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== History ==
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Acadia was founded prior to and for [[CivUniverse]] by [[Cortwade]], who created the nation largely from [[Norlund|Norlundish]] and [[Adina|Adinan]] culture. Acadia was established to be a safe haven from toxicity and shittery, and a welcoming home for newfriends and casual players. To ensure the nation's security, Acadia became a vassal state of [[Javaya]], which brought protection and guidance in return for potatoes and taxes. As Javaya´s vassal Acadia became involved in the [[Great War (CivUniverse 1.0)|New Vegas War]] against [[New Vegas]] and its allies, increasing production for Javaya, delivering a few fighters, and enduring raids from New Vegas ally [[Savaguard]].
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''For an overview of election results, see: [[History of Acadia]]''
====== Political System ======
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====== Political Culture ======
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== States, Territories, and Settlements ==
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On CivUniverse, no administrative divisions were official and Acadia was a de facto unitary state. No special or official recognition was given to settlements or territories other than the capital, Turing. On Civclassic however, Acadia had a federal system with administrative divisions, which consisted of Federal Territories, States, Organized Territories, and Unorganized Territories. Unorganized Territories were
▲On CivUniverse, no administrative divisions were official and Acadia was a de facto unitary state. No special or official recognition was given to settlements or territories other than the capital, Turing. On Civclassic however, Acadia had a federal system with administrative divisions, which consisted of Federal Territories, States, Organized Territories, and Unorganized Territories. Unorganized Territories were lands that were not directly governed and were for the most part unused. Organized Territories were recognized by the Acadian Parliament as under the local governance of a governor, and were usually OMN-like build projects. An Organized Territory could be promoted into a State if it had three Acadian residents or more, and for the first half of Acadia's history on CivClassic they would then be granted a voting representative in the Senate. The Federal Territories were used for the capital city, New Turing; as well as the northern exclave which was used for national xp-production; and the National Arena, which was situated inbetween the three main settlements at the time of construction (New Turing, Lovelace, and Kanava), highlighting Acadia's federal character. Federal Territories fell under direct discretion of the Senate.
====== Settlements on CivUniverse ======
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Perhaps one of the most loved and respected builds in all of Acadia was the '''Acadia Grand Central Station'''. It was the main transportation hub in Hyperborea, linking all settlements in Hyperborea with each other, and linking the continent to the rest of the server with a direct line to the motherland, Javaya. Built in typical traditional old Turing architecture with brick and stone brick, it's the main representative build of this style. The '''Aston Tower''', built by Cortwade, largely followed these same architectural conventions like most buildings in old Turing. Housing a number of newfriend apartments, it was the tallest building in all of Hyperborea, dominating the old Turing skyline. It represented a move towards urbanization as old Turing was growing quickly in its latest weeks. Another landmark came from the same urbanization rush; the '''Supreme Tribunal''' building by [[Huntwolf]], an example of Acadia's occasional flirtation with quartz. So far it was the only Acadian government building that was ever finished.
'''Landmark Buildings on CivClassic'''[[File:New Turing screenshot.png|thumb|342x342px|The Community Center and the Columbian embassy in New Turing]]The '''Rainbow Row''', built by Bloof, was one of New Turing's most successful residential and commercial projects. As New Turing sat upon a large height difference with the surrounding lake, waterfront development was a challenge; however; the Rainbow Row´s visibility ensured its inclusion in commercial traffic. It eventually became associated with the later rainbow hot air balloon and the gaybar as monuments to Acadia's LGBT community. Another important landmark was the '''National Arena,''' designed by Owain in antiquity inspired architecture, the first major break from traditional Acadian architecture. Situated between the early settlements of New Turing, Lovelace, and Kanava rather than in the capital, it was a monument to Acadia's federalism on CivClassic. Unfortunately, perhaps partly due to its remoteness, it was never put to use. Another building that never quite hit its goal was the unfinished '''Capitol Building''', designed by [[Seekinq]] and central part of Cortwade´s vision for New Turing. As time went on the building became a controversial symbol of inactivity, and it began to highlight struggles with city planning as it clashed with the skybunker and the boulevard descending to the building clashed with kick-back traps. Right before the announcement of the end of the server, a plan for urban renewal was formed which had this entire area removed and rebuilt. Symbol of the same wave of urban renewal was the new '''Community Center''' with factories and large communal storage, built by Uniter
== Foreign Relations ==
Although Acadia's population was traditionally largely in favor of isolationism, against close cooperation with larger powers, and anti-wp sentiments were somewhat common, Acadia's leadership and 'shadow government' was always largely in favor of strong alliances with larger, wp-aligned powers to establish security.
On CivUniverse, matters of foreign policy were largely handled by motherland Javaya, which remained mostly neutral in conflicts throughout the server, save for the end where it, and by proxy Acadia as well, joined the coalition against New Vegas in the New Vegas War. Acadia was part of the Commonwealth of Southern Nations, and oversaw matters on the Hyperborean continent as a guardian of the continent, which was largely populated by newfriends. On CivClassic, Acadia inherited Javaya's good relations with neighbor [[Wyvern]], which was now Acadia's neighbor Fish. A Special Friendship Pact was signed with Fish, granting special citizenship privileges to Acadian and Fish citizens and establishing military and diplomatic cooperation. Together a larger alliance in the +,- quadrant was created; the [[Plus-Minus Concordat|Plus-Minus-Concordat]] (PMC), with [[Sussex]], [[Mythril]], [[City of England]], [[Jomsviking Confederation|Jomsviking]], and [[Kallos]], which lasted until the events of the [[Jomsviking-England Incident]] which destroyed the larger alliance. Additionally, Acadia was an associate member of the [[UDF]], with close ties with Icenia through Acadian and Icenian official Juniortide, and especially Columbia, with which integration into a larger Columbian Federation was considered though ultimately rejected due to suspected lack of popular support.
== Military ==
With only a handful of decent to strong pvpers, Acadia's own military, the Maena-lamen, was relatively weak, though this was partly compensated by a few log-on pvpers from Norlund and Javaya. On CivUniverse, Acadia relied on its motherland Javaya, which took care of matters of foreign policy and defense, but without Javaya on CivClassic, Acadia established military cooperation with Fish and Columbia.
Central to the Acadian defense on CivClassic was the skybunker in New Turing, nicknamed
The official hierarchy of the Maena-lamen was established under Prime Minister Kannon halfway through CivClassic, who sought to mature the Acadian militia, institute a clear chain of command, and to depoliticize
== Gallery ==
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