Kassmais

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Kassmais (Pronunciation: Cas-may-is) or The Republic of Kassmais is a country located in Asia and north of Luzon. It is a favorite among tourists with its natural locations and cities. It is also nicknamed "The Philippine's twin brother" for the similarities, both in the modern eras and historic. They are apart of the UN, ASEAN and others.

Pre-Historic (????)
As countries shifted, a part of Luzon breaks off, making Kassmais.

The First Settlers (1007-1568)
The first settlers traveled through wooden boats, known as the Tymacks, mostly hunt for fish and animals, mostly deer, wrote in a language called Kazbaysic, mostly traded with the Chinese and Indians, during this time, there was no coherent state, instead, there was a bunch of city-states and tribal kingdoms, spread across the state, one of these were the Neuwymacks, which was the strongest of the tribal kingdoms, having expanded during those years, social classes were divided into four groups, the Sohuto being the ruling class or the monarch, the Kasmay, being the nobles, the Hoinika, the warrior class, and the Pijeni, the peasants. Islam would later spread due to Muslim traders.

Deadly New Comers (1566-1782)
In 1566, Juan Jose Pescador was commissioned by the viceroy, Francisco Ceinos, to lead an expedition in the Pacific Ocean, to find the Spice Islands where the earlier explorers had landed in 1521 and 1543, respectively. The expedition was ordered by King Philip II of Spain, after whom the Philippines had been named after. the Audiencia and López de Legazpi soon completed the preparations for the expedition.

On November 19 or 20, 1564, three ships, carrying 450 soldiers, sailed from the port of Barra de Navidad, New Spain, in what is now Jalisco state, Mexico, during the 85th day, a bad storm hits the expedition force, setting them off course, Juan Jose Pescador still thought that they were heading to the Las Islas Felipinas but instead, landed on an island, which He called Las Islas Felipinas, but soon after talking with natives and doing stuff and potentially slaughtering one that didn't like them, they set off back to Spain to tell them the news about a new island, just above The Philippine islands. another expedition force was sent 3 years later and was swiftly colonized by Spain, being now apart of The Spanish East Indies, reform was set in and religions were swiftly changed as catholic churches were built, and schools teaching the natives Spanish and the island was named la Isla de Kazbay. during the following years, life was normal for a colonized state, well ignoring the many bad things the Spanish did, during this time, two couples from Italy went to the Spanish state, and gave birth to Mario Zendelly

The Revolution (1782-1814)
See Kazbay Revolutions

The Union of Kazbay (1814-1899)
After defeating the Spaniards, they setup a union and named it after their revolution name which was based on Kasmay translated to Spanish, with their first president Mario Zendelly, which was a stern and brave man like his Italian parent's, the state tried to get recognized but had no luck, due to politics at the time, The Union of Kazbay never got any recognition and was declared still apart of New Spain, in 1899, the Spanish-American war occurred, The Americans won and The Treaty of Paris declared that Hawaii, The Philippines, And Kazbay would be given to America. this would start a war which the UoK would lose, It would be named The American-Kazbay War or The Kasmay Insurgency.

United States Military Government of the Kasmay-Sohuto Islands (1899-1901)
On March 3, 1901 the US Congress passed the Army Appropriation Act containing (along with the Platt Amendment on Cuba) the Spooner Amendment and the Terrell Act, which provided the President with the legislative authority to establish a civil government in the Kasmay-Sohuto Islands. Until then, the President had been administering Kasmay by virtue of his war powers. On July 4, 1901, civil government was inaugurated, with Adan Navarro as the Civil Governor. On February 3, 1903, the US Congress changed the title of Civil Governor to Governor-General.

A highly-centralized public school system was installed in 1901, using English as the medium of instruction. Since that created a heavy shortage of teachers, the Commission authorized the Secretary of Public Instruction to bring 600 teachers from the US. Free primary instruction to train the people for the duties of citizenship and avocation was enforced by the Navarro Commission and the Catholic Church was disestablished, and a considerable amount of church land was purchased and redistributed. during this time, the rise of Protestantism occurred now being the 2nd biggest religion other than Catholicism which is 1st.

Insular Government of the Kasmay-Sohuto Islands (1901-1933)
The Insular Government saw its mission as one of tutelage, preparing the Kasmay-Sohuto Island for eventual independence. On July 4, 1901, Navarro was appointed "civil governor", who also named his cabinet at his inaugural address. On July 4, 1902, the office of military governor was abolished, and Navarro became the first U.S. governor-general of the Kasmay-Sohuto Islands.

Byrne Act
The Byrne Act which replaced the Organic Act. Its preamble stated that the eventual independence of the Kazbay State would be American policy, subject to the establishment of a stable government. The law maintained an appointed governor-general, but established a bicameral Kasmay Legislature to replace the elected Kasmay Assembly (lower house); it replaced the appointive Kasmay Commission (upper house) with an elected senate. Two years after the completion and publication of a census, a general election was conducted for the choice of delegates to a popular assembly. An elected Kasmay Assembly was convened in 1907 as the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the Kasmay Commission as the upper house.

Every year from 1907, the Kasmay Assembly (and later the Kasmay Legislature) passed resolutions expressing desires for independence.

Kasserzs (an American nickname for Kasmayians) suspended the independence campaign during the First World War and supported the United States and the Entente Powers against the German Empire. After the war they resumed their independence drive. On August 1st, 1919, the Kasmay Legislature passed a "Declaration of Purposes", which stated the inflexible desire of the Kasmayian people to be free and sovereign. A Commission of Independence was created to study ways and means of attaining liberation ideal. This commission recommended the sending of an independence mission to the United States. The "Declaration of Purposes" referred to the Byrne Act as a veritable pact, or covenant, between the American and Kasmayian peoples whereby the United States promised to recognize the independence of the Kazbay as soon as a stable government should be established. American Governor-General of Kasmay-Sohuto Jasper Sharp had concurred in the report of the Kasmay Legislature as to a stable government.

Commonwealth of Kassmais (1933-1945)
In June 7th 1933, the U.S. Congress passed the Graham-Hines Act with the premise of granting independence. Provisions of the law included reserving several military and naval bases for the United States, as well as imposing tariffs and quotas on Kasmayian exports. When it reached him for possible signature, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Act, however, It was opposed by the Senate President Jordon Landen Chio and was also rejected by the Kasmayian Senate. This led to the creation and passing of the Chio Act, which allowed the establishment of the Commonwealth of Kassmais with a twelve-year period of peaceful transition to full independence on the date of July 4th, the Chio Act would be accepted and signed by FDR.

On October 4th, 1933, presidential elections were held. Candidates included John Dilan, Mario Zendelly, Jordon Landen Chio and others, Jordon Landen Chio and Nestor Patacsil won, winning the seats of president and vice-president, respectively.

Kassmais during the Interwar
The new government embarked on ambitious nation-building policies in preparation for economic and political independence. These included national defense, greater control over the economy, the perfection of democratic institutions, reforms in education, improvement of transport, the promotion of local capital, industrialization, and the reestablishment of the catholic church.

However, uncertainties, especially in the diplomatic and military situation in Southeast Asia, in the level of U.S. commitment and in the economy due to the Great Depression, proved to be major problems. The situation was further complicated by the presence of agrarian unrest, and of power struggles between Patacsil and Chio. A proper evaluation of the policies' effectiveness or failure is difficult due to Japanese invasion and occupation during World War II

World War II
Japan launched a surprise attack on the Commonwealth of Kasmay on February 2nd, 1942. The Commonwealth government drafted the Kasbayian Army into the U.S. Army Forces Far East, which would resist Japanese occupation. Kosmos (Called Kiosmios during that time) was bombed and destroyed and it was occupied by the Japanese. Meanwhile, battles against the Japanese continued on the Tymack Province, Johaan, and Wjhenhi until the final surrender of Military forces in July 1942.

The President and Vice President fled and formed The Government in Exile, Chio died during in exile due to a heart condition.

The Sohuto State (1942-1945)
the Kazbay Executive Commission is formed during the occupation, During his first visit to the Kasmay-Sohuto Island on December 31st, 1942, Prime Minister Hideki Tōjō promised to return independence to Kazbay as part of its propaganda of Pan-Asianism (Asia for the Asians).

This prompted the KEC to create the Preparatory Committee for Kazbay Independence on January 19, 1943. A draft constitution was formed by the Preparatory Commission for Independence, consisting of 20 members The Preparatory Commission, led by José P. Laurel, the constitution was ratified 5 months later.

Three days after establishing the National Assembly, its inaugural session was held at the pre-war Legislative Building, the people elected were : Seta Koyo as its first Speaker and Nataniel Samonte as President, who was inaugurated on May 20th, 1943, at the foundation of the Republic, the Legislative Building and raised the alternative Kazbay Revolutionary flag, the same one used during the Revolution which featured a K for Kazbaysic, during the inauguration. This was the first time since the Japanese occupation that the flag was displayed and the revolutionary anthem played. During his term in office, Samonte was faced with various problems that the country was experiencing, such as the following:


 * Shortages of food, clothing, oil, and other necessities.
 * Heavy Japanese military presence throughout the entire region.
 * Japanese control of transportation, media, and communications.

these were later solved during the lifetime of the state. The Japanese allowed English and Latinized Kazbaysic (known as Lakasmayian) to be the national language, a pared-down, 1,000-word version of the language was promoted to be learned rapidly by those not yet versed in the language.

Love for labor was encouraged, as seen by the massive labor recruitment programs by the government, by mid-1943. Propagation of both Kazbayian and Japanese cultures were conducted. Schools were reopened, which had an overall number of 300,000 students at its peak.

The Kasbayian Government in Exiled and the United States Military retook the Island during 1945 and most of the government officials were sentenced to 5 years in prison, during this time, Japan also lost and surrendered.

2nd Kassmais Republic (1945-Present)
The United States of America granted independence to Kazbay on July 4, 1945. In accordance with the Chio Act, President Harry S. Truman issued a proclamation officially recognizing the independence,

On the same day, representatives of the United States of America and of the 2nd Kassmias Republic (named after Kasmay and Lyais (Kazbaysic for Land)) signed a Treaty of General Relations between the two governments. The treaty provided for the recognition of the independence of the Republic as of July 4, 1946, and the relinquishment of American sovereignty over The Kasmay Island. The Kassmais government accepted the terms for independence, during the national elections of 1946, Mario Zendelly ran for president and had the support of the people. His opponent was Nestor Patacsil, who campaigned, justifying his claims of being competent unlike Mario Zendelly who was incompetent and the reason that the first republic wasn't recognized. In the April 23, 1946 election, Mario won 67 percent of the vote. When the Kassmais gained independence from the US, Mario Zendelly became the first president of the modern era.

Although Mario Zendelly was successful in getting rehabilitation funds from the United States after independence, he was forced to concede several ports for 7 years, and special privileges for U.S. property owners and investors. His Administration went smoothly and most of the presidents after Mario Zendelly's death had almost none to medium corruption (except in 1977). After Latrell, attempts to reverse the damage have since been done, although marks are still present in Kassmian society, in 2020 the country would be affected by the pandemic. In 2021, a referendum was held to change the flag and coat of arms, the process of checking the votes is still occurring.

Economy
The economy of Kassmais is a mix of the Philippines' (with no debt) and New Zealand's economy.

Media
Kassmian media mainly use English, Laskasmayian, and Filipino. they have 3 large networks, nicknamed The 3 Networks. Kassmais National Broadcasting Corporation, Zendelly Television and Television Systems Kassmais, others such as The Kasmayian Community Group also exist, There is also one state-owned Television Network, which is Hoinika Television Network

Modern Kasmay Film first started during the 1920s, the oldest and most popular film production company is Rhombus Films Corporation, others are Kasmay Film, Pailama Films and Gadaiata Films, others also exist.

Trends

 * The average age to become an adult in Kassmais is 18.
 * Drinking isn't normally allowed to young children unless they have a Child Allowance Drinking Card.
 * Most people prefer Rock and Roll than any other genre.
 * Most people prefer Nintendo than any other Console brand
 * Most people prefer Coke than Pepsi

Provinces
Kassmais has four provinces, that's why there are four stars in its flag, in the picture, green is Tymack, pink is Tillydan, yellow is Kazbaye, and blue is Zendelly. out of all 4 of the provinces, Tymack and Tillydan are one of the most popular areas for Filipinos as it is in close proximity to Luzon.

Cities
Kassmais has many cities, its largest and the most populous, Kosmos is the capital of Kassmais, its second city, Hausata was gonna be the capital of the new republic but the plans were scrapped and kosmos was kept as the capital, St. Joseph is third

Climate
Kassmais has only two seasons as it's located near the equator, because of this, its climate is similar to the Philippines, once again.

Technology

 * 1) Ocean Bay Motors is the national car manufacturer of the Country.
 * 2) Kassmais has one national computer manufacturer called YottaBytez.

Shipping

 * 1) Kasmay National Shipping is the government-owned cargo and ferry company.

Tourism
Tourism is very common in Kassmais because of its natural terrain and overall beautiful scenery. Kazbay Tourism National Hotel is designed for tourists, and is scattered in every tourist attraction.

Presidents

 * Main article: List of Presidents of Kassmais

The current president of Kassmais is Miles Urbina