Republic of the Marshlands

The Republic of the Marshlands is a Democratic Country located on the Marshland Islands, It is one of the most influential island nations in the world.

History
The History of the Republic of the Marshlands began in 1587 when a French Sailing Ship named the Vainqueur washed up on the third island later named named Hamilton, After awhile the islands were colonized by the British in 1733 claiming it as the Royal Marshland Dominion, In 1778 mostly encouraged by the American Revolution many individuals on the island called for independence who were already growing tired of the taxes that were being enforced because of the extensive amount of Gold and Oil on the Islands, So in 1778 the Marshland Revolution began led by the Free Marshland Militia, Mostly due to the fact that they were already fighting another revolution the Marshland Revolution only lasted about 2 Years with a treaty being signed in 1780.

1780-1900
Over the next 23 Years the country would grow in size and power, In 1803 the Napoleonic Wars had begun and since the Republic of the Marshlands had been helped by the French during its independence the Marshlands used its Warships to block the Southern English Channel using a total of about 14 Frigates in 1804 to prevent Britain from intervening, This Plan surprisingly held up well and protected a lot of British Convoys from reaching the Northwest portion of France. This still didn't change the course of the war however because the French surrendered in 1815, Due to how many ships were sunk trying to pass the Marshlands long fleet of vessels many high ranking officials began planning a Operation codenamed Operation Royal Dominion which would oversee the recapturing of the Marshland Islands and the downfall of the Republic of the Marshlands and around that time Anti-Marshland Rhetoric in Great Britain had risen significantly since the Napoleonic War the still secret operation was given the go ahead to proceed, So on October 12th 1816 Operation Royal Dominion had began and the first troops made landings, What also occurred as a result was the British-Marshland War which spanned a total of 3 Years which actually resulting with the Republic of the Marshlands Winning the War, In 1847 the Marshland Government began giving government funding to small independent projects specifically those who wanted to make things like Rockets or anything futuristic (at least at the time), With the most successful program Turing into the Marshland Rocket Society (later renamed to the Marshland Rocketry Program in 1950) which would make the first rocket to make it to 50,000 ft in 1889.

1900 to Present
In 1915 the nation joined World War I after finding about Operation Sumpf which was a plan to invade the islands via the English Channel, Thanks to the technology the country gained from their smaller projects saw the use of simple gunpowder rockets being fired from vessels, After the war the tech the country had developed was deemed valuable to multiple countries like the United States and the United Kingdom which was mostly kept a secret to prevent possible future worser weapons being created in the possible event of another war, And another war did indeed happen when World War II began with the Republic of the Marshlands joining the War after the invasion of France in 1940, Although it seemed like this was a little bit of a mistake as the Germans initiated Operation Sumpf II which almost succeeded as the Island States of Terry and Orion were invaded by the Germans on July 12th and 14th of 1940, The Marshland Military ended up building a "Super Rocket" nicknamed "Bog Rocket" which was a "mix of a Napalm Bomb and a massive explosive" said General (and later president) Henry Damp, The Bog Rocket was launched on August 3rd 1940 which resulted in the destruction of multiple German hideouts and the later recapturing of the Islands on February 15th-17th of 1941, After World War II the country began to prosper specifically in the Economy and Technology wise which were prospering at the time, In 1958 a Communist Party emerged in the nation's politics known as the People's Labor Party of the Marshland who in the 1960 election their political canidate Grant Montelic ran against former General Henry Damp, Henry Damp ended up winning the election by a majority vote but the People's Labor Party of Marshland angry at the outcome ended up nearly assasinating the President Henry Damp on March 27th 1961 which ended up sparking the Marshland Civil War which ended up lasting Three Years ending with the assasination of Grant Montelic in 1963 which caused the collapse of the People's Labor Party of Marshland, After the Civil War the country's Space Program would begin to expand rapidly and in 1964 the first Marshlander was sent to Space whom was Donald Mitch who was a former Bomber Pilot, The First Marshlander's would land on the Moon in 1970 being the only other astronauts not from the USA to land on the Moon.

Industry
The Nation's Industry with the highest being the Natural Resources and Technology with one of the lowest being the Agricultural.

Languages
The Republic of the Marshland's official languages are English and French although their are a bunch of other languages that are not officially acknowledged by the Government.