Kingdom of Fish

The Imperial Kingdom of Fish, commonly known as Fish (/Fi-sh/) was a casual and friendly building focused nation on CivClassic located mainly in the North-Eastern (+-) with the exceptions being the cities of Kraken, located in the South East (+ +) and Nymph, located in the South West (- +) quadrants. Formed on June 2nd, it was a successor state to The Kingdom of Wyvern on CivUniverse, and the kingdoms of Nymph and Kraken earlier on CivClassic. Fish aimed to be a friendly and casual buildfriend nation and a place for its citizens to relax in a stress-free environment. It was made due to Wyvern citizens wanting a new nation on CivClassics after the shutdown of CivUniverse and as such is mainly made up of Wyvern and Nymph Citizens, though they also welcomed a number of of new citizens. Fish culture is very similar to Wyvern culture and as such Melons are considered a holy item to the Fish folk.

Imperial Goverment
Formerly a dual monarchy with the__druid as its empress and Seekinq as its emperor before the__druid got kicked out, it is now solely ruled by Emperor Seekinq who served as King of Nymph-Kraken and for a small time as King of Wyvern. Fish is split between the Western Isles, two small farming islands which host the Fish potato farm; The Greater Cora Area, which serves as the Imperial Capital; The Imperial Peninsula, which is the region directly outside of Cora, home to many houses and farms; The Goldfish Territory and the Axolotl Territory, two eastern territories home to vast forests; and the Catfish Territory in the north, home to a bay which was be home to a new settlement. As well as governing the Fish mainland the Imperial Kingdom also governs the old cities of Nymph, a Victorian themed city located in the South West (- +) quadrant of the map; and Kraken, an old medieval themed city built on the first few months of the server in 2017 located in the South East (+ +) quadrant of the map.

Imperial Council
Seekinq - Emperor of Fish, Kraken and Nymph and Imperial Architect

trinitymelons - Melon Fish and Lord of Fish

ItzJoshs - Lord of Fish

kiimmy - Lord of Fish

Honourary Titles:

Empress/Queen of Fish - the__druid

King Fish Man - Tomattan

Emperor
When Fish was founded it was a dual monarchy shared between the__druid and Seekinq. However following the__druid getting pearled and kicked out from Fish they were stripped of their rank and Seekinq assumed full control. Seekinq served as King of Nymph and the 1st King of Wyvern before founding Fish, while the__druid was a new player only joining during CivUniverse before moving to CivClassics. After Fish integrated its old territories of Nymph and Kraken Seekinq became Emperor of Fish, Kraken and Nymph.

Diplomacy
Fish was a friendly nation open to forging closer ties with many nations. At end of the server Fish's official diplomatic relations were as following:

Friendship and Mutual Defense with the Federal Republic of Acadia

Membership in the UNC

Treaty of Friendship with Vestlige

Capital City
Cora, the capital city was a large and colourful city with a mix of traditional Indonesian styles and Khajiit styles from the Elder Scrolls videogame series, located at x 6380 z -9640. It featured the Imperial Palace, home to the Emperor; The Melon Temple, a place of worship for Melonism Followers; the Imperial Library; the Factory Building; and many residential buildings.

Fish Mainland
Fish was located in the North East of the map, east of Acadia and west of Nipplerock. The capital Cora was located on some islands bordered by the Bay of Cora to the north and the Sea of Fish to the south named "The Greater Cora Area", just south of the Imperial Peninsula, a peninsula on the side of the Mainland, home to many fields and houses as well as the Temple on the edge of the Peninsula, where the original Fish settlers first set up camp.

To the north of the Imperial Peninsula was the Sea of Melons, with sprawling vineyards along the coast; to the south was the Sea of Fish; and in the south-east the Imperial Peninsula was bordered by the Bay of Trout. To the east of the Imperial Peninsula were the Gold Fish and Axolotl Territories, with the Bay of Sakana in the south and the Canal of Sakana at the end of the bay connecting it to the Nipplerock Sea which bordered the entire eastern coast of the mainland to the north-west of the Axolotl Territory. To the west of the Imperial Peninsula lay the Western Isles of Shrimp Isle; Bass Isle; and the Rainbow Trout Archipelago in the Sea of Melon.

Nymph
Nymph was located in the South West ( - +) of the map. Nymph City was located in the very west of Nymph and was the most western point of the Imperial Kingdom. Almost opposite to the mainland, most of Nymph featured valleys of plains surrounded by massive cliffs. In the middle of Nymph lay the Nymph Farms, vast fields of farmland; and on the east side of Nymph was a deep valley filled with mushroom houses. Nymph bordered the Commonwealth to the north and Southshire to the east.

Kraken
Kraken was located in the South East ( + + ) of the map, almost directly south of the mainland and was filled with lush forests and jungles filled with vines with many coves and bays along the coast. The old town of Kraken was on the very north coast in a bay surrounded by hills with structures carved into them. South of the old town was the City of Serpent, a wooden town on the coast. Across the sea from Serpent was an island that was home to tree farms and south of the main Kraken territory was the Castle of Verona across the sea surrounded by mountains on all sides. Kraken bordered Nro'Meagh to the west.

Before Fish | April 23th - June 2nd |
Following the shutdown of CivUniverse Wyvern, earlier known as Nymph-Kraken on CivClassic, was looking for a place to play again. After some consideration, on the 2nd of June, Seekinq, Duke of Wyvern along with the__druid, a Plexian friend on CivUniverse, decided to return to CivClassic. They originally tried to settle on some islands on the coast of Nymph in the - + that used to belong to them, without realizing that during the time since Nymph was last active those islands had been taken by IMC. They were swiftly told those islands were claimed and after talks with IMC they eventually decided to move up to the + - near Wyvern's old allies of Acadia, who had informed them about the large amount of unclaimed land up in that region.

Early Fish History | June 2nd - October 10th |
Seekinq arrived on June 2nd on a peninsula, which would later become known as the Imperial Peninsula and become home to a temple celebrating the founding of the Kingdom of Fish. Shortly after his arrival, Seekinq announced in the Wyvern discord and on the CivClassics subreddit that they had founded a new nation on CivClassics to chill on over the summer. Construction began quickly on the Imperial Capital, Cora. On the 11th of June a few promotional posters were posted to the CivClassic reddit page, celebrating the establishment and development of Fish. On the 16th of June Fish signed a friendship treaty with Acadia. On the 17th of June Fish expanded its claims adding the Axolotl, Gold Fish, and Betta Fish Territories, and the Western Isles to its claims. On the 20th of June fish announced its first Fish Festival for the 9th of July with big prizes.

1st Fish Festival Prizes

 * Druid won 1st place in the Tournament, winning a Prot Set, Fish Banner and the Tournament Gold Medal.
 * Seekinq won 2nd place in the Tournament, winning 32 diamonds, Fish Banner and the Tournament Iron Medal. Seekinq refused his diamond prize and they were instead given to SirFrenchie in third place.
 * SirFrenchie got 3rd place in the Tournament, Winning 64 iron, the Tournament Stone Medal and the 32 diamonds from 2nd place.

Cortwade also won the Pig Racing as well as SirFrenchie winning the parkour. On the 1st of July Fish signed an alliance treaty with Acadia. On the 12th of July the__druid and JayTeeR were kicked out of Fish for alt raiding. With the Empress being kicked from the nation Seekinq took full control of the nation as its sole Emperor and put the full focus of the kingdom into building. Many buildings in Cora appeared during this time and the city was nearing a completed state. The rest of the summer was mostly spent building both Cora and the Imperial Peninsula up, and many flower fields were built along the Peninsula during this time. On the 29th of July Fish signed a friendship treaty with Vestlige and on the 12th of August joined the Plus-Minus Concordat with Acadia, Mythril, City of England and Sussex, with Kallos and Jomsviking joining later. On the 4th of September the Betta Fish Territory was transfered to East Columbia.

Fish Golden Era | October 10th - December 11th |
On October 10th the first ship of the Imperial Fish Navy was constructed; the IFS Serpent was the biggest ship in the Imperial Navy and was stationed in Cora. Shortly after the IFS Kraken was built as well; a smaller ship also stationed in Cora. The Market Square was also completed around this time and served as the economic hub for the Kingdom. During this time Fish's claims were once again updated to include the new Catfish territory. which saw the old Empress the__druid rejoining as a citizen in the new territory. Fish also celebrated Halloween posting this to the subreddit. On the 13th of November Fish officially integrated the old territories of Nymph and Kraken into the Imperial Kingdom with reduced claims, this saw Seekinq become Emperor of Fish, Kraken and Nymph, and after the disolution of the Borough of Nymph-Kraken in the Commonwealth all three kingdoms were united into a single nation. On the 20th of November the Second Fish Festival was announced, which was the biggest event ever held in Fish, featuring Boat Racing, Hide and Seek, Tournament, Pig Racing and Parkour, and seeing lots of players from all across the map visiting. The festival saw the following win each game:

Boat Racing

 * ItzJoshs won 1st place on the Boat Race, Fish's Boat Racing champion and won 32 diamonds, Fish Banner and the Boat Racing Gold Medal.
 * Enimboy won 2nd place on the Boat Race, winning 8 diamonds, Fish Banner and the Boat Racing Iron Medal.
 * trinitymelons won 3rd place on the Boat Race, winning 32 iron, Fish Banner and the Boat Racing Stone Medal.

Hide and Seek

 * Sdorr won 1st place on the Hide and Seek, Fish's Hide and Seek champion and won 96 diamonds, Fish Banner and the Hide and Seek Gold Medal.
 * Wassenaar won 2nd place on the Hide and Seek, winning 16 diamonds, Fish Banner and the Hide and Seek Iron Medal.
 * Yergo won 3rd place on the Hide and Seek, winning 8 diamonds, Fish Banner and the Hide and Seek Stone Medal.

Tournament

 * MechanicalRift won 1st place on the Tournament, Fish's Tournament champion and won 128 diamonds, Fish Banner and the Tournament Gold Medal.
 * Yergo won 2nd place on the Tournament, winning 32 diamonds, Fish Banner and the Tournament Iron Medal.
 * Asuramaru won 3rd place on the Tournament, winning 16 diamonds, Fish Banner and the Tournament Stone Medal.

Pig Racing

 * MechanicalRift won 1st place on the Pig Racing, Fish's Pig Racing champion and won 32 diamonds, Fish Banner, Imperial Carrot on a Stick and the Pig Racing Gold Medal,
 * tree_duckling won 2nd place on the Pig Racing, winning 8 diamonds, Fish Banner and the Pig Racing Iron Medal.
 * MetalHusband won 3rd place on the Pig Racing, winning 32 iron, Fish Banner and the Pig Racing Stone Medal.

Parkour

 * MechanicalRift won 1st place on the Parkour, Fish's Parkour champion and won 64 diamonds, Fish Banner and the Parkour Gold Medal.
 * Creepi0n won 2nd place on the Parkour, winning 16 diamonds, Fish Banner and the Parkour Iron Medal.
 * enimboy won 3rd place on the Parkour, winning 32 iron, Fish Banner and the Parkour Stone Medal.

The Second Fish Festival was considered a great success and was the largest event held in Fish, Kraken, Wyvern or Nymph so far. After the festival ended Nebula was pearled on the Melon Road which passed under East Columbia. On the 22nd of November Fish officially withdrew from the Plus-Minus Concordat following the Jomsviking - City of England Incident. Shortly after the collapse of the Plus-Minus Concordat Fish signed a friendship treaty with the City of England. On the 26th of November Fish completed it first ice road stretching 4.5k blocks to the south to the Colony of trinitymelons. On the 1st of December Fish joined the new United Northern Congress and remained in it until the end of the world. On the 5th of December the Christmas Decorations went up in Cora with a snowstorm arriving and covering the city in snow. On the 11th of December Seekinq made a statement regarding the End of the World."'Well lads its nearing an end, 4.5 years of CivClassics, pretty crazy looking back on it. I'd like to thank you all for the memories over the past 4.5 years from Kraken to Nymph and Finally to Fish, Its been fun' - Seekinq"Fish briefly reformed into the Kingdom of Dolphin, however this did not last long and shortly after they announced that would no longer be playing CivRev and reformed back into Fish. Fish and Wyvern then reformed into the High Kingdom of Griffin for CivMC.

Culture
Much of Fish's culture was carried over from Wyvern during the migration over to CivClassics. This Includes the love for Melons, and as such Melonism was considered the state religion of the Kingdom and Melons were considered a very important and holy item to Fish folk. Fish folk often greeted other Fish folk and visitors by throwing them some Fishy Melons, with a few Fish people spreading them around the map thorugh gift boxes filled with Melons and other Fish Goodies. Aside from Melons, Fish was very focused on building a casual and chill buildfriend environment.

Holidays
Fish celebrated the Fishy Melon Festival from May 1st to the 7th, with people coming from even the other side of the map to visit it. Fish also celebrated National Pig Day on the 8th of July, as well as hosting events on irl holidays.