History of Likatonia

Immense presence of slavery and countless civil wars throughout it's past, Likatonia is no stranger to violence. Likatonia originated as a colony of Luthori, but fought and won their independence. Unlike many other colonies, Luthori pilgrims colonized Likatonia, fleeing religious persecution in Luthori.

Colonization Period (3867 - 4022)

Likatonia was first discovered by Egelian explorers, who did not colonize the region. Likatonia was first colonized by Darnussians, who formed the first colony on the isle of Pirland. Few years later, Luthori began colonized mainland areas, mainly Bolton. Madison was a Canrillaise colony very briefly, though canrillaise culture still heavily influences the region. In 3878 Luthori took control of the Darnussian colony, Pirland, asserting their control over all Likatonian colonies. Darnussian culture still remains vibrant in Pirland.

The Luthori pilgrims who first began colonizing areas of Bolton and Pirland sailed to Likatonia, fleeing the persecution of the Holy Luthori Church. The pilgrims were Hosian, as the Holy Luthori Church was, however they were progressive, reformist and much less orthodox.

In early 4000, Luthori control over the colonies began increasing. Likatonians saw steep tax increases and waning civil liberties. This initiated what became the Likatonian War for Independence.

Likatonian Revolution (4022 - 4026)

In 4023, the three Likatonian colonies (Bolton, Madison and Pirland) declared independence from Luthori and, their monarch, King James Well III. They declared independence after rising taxation on the colonies beginning in 4022, in order to pay for Luthori's wars and endeavors elsewhere. Already hostile to Luthori, Likatonia decided that they would no longer accept the blatant Luthori bureaucracy, and revolted. Most famously, Pirlanders revolted by dumping nearly 50 tons of tea, an item on which taxes had recently been increased, into the Chester Harbor. This resulted in all those arrested during the revolt being publicly executed, only throwing more gasoline onto the fire. The Likatonian revolt began a bloody two year war, in which the Likatonians were aided by Lourennian forces and Darnussian forces. In 4026 the Treaty of Tiffanie was signed in Lourenne's capital, officially freeing Likatonia from Luthori control and ending the Likatonian Revolution

Eastward Expansion/Bolton Gold Rush (4026-4030)

The Bolton Gold Rush occurred when dozens of large sources of gold ore were discovered in East and West Bolton, sparking more migration eastward to more rural, uncivilized regions. This was supported by then-President Jacque Samson, who said it was Likatonia's destiny to expand their Republic eastward. During this expansion, countless battles were fought against Native Likatonians, who felt that their land was being stolen from them as it had been in eastern Likatonia. During this period, Madison and Bolton grew in size, and a new state, Norwalk, was admitted to the Republic. Mining and agriculture grew during this period, becoming an important aspect of Likatonian culture.

First Likatonian Civil War (4030 - 4038)

The First Likatonian Civil war began in 4030, sparked by President Alexander Prior publicly denounced enslavement of black Talmorians and made it his intention to abolish it. This resulted in the Likatonian states of Norwalk and Madison, whose agricultural economies depended on slavery, declaring independence from the Federal Republic of Likatonia (FBL) and forming their own Confederate States of Likatonia (CSL). This showed a clear divide between the west of Likatonia, which was more urbanized and opposed slavery, and the east of Likatonia, which was more rural and relied on slavery. Though the abolition of slavery was the ultimate factor that lead to the outbreak of war, the steady decline in states rights pushed by eastern politicians also heavily contributed. In the first year of the war, Bolton held a vote to secede from the Likatonian Republic. After the vote showed a clear divide between the east and the west, the eastern representatives declared independence from the Republic and from western Bolton, forming a new state, East Bolton, and joining the Confederacy. The war ended after 8 years and thousands of battles, most of which were won by the Unionist states. The Confederate states were reunited with the republic and slavery was abolished.

Second Likatonian Civil War (4095 - 4099)

In 4095 the second Likatonian Civil War broke out. The main cause of this war was the tense relations between the left-wing state of Pirland and the right-wing state of Madison. After the first civil war, Pirland continued pushing for the Likatonian federal government's power and reach to increase, while Madison, Norwalk and East Bolton opposed it. Right-wing extremist groups began to form in Madison, who called for violence against the unitarist Pirland oppressors. The event that sparked the start of the war was the burning of the Pirland capital building in Chester. The building was first stormed then set afire from the inside. Dozens of Pirlanders were killed in this act of terrorism. After the Madison state-government openly supported the attack, Pirland demanded the federal government respond with aggression. In September 4095 the attempted invasion of Madison by the Likatonian army initiated. Norwalk stood alongside Madison in this second civil war, and declared themselves independent from the Republic. East Bolton, West Bolton and Pirland remained united as the Federal Republic of Likatonia. In 4096, Madison was easily and quickly overrun by Republican forces, as the state was surrounded by unionist states. The separatists fled to Norwalk, where they were able to hold up for another 3 years due to strong border defense and forts. During the period of Norwalk's independence from the Republic, their weapons industry surged. Engineers and scientists to begin developing and testing weapons. Percussion cap firearms were first developed in Norwalk during this period, to replace Likatonian flintlock pistols. Even with these military innovations, the separatists ultimately lost to the Republicans, when they stormed Norwalk's border defense and took the entire state in just under a month.

List of Presidents of Likatonia

#	President	Years Served	Party	Notes
1	Henry Clovis	4023-4026	Independent	First president, founding father, Luthorian.
2	Andrew Johnson	4026-4027	Democratic-Republican	Founding father, first Democratic-Republican president.
3	William J. Jameson	4027-4028	Democratic-Republican	Founding father.
4	Joseph Grayson	4028-4029	Federalist	Founding father, first Federalist president.
5	John Buchanan	4029-4030	Federalist	Founding father.
6	Alexander Prior	4030-4033	Federalist	Founding father.
7	Michael Plainview	4033-4034	Federalist	Founding father.
(1)	Henry Clovis	4034-4036	Democratic-Republican	Founding father.
(7)	Michael Plainview	4036-4038	Federalist	Founding father.
(2)	Andrew Johnson	4038-4042	Democratic-Republican	Founding father.
(3)	William J. Jameson	4042-4044	Democratic-Republican	Founding father.
8	Eli Jameson	4044-4046	Democratic-Republican	First president born in Likatonia, son of William J. Jameson.
9	Barrister T. Jackson	4046-4050	Supreme Right	First and only Supreme Right president.
10	Marcus Johnson	4050-4053	Social Libertarian	First Social Libertarian president.
11	Bob Carol	4053-4061	Social Libertarian
12	Marcus Zapruderberg	4061-4068	Social Libertarian	First Darnussian-Likatonian president.
13	Daniel Wells	4068-4074	Federalist
14	Jake Johnson I	4074-4078	Social Democratic	First Social Democratic president.
15	Julian Cintron	4078-4080	Libertarian	First Egelian-Likatonian president, first Libertarian president.
(14)	Jake Johnson I	4080-4082	Social Democratic
16	Hank Jameson	4082-4084	Federalist	First non-religious president.
17	William Stanton	4084-4088	Holy Hosian State	First Holy Hosian president.
18	Ryan Highton	4088-4092	Holy Hosian State
19	Heinrich Weltstein	4092-4096	Holy Hosian State	First Dundorfian-Likatonian president.
20	Edward Wright	4096-4098	Federalist
21	Theodora Wilder	4098-4102	Holy Hosian State	First female president.
(18)	Ryan Highton	4102-4104	Holy Hosian State
22	Jacque Samson	4104-4106	Holy Hosian State	First Canrillaise-Likatonian president.
(14)	Jake Johnson I	4106-4110	Social Democratic
23	William Sharpe	4110-4112	Holy Hosian State
(14)	Jake Johnson I	4112-4116	Social Democratic
24	James Anderlini	4116-4118	New Dawn	First Istalian-Likatonian president, first New Dawn president.
25	Amie Jacobs	4118-4122	Social Libertarian
(24)	James Anderlini	4122-4124	New Dawn
(14)	Jake Johnson I	4124-4129	Social Democratic
26	Andrew Ford	4129-4132	Libertarian
27	Mickey Bernard	4132-4134	Social Democratic
28	Ronald Carlson	4134-4134	New Dawn
(27)	Mickey Bernard	4134-4136	Social Democratic
(28)	Ronald Carlson	4136-4138	New Dawn
29	Randolph Reagan	4138-4141	Federalist
(28)	Ronald Carlson	4141-4142	New Dawn
30	John Freeman	4142-4146	Conservative	First Conservative president.
31	Andrea Vela	4146-4148	Environmentalist	First Environmentalist president.
(28)	Ronald Carlson	4148-4149	New Dawn
32	James A. Chinx	4149-4150	People's Party	First Indralan-Likatonian president, first 'People's Party' president.
33	Naty Chinx	4150-4152	People's Party	Daughter of James A. Chinx.
34	Jamie Chinx	4152-4154	People's Party	Cousin of James A. Chinx.
35	Franklin Ellis Shay	4154-4159	Worker's Party	First 'Worker's Party' president.
36	Jose San Andres	4159-4161	People's Democratic Party	First 'People's Democratic Party' president.
(30)	John Freeman	4161-4163	Conservative
(36)	Jose San Andres	4163-4169	People's Democratic Party
37	Jamie Alex Chinx Jr	4169-4171	People's Party	Son of James A. Chinx.
38	John Likey	4171-4173	Democratic	First Democratic president.
39	Ezekiel Carter	4173-4178	Federalist
40	Albert McFrenalte	4178-4180	Democratic
41	Jeffrey Maddox	4180-4184	Federalist
42	Lisa Kallman	4184-4186	Social Liberal	First Social Liberal president.
43	Jake Johnson II	4186-4188	Social Democratic
44	James Freeman	4188-4191	Conservative	Cousin of John Freeman.
(30)	Jake Johnson II	4191-4198	Social Democratic
45	Ann Baldwin	4198-4200	Social Liberal
(30)	John Freeman	4200-4202	Conservative
(45)	Ann Baldwin	4202-4206	Social Liberal
46	Xavier White	4206-4214	Social Liberal
47	Lauren Wilkinson	4214-4226	Social Liberal
48	Maggie Paulson	4226-4229	Social Libertarian	First female president to succeed another female president.
49	Mara Williams	4229-4232	Social Liberal
50	Lindsay Orville	4232-4235	Green	First 'Green Worker's Party' president.
51	Matthew Green	4235-4239	Social Libertarian
52	George Skanderberg	4239-4241	Republican Centrist	First Republican Centrist president.
53	Hiawatha Kisecawchuck	4241-4246	Social Liberal	First Native-Likatonian president.
(52)	George Skanderberg	4246-4246	Republican Centrist	First president to resign the presidency. Vice-President John Selmani assumes office until new elections are called.
54	John Selmani	4246-4246	Republican Centrist	First president not to be elected. Assumed office following the resignation of President George Skanderberg.
55	Felipe Osborne	4246-4250	Social Liberal
(54)	John Selmani	4250-4252	Republican Centrist
56	Ronald Garfield Steele	4252-4254	Worker's Socialist Party	First 'Worker Socialist' president.
57	Martha Mist	4254-4256	Social Liberal
(56)	Ronald Garfield Steele	4256-4258	Worker Socialist
58	Arthur J. Thompson	4258-4260	Worker Socialist
59	George Ortega	4260-4268	Social Liberal
(58)	Arthur J. Thompson	4268-4270	Worker Socialist
60	Sylvester Grey	4270-4272	Worker Socialist
61	William Bailey	4272-4274	United Left	First United Left president.
62	Mary Erwin	4274-4276	United Left
63	Edric Blake	4276-4277	Republican Centrist
(62)	Mary Erwin	4277-4277	United Left
64	Pietrus Magnus	4277-4279	Social Democratic	First Selucian-Likatonia president.
(62)	Mary Erwin	4279-4280	United Left
(63)	Edric Blake	4280-4281	Republican Centrist
(64)	Pietrus Magnus	4281-4283	Social Democratic
(62)	Mary Erwin	4283-4287	United Left
65	Roberta Beach	4287-4289	United Capitalist	First United Capitalist President
(62)	Mary Erwin	4289-4291	United Left
65	Roberta Beach	4291-4293	United Capitalist
(62)	Mary Erwin	4293-4302	United Left
66	Carl Gygrop	4302-4303	United Capitalist
(62)	Mary Erwin	4303-4311	United Left
67	Chelsea Bowler	4311-4313	Centre-Liberal
(62)	Mary Erwin	4315-4316	United Left
68	William Cooper	4316-4317	New Dawn
(62)	Mary Erwin	4317-4320	United Left
(68)	William Cooper	4320-4322	New Dawn
(62)	Mary Erwin	4322-4326	United Left
(68)	William Cooper	4326-4330	New Dawn
69	Winston Reagen	4330-4332	Conservative
70	Phil Hubble	4332-4334	Social Liberal
(69)	Winston Reagan	4334-4336	Conservative
(70)	Phil Hubble	4336-4342	Social Liberal
71	Niall Ferdinand	4342-4346	Social Liberal
72	Michael Walker	4346-4350	Republican Centrist
73	Louis Thibodeoux	4350-4353	Democratic Union Party	First Democratic Union Party President
74	Henry Blackstone	4353-4355	Republican Centrist
75	Jenny Wright	4355-4356	Social Liberal
74	Henry Blackstone	4356-4366	Republican Centrist	First President to be assassinated.
76	Franklin Rockefeller	4366-4368	Republican Centrist	Assumed office following the assassination of President Blackstone, declared new elections and elected in his own right. Then youngest person ever to serve as President (40 years, seven months and three days old)
77	Gustaf Hollander	4368-4370	AFL	First Alternative for Likatonia President
78	Marshall Winston	4370-4373	Worker's Socialist
(77)	Gustaf Hollander	4373-4377	AFL
(78)	Marshall Winston	4377-4380	Worker's Socialist
79	Paul Lion	4380-4382	Social Liberal
80	Isak Karlsson	4382-4384	AFL
(79)	Paul Lion	4384-4386	Social Liberal
81	Wilfred Johnson	4386-4389	AFL	First President to be incumbent trough the new 3 year term rule.
82	Floyd T. Franklin	4389-4392	Worker's Socialist	First President elected trough the new 3 year term rule.
83	Anna Bird	4392-4398	Social Liberal
84	Rachel Blacker	4398-4403	Worker's Socialist
85	Richard White	4403-4409	Republican Centrist
86	Jack D. Cannon	4409-4412	Worker's Socialist
(85)	Richard White	4412-4415	Republican Centrist
87	Martha Lyndon	4415-4419	Social Liberal
(85)	Richard White	4419-4422	Republican Centrist
88	Andrew Sullivan	4422-4431	Republican Centrist
89	George Carter	4431-4434	Republican Centrist
90	James Graylord	4434-4440	Progressive Populist
89	George Carter	4440-4443	Republican Centrist
91	Randy Stanburg	4443-4445	Progressive Populist
92	James Biden	4445-4447	Republican Centrist	(RCA disbanded in 4447)
93	Linda Mar	4447-4452	Progressive Populist
94	Orville Drake	4452-4459	Worker's Socialist
95	Tim Lincoln	4459-4468	Conservative
96	James Whitelock	4468-4488	New Dawn
(95)	Tim Lincoln	4488-4491	Conservative
96	Rex Balderson	4491-4503	Democratic-Ally
97	Arya Scott	4504-4507	New Dawn
(95)	Tim Lincoln	4508-4549	Conservative
99	Sheri Scott	4549-4558	Democratic	First Democratic Party President.
100	Jana Santiago	4558-4564	Democratic	First female Egelian-Likatonian President.
101	Roosevelt Herrera	4564-4574	Democratic	Oldest person to ever serve as president (81 years, five months and 24 days old).
102	Jonny Smith	4574-4579	Socialist Workers
103	Roderick Hodge	4579-4585	Independent Alliance
104	Mary Waters	4585-4597	Socialist Workers
105	Michael Taylor	4597-4600	Nationalist Union
(104)	Mary Waters	4600-4612	Socialist Workers
106	Alex Stone	4612-4618	Socialist Workers
107	Thomas Jackson	4618-4636	Conservative
108	Allen Thomas	4636-4642	Socialist Workers
109	Julian Nguyen	4642-4650	Democratic	Democratic Party reappears in national political scene.
110	Jodi Cunningham	4650-4658	Democratic
111	Wanda Bates	4658-4666	Democratic	First Talmorian female president.
112	Tonya Silvia	4666-4674	Democratic
113	Noah Lane	4674-4682	Democratic
114	Micheal Terry	4682-4695	Socialist Workers
115	Micheal Johanson	4695-4696	Social Democrats	First Social Democrats President.
116	Matthew Walter	4696-4700	Social Democrats
117	Julia Ward	4700-4704	Socialist Workers
118	John Hamilton	4704-4705	Conservative Republican	First Conservative Republican President.
(117)	Julia Ward	4705-4715	Socialist Workers
119	Dulce DeLeon	4715-4717	Party of 1776	First Party of 1776 President.
(118)	John Hamilton	4717-4721	Conservative Republican
120	Jess Baker	4721-4724	Labour	First Labour President.
(116)	Matthew Walter	4724-4728	Social Democrats
121	Terressa Nickson	4728-4731	Social Democrats
	Vacant	4731-4734	National Union for Likatonain Prosperity	First NULP elected into position but did not have a candidate to take office.
122	George A. Morgan	4734-4744	National Union for Likatonain Prosperity	First NULP President.
123	Emily Houward	4744-4749	Social Democrats
124	Jane Bell	4749-4752	Labour
125	Thomas Hartley	4752-4755	Social Democrats
126	Kristen White	4755-4761	Conservative Republican
127	Donald Tramcan	4761-4764	Conservative Republican
128	Eric Smith	4764-4767	(Social Democrats) Democratic	President from Democratic Party of Likatonia, renamed Social Democrats - shifted to the centre of political spectrum.
129	Mary Hatcher	4767	Liberal Democrats	First Liberal Democrat President.
130	Graham Church	4767-4771	The Moderates	First Moderates President.
131	Juan Rios	4771-4774	Democratic
(130)	Graham Church	4774-4776	The Moderates
132	Leni Jockel	4776-4780	Institutional Revolutionary Party	First IRP President.
(130)	Graham Church	4780-4782	The Moderates
133	Marley Rigby	4782-4786	Democratic
134	Hazel Kerr	4786-4793	Grey Eminence	First GE President. Youngest person ever elected president (24 years, 2 months, and 2 days old), after 4793 Elections she became the first ever President to refuse to stand down from the position of President
135	Wieland Trucco	4793-4799	Democratic
136	Tye Hill	4799-4803	Likatonia First	First Likatonia First President
137	Dean Morris	4803-4804	Democratic
138	Violet Torres	4804-4807	Democratic
139	Harris Benson	4807-4808	The Moderates
(136)	Tye Hill	4808-4812	Likatonia First
(139)	Harris Benson	4812-4819	The Moderates
140	Atif Wasim	4819-4823	Likatonian People's League
141	Patrick Larson	4823-4825	Constitutional Republican
142	Johnathan Hendrick	4825-4829	National Federal Democratic Union Party
143	Lyra Baker	4829-4837	National Federal Democratic Union Party
144	Gary McCain	4837-4841	Republican
145	Eleanor Hall	4841-4849	Democratic-Socialist
146	Constance Love	4849-4853	Democratic-Socialist
147	Franklin Tallhouse	4853-4861	Social Democratic
148	Marcus Danton	4861-4865	Centre
149	Richard Stone	4865-4880	Socialist Workers	President under the Communist Regime
150	Andrew Wilcox	4880-4881	Progressive Republican	First President after the return to democracy
(149)	Richard Stone	4881-4884	Socialist Workers
151	Leroy Rowland	4884-4887	Labour
152	Ryan Dixon	4887-4889	The Movement
153	Park Jongin	4889-4891	Veteran's Populist Front
154	Julius Canton	4891-4893	Conservative Republican
155	Lynda Evans	4893-4904	Progressive Alliance
156	Zachariah Lee	4904-4905	People's Centrist Party
157	Dan James	4905-4908	Labour Party
158	Justin Freeman	4908-4913	Progressive Alliance
159	Hannah Lamb	4913-4916	Labour Party (untill June 4913)
			Indpendent (from June 4913)
160	Giselle Suggitt	4916-4927	Conservative Labour
161	Freddy Wallace	4927-4930	Popular Unity
162	Jack Berry	4930-4936	Conservative Labour
163	Monica Palmer	4936-4939	Popular Unity
164	Timothy Granger	4939-4942	Democratic
165	Anastacia Stone	4942-4943	Democratic Nationalist
166	Samantha Harding	4943-4946	Conservative Labour
167	Minerva Spinner	4946-4959	Popular Unity
168	Maria Moreno	4959-	Democrat