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The [[Morsto-Oan War]] displayed the technological and organizational weaknesses of the [[military of the Oan Isles]]. The country was defeated in that war, losing territory, population, economic potential, cultural heritage and national pride. To restore the nation and enable it to stand up for itself in a world increasingly dominated by great powers, [[Emperor of Polynesia]] Rangitake ordered the establishment of a modern university modelled led after the Royal Bursil University in [[Sani Bursil]], [[Great Morstaybishlia]] and the [[Shiro Academy]] 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 state provided public buildings to help them carry out their work.

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 from 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.