Arelat: Difference between revisions

|position_title2=Maior Palatii| position_name1 = [[ScandinavianTaco]]

|position_name2=joshyutah|language=Latin (administrative/liturgical) English (common)|motto=Leonum Terrae, Land of Lions|caption2=Map of Arelat| location = {{CoordCR2Coord|1822|-6852|300}}

| discord = [https://discord.gg/fKjpaPz fKjpaPz]

|languages=Latin (Written), English (Spoken)|economic model=Palace Economy}}The '''Dominion of Arelat''' iswas a modest, insular kingdom in the middle of the [[Main Continent|main continent]] of [[CivRealms 2.0]], bordered by [[Dbugingrad]] to the North, [[The Roman Empire]] to the Northeast, [[I.C.O.R.]] to the Southeast, and the contested former lands of [[Savaguard]] to the West.

Arelat was founded on the 9th of February of 2020, [https://old.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/f1fsm9/announcing_arelat_land_of_lions/ announced] and intended to be a small, one man nation serving the purposes of it's leader /u/[[ScandinavianTaco]], an [[Alexandria|Alexandrian citizen]] who first lay claim and founded the kingdom, taking for himself the title of ''Dominus'' and declaring his primacy over the valley which would lend its name. He was joined almost immediately by /u/joshyutah, a like-minded and diligent individual who was quickly awarded the title ''Maior Palatii (''Master of the Palace) indicating his status as being equal in all but name, and the two soon turned the valley of Arelat into a profitable and cozy home, which each player domesticating the Western and Eastern sides of the river respectively.

The initial claims of Arelat consisted of the main valley and the adjacent land immediately to East. The majority of the region was sparsely inhabited, and this set the foundation for further expansion in the months to follow. The second expansion was in the wake of the [[Ez2War]], in which Arelat provided material and modest manual support to [[The Coalition]]. Arelat expanded to claim territory contested directly to the north, which they liberated through the force of their arms.The third expansion came after prolonged negotiations between Arelat and [[Savaguard|Savaguard.]] Savaguard had just completed their controversial annexation of [[Unitas]], a state which had a sparse presence in the region. Arelat, who had been farming and developing the land in their absence, now found itself in a potentially compromised position. However, in exchange for an Arelat Mustang and recognition of Savaguard claims, the King of Savaguard ceded the valley to Arelat, and in doing so further legitimizing their own position.[<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/gc72b3/arelat_in_conjunction_with_savaguard_solidifies/]</ref> Arelat is the only nation to have ever been ceded land from the notoriously expansionist kingdom. The fourth expansion came as a result of negotiations between the nation and [[I.C.O.R.]] and a number of local parties, a negotiation which in part led to the events that culminated in the [[Treaty of Serenity]]. The expansion gave Arelat a river port ofand significantly enhanced the greatkingdom's riverability to access the Southwider world. <gallery>

For reasons beyond the scope of the game, activity in Arelat declined precipitously following May of 2020. The road up to the main castle was torn up and the entrances to the valley were closed. Since then, there has still been occasional activity by the small nation, but beyond repelling a few raids, the kingdom has largely become quiet and recalled itself from international affairs. There were no further expansions, and the nation was deliberately neutral in the [[Great War]]. However, the kingdom did retain some degree of activity, and still upheld its claims when challenged.<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/CivRealms/comments/jcldpi/reclaiming_the_shards_of_savaguard/g929aqc/ 1]</ref>

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