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Her Majesty The Queen and the Grand Prince of the Province of Gabon, BritishWanderer, who was instated by the Senate of Varkonia decided that a continued or prolonged war was not in the interests of the Gabonese peoples. To bring a stop to the fighting, they negotiated a peace deal between the two warring factions and created the Grand Mercantile Republic of the Autonomous Free Sovereign State of Gabon, the Abode of Peace.

Peace was officially announced on the 14th of November by then Lord High Chancellor, BritishWanderer.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/9wwku1/announcement_of_peace_in_gabon_and_a_short/</ref>

The end of the Civil War in Gabon bought about a much-needed period of growth to the nation. After the accession of BritishWanderer and Gobblin to high ranking positions in the Gabonese government, both of whom supported relaxing regulations and expanding diplomatic ties across the globe, the economy and construction industry subsequently began to truly flourish.

The impoverished housing district of Melbourne was built to house those left homeless by the Civil war, the messy-style apartment buildings were built in a close knit fashion to allow as many citizens to inhabit as humanely possible. The apartments are homely and are purely funded by the Gabonese treasury allowing residents to forego any worry about housing payments. Grants were also provided to the district of Winchester to provide more environmental benefits to the local housing and businesses. Winchester was widely regarded as one of the prettier parts of Salisbury at this time thanks to the additions of the BnB and the Gloriana Cafe, both constructions overseen by the Chancellor and his Vice counterpart.

Numerous floors of Balmoral Castle were constructed during this time, over half of the treasury and it's assets were dedicated to completing large portions of Balmoral after the Council voted to turn the building from a house of royalty into a house of community and governance. Balmoral would enjoy unprecedented support amongst the citizenry and an increase of treasury donations to aid in the completion of the castle.

While the rebuilding efforts were continuing, Chancellor BritishWanderer took it upon himself to revisit the policies of Salisbury and restructure them from the ground up, cutting taxes and establishing the Sovereign Fund which would be used as a safety net for the capital government and its citizenry. The Sovereign Fund was vital in keeping the economy afloat and allowing citizens to benefit themselves in periods when the Council were on diplomatic missions or otherwise outside of the Capital.

Throughout December post civil war, Books and art were heavily encouraged by the Chancellor, of which such works of 'Tender Night in Gabon' & 'Gabon in Spring' were written by ChrisFa99 during this time. 'Tender Night In Gabon' especially proved popular internationally and was sold out twice during the height of publication. ChrisFa99 would continue to author many pieces of Gabonese literature, many of which are still held in high regard and form an integral part of Gabonese culture.

In late December, the Council came together to formalise and negotiate the funding and construction of a sturdy wall, 12 metres in height and 6 metres in width, surrounding Salisbury. The negotiations took 13 hours and ended with a fully funded wall, with slight changes being made to the design to make it more sturdy. The wall had the main goal of outlining the city boundary of Salisbury while providing a defensive benefit to all of Salisbury's citizenry. Around the same time, plans were drawn up by the Chancellor and his Vice counterpart to further increase the security of Salisbury alongside the wall and as such, 40% of the Sovereign Fund was used to fund snitch and bastion coverage across the entire capital borough of Salisbury.

=== Era of Growth 2019 ===

In early January, at the height of the Gabonese growth period, the government convened to discuss and negotiate a streamlined system of government with a democratic house of government. The negotiations ended after small concessions had been granted to the Lord High Chancellor and the Executive Council at the time. The Chancellery Act kept the Lord High Chancellor as a hereditary position, retaining all the powers of his predecessor. The Executive Council were no longer appointed by the Lord High Chancellor and were from that moment on, elected by the citizenry every three months barring the first three months from the signing which saw the current Councillors be carried over.

The Executive Council was renamed to the Lord's Council and it's head, formally the Leader of the Executive Council was henceforth renamed to Vice Chancellor and elected by the Council itself. The Act was passed with one of the largest majority of bills in Gabon post civil war.

[[File:GabonInDecember2018.png|thumb|415x415px|An overhead view of the city of Salisbury in Gabon, you can see the 2-ring vault on the far right, alongside the construction of Balmoral Estate on the left. '''Circa December 2018''']]

Current work is being handled by the Project Manager and Lord's Councillor, ChrisFa99.