Editing Polandball/History

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Polish territory was firstly considered inhabited by the Civitas Schinesghe, a West Slavic tribe, in the ninth century. Its story is covered under a thick layer of mystery and legends.

It is known that around 920 AD, {{I|Polans}} Goplansball subordinated to it.

Taking advantage fall of the {{I|Great Moravia}} [[Great Moraviaball]] decided to expand, increasing its territory three times, and began to build strongholds Later, the {{I|Polans}} Goplansball arrived and inhabited modern {{I|Kuyavia-Pomerania}} [[Kuyavia-Pomeraniaball]]. It is known that around 920 AD, {{I|Polans}} Goplansball subordinated to the Polansball. Taking advantage of the fall of the {{I|Great Moravia}} [[Great Moraviaball]], the {{I|Polans}} Polansball decided to expand, increasing its territory three times, and began to build strongholds.

By the 10th Century, Polandball began to unify into a distinct political state under the Piast Dynastyball. The first Polish ruler, Mieszko I, adopted {{I|Papal States}} Catholicism as the state religion, replacing {{I|Slavic Paganism}} Slavic Pagan tradition in 966.

The Jagiellon dynastyball was established under {{I|Grand Duchy of Lithuania}} Lithuanian Grand Duke Władysław II Jagiełło, forming a union between the {{I|Kingdom of Poland}} [[Kingdom of Polandball]] and the {{I|Grand Duchy of Lithuania}} [[Grand Duchy of Lithuaniaball]]. This, however, was a series of alliances, and should not be mistaken for the future {{I|Poland-Lithuania}} Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealthball. Within the Jagiellon Dynasty, Polandball also began developing a feudal system. The passing of the Nihil Novi act also brought about a period called the "Golden Liberty." The Renaissance brought about new ideas. Nicolaus Copernicus, the discovery of the heliocentric theory, was a citizen of {{I|Poland-Lithuania}} [[Poland-Lithuaniaball]]. Due to {{I|Papal States}} [[Papal Statesball]] thinking that the {{I|Earth}} [[Earthball|Earth]] was the center of the {{I|Universe}} Universe, the theory took time to become finally official.

When in 1569 {{I|Kingdom of Poland}} Polandball finally reached a personal union with the {{I|Grand Duchy of Lithuania}} [[Grand Duchy of Lithuaniaball]] since a century of tentatives, a new countryball born: the {{I|Poland-Lithuania}} [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealthball]] became the most powerful and biggest East European countryball.

The {{I|Poland-Lithuania}} Commonwealthball conquered the Baltic territory, inhabited mainly by the {{I|Livonian Order}} [[Livonian Orderball]], and won against {{I|Ottoman}} [[Ottomanball]] in 1699 in the Polish-Ottoman War. This war, unfortunately, weakened the country and during the1720s the Polish Succession War made the situation even more difficult. The result was the First Partition of {{I|Poland-Lithuania}} Polandball, in 1772, and the second Partition, in 1794, where {{I|Austrian Empire}} [[Austrian Empireball]], {{I|Russian Empire}} [[Russian Empireball]], and {{I|Kingdom of Prussia}} [[Kingdom of Prussiaball]] splited the territory of [[Poland-Lithuaniaball]]. A independent Polish government was wiped out for more than 120 years.

The Partitions of Polandball marked the beginning of over a century of foreign occupation. Almost immediately, Poles rebelled against their partitioners, especially around the early 19th century.

As the Spring of Nations swept Europe, Polandball once again took up arms in the Polish Uprising of 1848 against {{I|Kingdom of Prussia}} [[Prussiaball]]'s rule. Initially, Poles resisted with peaceful civil disobedience. However, when {{I|Kingdom of Prussia}} [[Prussiaball]] sent its military to suppress this, a full-scale uprising began. After several battles, {{I|Kingdom of Prussia}} [[Prussiaball]] managed to completely suppress the uprising and the {{I|Russian Empire}} [[Russian Empireball]] more integrally incorporated the {{I|France}} [[Grand Duchy of Posenball]].

In 1914, [[World War I]] started and {{I|German Empire}} [[German Empireball]] fought {{I|Russian Empire}} Russian Empireball. In this mode, {{I|Congress Poland}} [[Congress Polandball]] stopped being a Russian puppet and became a {{I|German Empire}} German puppet for a couple of years, until the Germans lost. {{I|Poland}} [[Second Polish Republicball]] declared independence and gained some land from German Empireball, which splitted the German land to two and forming the "Polish Corridor" (Which is a reason {{I|Nazi}} [[Nazi Germanyball]] was so angry of Polandball.)

As a result of the Munich Agreement, {{I|Czech}} [[Czechoslovakiaball]] ceded the tiny Zaolzie regionball to Polandball in 1938, which had been fought over briefly in the [[Polish-Czechoslovak War]].

In 1933, {{I|Germany}} [[Weimar Republicball]] fell into the evil hand of {{I|Nazi}} [[Nazi Germanyball]] (very infamous for its anti-semitic actions) who decided to invade in 1939 {{I|Poland}} [[Second Polish Republicball]] and the {{I|Free City of Danzig|(soldier)}} [[Free City of Danzigball]] to retake the land lost during [[World War I]]. The Poles fought bravely, yet with the {{I|Soviet}} USSRball invading as well from the East, the fall of {{I|Warsaw}} Warsawball on 28 September was ultimately inevitable. {{I|Soviet}} Poland was wiped out for another 6 years.

Eventually, Polandball was "liberated" by the incoming {{I|Soviet}} [[Soviet Unionball|Soviet Army]], though the {{I|Nazi}} [[Nazi Germanyball|German]] occupation left a completely shattered nation in its wake. Of all countryballs in World War II, Polandball suffered the highest proportion of casualties with relation to its population.

''main article: {{I|Polandcommie}} [[PR Polandball]]''

Turmoil once again arose in the 1980s as the independent trade union Solidarity grew as a major political force. Even under government persecution and the declaration of martial law in 1981, Solidarity gradually eroded {{I|Polandcommie}} PR Polandball's single-party rule. Also contrary to popular belief, in 1986, the first Pole went into space. By 1989, Solidarity triumphed and the first free, democratic elections since the end of World War II were held. The Solidarity movement heralded the collapse of {{I|Polandcommie}} PR Polandball as well as other puppet regimes throughout Eastern Europe.

After the Cold War ended, massive liberalizing reforms took place. Polandball relaxed freedom of press and speech and greatly increased personal freedoms. Initially, as with most other Eastern Bloc countryballs, Polandball's economy slowed down. Polandball became the first post-communist state to reach its pre-1989 levels thanks to an economic boom by 1995.

In 1991, Polandball officially joined {{I|NATO}} [[NATOball]], and in 2004 Polandball has voted to join the {{I|EU}} [[EUball]].

In 2022, missiles from the Russo-Ukrainian War landed in East Poland, killing 2 people. It is not sure if they were Ukrainian or Russian. <s>Since the war started, {{I|Poland}} Polandball has been waiting patiently for {{I|Russia}} Russiaball to attack to invoke [[w:North_Atlantic_Treaty#Article_5|Article 5]]</s>.

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