New Westmore

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Democratic Republic of New Westmore Kakama Sadoriwymmu
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Per Ardua Ad Astra
Anthem: The Internationale
National Animal Fox
Map of New Westmore
Demonym(s)	Westmorian
GDP (PPP)	2034 estimate
• Total	$600 billion
• Per capita	$30,454
HDI (2034)	0.643 medium

The Democratic Republic of New Westmore, also known as New Westmore or simply Westmore, is a small island nation of 21 million inhabitants located in Aislada, Valsora, led by President Adam Madeus Spielberg. It is surrounded entirely by the South Demetric Ocean, and shares no immediate borders with any other neighbouring countries. It has existed as a nation since 1910, and to a degree as an organised society for more than 27,000 years under Djarramhan civilisations which live on Westmore's shores.

In the contemporary era, Westmore has struggled with political extremism, having been crippled twice by fringe political groups such as the Freedom Party and the One Republic.

Etymology

The name of Westmore is derived from colonial settlers from the Demetrian Imperium who discovered the island in 1855, naming it as such due to the simple observation of how far west it was of the mainland continent. Formerly, indigenous Djarramhan civilisations named the island Sadoriwymmu, which translates to "country" in Djarramhan Monachiko, one of two recognised national languages of Westmore.

History

Prehistory

The island of Westmore was first inhabited by seafaring peoples over 49,000 years ago, with such groups using the island sometimes as a temporary settlement and as a jump point between other islands in the Aisladan continent. It was then permanently settled 47,500 years ago under five distinct peoples, the most dominant being the Djarramha. It is not exactly known what happened to the minority peoples on the island, as in the modern era the only surviving race is the Djarramha; the most popular theory about their disappearance was that they were either hunted into extinction or forced off the island by the Djarramhans somewhere down the track, possibly 25,000 years ago.

Organised society to a degree began anywhere of upwards of 27,000 years ago under the Djarramhan tribes, with basic laws and social conventions believed to have been enforced in some tribes around this time. Djarramhan tribes then eventually stopped being a seafaring group of people around 5,000 years ago, and permanently settled themselves in Westmore. These tribes remained uncontacted for a very long period of time from any other external groups, up until 1855 when pioneers from the Demetrian Imperium landed on the shores of Westmore with the intent to colonise it for their nation.

Some of the oldest sites of human activity in Westmore are the Site of the Serpent, a place of worship in the Barton Hills for the religious beliefs of the Djarramha, and the Lake Westmore Burial Grounds, a stretch of land along Lake Westmore which had a number of 18,000 year old human remains buried there. Both locations are listed as a Place of National and Indigenous Heritage, and are protected by the Government.

Colonial Period under the Demetrian Imperium

Around the 1830s, the Demetrian Imperium, a defunct imperial state which existed in Aislada for much of the 19th Century, discovered the island of Westmore as part of their expeditions into the South and North Demetric Seas. It was not colonised by the Imperium until around 20 years after its initial discovery, where pioneers led by Hirane Williams, a famed explorer of the Demetrian Imperium, landed on the shores of Westmore and first established the colony of Dalesburg City, the oldest modern city in Westmore. The flag of the Demetrian Imperium was raised in the city on the 7th of February 1855, which then became the national day of the country.

In 1867, the Demetrian Imperium collapsed due to extreme civil unrest which resulted in a civil war, and left the colony of Westmore in its wake as a colony without a mother state. The colonists were left to continue the work of annexing the entire island without further guidance from the Imperium, this effort taking an extra 38 years to complete due to the resistance faced from the native population of the island.

Over a course of 107 years, the Djarramhan population on the island decreased by downwards of 53%, mainly due to the effects of disease brought to the island by the Demetrian colonists, the Frontier War, the subjugation and abuse of their people and the further colonisation of the island.

Frontier War

The Frontier War was a conflict between the Demetrian Imperium, then the Colonial Westmorians and the native Djarramhan population which lasted for much of Westmore's colonial history from 1855 to 1905. It is better known as the colonial expansion of Westmore. During this time period, colonial settlers explored and claimed land they believed was "terra nullius," as the settlers and by the extension the Imperium did not recognise the natives as the true claimants of the land. The Frontier War is largely attributed as a leading cause of the significant decrease in indigenous Westmorians during the colonial period of the nation.

Not much of the Frontier War is documented, and very few records of it exist in the current day and age. It is largely remembered through the oral history of the Djarramha. The few records of the Frontier War that have survived detail events such as the Credence Forest Massacre, where upwards of 270 Djarramhans were taken into Credence Forest, the largest forest in Westmore, and then killed by colonial settlers as part of a campaign of hate against the natives of the island.

While it is said to have officially started in 1855, from the first landing of the settlers of the Demetrian Imperium, it is largely believed to have truly started in 1865, when the Crown Colony of South Westmore expanded rapidly into the island and continued to seize land the native Djarramhan tribes laid claim to as well. Around this time, the first Westmorian armies and navies were founded, these defence forces being based out of South Westmore and mostly aiding in South Westmore's expansion throughout the island.

Establishment of Current-day Borders and Early 20th Century

After the collapse of the Demetrian Imperium in 1867, the state that would become modern-day Westmore, then called the Colonial Republic of South Westmore, broke off all ties associated with their former motherland and continued to annex the island in the Frontier War up until 1905, when the entire island was deemed to be under the control of the settlers from the south. During this time, it often went to war with other Demetrian colonies on the island, which did not want to join South Westmore's colonial state under a unified banner.

In early 1910, 5 years after completely claiming the island, the Democratic Republic of Westmore was proclaimed a sovereign state. From there on out, it would not get heavily involved in Aisladan politics for quite a long time, remaining a minor figure in the region's political landscape.

Contemporary Era

In the early 1960s, an effort to rejuvenate the nation's aging air force was made to widespread national acclaim. Many of the aircraft that the government commissioned were built by local companies within the state. Later on in the same decade, in 1967, a Djarramhan movement to break away from Westmore was proclaimed after racial tensions in the country hit an all time high, resulting in a race war nearly happening and causing a catalyst of change in society that paved the way for the multicultural Westmore that exists today.

In 2032, Westmore collapsed as a sovereign state when a violent fascist separatist movement known as the North State proclaimed itself and caused a civil war which dismantled authority for a period of a year. It was destroyed in 2033, and a while after Westmore eventually re-emerged back to functioning order. For most of 2033, it would go on to annex three former nations within its sphere of influence, establishing the nation's first asymmetric federal system and creating the Autonomous Republic system, another first in Westmore's history.

In February 2034, Westmore was involved in a conflict with the neighbouring Federacy of Omonia after a sovereignty dispute caused by an oil company owned by Omonians resulted in the Governor of Darwin illegally ordering for the destruction of an Omonian oil drill in Darwin's waters. The conflict has seen the total destruction of Darwin and the partial destruction of Sydney in the Autonomous Republic of East Aislada at the hands of Omonian fighters.