded the medieval city walls of Acadia. Because the Essers, the ruling family, were well liked by the populace, the Puffish kept them in power, but gave them Puffish titles under the control of the Puffish government. Though the Puffish originally tried to expel those who refused to submit to the Puffish throne, the Puffish eventually passed the Acadia Act, which introduced Francterran law to Acadia and recognized French as the language, similar to what they had done in Crebbec.

The Province of Acadia rebelled against Puffish rule in 1815, with rebellions first breaking out in the major cities and later spreading to the countryside. The rebels declared themselves an independent Acadian Republic free from Puffish rule, and had hoped for Francterran support, but the Francterrans declined to support the rebels, fearing another major war with Puffle'and. Without Francterran support, the rebellion was quickly crushed with the arrival of reinforcements from Puffle'and, and Acadia would not rebel again until nearly two hundred years later.

After Whoot Smackler Whoot overthrew the High Penguin Confederacy and established Khanzem across the continent, the High Penguin government fled to the Antarctic Peninsula and present day Freezeland, where they established another government. When Puffle'and joined the war, a draft was issued in the country and many of its colonies, including Acadia. By the end of the war, around 250,000 Acadian soldiers fighting under Puffle'and were fighting in the war, with the Acadian units even leading some battles and campaigns against Khanzem and its allies on the continent.

Province of Acadia and the Second Acadian Revolution
Main Article: Acadian Revolution In 1990, the communist organization STINC overthrew the Olde Antarctica regime on the mainland, instead establishing the communist regime of STINC-zachal in its place. This directly threatened Puffle'and and its colony of Acadia, which now shared its only border with STINC-zachal, and prompted Puffle'and to deploy 70,000 Puffish soldiers to reinforce the 40,000 soldiers that were already stationed in the Province of Acadia to deter an invasion. During this time, thousands began fleeing across the border into the Province of Acadia to escape from the communist rule of STINC.

Later that year, Puffle'and began making plans to invade Antarctica and free it from STINC rule, and began amassing troops in the Province of Acadia, its only territory bordering STINC-zachal, in preparation for an invasion. In August 1990, Puffle'and and the other allied forces launched a massive invasion into the Antarctic Peninsula, with around 200,000 soldiers invading from the Province of Acadia. After a few months of brutal fighting, the entire continent came under Puffish rule, and the Puffish established Colonial Antarctica on the mainland, which lasted until 1999.

During Colonial Antarctica, Puffle'and allowed Acadia to keep it's current status, and penguins living in Acadia or had Acadian passports, which allowed them to stay where they were, weren't shipped to their respective colonies. However, the island was still taxed, which angered the Acadians, who now wanted independence from Puffle'and. In March, peaceful protests began, but it turned to war when Puffle'and sent in the military, who opened fire on the protesters. By April, when the revolution on the mainland began, Acadian rebels had taken the southern half on the island.

In 1999, when the Antarctic Revolution started, the new Republic of Acadia, which had been recently established, began to the rest of Antarctica, sending soldiers and supplies. With most Puffish soldiers in the Yowien Archipelago, Freezeland, and present day Polar District and the surrounding area, Acadia was able to take over a large section of the Antarctic Peninsula, nearly separating the northern part of the Peninsula with the rest of the USA. After one year of fighting, Acadia, along with the USA, Freezeland, and other republics, had gained independence.

Aftermath and Reconstruction
After the the war, Acadia was left almost completely destroyed. Because they could not hold such large territories, Acadia handed over Shiverpool and the surrounding territories to the USA, a decision they would regret in the future. People were leaving fast, since Acadia went from 3,500,000 in 1990 to 3,200,000 by the end of the millennium in 2000. To rebuild, the government hired thousands of builders from many different countries. By 2005, almost all the buildings destroyed were either fixed or rebuilt. Many penguins started to move back, and Acadia slowly recovered.

In 2002, when the USA invaded Archet, and the War of 2002 broke out, Acadia joined the side of Freezeland and Puffle'and as they were closer with the two countries then. After the war ended, a year later, in 2003, in order to secure protection and trade rights, the young country was one of the original countries that joined the Free Republic Union, restoring good relations with the USA. and establishing connections with countless other countries. With help from the Free Republic Union, Acadia managed to rise up onto the Antarctic stage by the end of the decade, becoming a major driver in the FRU.

That same year, Acadia also supported Republican Snowiny in the Snowinn Civil War, an extremely unpopular decision among both government officials and citizens alike, who felt Acadia was too young and still recovering to be involving itself into different foreign conflicts. Still, the then President Greg Cleanington joined the war on the side of Republican Snowiny, who correctly predicted that Snowiny would make a good ally and trade partner in the future. With the help from Acadia and other countries, Republican Snowiny was able to win the war and recover afterwards.

Expansion
In 2005, as Acadia was starting to finish up its reconstruction, an ambitious Greg Cleanington set out to colonize new lands to expand Acadia's influence, to find new places for Acadians to live in, as Acadia was getting crowded, and partially to compete with the imperialist countries. The year after, in 2006, after the Alemanian invasion of Francterre, an Acadian fleet surrounded the Francterran colony of Annam in the Asiapelago and occupied it under the pretext of keeping it out of Alemanian control, something that was supported by the Francterran government-in-exile.

In 2010, Acadia celebrated it's tenth anniversary of founding, which was celebrated with much fanfare and excitement. After finishing two terms, President Greg Cleanington announced that he would retire from the position of the presidency, an act that shocked or disappointed many Acadians, who wanted him in the position for life or for a longer period of time, as he had played a major role in the Colonial Antarctica War and Acadian history. Two years later, in 2012, Acadia acquired their second colony, New Caseusopolis, after purchasing the island from the new nation of Caseusopolis.

The Great Yowien War
The Acadian government was rumored to have been sympathetic to the Feey regime before the April 2013 UAN Resolutions, with the leaders of both nations having made state visits to each others' countries in the past, and Acadia and Yow both had a trade agreement with each other as well. In a speech in 2012, Acadian President Dominic Smith reportedly called Yow "an Acadian ally", which was later criticized after the war. After the UAN resolutions in April, which Acadia abstained to, Acadia, like most countries around Antarctica at the time, stopped trading with Yow, leaving the country isolated.

During the Great Yowien War, many Acadian politicians and the president at the time, Dominic Smith, often condemned the war crimes by Shops and its allies, but denied ever actually supporting Yow politically for fear of harming their relations with Shops and its allies. Some Acadian politicians wanted to aid Yow in what they saw as an unfair violation of international law, but Dominic Smith's military advisers quickly ruled that any aid of Yow would've ended in the total destruction of Acadia by Shops and its allies, and thus Acadia provided no aid to either side.

Acadia did offer the former King of Yow, Feey1 Pie, and his family asylum in a highly controversial decision after he was captured but after his trial in South Pole City he was instead sentenced to live in Maverick due to its isolation, as Feey living in Acadia would've been considered a risk since Dominic Smith was sympathetic to Yow. However, Acadia did accept around 200,000 Yowien refugees fleeing the war in Yow, and Acadia and its colonies are home to the second largest Yowien population outside the Yowien Sea, after the United Provinces, which has a population of around 400,000 Yowiens.

Frosian War
At the beginning of the Frosian War, Acadian military bases in and out of the country were put on high alert, especially those in Annam and New Caseusopolis, since they were both located close to where many of the first invasions in the war had taken place. Acadian military advisers were fully aware that the small country had to chance of winning against the much larger Puffalia, and Acadia hoped that it could stay neutral to prevent its vulnerable colonies from invasion. However, the Acadian reserve forces and national guard were still mobilized in case of an invasion.

Despite Acadia's declared neutrality, Puffalian forces invaded the Acadian colony of New Caseusopolis with around 50,000 soldiers, while New Caseusopolis was defended by around 12,000 Acadian soldiers. President Dominic Smith had hoped to deploy a fleet of about 20 ships and 4,000 soldiers to aid in the defense of the colony, but were not able to reach there in time due to a major Puffalian presence in the Asiapelago. However, despite the odds, the Acadian force was able to defeat the invading Puffalians, and New Caseusopolis remained in Acadian hands for the rest of the war.

That same month, the Puffalian-Western War broke out in Penland and the Terra Federation, with the Western Union fighting against Little Penland, which was supported by Puffalia. Many Acadians wished to aid their close ally Snowiny in the regional conflict, but President Dominic Smith refused to deploy Acadian soldiers to the fight, as he didn't want to provoke the Puffalians into trying to attack New Caseusopolis again. However, he was able to secretly provide aid in the form of equipment, funding, supplies, and weapons to the Snowinian and Circular forces in Penland.

Western Union
In April of 2015, Acadia joined the Western Union at the same time as Caseuspolis, after weeks of talks with the then leader of Snowiny, Robert Smith. Acadia had fostered good relationships with the main country in the union, Snowiny, since the Snowinn Civil War, and the countries had been good friends. Membership in the Union immediately boosted Acadia's military and economic power, as it increased trade with powers such as Snowiny, Margate, and the Terra Federation and also established relations with Amataria.

In early 2016, the Western Union new capital talks were held in Acadia, with Western Union leaders meeting in Acadia to decide a capital for the Western Union. Acadia was one of the candidates nominated to be the capital, though the Acadian delegates themselves instead supported an island in the Puffepelago to become the capital. However, at much negotiations and voting, Acadia was chosen to become the new capital. Construction on the Western Union Capital District began soon afterwards and finished in early 2017.

Antarctic War on Terrorism
Since February 2015, Acadia became involved on the counter terrorist side of Antarctic War on Terrorism. Originally, a small force of around 500 soldiers was deployed to Penland, mainly to aid the local Snowinian forces in providing security to the major cities in Penland, but after terrorist attacks were carried out in Acadia in March that year, along with a Little Penland offensive, Acadia sent an additional 4,500 troops to Penland to participate in active offensives against Little Penland, bringing the Acadian forces in Penland to 5,000 soldiers by 2016.

Acadia also aided in the invasion of Macradonia with Snowiny, being the second largest contributor of troops after Snowiny, after terrorists staged a coup d'etat in the country, overthrowing the absolute monarch in the country, the King, and sending the country into chaos. The subsequent invasion by the combined counter terrorist forces ended with Macradonia being divided into combined Acadian and Snowinian occupation zones. After around five months of control, threats of war from the UAN and USA forced Acadia and Snowiny to retreat from Macradonia.

Acadian troops remained in Penland for over three years, aiding the Snowinian troops in defeating Little Penland, but also launched offensives of their own which beat back the Little Penland terrorists. The Acadians were particularly distinguished in urban warfare, and won several battles in the major towns and cities of Penland during the war as well. After Little Penland was mostly defeated by 2016 and the war was declared as over, Acadian troops remained in Penland for an additional two years, conducting peacekeeping operations and helping rebuild, before officially pulling out in 2018.

Leaving the FRU
For seemingly years, since they had joined the Western Union, Acadia had a growing distaste towards the USA and the Free Republic Union. In November 2016, after the Presidential Election was over, President Esser and various members of the Acadian Parliament didn't like that Megg and Happyface141 had been elected into office, and the distaste boiled over. After some discussions with their allies in the Western Union, Acadia and Dragonstone's parliaments both agreed to leave the FRU (seemingly ignoring the referendum from earlier in the year), much to the dismay of the USA and others. Most of the international community believes that the departure is due to President Esser's distaste towards the USA for not electing his Vice President's brother (Joseph Crosby) as the President or VP of the USA. While many nations responded to the news, President Spike Hike addressed the FRU by saying:

"It's sad to hear that Acadia has chosen to leave the Union because they dislike the results of our democratic election. However, we respect their opinion, and I hope that their friends in the Western Union take as good of care of them as we have since our soldiers fought side-by-side with theirs in the Epic Revolution. Alas, while we all may be saddened, their departure can make our bonds stronger, all we've done is let go of the weakest links in the chain that is the Free Republic Union, and without them we can further prosper!"

- Spike Hike

Days later, after Acadia threatened military action against the USA, a heavy border patrol was set up along the US-Acadian border with troops from other areas of the USA being relocated to the Antarctic Peninsula. In addition, Acadia was formally removed from the SABER route, severing a part of its income. However, most ships that stop by Shiverpool also still dock in Acadia as part of their normal routine that has been going on for years. Meanwhile, large protests and riots took place all over Acadia, calling this a violation of democracy.

"President Esser's decision... to just, ditch the referendum the Acadian people had a few months ago... is dangerous and is not good for democracy. The people of Acadia democratically voted against leaving the Free Republic Union, instead the Acadian parliament overruled the people's decision, throwing out insults at the President-Elect of the United States, claiming the election was rigged because a highly unpopular right wing politician didn't win, and... sexism and bigotry was a major part in this too. We are very disappointed to hear these news coming from Acadia, a highly developed country with democratic institutions, and a fellow member of the Western Union. We are saddened to hear of these developments, and... we will just, stand here and... hope for the best."

- Simon McClark, President of the United Provinces

"President Esser's sudden decision to withdraw from the Free Republic Union, while constitutional, is a reflection on President Esser's unprofessionalism in national affairs by his failure to draw a line between foreign diplomacy and his personal political wishes. While one would certainly prefers a friend to win, his childish actions against the United States are deserving of criticism since they are motivated by the fact that Mr. Crosby failed to secure a victory in the election. These actions represent his failure to respect the wishes of the Antarctican voters. What's even more regrettable is the fact that the majority of the Acadian Members of Parliament appears to be burdened by this unprofessionalism, as they were the ones voting for their country to leave the Free Republic Union, in direct contradiction to the will of the Acadian people, who showed their will in the public referendum just a few months ago. This decision is also a failure on the part of the majority of the Acadian MPs in representing their constituencies' will, instead they are more influenced by the fact that a relative of the ruling elite lost the election."

- Frederick Mueller, President of Margate

"Acadia's withdrawal from the FRU is very clear, and it's because of the fact that Mr. Crosby, whose brother is a high-ranking government official in the Acadian government, failed to secure the Presidency of the United States. This decision is flawed from the beginning because it is saturated in the unhealthy grease of cronyism."

- Slender, Chancellor of Magonia

Colonial Expansions
From early to mid 2015, Acadia, in a joint operation with the then Kingdom of Snowiny, invaded and occupied Macradonia, splitting it into Acadian and Snowinian occupation zones. After the UAN and the Bow Tie Alliance threatened to invade Acadian Macradonia and the United States of Antarctica threatened to invade Acadia itself for its actions, Acadia surrendered the territory hours before the landing of Bow Tie Alliance soldiers. This event is still extremely controversial in Acadia today and Acadians are still resentful of Dorkugal for their involvement in the war.

Acadia had long began pursuing space exploration and travel since the Great Space Race of 2013, but the country's politicians were more concerned with the events around Antarctica, and the space program was often underfunded. However, after the election of Brant Esser in 2015, who had promised that Acadia would improve its space program and found a space colony, more funding was allocated towards the space program, allowing for Acadia to build its first colony on the Moon in 2018. Acadia has plans to expand its colony on the Moon, along with plans to found more extraterrestrial colonies.

Despite being a republic, Acadia still has many imperialist tendencies, and desires to conquer smaller nations and make them into territories, though they aren't powerful enough to do so. In the past few years, Acadia has shown an interest in annexing the Maps Union, Okan, Hailvale, among others. Both political and military experts, however, have ruled that any move to annex the countries will end in disaster, as they all have powerful allies. Acadia also desires to conquer their enemy, East Pengolia, and make it into a territory as well.

Crisis of 2017
Relations between Acadia and the United States of Antarctica began souring after the Bow Tie War in 2015 and worsened in 2016 after Acadia left the Free Republic Union in a vote which the United States of Antarctica considered undemocratic. Tensions continued to escalate after Megg and Happyface were elected as President and Vice President of the United States of Antarctica, respectively. Antarctican troops began to be moved to the border after the Acadian government implied attempting to "restore democracy" in the United States of Antarctica, which most thought meant invasion.

After Acadia threatened Dorkugal and East Pengolia in 2017, Happyface gave a speech to the South Pole Council in which he implied that Acadian sovereignty was a threat to peace in Antarctica, and created the United Antarctica Pact of Justice to combat Acadia, which shocked Acadians and caused much panic in the country. In light of the recent developments, the Western Union congress of that year resulted in Margate threatening to leave the WU during the Marxit Crisis, due to a proposal to create a WU army which Margate believed Acadia was using them as a meat shield.

It seemed that war was imminent for Acadia after the United States of Antarctica moved 70,000 troops from around the country into various positions in and around Shiverpool, the closest Antarctican city to Acadia, along with the Antarctican-Acadian border. The Acadian president, feeling abandoned by his country's allies, called a urgent meeting of the country's top military advisers to see how Acadia could stand in an invasion. Around 120,000 Acadian soldiers, consisting of 80,000 active soldiers and 40,000 reserve, were deployed around Metropolitan Acadia to defend the country.

For hours, the United States of Antarctica continued to move troops from around the country to in and around Shiverpool while Acadia began amassing troops at the border and built defenses around the country. President Brant Esser made desperate phone calls to Acadian allies both in and out of the Western Union, but he received no definitive answer from any country. Later that night, however, the Dragonstonian Prime Minister, Jacob Olmsted, responded by saying he would stand with Acadia, and sent 20,000 soldiers and 15 ships to help defend Acadia.

After the Western Union finally agreed to stand by Acadia, along with international pressure and pressure from the Western Union, and negotiations between the two countries, Antarctican troops began to leave their positions, returning to their military bases around the country. The Dragonstonian troops returned home and the Acadian reserves dispersed as well. A crisis that had occurred during the past few weeks and threatened to bring devastating war to Antarctica had finally ended, but Antarctican-Acadian relations remain tense to this day.

2027 Scramble for Power
As the Shopper political climate began to grow increasingly unstable in the 2020s, thousands began to flee Shops Island and seek asylum in foreign countries to escape the inevitable war. Despite Acadia's less than friendly relationship with Shops Island, the country accepted thousands of Shopper refugees in 2026, vowing not to send a single refugee back to Shops, a promise that they managed to keep. Although Acadia did not do so out of hospitality or love of the Shopper people, they intended to settle many of the refugees in the colonies to grow the population.

After the fall of Shops, many imperialist nations began to invade the former Shopper colonies, taking them for their own. The Acadian government wished for a piece of the fallen Shopper Empire as well, and the Acadian military high command began to make plans for an invasion of a colony, but in the end the high command saw the plan as too risky, for it could provoke a war against a larger imperialist country, and plans for such invasions were scrapped. Additionally, the Acadians couldn't have invaded the former colonies in the first place as they were protected by the Western Union.

However, despite Acadian imperialist ambitions, under the orders of President Brant Esser, 15,000 Acadian Foreign Legion troops were deployed to Moon Island after it was founded to protect the newly founded republic, due to Esser's friendship with Penstubal, who was one of the leaders of the country. Acadia was one of the first countries to recognize Moon Island and announced that they would protect the country from any other imperialist power that attempted to conquer one of the former Shopper territories in the aftermath of the Shops Civil War.

As Shops was a major and powerful country, its fall left a large power vacuum which many nations in Antarctica attempted to fill. Acadia was no exception, and while it wasn't able to annex any former Shopper territory, it began increasing trade with many of Shops' former trading partners, to at least fill in some of Shops' previous role. Unlike most countries around Antarctica, Acadia rarely traded with Shops Island, especially after their relations began to deteriorate in 2018, and was thus able to emerge after the 2027 Scramble for Power almost completely unscathed economically.

Although Acadia had been closely allied with Snowzerland before, the Acadian public became increasingly disgusted with Snowzerland for its bombing of Shops Island, and the Acadian President Brant Esser was also personally appalled and shocked at what his childhood friend had become. Acadia followed the example of many other countries around Antarctica in distancing themselves from Snowzerland, leaving the country even more isolated than before. This continued until after the Snoss Civil War, when a different Snowzerland was established, and Acadia began interacting with Snowzerland again.