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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]].
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.
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