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I probably ought to make it clear at this point that I don't approve of colonialism or Imperialism, and I wish I didn't have to say that.

Sarawak was ruled for about a hundred years by the Brooke family, which was started by a British adventurer who cleared out a load of pirates from the area around Kuching and created himself a country which he passed on to his nephew and his nephew's family. In the same period, a Frenchman called Orélie-Antoine de Tounens was chosen as King of Araucania and Patagonia by a bunch of Mapuche chiefs and lasted for a couple of years before he was arrested and deported back to France. As far as I know, these are the only examples of Europeans establishing monarchies in areas outside of Europe (apart from 'proper' colonies like the British Raj in India).

So are there any people in that sort of period who tried to do similar things, or seem like the sort of people who would try? How would these countries work out in the short term and the long run?

This is also open to individuals of other races doing similar things, like Ethiopians going to Australia or Peruvians colonising Japan, if such things are plausible at all.
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