Mokolo

Mokolo is the capital and largest city of the Tirnreich Empire Colony of Jumaania.

History
The Pre-Historic and ancient history of the Mokolo area is clouded by inaccuracy and lack of information, largely due to the oral tradition of the tribes, as well as the European destruction of tribal life in much of the country.

The 17th century trade expansions by Britain and Holland led to spice and goods trading to the East Indies, and thus led the trading vessels along the African coast, following it past the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of the continent. Before the British and Dutch trade routes drew their lines this way, the Portuguese had routes leading around Africa, but found that the (present day) Jumaanian coast was rocky in some parts, and their voyages were plagued by bad weather during passages of safe coastline. In 1647, a Dutch vessel was wrecked in the present-day Kasaba Bay. The marooned crew, the first Europeans to attempt settlement in the area, built a fort and stayed for a year until they were rescued.

Shortly thereafter, the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, or VOC) decided to establish a permanent settlement. The VOC, one of the major European trading houses sailing the spice route to the East, had only wanted to establish a secure base camp where passing ships could shelter, and where hungry sailors could stock up on fresh supplies of meat, fruit, and vegetables. To this end, a small VOC expedition under the command of Jan van Riebeeck reached Kasaba Bay on 6 April 1652. On that expedition, van Riebeeck's second in command, military-trained merchant Otto van Breda decided to stay with the permission of the Dutch crown.

The Kasaba Bay and the area to the south, at the mouth of the Hmata River, was incorporated in 1655 by Otto Van Breda, a rising officer in the Dutch VOC. Van Breda chose to name the town Janstown, after his former expeditionary commander Jan van Riebeeck. As well as a supplement to the ports in the (then) Dutch colony of South Africa, Janstown was founded to trade goods with the various tribes of the unique area of Juum'an. (as it was referred to by tribes) The move to create a city and expansion colony came after several dozen bloody shipwrecks in rough waters along the coast to the south of Kasaba Bay, stranding several hundred traders and immigrants. Although by 1688, navigators had charted the coastline well enough that only one ship had been lost in 5 years, and voyages brought almost 2,000 settlers from Germany and Scandinavia.

In the 18th Century, the Dutch thrived in the western regions of Jumaane, and expanded eastward to establish farmland and other settlements. Constant fighting and raids targeting the tribes was a common occurrence in this time, and as Dutch navigators charted the inland waterways, gunships aided the settlers' expansion, providing a refuge and firing point from the waters of the Hmata River, allowing settlers to expand down river, and greatly expanding the Janstown proper.

In 1795, the British seized Jumaane in an effort to stifle the imperial gains of Napoleonic France, and eventually totally conquered it in 1806. By this time, the community of tribal peoples in the colonized areas of Jumaane were led by a man named Josef Mokolo, a Hmatas Tribe chief, merchant, and Christian convert. He saw the arrival of the British as a new start for the people of both the tribal and colonial communities. Josef Mokolo organized a committee to integrate native and colonial schools, and opened up the first cooperative university in Jumaane, the Royal School of Africa (RSA), in South Janstown. (Present day Mokolo) By this time, Janstown was renamed Georgetown after King George III; South Janstown was renamed New Portsmouth.

In 1812, a gang of guerrilla tribal fighters from the Svata tribe attacked white and black students at the RSA, targeting the whites because of encroachment on tribal land, and blacks because of "ethnic treason." Royal Governor Andrew Pickett stationed a force of 150 British soldiers at the school, but also passed what was known as the Preventive Measures Act, which saw the de-integration of cooperative institutions, and the concentration/monitoring of black communities. The black and Dutch (Afrikaner now) alike were furious at this move, as they had brought relative peace to the region by integrating, but the British were actively suppressing these efforts; they formed the United Jumaanian Brigade, led by Josef Mokolo and Gerard Meede. The UJB fought against the sentries around the black communities and fought off British troops transporting towards New Portsmouth, where the communities were largely located. The UJB, also known as the "Zebras" or "Greycoats," captured New Portsmouth from the hands of the British, in the Battle of New Portsmouth. Josef Mokolo was killed during this battle, while delivering a battle-line morale speech; therefore, Gerard Meede and the Hmatas Elder Council agreed to name the liberated city Mokolo.

Government
Mayor: Jacob de Vasse

Economics
Sectors of Economy:
 * Trade
 * Manufacturing
 * Agriculture
 * Finance
 * Labor

Industries:
 * Steel
 * Fabric
 * Dyes
 * Spice Trading
 * Bonds/Futures Trading
 * Produce
 * Livestock
 * Automobiles

Culture
Cultural Institutions:
 * Museum of Tribes
 * Royal Jumaane Parliament (RJ)
 * Jumaanian Colonial House (RJ)
 * Imperial House of Lords (UK)
 * Governor's House
 * Government House (TRN)

Sports
Sports teams:
 * Mokolo Warriors (Assoc Football)
 * Mokolo Fighting Zebras (Rugby)