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Around this time, an important policy would be solidified after much discussion among the Caledonian govenment around the concept of ''"Proper Claims Usage"'', with SwordMaster [https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/es3pcj/a_problem_of_inactivity_how_inactive_claims_hurt/ publishing a rough essay] detailing some of the concepts discussed. After this, it was decided that the Northern-most New Sovian islands would be released as it was determined they would not see much use, and it might be better to allow a new nation an opportunity to build there. However, Appomattox would later take control of these islands, citing the same security reasons as Caledonia had before. Anticipating [[Brennau]] being effectively declaimed in the January 2020 Claims Map, Caledonia would claim a single island that de jure belonged to Brennau, a snow biome that had been used as farm land by Caledonia for many months. Because of the land usage, this action was seen as justified. SwordMaster's post would later encourage the [[Communist Cities Caretaker-Protectorate|CCCP]] to take responsibility over the claims of [[Provincia]] and free a few of Provincia's islands, effectively freeing more land for future possible nations. Many old inactive nations within the Southeast were cleared at this time, allowing more possibility for advancement of the Quadrant. Due to this policy of Practical Claims, it was expected that Caledonia would not expand, at least not for a long time, with enough land to house all the farms it could need and plenty of space to start a few cities.
==== [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 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 with some other miscellaneous builds, but nothing extreme like what happened at the beginning of the year. In real life, a worldwide pandemic broke out, 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. What this means for the activity of Caledonia during this time is uncertain.
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