From Wikipedia:
King Kalākaua (of Hawaii) is said to have wanted to build a Polynesian Empire. In 1886, legislature granted the government $30,000 for the formation of a Polynesian confederation. The King sent representatives to Sāmoa, where Malietoa Laupepa agreed to a confederation between the two kingdoms. This confederation did not last very long, however, since King Kalākaua lost power the next year to the Bayonet constitution, and thus a reformist party came into power that ended the alliance.
What if an earlier Hawaiian monarch opened his eyes to European colonialism before it really stepped foot in the Pacific, and set about trying to establish a pan-Polynesian identity? A common Polynesian language is created, using the rongorongo script of Easter island, and a native religion or one that fuses Christianity and native beliefs is spread. They implement some European ideas, like a common constitution, law, and currency.
King Kalākaua (of Hawaii) is said to have wanted to build a Polynesian Empire. In 1886, legislature granted the government $30,000 for the formation of a Polynesian confederation. The King sent representatives to Sāmoa, where Malietoa Laupepa agreed to a confederation between the two kingdoms. This confederation did not last very long, however, since King Kalākaua lost power the next year to the Bayonet constitution, and thus a reformist party came into power that ended the alliance.
What if an earlier Hawaiian monarch opened his eyes to European colonialism before it really stepped foot in the Pacific, and set about trying to establish a pan-Polynesian identity? A common Polynesian language is created, using the rongorongo script of Easter island, and a native religion or one that fuses Christianity and native beliefs is spread. They implement some European ideas, like a common constitution, law, and currency.