History of our People

THE FIRST SETTLERS
Human settlement started in Provident Nation in 6,000 B.C. According to the Ulat sa Namumunong Lahi, the official chronicler of the island, people from the land in what is now known as NewLeinster migrated in large boats to settle for a new island that is fertile enough for the cultivation of entom, a high yielding grain capable of long storage periods. A mini-ice age occured in the world at the time and the islands could not grow the crops needed to sustain the growth.

They first settled in the northwestern region of the occupied land which they called Unang Lunsaran or the First Landing.

HIDDEN PERIOD

Much of the next 2,000 years of history were obliterated from the official chronicle. It was said that the exploration of the lower half was completed in 2,500 B.C., when the southwestern and southeastern coasts contained remnants of funeral pottery.

Heirloom songs, however, noted that settlement did not go beyond the mountain ranges of Humahampas Langit as it was not navigable with the rivers and streams guiding the people to settle on the newly discovered lands.

FIRST MINERS

The bronze culture started following the settlement of people from the The aquarian islands in 3,000 B.C. These seafaring nomads brought their knowledge of copper and tin mining to the island upon the discovery of copper deposits in the Cordillera de Dolores located in the western coast of the occupied land.

Bronze urns and ceremonial jars were first developed. Then, the taki, an intricately crooked dagger was invented as a weapon.

With the ascent of the bronze culture, comes the consolidation of power in the land. Previously, much of the power is held with the northwestern region as it was converted into a sacred and ceremonial area because it was the site of the first landing. However, the growing appetite of the people for bronze made the Western settlements more prosperous and technologically advanced which led to the rise of an industrial power in the West.

FIRST SETTLEMENTS

Western industrial power was proven to be so potent that other settlements from all of the island tried to subjugate the region. The region's dominance in the local economy disrupted the equilibrium in local affairs.

Previously, all settlements are grouped according to the cardinal directions, the North, Northwest, Northeast, West, Southwest, South, Southeast and the East. The central region was left uninhabited because of the lack of a coastline. All settlements would have agricultural produce that could be traded for another, potteries were exchanged and servants would regularly change masters. The western region have something no one else possesses and when they knew about this, they hiked the prices pf their goods that virtually made the East settlements poor due to the long travel time and the perishability of their goods.

Sacking of the Palatial District

The settlements from all over the island decided to form a coalition to stop the Western settlements from gaining too much power. They formed the Council of Elders, a consultative assembly of the settlements formed by representatives from each village. They agreed to boycott Western goods and ransack its Palatial district where most of the trading happens.

On the evening of the tenth month following the Feast of the First Landing at around 1500-1480 B.C., the armed soldiers took the district by force and executed all market traders which led to the first massacre in the chronicles.

Five months later, the Council of the Elders agreed to forgive the Western settlements and admit them to the assembly. Now, the island's rules of trade and policies are all under the first assembly.

CONFEDERATION OF THE MALAYA (900 B.C.- AD 1890)

THE FIRST FIVE CENTURIES

After the establishment of the assembly, local affairs began to take form. Villages began forming their own local councils, where every household send one representative to stand in the council. First council was formed in an old town of Babang Ilaya in 1,000 B.C. Councils then send the most senior member of the local councils to the assembly where intervillage and interregional disputes are settled.

The Council of Elders was formally called the Confederacy of the Malaya, or the free people, that is, free-born citizens of the island. It was formally chartered in 960 B.C.

Writing

Due to the number of laws being passed, the council commissioned all elderly scholars to create a writing system in 900 B.C. to record the transactions of trade and local regulations.

Education

Informal learning institutions such as the utunan which is an apprentice-based system where the uto, the mentor, would provide instructions to children from age 7-15 on the chronicles, art forms, religious songs and dance, writing and the local etiquette practiced in the village. It was the finishing school for the girls and the military academy for the boys. After their stint in the utunan, they are initiated as citizens in the society through the gotisig, a blood compact among the newly inducted members to forge a vow of eternal allegiance to each other and the island. This continued until 570 B.C. with the establishment of local schools by the decree of the council.

Finance

Bronze coins were not durable enough to sustain multiple transfer of hands over large distances. Weaved fibre from the mulakta plant, an endemic plant with a fineness of cotton and sturdiness of abacá, was used as the official currency in the islands with each pattern signifying a different value and origin.

Taxation was introduced in 500 B.C. to collect an ample amount of money for the construction of public works. The uhakan or the tax collector, collects an monthly poll tax equivalent to 1 inch of undyed mulakta for each adult citizen and kaputol or income tax equal to 1/10 of harvest, mined goods or "equivalent fruits of labour and ingenuity".

Public Works

Monumental infrastructure was accomplished during the Confederacy.

In order to lessen the impact of seasonal rains in local agriculture, such structures were built. Entom does not need much water to flourish. However, some endemic fruits and vegetables are grown with floodplain-like situations. These made the construction of plantation terraces, underground dams and aqueducts the main priority of the Confederation.

People travel faster through rivers and streams than by land. In 200 B.C. a series of canals were constructed to facilitate easier inter-regional trade creating water expressways where trade boats would pass through all day.

Housing

The lack of emperor or kings made palaces unimaginable.

Bamboo houses were first constructed to replace grass-based huts in 800 B.C. Stone houses built on adobe emerged as the major residential type by 500 B.C. following the development of small-scale masonry in 650 B.C.

Families from scholarly and military lineage oftentimes have larger family complexes were mansions showing their achievements are displayed. Landowning families tend to build smaller but taller housing complexes to maximise land usage. Merchant families tend to build housing complexes near waterways to act also as trading depots.

Languages

The old language used by the settlers in the islands is known as the Pinagsilangan, a Proto-Austronesian langauage. It serves as the classical language of all the island. The official chronicle is sang using the language. All religious and cultural text are translated to this language. It is only spoken during rituals and oratory ceremonies.

Minadla is the lingua franca of the Island mainly spoken in the waterways of the Central region. It is a simplified version of the Pinagsilangan with vocabulary from the different regions pertaining to people, flora and fauna.

Regional languages resemble the Minadla in form, vocabulary, idiomatic expressions and cultural cues are the main differences from the lingua franca.

Religion

The ancestor worship of the first settlers were carried over up to this period. The most senior member of the community acts as the spiritual leader, regardless of sex.

There are only three (3) major rituals done in the island: the Feast of Good Harvest, the Remembrance of the Departed and the Feast of the First Landing.

Feast of Good Harvest is conducted in the tenth month following the Feast of the First Landing. The senior priest/priestess will initiate the festival by reciting the Epic of the First Farmers. They sing and dance to the epic until the 400th stanza was recited. Then, they fall silent until the end of the epic. This is to ensure that their forefathers will hear their plea and ensure their bountiful harvest.

Remembrance of the Departed is conducted in the second month following the Feast of the First Landing. The ancestral tombs are cleaned and the most senior household member initiates the ritual to the departed. They read the poem, "Journey of A Thousand Seas" and says the wishes to the departed. Afterwards, the families hold a banquet in celebration for another year with the family.

Feast of the First Landing marks the start of the year. It is held around November when the waters on the Western shore recedes in its lowest point. All freeborn citizens journey to Punla or the actual landing point of the first settlers. They took a bath in the shores and clothe themselves in white robes to signify the purity of their soul as they continue on another year of journey in the island.

Servants are free to do anything in the Feast of the First Landing. They are free from their work and celebrate in the towns where they belong.

The sick and the elderly are exempted from taking the journey.

Birth of the Capital

In 490 B.C., all is ripe for a transformation of the island into a new age. The Confederacy meets every four months in an assembly in the different town halls with the designated region for the quarter. While it is proven to be effective in showing the sincerity of the government, they are expensive because of much fanfare being given to the arrival of the Confederacy. In 450 B.C., the most senior member of the South delegation proposed to create a permanent place for discussion in the recently developed Central settlement. In 420 B.C., the building of the capital commenced and in 400 B.C., the Anhiyaw was inaugurated as the capital of the confederacy.

THE NEXT MILLENIUM

After the transfer of the capital in 400 B.C., it ushered a new era of prosperity in the island. The wastelands of the Central Cordillera became the fertile ground to spark Pax Providentia.

Social Classes

Since the establishment of servitude in 2,000 B.C., there are only two social classes in society: the freeborn and the servant class.

The madlang laya (freeborn people) granted all the privileges of a citizen upon the initiation to society. They are free to participate in rituals, local and island-wide affairs.

The madlang sakit is the servant class. Though they serve in the household of their master, they also enjoy their own freedoms. They are allowed to own property and to buy their own freedom. They are however, not allowed to marry people other than their masters.

In ca.300 B.C., the Servant Reforms led to the repeal of heritability of servitude born to at least one freeborn parent which virtually removed the main cause of servitude. By 260 B.C., only 8% of the population is of the servant class down from 62% in 290 B.C. This has proven to be disastrous for the mining, agriculture and primary industries.

Rise of the Mandarin class

In 270 B.C., there has been a reshuffling in the affairs of the government. No longer was the government limited to the parliament. Government ministries were established to oversee the affairs of each region in the different aspects of society, with the Ministry of Public Works (270 B.C.), Ministry of Waterworks (267 B.C.), Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Taxation (265 B.C.), Ministry of Culture and Education (263 B.C.) and Ministry of Trade (260 B.C.) .

With the establishment of government ministries, there comes the need for civil servants. Civil servants became the hands and the feet of the government. The competitive examinations for civil servants was first administered in 200 B.C. by the Council of Scholars.

By 100 B.C., according to the chronicles, there exists four "pillars" of society. These four pillars are equal in importance and prestige.

The kodlin or the civil servant class, consist of households with at least five generations of service to the government. They are the people who continuously pass the examination. They are perceived to be the most intelligent and knowledgeable in practical and political affairs.

The lakalkal or the merchant class consists of households with at least three generations of being in the business of trading and participating in the market. They are perceived to be numerate and knowledgeable in handling both goods and people.

The sakasa or the landholding class consists of households with at least eight generations of holding land other than the land of their housing complex. They are the most selective because most of the citizens have landholdings of their own. Only those who are descendants of former slaves due to indebtedness are usually left without land. They also forms bulk of the society, following the dissolution of servitude through birthright.

The agwawa or the labourer class is the catch-all classification for people who generally lives in urbanized areas and lacks heirloom property. They are mostly found in trading centres where most of their work is needed.

Development of scholarly class

While formal instruction has been established way before, research and development societies were formally recognized by the Assembly by AD 70. In AD 300, these societies admitted members through the uto system. Societies swelled in ranks following the establishment of national academies in AD 366.

Writing was mainly made through bronze plates up until AD 380 when low-cost tapestry was invented from huyap, an endemic plant known for its sap that produces a paper-like substance when dried.

The nantutu or the scholarly class was established as a classification in AD 394 the Assembly. The scholarly class created manuscripts, treatises and discussion papers concerning scientific, philosophical and cultural inquiries of the public.

In AD 417, the United Society of Scholars for the Propagation of Sanitation and Hygiene published the Compendium of Sickness and Medicinal Treatments. It was the breakthrough study on the illnesses experienced by the people since there is no authoritative standard for curing people beside from the basic remedies passed on by generations.

In AD 420, the United Society of Scholars for the Improvement of Public Works and Navigation published the Atlas of the Nation, a compilation of all maps and structures within the land and nearby coastal communities.

In AD 431, a measurement standard was formally adopted and dating system was fixed in accordance with a lunisolar model. Afterwards, the formal learning institutions were reformed to train all people with the new knowledge following the Education Code in AD 466.

In AD 500, the first university, University of the Confederation, was created in the capital. The university became the supreme authority in verifying knowledge in the island.

Development of the artistic class

For most of the island's history, art is confined within the religious rituals and social commentaries of the time. With the establishment of the university, comes the clamour from the conservative sector of the Assembly. Preservation of culture has become the primary priority of the Assembly by AD 600. Previously informal instruction of songs and dance were converted into full-form lessons integrated in learning institutes.

Priest and priestesses started to train apprentices instead of pooling them from the public. In AD 700, the number of priests suffered a decline after scholarly work became more attractive. To boost the number of priests, religious academies were established. The rise of religious academies led to the oversupply of priests. Left without jobs, priests and priestesses developed songs and dances as a form of entertainment. By AD 880, street performances were ubiquitous in the island.

In 920, the ningsing or the artistic class became recognized as a classification. Afterwards, the Assembly refrained from building social classes.

THE REIGN OF THE TECHNOCRATS (930-1280)

The social hierarchy remain stagnant for the whole island for hundreds of years. Science and culture continued to develop despite the lack of metallurgy of the iron age. However, towns became developed and integrated to each other that inter-regional trade was not contributing to the synergy of the island economy anymore. Markets have fully matured and the island began behaving as one unified economic state with decentralised authorities.

The First Port

In 950, the Assembly suggested the reconstruction of deepwater ports in the Northwestern shores. The Assembly's factions were in agreement to open the island for more trade as the people were confident that the nation's developments have given us an advantage over other trading areas. The Conservative faction voted for the ports because it will allow the religious people to journey back to the land of origin, possibly creating a route for an annual pilgrimage. The Progressive faction voted for the ports to expose the island to new method practiced in other states.

In 954, the Society for the Development of Marine Technology reconstructed boats used by the first settlers as the first trade boats to leave the island. In 957, Baylakin, the first trade boat left the shores of the island to explore trade routes. In 970, the Baylakin returned to the island bringing ironworks and exquisite pottery from the island of what is now Molorp scot

In 972, the Assembly sent an envoy to the island to establish diplomatic relations. In 980, the first migrants from the faraway island (now Notagenjimain) arrived in the port of the Northwestern shores. They brought with them knowledge of advanced metallurgy and advanced animal husbandry which made the endemic kaab, the small carabao, a form of land transport.

With the discovery of the iron ore in the Eastern plateau, the Eastern mines gained considerable wealth in the island. They produced all of the iron needed to create equipment in agriculture, following the introduction of animal ploughing in 990.

In 992, the country ended its exclusive trade with the faraway island. In 996, islands covering present-day Monzievard, Aquarian islands and former insular Saudstan (now Molorp scot) became major trading partners. By 1000, the island was trading as far as Anglovania.

Free trade has brought a considerable impact in the lives of the people. Merchants from other islands came to the island as it became the entrepôt of regional trade. This created a debate within the Assembly whether or not to accept them as citizens. In 1140, it was decided that foreign merchants could only be admitted to the island provided that become a servant to a merchant class household. This reincarnated the servant class previously dormant due to the abolition of heritability of servitude status. In 1160, about 30% of the port's citizens are servants. They are however, servants only by the records as they wield considerable cultural and scientific power stemming from the educated class background in their homelands.

In 1177, foreign-born servants and their descendants were 70% of the coastal towns. Their concentration in the maritime trade and local maritime affairs was threatening to the Assembly. By 1180, the Assembly mandated that each unwed foreign-born servant and their descendants be married to a native-born citizen. The consequences of intermarriage made household registries complicated as they have to be verified to the other island's household registries. Some islands are not advanced enough to keep such records which made identification hard. In 1197, foreign-born people were assigned codes if their home country does not have a record. In 1200, the first mixed-race assemblyman was elected to the Assembly prompting reforms to improve the social conditions of mixed race citizens. In 1220, foreign-born and native-born designations were removed as household classifications and were only maintained in the diplomatic records.

In the late 1220s, the mixed race people became the cosmopolitan citizens of their time. They are frequent travellers and are citizens to both islands of their parent's origin. They held the highest positions in the diplomatic corps as they have blood relations with both sides. In 1230, the mixed race established a consultative council attached to the Assembly where experts from the different societies and diplomats form policies that is debated in the Assembly.

This has proven to be successful and as trade flourished, so does the ideas of governing the nation. The consultative council became the main organ of power as they, in practice, created the laws of the land while the Assembly checks the laws and debates its merits. The council members became known as spatna or the wisemen, people who guided the nation into another century of heightened power.

In 1274, the Council decided to institutionalize migration with the creation of Ministry of Migration. In 1277, the Ministry of Migration merged with the Ministry of Trade to create the Foreign Office. In 1279, the island became a dominant power in regional affairs as all known states established diplomatic and trade relations with the Foreign Office.

SEEDS OF CONQUEST (1280-1370)

The First Invasion

The island's economy and culture continued to developed during the late 1270s. The mixture of cultures helped the island propel into a new age of learning. Universities became established in several satellite posts of the island. The island became the centre of regional affairs acting as mediator in different opposing states. In 1280, a new challenger in the established order emerged from the islands that occupy the present-day Aquarian islands.

In 1284, the diplomatic envoy sent to the islands was rejected. The Foreign Office becomes threatened and imposed sanctions on their trade on grain. This has proven to be a fatal blow to the kingdom. In retaliation, the Kingdom sent a fleet of warships containing 2,500 soldiers. They overran the ports and managed to burn the main port city. The island was defenseless as the last military operations happened 2,700 years ago. It was unthinkable for the people and for the nearby islands for an invasion to happen.

The warships retreated in 1288. The Assembly formed an emergency government which led to the formation of Ministry of War and Order. In 1289, Lantalapa became the first coastal fort in the island. By 1309, all coasts have forts that guard the waters.

In 1316, military conscription became mandated for men ages 15-23. In 1330, the Society for Military Tactics was established. Four years later, the Foreign Office incited a rebellion in the islands deposing the Kingdom and establishing a puppet state. The islands became the first colony of the island.

In 1335, Ministry of the Colonies was established. After a few months, diplomatic ministers established colonial ministries to govern the islands. Slavery was abolished and four universities were founded in 1340. In 1350, immigration from the poorest sector of our land started to flow into the islands. They established plantations and became wealthy landowners. In 1360, 80% of the islands' population was from Provident Nation.

A commission of the island was dispatched to the colonies to survey the conditions of the islands. The report in 1367 shown that the island is fully civilized and fit for self-rule. In 1369, the Assembly declared the islands free. Protests ensued from the landowners in 1370. They were repatriated to back to the island from 1369-1379. After 1379, the islands was left to the natives.

THE CHANGING TIMES (1385-1400)
In 1385, the islands experienced another resurgence in growth following the discovery of route to Pure Blooded Whites. Pure Blooded Whites' imports became highly sought after goods. In 1389, the country became the official dispatcher of Pure Blooded Whites' luxury goods in the region. Buddhism soon permeated in the island's consciousness and in 1390, Buddhism was adopted as the state guiding theology. Old religion mixed with Buddhism to form the state religion after the Religious Reform of 1392.

In 1394, a new band of traders arrived, the Arabs. By 1399, Islam became the majority religion of the diplomatic corps. In 1400, an Islamic revolution erupted in the island led by Abdullah bin Salam.

THE AL-IMARAT AL-YASIMIN (1400-1608)
After the successful rebellion of the Islamic people of the Western shores, Abdullah bin Salam was installed as leader of the Al-Imarat Al-Yasimin, that is, the Emirate of Jasmine in 1403.It was named as such because the capital that he built was located at the slope of the hills were endemic jasmine flowers are found.

He declared a jihad against the Assembly to "clear the island of idolatry and other impurities". He launched a campaign to destroy the Northwestern shores because of its designation as the holiest place in the island. They arrived at the Northwestern hills in 1412 and was defeated by the army raised by the Northern states. Towns were now organized and are called states. The Eastern states formed a crusade-like force to support the Northern warriors. In 1440, a peace treaty was signed to declare the Northwestern shores an area protected from the ongoing conflict.

War ensued until the mid-1440s when in 1446, the Southwestern coast was successfully invaded by the Emirate. In 1449, the Assembly and the Emirate declared a ceasefire and divided the island into two with the Northwestern shores in the northernmost border running through the River of Thousand Tears down to the Canals of the Southern shores. They occupied the west-southwest half of the island while the rest remained in the Assembly.

In 1457, the Emirate was proven to be successful in developing culture and philosophy in their region. The new emir, Muhammad bin Abdullah, established a cultural exchange treaty with the Assembly. Islamic universities collaborated with the Ancient University and local societies.

In 1477, the last non-Islamic ally of the nation, the kingdom in what is now Mittel europe, severed relations with the island because of the political instability in their realm. In 1479, the Confederation was formally organized as one state under an elected assemblyman who would rule for life. The rotation of power was established so that there would be no usurpation of power within the states and regions.

Famine came to the Emirate in 1488. The Confederation managed to emerge from the crisis through prudent planning and advanced agricultural practices developed from extensive trade and research. In 1494, the Treaty of the Southern shores was signed. The Emirate seceded the former Southern states west of the River of Thousand Tears. However, Muslims were expelled by local authorities are ancient land claims were settled by the Confederation.

In 1500, tensions arose as the Emirate was found to be sending missionaries to the Northwestern shores. This became a growing concern as the most sacred land was attacked by the religious preachers. In 1509, war commenced with the Emirate breaking the treaty made sixty years ago. The Confederate managed to capture the capital and demanded reparations. In 1520, all Muslim settlers were expelled from the Eastern Confederacy. Faced with a high refugee population and wars from all borders, the Emirate suffered economically. According to the economic emissary report, the Emirate failed to pay its army their salaries for 100 months prompting a rebellion in the Western farmlands.

In 1589, the Confederation reorganized the states. Ancient borders were restored in previously Emirate-occupied areas. With the Emirate controlling the southern half of the Central market, the inter-regional trade halted for the Southern shores. In 1592, the Great Canal was built to travel from North to South bypassing the Central canals. In 1598, a delegation from the eastern island of Auhea arrived. In 1600, the Auhean armada arrived and captured the capital of the Imarat. In 1603, the Emir was beheaded and Auhean occupation began. In 1608, a royal decree was passed to force convert all people in the colony to Roman Catholicism.

ISLA DE CHAMPACA OCCIDENTAL (1608-1760)

Following the declaration of forced conversion, the traditional people of the Emirate migrated to the East to prevent persecution. This major migration created a new class of people in the Confederacy. For the first time in the Confederacy, native-born people were deprived of their ancestral property. The Auhean colony lost 40% of the population. Unable to sustain colonial operations, they ceded the Northern territories in exchange for temporary labourers in 1620. The temporary labourers were found to be former dwellers of the colony and in 1640, ordered the repatriation of "Auhean subjects to the West". In 1643, the first printing press was brought to the island. The first book, Pagtitika sa Oras ng Paninilbihan, was published in 1647. Islamic universities were revived with Christian monks replacing Islamic scholars with the reopening of the Al-Yasimin University as Universidad Real de Auhea in 1650. Religious scholars also established orphanages and hospitals with the Hospicio de Marcos el Apostol, the first in the island in 1658.

There are no significant exports that Auhea could produce in the island. Tobacco is unsuitable for the land they occupied and sugar was produced in limited quantities. However, plants and flowers from the Auhea thrived in the land with tomato and corn growing in the formerly grain terraces. In 1670, Catholic missionaries started building better ships for trade and commissioned native people to create public works. By 1688, the whole island was under the Auhean cultural influence as the Auhean royal envoy reported.

The people learned Auhean language and culture as they were not perceived as threat to social order. The old traditions were mixed with the prevailing Auhean culture to create a unique identity for the colony and the Confederacy.

In 1700, conflict arose when the Guardia Civil attempted to persecute a citizen of the Confederacy for insubordination. Following the diplomatic appeal of the Confederacy, the Auhean authorities pressured the Confederacy to produce tributes to the Crown. However, much to the dismay of the colonial authorities, the Confederacy captured the citizen and declared a state of war. In 1730, the war ended with the Auhean colony reduced by 10% and population reduced by 30%.

In 1742, the Confederacy sent a representative to what is now NewLeinster to negotiate an alliance between nations. By 1756, the NewLeinster guaranteed protection on exchange for monopoly on trade for Islai powers.

Trans-Islain War spilled over the island as NewLeinster captured the Auhean colony. In 1760, the colony declared independence from Auhea and also secured protection from NewLeinster. In 1762, both sides of the island were under the NewLeinster protectorate. However, Treaty of Laensterbailog negotiated for the transfer of the colony from NewLeinster to Auhea with Auhea selling the colony to Constitutional cardos.

Start of the Cardosian occupation

The Cardosian people arrived in 1765 to negotiate the transition of power. However, they found out that the colony was not under Auhea anymore. Determined to retrieve the colony, Constitutional cardos sent soldiers to the island. They attacked the East confusing the local authorities. They Confederacy then counterattacked leaving no French military behind.

In 1768, the Cardosian people returned to the island. This time, the newly independent state organized an anti-imperial force that would counter the invasion. Unfortunately, the gunpowder shipment was intercepted by Cardos. Left unarmed, the independent state became under the Cardosian rule.

PROVIDENTIA (1765-1802)

The Cardosian authorities were preoccupied surveying the lands for potential commercial value. The Cardosian economic commission found none except for the diversity of culture and sophistication of technology in the colony. In 1766, the first group of Jesuits arrived in the island following the expulsion of Jesuits from the Catholic realm. Fleets of Jesuits all over Auhea came to the island to seek refuge. In 1780, the became the largest order in the island. By 1785, the last Agustinian order left the island and Jesuits monopolized the Catholic faith in the island.

In 1788, Cardosian colonial authorities began attracting Cardosian intellectuals to settle in the islands to study the culture of the people and contribute to the growing academic class. Civil unrest led to Cardosian nobility and educated upper classes to settle in the colony.

They introduced the concept of monarchy and preservation of Aquian ideals. They intermarried with the local, prosperous families to secure financial and political wealth in the colony. In 1790, some Cardosian nobility wanted to establish slavery. Jesuit propagandists appealed for the permanent ban of the practice. In 1800, a royal decree was passed to make all non-Cardosian subjects of the colony slaves. News of the revolution reached the island in 1801. The colony was ripe for its own revolution.

PROVIDENTIA WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (1802-1805)

The news of Aquian revolution emboldened the colonial subjects to launch a revolution. In 1802, Enrique Saint-Martin burned the halls of the Colonial Mansion. The gendarmerie tried to stop the revolution by imposing a curfew but this angered the subjects more. In July 1803, local protests were daily up to the point that all local affairs were halted.

Cardosian colonial authorities tried getting the attention of the Confederacy. They sought aid in the form of soldiers. The Assembly replied by giving the colonial authorities refuge in the Southern states. In 1804, all Cardosian civil servants fled to the border in the capital of the Confederacy. The Treaty of Peace was signed in 1805, relinquishing all claims to the colony.

THE REPUBLIC OF WEST PROVIDENCE

A year after the collapse of the colonial administration, the newly independent state cannot decide what form of government to establish. The interim government was formed by the Jesuit priests expert in canon law. The government was patterned after the Catholic hierarchy of parishes and dioceses. Civilian rule commenced with the election of the first governor in 1808.

Diplomatic relations were established following the founding of the first embassy on New Seine. Trade agreements were also signed to promote free trade between the nations. In 1809, free movement agreement was signed that allowed unrestricted island-wide mobility possible for the first time since the establishment of the Emirate.

Cardosian, NewLeinsterian and Auhean quickly became the official languages of the republic. Universities resumed operations in 1820. A massive reconstruction program was implemented in 1822-1837. This led to the rise of transient workers.

Right to hold property was given to citizens of both nations to both sides of the border in 1840 although the Cardosian authorities and its descendants did not return for the fear of retaliation. Peace continued to be the status quo of the island until the revolution of 1870.

Revolution of 1870

Reluctant to let go of the ancient land claims, the former West Providentists demanded their ancestral land back from the local authorities. All of the claimed lands now belong to the Jesuit corporations. An uprising against the Church started and it was an island-wide campaign to reduce religious landholdings. Both republics agreed to the demands in 1878. In 1884, the Church shifted from an agricultural powerhouse to an industrial power bringing in equipment to produce steel and other equipment.

THE REPUBLIC OF EAST PROVIDENCE

The council has existed for more than 2,000 years and it has seen the development of the island from a maritime power to an intellectual heavyweight in the region. Reforms for the confederacy was sought by the citizens following the death of the longest ruling head of the council, Romero of the House of Sakali-Armida of the Southern shores. He ruled for 210 years. It has provided a lot of stability for the confederacy. Now, the confederacy faced a modern dilemma: modern towns evolved to become island districts and households bulged to 80,000 main branches. It would take more than a dozen of lifetimes before a household would be selected to lead the council.

In 1890, the Confederacy was dissolved to create a Modern republic with native characteristics. Local districts would continue to operate autonomously. District representatives would then be elected from their own constituency regardless of household affiliation. Household members of the ruling assemblymen are prohibited from entering office by the span of two lifetimes of the assemblymen with the count starting upon his ascension to office. The Republic of East Provident was formally inaugurated in the Assembly Hall in 1899.

UNIFIED REPUBLIC (1925-1945)

In 1900, the Industrial Revolution changed how people worked and lived. Before, districts were crowded if people were living by the coast. In the 1905 census, the copper mines of the Western Cordillera and the iron mines of the Eastern Plateau was the most densely populated areas in the island. Industrial production expanded to consumer goods. Steel became a major product to produce equipment and a new form of public work, the tramway system.

Since the creation of the system of canals that connected the Northwestern shores to the Southern lands, the waterways served as the major form of transportation. However, rapidly expanding industry meant that faster delivery times are needed to meet the gaps in the supply chain. In 1908, the first tramway was developed in the capital of Eastern Providence called the Royal Providence. The capital was shortly named after the tramway due to its massive success in boosting industrial productivity. Once again, the islands of the Provident Nations was known to be the epicentre of progress in the region. However, the impending War triggered a reshuffling in the diplomatic affairs. Both countries produced and stockpiled military weapons. In 1915, 80% of the industrial production went to development of weaponry. When the war ended in 1918, the large stockpile became a threat to both nations. In 1919, both nations launched an island-wide referendum on merging the two states. The islanders voted overwhelmingly in favour of the merger. In 1920, the nations started to merge government ministries. The Local Cabinet of the West and the Ministerial Chambers of the East were merged to form the Ministerial Cabinet in 1921. The Assembly and the National Parliament merged with the Assembly as the surviving entity. The Western dioceses were remained to be managed by the Assembly and the Eastern states now called departments continued to enjoy autonomy.

In September 1925, on the Feast of the First Landing, island-wide elections were held for the first time. Former Western Premier won the Prime Minister while the Eastern Head of Elders won the position of Second Minister. In 1926, the new nation introduced itself in the diplomatic corps.

The country first faced its major crisis in 1928 with the depletion of the last coal mine in the Southern mountains. Coal-fired power plants ran out of fuel. Petroleum was very expensive to bring to the country. For the first time since the introduction of electricity in 1899, the country experienced blackouts. Major arms manufacturing plants were the first to shut down, followed by the residential complexes. In 1930, only the trading centers and consumer goods industry have electricity.

The Power Reform Act was passed by the Assembly in 1933. Hydroelectric power was installed in all waterways of the country starting 1933. In 1938, the Assembly created the Republican Electric Company to oversee the electricity needs. However, the late response of the Assembly led to long periods of economic stagnation. By 1939, unemployment reached 40% and youth unemployment 80%.

Great Depression Reached the Island

In 1940, the situation improved as we are producing excess energy from hydroelectricity but industry output is still 60% lower than the pre-blackout era. Banks in the late 1920s went bankrupt following the cession of manufacturing. Many banks went under the red and failed to collect collaterals which led people to subsistence agriculture for most of the 1930s.

The Assembly passed the Banking Act in 1940 to promote development of industries through establishment of financing institutions. The Development Bank of Provident Nation was created in 1940.

Agricultural Bank, Bank of Trade and Commerce, Bank of Industrial Development and Consumer Industry Bank in 1941 through the state-sponsored efforts triggered by the Reformed Banking Act. Private banks were then established by landowners who succeeded in exporting the bumper harvest in 1936-1939. Capital was flowing again in the island but news of the World War II sparked unrest as it would again trigger military intervention in the economy.

In 1942, the non-interventionist policy was pursued by the Republic. By 1943, when the war is ending, the country in what is now Anglovania subjugated the island placing them under Imperial rule.

Anglovanian rule

In 1944, the news of Anglovanian surrender arrived in the region. Anglovania believed it was propaganda. The Anglovanians continued to imposed strict rule in the island with the development of ancient traditions and increase in the interest in Anglovanian culture. The Society for the Development of Anglovanian Intercultural Affairs was established to promote Anglovanian culture and art in 1945. Growing unrest cannot be supplanted by the remaining Anglovanian powers. The Republic was torn apart with the Revolution in 1945. Returning scholars from Islai reestablished the balance of power in the island.

THE RETURNING EXPATRIATES

After the war, students and scholars were sent back to the country to build on the new concepts from Islai ideals. Monzievard-based intellectuals preferred social democracy as a tool to alleviate poverty and push for inclusive growth. However, NewLeinster-based scholars promoted a more leftist democratic socialist ideal. The island was further polarized when the Monzeivard-based scholars who mostly originated from the East and the NewLeinster scholars in the West returned to their home states.

Reformed Parliament

The National Assembly was renamed the National Parliament in 1946 after the Electoral Reforms Act where traditional appointment system was abolished. The National Parliament became the first island-wide synchronized election with the Parliament held seats by proportional representation. Seats were apportioned with the same number of seats in Parliament.

In 1947, the Workers' Party of Provident Island tied with the Social Democratic Party with 150 seats each. The Coalition of Conservatives won 35 seats with Independents getting the remaining 65.

Coalition government with the Social Democrats and Democratic Socialists were formed in September 1947 at the Feast of the First Landing.

Founding of the West Republic

Riots erupted in December 1947 when a NewLeinster-educated scholar self-immolated to protest the passing of the National Industries Act which permitted foreign investment in the industrial sector. In the New Year celebrations of January 1948, the Workers' Party shocked the nation with its declaration of the People's Democratic Republic of Provident Islands. The nation in what is now NewLeinster dispatched military forces in the islands to install Jean-Paul de Guzman, leader of the Workers' Party.

In January 8, 1948, negotiations started to transition to a socialist state. Referendum was held in January 20. The proposal failed to pass with 50.73% rejecting the new state. Western departments overwhelmingly voted for the transition while Eastern departments voted against. In retaliation, the Western departments seceded from the National Parliament by withdrawing Internal Revenue accounts, effectively cutting off all functioning government agencies left. In March 1948, the Ministry of Interior collapsed as the last department loyal to the Union lost its Internal Revenue Minister.

The Old Nation Rebuilt in the East

Elections were held in 1949 with the newly formed National Socialist Party winning all all votes in the National Parliament. Government ministries were reinstated in July 1948. In September 1948, the State Companies Act was passed to allow the creation of 3,000 national and local companies in strategic industries. Utilities were first incorporated in November 1948, followed by Rail (1949), Telephony and Private Communications (1950), Media and Other Mass Communications (1951), and Research Institutes and Consumer Industry (1953). Incubator industries led to increased affluence due to sustained high trade surpluses.

Private industries started to spring up after the liberalization of capital markets following the establishment of 700 state-owned banks. Primary industries prospered as credit was extended to activities engaging in processing of agricultural produce. By the end of the 1950s, the Eastern Provident Republic became the leading exporter of rice, corn, sugar, textile and canned goods in the region.

Renewed Prosperity

Western Provident Nation turned to be more industrialised as mining restarted in 1953, creating a supply to feed heavy industry. Industrial equipment, shipbuilding and aircraft manufacturing became the largest enterprises of the country. In 1955, the first automobiles were produced. Monzievard became the largest export destination with 97% of exports shipped annually.

Huge trade imbalances washed the country with large foreign reserves. These large reserves prompted the country to engage in trade agreements with oil cartel in 1964.

In 1965, bilateral talks happened within closed doors. Consumer goods were lacking in the West while equipment and machineries were underdeveloped in the East. A common market was established in 1968 and freedom of movement was guaranteed in 1969. These were however, discreet, with bureaucracy still enforced to conceal developments.

Challenges to Two Republics

In 1971, oil price shock happened and the island was insulated from the lackluster economic appetite and high oil prices as inter-island trade increased 300% and oil prices remained unchanged due to forwards contract entered in the mid-1960s. Automobile exports suffered which shifted the production to less-fuel dependent motorboats. In 1976, motorboats became fully hydropowered.

However, mining halted in 1979 because of depletion of mineral ores. In 1980, the island entered into a recession due to both capital markets heavily invested in the heavy industry which relied on cheap mineral extracted locally. Unemployment surged 70% in the East and 40% in the West. Civil unrest destabilised both governments.

KINGDOM OF PROVIDENT NATION (1984-Present)

In 1982, Salman Cruz de Wittenburg led the intellectuals to form government. Conservatives dominated the discourse and in September 1984, the Kingdom of the Provident Nation was established. Pre-republican states in the East were reinstated and departments were restored in the West. The National Parliament was reestablished on Christmas Eve, 1985. First elections were held in March 1986 and the tithe tax was imposed in September 1986. The Islam, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and Indigenous faiths were the only recognised religions by 1989.

Religious Revolution

The new wave of Evangelical Protestantism swept the nation following the rise of televangelists in 1983. In 1985 census, about 30% of the Western states converted to Evangelical churches. With the ban on other religions, underground churches sprung up the coasts and caves of Western states. By the end of 1980s, about 60% of the Western population was Evangelical.

Attempts to pacify the citizens through lower taxes and creation of welfare state turned out to be detrimental to government efforts. As the West is inclined with a more socialist society, smaller government through cuts in state enterprises angered the churched people. In 1990, protests reached up to 4 million people. Transportation and major businesses shut down from April to September 1990. During the Feast of the First Landing, the Prime Minister was deposed by the mob with religious ministers calling for snap elections. In October 1990, the snap elections was organized. The new parliament with the Religious Socialists led with a landslide vote in the West states and formed the largest government in November 12, 1990 with 280 delegates in the Parliament, highest number since the one party rule in 1986. Religious Acts were repealed and freedom of religion reinstated in the country in Christmas Eve, 1990. In New Year's Eve 1990, the Parliament stepped down and snap elections was held in January 1991. The island-wide Socialist Party was elected as government with 80% of votes. They reinstituted the mixed proportional representation that was in effect before the split in the 1960s.

Technological pursuit with Socialist charcteristics

Socialist Party rebuilt the country's economy by investing heavily in information technology. Half of high school graduates were sent in Europe and U.S. to study technology-related degrees. Technological societies emerged starting with Computational Science Society in 1992. First fully automated process system was implemented in March 1992. Government ministries shifted to computerised systems starting September 1992. Androids were first installed in train stations in January 1993 and inaugurated fully automated tramway system in April 1993.

The Royal Provident Stock Market was opened in 1994 with a computerised system in place. In September 1998, the country recognised AI as persons guaranteed of basic civil rights which counted in the population censuses. Salman Cruz died without an heir and Finance Minister Guillermo Castro de Santa María elected by the electoral conclave as the King in Christmas Day, 1998.

Internet connectivity was included as basic right for businesses in September 1999. In October 1999, the .prn was designated was domain and in December 1999, the Society for the Development of Nascent Technology (now Internet Society) transferred most of the data in the encrypted section of the Internet instituting cloud computing.

In 2000, the dot com bubble collapsed but the economy and industries were unaffected as most industries were shifting to automation. Unemployment reached 70% again but the government instituted basic income paid through the 100% tax rate on AI compensation. Citizens went back to homeland and developed agricultural lands into highly specialized agriculture producing bumper harvests of 400% increase in Q4 2002.

Large exports in the region led to 90% decline in food prices sabotaging farmers region-wide. Primary industries were up by 600% production due to increased agricultural efficiencies. Various products were exported to Europe to avoid depression of region-wide prices.

In 2005, the country became the first country to introduce island-wide broadband access. By 2007, there is 99% internet penetration and implementation of 3G technology was underway. In September 2009, fiber optic transition was completed and was used for the government internet services. In All Saints' 2009, three service providers were created to improve competitiveness of Internet service.