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== History ==

 

=== Devoted 3.0 ===

The early history of Columbia begins in April of [[Devoted#Devoted 3.0|Devoted 3.0]], when leaders of the (then) Empire of Caledonia, United Federation of Normandy, Kingdom of Jyrssa, and Free State of Astronya, came together to form the First Columbian Empire. This was the result of a few weeks of scheming between Chancellor kdeeks of Normandy and Emperor Onederful of Caledonia. Leaders of the United Federation, such as Hamboy_Jr, were also consulted about the unification of Northwestern territories to form Columbia, but did not all desire to join. Serious planning for the country began around April 25th, including the submission of ideas for the capital city and the formation of a government. The Columbian Empire was based on a council of Grand Princes, who would elect amongst themselves one Emperor in a cycle of elections which occurred once every two months. Grand Princes would transfer the title to one another depending on the results of the vote. Columbia was further expanded when the empire's leaders offered a position as the third Grand Prince to King Zebra of Jyrrsa, who accepted the position and annexation of his kingdom's territory into the Columbian Empire. Additionally, the three leaders plotted to annex the Free State of Astronya, headed by Supreme Leader shadedoom, into the empire by means of coercion or military force. After several days of debate, shadedoom agreed to join Columbia as the fourth Grand Prince and allowed Astronya to become an autonomous district. Once fully united, the Columbian Empire was quick to declare independence from Chanada, who claimed much of its land, and invade the small state of Olympus which refused to be subjugated. The war began on May 3rd, as the volunteer Two Minute Militia formed of Astronyan citizens, and marched on the capital city of the Olympians. Coming only two days after the May 1st Conflict, in which Astronya had previously occupied the capital of Olympus and seized its colors, Astronyans were delighted to have another shot at their Southern rivals. The force was quick to act, and pearled three Olympian leaders within five minutes, then continuing to drive all other citizens away from the country until the city-state was fully occupied. After this, Columbia declined on Devoted 3.0 due to a lack of activity, not having a national Discord server until late in its existence, and the emergence of [[CivEx 3.0]] as a server.

 

=== CivEx 3.0 ===

The story of Columbia continued on the CivEx 3.0 server as the core population of Columbia reorganized, created a Discord server, and moved over. While the Columbian Empire on Devoted 3.0 was intended to resemble an imperialistic model of the United States of America, the leaders of Columbia decided to change directions a bit and model the new Columbian state on the Confederate States of America, installing a government which was much more tolerant of local autonomy over national power. Thus began the Confederate States of Columbia, alternatively known as the Columbian Confederacy. The leaders of this Columbian state were the same four oligarchs as from Devoted 3.0, now also adding Hamboy_Jr officially to their ranks, however this time they decided to rebrand themselves as Councilors and abolish the system of rotating authority, making a five way council of equal members. Upon joining the server, Columbians rallied to the center of the map, gathered basic resources, and made a long hike West to claim lands that would eventually become the Syndicate of Co-Prosperity. The key tool Columbians used to recruit new members was to tell them simply, "You have been annexed by the Confederate States of Columbia," and many new citizens willingly joined as a result of this. After a few days of living in the Southwest of the map, the Syndicate settlers in the region became aggravated that we were on what they considered their land, and seeing the complete lack of resources and fertility of the area, Columbia decided to move to the Northwest and settle a long peninsula in the area. There was a brief border dispute with the neighboring state of Arcation, but it was resolved quickly and in Columbia's favor. The oligarchs then divided land and responsibilities, founding the states of: Tennessee, Carolina, Louisiana, and Virginia. A nearby ice mountains continent was also annexed and dubbed Alaska, leadership of it being awarded to NeoTide_, as was the inactive nation of Icenia which became a colony of Columbia, and the far-flung colony of Pasadena led by wittle_wubzy. More autonomous territories were carved out of existing states, including the Autonomous Island of Seminole, and the Leylin Farmers. By then, the population was booming to a height of 34 citizens, but it also proved to be problematic in terms of national supplies and infrastructure. During all of this time of internal political change and restructuring, the nation's infrastructure struggled to be erected, essentially being limited to a large mining pit under Tennessee, a couple small buildings in Nashville, Tennessee, a couple buildings in Alaska, and a sizable but limited farm in Carolina. Additionally, members struggled to get allegiance, and to get materials like clay and melons because of badmin crimes. The struggle for allegiance was particularly troublesome, because Columbia had decided to align itself with the Consulate of Varsany, a state in dispute with Arcation. Arcation, being a very powerful militaristic state, was able to easily overrun Varsany and the limited Columbian aid that was sent due to the PvP restrictions of non-allegiant players.

 

 

 

=== CivClassic 2.0: Part 1 ===

Following the shutdown of CivEx 3.0, a few citizens of Columbia moved over to CivClassic 2.0 and joined different nations. Most Columbians, however, went into a state of inactivity and retirement. Around the end of the Summer of 2017, shadedoom began playing on Devoted 3.0 once again in a new micronation he led called the Kingdom of Reidos. This return to the [[CivCraft]] genre of servers led him to reach out to his fellow former leader of Columbia, kdeeks, after a couple of months. Together, the two of them decided to bring Columbia back to life and move it over to CivClassic 2.0 as a whole. Once they had contacted many former citizens from CivEx 3.0 and Devoted 3.0 and convinced them to return, they set out to find an area of the map to claim and settle in. After much discussion, shadedoom scouted a set of islands in the deep Northwest of the map, which became Columbia's new home. This location was chosen largely because of its large plains biomes which were ideal for building cities, and because after just a few days of being on the server, the [[Somber War]] broke out, the initial action of which was occurring in the Southern hemisphere; Columbia wanted to be out of the way of the war. The people of Columbia initially chose to found the country as an absolute monarchy, the Grand Duchy of Columbia, and shadedoom pushed kdeeks to be the Grand Duke of the country. A council of nobles known as the Fürsten was formed to advise Grand Duke kdeeks, consisting of Just_Matter, shadedoom, and NeoTide_.

 

 

 

 

 

''History of the Unitary Federation of Columbia on [[Expand]] to be written.''

Shadedoom initially attempted to negotiate with kdeeks, however the demands requested by the Rhodesians and Kdeeks were far too much to ask of him, as well as they always ended with him never being permitted on the groups ever again. At this point, shadedoom considered the groups lost. He chose to prepare Valyria for the soon incoming attack that would likely be the Rhodesians attempt at securing shadedooms pearl. This in turn forced shadedoom to request the valyrians help, and kick Columbia back into overdrive in order to retake the homeland.

 

 

 

This in turn ended the Columbian Bush War, however without the groups to the main city Rotterdam and its vault Sempiternal, it would remain a hot pit of dangerous traps and conflict until the near future.

 

==== NATO Attack ====

 

The conflict escalated, after Kaloa_HG caught Robokaiser attempting to remove a logbox placed in Polska by Mir and Entente forces, Kaloa_HG watched Robokaiser run away, presumably to a bunker. Then chose to leave. Only 30 minutes later, Robokaiser began entering Valyrian land, despite being instructed to leave. Kaloa_HG was forced to go out and fight Robokaiser on the bridge to Polska, until Doommad and DefectedHeart arrived to help push Robo back. This caused NATO to have the realization that Columbia would not take being attacked sitting down, forcing NATO to push their entire PvP force to southern Valyria, where they began a nearly 2 month offensive on the city. Valyria City at the end of these 2 months had withstood numerous attacks, several obsidian bombings, and a massive sky platform spanning over 500 blocks.

 

After NATO's attack against the crucible failed, they resorted back to bombing the Valyrian City as much as they could, until finally Coalition forces were forced to mount a 2 tier skybridge against Polska City, forcing NATO forces to be flushed out. This permitted Columbia to return to cleaning up Valyria City, and allowed Polska, now Augska, to be back under Columbian control.

 

== Government ==

[[File:Apoland Facing Southwest.png|thumb|Apoland at dusk]]

 

 

Motto: Long live the Apolish Isles!

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