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General Information
Capital: San Pedro General Region: Caribbean Size: 11.69 miles Population: 22,393 Government Type: Representative Democracy

Santa Hill's Beginnings
Santa Hill was originally a Spanish colony as a part of the Spanish push into the new world. The island was originally uninhabited with the only life being from plants and wild animals. The island was then sold to the English during the Guerra de la Independència War, in 1810. England then ceded it to the Germans on April 12th, 1898, after an unknown member of Germany put in an offer for the island. England accepted, as they were dealing with the Boxer Rebellion and wanted to be a leading force in the fighting of the rebellion so they could establish good trade Germany then sent military presence as a group of pirates were reported to be eyeing up the island. The military presence remained there until late WWI. While military presence was higher, the German population hardly grew on the island, and as the Germans left, the cultural impact was very minor.

Independence
After intense negotiations and one skirmish, the Germans yielded. The skirmish took place near the capital of the colony after protesters were fired upon by German commander, Wilhelm Müller, killing three, and injuring seven. The protesters responded with rifle shots and stones, killing five, and injuring twelve. Boris Hardington, a Belgium immigrant, spoke on the matters, saying that the Germans could not afford to waste a small military on an unprofitable island. Germany signed the Hardington Document, on October 14th, 1919, and would go into effect November 16th the same year. The document recognized Santa Hill as an independent nation and made German forces leave the island unless they applied for a visa. The troops removed themselves from the island and reported back to Germany.

First Election Fallout
An election was held where Boris Hardington would be competing with a local by the name Juan Pérez who represented the fear of a totalitarian government. He rallied people from the southern region of El Mar who had strong opinions on a totalitarian government. Three days before the election, Juan led a march from the village of San Tario and rallied roughly 2,695 people to take up arms against Boris before he could “become king”. The march took one day and ended at the then capitol, Sansand. The rioters then surrounded Boris’ residence and grabbed weapons. Since there was no organized police force, the military was called to the scene. The rioters demanded that Boris step out of the race and continued threatening a charge for the entire afternoon. Military had entered the house and were ready to fire at a moment’s notice. With the nation on the brink of chaos, Boris prepared for the worst.

Dia de Lagrimas
On February 3rd at 10:19 PM, the rioters charged. “Dia de Lagrimas” was the name given to the event as the soldiers opened fire on the charging crowd. Some rioters threw Molotov Cocktails at the house while others tried to bust down the door. By now some of the people had left, and at the time, it was believed that roughly 1,732 people were present and roughly 988 charged the house. By now, Insurgency Control had been deployed, arming themselves with water cannons and rubber bullets. At 10:23 PM, the house was breached. By that time, Boris had hid himself in a makeshift-panic room. The rioters began looting and killed three soldiers in the house who were waiting at the entrance. The other soldiers were killed roughly seven minutes after the breaching of the house. While Insurgency Control arrived at 10:28 PM. They disbanded the crowd on the outside and sent troops to the house. There were roughly 69 people in the house by the time Insurgency Control arrived. Most fled or surrendered when they realized what was going on. But roughly 15 gave a fight and were arrested. Boris was found by two rioters and was dragged outside through the back exit. He was then beaten several times by Daniel Roberto and Sanitago Verdas. The two were found outside by the Insurgency Control Officer, Zachery, last name unknown. Using rubber bullets and handcuffs, he detained the two. Emergency Medical Assistance arrived on the scene shortly after and took care of the injured. Hospitals all around the country started to feel the weight of all the injured. At the end of the night, the rioters who had taken the name “The Pre-Liberationists” had a loss of 326 dead, 467 wounded/critically wounded, and 165 captured/arrested. While the Santa Hill Military had a loss of 30 soldiers, and 0 injured or captured.

Hunting Juan
After hearing of the tragedy and the details, Boris swept the election. The first order of business was starting a man-hunt for Jaun, who was not a part of the captured/arrested. Three weeks later, he was reported to be in the small village of San Felipe. The village was placed under lockdown and negotiation attempts were established to see if they could take a non lethal approach. Juan reportedly tried to flee the village when he heard of the surrounding of the village but was forced to retreat as a small patrol spotted him. Juan refused to come out and instead launched tampered fireworks at patrols to scare them off. The fireworks injured two people who ended up getting second degree burns. The commander overseeing Juan’s arrest had the final straw and pushed troops closer to the house, surrounding the block. Some troops were spotted to be providing a loose encirclement of the house. Juan didn’t want to be taken alive and strapped a remote explosive to his chest in case things got bad and made a run for it. He escaped the encirclement around his house and made his way to a warehouse near the outskirts of the village. The troops encircling his house sent out a warning and chased him down. Juan was eventually trapped and was asked to stand down. He instead pulled out a deadman’s switch and was holding down the button on it. He threw open his coat to reveal three packs of homemade C4. He started to make moves towards soldiers trapping him. The soldiers had to back up. Finally, he was nearly out of the muck of it. However, a soldier got trigger happy, and without order, fired. Pvt. Jefferson of the 32nd Division pulled the trigger without authorization of his commander and incapacitated Juan Pérez. Immediately, Juan let go of the switch and dropped. Reportedly, everyone made a ran for cover, but nothing happened. After roughly fifteen seconds, a bomb squad was called on scene to check Juan. The “C4” strapped to Juan were just books wrapped in packaging paper. Juan was rushed to a hospital, but was dead on arrival from a punctured heart valve. The bullet fired by Jefferson was never found inside Juan. Boris tried Juan for domestic terrorism and was found guilty which prevented Juan from having a formal funeral. Juan’s body was taken and given to his only son, Juan Antonio Pérez.

Affects of WWII and Santa Hill's Involvement
WWII was in full swing. The year was 1940 and Hitler was in the process of world domination. However, when the notice of Santa Hill being taken from the Germans reached the ears of Hitler, he ordered that a small militia storm the island and a military blockade surrounding the island. On June 26th, 1940, German troops stormed the island. By this time a new president had been given office as Boris, the previous president, had resigned after sixteen years in office. Jose Ortega took the oath of office and was given no warning of the invasion. Quickly, he sent in police to contain what he could. However, many officers were captured or killed. But by the time the Germans had taken care of most of the police, the military arrived on the scene and rescued some of the police officers. Gunfire was exchanged before the military was forced to fall back and set up a trench line surrounding the village the Germans had captured. Jose then sent in armored transports to have more troops sent to the trenches. The police made it back to the capital just as Jose declared war on Germany. This allowed for the officers wounded in the battle to be awarded the “Medalla de oro al Servicio” which can only be given during times of war to members of the military who had been injured in combat. Germany then began bombing runs on Santa Hill. During this time, a small group of teens from the ages of sixteen to twenty-one gathered together to form a group known as “Defensores de la Patria” and had the goal of preventing a successful invasion of the homeland. These boys were Santa Hillian-American boys who regularly raided contraband sheds to get weapons. Originally, this group was discarded and considered subpar vigilantes. However, Jose took notice of the group after they were believed to be behind the sinking of a small, but troublesome German ship. However, after later research, it proved that the boys actually were the ones responsible.