Santiago

The Democratic Republic of Santiago is a country.

History
The Democratic Republic of Santiago was first inhabited by humans in 16,000 BC. The people were hunter-gatherers at first, they mostly lived alone, not in a greater society. There tools were made of wood from the local trees as well as stones. Average lifespan was around 40 years old, clothing was from the hides of animals, meat was from the muscles of animals and leaves were used as jewelry. By 3,500 BC (5,700 years before present) copper had replaced stone, by 3,000 BC (5,000 years before present) farming had replaced hunter-gathering in the north and bronze was used, by 2,000 BC they invented the worlds oldest religion (Zakashmar), but the last Zakashmaris vanished around the first century AD. In 1,500 BC (3,500 years ago) the Arantoni tribe massacres the other tribes to gain supremacy. In 1,400 BC the first ever named pet (Sasomi) was adopted. In 1,300 BC the Arantoni discover the wheel. In 1,200 BC the Arantoni discover iron. In 1,100 BC the first government in the Western Hemisphere is established (Arantoni confederacy) But around 1,000 BC (3,000 years ago) the Arantoni get massacred. They were now 20% of the size they were before and the confederacy was disestablished but they survived as a minor tribe, and their inventions were inherited and used again by the Wanoti tribe. In 900 BC the first written language in the Western Hemisphere is invented (Wanoti) however writing had already existed in Mesopotamia for 4,600 years prior. In 800 BC Santiagoans (then called Wanoti) started using ships to travel around which allowed them to travel to other lands and regions. In 700 BC after the Wanoti were wiped out by disease (the First Great Pandemic) the Dapomani began to replace them, they established the Dapomani confederacy, a revival of the confederacy that disappeared 300 years prior. In circa 600 BC the Olmecs and the Dapomani fought, the war decimated the Olmecs combined with drought. In 500 BC the Santiagoans were the first in the Western Hemisphere to invent music. The Santiagoan national anthem still to this day is based on this millenia-old first music. In 400 BC the first leader of the country was crowned king (tapo in Dapomani), his name was Sacalema I. In circa 300 BC the famed war leader Polano the Great invaded swaths of what is now French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Hondarus, Guatemala, Belize and the Yucatan. Around 200 BC the Kingdom of Dapomani began using currency. The currency used was made of silver and called taro (not to be confused with the food called taro). In 100 BC the Dapomani reached the modern US east coast and established the Kingdom of Americo, consisting of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, DC, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, India, Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Labrador and Newfoundland. Around 1 AD the Great Flood happened and a huge chunk but still a minority (45%) of Dapomanis died. This lead to the gradual abandonment of Zakashmar and the beginning of the Multi-Religion era. However the Kingdom of Americo retained Zakashmar which led to the Great Split. In the first century AD Santiago was conquered by King Aldomar the Great of Sapotria. Sapotria formed around 20 BC and became an empire around 40 AD. By 50-60 AD Santiago was subjugated. Under King Aldomar and his children and grandchildren the remaining Zakashmar loyalists were massacred. King Aldomar brought in Mepilism which began dominating the Region of Dapomani (renamed Region of Trambota in the 60's). King Aldomar ruled in Santiago from circa 55 AD at the age of 42 to circa 89 AD at the age of 76. During his reign he brought numerous reforms such as the abolition of slavery (late 50s AD), the abolition of the Dapomani language (late 60s AD), the seperation of church and state (early 70s AD), and democratic voting (late 70s AD). After his death in 89 AD his kingdom was taken over by King Ulman. Ulman was against the massacres which his father had ended in 83 AD but many of his siblings continued them, and he supported native rights. After the violent civil war (83-94 AD) Ulman became very pacifist and refused to let his kingdom go to war. In the mid-90's a pandemic spread (the Second Great Pandemic) Ulman fell victim to it in 98 AD. Ulman dedicated his assets to his cousin King Kamancha. The empire grew in the 100's. Santiago even traded with groups as far away as Iceland and the Canary Islands in this era. The empire reached its peak in the 110's and early 120's. In the mid-to-late 120's it declined from another civil war because of Kamancha's declining health, although his health proved to be non-fatal and he died in the year 135 AD at the age of 82. After the end of the war in 134 AD King Panona was declared successor. However shortly after the coronation of Panona the Wasawaki tribe rebelled. The tribe gained lots of influence and dominance in the early 130's so it was easy to leave. Though the King fought hard he surrendered at the battle of New Barcelona (143 AD). Then the Kingdom of Wasawaki was established, Sapotria had to pay tribute to the new country. The Kingdom of Sapotria collapsed in 150 AD. In the 150's-160's the Neo-Zakashmaris rebeled against the government but the uprising was quickly put down. In the late second century the Kingdom of Wasawaki built the Colosseum of the Santiago was built. Toward the end of the second century the Kingdom established trading with the Roman Empire an ocean away. In the early third century the Kingdom of Wasawaki invaded Sapotria in the Heroic War (204 AD-222 AD). Sapotria had just been reestablished in 202 AD. The war was successful, Satropia was brought under dominion of the Wasawaki, but the problem was that Great Oshmaria was heavily competing against it. This lead to the Cold War of Classical Antiquity (222 AD-270 AD). In the mid third century Santiago allied the Roman Empire to send troops across the Atlantic Ocean to fight against Oshmaria. After the defeat of Oshmaria in 270 AD Wasawaki reached its peak but began declining by the 300's AD. In the early fourth century the rise of Pulioca marked the decline and end of Wasawaki Kingdom which collapsed in 330 AD. Around the same time the Wasawaki tribe was presecuted and massacred, though the damage was temporary and only about 10% died. Pulioca invaded the country in 330 AD and dominated the country with military rule in the 330's. In the 340's poetry flourished, in the 350's market culture flourished, in the 360's farming flouished after some of the best harvesting and growing seasons in history. In the 370's the slowly recovering Wasawaki began rebelling against the Pulioca government which was succesful as independence was regained again in 379 AD.