Free Danzilonan Republic

''This article is about the planned CivMC iteration of Danzilona. For its predecessor, see Nova Danzilona.'' The Free Danzilonan Republic (abbreviated as FDR) is a constitutional semi-direct democratic republic planned to be founded on the upcoming CivMC server. After almost 6 years of dormancy, the FDR is the first iteration of Danzilona since Nova Danzilona on Civcraft 3.0.

Pre-CivMC
Following the end of 3.0, Danzilonans helped found the cities of Threepton and Carson on CivClassic 2.0 as well as the small town of Atari Springs on CivEx: First Light, but each of those were distinct in their own culture or not dominated by Danzilonans. Irregardless, the Danzilonan community remained in contact online continuously since the end of 3.0 but few played on Civ servers. This changed, however, with renewed interest brought about by potential opportunities in new servers following the end of CivClassic in December 2021. Interest in a new iteration of Danzilona began to be gauged (primarily by Des23), and one was attempted on CivRev as a dependent territory within the Mery Horde on January 1, 2022, but the server died the same day before it was made official. Two months of dormancy followed until a subreddit post was made on March 4, 2022 to discuss the establishment of the Free Danzilonan Republic and approve its constitution. After some weeks of discussion and minor changes, the constitution and flag were approved on March 22nd.

More features for their planned nation were ironed out throughout March, including the city's layout and a Concordat with the Church of Ranubis, a religion that was especially prominent in New Danzilona on CivCraft 2.0.

Government
The government of the FDR is small in order to give more power to the citizens in crafting and implementing policy. Laws and constitutional changes are proposed by ordinary citizens and passed by their direct democratic majority vote. However, the few government positions that do exist have important responsibilities in managing the FDR, and one of them is quasi-dictatorial. The governmental positions of the FDR are:


 * The Ambassador, who is responsible for directing foreign policy and carrying out the will of the Danzilonans in such matters. They serve as the main point of contact for foreign entities and are also responsible for constructing embassies and other Danzilonan infrastructure outside of the FDR;
 * The Surveyor, who is responsible for taking a monthly census and inducting new citizens, as well as offboarding inactive ones. They are also tasked with mapping out and patrolling the FDR's land claims to ensure no foreign settlements have been built on it; and
 * The Sheriff, the quasi-dictatorial position who is responsible for maintaining a standing security force and enforcing the laws of the FDR. In times of military crises, the Sheriff has the right to expand their authority and allow themselves to, among other things, ban non-citizens from the FDR and pearl individuals without trial. In doing so, however, they risk facing a citizen tribunal for any abuses committed during a time of crisis.

Foreign Relations
The FDR maintains close ties with the March Pact, the successor to AF-CES from CivClassic 2.0, as well as with the presumptive successors to the Mery Horde and TWP.

Population
Founders of the FDR voted to grant citizenship to a number of past Danzilonans, regardless of their current level of activity, bringing the permanent voter roll to at least 19 citizens. Around 10 of those are active in discussions surrounding the founding of the FDR, and 2 former Provincians have signaled their interest in joining after its foundation.

Languages
As the two founders who primarily spearheaded the revival of Danzilona- Des23 and Lowtuff- are residents of the UK, many official FDR documents and founding posts are written in British English. Most FDR citizens are American, however, so American English remains the dominant vernacular.

Religion
There is no official religion enshrined in Danzilonan law, and the FDR constitution specifically prohibits discrimination on the basis of religious creed (though this was mostly intended to refer to IRL religions but de facto also applies to in-game religions until otherwise stated). However, the FDR has made a special Concordat with the Church of Ranubis, which was a prominent religion in 1.0 and 2.0 Danzilona and to which 4 of the FDR's founders belong. Disciples of Ranubis have special privileges within the FDR that members of other religions don't, such as the right to own property without becoming an FDR citizen, and the Church can claim vacant public land without prior approval by the FDR.

Founders of the FDR
Those who voted on the FDR's foundational post include:


 * peakman2
 * Lowtuff
 * wingnut4096
 * Des23
 * TheTrackball
 * mummybundles
 * Gant2000
 * Basilissa
 * lone22wolf
 * shlemmynem

U3P Citizens
Pythius_ and ninjajackh12, former allies of Danzilona on Civcraft 2.0 and 3.0, have presumptive residences in the FDR.