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. 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 Muslim World 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.

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 Spain. The Moocowian empire landed by the Aztecs in 1504 and fought with Spain over who would rule that area. Eventually, it was decided that Moocow12450 would rule the Aztec Empire and the territory north of it while Spain 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. 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. 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 1876, 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. 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.

Culture

Religion

Bovemism is the official religion of Moocow123450; 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 Moocowia, a country in North America that formed after the Moocowian 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 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.