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The Lemurian Empire is an empire that spans most of the Indian Ocean as well as parts of India, Australia, and Madagascar. It is the 8th-largest country in the world and the 7th-most populated. It was formed in 1891 on a massive landmass in the Indian Ocean by zoologist Philip Sclater. Sclater requested a British expeditionary force from British India to Lemuria in 1893, and the expeditionary force quickly conquered the entire landmass. Lemuria was a landmass that connected India, Australia, and Madagascar via the Indian Ocean. After the entire landmass was conquered in 1894, it declared itself as an independent state from the British Empire and became known as the Republic of Lemuria. Its army was quickly built up, consisting of Lemurian natives, British dissidents, and several Japanese volunteer battalions. Queen Victoria responded to the declaration by launching a massive invasion of Lemuria from British India, but the arid terrain of Lemuria quickly turned the invasion into a war of attrition, complete with trench warfare and chemical weapons. In 1899, the Boxer Rebellion broke out and the Siege of the International Legations began, forcing the British to sue for peace and redirect their troops to China. As part of the peace agreement, Lemuria would be given the entire southern half of British India, all of British Ceylon, and Western Australia. Sclater declared the Lemurian Empire in Mumbai in 1900, and negotiations with France gave the empire several port cities in Madagascar. As a country situated in the entire Indian Ocean, it was a trading hotspot between Asia, Europe, and Africa and it got rich off of the trading profits. By 1912, it was widely considered as a superpower, being the 4th-strongest country in the world behind the United Kingdom, German Empire, and France. When World War I broke out in 1914, the empire declared neutrality but allowed British and French troops to march through its land. In 1915, the Imperial German Army invaded Western Australia from German New Guinea in an attempt to force the empire to cease military access to the Allies. A devastating German war of attrition followed, which subsequently led to a German retreat from Lemuria and the entry of Lemuria into World War I on the side of the Allies. They were a key participant in the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I and were a participant in the Treaty of Versailles, as well as becoming a member of the League of Nations.

When the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out in 1937, the Empire joined the war on the side of China and become an active participant in the Pacific War in 1940, joining the Allies of World War II. They aided the British in the North African campaign and the Middle East theater; they also fought Japan in the Burma campaign and the South-East Asian theatre of World War II. When the war ended, the Allies agreed to cede the Andaman Islands, several parts of the Dutch East Indies, and the entire eastern coastline of French Madagascar to the empire, expanding their empire by about 143,200 km2. During the Cold War, the Lemurian Empire declared neutrality and was one of the few countries that successfully defended this. Despite the Decolonisation of Africa, Decolonisation of Asia, and Decolonisation of Oceania, the empire was still able to successfully suppress the independence movements. Despite declaring neutrality, the empire sent expeditionary forces across the world; notable examples include forces sent to South Korea during the Korean War, North Vietnam during the Vietnam War, and India during the Bangladesh Liberation War. They also provided covert air support for Vietnam during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War and sent air support to the mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War. When the Cold War ended in 1991, the Lemurian Empire quickly become a superpower just behind the United States and China. From 1993 to 2000, the empire joined G20, United Nations, ASEAN, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. They became a non-NATO ally in 1995 and joined the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa in 2002.

History
Lemuria was considered to be a lost continent that had sunken into the ocean a long time ago, proposed as an explanation for similar fossil distributions in Madagascar and India. When Philip Sclater paid an actual visit to the Indian Ocean with a British expedition fleet in 1893, he discovered that Lemuria was indeed not sunken but was a largely uninhabited land. He convinced elements of the British Army to invade Lemuria from British India a year later.

Temporary British administration
The British Empire held temporary control over the entire landmass of Lemuria, with Sclater being appointed as governor. Under British military occupation, it was known as the British Indian Ocean Territory. However, Sclater started to get annoyed with the increasing presence of British troops in the colony. After hearing talks of incorporating Lemuria into the British Raj, Sclater refused and declared independence in 1894.

Lemurian War of Independence
Immediately after Sclater declared independence, the Lemurian natives were among the first to enlist into the newly created Lemurian Army.