History of Bobogoobo

The history of Bobogoobo is a long and interesting one, but the process of documenting it is still ongoing. Bobogoobo does not have many historians, so the process is arduous.

A Shortage of Knowledge
Michelle Enpense, the former Information Secretary of Bobogoobo, did not keep very good (or indeed, any) records of Bobogoobo's history. This fact was only recently discovered; of course, Enpense was immediately fired. As a result of the lack of records, O'Goobo launched a project with the goal of collecting as much information about the history of Bobogoobo as possible. There was not much success, so the nation of Bobogoobo requests information and details from any individuals or nations that have any. Additionally, O'Goobo apologizes for any inaccuracy in the information contained here.

Micrev Secession
The Micrev Secession is the commonly-accepted beginning of Bobogoobo's history. A community of citizens dissatisfied with its current government quietly built up power and eventually made an agreement that officially created Bobogoobo.

Founding of a Nation
Bobogoobo's founding was delayed by several days due to an ongoing conflict. O'Goobo checked the news every day, eagerly awaiting the day when he could safely create his nation. That day came on September 26, 2007. Because O'Goobo was so eager to begin building his nation, he did not take the time to come up with a unique name for it, instead naming it after himself. Both he and his nation are thus known to Planet Bob as Bobogoobo, which is a nickname that O'Goobo was given when he was younger. It is a shortened form of his first name combined with his last name, minus the apostrophe, to create a unique name. However, now that O'Goobo's nation is very well established and known by many people, he regrets the decision not to give his nation a creative name, although he suspects that had he thought of a name, he would regret it anyway because he is now more mature and has better ideas for a name. O'Goobo wishes that he was able to change the name of his nation at will so that it could accurately represent his current interests.

Retrospect
Looking back through his nation's history, O'Goobo realizes that he made many mistakes and could have an even more prosperous nation if he had made corrections. Unfortunately, no one told him some of the things he should do or didn't convince him to do them. For example, O'Goobo never sold technology because he was confused by the process and no one convinced him to sign up for it or tried to explain the process to him. O'Goobo realizes that selling technology would have been extremely beneficial for his nation. Additionally, evidence has surfaced that indicates that O'Goobo did not always tax 28% of his citizens' income. Because this evidence was only recently discovered, O'Goobo believes that there must be many more mistakes that he made. Was this abundance of mistakes due to TDO's policy of not interfering with the choices its nations made, or was it because other nation rulers did not know as much then as they do now? Regardless of the cause, O'Goobo has attempted to correct all of his mistakes.

Nation Team
Upon founding his nation, O'Goobo had a choice as to which team his nation should join. Because he did not know that his choice would have an impact on both his alliance and his trades with other nations, he chose a random color. It is likely that his first choice was blue, as that is one of his favorite colors. After joining the Democratic Order, O'Goobo was told that he should switch to the Aqua team and that his citizens would be happier if he traded with other nations of the same team. O'Goobo joined the Aqua team on September 26, 2007, immediately after applying to TDO, and found that he enjoyed that color even more than blue. After O'Goobo got used to running his nation, he began investigating the differences between the teams. He came to know many of the Aqua Team alliances and realized that he did not know the alliances of other teams very well. Sometimes he met leaders from nations of other teams, but his interactions were mostly with Aqua. For this reason, O'Goobo feels a strong bond with the Aqua Team, though not necessarily with those on it.

Foreign Aid History
Bobogoobo has sent and received foreign aid for various purposes in its lifetime, and these transactions total a very large amount. Aid to and from Bobogoobo has numerous typical purposes (listed in chronological order of use): Additionally, Bobogoobo has donated to various aid programs that have benefited small nations or other nations in need. These include Aid Days and other programs in TDO, growth programs in ADI, and rebuilding and new member programs in TIO. Although it is rare that Bobogoobo is on the receiving end of monetary aid, the series of wars it experienced left it poor. As a result, Rychro Anrise of the Anrise Republic aided O'Goobo yet again, with packages of three million dollars on May 1 and May 16, 2010.
 * Receiving Grants (from TDO - New Nation Grant, etc) - various increments of money
 * Receiving War Aid (see Wars of Bobogoobo) - various amounts of money and soldiers
 * Sending Grants (to new members of the alliance) for various purposes - almost always three million
 * Sending War Aid (to nations within the alliance that are attacked by rogues) - usually three million and two thousand soldiers
 * Sending Money for Technology Deals (after certain point of infrastructure development, started in TDO and continuing since; sometimes three million for fifty technology for nations in the same alliance, three million for one hundred technology otherwise) - always three million
 * Receiving Technology (see above) - always fifty technology
 * Sending Donation Payment (paying nations that have donated to Bobogoobo) - always at least three million, sometimes fifty technology

Bobogoobo resumed doing donation deals in 2011 in an effort to reach a level of development capable of supporting the most advanced wonders. The first donation in this era was made on May 29, 2011, by Rogal Dorn, whom O'Goobo paid $18 million (delivery was expedited by Rogal's FAC).

Trade History
O'Goobo signed up for a trade circle that would provide three bonus resources on September 29, 2007. The circle was soon completed and O'Goobo started trading with the other members of the circle. His first permanent trade was made on October 22, 2007, which is a testament to the great stability of this trade circle. O'Goobo knows he is extremely lucky to have quickly found a good trade circle that would last for a long time. As mentioned in "A Glowing Winter" above, the trade circle only lost a member once or twice, and even then another nation was quickly found to replace the lost resources. Prior to the completion of this circle, it is likely that O'Goobo offered a trade to any nation that would accept it. However, all good things soon come to an end. On January 24, 2010, at 5:56:35 PM, the most recently made trade, having a duration of 470 days (begun on October 11, 2008) and made with Dave93 of for Uranium and Wheat, was canceled with exactly twelve seconds of warning because Dave93 was "moving to a better circle with fish." Because Bobogoobo's War Regrowth Program would be starting in five days, it was very important for O'Goobo to replace the trade. O'Goobo worked with the other members of the trade circle and with ADI to try to find a replacement. A replacement was easily found, and Bobogoobo began trading with the new member of the circle on January 26, 2010. Unfortunately, the war regrowth program was canceled due to the war looming on the horizon.

Flags
Bobogoobo has used many different flags throughout its lifetime, and still does not have a flag that it will use permanently. When it was founded, the nation first used no flag and then went through a period of using any flag that O'Goobo thought would look good on his nation. A few months after joining TDO, O'Goobo asked other members of the alliance which flags they used. Many of them recommended using a flag that contained TDO's colors of red and black. Thus, O'Goobo used the flag of Trinidad and Tobago for a long time, after trying out several flags that contained red and black. When TDO was sanctioned, on April 30, 2009, O'Goobo made TDO's flag his national flag. It continued in this capacity until Bobogoobo left TDO. During Bobogoobo's short time in the Grämlins, he used its flag. After joining ADI, O'Goobo used the flag of Ragnarok while it was ADI's protector because of its similarity to ADI's flag. When ADI became independent, O'Goobo cycled through many flags and finally settled on the flag of the Fellowship of Elite Allied Republics. After the Day of the Dead War, O'Goobo decided to once again use the flag of TDO as his national flag. However, at the onset of the Semper Tyrannis War, O'Goobo decided that he'd rather not fly the flag of an alliance whose former members show great hatred for ADI. At Warbuck's recommendation, he chose the flag of the now-defunct Coalition of Dark States. O'Goobo liked the war-like look of the flag and what it represented - TDO was formed as a splinter alliance from CDS, and ADI split from TDO in much the same way. O'Goobo continued to fly this flag after joining the Shadow Proclamation because he thought it was the best flag so far and still liked its appearance. Upon joining the Imperial Order, O'Goobo changed his flag to that of the Imperial Assault Alliance, the protector (now ally) of TIO. He likes this flag too.