Colony of Neu Westfalen

From 1845 to 1919 (74 years) Neu Westfalen was a colony of the German Empire, being one of only a handful of German outposts in the Pacific. Its population were soon joined by smaller numbers of Dutch and British settlers in the late 1800s, although no Dutch or British authority was ever instituted, given that Neu Westfalen remained solidly under the German Empire until after World War I.

The people of Neu Westfalen remained more or less loyal to the German Empire throughout it's colonial period, and were often told stories about an impending British invasion should Germany's position in Neu Westfalen be undermined; which did have some legitimacy given Britain's dominance of the South Pacific.

Dissolution
Germany's defeat in World War I forced it to renounce all her rights over her overseas possessions to the Allied Powers; including therein Neu Westfalen. On the 28th of June, 1919 the Treaty of Versallies gave the mandate for Neu Westfalen to the Commonwealth Realm of New Duveland.