Swampland

The Republic of Swampland, better known as just Swampland, is a nation-state populated by ogres. It was founded on May 14, 2021 by Shrek, Fionna, Donkey, Yogre, Moto M-Ogre, and Warso Mighto.

With the establishment of Swampland's government, Shrek took oath into office as the 1st President of Swampland, with Fiona as the 1st First Lady of Swampland. Moto M-Ogre took oath into office as the 1st Prime Minister of Swampland, with Gloria Hippo as the 1st Second Lady of Swampland.

The people of Swampland are mostly ogres, with some citizens being donkeys, lions, zebras, hippos, giraffes, and some mix breeds.

The Independence War
Sometime in September 2020 during the Year of Hell, The Lordship of Duloc, ruled by Lord Farquaad, captured Shrek and took over his swamp. Duloc ruled over the swamp and used all the ogres as slaves. Day and night, the ogres would be forced against their will to work hard labor and build statues and buildings for them. Some were even forced to work in the farmlands and work long, hot days in fields picking and planting food.

Finally, Shrek, missing how life used to be before Lord Farquaad took away his swamp, said enough was enough. One night, along with his buddy Moto M-Ogre, he gathered up all the ogres and proposed a plan to take down Duloc and win independence. The ogres were doubtful at first, but after a legendary speech from Fiona, reminding them about the opportunity to win back their freedom, the ogres joined in.

On February 12th, 2021, the ogres declared independence, executing Order 66 and turning on the government. The independent army was lead by Head General Shrek, General Moto M-Ogre, General Fiona, General Donkey, General Yogre, and General Warso Mighto. Meanwhile, the Duloc Army would be lead by Lord Farquaad, General Thelonious, General Prince Charming, General Fairy Godmother, and General Rumpelstilkskin.

At first, Duloc was dominating the orges, driving their forces farther away from the swamp. After the bloodiest battle in the war, the Battle of Joergen Hill on March 13th, 2021, where Duloc forces under General Thelonious killed more than 20,000 ogre soldiers, the ogre army were nearly driven completely out of the swamp, and they feared they had no chance at winning the war.

This was until Yogre proposed a risky plan that involved divided forces with less soldiers in an area. He suggested a plan of circling the ogre's attacks so that Duloc would never know when and where a attack would happen. The agreement was made and it was settled like this: General Yogre and General Warso Mighto 's troops would attack on the left side of the lordship, General Donkey and General Moto M-Ogre 's troops would attack the right side, and General Fiona and Head General Shrek 's troops would attack foward.

With all hope seemingly lost, General Yogre and General Warso Mighto 's troops charged against General Prince Charming 's troops and drove them away in the Battle of 4/20 (because it took place on April 20th, 2021), which was considered the turning point in the war. On April 22nd, 2021, the Battle of Wet Socks took place, where General Donkey and General Moto M-Ogre and their troops used rolled up wet socks to not only defeat General Fairy Godmother and General Rumplestilkskin and their troops, but they also managed to capture General Rumplestilkskin and hold him hostage. On April 29th, 2021, the Battle of Wheat Bread took place, where General Yogre and his troops tricked General Rumplestilkskin 's leaderless army into eating poisonous wheat bread, allowing General Warso Mighto and his troops to easily jump them from behind and kill nearly the entire leaderless army due to their sudden food poisoning.

The independent ogre army was slowly winning back their swamp, and Lord Farquaad began to fear over their sudden power. Finally, on May 13th, 2021, the final battle in the war, the Battle of Freedom, took place. Head General Shrek and General Fiona lead their troops to the castle and attacked the city of Duloc. Lord Farquaad tried to avoid the attack, but was stopped when Donkey 's wife, Dragon, smashed through the castle walls and threatened to eat him again. Lord Farquaad surrendered to the ogres and offered them independence, in agreement that Dragon wouldn't eat him again.

On May 13th, 2021, Shrek, Moto M-Ogre, Donkey, Fiona, Yogre, and Warso Mighto wrote up the Swampland Declaration of Independence and proposed it to Lord Farquaad. In addition, Shrek and Lord Farquaad met in a private meeting to discuss territory and the releasing of captured soldiers from both armies. On the following day, May 14th, 2021, Lord Farquaad signed an executive order, declaring The Republic of Swampland an independent nation.

Establishment
An agreement was made among the Founding Fathers of Swampland that the soon-to-be nation couldn't go leaderless for one second, and that leadership was needed as soon as possible. On May 13th, 2021, just before independence was finalized, a quick voting was held among the ogres to determine the first president and prime minister. The presidential ballot featured Shrek, Warso Mighto, Fiona, and Shronkey (right hand man of Donkey during the war). On the prime minister ballot was Donkey, Yogre, Moto M-Ogre, and Shrock (considered on of the stongest soldiers during the war). After two debates in front of the public that morning (one for the presidential ballot and the other for the prime minister ballot), a full day of voting was held. At the end of the day, the votes were counted, declaring Shrek the winner of the presidential ballot and Moto M-Ogre the winner of the prime minister ballot.

On May 14th, 2021, Shrek took oath into office as the 1st President of Swampland, with his wife Fiona as 1st First Lady of Swampland. Moto M-Ogre took oath into office as 1st Prime Minister of Swampland, with his wife Gloria Hippo as 1st Second Lady of Swampland. For his wise battle plan, Yogre was appointed as the Secretary of War. Along with that decision, Warso Mighto was appointed the Secretary of Defense, Donkey was appointed the Secretary of State, Melman was appointed the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Shronkey was appointed the Secretary of Interior, Shrock was appointed the Secretary of Agriculture, Marty was appointed the Secretary of Education, Alex was appointed both the Trade Representative and the Secretary of Homeland Security.

The following day, President Shrek spoke with Zuba, alpha lion of the Pride of Africa, and worked out a peace agreement between the nation and the tribe.