Swan Island

Swan island is an island in the Pacific Ocean.

In 1865 Swan Island became a country. Their capital city is Swan Port and it has 100,000 inhabitants. In the 1940s it was taken over by Japan but it regained its independence in 1943. Swan island currently owns several islands, the biggest bieng Gudal Island. Gudal Island has a population of 10,879 people.



Flag
The flag is brown, blue and green. Green signifies the grass, for they have a lot of grass in Swan Island. Brown signifies the mud, for they also have a lot of mud. Blue represents water.

Location
Swan Islands location is near Japan.

1840-1900
In 1840 the explorer John Wintock Skargophadeothorus discovered Swan Island. The British claimed the island. Soon they had build Swan Port. But then in 1864 they revolted and a year later they beat the British and they became their own country. Soon they took over several small islands in the surrounding area including Guadal Island and Pelican Island.

In 1889 Guadal Island revolted against Swan Island. This had an embarrassing ending. The ten minute long war has been named The Failure War and was the shortest war ever.

1900-1950
In 1910 they had a massive explosion in Swan Port which started a big fire which destroyed almost the entire city. This was never repaired. Instead they moved the city to a new location five miles away. The ruins of the old Swan Port still lie there today.

They were neutral in World War I and World War II until Japan took them over. But then they revolted again and won. Swan Port was destroyed again. This time they rebuilt. In 1947 there was an earthquake and a tsunami washed Swan Port away. They rebuilt again, with stronger buildings.

1950-2000
Not much happened till 1987 when they launched their first rocket into space. It orbited the earth for two days before returning. This was the start of the Swan Moon Program that lasted until 2000.

2000-Now
In 2000 the Swan Moon Program was cancelled due to the crashing of many spaceships. In 2012 they started a new program, a program to make space shuttles. They also started UFO Program which was a program to try to make UFOs. In 2023 another earthquake happened but this time Swan Port did not collapse.