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**Name-Commonwealth of the Kingdom of Hawaii.**
*Local name*
Timeline: A better world (TL)
OTL location: Hawaiian Islands and Midway Island.
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Capital	Honolulu.
Largest City	Honolulu.
Other major settlements	Hilo.
Languages
Leader
Deputy Leader
Head of parliament
Type of regime
Name of national legislature
Area	.
Population
Number of international airports	3.
Number of major ports	5.
State de facto formed	1897
De facto Independence date	1959
Independence de jure reconised on	1959
Currency	Californian Dollar, British Pound, barter, American Dollar, Texas Dollar and Cascadian Dollar.
Religions	.
Motto	The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness
Imports:	.
Exports:	.
Demonym	Hawaiian.
Anthem	Hawaii Pono'i
Ethnic groups
Internet TLD:	Haw
Highest mountain:	.
Calling code:	.
Number of military personnel:	15,000.
% Literacy:	99.99%.
Drives on the:	Right.
National sport:	.
National debt:	.
GDP per capita (PPP):	.
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Life expectancy in years:	79.

Overview

Hawaii is an extremely diverse and wealthy nation in Pacific Oceania. The Commonwealth of the Kingdom of Hawaii. is a monarchy in the Pacific Ocean. Once a protectorate of Great Britain, in 1959, it became an independent nation.

History

Pre-1914

t is possible that Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos commanded a fleet of six ships that left Acapulco in 1542 bound for the Philippines with a Spanish sailor named Juan Gaetano aboard as pilot. Depending on the interpretation, Gaetano's reports describe an encounter with either Hawaiʻi or the Marshall Islands, but it is doubtful as to which he did actually see.

Britain's Captain James Cook's first documented visit in 1778.

Native Hawaiians had no resistance to the then Eurasian diseases, such as influenza, smallpox and measles. By 1820, disease, famine and wars between the chiefs killed more than half of the Native Hawaiian population. During the 1850s, measles killed a fifth of Hawaii's people.

King Kamehameha the Great united the islands in 179 and established the House of Kamehameha, a dynasty that ruled the kingdom until 1872.

The Treaty of reciprocity between the United States of America and the Hawaiian Kingdom (Hawaiian: Kuʻikahi Pānaʻi Like) was a free trade agreement signed and ratified in 1875. It the Hawaii gave free access to the United States market for sugar and other products grown in the Kingdom of Hawaii starting in September 1876. In return, the US gained coastal lands in the area known as Puʻu Loa for what became known as the Pearl Harbor naval base.

Pearl Harbor was seen as a tactical useful lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It has been long visited by the Naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875.

The Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 as supplemented by Convention on December 6, 1884, was ratified it in 1887. On January 20, 1887, the United States Senate allowed the Navy to exclusive right to maintain a coaling and repair station at Pearl Harbor. The U.S. took possession of it on November 9 that year. The Spanish–American War of 1898 and the desire for the United States to have a permanent presence in the Pacific both contributed to the decision.

The treaty also led to large investment by Americans in sugarcane plantations in Hawaii.

In 1887, Kalākaua was forced to sign the 1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii at the behest of white businessmen and lawyers, who wanted to strip the monarchy of its political and legal powers.

Queen Liliʻuokalani was overthrown on January 17, 1893 pro-American a provisional government composed of members of the Committee of Safety. The United States Minister to the Kingdom of Hawaii (John L. Stevens) had conspired with U.S. citizens to overthrow the islands monarchy. Several post offices and a few telegraph stations opened at this time.

The Russians tried to undermine the American state and offered some arms and supplies to the Hawaiian royalist rebels that rose up on the largest 2 islands in 1895. The monarchy was restored to office with its full powers intact. A few more post offices and a few more telegraph stations opened at this time.

The second overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii began on January 12, 1898, with a coup d'état against Queen Liliuokalani on the island of Oahu by foreign residents residing in Honolulu, mostly Russians, Western Europeans and thire American paymasters, along with some aggrieved native subjects of the kingdom.

The American take over lead to a civil war. Hawaii fell into chaos, as the collapse of the federal government and the racist attacks on American settlers established society and brought long-repressed ethnic tensions to the forefront.

The British Empire, with Dutch help, annexed the islands and held the peace between both sides, in order to help restore order. A modest Anglo-Dutch army camp was set up in Hilo.

An Anglo-Dutch protectorate since the end of the Spanish-American war of April 21 to August 13, 1898, in order to restore order to the devastated islands. The Dutch terminated thire role on January the 5th, 1899.

Hawaii became a protectorate under the British Empire in 1899. The British restored the monarchy, but with slightly reduced powers. The Kingdom's fishing industry was started. A Dutch, American and British owned firms started investing in the islands. A few private telephones opened at this time.

The takeover led to rapid growth of the Japanese, Chines, British, French, Dutch, Swedish, Portuguese, Swiss, Canadian, American, Mexican, Russian and German population due to active immigration.

The Great East Asia War (1931-1946)

On December 11, 1941, Hawaii was the site of the Empire of Japan's second unsuccessful attack on American forces in the Battle of Pearl Harbour.

The Anti-Hitlerian War (1939-1946)

On December 12, 1941, Hawaii joined the war against Nazi Germany. Thousands bravely sacrifice their lives in the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944.

Cold War

Hawaii fought so strongly on the allied side both wars and was given Dominion Status in 1948.

They allowed both the USA and British to test their nuclear bombs on its Midway Islands territory in exchange the British stationing an extra frigate and aircraft carrier 1957. A French cruiser was also stationed at the same base between 1957 and 1958. During this period the British, French, American and Canadian companies built lots of industrial facilities there.

A few years after the Great East Asia War, Hawaii asked for and eventual obtained to become a fully sovereign country.

Since it gained its independence from Britain on August 21, 1959, it has been a fervent British ally, and both supported Canada and the UK in the Cold War.

The 1960 Valdivia earthquake (Spanish: Terremoto de Valdivia) or Great Chilean earthquake (Gran terremoto de Chile) of 22 May is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Various studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon (19:11 GMT, 15:11 local time), and lasted approximately 10 minutes. The resulting tsunami affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, southeast Australia and the Aleutian Islands. The main tsunami raced across the Pacific Ocean and devastated Hilo, Hawaii. Waves as high as 10.7 metres (35 ft) were recorded 10,000 kilometres (6,200 mi) from the epicenter, and as far away as Japan and the Philippines.

The Pear Harbour bomb killed 2 and injured 8 in 1967, the USSR and the Japanese Red Army was blamed, although no Soviet or JRA links were proved.

They voted to join the USA on economic and military grounds in 1967, got statehood in 1972, but left the USA in 1985 due to the decline of democracy in the US. They gained independence from the United States of America on August 6th, 1985, following a nationalist movement and a backing by the United Nations. After statehood, Hawaii quickly modernized via construction and rapidly growing tourism economy. Later, several state programs promoted the Hawaiian culture.

The Hawaii banking sector accused the USA of unfair practices on the island chain in 1975 and the Portuguese closed there small 125 year old naval base.

The Hawaii State Constitutional Convention of 1978 incorporated programs such as the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to promote indigenous language and culture. The King was a leading force behind the law.

1990s

It became a Californian dependency on mostly economic grounds in 1991. .

Life today

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Economy

Hawaii is among the world's fastest developing countries: as the state is now fully centralized and tribal chiefdoms have been reduced to purely ceremonial entities, the economy and administration of the state are being rapidly modernized. Hawaii is however little industrialized, and most of the economy depends on fishing, agriculture, whaling, tourism, textiles, pineapple farming tourism and the food industry. It has been a popular tourist destination, especially with Japanese since the 1980s.

The rise of the electronics, banking and satellite tracking sectors in the 1980s soon improved the economy markedly.

The main export of the country is fish products, clothes and canned pineapples whale meat and tourism sites.

The main imports are powered machinery, fertilizer, boats, petrol and automobiles.

After Independence, Hawaii remained poor. In order to support the state budget, the Hawaiian government leased several island's bays to the British Empire, French Empire and the USA for use as naval bases. This has forced Hawaii to tread a delicate line, diplomatically, between its traditional British allies, France and the US.

Even after independence, Britain has maintained noticeably more naval bases in Hawaii, and the monarchy have been accused of being puppets for British interests.

Politics

The House of Representatives is largely divided politically along ethnic and holy lines; the Home Rule Party represents ethnic Hawaiians, whereas the Republican Party is largely elected by Anglo-Hawaiians. There is also a small multicultural Libertarian and Green party to.

Languages

The official language of Hawai'i is Hawai'ian, in which all government correspondence is done. However, ever since the Lingual Amendment of 1975, English and Japanese are required to be displayed in the trilingual country due to the high number of Americans and Japanese immigrants living in Hawai'i.

The Hawaii State Constitutional Convention of 1978 incorporated programs such as the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to promote indigenous language and culture. The King was a leading force behind the law.

English is widely spoken as a second language and lingua franca. The Hawaiian language is a mandatory course in school from grades 6-12 in non-Hawaiian language schools, and another official language is a mandatory course for the same grades in Hawaiian language schools.

Climate

The climate of Hawaii is typical for the tropics, although temperatures and humidity tend to be less extreme as in other places because of near-constant trade winds from the east. The Summer highs usually reach around 88 °F (31 °C) during the day, with the temperature reaching a low of 75 °F (24 °C) at night. Honolulu experiences a tropical hot semi-arid climate (Köppen classification BSh), with a mostly dry summer season, due to a rain shadow effect. Pihemanu Kauihelani Atoll has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with very pleasant year-round temperatures with rainfall evenly distributed throughout the year, with only two months (May and June) being able to be classified as dry season months.

Hawaii’s diverse natural scenery, warm tropical climate, abundance of public beaches, oceanic surroundings, and active volcanoes make it a popular destination for tourists, surfers, biologists, and vulcanologist alike.

Ownership

It is a dependency of the Democratic Republic of California (A better world TL)

NationInfo |name=?O ke Kumukanawai a me ka Moku'aina?o Hawai?i |name_en=The Constitutional and Beautiful State of Hawaii |name_short= Hawaii or Hawai'i |language= 55% Hawaiian |language_other= 45% English |capital=Honolulu |timeline=British Louisiana |HoStitle= King |CoGtitle= Prime Minister |area= approx. N\A. |population=1,528,198 |motto = Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ?Aina i ka Pono |motto_en = The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness |motto_lang = Hawaiian |Anthem = >Hawaii's Own True Sons |city_largest = Honolulu |City_other= Kailua-Kona, Kealakekua, Keauhou, Holualoa, Honaunau and Honalo. |demonym = Hawaiian. |annex_date = 1879 |ind_date=1918 |ind_from=Britain |ind_rec=1918 |currency = Hawai'i Dollar |timezone = Hawaii: UTC-10 (no daylight saving time) }} ==Geography== The the Kingdom of Hawaii, (officially: The Constitutional and Beautiful State of Hawaii) is a constitutional monarchy situated on the Hawaiian Archipelago. It is a chain of islands spread out along 1,500 miles in the Pacific Ocean. The Hawaiian islands are tropical, volcanic islands extending over 1500 miles (2400 km), and consisting of six larger islands and another dozen smaller ones that are inhabited. The uninhapted Pihemanu Kauihelani Attol is a 2.4-square-mile (6.2 km2) atoll in the North Pacific Ocean. Midway is roughly equidistant between North America and Asia.

Counties and alike subdivisions

District	Capital
Hawai`i	Hilo
Kaua`i	Līhu`e
Lāna`i	Lāna`i City
Maui	Wailuku
Moloka`i	Kaunakakai
Northwest Islands	None (mostly uninhabited)
O`ahu	Honolulu

Population 2,001,521 Established January 24, 1920

Hawaiian, Chinse (Mandarin), Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Wu), Tahitian, Samoan, Stanrd German, Standars Swiss German

 others	English, French, Dutch

Honolulu Language

 official

Hauaian

 others	Portuguese, Japanese

Area 28,311km2 km² Population 1,374,810 Established 1810 Currency Yuan

. The islands, settled by waves of Pacific Islanders first, and then Europeans, Japanese, Chinese, and Philopinos and others later,

Soviet, Chiliean, Chinese, Portugese and Japanese alliances in 1967.

Official languages Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, Tagalog, English (English is lingua-franca) Capital Honolulu Largest Cities Honolulu: 141,000 Population 307,000

President Daniel Inouye Vice President Daniel Akaka

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 ==Politics==
-The House of Representatives is largely divided politically along ethnic and holy lines; the Home Rule Party represents ethnic Hawaiians, whereas the Republican Party is largely elected by Anglo-Hawaiians.
+The House of Representatives is largely divided politically along ethnic and holy lines; the Home Rule Party represents ethnic Hawaiians, whereas the Republican Party is largely elected by Anglo-Hawaiians. There is also a small  multicultural Libertarian and Green party to.
 ==Languages==