Posts

Historical Facts: What is Macedonia/North Macedonia?

     If you're like me and know history from the ancient world to the present, the term "Macedonia" might sound confusing to you. That's because Macedonia is a region once contested by foreign powers, yet is now also a country. If you don't know what Macedonia (or now, North Macedonia) even is, don't worry. Today, we'll talk about what it is.      If you studied history chronologically, you probably first heard the term "Macedonia" when you studied Alexander the Great. His empire controlled a significant part of Europe and Asia, with its capital at the ancient city of Babylon. However, in 323 BCE, Alexander died, and his empire was split. The Balkan part of the empire became known as the Macedonian dynasty.      Starting in around 170 BCE, the Roman Empire conquered Macedonia. For several years, it was under Roman rule. However, the Ottoman Empire conquered Macedonia towards the end of the Middle Ages.       Macedonia woul...

History of Enotita

       Okay, this will be a long one. This is the entire history of Enotita. While the nation has only existed for around 110 days, it has a very complicated history that is half-joke, half-real. So this is the history of Enotita.      Now, to be clear, Enotita was not the first nation I ruled. Even a few days after I proclaimed Enotita, I was the king of Triberia, which was a nation contesting Liberland, another micronation in the same land. The territory, however, was so far away from the Philippines. It was located on the Danube River, but not claimed by Croatia or Serbia. So I decided to abandon Triberia. I didn't really get an heir to continue leadership in the former Triberia, as Liberland was already in control.      November 26, 2023 was a historic day. That was the day that Enotita was proclaimed in my bedroom. It wasn't really an organized state at that time. I knew my dad and I would rule, but I wasn't sure about how we w...

News Archive - Feb 1, 2024

      News - Feb 1, 2024 Civil War Almost Finished      The civil war against the former president's Democratic Republic is almost done. We are advancing in New Enotita, the last state we need to capture.  Federal Enotita      Enotita is now a federal country. The four states are Olsen, New Enotita, Sucatia, and the Mariquinium.  Return of the Mariquinium To Come      The state of the Mariquinium will be returned to the Philippines on February 9, 2024, as a part of the National Capital Region.  Olympic Entrance Rejected, Micro Olympics to Be Held      The Paris Olympics is this year, and we decided to apply for membership. However, we were rudely rejected by the Olympic officials. Instead, we will host the 2024 Enotita Micro Olympics in concert with the Paris Olympics.  This issue was published by Chancellor Rafael Mercado. 

Mario's Empire - Part 1

Image
     Sorry for delaying "Mario's Empire!" Well, welcome to the series, even though I'm late. This is a good mix of my previous gaming blog and this history blog. If you haven't seen my trailer on the series, please click here . With that out of the way, let's go!     Mario was 7 years old in 1994 when he founded Super Mario Bros. Plumbing (SMBP) with his brother, Luigi. They used an abandoned house across their home as their base. He was only available during summer, as he still went to school. He only got around 7 customers per day, but none knew what he was about to do with the nation of Italy.      When he turned 23, Mario disbanded SMBP to join a professional plumbing company. At this point, he already had an interest in world history, especially the Roman Empire. But he was just a worker living in Rome.      However, in 2016, he was given an address that sounded familiar. It was the Italian parliament. It was there that he real...

We Won the Civil War!

     On February 6, 2024, the Democratic Republic of Enotita, led by President Daddy, and United States of Enotita, led by me, met up at the Battle of Olsen. The Democratic Republic had only 1 division, and no external support. Meanwhile, we had 192 divisions, and support from Germany, France, the Philippines, and Japan. If the only remaining division from the Democratic Republic surrendered, the Enotitan Civil War would end. At 12:30 PM, they did just that. The final division surrendered, and the United States of Enotita was now the sole Enotitan state.      Just four hours after the Democratic Republic surrendered, a victory ceremony was held in New Enotita. I composed a march called "Enotita's Glory" for the ceremony right after the battle. But how did all this happen? Let's find out today.      In January 2024, in a car just outside New Enotita, the president of Enotita, Daddy, fired me and became dictator. I was devastated. I went from f...

Mario's Empire - Trailer

     From Hadrian's Wall in Britannia to the watery city of Constantinople, Rome was a major empire. But in 476, the western half of the empire collapsed. In 1453, the eastern half collapsed too, ending the Roman Empire.      It was 1994. In the city of Rome, a young boy named Mario was a plumber, volunteering for different companies. But in school, his lesson on the Roman Empire changed his life forever.      Mario ran for president in 2024, hoping to restore Italy to its glory days. Will he restore Caesar's dream? Or will he lead the nation to collapse? Find out when Episode 1 of Mario's Empire comes out this Sunday, on the United States of Enotita government blog.       Note: I am officially closing the door on my old blog, mariofromnintendo.blogspot.com . However, I am transplanting its remains to this blog. Plus, the old blog will still be available if you want to check it out. This will be related to the old Kingdomi...

Protectorate of the Mariquinium

     As you read on the Enotita Times, the Mariquinium will be returned to the Philippines on Feb 9. Well, we had a change of plans. Instead of returning the Mariquinium, we'll turn it into a protectorate. The protectorate exists already.      We agreed on Feb 1 in the Treaty of the Mariquinium that the state will be returned on Feb 9 unless the Philippines decides to cancel the return earlier. However, yesterday, the Pact of Cancelation was signed. And now, the Protectorate of the Mariquinium exists. However, it's not our puppet state. If they get attacked, we have to defend them, but not vice versa.      The flag of the Mariquinium is to be designed. We're open for suggestions. If you want to suggest a flag, please make one by clicking here . (Update: The domain was closed already. Too bad!) Otherwise, I will design one myself.      Thanks for reading!

Big Announcement!

     Our government blog now has pages! For laptop and PC, it will always be on the screen. For iOS and Android, you'll have to click on the menu.  Military Department     On the Military Department page, you can donate to the army! (We don't have a Navy and Air Force.) There is also a counter for donations that is updated from time to time. (Please note that donations are open only during times of war, like the civil war right now.) The Enotita Times - Newspaper     The Enotita Times is Enotita's official newspaper. (Please note that The Enotita Times has no association with the Greek leftist newspaper named Enotita.) Starting February 1, 2024, news updates will be available on the page. But when the month ends and the page changes, we will still let you read previous headlines through an archive.      New pages will be released from time to time, so keep checking the side bar if a new page has popped up!

The Zimmerman Telegram - Big Mistake!

     In my opinion, if the Germans never sent the Zimmerman Telegram, the Central Powers might have won. Out of all the mistakes in world history, it would be up there as one of the worst. Let's see why.      The Zimmerman Telegram was sent by Germany to Mexico in 1917 during World War I. They wanted to form a coalition with Mexico against the United States. In return, Mexico would regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.  Mexico rejected this, but something even more important happened.  You see, British intelligence detected the telegram, and they sent it to Washington. ( source ) The American government was furious. So they declared war on Germany.      Now, why was this a big mistake? Well, you see, the Central Powers were winning until the Americans joined. Romania and Serbia had capitulated by 1917, and Russia was close to losing. (They did leave later on.) Also, Germany was getting close to Paris. They should have just kept the...

National Anthem of Enotita

     Our national anthem used to be "Let Us Defend Enotita." The tune was "Ode to Joy" by Ludwig van Beethoven, and I wrote the lyrics. The first version was too centered around me however, so I wrote new lyrics. Nonetheless, our anthem remained a significant part of the country for a while.      However, since our president became dictator, and we formed the Enotitan Republic, the anthem has become synonymous with his fascist-style regime. (By the way, we're now a parliamentary monarchy, with our empress being a purely symbolic figure.) So we switched our anthem to "Arisen From Naked Ruins," a translation of the East German anthem but more centered around Enotita. (We also have a royal anthem. I might upload that.)     Here is our national anthem:

The Sesame War - Part 4 (The End)

     Welcome back to the Sesame War! Well, the war has already ended, but this is the aftermath. Let's see how the new nations of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia dealt with the neo-Sesames.      In Bohemia, the Friends of Abby party currently holds the chancellor, Frank Arthur. Now, he actually negotiated in 2021 about reunification with Moravia. But the Treaty of Prague that divided Bohemia-Moravia in 1963 said that Bohemia and Moravia "shall never reunite to prevent Sesame Street's return." The name of Arthur's party explicitly states that they are friends of Abby Cadabby. (Yes, I have been spelling her name wrong the whole time. Haha!) But the treaty had already been signed. So the president of Moravia, Evan King, rejected the offer.      However, despite Moravia having an anti-Sesame president, the senate of Moravia has never had an election where their two neo-Sesame parties, Super Sesame and Cadabby Group, were absent. Moreover, they're ...

Alternate WWI: Part 1 - Pre-War Dynamics

     I know I've been leaving you hanging on the Sesame War, but I guarantee you that Part 4 will come out soon. With that clear, welcome to Part 1 of my alternate First World War. The alliances will be very different here. Let's go, Enotitans! Also, please read until the end for a very important announcement.     In 1866, the Austro-Prussian War was fought. (That happened in real life.) After that, Austria and Prussia (later the German Empire) both competed to become the superior Germanic nation.      Then, in 1870, the Franco-Prussian War was fought. (This was also a real war.) But since the French leader was Napoleon III, we actually have Great Britain joining on the side of Prussia here, making for our first fictional event. The Treaty of Normandy was signed a year later, giving Alsace-Lorraine to the newly formed German Empire, and Brittany to the United Kingdom. Later that year, the Germans and Brits signed the London Pact, which was like th...

Blog Update!

     Hey guys! You may have noticed that the blog name changed from "The OttoRoman Empire" to "Democratic Republic of Enotita." ( Enotita means "unity" in Greek.) Well, I have a few things to explain. Let's go, Enotitans!     First of all, what is Enotita? It's my micronation that unites my closest relatives' houses and my grandma's former house under a single state. (It's in the Philippines.) Our city-provinces are Enotita City (the capital), New Enotita, Sucatia, and the Mariquinium. We're a democratic republic that follows my ideology of Rafaelism. (Rafael is my real name, and Augustus II is a fake name. So I named my ideology Rafaelism.) It's complicated to study, and I might make a separate post on that. But basically, we tax the rich and give to the poor. (Not Marxism, okay?) We'll install public ATMs around the country.      We're a parliamentary republic with a president and a chancellor. I'm the chancellor, ...

The Sesame War - Part 3

     Guys, welcome back to the Sesame War! We left off with the rapid rise of the Sesame Empire, aka the Czechoslovakian Empire. They had fast war tactics reminiscent of the Mongol Empire. But in 1959, something shocking happened. So let's see what it was. Let's go, OttoRomans!     As the empire rapidly grew, something shocking happened. Military Manager Big Bird, General Ernie, and Colonel Bert split from the Sesame Street Party, leaving the party in the hands of Party Secretary Abby Caddaby. (Judicial Manager Elmo Monster was still there, but he was barely doing anything.)      The new party formed by Bird was called the Czechoslovakian Liberation Organization. Though Caddaby was suspicious that "liberation" meant liberation from Sesame Street, she allowed it due to her trust of Bird, who helped with the growth of Czechoslovakia.       She made a big mistake. On September 7, 1959, Bird started negotiating with the United Stat...

The Sesame War - Part 2

  The Sesame War is back! In Part 1, a new rightist party took over Czechoslovakia, leading to a war. Last time we looked at the front, it was a stalemate. Let’s see what happened now.  Since it was a stalemate, Military Manager Big Bird started drafting troops on January 7, 1954. It was a smart decision. Within 3 months, Warsaw was conquered, and Budapest was encircled, though it was never captured. Just a month later, all of Romania fell, and the Soviet Union was forced to send troops to Bucharest. This failed, however, as Sesame Czechoslovakia managed to capture Moldova in the process.  Both the American and Soviet governments started convincing other countries to join the war to stop Czechoslovakian expansionism. They did make a bit of progress, leading Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece to join the American and Soviet’s sides. These countries made almost no contributions, however.  What was even worse was that Sesame Ships, the new navy of Sesame Street, forcef...

Nicolae Ceaucescu - Speech Reenactment

     Nicolae Ceaucescu was the last communist dictator of Romania, then a member of the Warsaw Pact. In 1989, he ordered a major massacre in the city of Timisoara. So, during his next speech, which was supposed to be for his supporters, the people roared, trying to interrupt him. And it worked! He was able to finish his speech, but not without an interruption. A few days later, he was executed in a summary trial.      I reenacted that same speech that got interrupted using CapCut to add the sound effects. I added clapping because some of his supporters were still there. Here it is:

The Sesame War - Part 1

Welcome to Part 1 of the Sesame War! Here, a new political party in Czechoslovakia forced the United States and Soviet Union to set aside their differences… again. We’ll find out who this political party was in this new series.  It was 1945. World War II just ended, and the United States and Soviet Union entered the Cold War. But a new political party was established in Czechoslovakia that resulted in a full war. Led by Party Secretary Abby Caddaby, Military Manager Big Bird, and Judicial Manager Elmo Monster, the Sesame Street Party set their aim on taking over the country.  Then, in 1948, Joseph Stalin added Czechoslovakia to his list of satellite states. (He did in real life.) But a day before the first speech of the communist party, members of Sesame Street launched a coup that forced the communists to leave. As you can tell, they were against communism. But they were also against democracy. They were on the right of the spectrum.  Eventually, Sesame Str...

I Have Returned!

Guys, I know you’re wondering why I haven’t been posting a lot lately. Well, it’s because of a school blog that I’ve been working on. It’s about basketball assignments. You probably won’t be interested in it, but I know you guys like history, so I’m gonna catch up with you today.  I can assure you that this is only temporary. I’m probably not returning to my old blog (mariofromnintendo.blogspot.com). I might still come back, but with two other blogs to handle, I don’t know if I can return at this point. I dug a hole out of that old blog, and now, I think I’m already too far deep to come back. Anyway, I can also assure you that my next post, “The Sesame War - Part 1,” is coming right out now.  By the way, the Sesame War is a fictional multi-part series that takes place in 1946. The United States and Soviet Union needed a truce again to defeat the common enemy. A new power had arisen in Czechoslovakia. Their name was the Sesame Street Party. (This is NOT sponsored by Sesam...

A Quick History on Rome

Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica (Website) Ancient History Guy (YouTube) The Mystery of History (Book) History Through the Ages: Record of Time (Book) Ancient Rome: Fact Files (Book) YouTube video: https://youtu.be/DGHI-b1fsPM?si=_Vuy8G-NtXHhdhvy Note: Please read until the end for a special announcement.  Hey guys! I wrote the history of Rome (753 BCE - 476 CE). If you guys want, I can make a second part (476 - 1453). And also, WWI and WWII content are coming soon. So, let’s jump in. This is the story of Rome.  Though this is mythical, Rome was founded by two brothers called Romulus and Remus. After meeting a wolf, Romulus killed Remus and became the first king.  In reality, in 1000 BCE, there was a village in modern-day Italy. It was very small. One day, however, a man called Romulus led many other villagers to found a city. What they didn’t know was that it would become a massive empire, be the father of modern democracies, and much more.  Following the real R...

What if Julius Caesar was Never Killed?

We all know that Julius Caesar was assassinated on March 15, 44 BCE. But what if that never happened?  What’s up guys, it’s Emperor Augustus II of the OttoRoman Empire. We'll cover a speculative timeline from 44 BCE to 15 BCE. Without further ado, let’s go.  So, in real life, Marcus Brutus, Gaius Cassius, and many other people conspired to kill Caesar. But in this timeline, they changed their minds last minute and decided to support him in ruling Rome as a dictator for life. Caesar and the conspirators had a real meeting, with the conspirators not revealing any daggers.  The Second Triumvirate of Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius), Gaius Octavian, and Marcus Lepidus was formed to avenge Caesar by declaring war on Brutus and Cassius. However, if Caesar didn’t die, there would be no Second Triumvirate. Instead, Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus would’ve just been three normal supporters of Caesar.  Caesar’s first conquest would’ve been Scotland. Rome never took Scotland...

What if Julius Caesar was Never Killed? (Part 2)

Hey guys! If you read my post “What if Julius Caesar was Never Killed,” you would know that I assumed that he would’ve selected Augustus as heir. But I also said that there were other options. Let’s check them out.  The next option would be Mark Antony. Let’s assume that he still fell in love with the queen of Egypt, Cleopatra. After taking the throne in 14 BCE, Antony divided the empire into the Antonian Empire in the West, ruled by Antony from Rome, and the Cleopatranic Empire, ruled by Cleopatra from Egypt. Thus, Egypt would’ve been a very powerful Roman province. Because of this, Constantine would’ve been content with Egypt as the Eastern capital, not moving it to Constantinople (aka Byzantium, Istanbul, or whatever you call it.) So Mark Antony would’ve prevented Constantinople from being a powerful city.  Another option would be Ptolemy XV Caesar. He was Julius Caesar’s son with Cleopatra. (Her father was one of the last rulers of Ptolemy.) He probably would’ve ...