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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 is 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.
[[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 is 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".
[[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.
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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. Helpmeplease would then leave Caledonia and drunkenly grief Icenia.
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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. SwordMaster suggested that the aesthetic be changed to be more modern, as opposed to the Medieval Aberdeen. Wingzero had wanted beach houses, however, which would be particularly difficult as the giant cliffs separated the ocean from much of Caledonia's land. SwordMaster suggested that instead of considering the ocean, that a lake be built on the sand-stripped desert to the south of the site of Corinth. Wingzero liked this idea very much, and so work began to make an artificial lake so that beach houses maybe built along it's shores. While this would be a massive terraforming effort, the stripped desert needed to be covered as the exposed sandstone was quite ugly. Trees would also be planted in the Corinth plains biome in order to make the future town feel more green and alive, forming a small forest. However, the desert was not fully cleared of sand, and that too had to be taken care of. ▼
[[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. ▼
Some cultural advancements were also made, with the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP8A9rtg0iI Caledonian National Anthem] and National Motto being decided at this time. The Discord server was also boosted by newfriend 500Miles, which allowed the server Icon to be changed from the image of the Caledonian flag into a GIF of the Caledonian flag being blown in the wind. Despite the increase in the max number of emojis that the boost presented, this perk was not capitalized on at this time. These boosts would later be transferred by Miles to EstraPVP, Mir's PVP practice server, however, reverting the Caledonia discord back to it's old boostless self. (Strangely enough, Estra would also be deboosted soon later, as well.)▼
▲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. SwordMaster suggested that the aesthetic be changed to be more modern, as opposed to the Medieval Aberdeen. Wingzero had wanted beach houses, however, which would be particularly difficult as the giant cliffs separated the ocean from much of Caledonia's land. SwordMaster suggested that instead of considering the ocean, that a lake be built on the sand-stripped desert to the south of the site of Corinth. Wingzero liked this idea very much, and so work began to make an artificial lake so that beach houses maybe built along it's shores. While this would be a massive terraforming effort, the stripped desert needed to be covered as the exposed sandstone was quite ugly. Trees would also be planted in the Corinth plains biome in order to make the future town feel more green and alive, forming a small forest. However, the desert was not fully cleared of sand, and that too had to be taken care of.
▲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.
▲Some cultural advancements were also made, with the Caledonian National Anthem and National Motto being decided at this time. The Discord server was also boosted by newfriend 500Miles, which allowed the server Icon to be changed from the image of the Caledonian flag into a GIF of the Caledonian flag being blown in the wind. Despite the increase in the max number of emojis that the boost presented, this perk was not capitalized on at this time. These boosts would later be transferred by Miles to EstraPVP, Mir's PVP practice server, however, reverting the Caledonia discord back to it's old boostless self. (Strangely enough, Estra would also be deboosted soon later, as well.)
Caledonia once again cemented themselves as a prominent player in the Coalition with the Pinkerton Offensive at the beginning of February, in which several of the most prominent Caledonians aided in constructing the attack bridge and breaking bastions. The Consuls were especially important in motivating and preparing Coalition forces for the attack. Caledonia would be largely absent from the later assault on [[Corvus]] due to the spontaneity of the attack.
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==== Founding of Arrelani ====
[[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 is a territory of Caledonia, and though it is brand new, the location is 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.
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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.
== Geography ==
Caledonia has a
Caledonia borders [[Iria]], the [[Communist Cities Caretaker-Protectorate|CCCP]] (Oblast Provincia), and [[Mir]].
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====Corinth (Southwest Caledonia)====
[[File:Corinth Flower Farm.png|alt=Brick building which houses flower farm in corinth|thumb|400x400px|Corinth Flower Farm]]
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. 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.
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==== 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 hear are in large player-made trees with connecting mid-air bridges between them. There are 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 />
== Exports, Trade ==
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