Tasmanian Republicball

Description
The Tasmanian Republic is a countryball which is in Oceania and owns the state of Tasmania, and a little of the coast of Victoria.

Colonisation
The island of Tasmania, called New Holland by the Dutch, is a big island not far off the coast of Australia.

Unlike most of the Mainland of Australia (That they knew of at the time), the island was suitable to set up a colony. So they did, in 1798. The Dutch settled in the west coast, setting up a small town named 'Dieman', named after the man in charge of the Dutch East Indies.

War Against British
When the British Empireball claimed northern Victoriaball in late 1851, a bitter rivalry was sparked. At this time, The Tasmanian Republicball, known then as New Hollandball, owned most of Victoriaball. The Dutch and the British had a small war, which the British won, and they annexed most of New Holland's Victorian Land.

Industrialisation
The Tasmanian Republic's economy, at the time, was booming. It was a popular trade destination amongst merchants of every nation. The country industrialised all of its bigger cities, setting up many factories. This brought people to the colony, hoping to make money, which made the population skyrocket.

Independence from the Dutch
The Tasmanians were very angry that Australiaball had gotten independence, and they didn't. The Tasmanians had gone to riot, which turned into a small scale war of independence. The Netherlandsball decided to release the colony but as a puppet. This Cooled things down for a while.

The Great War
Once Prussiaball invaded the Netherlandsball, they inherited the Tasmanian island. The Germans quickly sent supplies to the island to try to invade Australiaball. They managed to set up base, but never actually did anything with the island. It was invaded by the UKBall in 1917 and was given back to the Netherlandsball.

WW2
During the WW2 era, the Netherlands fully released the Tasmanian Republic, on the 19th of January, 1940. The Tasmanian Republicball sent 5000 troops to fight in the European Theatre, which 4780 survived. The countryball also sent its navy to fight the Japanese.

Korean War
The Tasmanian Republicball sent 600 volunteers to fight alongside the south. 13 deaths and 300 injuries were reported.

Vietnam War
The Republic sent 7.5k troops and 5 tanks to fight in the Vietnam war. Casualties were heavy, especially in the Battle of Hue, Tet Offensive and the Battle of An Loc. 3 thousand in total were injured, and 2 thousand were killed.

The Hobart Crisis
The Tasmanian Communist Party, which was outlawed, had tried to attempt a Coup against the Pro-Democratic Government. They established the Socialist Republic of Tasmania, ]ts territories were Hobart and its surrounding areas. The government stormed the city in a matter of weeks, and fighting was bloody. The Government was successful. The communists, on the other hand, had collapsed The city was regularly patrolled for any remnants of the rioters. The whole conflict was 2 months long.

Modern Era
WIP