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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
-	President of Moocow123450	Boris Smith
Legislature		House of Representatives
-	Upper house	House of State Representatives (In District Elections)
-	Lower house	House of Common Representatives (Locally elected)
Sovereignty:
-	Founding	April, 1016 CE
-	Creation of Constitution	May 6, 1243
-	First Amendment of Constitution	November 28, 1263
-	Creation of the First Colonial Empire	January 12, 1552
-	Creation of the Second Colonial Empire	February 13, 1886
-	Communist Revolution	April 13, 1918
-	Fall of the Communist regime	March 30, 1990
-	Creation of the current Constitution	May 25, 2014
Area
-	Total	47,916.67 km2 18,501 sq mi
Population
-	Template:2014 estimate	4.6 Million
-	Density	96/km2 248.6/sq mi
HDI (2014)		0.782 high
Currency		Milk Carton
Time zone		DST+1
Date format		m-dd-yyyy
Drives on the		right

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 in which it lost all of its colonies in the Americas; a similar action happened after the defeat in World War I except that the colonies this time were in Africa.

History

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 BC, these city-states began to decline in power, eventually leading to the tribal system that explorers eventually found the island in. It is unknown why the city-states declined, but historians theorize that it is most likely due to issues with food supply, causing everyone to have to focus on getting food. Another popular theory is that they had no weapons or a poor military and were conquered. This, however, is proven to be problematic as weapons were found on the island dating back to this time. Most historians accept the food theory as to why Moocow123450 eventually became tribal based. However, something amazing happened at around 1997. That year, archaeologists found a stone similar o 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. However, all written records eventually stopped being found after around 2000 BCE

Founding of Moocow123450

Originally, the island of Moocow123450 was ruled under a tribal system; they managed to live in relative isolation well into the Middle Ages. However, around 1016 CE, more and more explorers started to visit the island. Finally, in 1013, a large population from a different island invaded this island. The tribes living 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 tribes 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-Moociwan 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. However, this constitution was only for those who lived on the small island. 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, only third to the two World Wars.

Culture

Religion

Bovemism is the official religion of Moocow123450; Christianity is the largest minority religion followed by Judaism. 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 Moocowia, a country in North America that formed after the Moocowian war for Independence. In addition, it's the majority religion in Cowman123450. In Africa, it's a minority religion in Benin, Togo, Nigeria, the Ivory Cost, and Ghana. In Asia, it's a minority religion in Cambodia.

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 not being religious, it's becoming increasingly common. Eating fish and milk is very common, though. As a result, traditional Moocowian meals almost always involve fish and a side of milk.