Tapir Island

Tapir Island (also known as Tapiria and Tapirone's Island) is a former Karman territory which became it's own country for 5 years before agreeing to become a US territory. This island gets its name from its native inhabitants, the tapirs, who are indigenous to the island. It is also claimed that the island gets its name from its discoverer, Christopher Tapirone. Citizens of this island are known as Tapirians.

Pre-Revolutionary History
Tapir Island was first discovered by Karman-Italian explorer Christopher Tapirone, in the year 1492 AHE. After beaching the ship and navigating the island, he discovered a new and rare species of inhabitants, which he named the tapirs (after his own last name). Shortly after the discovery, many other Karman nationalities, including the English, Germans, and Spanish, decided to colonize to the island from the 1600's to the 1700's. During this time period, Karmans often discriminated against the native tapirs. However, they were still able to survive and were still treated as citizens. In 1719, Karmania recognized Tapir Island as a Karman territory. However, Imperial Karmania often looked very poorly towards the island and its people. Many laws were passed to regulate the island, such as banning alcohol and tobacco, and even taxing foreign goods, which caused a revolution in 1953 AHE. This revolution failed however.

Tapirian Revolution
A second revolution took place between 1980 and 1984. In this war, George Wackenheim, Raymond Monroe, Remy Lorenzo and Annie Smith were able to defeat the Karman Empire, and declare independence, once and for all!

Tapir Republic
Between 1984 and 1989, Tapir Island was an independent country, known as the Tapir Republic. In these five years, a constitution was created, in order to prohibit the government from doing similar unfair acts to the people as the Karmans did. This constitution was even kept when the Tapirian government decided to become an American territory.

As an American Territory
From 1989 to the present day, Tapir Island is a territory owned by the United States. Even after joining the Union, the Tapirians kept their previous constitution.