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'''Caledonia''' iswas a friendly trade nation in the [[+,+ (CivClassic 2.0)|+,+]] quadrant of [[CivClassic 2.0|CivClassics]], founded in August of 2018 by [[Wingzero54]] and [[meat312]], both of whom arewere [[Yoahtl]] ex-pats.

It iswas connected by rail to [[Iria]], [[Pripyat]], [[Entrana]], [[Freedonia]], and the former [[Brotherhood of Steel]]. It iswas connected to the 0,0 - [[Mir]] rail through the Iria rail; to [[Vinland]], [[Yoahtl#New Yoahtl City|New Yoahtl City]], and [[Westminster]] through [[Entranan Republic|Entrana]].

It iswas well known for being a welcoming nation full of nice people and for its Securemall, the whitelisted shopping building that requiresrequired pre-approval to access to purchase enchanted diamond tools, armor, and weapons.

Caledonia welcomeswas anya welcoming nation for new players looking to get started, theirboasting a experienced playerbaseplayer isbase idealthat for helping teachhelped new players to learn about the server mechanics.

The '''Stone Age settlers''' were mysterious peoples who built primitive structures both above and underground. Among them was [[Kuhlcow]], who built clay houses down in the seldom traveled depths of the central mesa. Those that built underground are unknown, with theories ranging from ambitious newfriends to mole people to ancient aliens. Kuhlcow would later join Caledonia and build a house there, though would become inactive soon after. His house still stands as it is deemed particularly aesthetically pleasing despite his long absence.

The notable '''Iron Age settler''' was a player by the name of [[Aamon]]. He built a small house and a wheatfarm, but went inactive for a very long time. He later returned to his house and farm torn down, superseded by the Caledonian XP Wheat farm. He would also join Caledonia and tell stories of the subterranean ruins he found in which the unknown Stone Age Settlers lived.

A notable development was a giant wheat field on the Southern Island, built by the great Irian builder [[Retyu]], which would later be claimed over by Caledonia.

Caledonia had its' roots in [[Yoahtl]], dreamt up by Yoatlan citizens who had grown disillusioned with the functions and operations of the Yoahtl government. Wingzero54 had served as Councillor for two terms and Deputy Alcuahtl throughout one of those terms. Meat312 served as Councillor for one term.

Both had different, but similar, reasons for wanting to leave Yoahtl. The endless government battles on policy and menial details alone was enough to drive anybody insane. Wingzero54 had spent his first council term attempting to push through governmental reforms, and after meeting an impenetrable wall in the form of Dr_Oracle[[Dr Oracle]], spent his second council term coming to grips with how he could function in the Yoahtl government. Eventually Wingzero54 found that he could not stand Yoahtl anymore, his own views on government and operations being so different from Yoahtl's. One aspect which drove a wedge was Yoahtl's deeply ingrained policy of isolation, and for a long time, unwillingness to actively bring in new players.

Wingzero54 and Meat312 had gotten to know each other first by working together in the Prot business. Meat312 hashad been a mainstay in the Prot trade since he started on the server, and Wingzero54 had the ambition of selling discounted prot 3 instead of prot 4. He worked with meat312 to learn the trade and while he ended up just selling Prot 4 (making Prot 3 is just untenable), he forged bonds of friendship with meat312.

After a couple months in Caledonia, and the founding of the capital, Aberdeen, Meat312 began advertising his wares again for players all across the server to come buy prot and tools in Caledonia. A couple alt raiders hit Aberdeen, craft_2_kids (to this day an unknown alt that hashad never logged in again) got away with multiple sets of prot and weapons and assumedly dropchested them outside of Caledonia where another account picked them up, or they arewere waiting to be grabbed perhaps still to this day. After this raid we overhauled the prot and tool sales, but several restricted inventory and access which hurt sales. Erutara attempted to raid, but was caught in the act by Wingzero54 who, expecting a naked random, instead found a fully geared and potted account which proceeded to wipe the floor with Wingzero54. N3ptune would later admit to being Erutara some months later.

In response to the alt raids to Aberdeen, and with Mir expanding their own claims, Caledonia decided to expand its' claims to meet the borders of Mir and enable them to expand their snitch grids. [https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/a17ypd/caledonia_expanded_claims/ It was announced November 2018 on the subreddit].

A renaissance would come to Caledonia, however, with the concurrence of several events. A secure shopping mall was designed and constructed, the current home of the prot, tool and weapon sales of Meat312. It iswas whitelisted to control access to the shopchests. New players arrived in the form of HenryDraton, of MtA, who decided to leave MtA after the fall of Godomasta and failure of that administration. Fredhun14, longtime friend of Wingzero54 from a previous server, became active in minecraft again and joined CivClassic. After constructing many XP farms, Fred would go on to construct his castle, ''Castle Vroengard'', one of the largest ongoing projects in Caledonia to this day. Fred was also made a government official this time, being given the title "Praetor", a title which had previously belonged to Scouter9001.

Caledonia annexed the [[Brotherhood of Steel]], [https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/bzd7u9/the_brotherhood_has_joined_caledonia/ announced June 2019 on the subreddit]. The two nations had been working together since the Brotherhood of Steel moved into old Freedonia, and the consolidation of small +,+ nations iswas seen as being good for the overall health and activity of the quadrant. Hockey328, one of these integrated citizens from the BoS, would go on to become a government official after a single month, being given the title "Legate".

Among Caledonia's activities among the war, two stood out more than others: the courageous acts of Wateroo and the pearling of Hockey. Wateroo, in an attempt to gather intel and frustrate the enemy, had himself exile-pearled by [[Icenia]], exploring the enemy ice roads using the account SpecialAgentH2O. He also spied on the enemy vault, watching them build up their fortifications. This greatly irritated the Obby Bombers. Due to his prominent activities, many other players at this time named their fresh alts some variant of "SpecialAgent(Chemical Formula)". He also received the Icenian medal of honor. Hockey, stationed near in [[Lusitania (CivClassic 2.0)|Lusitania]] near the frontline, was caught off guard by a counter attack from the Obby Bombers, being AFK when they arrived and pearled despite his combat prowess. He tried to flee to [[Coventhia]], but was caught and trapped while running through [[Corvus]]. He would later be broken out when the Bomber Vault was broken.

The majority of February came and went very quietly otherwise, with more new players joining up and old ones fading into the dust. Fred had built more buildings on his new island and has contracted SwordMaster to build several bridges from his castle to the new islands with four planned in total. Even though all was quiet in Caledonia, they would play a part in the formation of an Eastern forum to discuss improving the East to make it more desirable to newfriends. This would be known as the Eastern Prosperity Association (or EPA for short), with many Eastern nations joining shortly after formation. Many people agreed that new infrastructure would be extremely helpful, although immediately a split arose: whether to build a new international city or not. It was suggested that a way to attract more newfriends would be to build a large sprawling city, similar to [[Mount Augusta|MTA]] or [[Icenia]], as the luster of such a grand city was determined as one of the main reasons newfriends liked to flock to those nations. However, some were opposed to it, and the discord discussion heavily devolved into chaos and extreme polarization ''very'' quickly. Those who wanted the city therefore pulled the project back from the EPA and made it it's own thing, still promising the centralized international station that everyone, including the opposition, wanted. Notably, several Caledonians liked the idea of this project and few pledged resources or labor towards the project. There have been a couple new houses popping up in Aberdeen, but nothing extreme like what happened at the beginning of the year in the capital.

Due to the recent focus on Corinth and with all the new growth there, Wing had decided to effectively build new factory and government storage infrastructure in the novel city, thereby designating Corinth as the new center of activity of Caledonia as a result. As the Month of May came and went with spring along with it, minor improvements were made here and there, with business otherwise usual. SwordMaster continued to chug away at terraformingTerraforming the desert, a task that was proving to be long and arduous, but with much sand cleared away, prospects were looking good for a new big project with all that free real estate. Figuring the terrain of the cleared desert was mostly destroyed anyway, SwordMaster would flatten and pave much of the cleared area was flattened and paved in an effort to allow an easy build space, especially for big builds. A plan was formulated for this area to be used for an amusement park, with tons of fun activities such as spleef or king of the ladder. The paved desert would prove itself very desirable in such a prospect. It was even dreamed that this place could one day host a Caledonian [[Olympics]] (an idea that was oddly enough scrapped by Wingzero several months earlier) but for now, it would just be a place to promote more in-game interaction. Somewhere in mid-May, leaked plans of a possible [[Nro'Meagh]] invasion into the majority of the Southeast quadrant brought up the possibility of claiming new land should this come to fruition. The attack was called off after talks between Nro'Meagh and Adina. After much internal discussion on whether new land should be claimed anyway, it was decided that the island in between North Corinth and the Snow Island Farms would be added to Caledonia claims. After a long period of frustration with events in the server, SwordMaster would quit Civ in June. The Red Scare multipurpuse building was constructed to house public enchantment tables, and a cafe. A small building was added near the Corinth train station to house newfriends as they began their first days on the server.

Three swamp islands were purchased in the west, nearer to 0,0 than any Caledonian land before. Old, abandoned buildngs were repurposed into factories and warehouses for new farms being added in the area. Major crops included cocoa beans, vines, sugarcane, bamboo and jungle logs. Arrelani iswas a territory of Caledonia, and though it iswas brand new, the location iswas highly strategic. There are three known End portals in Civ Classic, one of which was nestled underneath a newly aquired swamp island. Darthorangejuice, a citizen who joined the server in late February dug an inverted pyramid to the portal in the overworld for better accessiblity. In the End, she started reconstruction of sections of [https://imgur.com/a/ZDWBG Peter's Castle], the fortress surrounding the original portal out of the End, which had seen many separate waves of obby bombing and griefing.

To enter Arrelani by rail you must either take 0,0 to the end portal or take the connection from the W to E rail that crosses 0,0. A station iswas set up in the small town of Farmville, and hashad a connection line to the capitol city of End Gate, which features tree bridges connecting buildings along the sky instead of ground paths.

=== Oligarchy (SeptermberSeptember 2020 - PresentDecember 2021) ===

Darth held Spookdonia, a three day Halloween-themed building competiton open to server wide participation at the end of October. Invertedmind and GetMadLJ have been revitalizing Corinth's South side, building the first honey block farm in the nation, and turning desert mesa into a green "astroturf" area. Aamon had returned from hiatus to build tunnels around Aberdeen for secret passage through the country. Newfriend Sloth had been building a new town in the Lost Hills, north west of Aberdeen.

Caledonia hashad a nice variety of biomes, consisting of savanna, red desert, sunflower plains, roofed forest and mesa. The amount of plains and forest area are small compared to the much more drier biomes, making Caledonia an arid and hot nation. The plains and forests it does have arewere vital biomes in Calednonian xp production.

Caledonia borders [[Iria]], the [[Communist Cities Caretaker-Protectorate|CCCP]] (Oblast Provincia), Plagadonia, Asahigaoka, and [[Mir]].

While there arewere no set administrative divisions within Caledonia, there seems to be several culturally and geographically distinct areas.

Aberdeen iswas the capital of Caledonia and the national rail hub, being the home of Central Station. It is spread across a cluster of several of the sparse lush biomes of the nation, being spread out across a roofed forest, a savanna, and a sunflower plains. It contains many great landmarks besides the already noteworthy Central Station, such as the Caledonia Library, the expansive Castle Vroengard, and the opulent HenryDraton's Palace, though the latter two are stillwas under construction. The Securemall, a serverwide famous shopping center, can be found in the Western outskirts of the city, seperated from the rest of Aberdeen by the dense dark oak trees and hills of Aberdeen Forest. It's prevalent architectural style iswas Medieval European, although more modern looking builds have popped up here and there as the city hashad developed.

Corinth ishad been a new city in the western plains of the mainland and the current center of activity in Caledonia. A few houses and other builds, such as a museum. While it was originally intended to have a Greco-Roman aesthetic, this was changed to a more modern aesthetic in order to easier facilitate builds. Some of the first buildings built were built before this change, however, leading to certain builds having a more classical flavor. It ishad been situated upon another Sunflower Plains in the Northern section of the town, whereat the city center will probably be, which hashad been covered with a loose forest in order to make it feel greener. To the South isthere was a large Red-Sand Desert that hashad been almost completely stripped of all its sand for the production of XP. This Desertdesert iswas in the process of being terraformed, being covered over in dirt and having a sizable lake (named Lake Rubicon) constructed in the middle to increase aesthetic value.

The Northwest region of Caledonia iswas shrouded in mystery and ishad been widely regarded by longtime residents as haunted. It contains a savanna biome with sparse, abandoned buildings, half of the savanna being a normal savanna with a small ravine, and the other half being the incredibly chaotic shattered savanna variant, known for its extreme land generation. Local legend has itsaid that any newfriends seeking to tame these unholy lands goes inactive forever more, never to return.

The Southeast iswas the most remote region of Caledonia, due to the majority of it being the Southern Island which ishad been covered inby a near-inhospitable mesa. The Peninsula iswas more palatable, except that it stretches a long distance out from the nearest city. The current most developed place in the region iswas Wheatland, a large wheat field built by the Irian Retyu in the savanna of the Southern Island.

New islands were aquired at coordinates +1849, +280 to expand farm production and create a new project for current players to use their accumulated wealth to establish a new territory and hopefully grow it into a new nation in the future. The end portal on the northwestern island was claimed as well and renovated to fit this change. Most houses built hear arewere in large player-made trees with connecting mid-air bridges between them. There areThe rail lines from a hub east of 0,0 which run directly to the small town Farmville, and from Farmville a player can take a rail to the capitol of End Gate. <br />

Prot 4, enchanted tools, and weapons arewere all big exports for Caledonia. Meat312 is a renowned producer of enchanted goods, all of which arewere available to purchase from securemall in Caledonia once pre-approved for access. Bulk purchases arewere also available - have a big digging job ahead of you? BuyYou could buy 10 pickaxes in bulk to receive an even greater discount!

Obsidian iswas available for purchase as well, produced by Wingzero, Caledonia willwould price match any better offers you can show proof of!. Bulk purchases of obby arewere welcome.

More shops arewere soon being setup in the securemall area, with new offerings like logs, rotten flesh, wool, dandelions, stone, andesite, diorite, granite, and more getting added every day!

Players from all over the +,+ and the server in general travel to Caledonia to purchase these goods, and Caledonia iswas working to improve rail connections to make it easier than ever to access the shops.

After that Caledonia built its' own XP farms to bring production to a local area and reduce reliance on long-distance foreign lands. With the creation of the new farms, Caledonia abandoned YEHXP which now stays under the ownership of GDAN and ishad been available for use to Yoahtl.

Caledonia and [[Iria]] have enjoyed a friendly relationship since Caledonia's inception due to their proximity to each other and their mutual easy-going nature. Caldonia iswas connected to New Iria International Rail Station, which ishad been the main way players from the majority of the map willwould reach Caledonia. There arewere a few spots within Caledonian claims that were built on by Irians before being claimed, such as Wheatland on the Southern Island, which have been respected due to this close relationship.

Caledonia hashad maintained a neutral relationship with [[Adina]] due to a lack of major political events between the two (as well as the great distance between their capitals). Many Adinans travel to Aberdeen in order to shop at the Securemall. The Consuls were at first wary of Adina due to it's links to the now defunct Vitelia, but it seems to Caledonia that Adina hashad grown past that.

Caledonia and [[Mir]] are on good terms with each other, though due to the isolationist nature of Mir, not much trading or discourse happens between the two nations. Mir hashad helped defend Caledonia against raiders before, elevating this relationship from an otherwise neutral status. In addition, they have frequently worked together in military activities around the world due to shared military agendas.

[[The Commonwealth]], despite it's distance, could be considered one of Caledonia's closer allies, mainly due to the friendship between the Consuls and Pergyskeel, the head of the Borough of Taliesin. Caledonia iswas connected to Westminster through the [[ETE]] allowing the states of the Southwestern corner of the map (-+ Quadrant) to come visit with ease. This rail iswas so important that a shortcut rail was dug to bypass going all the way to [[Entranan Republic|Entrana]], effectively cutting off 8 minutes of an otherwise 45 minute trip.

The relationship between Caledonia and [[Yoahtl]] is a complicated one, to say the least. The individual leadership of both countries aren't on particularly good terms with each other, despite sharing an alliance. This iswas due to the schism of leadership in Yoahtl that directly led to the founding of Caledonia when Wing and Meat left. This hashad been particularly exasperated due to a beef between prominent Yoahtlan Neotide and Meat.

Caledonia also hashad a close relationship with [[Southshire]], with the Southshire politician TheGameofLife having Caledonian citizenship. TheGameofLife frequently drops by in the Caledonian discord and was prepared to help defend Caledonia in case of an Obby Bomber attack. Both nations share a desire to keep manageable land claims, another point that links them.

Due to both Caledonia and [[Entente]] being part of the Coalition, Caledonia iswas on friendly if not neutral terms with the various nations of Entente.

Caledonia ishad been also on decent terms with the [[UDF]] due to both being in the Coalition.

Caledonia, as part of the Coalition, hashad been involved in a greater military conflict against the nations of [[NATO]]. Due to this, these relationships are very negative, especially after the Coalition's assault on Pinkerton.