Yggdrasil

Yggdrasil is a young nation which peacefully transitioned from the independent state of Ansgar on 21 June 2020.

It is comprised of former citizens of both Savaguard and Norlund.

Geography
Yggdrasil contains a number of towns concentrated in the north east of the map.

The former land of Ansgar to the north is cold and barren. The Viking Longhouse and a few other buildings make up Norvansgard. East is Amerssingen, a huge whale skeleton and the Tweetabarrel at the coast. Following said coast towards Norlund's Palaisance you will find the reclaimed land of Vlaardingen and the polders, complete with its lethal canal.

A few transport links take Norvansgard residents out of the old towns to modern Yggdrasil, formed on the virile plains of old eastern Solaria, itself formerly a Savaguard state. This land is valuable farmland and also, being flat, very easy to build on. The main power source of the Kingdom resides here, and was dug by many of its citizens over several weeks.

Old Savaguard states to the west make up the rest of the Yggdrasil claims.

Players
Yggdrasil's King:


 * GraveKeepersGod

Yggdrasil's King's Council:


 * former Ansgar Jarl Shamus the Shameless
 * Motown
 * Bronzex
 * Sir_Grettir

Yggdrasil's Valkyries:


 * Joseph, Prince of Orange
 * Mirakles
 * SpookyScoops
 * Tweetabix, "Spelmeester"
 * NotDrop
 * Solitaire7
 * Antea4204

Prelude
Tweetabix and Joseph joined Norlund in April 2020 under the reign of King Terry, who employed them both, Tweet as an engineering assistant on fortifications and Joseph as a colonist to the recently released Thomas Archipilego.

Shamus, Mirakles and Sir Grettir joined as the Vikings of Ansgar shortly afterward, forming the Norlundic canton of Norvansgard.

Shamus rose to become King of all of Norlund following an election. However, events transpired and Shamus' new group broke away from Norlund. Tweet and Joseph ended up joining Ansgar.

For more information on this period see The Secession of Ansgar.

The Secession of Ansgar resulted in Ansgar annexing Amerssingen, Tereyska in the Thomas Archipelago and the Canton of Norvansgard.

Formation
GraveKeepersGod then offered the new state land as the friendship between his former Savaguardian group and the Ansgar Vikings developed. This was originally known as Solaria.

Due to a series of name contestments, the Vikings elected to reform as the new state of Yggdrasil, the life tree of myths and legends.

It was then also decided that the new state would join the Carbon alliance.

They hoped that the new state would represent a more mature state, willing to let go of all the pain and anger of the past and seek a new peace.

Joseph also bought a plot at CivCorp and they began to build a new commercial development in the city.

Joseph also constructed a replica Twin Towers and everyone in Yggdrasil enjoyed a 4th July American circlejerk, much to the ire of Tweetabix, who took a few days off with irony poisoning.

Formalisation
In July, King Gray decided to leave the Carbon alliance although remains amicable with Carbon leadership.

The original Valkyrie Council of Ansgar gave way to a new King's Council elected by Gray, although Valkyries retained much of their former privileges. The King's Council represents more of the nations that joined as well as the Vikings.

Yoslan of Norlund finally broke away the same week and became a protectorate of Yggdrasil. Although Yoslan remains independent many of their citizens have also opted for dual citizenship.