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The Oan Isles is an ancient country that is formally stated to have been established in 1000 CE by [[Ahua the Great]]. However, the Oan Isles has been inhabited mostly but not exclusively by primines since around 20,000 BCE. So the history of the country is taken to include the period before the country was formally established. The country has since experienced expansion, for instance under the Strathepolic Expansion, cessation of territory after the [[Morsto-Oan War]], and participation in international conflicts such as the [[Auroran-Pacific War]].
 
The Oan Isles is an ancient country that is formally stated to have been established in 1000 CE by [[Ahua the Great]]. However, the Oan Isles has been inhabited mostly but not exclusively by primines since around 20,000 BCE. So the history of the country is taken to include the period before the country was formally established. The country has since experienced expansion, for instance under the Strathepolic Expansion, cessation of territory after the [[Morsto-Oan War]], and participation in international conflicts such as the [[Auroran-PacificCerenerian War]].
 
 
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Between 45,000 and 30,000 years ago, there emerged the Whakoa civilisation. Although it is unknown whether the people of this era had a name for themselves there are some unifying characteristics which people living in this 15,000 year period had in common. They are named after Mount Whakoa on Manaakitangamotu near the city of [[Anapa]]. This is because most of the evidence for their civilisation is found around this mountain. Scientists believed that the fertile soil of the mountain (which seismological evidence shows was much more active then than it is today) allowed many calorie-rich plants to grow. This civilisation is the first era of humans in the Oan Isles to develop agriculture. they farmed a variety of plants such as tropical fruits and root plants where a major source of starch. This era also shows the emergence of fixed settlements. There are ruins made of stone that show that small groups of people would live together for most of the year. They were not completely sedentary as there is evidence that they moved when natural disasters struck or when weather changed drastically. These people made tools from simple metals like iron. Because the Oan Isles is hopelessly humid, they rarely lit flames above ground. Instead there are primitive furnaces in caves which have evidence of smelting and smithying.
==Medieval ages==
The earliest human habitation in the city is traced to the first arrival of humans in the 1300s BCE. The area was primarily inhabited by small settlements of no more than 1,000 people each which were built of stone. The earliest recorded city in that area was Tupakehakane, the capital of the Kingdom of Iano. The city was razed to the ground in 450 CE by the Corsairs of Aotekohiwa upon the destruction of the Kingdom of Iano and the incorporation of its territories into the Aotekohiwa Empire. When the Aotekohiwa Empire collapsed in 670 CE, the naturally deep harbors and strategic position spurred King Uha of the newly established Kingdom of Toka to build a new city in that location called Toru Nui. The city gradually expanded and became the hub of trade, but ships there suffered from pirate attacks. The Kingdom of Tokamotu rebuilt their capital under King Ahere IV in the area that now makes up Tokapa.
 
==Unification==
The Oan Isles and surrounding island nations largely practiced the worship of the ancestors, several gods and nature spirits. Their beliefs were varied and diverse depending on their needs and circumstances. From 700 to 900 CE, missionaries of Thaerism from Aurora landed on the Polynesian Islands and spread their religious beliefs. Many people converted to Thaerism but they disagreed on some of its tenets and continued to practice syncretism with their native religions. Several scholars held their own interpretations. The Purist school believed in sticking to Thaerism and disavowing other Deities and religions. The Moderate school called for a combination of Thaerism and folk beliefs. The Traditionalists believed that folk beliefs held precedence over imported ideals.
 
Around 1000 CE, the islands of the West and South PacificCerenerian faced many challenges such as natural disasters, population pressures and political disagreements which exacerbated religious differences. In the midst of these religious debates the Kingdom of Tokamotu had established itself as the champion of Thaerism. It used this momentum as well as its wealth and military might to exert control over surrounding islands and lay the foundations of the imperialism that would emerge under Ahua the Great.
 
By 1000 CE, there were approximately 30 to 40 different polities that in that area that comprises the Oan Isles and the Morstaybishlian West PacificCerenerian Territories. Please refer to the official page on the history of the Oan Isles for maps and more details. One of the largest and most powerful was the Kingdom of Tokamotu which ruled over the island of Tokamotu. The King of the Toka, Manupatea was the father of Ahua the Great. He had continued the work of expanding the Tokamotu military and exerting military and economic dominance over surrounding islands. In 983 CE, Prince Ahua ascended to throne of the Toka as King Ahua.
 
He continued the work of his father and expanded their sphere of influence. In 987, on his conquest of Koroimotu, he met Thaerist. Believing they were heathens, he persecuted them and purged Thaerism from his realms. In 992 CE, he had a traumatic emotional experience at high seas following a defeat in battle that led to him seeing visions including believing that he a bird telling him to convert to Thaerism and unite the South West PacificCerenerian Islands (as the Oan Isles and the MWPTMCT) were known at that time.
 
Reluctantly and gradually, he sought out Thaerist teachers, culminating in his conversion in 998 CE. He proclaimed himself the chosen Prophet of the Creator and spiritual successor to Prophet Matilda in the West PacificCerenerian Islands and began the military conquest of the West PacificCerenerian Islands. In 1000 CE, he formally declared the establishment of the Oan Isles (despite the work of unification remaining unfinished). He passed away in 1023 and was succeeded by his son, Ahua II who formally established the House of Ahua as the ruling house and sought official recognition from the Thaerists in Great Morstaybishlia.
 
The introduction of Thaerism and the persecution of traditional folk religions, drove arden adherents to seek a better life elsewhere. Thus, South West PacificCerenerian Islanders in the territory that eventually fell under rule of Ahua the Great and became part of the Oan Isles began migrating to the uninhabited Strathepole Archipelago straddling the Morstaybishlian and Caven Seas.
 
Under Ahua the Great massive projects were undertaken in the 9th century CE which included the construction of the large structures in Toru Nui.
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His teachings lived on and gained the support of a considerable class of nobles, priests and members of the royal court such that in 1312 CE, an assembly of over 1,000 prominent persons was held on Manaakitangamotu to call for the acceptance of the teachings of Pouhinga as doctrine. This resulted in a civil war between the Mauists and the Thaerists. In 1321, the Mauists won. They forced the Thaerist Rangitanga-a-te-Moana, Ihone II to abdicate in favour of his infant son, Ihone III who would be raised as a Mauist. A Mauist Regent, Prince Repahe, reigned and declared Mauism as the official religion and sought recognition from mainland Thaerists.
 
There were differing opinions to the extent that two conflicting bulls were issued that remain contested to this day. Traditional Thaerism was persecuted and pushed out in favour of Mauism. The rise of Mauism led to missionaries from the Oan Isles going to the Strathepole Archipelago to proliferate its message. The people in these islands having cultivated unique identities such as the Jùs of JustelvardJusdelva and the Kohatuans of the Kohatu Isles and East Gemica) received Mauism enthusiastically because it preserved their folk beliefs and rituals.
 
==War of Succession==
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The decision was ratified by the Council of State and his son was crowned Iano III in 1442. The Council of State resolved to established a national library responsible for maintaining precise and accurate records of all royal lineages with copies available in three other parts of the country. This led to the system of public registration where the birth, death, marriage and other important details of all individuals in the realm were stored in Tokamotu and other islands for safe keeping.
==Strathepolic Expansion==
In 1501, Aotearoa the Great became the Rangitanga-a-te-Moana. He began expanding the territory of the Oan Isles beyond the South West PacificCerenerian Islands. Under his reign, the Oan Isles formally invaded and started a settler colony on the Strathepole Islands that today make up JustelvardJusdelva, the Kohatu Isles and East Gemica. These islands were inhabited intermittently by the Jùs and Kohatuan nations and frequented by bandits and pirates hiding from the law.
 
In 1503, the first Oan sailors reached the island of JustelvardJusdelva and proclaimed that they would be settled by the Oans and become part of the Oan Isles. By 1521, the Oans had spread to East Gemica (part of modern day Peregrinia). They away the pirates and subjugated the native Jùs and Kohatuans people. Because of cultural and historic similarities and ethnic intermixing, the Oan settlers became assimilated into Jùs and Kohatuans culture. Although Peregrinia and the Kingdoms on Aurora were uncomfortable, they recognised Oan rule after signing the Treaty of Manaatu, furthermore they saw Oan rule as helpful in the fight against piracy.
 
==Strathepolic Wars==
Aotearoa the Great was succeeded by Rotorua IV. Prince Whakore felt snubbed and wanted more prominence. When Rotorua IV failed to show him the respect he imagined he deserved, he fled to JustelvardJusdelva and started an independence movement. His forces started a war in 1578. Although he died in battle in 1579, his generals declared independence. After being defeated at the Battle of Akatepa, the Oan Isles renounced its rule over the islands and retreated to its home territory.
 
The islands became a free for all where strong men grabbed territory for themselves. The chaos and disorder led to the destruction of the institutions that the Oan government had erected there. The islands became a hive of criminal activity including piracy. With their maritime trade being disrupted by pirates and criminals fleeing from Justice, surrounding nations decided to act. Thus, in 1604, the Kingdom of Morstaybishlia invaded and annexed JustelvardJusdelva during the Morsto-JustelvardicJusdelvic Wars. East Gemica fell to Peregrinia in 1606. Codex took over the Kohatu Isles in 1607.
 
==First Morsto-Oan War==
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This began the First Morsto-Oan War. This war lasted until 1717. The Oans eventually defeated and forced to cede the territory that comprises the Southern Antilles (including East Koroimotu), Greater and Lesser Gemini Islands, Asmo Island, the Payleian Islands. Furthermore, native Oans who lived on those islands at the time of Morstaybishlian invasion were declared slaves and their property and lives were auctioned by the Morstaybishlian governors in those islands in the name of the Crown. This defeat was incredibly humiliating to the Oans. Kipiri II abdicated and was succeeded by Pakau I. Pakau I started a rescue and repatriation program whereby enslaved Oans would be purchased from Morstaybishlians and returned to the Oan Isles. Sympathetic Morsts also "donated" their slaves to the Oan crown where they were freed. Nevertheless, the horrific and inhuman trade continued. He was succeeded by his son Pakau II in 1735, who was succeeded by Iano VI in 1768, who was succeeded by Aotearoa VIII in 1789, who was succeeded by Toroa IV in 1823, who was succeeded by Tamatea I in 1843, who was in turn succeeded by Tamatea II in 1847.
==Modernisation ofand bankingindustrialisation==
Great Chief Wiremu Tekeha used his family's fortune which was raised from handling foreign goods arriving in the Oan Isles to employ sailors to acquire goods directly from the source nations at a commission starting around 1768. Great Chief Tekeha then bought the ships and brought the merchants under the full employment of his family in 1779. His daughter, Tuhana Tekeha established the Tekeha Merchant Guild in 1784 which was wholly owned by the Tekeha Family Trust to conduct trade and bulk retail operations. In 1793, the Tekeha Merchant Guild established payments handling offices which coordinated purchases from clients. These payments handling offices started giving out loans and providing gold depositing services in 1797. In 1810, the payment handling offices and other financial services operations were reestablished as the Tekeha Merchant Bank which was wholly owned by the Tekeha Merchant Guild. In 1820, the Tekeha Merchant Guild (TMG) established the Tekeha Certificate Printing Works which started out printing certificates for other Merchant Banks but evolved to a system of certificates redeemable by the bearer at all participating banks which officially became the Tekeha banking Consortium in 1825.
 
The city of Tauranga a te Toka experienced massive expansion of road works, rail lines and housing under Kawana Iparahimu Putea from 1820 to 1832. The port underwent significant expansion with the quarrying of the Ngahere lagoon in 1848.
 
==Second Morsto-Oan War==
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The Oans were defeated, forcing them to cede the islands of the North Antilles, Pasuica, Hayo Island, Yasa and Bach Island and Mazi, Nga Motuere Raki, East Point Island, Noamotu, Maungamotu, Manaakitangamotu, and Nga Motuere Whenua. With the help of sympathetic Morsts namely the Earl of Peal, Tamatea II proved that Lord Lusegart had broken the law and by extension the Morstaybishlian Crown was implicated in breaking the treaty. He was arrested and tried. As part of the Treaty of Nangahena, the Morsts returned Nga Motuere Raki, Noamotu, Nga Motuere Whenua, Maungamotu, and Manaakitangamotu to the Oan Isles. On one hand Queen [[Rosamund II]] was embarrassed by the oversight that started the war. On the other, she would be embarrassed to concede territory in war that lasted 14 years. Thus she negotiated with Tamatea II that the Morstaybishlian Crown pay the Oan government 12 million kiribs for the North Antilles, Hayo, Yasa, Bach, East Point and Mazi Islands and abolish the slave trade of Oans throughout the Morstaybishlian Empire. Many in the aristocracy including his son, Prince Rangitake felt that Tamatea II had been too weak in both the war and the negotiations.
 
The city of Tauranga a te Toka was a major stronghold of Oan forces during the Second Morsto-Oan War. Following the war, many displaced people from other islands built shanty towns and faced Malthusian pressures. This was part of the reason Rangitanga-a-te-Moana Rangitake the Great became disillusioned with his father Emperor Tamatea and subsequently overthrew him.
The Tekeha Banking Consortium (TBC) became among the 3 main banking groups in the Oan Isles by the Second Morsto-Oan War in 1855. It established offices in Monte Cadre in what today comprises the Morstaybishlian West Pacific Territories. When the Morsto-Oan War broke out, the banking operations in Morstaybishlian territory were reorganised as a nominally independent company, the Standard Pacific Banking Corporation (SPB), receiving Royal Charter in 1856. The TBC grew enormously wealthy from lending funds to both the Oan sides and the Morstaybishlians and was found to have an indirect working relationship with the Wakatunuye Tribe and Admiral Lusergart who had effectively started the war. When the war ended in 1860, the Oan government was rebuilding the country and relied on financing from the TBC, incurring massive kirib-denominated loans (which TBC received via TMG from SPB). When Emperor Rangitake the Great overthrew his father Emperor Tamatea and undertook reforms, he established a commission led by Great Chief Ahere Hupirimu (who was a commercial and political rival to the Tekeha Clan and ally of the new Emperor).
 
The Tekeha Banking Consortium (TBC) became among the 3 main banking groups in the Oan Isles by the Second Morsto-Oan War in 1855. It established offices in Monte Cadre in what today comprises the Morstaybishlian West PacificCerenerian Territories. When the Morsto-Oan War broke out, the banking operations in Morstaybishlian territory were reorganised as a nominally independent company, the Standard PacificCerenerian Banking Corporation (SPB), receiving Royal Charter in 1856. The TBC grew enormously wealthy from lending funds to both the Oan sides and the Morstaybishlians and was found to have an indirect working relationship with the Wakatunuye Tribe and Admiral Lusergart who had effectively started the war. When the war ended in 1860, the Oan government was rebuilding the country and relied on financing from the TBC, incurring massive kirib-denominated loans (which TBC received via TMG from SPB). When Emperor Rangitake the Great overthrew his father Emperor Tamatea and undertook reforms, he established a commission led by Great Chief Ahere Hupirimu (who was a commercial and political rival to the Tekeha Clan and ally of the new Emperor).
 
==Golden Age==
Prince Rangitake overthrew his father Tamatea II and was crowned Rangitake I in 1858. He began modernizing the Oan Isles. He first started by consolidating island militias into one armed forces, officially proclaiming the establishment of the [[Oan Defence Forces]] in 1865. Furthermore, mercenaries were abolished and integrated into the armed forces. This process also included the construction of modern war vessels, the entrenchement of guns and cannons as primary tools of war and the construction of fortifications and other public infrastructures such as roads and ports.
 
He established the [[Bank of the Oan Isles]] in 1891 to help the Oan Isles raise money following the financial ruin precipitated by the Second Morsto-Oan War, and to rein in the chaotic banking system. The Bank helped to stabilise and modernise the Oan Isles financial system. On 18 March of the same year, he established the [[University of Tokapa]]. BuildingTo onrestore top ofthe socialnation and economicenable reformsit startedto earlierstand up for itself in Rangitake'sa reignworld increasingly dominated by great powers, Monarchy of the Oan Isles Rangitake ordered the establishment of a modern university modelled led after the Royal Bursil University helpedin toSani moderniseBursil, OanGreat educationMorstaybishlia and spreadthe literacyShiro toAcademy in Cupertino, Infinite Loop. Scholarly communities which had conducted research and teaching in Tokapa for centuries were amalgamated and formalized under new laws and the widerstate provided public buildings to help them carry out their populationwork.
 
The University’s initial focus was to prepare the Oan Isles for future wars with large Auroran powers. It started classes in biology, medicine, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, politics, history, economics, international relations, law and Staynish. This included appointing foreigners such as Prof Edward Smith, a Staynish physicist and mathematician as its first President. Prof Smith significantly expanded the university and shaped its structure and purpose. Nevertheless, his progressive ideals were often at odds with the government, which despised the independence he championed for the university.
 
The Hupirimu Commission found the Tekeha Clan and their companies to have profited from the war. Their wealth was seized by the state under the Foreign Enemy Collusion Decree. The government took ownership of Tekeha assets and dissolved the SPB. It sold off all the properties and companies. The Hupirimu Family Trust (under Great Chief Hupirimu) purchased the TBC and rebranded it as the Standard National Bank in 1868. They moved its main offices from Anapa where it was originally located and started operations in 1870.
 
In 1904 he was succeeded by Mikaere III. Mikaere III continued the reforms of his father and opened the country to foreign technologies, spurring the industrialisation of the Oan Isles. Mikaere III signed the Great Land Reform Decree whereby nobles were forced to sell their estates to tenant farmers at amounts subsidized by the state in return for greater say over the government of the Oan Isles. This led to the Council of Chiefs gaining the power to approve laws. Furthermore, he delegated daily governance to the Head of the Royal Household who was a trained civil servant, Lord Azriel Makemutu.
 
SNB started operations in Great Morstaybishlia, after Great Chief Hupirimu's successor Great Chief Umanga Hupirimu convinced Rangitake's successor Emperor Mikaere to repeal the Foreign Enemy Collusion Decree. Great Chief Hupirimu and the Hupirimu Clan became incalculably wealthy as they used their political clout to support the campaigns of favourable members of the Council of the People. The SNB in turn benefited from conditions that were favourable to banks that adhered to reforms started by Emperor Rangitake and continued by Emperor Mikaere to centralised money creation and bring the banking sector under the control of the Oan Central Bank. The SNB continued as a commercial bank and expanded its operations to lands of the Crowns of Great Morstaybishlia, Salovia and Kuthernburg. It grew incredibly wealthy from lending money and helping store and move the funds of the nations of the Imperial and PacificCerenerian Powers in the Great War.
 
Under Rangitanga-a-te-Moana Mikaere III, the city of Tauranga a te Toka grew again and regained its position as a major port and became a major centre of industry with many factories seeking to exploit proximity to the Port of Tauranga a te Toka.
 
==Great War==
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Mikaere III's reign saw the start of the Great War. The war was fought between the PacificCerenerian Coalition headed by [[Asendavia]] and the Imperial Powers headed by Great Morstaybishlia and [[Packilvania]]. Wary of the imperialistic appetites of these nations as well as the Oan Isles recent history of war, Mikaere III swiftly declared neutrality in the conflict. Riding on the coattails of the financial and political reforms that were introduced under Mikaere III, the Oan financial sector grew wealthy from loaning money to nations that were involved in the war. Furthermore, the Oan Isles sent artisans to train in foreign nations in the craft of arms manufacturing.
 
During the Great War, the city of Tauranga a te Toka served as a major transit point for goods moving to and from the Imperial and Cerenerian Powers, firmly establishing its position as a major centre of trade. This proved a vulnerability as its strategic location made it attractive to world powers, thus the Oan government had a tread a careful diplomatic line to keep it from being invaded.
 
The University of Tokapa was instrumental in helping the Oan Isles prepare for the Great War. Its scholars and students discovered new processes for making explosives and finding sources of nitroglycerin and potash. The university was also a hotbed of political debate because it invigorated and organized the intellectual class. The human and economic cost of the Great War and the undemocratic institutions which perpetuated that war, galvanized members of the Faculty and student body to resist and protest the state. Their contributions paved the way for democratization in the Oan Isles.
 
==Democratic reforms==
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==Toroan War==
In the 1960s, an unusual period of low rain arose which resulted in economic hardships for the agriculture, timber and fishing industries of Toroa. The Toroa Communist Party was formed which believed that the government of the Oan Isles was handling the crisis abysmally. The TCP called for the independence of Toroa from the Oan Isles. In 1970, the General Secretary of the Toroa Communist Party, Manu Aketua, was elected as the Governor of Toroa. He dissolved the Toroa Legislative Assembly and called for a referendum to decide on the independence of Toroa from the Oan Isles. The Oan Isles sent military forces to the territory and stormed the capital city of Hipana where Governor Aketua and his government were located. Governor Aketua declared marshal law and fled with other members of the TCP to the west fringes of the country. They waged a brutal guerilla war against Oan forces, smuggling drugs and people to pay for the war. To end the atrocities, the Oan Isles signed a ceasefire in negotiations brokered by major Auroran nations with the TCP in which they promised to temporarily suspend fighting. The TCP declared the Toroa People’s Republic and governed that part of Toroa as a communist dictatorship. The Oan Isles has never rescinded its claim to the area controlled by the TPR and actively uses its diplomatic and economic clout to isolate it. Despite overtures to restore normalcy, only the most crucial aid is given.
==Digital Age==
[[Oan Arms]] (formerly known as the Oan Armaments Company) is a publicly owned for-profit company in the Oan Isles established in 1956 by the government of the Oan Isles through the passage of the Oan Armaments Company Act by the National Assembly which was signed into law by [[Rangitanga-a-te-Moana]] Rangitake IX. This was during the tenure of Prime Minister Lady Manaia Iparoha who wanted the Oan Isles to have greater control over the arms being more used by the [[Oan Defence Forces]].
 
Atawhai Taumata, Basiloy Modvenovich, [[Darryl McKinsey]] and Casey Burnham were PhD candidates at the [[University of Tokapa]] in 1970. They were working on a research project on semiconductor substrates under the supervision of Prof Leigh Cameron from [[Kuthernburg]]. Through their experiments and findings they published their dissertation in 1975. They made discoveries about the conductive and insulating capabilities of crystalline silicon and proposed applications their use in integrated circuits for computational devices.
 
Atawhai Taumata's uncle High Chief Taumata of Wekatoka encouraged the team to continue working on the project. He provided the initial seed funding for the project. They continued working on it until they developed their first working prototype integrated circuit in 1979. They pitched the idea to numerous investors and eventually, High Chief Taumata managed to get the Oan Armaments Company (now known as Oan Arms) to invest in the idea. After working for another 6 years, Metatron was born in 1985. They began as a contractor for the [[Oan Defence Forces]] producing chips for military applications.
 
Upon hearing that Oan Arms was selling the technology to other militaries that were committing war elsewhere, Basiloy Modvenovich was deeply distressed and asked the co-founders to end their relationship with the ODF. Atawhai Taumata asked his uncle to buy Modvenovich out, giving him the controlling share of the company. Basiloy walked out in 1988. Casey Burnham was constantly at odds with Darryl and Atawhai over development.
 
She left as the Chief Technology Officer in 1994, a position that Atawhai took up. Darryl bought her out. He continued as the CEO of the company. Atawhai inherited his uncle's title and had to dedicate more of his time managing the Taumata Family Trust, thus he resigned as the CTO and remained as Chairman of the board. Rudo Seabrook from South Hills continued as CTO. Darryl made some disastrous financial decisions and he divorced his husband, who left the marriage with half of everything he owned.
 
Oan Armaments Company was rebranded in 1995 as part of a modernisation and restructuring campaign. In 2001, Oan Arms and KAE Systems plc from Kuthernburg started working on the Silent Killer UACVs.
 
McKinsey was bankrupt and thus sold his share to Atawhai who took over the entire [[Metatron Corporation]] in 2004. To escape the tax reforms in the Oan Isles being implemented around 2006, the Metatron Holding Company was established in [[Tivot]] in the same year.
 
[[Etuariti Takatunuye]], arguably one of the leading computer scientists of the Oan Isles, founded [[Cafe Net]] in 2002 as a internet browser. Originally the layout and the conceptual design was very simple and primitive. When he came looking for funding, the [[Metatron Corporation]] laughed at him and said that his idea for an online platform that would connect the people of the world would fail abysmally. He then pitched the idea to [[Damehowe]] executives at the Auroran Conference for Innovation in Information and Communication Technology (known simply as Innovation Con).
 
They were taken by the idea and as part of their angel investor program, provided him with the financial capital and mentorship to cultivate the idea and establish his start up. The initial prototype search engine at the time called Coffee Club was a stupendous failure. Hardly anyone used it and it was prone to regularly collapse. This was because he had packed an incredible amount of functionality, detracting from its core purpose and undermining the user experience. When [[Damehowe]] threatened to pull the plug from the company, his team worked for 3 months and produce a vastly more simple product called Cafe Net. It was an incredibly simple browser yet its initial public offering raised 5 billion KRB on the Sani Bursil Stock Exchange.
 
Yet it would be years before the company could turn a profit. Instead, Damehowe bought Takatunuye's stake in Cafe Net for 18 billion KRB, making him one of the wealthiest men in [[the Oan Isles]]. Damehowe suggested moving the company to [[Sani Bursil]] to centralize their operations. Takatunuye refused because he believed that the Oan Isles vibrant tech sector provided some of the best computer scientists and entrepreneurs. Thus, the company remained firmly located in the capital city. His browser benefited from its incredibly simple but elegant algorithm, immaculate and user-oriented design. The work of Cafe Net spawned the Cafe Vibes video sharing platform.
 
[[Bing Sion]] came on as the Chief Operations Officer of [[Metatron Corporation]] in 2008. He pushed for the acquisition of Barque Lithography in the same year getting closer to Darryl.
 
[[Café Pay]] (also simply spelt as Cafe Pay) is a third-party mobile and online payment portal from The Oan Isles developed by Etuariti Takatunuye as a spin off from [[Cafe Net]] in 2008. It is headquartered in [[Tokapa]].
 
Rudo and Bing kept competing for Darryl's favour because they knew that Atawhai would support Darryl's choice Of CEO when he eventually resigned. Bing successfully negotiated the acquisition of Fort Jubrayn Optics in 2012, sealing the deal for his succession as CEO. Darryl stayed on as CEO to coordinate the initial public offering of Metatron on the Sani Bursil Stock Exchange. They raised 1.34 billion KRB from the deal. Bing took on more of Darryl's duties until he was appointed CEO in 2016
 
In 2017, Oan Arms sold its subsidiary Oan Shipyards to [[KAE Systems plc|KAE Systems]].
 
==Latianburg Insurgency==
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On 18 May 2017, the Oan Isles reaffirmed relations with Latianburg and Kuthernburg. Oan companies were granted lucrative contracts to operate in those nations especially in telecommunications and information technology, aid was exchanged and general ties improved.
 
== Auroran-PacificCerenerian War==
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[[File:Aftermath of the Battle of Yor.jpg|thumb|Aftermath of the Battle of Yor as Matriarchal Ethalrian forces retreat and civilians are carried away]]
In 26 May 2017, the Al Jaheed attacked Yor and hacked Cafe Net servers in La Rochelle. They virtually shut down the Cafe Net system for much of the world. The scope and impact of the attack led to general alarm about the Al Jaheed's technical expertise, resources and ability to inflict serious damage on Oan interest. On the same day, the Al Jaheed bombed a part of the National Security Service headquarters. Although the damage was quickly repaired, it led to a desire to engage more aggressively with the Al Jaheed. On May 27, 2017, Emperor, Ehe, received the Blue Medal from Kuthernburg on behalf of the brave actions of the Oan armed forces.
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On 29 May 2017, Lambertus VII, the High King of the United Kingdom, called a meeting of countries to discuss the coup d'etat in [[Ethalria (Republic)|Republican Ethalria]] in which the legitimate government was overthrown.<ref>''Lambertus VII Invites You''. The East Pacific Forum. https://forum.theeastpacific.com/topic/7009182/3/ (Please note that parts of this have been retconned)</ref> They further discussed the fascist alliance formed by the new Republican Ethalrian government and [[Ethalria (Matriarchy)|Matriarchal Ethalria]]. This group became known as the Allies. Viktor Drugov, the leader of Stratarin, was nearly assassinated at the meeting on June 4, 2017.
 
Rurin Lukin, his deputy, was killed along with others in the Stratarin line of succession. Mikhail Starikov took on the position of head of state of Stratarin.<ref>''A Rising Starikov''. The East Pacific Forum. https://forum.theeastpacific.com/topic/7005265/ (Please note that parts of this have been retconned).</ref> The Oans and others were suspicious of this - likening the take over to a coup. Emperor Ehe I was a vocal critic of the South-East PacificCerenerian Coalition and believed that it ought to be disbanded, but there was fear that Starikov would use war to achieve that.<ref>''The SEPC Arcadia Security Council.'' The East Pacific Forum. https://forum.theeastpacific.com/topic/7009316/ (Please note that parts of this have been retconned)</ref>
 
On June 8, 2017, assassins from Matriarchal Ethalria killed Thadeus, King of Horales and Crown Prince of Staynes. The attack sent shockwaves throughout the world and further fixed Oan resolve against the Axis powers.<ref>''A Call to Arms''. The East Pacific Forum. https://forum.theeastpacific.com/topic/7009172/ (Please note that parts of this have been retconned).</ref> The Axis powers was an alliance made up of Republican Ethalria, Matriarchal Ethalria and Stratarin, against whom the Allies, of which the Oan Isles was a part, fought. On June 10, the Oan Isles sent a request to the Staynish government to invade Republican Ethalria and sent humanitarian and military aid to Kostoria Obertonia in preparation for a Republican Ethalrian invasion. On June 11, Caltharus invaded Matriarchal Ethalria.
 
The Oans undertook a diplomatic assault on Stratarin to isolate and weaken them. On June 12, 2017, the Oan Isles imposed sanctions on Stratarin. When asked for reasons for this action, the Oan Isles cited the alleged coup d'etat, the relegation of SEPC laws and other reasons, and imposed further conditions on Stratarin. These were deflected by the Stratarians. The diplomatic tensions culminated in the resignation of Fyodr Lyvov, Minister for Foreign Affairs for Stratarin two days later. Tretrid supported the Oan demands.
On June 18, 2017, Ehe I (also known as Ese Ulua) called the leaders of four Atlantian countries to a meeting in La Rochelle to ask for assistance for the war. Mister Leader II of Mexregiona, Bartholomew Smith of Tretrid, King Calvin I of the Atlae Isles and Queen Naomi II of Kuthernburg attended and resolved to lend help. Monoherra Markka IV of Asian PacificCerenerian Islands attended as an observer.
Another war erupted in Atlantia when various rogue states and former members of the Atlae Isles attempted to cede from the country and join sides with the Axis powers. Only Kuthernburg was eventually able to lend a hand. On 24 June, 2017, an Oan task force was sent to assist Kostoria-Obertonia. On the next day, troops were flown into North Yor as part of an assault to reclaim the islands from the Republican Ethalrian Republic.