Capeland

The Maritime Republic of Capeland, or simply Capeland, is a Parliamentary Republic in the shallow Southeast on what was formerly Lenin Isle and Carpathian territory. It was founded by AK (IGN operationguyMCS) and Eloc (IGN Eloctrasyd) in early March of 2021. The country was previously known as Cape Cocoa, prior to May 2021. Capeland has since then established itself as a peaceful building nation, and has experienced rapid growth in population and infrastructure.

Pre-CivClassic
AK had joined CivClassic in mid 2019 in the hopes of finding a build server with an emphasis on nations and civility. He was initially a resident of Aurum (which later became a province of Varkonia), who helped SirFriendzone build some infrastructure. After building an Abbey in South Aurum, AK set off to explore the world, until he fell in a decrepit elevator on his way to Hvalsey, Yoahtl.

Since then, AK took a break from CivClassic, but having been so inspired by its workings, started his own Civ server with a community based in Scratch called ScratchCiv. The server inevitably shut down after nearly a year of activity due to the security of the young server population being threatened by a doxxer. Talks of reviving ScratchCiv are in place, but action to do so likely won't happen until 1.17 releases.

After the decline of ScratchCiv, AK eventually came back to CivClassic with the hopes of starting his own build nation. He invited the mod team to come join him in the search for land to settle, and in early March of 2021, AK and Eloc decided to reside in the wooded cliffs of what was formerly Lenin Isle territory.

Settlement of Cape Cocoa
A reddit post was made to formalize the land claims of Cape Cocoa, and was added to the map promptly after its submission into the Unified Map Project.

The first dwellings were built on the side of the cliff face, with the Cliffside Boardwalk being the only path that connected the cliffside dwellings to the surface of the cliff. AK's cliffside dwelling later expanded upward and became the Traveller's Inn, while the room carved into the cliff was later developed into a tunnel that started the creation of Cape Cocoa's Underground.

Local expansion
Floating sea farms were built on the shallow waters at the base of the cliff, and the building of the first Coast Cabins were overseen by both AK and Northstar (IGN Northstar404).

The claiming of more land west and north of the original claim led to the establishment of four precincts, along with a unique layered-sector system. The building of housing was promptly prioritized as more and more people from ScratchCiv came to join Cape Cocoa and ultimately CivClassic. Later on as the population grew more and more, communal storage and factories got moved to an industrial quarter in Southmarket as a step toward zoning and organizing the town's infrastructure and resources.

Around Mid-April, the construction of the Town Hall was completed, and along with it came an official Constitution document and a flag change. The Constitution established Cape Cocoa as the Maritime State, and its contents were drafted by AK and Block (IGN RarelyUseful).

Establishment of Parliament and the Grand Court
Shortly after the signage of the Constitution, on April 18th general elections were held to determine new leadership positions in the young state. This resulted in the appointment of AK as Cape Cocoa's first Prime Minister. Eloc and Northstar became the first representatives of Parliament, representing Elonorth and Southmarket respectively. Finally, klabss (IGN Krazvalt) was made the first Grand Justice of Cape Cocoa, which also makes him the first Senior Justice.

Growth and further expansion
The passage of the Citizenship Act (aka the Citizenship Codes or the Bill of Rights) opened up the state to newcomers in a more formalized manner, and since then the growth of Cape Cocoa took off after more and more people started to join. Most residents of Cape Cocoa at the time were newfriends, with the notable exception being SirTwiggles, who applied for Cocoian citizenship despite being a citizen of Imperial Truidence and potentially Icenia.

The Charter of New Midway and the Renaming of the Maritime State
On May 5th, 2021, AK announced the claiming of territory that included land south of the wooded cliffs of Cape Cocoa, the rest of Elonorth island territory, and the Southern area of what was formerly Carpathia. Due to the fact that the land no longer covered the Cape, the name "Cape Cocoa" was dropped, and in its stead came Capeland.

The eastern territory was to be named "New Midway," in reference to a major island municipality owned by Chungia on ScratchCiv known as "Midway." The territory was chosen due to the fact that the spruce woods resembled the terrain in Chungia - specifically Wabbittown (ScratchCiv).

The colonial officer put in charge to oversee infrastructural operations on New Midway was Orhint. He was an avid player of ScratchCiv and built the original Midway there. Accompanied with him was Magnileve, the leader of Chungia in ScratchCiv. As news of the colony spread, an influx of newfriend citizens (brought over by DapperBug25) joined and headed to New Midway to help build the new city of Wabbittown (Non-ScratchCiv).

Five days later the Provincial act was passed, formalizing the establishment of New Midway as a province of Capeland (alongside Cape Cocoa).

The Landa Crisis
On May 7th, 2021, keuradeurva (infamous for his contribution to the shutdown of ScratchCiv) replied to AK's reddit post regarding the new claims of New Midway. At first Derv wanted to join the nation as a citizen, but due to the fact that many citizens (including former doxxing victims) did not feel comfortable with his presence, he was rejected citizenship and asked to settle elsewhere. Since then Derv has settled land north of Lambat and west of Potistan in the hopes of starting the nation of Landa. He has given Capeland the derogatory term of "Copeland" since then to spite its inhabitants, among attempts to incite grief on the discord server and persistent inquiries of Cocoian affairs.

On May 10th, 2021, Derv pinged @everyone on the discord server, causing widespread chaos and led to his banning on the server. Later a suspected alt would attempt to re-enter the server but the alt was recognized promptly.

On May 11th, 2021, Derv griefed Cape Cocoa by destroying reinforced blocks and containters, slaughtering livestock, and stealing items. The most widespread form of damage was the breakage of doors; likely in an attempt to rob its residents of any valuables they may possess. A "kill on sight" order was issued by Prime Minister AK to the public and to the people of Capeland, stating that "keuradeurva is NOT welcome back in Capeland" and that a POS will be issued if malignancy is kept up. Soon after that announcement, Derv attempted to travel by rail to raid Cape Cocoa. Luckily, his travels brought to the attention of the President of Lambat, Kaprediem, and the residents at Cape Cocoa were notified of his arrival.

When Derv arrived at Cape Cocoa's makeshift railstation, a skirmish occurred between defenders AK & Eloc and belligerent keuradeurva. AK was slain first due to a malfunctioning mouse, however Eloc ended up killing Derv and confiscated his items for citizen usage. A POS order was shortly issued afterward.

Soon afterward, Derv got pearled by k0mmi, according to Yodabird19, and his pearl was promptly transferred to Columbia. Though derv continues to play on the server, and despite the continued insults toward Capeland, a temporary end was put to the terrorist acts of keuradeurva.

Since the derv incident, Cape Cocoa has taken up more efforts in defending its nation, including the replacement of snitches, as well as the setup of a city bastion.

Structure
Capeland is a Parliamentary Republic, meaning that representatives of Parliament are elected by the public to perform legislative and executive action. Representatives of Parliament can propose bills and hold votes to pass bills, after which they are sent to the Grand Court to be reviewed, signed, and officially passed as law.

The leader of Parliament, the Prime Minister, also serves as the head of foreign matters, and is the sitting officer of the capital city.

A general election is held every month for Representatives of Parliament (Prime Ministers are voted every two months). Up to three Representatives may be elected per precinct of any province (additionally, one Representative may be assigned to each layer in Cape Cocoa), and two Representatives may be elected per colony (if any) of Cape Cocoa. A Representative of one precinct may not Represent multiple precincts, but can represent multiple layers within their own precinct.

Up to three Justices may be appointed in the Grand Court. If any spots are vacant, Justices may be elected in a general election. A sitting Justice who serves the longest consecutive term is called the Senior Justice, and signs documents on behalf of the entire court.

Officers are appointed to colonial holdings and other territories like Provinces of Capeland. Officers are elected in the same cycles as Parliament Representatives and also gain a seat in Parliament. Only one officer may be assigned to a territory at a time.

Cape Cocoa
Cape Cocoa is the capital city of Capeland. It is located in and on a wooded cliff in the shallow Southeast of the map (+, +). It encompasses territory formerly owned by Lenin Isle, as well as a mesa island north of the mainland and the desert south. The infrastructure of Cape Cocoa does extend beyond solid ground; as some buildings are also built on the side of the cliff as well as on the shallow shores.

Precincts
As of May 1st 2021, there are four precincts within Cape Cocoa's borders.


 * The Proper, or Cape Cocoa Proper, is the main part of Cape Cocoa and is the most densely populated precinct. It is named due to it being the centralized area, as well as being the site of its first buildings.

The building style here is more town-like, and consists of many wooden structures built out of oak, dark oak, and stone brick.


 * Southmarket, aptly named, covers the region south of The Proper, and is planned to be a more urbanized area of Cape Cocoa. A large arch bridge extends out to the east of Southmarket, splitting itself in half to allow passage into the precinct before further extending into eastern Crownest.


 * Crownest is the largest precinct of Cape Cocoa, and is currently undeveloped territory. Plans of establishing parks and conservation areas are being made in an effort to preserve the roofed woods that grew naturally here. The first sightings of Crowzen the Stone Man were made here, though most of his sightings are in The Proper or Southmarket.

Additionally, as of May 11th 2021 there is unorganized territory south of Southmarket precinct, covering the entire desert.
 * Elonorth, named after Eloc and Northstar, is a mesa that is located on an island north of mainland Cape Cocoa. It was chartered by Northstar with the prospects of setting up a mob farm; in particular a blaze and skeleton farm due to spawners being found in the region. Elonorth is also Cape Cocoa's main source of terracotta.

Layers
The territory owned by Cape Cocoa is additionally split into three layers. This unique sectorization policy is a result of the terrain of Cape Cocoa, and the objective of maximizing the efficiency of the land.


 * The Upstairs layer encompasses the top overground layer on cliffside land. Most tourist attractions are usually located Upstairs.


 * The Underground layer takes up the space between the Upstairs and Downstairs layers. Due to its size, the Underground is split into two sublayers:
 * The Trenches are the upper-tier, and consist mainly of lower-classmen residences and industrial areas.
 * The Strongholds are the lower-tier, and are planned to have Downstairs residences and transportation tunnels.


 * The Downstairs layer entails land and shallow waters at the base of cliffside land. Typically docks and floating farms are built here.

New Midway
New Midway is located on a spruce forest further east from Cape Cocoa. It covers territory formerly owned by Carpathia, as well as a desert island west of the mainland that may be coveted by a semi/inactive player.

Precincts
As of May 11th 2021, there is only one precinct in New Midway.


 * Wabbittown claims the central region in New Midway, and only extends out to the borders of the city. No formal border has been established, though one is expected to be zoned by the start of the next election cycle.

Additionally, as of May 11th 2021 there is unorganized territory surrounding Wabbittown. Most of this land is either uncharted or the ruins of Carpathia, however a farm has been settled by SirCrowley at the forested area in the northeast of New Midway.

Wabbittown does not use a Layer system, due to its lack of cliffs and a general non-requirement for such a system.

Demographics
The population of Cape Cocoa as of May 1st, 2021 was at least 12 people. At least 91% of the population consists of brand new players to CivClassics. 50% of Cape Cocoa's population migrated from ScratchCiv, whereas 75% of Cape Cocoa's population came from Scratch in general.

According to a check-up on May 9th, 2021, the population of Cape Cocoa has risen to at least 19 citizens. ~42.10% of citizens came from ScratchCiv, while ~63.16% of the population came from Scratch in general. In addition to known in-game members, many people in the Discord Server are known as observers. They were told about Capeland (and CivClassic in general) by citizens, but choose not to formally join until later.

There is one known non-citizen of Cape Cocoa residing within its borders, that being CrowzenR the mystical Stone Man.

Folklore and Religion
Capeland's constitution mandates the freedom and tolerance of religion. Several religions can and have been practiced and introduced in Capeland.

CrowzenR the Stone Man
CrowzenR, the stone man, is a shadowy mysterious figure whomst we know nothing about other than his stone skin. With this stone skin, he creeps around stone areas trying to remain hidden, yet can commonly be seen peeking around corners. Nothing is known about this character, yet he has been spotted around cape cocoa many times. Because of this, Northstar created a statue T-posing over the waters to appease our shadowy friend and to intimidate those who might cross us. If any information is known about this indivicual, we would really like to know.

Lambat
During the Landa Crisis, Lambat provided aid to Capeland by detecting keuradeurva's whereabouts via rail snitches. A non-military friendship treaty was drafted by Kaprediem on May 16th, 2021, and its terms were approved by Parliament on the same day. A plot of land in Southmarket Heights is reserved for the construction of a Lambatan Embassy.

Icenia
Aside from some purchases made in the city, a rail connection to 0,0 was made by Archie, which helped to connect the two nations as well as set up Cape Cocoa's connections to the rest of the world. Additionally, Icenian resident Oniii_Chan provided Capeland with a stack each of free ice and packed ice, so Cocoian perception of Icenia is generally positive.

Imperial Truidence
Despite ObtainableSpat's initial impressions of Cape Cocoa as an ill-fated OMN, there has been an agreement between Truidencian resident SirTwiggles and Prime Minister AK to build a Bezian temple in Cape Cocoa. Currently the construction is in its planning phase.

The Traveller's Inn
The Traveller's Inn is a dark oak structure located near the cliffisde of The Proper. It is the first building built in Cape Cocoa, and serves as a resting point for travellers as well as temporary lodging for new arrivals.

The Candlesmith Café
The Candlesmith Café is a cafe built by klabss on the top of a flattened hill in The Proper. Though currently under construction, it is notable because it references a Scratch project of the same name. The café also doubles as klabss' house.

Town Hall
The Town Hall is located at the base of the heights in the western part of The Proper. It is the building in which the Constitution of Cape Cocoa was drafted in, as well as where most government activities take place.

Southmarket Bridge
Southmarket Bridge is a bridge that connects The Proper, Southmarket, and Crownest together. There was an incident where the bridge was unintentionally extended by an unknown individual, resulting in an overhang and the destruction of a hill. Prime Minister AK ordered the destruction and/or rebuilding of the end, though no formal action has take place yet.

The Southmarket Bridge and Underpass is the heart of the soon-to-be established University of Cape Cocoa.

Southmarket Heights
Featuring a stunning view of the sea below and some amenities such as an XP factory, Southmarket Heights is also the planned site of foreign embassies and as such is a center of cultural blending in Cape Cocoa.

The Light House
his very cool and amazing build, built by Eloctrasyd, is a beacon of hope to oncoming sea travelers. It is located on the coast around the lower district.