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The Imperial Republic of Moocow123450 is a nation that has recently endured great setbacks as well as great triumphs. It has participated in many important events since being founded, including both World Wars. It has also been conquered by France during the Napoleonic Wars.

History

The Imperial Republic of Moocow123450
Gladsko Problonsk da Moocow123450
The Imperial Republic of Moocow123450 ; Gladsko Problonsk da Moocow123450
	Motto: With pride and milk we stand
	Anthem: With our Heads up High, We March
Capital; and largest city	Bovine City
Official languages	New Moocowian, English
Recognised regional languages	New Comanian, French
Demonym	Moocowian
Government	Imperial Republic
Legislature	House of Representatives
Sovereignty:
Area
Population
HDI (2015)	0.81; very high
Currency	Milk Carton
Time zone	DST+1
Date format	m-dd-yyyy
Drives on the	right

Prehistoric times

Fossil evidence suggested that the first humans arrived at the island at around 10000 BCE. From the island, they started to hunt and gather. However, this soon proved to be difficult and humans eventually turned to fishing around 5000 BCE. They also started to farm around 4500 BCE before any written records were taken. Their first language was created in 4200 BCE, but it was impossible to find a way to translate it for a long time; however, it was able to be translated since 1997. Soon, around 4000 BCE, city-states started to become the dominant power in the region. Tribal life was also focused on raiding. There were six primary tribes, currently named Moocow 1, Moocow 2, Moocow 3, Moocow 4, Moocow 5, and Moocow 0 as their real names were lost. The most common way of gaining food was through fishing, as shown by the very large amounts of fishing materials and a very small amount of hunting materials or weapons found. It's possible that they also gathered for food. This is likely because there were few animals actually on the island. However, there was one animal found heavily on the island that would allow easy domestication. This animal was the cow. In addition, some records from the beginnings of civilization suggested that the tribes had their own way of music; tribes would often participate in religious rituals. At first, the rituals were to the fishing god, Zahrazapdos (Zah from the ancient Moocowian "water", raz from the ancient Moocowian "fish", and apdos from the ancient Moocowian word "bountiful"). However, other gods include the god of creation, Timtar (Tim from the ancient Moocowian word for "Creation" and tar from the anicent Moocowian word for "earth") and the god of the sea in general, Zahyou (Zah coming from sea and you coming from the word for "calm").

Early Civilization

Evidence suggest that humans created civilization on the island in about 4000 BCE. From there, they started to build a small collection of city-states and create the official religion of the region at the time, Bovemism. However, in around 2000 BCE, these city-states began to decline in power, eventually leading to a return to tribalism until it was conquered by Carthage and later the Roman Empire. It is unknown why the city-states declined around this time, but historians theorize that it is most likely due to issues with food supply, causing everyone to have to focus on getting food. However, something amazing happened around 1997. That year, archaeologists found a stone similar to the Rosetta stone; it contained ancient Moocowian and Latin on it, allowing for a translation. This is why it is possible to know so much about Bovemism and tribal life; the system of writing that existed right before the transition to city-states was similar to early Moocowian. As a result, in the first few records of city-states, it's possible to understand everything that was written. City-states were headed, in general, by kings that was passed down through a system of absolute monarchy. This system was adopted in four of the six tribes; another one (Moocow 0) had a republic and the final one (Moocow 2) remained largely tribal, being, as a source from the king of Moocow 1 put it, considered heavily barbaric and primitive. While state-control decline, writing did not and there were still some records in this period, though in a new script that cannot be deciphered. Later, the country would be conquered by Carthage, but given to Rome after the Second Punic War. After the Rome Collapsed, people from the Germanic tribes had trouble conquering the island, though it never converted to Christianity prior to Rome's fall.

Founding of Moocow123450

For a long time, the island remained divided and in city-states, though not reverting back to tribalism. However, in 1013, a large population from a different island invaded this island. The city-states constructed here, later called Moocow 1, Moocow 2, Moocow 3, Moocow 4, Moocow 5, and Moocow 0, had to create an increasingly centralized government to drive back invaders. Eventually, these city-states unified under a single centralized government. They then drove the invaders back and staged a counterattack, conquering the island that they came from. However, there was another invader at work. The nation Cowman123450, now a Moocowian puppet, was also invading. This began a long rivalry between the two nations that would not be solved until the end of the 20th century when Moocow123450 invaded and occupied Cowman123450, eventually installing a puppet government and leaving. These first wars were to become known as the War of Discovery, the Six Days' War, and the First Cowman Invasion. The only gain any country got from them was that Moocow123450 completely conquered the other island in the Six Days' War.

The Golden Age

Soon after this, Moocow123450 began to under a golden age. This was brought about by a sudden influx of trade after living in isolation for so long; new ideas could easily spread around. In Moocowian literature, this era was known as the era of excitement. After finally relearning the arts of writing, in New Moocowian script, many Moocowian authors put in more exciting and faster paced plots rather than focusing on plots more focused on arts. In addition, painting and songwriting became more and more prevalent in daily life. During this period of the Middle Ages, Moocow123450 was considered the cultural center of Europe until the end of the Golden Age and the beginning of the Ante Bellum period before the Moocowian Civil War.

Lead up to the Moocowian Civil War

The Moocowian Civil War were caused by two things: The first thing being a pursuit of an empire and the second thing being uneven taxing. The first caused several wars to take place between Moocow123450 and the Holy Roman Empire, eventually resulting in absolutely nothing getting done in what is now known as the Twenty Years' War. After those wars, Moocow also attempted to conquer parts of Egypt. However, these wars, known as the Egyptian-Moocwian wars, also ended up with nothing being gained for either side. A third attempt, known as the First Moocow-Cowman war, had the large island be lost for most of the war, with it only being retaken at the very end. This war was also a massive failure; it featured the second largest military disaster in Moocowian history due to boats being sunk by a combination of faulty shipbuilding and harsh waters. From all these wars, Moocow123450 got nothing. However, Moocow123450 had to pay a large amount of money to fund these expensive wars; in order to raise this money, the main government began to tax the big island a whole lot. This caused tension between the ruling small island and the populous large island. Additionally, the Moocowian Revolution of 1246 caused a constitution to be put into place; an idea of which each noble should have under any logical system. However, this constitution was only for those who lived on the small island,as the king was from there and saw people more similar to him to be better. As a whole, expensive wars, uneven political power, and uneven taxation caused what would be known as one of the deadliest wars in Moocowian history. Additionally, while the constitution banned the feudal system on the small island, it allowed it on the large island for "the economic well being of the nation".

Moocowian Civil War

Moocow123450 led to a regional divide between parts of the country; the large island eventually declared independence from the small island in 1253. The war was divided into a series of failed military campaigns against the large island; the large island had a larger army and population, but the small island had a much, much larger navy. This led to a very long standoff between the two countries where neither country could get many decisive victories over the other; the large island couldn't invade the small island (as what was attempted after the first campaign, the first of many failed attempts to crush the rebellion early) due to the small navy; however, the small island had a pitiful army, making a full on invasion of the island almost impossible. Some notable battles were The Battle of Milk Bay, which ended the early attempt made by the large island to invade the small island, The Battle of Parlargus City (named after the popular flower Parlargus, Parlar being the masculine form of the adjective parlara which meant "from the sea/of the sea" in Middle Moocowian and gus, meaning "flower" in Middle Mocoowian; keep in mind that the language known as "Old Moocowian" is completely different from any known languages, even Middle or Modern Moocowian) which ended the first attempt at an invasion done by the small island, and the Occupation of Smartalura (Smarta=Holy and lura=City, both in Middle Moocowian). Smartalura is where the city where modern Bovemism traces back, though the official establishment of the church happened long after the official establishment of the religion itself. After the Occupation of Smartalura, the large island launched an attempt to recapture the City; however, it ultimately failed due to a bad case of disease sickening the soldiers from outside. However, about a half of the occupying troops died in the occupation. Next, Moocow123450 launched a third attempt to crush the rebellion; however, the third campaign ended up with a battle with Cowman123450 as they were trying to conquer the large island. However, this battle, The Battle of the Northern City, ended up with a victory for the small island. They both captured the city, an essential city for the crushing of the rebellion, and destroyed Cowmanan123450's first campaign. The fourth campaign ended in a large island success; however, Cowman123450 began to invade parts of the large island. The small island held on to the captured cities and used the invasion, known as the fifth campaign in Moocow123450 and the disastrous second campaign in Cowman123450, to quickly capture most of the northern cities. The sixth campaign ended the rebellion with the capture of the capital, Bovine City, and several southern Large island cities. While the small island won, the constitution was quickly applied to both islands, ending the feudal system. In addition, the large island suffered a large population loss of about 10 percent of their total population due to factors such as famine, disease, and battles themselves; this caused a new period of isolationism where Moocow123450 focused on a strong navy to repel any non-natives. This managed to allow the islands to avoid the Black Death, causing a population growth when Europe's population was decimated. It also made technological growth comparatively slow.

Isolationism

The Moocow Civil War contributed to the fall of feudalism on the islands. While agriculture still was very common, artisans started to become increasingly common as well. Finally, the army started to become increasingly weak while the navy became increasingly strong. This is because the navy was needed to make sure that no other country could trade with the islands. This isolationism, while allowing Moocow123450 to both continue the development of the Moocowian culture and the economy, also resulted in a very weak military as soon as Moocow123450 exited isolationism. This period also had Moocow123450 develop its own music style, with clear European influence but still different sounding. It also developed its own art style, again unique to the region. However, while its isolation with Europe continued well into the 15th century, Moocow123450 started to trade with Egypt beginning in the early 14th century and the Ottomans beginning in the late 14th century. This trade caused Moocow123450 to have closer relations to the Middle East than it ever did with Europe. When Moocow123450 attempted to open trade with Europe, the black death started to spread rapidly, convincing the Moocowians not to trade with Europe. However, eventually Europeans broke through the Moocowian navy and the French conquered Moocow123450 in 1494. However, this was not long lasted as the nation held a successful revolt in 1496. However, the Northern part of the small island stayed with France for over another century, becoming part of Moocow123450 again in 1604. This caused the regional language there to be French.

The Moocowian Colonial Empire

After revolting against the French in 1496, Moocow123450 started to look west towards the New World, recently brought to light by Castille. The Moocowians landed by the Aztecs in 1504 and fought with Castille over who would rule that area. Eventually, it was decided that Moocow12450 would rule the areas of the Aztec Empire and the territory north of it while Castille would rule the areas south of the Aztec Empire. The area of modern-day northern Mexico is known as New Moocowia while the area South of Modern Day Oregon and west of the Rocky Mountains was known as North Moocowia, both under separate administration. The colonies ended up stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific. The inhabitants were mostly Native Americans and eventually became the country of Moocowia, though with the majority of the population being Native Americans. The area from the Southern Aztec Empire to the Rio Grande eventually became known as Mexico, which oftentimes came into contest with the United States. Another issue that kept on flaring up was the issue of Moocowian and Cowmanian relations; a particular issue being the Moocowian crises. Basically, a group of Moocowian settlers were following their herd of cows when they were captured by Comwanian forces due to the fact that they crossed the border. As a result, a war eventually broke out which ended in a white peace. Several skirmishes ultimately led to heavy participation in the Seven Years' War. In addition, during this Period, Moocow123450 increased relations with the Ottoman Empire in order to help keep its European rivals in check. Additionally, it formed an alliance with England in order to help deal with Spain and France attacking its colonies. During the future colonial wars, the land area of the colonies stayed within the predetermined borders until the Seven Years' War. Moocow123450 did get involved against France during the Italian Wars, most notably when France attempted to conquer the small island. However, their most notable involvement in these wars was during the War of the League of Cambrai, where Moocow123450 attempted to assist the Papal States in their war against France. During this time, Moocow123450 managed to capture a bit of France's islands in the Carribean, but made no advances in France itself. Another notable part of the Italian Wars was when Moocow123450 captured Sicily. This would later be a major cause of political concern. After the Italian Wars, Moocow123450 participated in the Nine Years' War, but didn't really gain much substantial land. Two more wars later, the War of Spanish succession and the War of the Austrian succession, only to gain nothing. However, they were a major participant against France in the upcoming Seven Years' War. During the Seven Years' War, Moocow123450 focused mainly on fighting against France in the Americas, though it also helped against France in West Africa, making it a major naval front. This is because Moocow123450, which already focused a lot on relations with Africa, would have gained a lot from having ports close to more African kingdoms. These ports would later prove a major cause of tension between France and Moocow123450 during the Scramble for Africa. Eventually, Moocow123450, with some British support, conquered the ports in West Africa and started to trade with the present kingdoms. This would continue until the end of the Franco-Moocowian war in 1896 and World War I, which allowed France to conquer the already present kingdoms. After the Seven Years' War, Moocow123450 gained some Carribean islands while ceding some parts of Southern New Moocow123450 to Spain, though it would be renamed Mexico within a few months. Finally, during the American War for Independence, Moocow123450 attempted to work with the British to prevent American independence; this was partially to work against France but also partially to prevent the Moocowian colonies to do the same thing. However, they ultimately failed as this was a very unpopular war and almost led to a major revolt. Moocow123450 left the war in 1780.

Life in the colonies

The colony of Moocowia had very few Moocowians there. Instead, it ended up mostly as a loose confederation of Native Americans under Moocowian rule. As a result, life as it was prior to Moocowian colonization remained largely the same, though they did often get involved in wars with the French. Eventually, during the French Occupation of Moocow123450 during the Napoleonic Wars, the colony officially declared its independence and the Moocowian government entered the colony in exile. However, a lot of Moocowian settlers settled in Mexico. As a result, the Native population there was largely enslaved and forced to work doing tasks such as farming and mining. However, when that proved to be not enough, African slaves were brought to the colonies. A similar thing happened in the Carribean. This was under the system called "Catharagubera". Carthara=hard and gubera=labor. This system was basically chattel slavery and resulted in consistent deaths in Mexico and the Carribean. Eventually, also during the Napoleonic Wars, a Civil War broke out between the people who wanted independence and wanted to ban the Catharagubera system and those who wanted to stay loyal to the Moocowian crown. The Carribean quickly became independent and Mexico gained its independence after a long Civil War and a subsequent war with Moocow123450 after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. Moocowia became independent peacefully and the confederation continued to exist. In Mexico, the economy was mainly agricultural, being based off of cash crops such as tobacco, coffee, and cotton. As a result, a large reliance upon these cash crops continued after independence. This also created a very solidified class system in which the most wealthy, and highest class, people owned the land while a lot of people in the colonies were slaves. Eventually, the wealthy plantation owners got upset and started several revolts, damaging relations between Moocow123450 and Mexico until recent day. However, Moocowia and Moocow123450 are very close allies, having fought against the expansion of the United States in two wars. However, in a third war, the United States managed to conquer modern day Washington and Oregon. Moocowia is an advanced nation, similar to the United States, and has mostly Native Americans, with Moocowians as the largest minority group. They speak several languages depending on the region, but most of the population is also fluent in Moocowian, allowing for easier communication.

Napoleonic Wars

After the American Revolution, Moocow123450 had to crush several local rebellions due to the unpopular war. However, Moocow123450 was not the only country entering political turmoil; the nearby France was also entering a similar period of turmoil. After the French Revolution, Moocow123450 joined the first and second coalitions in the French Revolutionary Wars. However, after joining the third coalition in the Napoleonic Wars, Moocow123450 was conquered by France and an uprising of angry peasants. During this time, the Moocowian government in exile was in Moocowia. After the Napoleonic Wars, Moocow123450 was released as a Constitutional Monarchy, as opposed to the Absolute Monarchy it once was. Moocow123450 then declared war on the revolting Mexico, starting the Mexican War for independence. Ultimately, Moocow123450 lost; Moocowia then negotiated its independence and the First Moocowian Colonial Empire ended. The congress of Vienna also ruled that Italy should get Sicily instead of Moocow123450.

The Moocow-Cowman Wars

This was a largely naval war that took place immediately after the Napoleonic Wars. Cowman123450 wanted to expand in Europe. The attack was quickly repelled, but it increased tensions between the two countries that would escalate into a third war within a few decades. This attack started a series of wars known as the Moocow-Cowman Wars. These largely took place in Europe, though there were some skirmishes within the colonies. In the end, the wars weakened both countries greatly, though Moocow123450 did not get conquered, nor did they conquer much of Cowman123450. These wars, though, started to cause tensions to begin to flare in Europe. The two empires ultimately ended up joining different alliances due to this rivalry. By the 20th century, this conflict would run into other conflicts in the Balkans and elsewhere, eventually causing and expanding World War I.

Beginning the Second Colonial Empire

While Moocow123450 never conquered any land in West Africa, being largely responsible for the West African's industrialization and freedom from European rule, they did conquer land in East Africa. While it didn't really pick up until around 1880, it did begin soon after the Napoleonic Wars.In the Moocowian conquest of Zanzibar, for example, Moocowian forces conquered the territory long before 1880, in the 1830s. Moocow123450 also sought to cause the Austrian decline of power in the Balkans, though their power never actually increased. It's important to note that Moocow123450 never conquered any of the West African Kingdoms; this is largely due to a lack of desire as they were good trading partners. However, after the end of World War I, other colonial nations conquered them. That said, in Moocowian East Africa, several tragedies were committed; a genocide of the local population occurred for two reasons. First of, Moocowian forces wanted to be able to actually live in the particular colonies. More influentially, however, was the desire to get cheap labor; Moocowian farmers would often go to East Africa and either encourage or force the growing of cash crops and primarily cash crops. This actively facilitated the East Africans to die of starvation, particularly when a bad drought happened and there's less food. This only got worse as the century continued and the empire grew.

Alliances

During this time, tensions between Moocow123450 and France started to flare up. This is due to a combination of colonial issues, rising nationalism, and France's desire to colonize Western Africa, which were under Moocowian protection. While this was going on, Moocow123450 was competing with Russia and Austria for influence in the Balkans as the Ottoman Empire declined. As a result, Moocow123450 worked with Prussia during the Austro-Prussian war and the Franco-Prussian war. Relations between Germany and The Moocowian Empire became very strong. Additionally, Moocow123450 had close trading ties to the Ottoman Empire, making them closer allies. Despite this, they had very poor relations with Italy; those would be later broken in an attempt to regain Sicily. Ultimately, the poor relations between France and Moocow123450 and the good relations between Moocow123450 and Germany and the Ottoman Empire led Moocow123450 to join the Central Powers.

Industrialization

By the late 19th century, like most of Europe, Moocow123450 began to enter a period of heavy industrialization, brought on by help by Imperial Germany. Due to the heavy amount of trade with Germany, the Ottoman Empire, and West Africa, Moocow123450 acted both as a middleman for trade and a producer using the raw materials imported from Central Europe. As a result, Moocow123450 quickly grew to be one of the wealthiest states in Europe, though with this, had only three distinct classes. The first one were the nobles and the Emperor and kings. Counts controlled small provinces similar to today's districts within the empire while Dukes controlled larger collection of districts, similar to today's regions. Kings controlled areas similar to today's islands or colonial divisons, so we would have four kings today, while the emperor controlled everything. Unlike the actual feudal system, though, there was an electoral body with limited privileges, most notably in passing local laws. Additionally, the nobles would give their land to any child of their choosing so long as they don't already own any administrative position, keeping the amount of administrative divisions the same. Over the course of World War I, the elected body and the system of nobles would eventually become less powerful while the military would become increasingly powerful.

World War I

In July 1914, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand would begin they July crisis, beginning the countdown to the first world war. At first, Moocow123450 tried to remain neutral, though due to the fact that France was part of the Allied powers while Germany was part of the Central Powers helped push public opinion towards joining the Central Powers. When the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers, the Moocowian public started to protest in favor of the Central powers. When Italy joined on May 23, 1915, Moocow123450 began to enter negations with the Central Powers. On July 3, 1915, Moocow123450 declared war on the Allied Powers in hope of regaining Sicily, causing Cowman123450 to declare war on the allied powers. After an initial invasion of Sicily ended in disaster in July 1915, the Moocowian navy decided to bombard coastal fortifications and blockade the Italian coast. Afterwards, in November 1915 a second landing party reached Sicily, this time managing to take and hold on to some land At the same time, the main of the Moocowian army was sent to help on the Austro-Hungarian Italian front after having occupied Cowman123450 in August 1915, while a few divisions were sent to fight Russia in the Eastern front. Once Sicily was taken in January 1916, most of that Moocowian force save a few divisions were sent to the Western front stalemate. However, the stalemate began to foster disapproval towards the war, with the public's excitement and nationalistic fervor, peaking after the capture of Sicily, being all but lost. Revolution was fermenting, though it would not appear until after the war. After Russia's transition to first a democracy and then a Communist state in 1917, workers started to increasingly protest the system. Moocowian forces did a last ditch effort to break through in Italy, which succeeded and managed to drive deep into the Italian heartlands. At this time, though, the US also entered the war, and after the collapse of the German Empire after the successful allied advancement, soldiers in Moocow123450 rebelled in favor of creating a Communist state, allowing for Italy to quietly retake Sicily. Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria all then sued for peace due to rebellions. The Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary were partitioned into colonies and several quarreling states respectively, and both lost any monarchy they got. Bulgaria could not join the new Yugoslav state. The German Empire had to give land to the independent Poland, had to give up its colonies, and controversially had to make Danzig a "free city". Moocow123450 was forced to end their occupation of Cowman123450, lost all of their colonies, and lost its hegemony over West Africa, allowing for their colonization by Italy and France. Moocow123450 would play an important role in giving the independence after World War 2. All of the Central Powers had to pay reparations and had to limit their army size. The League of nations was also created, being led by the UK and France. World War I was now over.

The Second Moocowian Civil War

Like Soviet Russia at the time, Moocow123450 was busy with a civil war to either preserve the monarchy, replace it with bona fide democracy, or see a Communist government installed. By 1920, after some initial successes leading to the capture of the small island by the democratic forces, they were pushed back by the monarchists. However, the Communists, which controlled the big island after its successful offensive in December 1919. Even though the monarchists tried to take control of the large island in July 1920, the landing would ultimately be repelled and by September 1920, the Big island was confirmed to be in Communist control. While the monarchists almost completely got rid of the democrats by March 1921, the Communists would launch a large offensive and by April 1921, controlled half of the small island. By June 1921, they were pushed back slightly by the Monarchists, going from half control to quarter control due the diversion of an invasion of the large island by what was left by the Democrat forces in late May 1921, but managed to push back to completely control the small island by November 1921, making Moocow123450 fully Communist.

The Inter-War period

Despite having been on opposite sides previously, the successor state to the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and Moocow123450 began to become closer over the course of the 1920's. The 1920's was going well after the Civil War; the economy was booming after the Civil War and inequality decreased greatly. However, in the 1930's, everything would change; the economy collapsed globally, making it difficult to sell Moocowian goods. This led to unrest in the Communist party, eventually leading to the Purges of the leader John Doe in late 1934 and early 1935. However, when the Spanish Civil War began, Moocow123450 could help the Soviet Union in supplying the Spanish Republic and sent some forces there to test out their army and air force. While there were a few skirmishes with Germany, the biggest effect of the war were major diplomatic issues with Italy, leading to the Comintern agreement with the Soviet Union and Moocow123450 stating that should either of them go to war with the Axis Powers, the other would join as well. After the Spanish Republicans won the Civil War, they also joined the pact. After the purges and the improvement of the economy due to the Moocowian supplying of Spain during their civil war, the stability of the new regime was almost guaranteed. Some economic, though not political, concessions were also given to the citizens, further decreasing unrest. Moocow123450 and the allies led by the UK also reached an agreement in 1937 allowing for Moocow123450 to stop paying for World War I and increase their army size after seeing Germany's aggression. In September 1939, Germany finally invaded Poland, beginning the Second World War.

World War II

After the German invasion of Poland and the Italian invasion of Albania and Greece, Moocow123450 reaffirmed previously made alliances. This is because of fears that Italy was trying to reform something similar to the Roman Empire, something that cannot happen as long as the Communist Moocow123450 was present. Spain also built up their navy, trying to prevent any invasions of any islands. After the fall of France in 1940, Spain and Moocow123450 bolstered their land defenses on the land border with Vichy France, anticipating an invasion of Spain. However, since 1939, the USSR and Germany were under truce with a provision that neither Spain nor Moocow123450 would be attacked. However, in June 1941, after invading and conquering Syria, Greece, and parts of Yugoslavia, the rest of which was put into the kingdom of Croatia, and the independence of Iraq, Germany invaded the Soviet Union and Spain while Italy attempted a naval invasion of Moocow123450. This attempted naval invasion failed spectacularly, though the German invasion of Spain was slightly more successful, pushing them as far as Madrid. Moocow123450 also sustained consistent bombing by Italy, being unable to regain air superiority. At the same time, Moocowian forces invaded and captured most of Sicily, but decided to attempt to liberate the rest of the Mediterranean from Italy before moving against Germany. Working with British forces, they managed to push back the Italians at El Alamein and then recaptured Syria and Iraq. At the same time, the British invaded northern Africa and then used Moocowian Sicily as a launching point against the Axis. Spain managed to hold on, though continued to be pushed back after the siege and capture of Madrid, allowing the allies to land in Spain. At the same time, after gaining naval dominance in the Mediterranean and by 1943, the Moocowian navy helped in the Battle of the Atlantic. By the summer of 1943, the Spanish and Soviet fronts began to reverse as the allies, with Moocowian help, began their invasion of Italy. By 1944, the allies landed in Northern France, Spain and Moocow123450 were pushing into Southern France, the Soviets were pushing west into Eastern Europe, and Moocow123450 and the western allies were pushing norther into Italy. By 1945, World War II ended.

The end of World War II and war crimes

Moocow123450 gained Sicily from Italy. However, the reconquest of Sicily had the Moocowian armed forces see major Italian war crimes against the Moocowian populace of the island, beginning after Mussolini gained power. Most of the new Italian settlers, in turn, were exiled or killed; both of these caused about a million civilian deaths.

Moocow123450 and Spain also formally allied with the Soviet Union against the western allies; they became close allies, though not quite satellite states, and strategically important throughout the Cold War.

Moocow123450 during the Cold War

In the early years of the Cold War, the Moocowian dictatorship began to tighten. At the pressuring of Stalin, they helped invade Yugoslavia after the Tito-Stalin split in 1947 and led to the partition of Yugoslavia into numerous smaller Moocowian-Soviet puppets. Also at the pressuring of Stalin, the Moocowian dictator would increase censorship, though this policy would end in 1953 after Stalin's death. They provided support for North Korea during the Korean War, though they didn't fight in it proper. They did, however, intervene in the Six-Days War against Israel as Israel's power began to increase greatly. They intervened during the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War. This was because Israel's increase in power began to threaten the potential influence that Moocow123450 could have. At the same time, they helped prop up Communist dictatorships in Africa, such as in Togo or Ghana, and intervened in Angola alongside Cuba. Unlike Cuba, though, they did not intervene in Lebanon or Mozambique. They also helped Granada resist American invasion, though that would ultimately fail.

Additionally, Moocow123450 would encourage Communist revolts in West Africa after the countries gained independence from Italy, jumping in during the Malian Civil War for the Communist side. Ultimately, Moocow123450 gained a sizable amount of influence throughout the Atlantic World, though still under the influence of the Soviet Union. They sided with the Soviets after the Sino-Soviet split. In 1989, a variety of factors caused the collapse of Communist rule. The sphere of influence that Moocow123450 managed to gain throughout the Atlantic was lost and the government was replaced by the restoration of the monarchy, similar to Spain. Since the 1989 revolution, Moocow123450 and Spain continued to be close, joining the European Union at the same time in 2001.

The Cowmanian War for Independence

In 1970, the Popular Front for the independence of Cowman123450 (PFIC) formed and began to do terrorist acts, such as the famous bombing of Bovine City or the kidnapping of nine members of the Communist party in June 1981. Their most famous act, though, was the assassination of the primer and the secretary general of Moocow123450 in 1983, bringing in a succession crisis and replacing the previous heads of states with new blood that was only about 45 years old. Ultimately, the new blood would increase the dictatorship, which led directly to the collapse of the Communist regime. A short peace treaty for autonomy from 1989 until 2006 was signed. However, in 2006, the political system was reorganized to decrease Cowmanian autonomy, leading to the Cowmanian War of Independence Moocowian war crimes led to the souring of relations with the other European Union states and their ultimate departure. In 2009, due to diplomatic pressure, Moocow123450 released Cowman123450.

Third Moocowian Civil War

After the independence of Cowman123450, a popular general staged a fascist coup, leading to the new fascist regime. However, the king wanted to regain his power, leading to the small island being his power base. He used it to launch an invasion of the large island and consolidated his power in a self-coup in 2012. However, the parliament did not approve of this coup, leading to the second phase of the Civil War, which led to the execution of the king and the restructuring of the Constitution. Notably, during this stage, in October 2012, Italy invaded and captured Sicily, leading to Moocowian forces invading Sicily back and drawing the rest of the European Union, except for Spain, to war with Moocow123450. The former Moocowian colony of Mexico sent a force to help in Sicily and by 2014, Moocow123450 had its reconquest of Sicily recognized by Italy.

Moocowian entrance into the European Union and NATO

After the Moocowian-European war ended in 2014, Moocow123450 applied for NATO membership. They were accepted by the United States. They also applied for their re-entrance into the EU, which was also accepted. After having been destroyed by war, the economy began to boom again, leading to what some call an economic miracle.

Culture

Religion

Bovemism is the official religion of Moocow123450; Sunni Islam is the largest minority religion followed by Christanity, though the number of Muslims is close to the number of Bovemists. Bovemism is a polytheistic religion that arose around 4000 BC; even after the decline of city states, this religion stuck around as a tribal religion and passed down via oral tradition. This religion is also the dominant religion of Mexico, a country in North America that formed after the Mexican war for Independence. In addition, it's the majority religion in Cowman123450. In Asia, it's a minority religion in Cambodia. It's also the official religion in many kingdoms in West Africa, due to the closeness of trade in the region.

Food

Most meals do not contain beef as it's oftentimes frowned down upon to eat cows due to the religion. However, with about 30% of the population being Atheist, it's becoming increasingly common. Eating fish and milk is very common, though. This is because, culturally, these foods were eaten for thousands of years before the end of the first Moocowian isolationism. As a result, almost every traditional meal involves either milk or fish. However, foods oftentimes involve fruit. On the islands, fruit is a very large export. As a result, the three staples of the Moocowian meal are fish, milk, and fruit.

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