Joseon

境界の西部共和国 (Rōmanji: Kyōkai no seibu kyōwakoku, English: People's Republic of the Western Boundary, Romanian: Republica Populară de Limita de Vest) is a nation in the South-West (-,+) quadrant of CivMC. It has maritime borders with Otonabee, CCTT, and others, and borders a Valyrian exclave to the north and a Myrian exclave to the east.

Start of the World
The People's Republic of Western Boundary got started when CivMC started up for the first time. MrJoCrafter sailed to the south-western world border, and began looking for a place to settle. Eventually he came upon land (later known as the Hearn Islands). He initially claimed 500 blocks from the entire southwestern hemicircle of the World Border, but the claims were eventually scaled down when significantly more hospitable land was found , later re-christened the Forest of Magic.

Western Jungle War
Main Article: Western Jungle War

When overseeing the nation's new claims, MrJoCrafter came upon a mysterious base in what later came to be known as Fire Island. He entered it, and was accosted by TrustThePlan, a raider who had attacked Icarus, Western Boundary, and several other places recently. Immediately afterwards, he was contacted by Figasaur and asked to cede his claim on Fire Island to the then-not well known nation of Blockchainistan. MrJoCrafter reluctantly agreed, but became suspicious at this point both due to Trust's behavior and Figasaur's history of lying and grifting. He organized a secret coalition of nations including Sovia, KOEL, Icarus, and others, and set about making a plan to attack the base, later known as Operation Jungle Scourge. The Operation went off without a hitch and was successful, destroying the base, however no Blockchainistani pearls were gathered. This also angered Rhode Island, to the suprise of JoCrafter due to his assumption they would not back Figasaur due to the evidence gathered against him. Due to Rhodesian threats, the Coalition and Blockchainistan met to mediate the war, both sides agreeing to a ceasefire. Eventually Blockchainistan knew they were had and vacated their -,+ claims entirely, moving to the +,-. Western Boundary reclaimed Fire Island, declaring it Fire Island National Park.

Bergburg-Fempire Union Conflict
Main Article: Bergburg-Fempire War

Western Boundary came into the Bergburg-Fempire War at the request of KOEL, due to the historic ties between Zelmisburg and MrJoCrafter. This would soon prove to be a mistake, as Zelmisburg had vastly overplayed the aggressive actions of the Fempire Union and not done as much diplomacy with them as he claimed. The final straw came when Zelmisburg sneakily asked KOEL to continue the attack even after the Fempire Union capitulated and signed a treaty. Zelmisburg told MrJoCrafter to withdraw, despite not telling ErrorL and his soldiers the same thing. MrJoCrafter showed these messages to ErrorL, and he flipped the fuck out, switching sides and agreeing to help Fempire capture Zelmisburg, along with Western Boundary. This rapid turn of events caused the nation of Bergburg to collapse immediately, its citizens (minus Zelm) and claimed land joining Cordoba. Zelmisburg quit the server after that, likely due to being POS in most of the world.

Kū Conflict Involvement
Main article: Annexation of Kū

After the Annexation of Kū by Estalia, Western Boundary, along with its allies in the ILA, signed on to the embargo treaty established by, of all people, Topaz4293 of Gensokyo. However, not feeling this was strong enough of a statement, MrJoCrafter made a now-deleted post railing against Estalia with the general message that no one should have given them a second chance after what they did on CivClassic. He was immediately banned from CivMC for this, speculated but not confirmed to be due to a statement made about Gregy165. As of the end of July, 2022, Western Boundary continues to have a moderate activity level despite the unwilling departure of its religious and military leader.

Executive Leadership
Western Boundary operates under a dual executive model: the head of state and supreme ruler responsible for high-level administration and approval is the Queen of Makai, ChewLeKitten. The head of government and religious, diplomatic, and legislative leader is the Great Sage of the 22nd Century Reform, SinjoroJoCrafter.

The Senate
The Senate is the legislative body of the Government. Elections are held for 2, 4, or 6 Senators, who serve in the Senate along with the Great Sage. Key: P(assed) F(ailed) V(etoed by the Queen of Makai)

Religion
The official religion of the state is 22nd Century Reformed Shintoism, which is a combination of State Shinto and the lore of the Touhou Project game series. The governing body of this religion is the Organization of the 22nd Century Reform, which is lead by the Great Sage of the 22nd Century Reform, MrJoCrafter. 22nd Century Reform is a mystery religion, and so its practices are not well known outside Western Boundary, or even inside it. However, two aspects of the religion are well known due to their influence on government:

The Secret Sealing Club
The Secret Sealing Club, or the Necromancer's Club in some translations, is a club in an unknown university in 22nd Century Kyoto, Japan. It has only two members; Maribel Hearn and Renko Usami. Their stories are told in vignettes in the liner notes of the ZUN's Music Collection CDs. These two, and Maribel especially, are considered sacred figures of unknown import in the religion. It is speculated but not confirmed that Maribel Hearn is either connected with or a younger version of Yukari Yakumo, another major Touhou character. As for Renko's importance, according to MrJoCrafter himself, "our religion is gay" and "[since] it's based on touhou lore it can't not be [gay]".

Makai and Alice Margatroid
Makai is an alternate dimension within the Touhou Franchise. It is the primary setting of Touhou 5: Mystic Square as well as the origin of one of its major characters, Alice Margatroid. The head of state of the People's Republic of Western Boundary is titled the "Queen of Makai". and the constitution states that the title of Queen of Makai can only be held by a female player. This title relates the Queen of Makai to Shinki, the ruler and creator of Makai in (questionably-canon) Touhou lore. It is also speculated that Shinki is Alice's mother, due to her having been stated to have created everything in Makai, which would necessarily include Alice. This gives Alice and her related iconography a special place within the 22nd Century Reformed (religious) canon. The de-jure capital of the nation is named Bucuresti or Bucharest due to one of Alice Margatroid's epithets: "The Doll Maker of Bucuresti".

Other Culture
Western Boundary culture centers around spamming touhou gifs and propagandizing the Secret Sealing Club especially, as well as appreciating Queen ChewLeKitten's real life cat, Rory.

Comparison with Gensokyo
Western Boundary is often compared to Gensokyo, and sometimes for good reasons. MrJoCrafter sarcastically referred to Western Boundary as "gensokyo but based" in an early recruiting push, possibly taking a jab at Gensokyo's World Police alignment during CivClassic. But despite jokes being made about it from both sides, the two nations are incredibly dissimilar. Both nations have a Japanese aesthetic and are based on the Touhou Project series, but that's about where the similarities end. Western Boundary is Shintoist (or follows a Shinto-based religion, at least), while Gensokyo is Taoist, and both nations use completely different parts of the vast chasm of Touhou lore. This is (incidentally) reflected by the two nations' positioning on the CivMC map, with Western Boundary at the Southwestern edge and Gensokyo at the Southeastern edge.