Columbia (Civcraft 1.0): Difference between revisions

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Following the second elections, Foofed was elected as president. During his tenure of president, Foofed further expanded powers granted to himself to enforce law. Foofed began to pearl all those who opposed his will, and detaining them for an indefinite amount of time without trial. Under his leadership cronyism was rampant, as ancaps were granted citizenship and appointed to high ranking government positions.

Land sales occured during this period, with all profits from these sales placed under the control of Foofed in order to fund the clearing of land an construction of infrastructure.

In what he percieved as faults within the system of government and the constitution and realizing that his time as president was nearly over, Foofed decided to band together with the ancaps and dissolve the government through force against the will of the people.

Violence insued as people, under the guise of homesteading, stole the property of their neighbours and pearled them if they attempted to defend their property.

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Lawlessness led to the rise of vigilante groups, each with its own perverted interpretation of the law. The dissolution of the government by the ancaps had thrown the city into anarchy.

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Many citizens evacuated the city in protest against the forceful dissolution of the government. With the exodus and collapse of Columbia ended a golden era in the history of civcraft.

Long after the Downfall, a movement was formed to create a new socialist state from the ruins of the once mighty Columbia City. An organisation of leftists, including members of LSIF, RSSR, CPMA and Leningrad formed a socialist republic within days.

The republic got off to a turbulent start with the killing of synthion, the phantom anarchist, by the former president of the city, rdhayes06, for replacing the traditional Columbian C flag with socialist ones. This sparked off a very tense situation between the founding fathers of Columbia and the socialist settlers. Some of the settlers began a squatting, renovation and dereliction campaign, which was quickly beaten back by the ancaps and wider international community. Leningradovites built an entire new district on Columbia's outskirts, the LSIF reinvigorated Goldmayne commune, and the President of the DWRC, facecuddle, brought in many reforms for voluntary citizens of the DWRC.

Soon, due to controversy over ownership of the former Columbian government buildings, the DWRC and the resident Ancaps were at each others throats. The DWRC eventually dissolved as its settlers spread to more hospitable lands. This "second exodus," as it is known among many leftists today, is largely considered to be the origin of the city of Chiapas.

Columbia, for long the largest city in game, is a mostly-abandoned anarcho-capitalist society. Once a Republic, the government under the control of Foofed disolved itself. This lead to a “Cold War” of Reddit and Mumble arguments between the LSIF, Statists, and Ancaps trying to grasp for control of lawless Columbia. Eventually the Ancaps came out as victors, but during the tussle for control most of the city's residents had left, leaving only a handful of people remaining in the gargantuan city. Columbia is also home to the now abandoned LSIF Commune, Goldmayne.