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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.

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 ~~build~~ 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.

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.

Both March and April came and went with a slow pulse of activity, mainly due to the competition of rivaling server CivRealms. At this time in Classics history, many players were fed up with what was seen as a bad job at addressing issues by the Admins, with conflicting Admin opinions on the more toxic elements of politics, and also the seeming lack of drive by the admins to try to play with the plug-ins to make the server better. The Infinity War had tested people's nerves and the playerbase had been worn thin. The 1.14 update had become a myth and many people were just tired of it all. CivRealms presented a very tantalizing alternative, and many people migrated away form Classics. Caledonia didn't migrate wholly in itself, but several prominent Caledonians began playing more on realms, launching a business to make money on the opportunity filled fresher server. Some Caledonians would hang around and build things here and there, but all was quiet on the Classics front. Other games caught the active Caledonians eyes as well, affecting play in Caledonia even further. To make matters worse, Meat had decided after dealing with a lot of stressful things going on in his life, that playing video games just wasn't good for him at this point, and so quit, officially leaving Wing the only reigning Consul. The admin/developer Maxopoly officially announced that 1.14 was coming soon after a last bug testing period midway through April. Some were hopeful this update, some weren't and some chose a middle ground of healthy skepticism. Whether this would breathe life back into the server or not was unknown at this point.

===Monarch Era (April 2020-Present)===

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.

== Geography ==

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==== Aberdeen ====

''Main Page: [[Aberdeen]]''

Abderdeen is the capital of Caledonia and destination of all rail lines. It contains several notable landmarks, such as the New Aberdeen Train Station, the Caledonia Library, Castle Vroengard, and HenryDraton's Palace, the latter two still being under construction. The famed Securemall can be found on the western outskirts of Aberdeen. It contains a blend of Medieval architecture with some more modern looking structures scattered about. The East side of town has been developed into a small mining operation do to it's particularly notable ravine. It is spread out across a Roofed Forest, a Savannah, and a Sunflower Plains, making it particularly lush compared to much of the rest of Caledonia Proper.

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==== Corinth ====

Corinth is a ~~small~~ ~~proto-settlement~~ in the western plains of the mainland. ~~Many~~ ~~builds~~ ~~are~~ ~~planned~~ ~~for~~ it, ~~although~~ it ~~does~~ ~~not~~ have ~~the~~ ~~proper~~ ~~infrastructure~~ to be ~~populated~~ ~~as of~~ ~~now~~. 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 is situated upon another Sunflower Plains in the Northern section of the town, where the city center will probably be, which has been covered with a loose forest in order to make it feel greener. To the South is a large Red-Sand Desert that has been almost completely stripped of all its sand for the production of XP. This Desert is being terraformed, being covered over in dirt and having a sizable lake constructed in the middle to increase aesthetic value.

Corinth is 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 have been built, with necessary infrastructure being built soon. 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 is situated upon another Sunflower Plains in the Northern section of the town, where the city center will probably be, which has been covered with a loose forest in order to make it feel greener. To the South is a large Red-Sand Desert that has been almost completely stripped of all its sand for the production of XP. This Desert is being terraformed, being covered over in dirt and having a sizable lake (named Lake Rubicon) constructed in the middle to increase aesthetic value.

== Exports, Trade ==

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 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.
-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 build 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.
+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.
 Both March and April came and went with a slow pulse of activity, mainly due to the competition of rivaling server CivRealms. At this time in Classics history, many players were fed up with what was seen as a bad job at addressing issues by the Admins, with conflicting Admin opinions on the more toxic elements of politics, and also the seeming lack of drive by the admins to try to play with the plug-ins to make the server better. The Infinity War had tested people's nerves and the playerbase had been worn thin. The 1.14 update had become a myth and many people were just tired of it all. CivRealms presented a very tantalizing alternative, and many people migrated away form Classics. Caledonia didn't migrate wholly in itself, but several prominent Caledonians began playing more on realms, launching a business to make money on the opportunity filled fresher server. Some Caledonians would hang around and build things here and there, but all was quiet on the Classics front. Other games caught the active Caledonians eyes as well, affecting play in Caledonia even further. To make matters worse, Meat had decided after dealing with a lot of stressful things going on in his life, that playing video games just wasn't good for him at this point, and so quit, officially leaving Wing the only reigning Consul. The admin/developer Maxopoly officially announced that 1.14 was coming soon after a last bug testing period midway through April. Some were hopeful this update, some weren't and some chose a middle ground of healthy skepticism. Whether this would breathe life back into the server or not was unknown at this point.
 ===Monarch Era (April 2020-Present)===
+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.
 == Geography ==
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 ==== Aberdeen ====
+''Main Page: [[Aberdeen]]''
 Abderdeen is the capital of Caledonia and destination of all rail lines. It contains several notable landmarks, such as the New Aberdeen Train Station, the Caledonia Library, Castle Vroengard, and HenryDraton's Palace, the latter two still being under construction. The famed Securemall can be found on the western outskirts of Aberdeen. It contains a blend of Medieval architecture with some more modern looking structures scattered about. The East side of town has been developed into a small mining operation do to it's particularly notable ravine. It is spread out across a Roofed Forest, a Savannah, and a Sunflower Plains, making it particularly lush compared to much of the rest of Caledonia Proper.
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 ==== Corinth ====
-Corinth is a small proto-settlement in the western plains of the mainland. Many builds are planned for it, although it does not have the proper infrastructure to be populated as of now. 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 is situated upon another Sunflower Plains in the Northern section of the town, where the city center will probably be, which has been covered with a loose forest in order to make it feel greener. To the South is a large Red-Sand Desert that has been almost completely stripped of all its sand for the production of XP. This Desert is being terraformed, being covered over in dirt and having a sizable lake constructed in the middle to increase aesthetic value.
+Corinth is 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 have been built, with necessary infrastructure being built soon. 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 is situated upon another Sunflower Plains in the Northern section of the town, where the city center will probably be, which has been covered with a loose forest in order to make it feel greener. To the South is a large Red-Sand Desert that has been almost completely stripped of all its sand for the production of XP. This Desert is being terraformed, being covered over in dirt and having a sizable lake (named Lake Rubicon) constructed in the middle to increase aesthetic value.
 == Exports, Trade ==

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