Excerpt from "Economics and the Shaping of Modern Shipping and the Shaping of History on Al Mased"

The history of the modern state of Al Mased dates back to its founding in the early nineteenth century, but evidence suggests that a significant trading settlement existed in the Cape of Al Gazreeb in the 14th century. At the time, the Sultanate of Al Mased was under the rule of the Granzagreb Empire, who usurped the previous ruler before being overthrown themselves in a bloody coup led by the Shiap. It then came under the Malacca Sultanate and then the Inkshaka Sultanate. In year 400 according to the recently revised calender by then Sultan Je-Zeeb Fal Fortuna, Sir Thinkton Rafkan negotiated a treaty whereby the Inkshaka Sultanate allowed the Falkenthral Empire to locate a trading port in the cape, leading to the establishment of the Free International Docking Zone.

During The Great Struggle, Al Mased was conquered and occupied by the Shinonese Empire from 540 to 560. When the war ended, Al Mased reverted to Falkenthral control, with increasing levels of self-government being granted, culminating in Al Mased's economic independence from the empire along with several other islands, absorbing shipping lanes and all docks within the city. However, social unrest and disputes between Al Mased's ruling Sultanate and the rising Reform Party resulted in Falkenthral ships occasionally pirating freighters coming into port in the city, then charging the government back fees for failed delivers. Al Mased would achieve full independence and strong presence in all shipping lanes in the year 590 after a series of intense diplomatic talks, climaxing in a series of bloody covert operations only recently unveiled to the public in the declassification of files by the Falkenthral Government. Al Mased's final borders were expanded to five miles beyond its city's furthest district, thus preventing any of the other nations around it from using the only shallow waters suitable for large scale international trade, thus securing a monopoly in the region. Al Mased is protected from foreign attack by threat of global economic downturn as a result of its port being inactive.

Facing severe unemployment and a housing crisis following its independence, Al Mased embarked on a modernization program beginning in the late 620s through the 670s that focused on establishing a mercantile industry focusing in on international stock trading, developing large public housing estates, and investing heavily in public education and infrastructure as to better increase their GDP and Internation influence on the global stage.

By the 690s, the country had become one of the world's most prosperous nations, with a highly developed free-market economy, strong international trading links.