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The Nation of IDAhO is located in the Eyre Peninsula on the Australian continent. It is an offshoot of Oceania, one of the three super-states which were in power in the year 1984.

History
Around the year 1990 C.E. (although this is disputed; no accurate records from the period have survived), Oceania was losing its war against Eastasia. Although in the mid-1980s the war was going favorable for Oceania, and its forces had conquered nearly all of Africa and were pushing on into the Asian continent with the help of Eurasia, it was not long before Eurasia became greedy for power and moved to check its ally's advance. Eurasian forces quickly moved down the east coast of Africa, taking Oceania by surprise and severing its supply chain from the Americas. With their armies in Africa being devastated, The Party payed little heed to the small skirmishes and insurrections which were popping up more and more frequently in the outlying regions.

One of these uprisings, on the Eyre Peninsula in Australia, was gaining more and more momentum. Led by the charismatic Steve Romero, guerilla raids were shattering Party defenses in the cities of Port Lincoln, Whyalla and Port Augusta, and providing fuel for the revolution. Although Oceania still controlled the Australian continent, and it was uncontested by both Eurasia and Eastasia, the war in Africa was preventing The Party from doing anything to stop Steve Romero. Since the majority of Oceania's citizens were either stupid and happy with their government or smart and bitter at their government, taking control was not hard. Romero ambushed any travellers outside the main cities and towns, preventing all supplies from reaching the cities. After days, or in some cases weeks, of this siege Romero merely had to ride into the famine-stricken city on his mighty steed, tear down the Oceania flag, and declare the people free.

The people adored him. (At least, they adored him once he game them food.)

The first thing Romero would do upon riding victorious into a city was burn the Oceania flag. In its place he flew a new banner, a banner that the Australian people had all but forgotten. The banner was a defaced Blue Ensign. It was the Australian National Flag. (Although it should be noted that Steve Romero did not, at this point, have control of the Australian continent beyond the peninsula.)

He established his capital at Tumby Bay, a small town on the Spencer Gulf cost of the peninsula which he chose because it was rural enough to have escaped the worst of Party oppression. Romero called his new seat of power City 01, for reasons which will be explained in a later section. Now all he needed was a name for his new nation; for it was indeed a nation: Oceania was aware of the rebellion, but rather than wasting resources quelling it, decided to issue propaganda stating that the rebellion had been a miserable failure right from the start, and leave Steve Romero and his people alone. (For the time being.)

Romero decided to call his land IDAhO, which stands for the Ingsoc Dominion of the Australian Outback. The similarity to the American state of the same name is pure coincidence.

I will finish this at a later time. There is PLENTY more to write about, from the workings Idahoan government to Steve Romero's talking horse.