Capeland

The Maritime Republic of Capeland
The second flag of the Maritime Republic
General
Location	3800, 630
Demonym	Cocoian
Capital city	Cape Cocoa
Government
Government	Parliamentary Republic
Governing document	Constitution
• Prime Minister	AK (IGN operationguyMCS)
• Senior Grand Justice	klabss (IGN Krazvalt)
Formation
Foundation document	Reddit Post
Links
Discord	Discord Link

The Maritime Republic of Capeland, or simply Capeland, is a Parliamentary Republic in the shallow Southeast on what was formerly Lenin Isle and Carpathian territory. It was founded by AK (IGN operationguyMCS) and Eloc (IGN Eloctrasyd) in early March of 2021. Cape Cocoa has since then established itself as a peaceful building nation, and has experienced rapid growth in population and infrastructure.

History

Pre-CivClassic

AK had joined CivClassic in mid 2019 in the hopes of finding a build server with an emphasis on nations and civility. He was initially a resident of Aurum (which later became a province of Varkonia), who helped SirFriendzone build some infrastructure. After building an Abbey in South Aurum, AK set off to explore the world, until he fell in a decrepit elevator on his way to Hvalsey, Yoahtl.

Since then, AK took a break from CivClassic, but having been so inspired by its workings, started his own Civ server with a community based in Scratch called ScratchCiv. The server inevitably shut down after nearly a year of activity due to the security of the young server population being threatened by a doxxer. Talks of reviving ScratchCiv are in place, but action to do so likely won't happen until 1.17 releases.

After the decline of ScratchCiv, AK eventually came back to CivClassic with the hopes of starting his own build nation. He invited the mod team to come join him in the search for land to settle, and in early March of 2021, AK and Eloc decided to reside in the wooded cliffs of what was formerly Lenin Isle territory.

First land claims of Cape Cocoa

Founding and Building of Cape Cocoa

Settlement of Cape Cocoa

A townhouse built during the early stages of Cape Cocoa's construction.

A reddit post was made to formalize the land claims of Cape Cocoa, and was added to the map promptly after its submission into the Unified Map Project.

The first dwellings were built on the side of the cliff face, with the Cliffside Boardwalk being the only path that connected the cliffside dwellings to the surface of the cliff. AK's cliffside dwelling later expanded upward and became the Traveller's Inn, while the room carved into the cliff was later developed into a tunnel that started the creation of Cape Cocoa's Underground.

Local expansion

Floating sea farms were built on the shallow waters at the base of the cliff, and the building of the first Coast Cabins were overseen by both AK and Northstar (IGN Northstar404).

The claiming of more land west and north of the original claim led to the establishment of four precincts, along with a unique layered-sector system. The building of housing was promptly prioritized as more and more people from ScratchCiv came to join Cape Cocoa and ultimately CivClassic. Later on as the population grew more and more, communal storage and factories got moved to an industrial quarter in Southmarket as a step toward zoning and organizing the town's infrastructure and resources.

Around Mid-April, the construction of the Town Hall was completed, and along with it came an official Constitution document and a flag change. The Constitution established Cape Cocoa as the Maritime State, and its contents were drafted by AK and Block (IGN RarelyUseful).

Establishment of Parliament and the Grand Court

Cape Cocoa Proper, circa April 2021

Shortly after the signage of the Constitution, on April 18th general elections were held to determine new leadership positions in the young state. This resulted in the appointment of AK as Cape Cocoa's first Prime Minister. Eloc and Northstar became the first representatives of Parliament, representing Elonorth and Southmarket respectively. Finally, klabss (IGN Krazvalt) was made the first Grand Justice of Cape Cocoa, which also makes him the first Senior Justice.

Growth and further expansion

The passage of the Citizenship Act (aka the Citizenship Codes or the Bill of Rights) opened up the state to newcomers in a more formalized manner, and since then the growth of Cape Cocoa took off after more and more people started to join. Most residents of Cape Cocoa at the time were newfriends, with the notable exception being SirTwiggles, who applied for Cocoian citizenship despite being a citizen of Imperial Truidence and potentially Icenia.

The Rise of Capeland

The Charter of New Midway and the Renaming of the Maritime State

On May 5th, 2021, AK announced the claiming of territory that included land south of the wooded cliffs of Cape Cocoa, the rest of Elonorth island territory, and the Southern area of what was formerly Carpathia. Due to the fact that the land no longer covered the Cape, the name "Cape Cocoa" was dropped, and in its stead came Capeland.

The eastern territory was to be named "New Midway," in reference to a major island municipality owned by Chungia on ScratchCiv known as "Midway." The territory was chosen due to the fact that the spruce woods resembled the terrain in Chungia - specifically Wabbittown (ScratchCiv).

The colonial officer put in charge to oversee infrastructural operations on New Midway was Orhint. He was an avid player of ScratchCiv and built the original Midway there. Accompanied with him was Magnileve, the leader of Chungia in ScratchCiv. As news of the colony spread, an influx of newfriend citizens (brought over by DapperBug25) joined and headed to New Midway to help build the new city of Wabbittown (Non-ScratchCiv).

Governance

Structure

Cape Cocoa is a Parliamentary Republic, meaning that representatives of Parliament are elected by the public to perform legislative and executive action. Representatives of Parliament can propose bills and hold votes to pass bills, after which they are sent to the Grand Court to be reviewed, signed, and officially passed as law.

The leader of Parliament, the Prime Minister, also serves as the head of foreign matters.

A general election is held every month for Representatives of Parliament (Prime Ministers are voted every two months). Up to three Representatives may be elected per precinct (one corresponding to each layer), and two Representatives may be elected per colony (if any) of Cape Cocoa. A Representative of one precinct may not Represent multiple precincts, but can represent multiple layers within their own precinct.

Up to three Justices may be appointed in the Grand Court. If any spots are vacant, Justices may be elected in a general election. A sitting Justice who serves the longest consecutive term is called the Senior Justice, and signs documents on behalf of the entire court.

Current Leaders

Prime Ministers of Cape Cocoa

	Name	Election	Start	End
	AK (operationguyMCS)	N/A	Mar. 1, 2021	April 21, 2021
	AK (operationguyMCS)	1st	April 21, 2021	Current

Parliament Representatives of Cape Cocoa

	Name	Precinct	Layer	Election	Start	End
	Northstar (Northstar404)	Proper	Downstairs	N/A	Mar. 3, 2021	April 21, 2021
	Northstar (Northstar404)	Southmarket	All	1st	April 21, 2021	Current
	Eloc (Eloctrasyd)	Elonorth	All	1st	April 21, 2021	Current

Justices of Cape Cocoa

	Name	Election	Start	End	Seniority
	klabss (Krazvalt)	1st	April 21, 2021	Current	April 21, 2021

Southmarket Bridge, April 9th, 2021

Cape Cocoa local map and infographic, circa April 2021

Geography

Cape Cocoa

Cape Cocoa is located in a wooded cliff in the shallow Southeast of the map (+, +). It encompasses territory formerly owned by Lenin Isle, as well as a mesa island north of the mainland and the desert south. The infrastructure of Cape Cocoa does extend beyond solid ground; as some buildings are also built on the side of the cliff as well as on the shallow shores.

Precincts

The territory owned by Cape Cocoa is split into precincts, which entail different voting/building sectors of the state.

As of May 1st 2021, there are four precincts within Cape Cocoa's borders.

• The Proper, or Cape Cocoa Proper, is the main part of Cape Cocoa and is the most densely populated precinct. It is named due to it being the centralized area, as well as being the site of its first buildings.

The building style here is more town-like, and consists of many wooden structures built out of oak, dark oak, and stone brick.

• Southmarket, aptly named, covers the region south of The Proper, and is planned to be a more urbanized area of Cape Cocoa. A large arch bridge extends out to the east of Southmarket, splitting itself in half to allow passage into the precinct before further extending into eastern Crownest.

• Crownest is the largest precinct of Cape Cocoa, and is currently undeveloped territory. Plans of establishing parks and conservation areas are being made in an effort to preserve the roofed woods that grew naturally here. The first sightings of Crowzen the Stone Man were made here, though most of his sightings are in The Proper or Southmarket.

• Elonorth, named after Eloc and Northstar, is a mesa that is located on an island north of mainland Cape Cocoa. It was chartered by Northstar with the prospects of setting up a mob farm; in particular a blaze and skeleton farm due to spawners being found in the region. Elonorth is also Cape Cocoa's main source of terracotta.

Layers

The territory owned by Cape Cocoa is additionally split into three layers. This unique sectorization policy is a result of the terrain of Cape Cocoa, and the objective of maximizing the efficiency of the land.

• The Upstairs layer encompasses the top overground layer on cliffside land. Most tourist attractions are usually located Upstairs.

• The Underground layer takes up the space between the Upstairs and Downstairs layers. Due to its size, the Underground is split into two sublayers:
  • The Trenches are the upper-tier, and consist mainly of lower-classmen residences and industrial areas.
  • The Strongholds are the lower-tier, and are planned to have Downstairs residences and transportation tunnels.

• The Downstairs layer entails land and shallow waters at the base of cliffside land. Typically docks and floating farms are built here.

New Midway

New Midway is located on a spruce forest further east from Cape Cocoa. It covers territory formerly owned by Carpathia, as well as a desert island west of the mainland that may be coveted by a semi/inactive player.

Demographics

The population of Cape Cocoa as of May 1st, 2021 is at least 12 people. At least 91% of the population consists of brand new players to CivClassics. 50% of Cape Cocoa's population migrated from ScratchCiv, whereas 75% of Cape Cocoa's population came from Scratch in general.

Since May 9th, 2021, the population of Cape Cocoa has risen to at least 19 citizens. ~42.10% of citizens came from ScratchCiv, while ~63.16% of the population came from Scratch in general.

Cape Cocoa Resident Directory (Updated: 5/9/2021)

Name	IGN	Citizen since	Connections	Residence	Active?
AK	operationguyMCS	Mar 1, 2021	Scratch, ScratchCiv	Cape Cocoa	Y
Eloc	Eloctrasyd	Mar 1, 2021	Scratch, ScratchCiv	Cape Cocoa	Y
Northstar	Northstar404	Mar 3, 2021	Scratch, ScratchCiv	Cape Cocoa	Y
Tazzl	TazzlXT	Mar 3, 2021	Scratch, ScratchCiv	Cape Cocoa	Semi
klabss	Krazvalt	Mar 3, 2021	Scratch	Cape Cocoa	Y
P1stachio	sco566	Mar 10, 2021	IRL	Cape Cocoa	Semi
Block	RarelyUseful	Mar 10, 2021	Scratch, ScratchCiv	Cape Cocoa	Y
Dapper	DapperBug25	Apr 21, 2021	Scratch	Cape Cocoa/New Midway	Y
Xenom	Xenomine	Apr 22, 2021	Scratch, ScratchCiv	Cape Cocoa	Y
Alex	Alex967CW	Apr 22, 2021	IRL	Cape Cocoa	Y
Levy	Levyo	Apr 24, 2021	Scratch	Cape Cocoa	Y
Ducky		Apr 24, 2021	Xenom	Cape Cocoa	Unknown
Bean	purplebeanie	May 03, 2021	Scratch	Cape Cocoa	Y
SirTwiggles	SirTwiggles	May 04, 2021	Resident of IT	Anburon (IT)	Y
Carlos	carlos_the_fish	May 04, 2021	Dapper	New Midway	Y
Gart	GartosFartos	May 05, 2021	Dapper	New Midway	Y
Ori	Orhint	May 05, 2021	Scratch, ScratchCiv	New Midway	Y
Magnileve	Magnileve	May 05, 2021	Scratch, ScratchCiv	New Midway	Y
Alex	High_lizard01	May 05, 2021	Dapper	New Midway	Y

In addition to known in-game members, many people in the Discord Server are known as observers. They were told about Cape Cocoa (and CivClassic in general) by citizens, but choose not to formally join until later.

There is one known non-citizen of Cape Cocoa residing within its borders, that being CrowzenR the mystical Stone Man.

Religion

CrowzenR, the stone man, is a shadowy mysterious figure whomst we know nothing about other than his stone skin. With this stone skin, he creeps around stone areas trying to remain hidden, yet can commonly be seen peeking around corners. Nothing is known about this character, yet he has been spotted around cape cocoa many times. Because of this, Northstar created a statue T-posing over the waters to appease our shadowy friend and to intimidate those who might cross us. If any information is known about this indivicual, we would really like to know.

Tourist Attractions

The Traveller's Inn

The Traveller's Inn is a dark oak structure located near the cliffisde of The Proper. It is the first building built in Cape Cocoa, and serves as a resting point for travellers as well as temporary lodging for new arrivals.

The Candlesmith Café

The Candlesmith Café is a cafe built by klabss on the top of a flattened hill in The Proper. Though currently under construction, it is notable because it references a Scratch project of the same name. The café also doubles as klabss' house.

Town Hall

The Town Hall is located at the base of the heights in the western part of The Proper. It is the building in which the Constitution of Cape Cocoa was drafted in, as well as where most government activities take place.

Southmarket Bridge

Southmarket Bridge is a bridge that connects The Proper, Southmarket, and Crownest together. There is currently an incident where the bridge was unintentionally extended by an unknown individual, resulting in an overhang and the destruction of a hill. Prime Minister AK ordered the destruction and/or rebuilding of the end, though no formal action has take place yet.

The Light house

his very cool and amazing build, built by Eloctrasyd, is a beacon of hope to oncoming sea travelers. It is located on the coast around the lower district.