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{{Infobox alliance
|image = Friends Announcement Poster.png
|caption = Poster commemorating the founding of FRIENDS
|name = Framework for Respect and International Entity for National Defense and Sovereignty
|formation = June 9th 2018
|membership=
* {{flag|Columbia|secondempire}}
* {{flag|Hallow}}
* {{flag|Holy Jaded Empire}}
* {{flag|Rhodesia}}
* {{flag|Laconia}}
* {{flag|Vitelia}}
|succeeded_by = {{flag|NATO}}
|foundation_document = [https://static.miraheze.org/civwikiwiki/8/89/Friends.pdf F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Treaty]<ref>[[File:Friends.pdf]]</ref>|preceded_by=[[WCO]]}}
The '''Framework for Respect and International Entity for National Defense and Sovereignty''', more commonly referred to as '''F.R.I.E.N.D.S''', was a defensive alliance between [[Columbia]], [[Hallow]], the [[Holy Jaded Empire]], [[Rhodesia]], [[Laconia]], and [[Vitelia]]. It was formed on June 9th 2018,<ref>Baes20</ref>and after months of external pressure and internal disagreements between member states, fell apart in the first weeks of January 2019. At its peak, it was a powerful alliance exerting itself throughout most of the map, having many proxy alliances which furthered their reach. After being fragmented, most of the former member states including [[Columbia]], [[Hallow]], and the [[Holy Jaded Empire|HJE]] went on to create [[NATO]].
== History ==
=== Founding of FRIENDS ===
A little while after the [[Western Cooperative Organization]] dissolved, its former member states and other former members' nations decided to form another alliance together. The [[Holy Jaded Empire]] formed the alliance with [[Rhodesia]] on June 9th, 2018. [[Columbia]], having reclaimed their land from [[Lusitania (CivClassic 2.0)|Lusitania]] after dispersing for a few months, was inducted into the alliance in July 2018, with [[Hallow]] following suite after it was founded in August 2018. The alliance was announced publicly on August 1st, 2018.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/93mgs9/a_poster_to_commemorate_the_founding_of_friends/</ref>
From the beginning the alliance had a very stringent relationship with [[SATO]], mostly due to old tensions with [[Yoahtl (CivClassic)|Yoahtl]] from the [[Western Cooperative Organization|WCO]] days among other grievances.
=== Trouble in Columbia ===
[[Columbia]] had fallen apart throughout Spring 2018 due to internal issues and the [[WCO]] collapsing. However, in July 2018, a large group of former Columbians came back together to reform [[Columbia]] with a different government structure and had successfully regained their land back from [[Lusitania]], who had claimed it during the dispersal.<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/971vrg/official_very_long_columbian_perspective_and/</ref>
However, in order to reclaim their territory, the new [[Columbia]] had signed a treaty with [[Lusitania (CivClassic 2.0)|Lusitania]] that had many conditions, including that Lusitanian citizens could not be pearled by [[Columbia]]. [[Columbia]] took them seriously due to [[Lusitania (CivClassic 2.0)|Lusitania]] having a strong informal alliance with [[SATO]] at that time.
A few days after the Columbians returned to their city, a player named f1sh98 rejoined [[Columbia (CivClassic 2.0)|Columbia]]. Over the next few weeks f1sh started to become disillusioned with the people in [[Columbia]], which culminated in him declaring he'd overthrow the government of [[Columbia]].<ref name=":0" />
The Columbian government proceeded to logbox him, however a [[SATO]] member named [[Neosaur|NeoTide_]] went into [[Columbia (CivClassic 2.0)|Columbia]] and freed him. They fled to [[SATO]] member state [[Okashima]], where f1sh would continue to play in exile for a month.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Columbia|Columbian]] Chancellor at the time, [[shadedoom]], successfully negotiated with Lusitania King [[Metriximor]] to rescind the treaty.<ref name=":0" /> However, the Columbian government wanted f1sh98's pearl, so they enlisted their allies in FRIENDS to help them. FRIENDS didn't want to simply go to [[Okashima]] to pearl f1sh since they wanted to avoid any potential conflict with [[SATO]], so it was decided they'd wait for f1sh to step outside [[SATO]] territory.<ref name=":0" /> Eventually [[Holy Jaded Empire|HJE]] fighter Baes20 found him riding on a rail through [[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]] and took the opportunity to pearl him, kiting him back to the [[Vault|Best Western]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67_WST08FO4</ref> This enraged many within [[SATO]], as he had become part of member state [[Okashima]] and he had been extradited from [[MtA]] illegally.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/93pl0v/official_yoahtlan_response_to_the_assassination/</ref> This entire event was the first big divide between FRIENDS and [[SATO]], and relations would continue to sour between the two alliances from this point onward.
=== Shenanigans in Mount Augusta ===
Throughout FRIEND's existence, many residents in [[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]] would frequently accuse notable [[Holy Jaded Empire|HJE]] fighters Baes20 and LegalityX of a vast assortment of crimes, from raiding to greifing.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/mtaugustajustice/comments/96gnd6/verdictcity_solicitor_vs_drchingchong_baes/?sort=new</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/mtaugustajustice/comments/9wmoxg/verdict_baes_vs_gregy/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/mtaugustajustice/comments/a6mxem/verdict_rasionrulings_vapin_vs_baes/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/mtaugustajustice/comments/97xfup/trial_hjaltland_industries_vs_baes_legality/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/mtaugustajustice/comments/a1zlfg/trial_request_rasion_rulings_vapin_vs_godomasta/</ref>This caused a lot of tension between [[MtA]] and [[Holy Jaded Empire|HJE]], especially after they refused to allow them to be pearled for their actions due to their claim they were acting independently.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/93w36l/on_rhodesia/</ref> This caused the [[MtA]] government to frequently appeal to [[SATO]] and [[Mir]] for protection.
==== The NUP Incident ====
During the later half of 2018, several notable Rhodesians and Columbians ran a political party in [[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]] called the [[National Union Party]] ([[National Union Party|NUP]]). On October 1st, 2018, [[kdeeks]], the leader of the [[National Union Party|NUP]], gathered his party members, mostly consisting of Rhodesians and Columbians as well as MtA locals, to storm a vault in MtA to free SouthernBloc, a friend of [[kdeeks]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/9kgnnx/brave_augustan_revolutionaries_fight_for_the/</ref> NUP forces managed to break all the bastions and started breaking the spike, however [[SATO]] and [[Hallow]] fighters began engaged in combat with the group of NUP members present. Despite the scale of the fight only three people were pearled, with [[kdeeks]] personally paying off the reps to release [[KnotNSA]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/mtaugustajustice/comments/9oyqhs/verdict_crimeo_vs_knotnsa_theonlymatt_and/</ref> This incident was notable due to it being one of the first major internal disagreements within FRIENDS that really soured the relationship between [[Hallow]] and [[Rhodesia]].
[[File:JUZnw5P.png|thumb|Anti-HJE banner placed on [[Hjaltland]]'s shop in [[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]], showcasing how bad relations were]]
=== Hostile Intentions ===
During the first weeks of December, a series of posts were made by [[Capri]], leader of [[Rhodesia]], accusing [[SATO]] of conspiring to "launch a full scale attack against FRIENDS", providing leaked discord chats and recorded call audio as evidence of this<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/a5e4fz/hostile_intentions_2_well_likely_wipe_them/</ref>. The community's reaction to this was mixed, with many making shitposts on the subreddit mocking the series of posts.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/a7pxx0/hostile_intentions_22_electric_boogaloo/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/a5pnoh/hostile_intentions_3_the_sato_grand_plan/</ref> The posts made by [[Capri]] escalated tensions with [[SATO]] even further, and encouraged [[SATO]] to become much harsher and less forgiving towards FRIENDS moving forward. Internally, many people in [[Hallow]] didn't support [[Capri]]'s decision to make the accusations and evidence to be made public in the way it did, causing even more friction between [[Rhodesia]] and [[Hallow]].
=== Chanseatic War ===
[[File:5e6tetyi80921.png|thumb|222x222px|Aftermath of the [[SATO]] assault on Vitelia's [[vault]]]]
will write later, I dont remember much about this
=== End of Vitelia ===
Before any conflict began, [[Vinland]] and other [[SATO]] nations already had bad blood with some of the members in [[Vítelia|Vitelia]] due to their alleged involvement in [[Königsberg|Konigsberg]]'s altraiding earlier in the year.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/9m7vfs/out_of_the_loop_can_someone_catch_me_up_on_the/e7dwjic/</ref> However, tensions heated up in the aforementioned hostile intentions posts, with [[SATO]] being accused of wanting to attack [[Vítelia|Vitelia]] over their past grievances. Tensions finally boiled over when [[SATO]] leadership were told by VPN raiders they had pearled that they were geared by [[Vítelia|Vitelia]]. Due to this and the fact that they had also recently figured out there were former [[Lexington]] players secretly playing in [[Vítelia|Vitelia]], they immediately began to mobilize.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/ad8wxa/building_bridges_making_friends_the_end_of_vitelia/</ref> [[Vítelia|Vitelia]] attempted to appease the concerns of [[SATO]] in a lengthy subreddit post<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/9g36pe/the_v%C3%ADtelian_answer/</ref> but to no avail. When the Vitelians recieved word of the impending attack, they ripped the bastions out of their vault and fled to the [[Holy Jaded Empire|HJE]]. A few days later, on Janurary 6th, 2019, the Vitelian vault was skybridged and disabled on by [[SATO]] forces.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/adhrbf/vitelia_vault_2019/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/ad8wxa/building_bridges_making_friends_the_end_of_vitelia/</ref>
=== <u>Southshire Vault Hole Conflict</u> ===
In the last week of December 2018, [[Rhodesia|Rhodesian]] leadership discovered that there was a vault hole about 2500 blocks away from their claims dug out and lined with obsidian at bedrock. This caused a lot of panic internally in both FRIENDS and [[Rhodesia]], due to the assumption it was a vault being constructed by [[SATO]] to serve as a point to facilitate an attack on [[Rhodesia]]. In reality the vault hole belonged to [[Southshire]], and was the personal project of [[Southshire]] citizen GameOfLife.<ref name=":1">https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/aah84a/hostile_actions/</ref>
[[File:2022-10-01.png|thumb|162x162px|The Southshire vault hole viewed from [https://ccmap.github.io/ CCMap]]]
On December 28th, 2018, [[Rhodesia|Rhodesian]] forces obbybombed the [[Southshire]] vault hole and raided a bunker located near the hole, also belonging to GameOfLife.<ref name=":1" /> On the same day, one of the [[SATO]] member states' leaders, [[Maxopoly]], made a post a few hours after the operation concluded. He stated that everyone was outraged, and claimed [[SATO]] leadership had little knowledge of the vault hole being there until it was greifed. They placed a 1000 diamond bounty on [[Capri]]<ref name=":1" />. Many within the broader community didn't support the actions taken by the [[Rhodesia|Rhodesians]], culminating in a few shitposts on the subreddit.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/aahsuv/caprileft_griefing_innocent_nubile_southshire/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/ab6oeo/in_memory_of_capri/</ref> Internally FRIENDS was divided on how to proceed, some wanted to go to war while others wanted [[Capri]] to turn themselves in.
After a very heated argument with FRIENDS leadership, on the night of December 29th, 2018, [[Capri]] threw themselves into the Hjaltvault and was subsequently pearled.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/aajtdm/capri_has_a_change_of_heart_in_a_week/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/aaj2m1/capri_pearled_post_claims/</ref>[[Capri]] would remain pearled up until a few days before Civclassic shut down nearly three years later. This event marked one of the final deathblows for both FRIENDS and [[Rhodesia]] as a nation on [[CivClassic|Civclassic]].
=== The Collapse ===
After hearing about [[SATO]]'s planned assault on [[Vítelia|Vitelia]], in tandem with most of [[Rhodesia]] quitting after [[Capri]] got pearled, [[Hallow]] left FRIENDS on January 4th 2019. <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/acmszg/hallow_has_left_friends/</ref> A few weeks prior to this [[shadedoom]] had written a treaty for his own alliance between [[Columbia]], [[Polska]], and the then-newly formed [[Valyria]]. The original purpose of the alliance was to act as a proxy for FRIENDS. However, after [[Vítelia|Vitelia]] fell, shade reworked the treaty to serve as a replacement for FRIENDS. [[Shadedoom]] proceeded to invite [[Hallow]] and the [[Holy Jaded Empire|HJE]] to this new alliance. They accepted, and founded [[NATO]] <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/ad5n9i/the_north_axis_treaty_organization_nato/</ref>. [[Rhodesia]] declined to join due to their own resentment towards [[Hallow]] at the time. With the creation of [[NATO]], FRIENDS effectively became obsolete.
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