Sollum

Sollum (Officially the Communist Sollumian Islands) is a country in the Atlantic ocean, currently under dictatorship.

Discovery
It is estimated that in the 13th century, humans traveled from South Africa to the Sollumian islands, and some settled down there, in the old, lush rainforests of early Sollum. The earliest record of the islands is from 1259 on a map made of the Vaddi Empire (a tribal empire) by a tribesman after some settlers came back from the islands, naming them "Solla'ume" or "Rainforests Islands" in the Vaddian language.

First Vaddian Civil War (1273-1275)
In the year 1273 inhabitants of Solla'ume (modern day Sollum) would begin rebelling against the Vaddians, quickly capturing many major islands before the Vaddian forces finally arrived at the islands, repelling the Sollumians to the small island of Kandioto in the south until after some time under food blockade from the islands in the north which completely starved the island due to its rather infertile lands, the Sollums would surrender, ending the First Vaddian Civil War.

Second Vaddian Civil War (1281-1294)
The Second Vaddian Civil War took place in the year 1281 when loyalists to King Hadihre IX who was brutally dethroned by his brother and Sollumian independence movement members took advantage of the war between the Vaddian and Gahari Empires, in which the Vaddian forces were distracted completely to strike the country, as the Sollumian forces quickly sieged the regional capital and captured all of the islands except for that specific part of the island, meanwhile the loyalists quickly captured many Vaddian territories in modern day Namibia, also making a foothold on the capital of Vaddia, meanwhile their forces only were just making their way to fend off the revolutionaries. Eventually the capital was captured and King Ahedani III was killed with no heirs, eventually forcing the Vaddians to surrender to the revolutionaries and putting Hadihre IX into power again. Meanwhile, many territories of the Vaddians in Botswana in the modern day had been captured by the Gaharians which eventually were officially ceded to the Gaharians as the Vaddians needed to recover from the hefty war. Now with the revolutionaries in power of Vaddia, who were allied to the Sollumians, the Sollumians would gain independence as the Principality of Sollum, the shortened version of Solla'ume which eventually became official upon independence.

Principality of Sollum (1294-1296)
The short lived Sollumian Principality was the successor to the Solla'ume region after its independence from the Vaddians which was ended after Prince Vasganje was assassinated by a man named Gajalok Kondai who aspired to begin an imperialist regime. In this time an official Sollumian language was defined, setting in stone the official version of Vaddian of which Sollumians spoke, which before was a mixed mess. This language evolved into modern day Solluminan, which a translator for can be found in the notes section.

Liteir - Sollum War (1973)
In 1973, Sollum invaded the Literarian islands, and pushed them back into the island they remain today. Lathistia stepped in and stopped the Sollumian forces before Liteir was completely eradicated. Today, Sollum still dislikes Lathistia, and Liteir has joined the WWPA.

WWPA - Sollum Cold War (2021)
After a series of events, a cold war between members of WWPA have engaged in a "cold war" against Sollum. Currently, there has only been one casualty, the Lathistian army general, Barry Newman. There are worries that Sollum will engage in all out war. The citizens of countries in WWPA are not the ones worrying, but instead it is the citizens of Sollum, due to the well-known fact that Sollum is many years behind Lathistia in combat technology. In fact, Lathistia is at least 5 years ahead of all other countries in terms of combat technology. As of the writing of this, war is agreed to be a major possibility.

People/Trends

 * The currency of Sollum is Sollumian Dollars
 * The life expectancy is 68 for both men and women
 * The drinking age is 21
 * The age of consent is 18
 * The age of marriage is 21
 * Sollum uses the Imperial measurement system

Geography
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Military
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Maps
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