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'''Caledonia'''
It
It
Caledonia
== History ==
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==== Birth of a Nation (Summer 2018-Summer 2019) ====
Caledonia had its
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]], 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
Time spent together on the council brought Wingzero and Meat closer together, even though they clashed on many ideas. Meat312's dis-illusionment came from frustrations of being Yoahtl's general. There were constant squabbles about how much access Meat should have to government resources and funds, and a constant tug-of-war granting and taking away citadel group permissions. Yoahtl invading [[Laconia]] was the final straw for Meat312. He saw the conflict through to the end, but by then was fully resolved to abandon Yoahtl for a new nation with Wingzero54.
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Wingzero54 and Meat312 spent July preparing the nation, building basic infrastructure before publicly declaring their nation. The announcement came [https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/9cxmoi/yet_another_new_nation_claim_republic_of_caledonia/ in August 2018 on the subreddit]. As previously mentioned, the fall of 2018 was a burgeoning time for the +,+ quadrant with many new nations cropping up.
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
[[File:Cal Claim 2.png|300px|thumb|right|Caledonia Second (and later Fourth) Claims]]
In response to the alt raids to Aberdeen, and with Mir expanding their own claims, Caledonia decided to expand its
Throughout this entire time period Caledonia consisted mainly of just Wingzero54 and Meat312. Scouter9001 moved to Caledonia and played for some time before becoming inactive. Other assorted players joined and quit playing, all attempts at recruitment ending in failure.
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==== An Era of Growth (Summer & Fall 2019) ====
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
[[File:Inside Prot Shop in Securemall.png|alt=Obsidian building with chests displaying values for trades of diamond enchanted tools for diamonds|thumb|300x300px|Securemall Prot Shop selling God tools and armor in exchange for diamonds.]]
[[File:Cal Claim 3.png|300px|thumb|right|Caledonia Third Claims]]
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
[[File:Aberdeen Train Station.png|alt=Stone Brick building which serves as the train station and city square |thumb|400x400px|Aberdeen Train Station and City Square]]
[[File:Upper Level Caledonia Library in Aberdeen.png|alt=Bookshelves full of books from the server's players|thumb|400x400px|Library of Caledonia, upper level seating area and shelves]]
The beginning of August 2019 would bring forth a small newfriend population boom, and with newfriends came new opportunities. Among them was [[SwordMaster7777]], who might be referred to as a "veteran" newfriend due to his time hermitting on Caledonian land for some months, learning much about the server's mechanics (although it wasn't Caledonian when he originally settled there). SwordMaster7777 quickly found his niche as a builder, first decorating the Iria rail tunnel, and then making the Caledonian Library. Another player, 8jaaroud, built the town smithy before proceeding to kick-start his tree-chopping bot initiative.
Wingzero54 had had eyes on the western plains biome for some time as an ideal spot for a new settlement. As opposed to Aberdeen's medieval build aesthetic, this new town would have a Greco-Roman aesthetic along with a matching name: Corinth. By the beginning of September 2019,
While more players were joining, the city of Aberdeen began to expand as well, bringing forth many new builds and the borders of the city expanding quite a bit, to the point where builds were starting to get closer to the Securemall. The old train station began to become crowded as it didn't have enough room for all the current and future lines, and so SwordMaster
As the Autumn of 2019 progressed, Caledonia would continue to benefit from another influx of newfriends with a great deal of new projects happening around Aberdeen. The New Aberdeen Train Station was finally finished with room for 12 separate lines, a vast upgrade from the old station, and one of these newfriends, LordGonner, built a new hotel for newfriends to stay in as the old tavern could no longer hold all the incoming newfriends.
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Around this time, due to the complete integration or inactivity of BoS citizens, it was decided that the territory of Freedonia, now unused, should be let go in order so that somebody else may one day have a better use for it, thereby rendering the Brotherhood of Steel defunct.
[[File:Corinth Forum.png|alt=Building called the forum in corinth which holds small player made shops|thumb|398x398px|Corinth Forum ]]
A small scandal would occur when three Caledonian citizens (Wateroo, Ibis, and Helpmeplease) raided the inactive nation of Pripyat. They would be demoted back to residents and pearld for two weeks for their crimes. As this seemed to be a small one time occurrence of uncondoned raiding, Caledonia would still continue to have a positive reputation, and for the most part free of the growing animosity against the nations of big international alliances that was occurring at this time.
Growth in Caledonia
==== Winter Goes On: The Coalition War and the Holiday Season of 2019 ====
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These nations plus more, in an attempt to find the Obby Bombers Hideout and decommission it, formed a Discord group called the "Cleaning Crew", which was in reference to many of these nations also teaming up to help clean up the obsidian from the previous terror attacks. Here was the formation of the PACMAN Alliance, and many nations lent a great deal of materials and soldiers to this evolving conflict, including Caledonia (though some accounts remained in Aberdeen just in case of another possible attack). They had found the enemy Hideout; a vault erected on the edges of the Holy Jaded Empire and SPQR (referred to as "The Cumdragon") and staged the first assault against the Obby Bombers, beginning what would later be known as the Coalition War. The Obby Bombers, due to this assault, stopped obby bombing, and thus Caledonia was spared of this kind of atrocity for the time being. The Cleaning Crew Discord would later be replaced by a more official war Discord, "OK Bomber" (referring to the meme "OK Boomer" that was popular at this time"). The relevant members of Caledonia joined this Discord as well.
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.
During this time, a citizen by the name of LordGonner built a small aesthetic town on the East Side of Aberdeen, referred to as "Ravinetown". Players that had been gone for some time popped up momentarily, only to return to the ether. Some new players had arrived, interested in starting their own town under the safety of Caledonia. The various infrastructural advancements of the nation continued, with new railways and roads being built across the country. Their was a minor celebration of Christmas Festivities in which a tree was erected and decorated in town square, and a couple players even gifted various gifts to the more active residents of the nation. Borders were reopened the day after Christmas due to the discontinuation of server-wide obby bombing. Caledonia in this time had avoided a calamity, but had not yet reached a golden era of growth.
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Though some of the newfriends that were recruited the previous month seemed to disappear, more showed up to help offset this loss, with this group of newfriends seemingly being more dedicated as well. This would prove very helpful to Caledonian activity, with many of the new recruits helping with the growing number of projects around the nation. Also recruited were two experienced players: the former [[Adina|Adinan]] Incentives, and the controversial alex_cristal. Incentives, due to his act of helping defend Mt. Doom during the Laconian's Last Stand, was exile pearled bu Mirtente forces. He was therefore excommunicated and expelled from Adina, as they did want anything to do with this particular conflict. Alex_cristal happened to come by after deciding to become active again, despite being exile pearled by [[Varkonia]] for many months due to his raiding of [[Kaltsburg]]. As Wing and Meat had treated him nicely on CivRealms before despite his reputation, he decided Caledonia would make a fine new home for himself. This also highlighted a particularly unique Caledonian policy on Immigration, as many nations wouldn't give past convicted players a chance.
[[File:Black Crown Brew Co..png|alt=Tall building housing the brewing efforts in corinth|thumb|354x354px|Black Crown Brewing Co. located in Corinth]]
Wingzero at this time had developed an itch to build, and decided that the best way to satisfy his desire would be to continue work in setting up Corinth. However, realizing the challenge of building in the Greco-Roman style, wanted to change the aesthetic of Corinth to something that would be easier to build to
[[File:Corinth Art Museum.png|alt=Modern art museum made of quartz blocks|thumb|355x355px|Corinth Modern Art Museum]]
Other projects that were happening around this time were the continuation of railwork, with new lines being finished and connected to the New Station. There had also been many abandoned houses littered about Aberdeen for months. It was decided that the ugly and/or unfinished abandoned houses around town would be torn down to make room for fresh new buildings. Some of the newfriends at this time would build houses upon these freshly cleared spots. Fred had returned after a hiatus due to handling real life stuff and began making plans for the recently acquired territory near his castle. The server would soon be updated from 1.12 to 1.14, and while few rejoiced at the new blocks that would come, there was also a scramble to revamp the botting system of the various Caledonian farms, as the update would render Macromod, the premier botting mod at the time, obsolete, forcing players across the server to switch to a new mod: AdvancedMacros. While there was talk about making infrastructure for a possible future Olympics, this idea was scrapped.
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==== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR-3r5Z9kqw My Corona] (Spring 2020) ====
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
In real life, a worldwide pandemic broke out in March, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic Novel Coronavirus (AKA COVID-19)], a once in a century illness that caused heavy quarantine measures across the whole world. Maybe due to the combined effect of quarantines and the renewed interest in building things, activity in Corinth exploded, with many new and old Caledonians alike building houses along the shores of the half-finished Lake Rubicon, along with some other earlier builds like the main road and rail station. The Mall was also remodeled to look more modern to fit more with the theme of the town. Despite the [[Infinity War]] still raging on, the majority of Caledonians took a break during the [[Valyria|Valyrian]] Campaign to refocus efforts on improving infrastructure at home (and building Corinth). This was seen as a good rest before weathering more of the storm.
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[[File:Cal Claim 7.png|300px|thumb|right|Caledonia Seventh Claims]]
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.
==== Server wide V-day (July 19, 2020) ====
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[[File:Arrelani Claims June 2020.png|alt=Newest land claims to Caldonia of three swampland islands.|thumb|354x354px|Island claims of Arrelani]]
[[File:End Castle.png|alt=Obsidian landmark with tunnel framework in the End Castle|thumb|400x400px|Upper Deck of Damaged Peter's Castle in the End]]
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
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
=== Oligarchy (
==== Saying Goodbye ====
Wingzero54 ascended to server Adminstraor-hood on September 30, leaving Fredhun14, Hockey328 and darthorangejuice to lead Caledonia as praetors in an oligarchy into the foreseeable future. Wing's diamond enchanted leggings can still be visited at the Admin Church in Aberdeen, with a plaque that reads, "The Admin's Underpants - the last worldy possesion of Wingzero54".
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
== Geography ==
Caledonia
Caledonia borders [[Iria]], the [[Communist Cities Caretaker-Protectorate|CCCP]] (Oblast Provincia), Plagadonia, Asahigaoka, and [[Mir]].
=== Regions: ===
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[[File:Cal claim cities 1b.png|350px|thumb|right|The Caledonian Cities]]
While there
==== Aberdeen (Northeast Caledonia)====
''Main Page: [[Aberdeen]]''
Aberdeen
====Corinth (Southwest Caledonia)====
[[File:Corinth Flower Farm.png|alt=Brick building which houses flower farm in corinth|thumb|400x400px|Corinth Flower Farm]]
Corinth
====Northwest Caledonia====
The Northwest region of Caledonia
====Southeast Caledonia====
The Southeast
==== Arrelani ====
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
== Exports, Trade ==
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[[File:Secure Mall.png|500px|thumb|right|The famed Securemall, Nov. 2019]]
Prot 4, enchanted tools, and weapons
Obsidian
More shops
Players from all over the +,+ and the server in general travel to Caledonia to purchase these goods, and Caledonia
== XP Production ==
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Caledonia floated the idea of taking over the territory holding YEHXP from Yoahtl, but was quickly rejected despite Yoahtl's disuse of the land.
After that Caledonia built its
== Foreign Relations ==
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==== Iria ====
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
==== Adina ====
Caledonia
==== Mir ====
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
=== SATO ===
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==== The Commonwealth ====
[[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
==== Yoahtl ====
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
==== Southshire ====
Caledonia also
=== Entente ===
Due to both Caledonia and [[Entente]] being part of the Coalition, Caledonia
=== UDF ===
Caledonia
=== NATO ===
Caledonia, as part of the Coalition,
== References ==
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